Zoology Research Guide
Databases: Links to databases indexing magazine, journal and newspaper articles
Library Catalogs: Books, videos and other audiovisuals
Reference Works: Find backgound information, illustrations and data
- Animal Anatomy on File . 3 v.
Reference QL 806 .A55 1999
- Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of North American . 6 vols.
Reference QH 77 .N56 B43 2001
- Dictionary of Zoology . Online
- Encyclopedia of Endangered Species.
2 vols. Reference QH 75 .A1 E6
- Endangered and Threatened Species of Illinois: Status and Distribution.
Reference QH 76.5 .I3 E52 1991 Internet update at http://dnr.state.il.us/espb/index.htm
- Endangered Species .
3 vols. Reference QL .N35 2004
- Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. 17 vols.
Reference QL 3 .G7813 2003
- Habitats and Ecosystems: an Encyclopedia of Endangered America .
Reference QH 76 .C73 1999
- International Wildlife Encyclopedia . 22 vols. Reference QL 9 .B8 2002
Internet Science Sites: Major science gateways
Comprehensive search engine for science-specific topics. Results cite Science Web sites and provide abstracts from Medline, Science Direct, U.S. Patent office documents and more.
The gateway to government science information. Provides access to over 47 million pages of government science information from 30 databases and 1700 websites, many part of the "deep web" that is inaccesible to search engines.
- HighWire Press
A division of the Stanford University Libraries, this is the largest repository of free full-text life science articles in the world. Search for PubMed articles, access the contents of 780 HighWire hosted journals, and find listings in other free and pay-for-view sources.
Internet Zoology Sites
- All About Birds
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology maintains this guide to watching, attracting, and researching birds
- Animal Diversity Web
Images and Information about the diversity of animal life from the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.
Background information on every species of whale, dolpin and porpoise plus extensive links to other useful cetacean sites.
- Dino Russ's Lair
From Russell Jacobson of the Illinois State Geological Survey, a gateway to dinosaur and vertebrate paleontology websites, the Dinosaur Encyclopaedia, a mirror site for Dinosauria Online and more.
Website sponsored by the National Wildlife Federation with online field guides to many groups of animals and plants.
- Endangered and Threatened Species of Illinois: Status and Distribution
of threatened and endangered species from the
Illinois Endangered Species Protection Board.
- Entomology Index of Internet Resources
Iowa State University's gateway to insect-related resources on the internet.
- Lynn Fancher's Biology Bookmarks
Extensive links to biology gateway sites, as well as internet sites for specific areas of biology including zoology.
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
Authoritative information for plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world. Includes accepted (and non-accepted) names, taxonomic heratchy from Kingdom to species, and links to Google images when available for a species listed..
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
The World Conservation Union's list of animals and plants in danger of extinction.
Information about the plants and animals in hundreds of ecosystems, including rare and endangered species.
- Primate Info Net
Fact sheets, anatomy, evolution, taxonomy and more from the National Primate Research Center at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
- U.S. Fish and Wildife Service Endangered Species Program
Lists of threated and endangered species in the U.S. with information on laws and federal policies.
- Yahoo's Index of Zoology Links
Search for information by zoology subject categories or by keyword.
Citing sources: MLA, APA and CBE (Biology) formats