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Major Indexes/Abstracts

(for finding articles prior to database availability)

Database: Zoological Abstracts
Print Equivalent: Zoological Record QL1 .Z66 Stacks (1864-1978)

Database: GeoBase
Print Equivalent: Geographical Abstracts: Cumulative Index G1 .G26 Reference (1966-1975)

Database: Environment Abstracts
Print Equivalent: Environment Abstracts: GF1 .E553 Closed Stacks (1974-1979)

Database: Botanical Abstracts
Print Equivalent: Botanical Abstracts QK1 .B23 Stacks (1918-1926)

Database: SciFinder Scholar
Print Equivalent: Chemical Abstracts QD1 .A51; Closed Stacks 1907-2004 ; Collective Index: Hodges Reference / Reference: QD1 .A51

Helminthological abstracts. (Entomology, parasites)
QL392 .H4 (1932-1972)

 

Catalogues and Bibliographies

General Biology

Catalogue of scientific papers (1800-1900)
An [author] index to the titles and dates of scientific papers contained in the transactions of societies, journals, and other periodical works
Hodges Library / Stacks: Z7403 .R88
Available electronically through 19th Century Masterfile

Repertorium commentationum a societatibus litterariis editarum. (Index to publications of learned societies to 1800)
Closed Stacks Z5051 .R442

A bibliography of American natural history; the pioneer century, 1769-1865; the role played by the scientific societies; scientific journals; natural history museums and botanic gardens; state geological and natural history surveys; federal exploring expeditions in the rise and progress of American botany, geology, mineralogy, paleontology and zoolog
Hodges Library / Stacks: Z7408.U5 M5

Plant, animal and anatomical illustration in art and science : a bibliographical guide from the 16th century to the present day
Hodges Library / Stacks: QK98.15 .B75 1990

 

Botanical

Botanisches Zentralblatt; referierendes Organ für das Gesamtgebiet der Botanik. (abstracting publication in German)
Closed Stacks QK1 .B6 (1880-1912)

The Cleveland herbal, botanical, and horticultural collections : a descriptive bibliography of pre-1830 works from the libraries of the Holden Arboretum, the Cleveland Medical Library Association, and the Garden Center of Greater Cleveland
AgVetMed Library / Stacks: QK41 .J6 1992

Guide to the literature of botany; being a classified selection of botanical works, including nearly 6000 titles not given in Pritzel’s "Thesaurus."
Hodges Library / Stacks: Z5351 .J12 1964

British botanical and horticultural literature before 1800 : comprising a history and bibliography of botanical and horticultural books printed in England, Scotland, and Ireland from the earliest times until 1800
AgVetMed Library / Stacks: Z5352 .H4

Index kewensis plantarum phanerogamarum nomina et synonyma omnium generum et specierum a Linnaeo usque ad annum MDCCCLXXXV complectens nomine recepto auctore patria unicuique plantae subjectis. (Aphabetical listing of plant names with bibliographic references to the place of first publication.)
Hodges Library / Reference: QK11 .I4

Index to American botanical literature, 1886-1966. (Card index continued as Bulletin of Torrey Botanical Club)
Hodges Library / Stacks-Oversize :Z5358.A4 T6

The Bradley bibliography; a guide to the literature of the woody plants of the world published before the beginning of the twentieth century
Hodges Library / Stacks: Z5356.T8 R4

 

Life Sciences Librarian

Donna Braquet is the Life Sciences Librarian at UT. She can help you with:

- Purchase of biology books or journals for the library to purchase
- Questions or comments about the books or journals in the library
- Questions or concerns about library policies
- Library instruction in your classes, ranging from basic searching to the use of specialized resources in biology
- Provide a refresher on how to use the library databases, the library catalog, Interlibrary Loan/Library Express or other topics by request

Donna can be reached at dbraquet@utk.edu, phone 974-0016 or mail Donna Braquet, Hodges Library, Research Services & Collections.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Related:

Biology Guides
Chemistry Guides
Agriculture Guides
Natural Resources Guides
Environmental Guides
Health Sciences Guides

Page Maintained by:

Donna Braquet, MLIS
Life Sciences Librarian
dbraquet@utk.edu

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