Biology 

Welcome to the ACC Library's research guide for biology topics!

Use this guide to research topics for microbiology, zoology, animal behavior and marine science classes.

Visit the library to use these reference books:

Visit the library to use this reference book. To find more like it, search the online catalog with the phrases "marine sciences" or "marine biology".

Find these books on the main floor of the ACC Library. They cannot be borrowed, but are always in the library to use.

For Microbiology: (Microbiology call number is QR)

Encyclopedia of Microbiology (4 volumes)
REF. QR 9 .E53 2000

Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology
REF. QR 81 .A5 1994

Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology
REF. QR 81 .B46 1984, 2001-2005

Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett’s principles and practice of infectious diseases 
REF. RC 111 .P78 2005


For Animal Behavior: (Zoology call number is QL)

Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior (vol. 1-3)
REF. QL 750.3 .E53 2004

Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia
(17 volumes; also in Gale Virtual Reference Library database)     
REF. QL 7 .G7813 2003

Encyclopedia of Biodiversity (5 volumes)
REF. QH 541.15 .B56 E53 2001

Sibley Guide to Birds
REF. QL 681 .S497 2000


For Human Biology:

Gray’s Anatomy
REF. QM 23.2 .G73 1995

Encyclopedia of Human Biology (9 volumes)
REF. QP 11 .E53 1997

Encyclopedia of Stress (3 volumes)
REF. QP 82.2 .S8 .E53 2000

Encyclopedia of the Human Brain (4 volumes)
REF. QP 376 .E56 2002

Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition (3 volumes)
REF. QP 141 .E526 1999

General Biology Books:

McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology
REF. Q 121 .M3 2002 (20 vol.)

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms
REF. Q 123 .M15 2003

Need more? See this page: Finding Books.

Search for books with ACC Library's online catalog.

Subject headings like these work well to find books in the ACC Library:

Animal communication
Social behavior in animals
Zoology - North America

Bacteriology
Medical microbiology
Communicable diseases

Microbiology
Microorganisms

Ocean
Marine biology
Marine sciences
Water

Life - Origin
Evolution
Natural selection
Biological diversity
Wetland ecology
Animals - identification
Natural history

• You may also use the word “and” to combine two subjects in a search: birds and New York.

• Most college libraries, including the ACC Library, use the Library of Congress’ call number system, which use letters and then numbers as a code for a subject. Science books’ call numbers start with Q. Others to know:

QH - Natural history and biology    
QR - Microbiology      
QL - Zoology

NetLibrary is a small collection of about 5000 full-text, electronic books. You may view the chapters of the books online. Books range from classic novels to recent books on technology and include reference books. ACC students, faculty and staff may search this from off-campus.

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LibriVox  offers free audio books downloadable to your IPod. Books are classic novels, etc. that are in public domain; books are read by volunteers.

Here are some books in the ACC Library you may find useful for your animal behavior research: