Useful
Information 
Locations
Resources
Essay
Assignment
An optional one hour tutorial is being offered for all 321 students
specifically to help with the Essay Assignment. The tutorial will show you
how to carry out a literature search the easy way using a variety of literature
sources.
- The essay assignment requires you to conduct research using Library
databases, electronic journals, print journals, electronic books and print
books to find peer reviewed literature relevant to your essay topic - this
is called a Literature Search. [Primary,
Review and Popular Journals, what are the differences?]
- The tutorial will show you how to search the databases Review
of Plant Pathology and Scopus and use electronic journals. Please choose your essay topic so
that you have something to work with during the tutorial.
Before attending a tutorial you should:
- Sign
up for the time that suits you best, times and sign-up procedures below.
- Be familiar with the content on this Course Resources page, you only need
to spend five minutes quickly scrolling through what is available.
| When:
Tuesday 9th March 2-3 pm, or
Friday 12th March 2-3 pm
@ Kate Edger Information Commons Rm 431 |
Signup for this tutorial:
Use our on-line
booking form to sign up for one
of the three tutorial times (maximum of 20 people per session), select
your preferred time from the drop down list and click on Book this
Session. |
If these times fill up or you have any problems contact Dr
Pearson or John Lavas
Where:
Computer Training Room 431, Level 4 of the Kate
Edger Information Commons.
Course Material
There are a number of items available for BIOSCI 321 in the Short Loans Collection which is located on level 1
of the Kate Edger Information Commons.
To see the full list of items, go to the Course Materials search page on
the library website, scroll down the alphabetical list of courses to find the entry for BIOSC321 and click on the Search tab.
The items are in alphabetical order by title and may include books and
individual articles.
Catalogue Searches
Journals available
in the library on:
Some specific
and relevant plant pathology journals (e=also
available on-line in full-text format)
Books
available in the library on:
Useful
online eBooks
- Allaby,
Michael. 1998. A
Dictionary of Plant Sciences. New ed. Oxford ; New York:
Oxford University Press.
- Allen,
R. E. 2000. The
new Penguin English Dictionary. London: Penguin.
- Bryant,
John. 2002. Bioethics
for Scientists.
1st ed. Chichester: John Wiley Sons Ltd.
- Camenson,
Blythe. 1999. Great
jobs for biology majors.
Lincolnwood, Ill.: VGM Career Horizons.
- Dussart,
Georges. 2002. Biosciences
on the Internet : a student's guide. Chichester: John Wiley.
- Fried,
George, George J. Hademenos. 2001. Schaum's
easy outline based on Schaum's outline of biology. New York: McGraw-Hill.
- Gow,
Neil A. R., and Geoffrey M. Gadd. 1995. The
growing fungus.
London: Chapman & Hall.
- Pearsall,
Judy. 2001. The
Concise Oxford Dictionary.
10th , rev. ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Schmidt,
Diane, Elisabeth B. Davis, and Pamela F. Jacobs. 2002. Using
the biological literature : a practical guide.
3rd , rev. and expand ed, Books in library and information
science ; 60. New York: Marcel Dekker.
Tips for finding even more eBooks in the Catalogue:
Internet Resources
- Databases available in
the Library for Biological Sciences (including Review
of Plant Pathology and Biological
Abstracts and APSNet, also see below)
- How to
reference web sites and electronic resources
- APSNet
An online resource for plant health information web site produced by
the American Phytopathological Society (APS). APS is an
international scientific organization devoted to the study of plant
diseases and their control.
- The
Plant Pathology Internet Guide Book
A subject oriented internet resource guide for plant pathology, applied
entomology, and all related fields. Contains many links to plant pathology
related web sites organised by subject, information on integrated pest
management (IPM), databases, journals, glossaries etc. Well organised and
comprehensive.
- Plant
Viruses Online
Contains information on most species of virus known to infect plants, not
only those whose virions have been described, but also those like
umbraviruses that have no virion protein genes of their own, and use the
virion proteins of their symbiotic helper viruses instead. Includes data
on host range; transmission and control; geographical distribution;
physical, chemical and genomic properties; taxonomy and relationships; and
selected literature references.
- PLANTS
PLANTS is a database which provides a single source of general information
about the plant kingdom to researchers and other people interested in
plants. PLANTS provides standardized plant names, symbols and other plant
attribute information.
- Government Departments/Organisations:
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