Biology Resource Guide: Books

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

Use One Search to find books, ebooks, and a selection of articles from our databases.

OneSearch is the library's online catalog. It provides a single, intuitive search interface for print and electronic sources. You can find the search box on the homepage of the library website, or use the advanced search. Use your Winthrop email address (omitting "mailbox") and password to sign in to OneSearch to access additional features. Watch the video below for a quick tutorial.

Search NCBI Bookshelf

Bookshelf, the books division of the NLM Literature Archive (LitArch) at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), is an online searchable collection of books, reports, databases, and other scholarly literature in biology, medicine, and the life sciences