Subject-specific resources are described within the following sections:
| Reference works | Databases, indexes, bibliographies | How are we doing? (ranking sources) |
| Internet sites: organizations, data, audio, images |
| Books | Selected Publications |
| Journals | Prizes and Awards |
| Career | Biography |
| Libraries other than Yale | Historic Events |
| Grants | Conferences |
| Library Floor Plans |
Other related guides, including related reference sources (books or sets, indexes, abstracts, databases, bibliographies):
Molecular Biology
Ecology and Evolution
Laboratory Methods
Forestry and Environmental Studies
Zoology and Natural History Information Sources
Chemistry
Botany Information Resources
General Resources
Use Orbis, the Yale library online catalog to identify or locate Yale holdings of books or journals or for customized keyword searches, remembering to look in remaining card catalogs for older items or items which may not have circulated through an automated system.
Electronic Journals accessible to Yale.
Paper lists of older (print) journal holdings and MUDD Library locations are available for the following Yale libraries:
Kline Science, Forestry & Environmental Studies, Mathematics, Geology, Engineering,
Ornithology, Chemistry, Astronomy, and Medical and also for the Periodical Reading Room at Sterling Memorial Library.
See the Journal Information Sources shelf at Kline Science Library.
A subject-specific list is given, below.
Selected reference works [For the most part, this section features reference sources not highlighted in one of the more specialized related guides linked higher up in this guide and titles in newer areas.
in Biology Reference Sources
Other interesting sources, in call number order, include:
Databases, indexes, abstracts, bibliographies
General Biology - see Indexes and Abstracts section.
Databases Selected for Yale Science (alphabetical)
Databases for Yale Medicine (alphabetical)
Databases Selected for Yale (alphabetical and by basic subject)
Selected notable bibliographies:
Background or overview reading is also available in Genome Mapping and Sequencing. (Norfolk, U.K.: Horizon Press, 2003)
Kline Science Library QH445.2 G445 2003 (LC)
and in Encyclopedia of Life Sciences in print or its online edition-
"Entrez and Forward Database Searching";
"Genome Databases";
"Metabolic Pathway Databases";
"Mining Biological Databases";
"Primary Protein and Nucleic Acid Three-dimensional Structure Databases";
"Protein Family Databases";
"Protein Sequence Databases".
Also see, in Database Help Collection, at Kline Science Library these books:
Genetics Databases, ed.) MJ Bishop, Academic Press, 1999
Bioinformatics Databases and Systems, ed.) SI Letovsky, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999
Molecular Databases for Protein Sequence and Structure Studies an introduction, by JAA Sillince and M Sillince, Springer-Verlag, 1991
Genomes and Databases on the Internet a practical guide to functions and applications, by P Rangel and J Giovannetti, Horizon Scientific Press, 2002
Databases in Systematics, eds.) R Allkin and FA Bisby, published for the Systematics Association by Academic Press, 1984
Gale Directory of Databases vol. 1 online databases, vol. 2 cd-rom, DVD, diskette, magnetic tape, handheld and batch access database products, ed.) JK Mueckenheim, Thomson Gale.
Ranking sources
The library subscribes to several information sources where rankings information may be found. The following sources are online accessible from ISI Web of Knowledge at http://www.isiknowledge.com. See Science Imprint (no.43 March 2007) for a fuller discussion. This is available at Kline Science Library or at http://www.library.yale.edu/science/news.html. Additional rankings may also be found in Educational Rankings Annual in KSL Reference LB2331.63 E34X.
-ISI Highly Cited
Covering the life sciences, physical sciences, and engineering, ISI Highly Cited is a source identifying the most cited authors from modern times. In this source you can search or browse by personal name, by institution, by country, or by category (field).
-Essential Science Indicators
ESI is a tool used to rank research performance for the last ten years. You can search or browse by scientist, institution, country, or journal. This tool also provides bar graphs of citation data in five-year intervals. On the home page, there's a link to a list of highly cited papers from the last ten years and hot papers of the last two years.
-Science Watch
Science Watch is available online up to the current year. The current year is available in paper format at Kline Science Library. This publication provides top ten rankings of the leading 100 U.S. research universities based on citation impact for major science and social science fields. See Jan./Feb 2007 and Nov./Dec. 2006 for the most current rankings.
-Journal Citation Reports
JCR is a source that may be used to see how journals compare with each other. You can search on the name of a journal or browse all journal entries in a specific field category. Journals may be compared by impact factor (citation frequency), immediacy index (average number of times an article is cited in the year published, indicating how quickly articles in the journal are cited, and by other factors.
Selected Internet sites: organizations, data, images, audio
organizations
Also see Ecology and Evolution - Internet sites of note
and for more comprehensive listings, additional resources, including the following, are available:
Associations Unlimited. In print, see Encyclopedia of Associations (in Kline Science Library Reference HS17 +E53) and International Organizations (in Kline Science Library Reference HS17 +E533).
Scholarly Societies Project, from the University of Waterloo Library.
For a list of organizations involved in the development of Biological Abstracts, see Biological Abstracts and the Literature of Biology, a symposium in celebration of the founding of Biological Abstracts, held at the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, on Feb. 17, 1956. (For Yale, available through Interlibrary Loan/Borrow Direct library services).
data
--Bill Wasserman's Developmental Biology Page, from B. Wasserman, Loyola University of Chicago.
-Database of Macromolecular Movements, from M. Gerstein, Yale University, Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry Dept.
-SenseLab, with neuronal and olfactory databases, from Yale University.
-WWW Virtual Library - Drosophila, site includes a link to FlyBase, on the Drosophila genome.
-Exobiology and Astrobiology: the new science
-Caenorhabditis elegans WWW server. Includes Worm Breeder's Gazette, 1975- .
images
--Arkive - images of life on earth, with chapters for 1)globally endangered and 2)Britain
--Fagan Finder Image Search Engines - a selection of Internet image search engines is available
audio
Audio-capable sites can be accessed and heard from the assistive technology workstation at:
Kline Science Library, Engineering and Applied Science Library, Medical Library, Sterling Memorial Library.
See Zoology and Natural History Information Sources - Internet accessible - audio
xreferplus - Offers pronunciations as well as definitions through Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology, and others. Choose advanced search and audio in results - preferred.
Books
Also see Classic Works (natural history and zoology)
Lists of information about books added recently to Kline Science Library and the other Yale science libraries can be viewed online. A rotating display of new books can be browsed in-person at Kline Science Library, Geology, and Engineering libraries. Books can be reserved by using the Place Requests tab within the library online catalog, Orbis.
For older items or items unlikely to have circulated in an automated system, readers will also want to look in remaining card catalogs throughout the library system. Here is an
explanation of card catalogs and their arrangement, done by library colleagues.
Selected Publications
This section is being developed.
Complete Works of Charles Darwin Online, from University of Cambridge.
ESP: electronic scholarly publishing, a site for classic papers and books in genetics. Includes Gregor Mendel's 1865 paper on plant hybridization and Darwin's Origin of Species.
Selected Key Journals
The following titles were derived from a compilation of information sources: 1996 use data at Kline Science Library, Magazines for Libraries, and Journal Citation Reports. (An article on interpretation sources of error for JCR appeared in Nature in 2002; a copy for reading is available from the KSL reference desk.) * indicates online access for Yale for at least some years. At the present, current journals are highlighted; more historic titles will be included in the future. Inclusion on this list indicates relatively higher use at Kline Science Library and somewhat greater renown in general.
The complete online journal list from the Yale libraries is available at: http://sfx.library.yale.edu/sfx_local/azlist and a more specialized list is available for Ecology and Evolution, for Molecular Biology, and for Natural History and Zoology.
Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology * [print QH573 A55]
Bioessays * [print QH301 +B563]
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society * [print QH1 L67 A23]
Cell * [print QH573 +C43]
Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society * [print QH301 C28]
BioScience * [print QH301 +A18](formerly: AIBS Bulletin)
Current Opinion in Cell Biology * [print at the Medical Library]
Development * [print QL951 +J68](formerly: Journal of Embryology and Experimental Morphology)
Developmental Biology * [print QH301 D48]
FASEB Journal * [print QH301 F13+]
Genes & Development * [print QH426 +G454]
Genetics * [print QH431 A1 G46]
Heredity * [print QH431 A1 H48]
Human Biology * [print QH301 H85]
Journal of Bacteriology * [print QR1 J68]
Journal of Heredity * [print S494 A1 J66]
Molecular and General Genetics * [print QH431 A1 Z44]
Nature Genetics * [print QH431 +N363]
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, B Biological Sciences
[older issues are accessible online through Yale online journal subscriptions]
Quarterly Review of Biology * [print QH301 Q37]
Trends in Cell Biology * [print QH573 +T74]
Selected Prizes and Awards
This information was drawn from a variety of reference sources. Additional sources for current or historic information include the following:
Awards, Honors, & Prizes: an international directory of awards and their donors recognizing achievement in ...Ecology, ... Engineering, ...Science, ... Technology, edited by Valerie J. Webster (Gale Group, Inc., 2002)
Kline Science Library Reference AS8 W37, 20th edition
Handbook of Scientific and Technical Awards in the United States and Canada 1900-1952, edited by Margaret A. Firth (Special Libraries Association, 1956)
Kline Science Library Reference A141 S64 1956
Career
In addition to classified listings of available positions in some journals, the reference work Directory of American Research and Technology (Kline Science Library Reference T176 +N37 1998, 32nd edition) and various business reference directories (at the Social Science Library) can be useful.
-Job and Career Resources for Science (library guide)
-Employment Links for the Biomedical Scientist
Biography
See Biographical Information Resources for the Sciences
Libraries other than Yale
This handout is being developed.
Also available, is the guide Selected Internet Resources in the History of Medicine and Science, from T. Appel, Yale Historical Medical Library.
Grants
See Grants Information Sources
MInd: the meetings index from InterDok is accessible online. This resource includes category searching capability, with ecology and pollution its own
section.
Call number arrangements, for those not utilizing or unable to use the library's Eli Express delivery service.
Kline Science Library, upper level stacks: QH, QK, QL, QM, QP, all Kline Science Library Oversize
Kline Science Library, lower level stacks: A-H, L-Q, QA, QB, QC, QD, QE, QR, S, T, U, Z, Anthropology
Kline Science Library, upper-level
Kline Science Library, lower-level
Stack Directory for Sterling Memorial Library
MUDD Library, 2nd floor: list of call numbers is posted by the elevator
MUDD Library, 3rd floor: list of call numbers is posted by the elevator
MUDD Library, 2nd floor
MUDD Library, 3rd floor
Map of Yale library locations
