Library: Biological Sciences: Getting Started

What's in This Guide

Links to databases, books, and websites for research in all BIO courses:

Gale eBooks
eBooks including multi-volume encyclopedias, business plan handbooks, and specialized reference sources.
Cambridge Core eBooks
In Cambridge Core eBooks check the box next to "Only search content I have access to."
OhioLINK Electronic Book Center
Thousands of scholarly and reference ebooks covering the humanities, sciences and social sciences.
Oxford Reference Science and Technology
Reference books about science and technology.

A Dictionary of Biology by Robert Hine (Editor)
Call Number: Access Online
Publication Date: 2019

Use these links to help you read and write scientific papers.

How to Read a Scientific Paper
How to Write a Lab Report
Scientific Reports
From the Writing Center of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Scientific Writing Made Easy: A Step‐by‐Step Guide to Undergraduate Writing in the Biological Sciences
Article by Sheela P. Turbek, Taylor M. Chock, Kyle Donahue, Caroline A. Havrilla, Angela M. Oliverio, Stephanie K. Polutchko, Lauren G. Shoemaker, and Lara Vimercati, in the Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, vol. 97, issue 4, 2016, pp. 416-426.

Electronic Journal Center
This database gives access to a large number of articles from a wide range of scientific and medical journals.

Available Biological Sciences Databases
These databases are available to current Columbus State students, faculty, and staff.

Science Daily - Biology

Science Daily - Zoology

Science Daily - Genetics