Marine BiologyYour search for information on Marine Biology can include books, periodical articles, online databases, and authoritative Internet resources. Books Use the Library Catalog to find books on your subject. Suggested subject headings include: Aquatic biology Marine biology Marine microbiology Marine organisms Marine resources Marine sciences Oceanography Seashore biology
Listed below are some Reference Books that may be useful in your research.
Journals and magazines usually provide the most current information on a topic. Journal articles are more scholarly or professional while magazine articles tend to be shorter and more general. Newspaper articles, while not usually scholarly or professional, can give you the most current news and some additional facts on your topic. To find articles on your topic, use one of the online indexes listed below. They are available at http://www.cerritos.edu/library/http://www.cerritos.edu/library/e-resources.html . Use subject headings similar to those used to locate books. The Library also has print indexes that must be used to find older articles, generally anything published before 1985. EbscoHost GaleNet Discovering Collection FACTS.com NewsBank InfoWeb RAND California See Library Internet Resources for a complete description of our online resources.
The Internet can be a valuable source for supplementing the information you have gathered from books and periodicals. It is important that you evaluate the information you get from the Internet to determine if it is reliable and useful to your research. A few Internet sites that may be useful are listed here. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA Photo Library
Birch Aquarium
Marine Biology
Marine Biology Web http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/marinebio/mbweb.html
OceanLink http://oceanlink.island.net/quick.html
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