Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology Resources  Tags: ecology evolution biology science environment  

The reference books for the life sciences are located in Tier 2 at Parks Library. You'll find a large collection of encyclopedias and handbooks related to all areas of the life sciences. Subjects include: birds & mammals, ecology, genetics, insects, microbiology, and plants. These are a few of the titles you'll find:

• Catalogue of American amphibians and reptiles.
• Darwin's fishes: An encyclopedia of ichthyology, ecoly, and evolution / Daniel Pauly
• Encyclopedia of animal behavior / edited by Marc Bekoff
• Encyclopedia of evolution / Mark Pagel, editor in chief. - Useful if you need background information related to evolutionary theories or processes.
• Encyclopedia of evolution / Stanley A. Rice ; foreword by Massimo Pigliucci. 
• Evolution of the insects / David Grimaldi, Michael S. Engel.
• Handbook of bird biology / Sandy Podulka, Ronald W. Rohrbaugh Jr., and Rick Bonney, editors.
• Handbook of the birds of the world / [edited by] Josep del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott, Jordi Sargatal ... [et al.] ; colour plates by Francesc Jutglar ... [et al.] ; consultant for status and conservation sections, Nigel J. Collar.
• Rivers of North America / edited by Arthur C. Benke & Colbert E. Cushing.

• WorldCat - A "SuperCatalog" listing the books and other resources owned by thousands of libraries across the U.S. and around the world. If ISU doesn't have something, we can usually borrow it--see Interlibrary Loan below.
  
• Interlibrary Loan from the ISU Library - Any current ISU student, staff, faculty member or holder of the ISU Library Visitor's Card can request materials from other libraries from Interlibrary Loan.