Biology 

These are equivalent to what you would find on the shelf in a library.

• Books on a single topic by one (or two or three...) authors.
• Books which are edited volumes where each chapter is written by a different expert.
• Audio-visual material such as DVDs, videos, CDs, etc.
• Scores and librettos.

See the Articles tab for locating journals, magazines and newspapers.

1. Try a title or keyword search on your topic.
2. Look at several relevant records from the results list and note words and phrases from the "subject" area.
3. Go back to the search screen and search BY SUBJECT using the words you identified in step 2.
4. When you find something useful, either copy down the call number and location (if it is in our library) or submit an interlibrary loan

More detailed directions can be found on our Searching Databases page.

QH   Natural history (General) , Biology (General)

• 1 - 278.5   Natural history (General)
• 75 - 77   Nature conservation. Landscape protection -,
• 201 - 278.5   Microscopy
• 301 - 705   Biology (General)
• 426 - 470   Genetics
• 471 - 489   Reproduction
• 501 - 531   Life
• 540 - 549   Ecology. Including general and animal ecology. For human ecology, see GF; For environmental sciences, see GE; For plant ecology, see QK
• 573 - 671   Cytology
• 705   Economic biology

QK   Botany

• 1 - 989   Botany
• 640 - 673   Plant anatomy
• 710 - 899   Plant physiology
• 900 - 989   Plant ecology

QL   Zoology

• 1 - 991   Zoology
• 750 - 795   Animal behavior and psychology
• 799   Morphology
• 801 - 950.9   Anatomy
• 951 - 991   Embryology

QM   Human anatomy

• 1 - 695   Human anatomy
• 601 - 695   Human embryology

QP   Physiology / Biochemistry

• 1 - 981   Physiology
• 341 - 495   Neurophysiology. Neuropsychology
• 501 - 801   Animal biochemistry
• 901 - 981   Experimental pharmacology

QR   Microbiology

• 1 - 500   Microbiology
• 75 - 99   Bacteria
• 180 - 189.5   Immunology
• 355 - 500   Virology