ONLINE REFERENCE BOOKS 

Dictionaries | Encyclopedias | Other Reference Material (abbreviations etc).


DICTIONARIES, GLOSSARIES & THESAURI

Dictionaries and glossaries are excellent for quick definitions of unfamiliar terms. Use a thesaurus for finding synonyms.  To access these electronic reference books you need to log in to NetLogin first. If you know of any other online reference books that are not listed here please forward your recommendations to John Lavas, Biological Sciences Subject Librarian for inclusion on this page.

Science
General
General Biology
BioTech's Life Science Dictionary
Collins Dictionary of Biology
Illustrated Dictionary of Science
The New Penguin Dictionary of Science
Oxford Dictionary of Biology

Botany
Oxford Dictionary of Plant Sciences

Aquatic and Wetland Plant Glossary

Cellular/Molecular Biology
BioTech's Life Science Dictionary
Dictionary of Cell Biology

Glossary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Macmillan Dictionary of Toxicology

Ecology
Glossary of Avian Terms for Use in Avian Conservation Biology
Oxford Dictionary of Ecology

Entomology
Online Etymology Dictionary

Genetics
Genome Glossary
Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms

Marine Science
OceanLink On-line Glossary of Oceanography

Zoology
A dictionary of scientific bird names

Entomological Glossary

Nomenclatural Glossary for Zoology
Scientific English-Danish Cetacean Dictionary
Whale Glossary

Dictionaries/Glossaries
Wakareo a-ipurangi Maori-English Dictionary
The American Heritage Concise Dictionary
Chambers 21st Century Dictionary
The Concise Oxford Dictionary
The Penguin English Dictionary
The Oxford American Dictionary of Current English
Oxford English Dictionary

Thesauri
Bloomsbury Thesaurus
The Oxford American Thesaurus of Current English
The Oxford Paperback Thesaurus
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus

Other Subject Dictionaries
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics
Dictionary of biological psychology

Oxford Concise Medical Dictionary

Oxford Dictionary of Chemistry
Oxford Dictionary of Earth Sciences
Other Oxford Online Subject Dictionaries

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ENCYCLOPEDIAS

Encyclopedias offer a more in-depth definition and explanation of terms and concepts.  Some encyclopedia entries will also include a reference list for further reading.  To access these electronic reference books you need to log in to NetLogin first.

Science General
The Encyclopedia of Ecology and Environmental Management
Encyclopedia of Life Sciences

Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis

International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences
Encyclopedia Britanica
The Macmillan Encyclopedia 2001

The Columbia Encyclopedia
The Hutchinson Encyclopedia

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OTHER REFERENCE MATERIAL

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Subject Librarian: Marine Sciences - John Lavas


File last updated : June 17, 2011
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