Welcome to the Zoology Research Guide.
Click on a tab below to find books, videos, articles, and websites for use in Zoology
classes.
If you need additional help, stop by the Reference Desk or contact a reference librarian: Ask A Librarian.
Finding Books
Use the COD Library catalog to find books & videos. Click on the "keyword" tab to search using multiple search terms and limit your results by material type (book, video), date, or language. You'll need a current College of DuPage Library card to check out books.
Reference Works
Reference works, such as dictionaries and encyclopedias are useful for learning about background information on a topic
Please note that print reference books may be used while in the library only. Online reference books may be accessed from any on or off-campus computer. You'll need a College of DuPage Library card to access online books and articles from off-campus.
Click on the links below to access the online book/website or record/description of the print book.
- Animal Anatomy on File
Reference QL 806 .A55 2003 - Animals: a Visual Encyclopedia. Online
- Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of North America
Reference QH 77 .N56 B43 2001 - Birds of North America
Reference QL 681 .A625 2001 - A Dictionary of Entomology
Reference QL 462.3 .G67 2001 - Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior. 3 vols.
Reference QL 750.3 .E53 2004 - Encyclopedia of Insects. Online.
- The Encyclopedia of Mammals. 2nd ed. 3 vols.
Reference QL 703 .E53 2006 - Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals
Reference QL 701.2 .E53 2002 - Endangered Species. 3 vols.
Reference QL83 .N35 2004 - Fishes of the world. 4th ed.
Reference QL618 .N4 2006 - Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia
Reference QL 3 .G7813 2003 - Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Extinction
Reference QL 3 .G7813 2003 - Guide to Seashells of the World. Online.
- The New Encyclopedia of Aquatic Life. 2 vols.
Reference QL 120 .N49 2004 - Humans and Animals: A Geography of Coexistence Online in GALE
Videos
The Library owns many Zoology films in DVD, VHS and streaming formats. Check the list of titles at:
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The Library subscribes to many databases that provide access to thousands of popular and credible, scholarly journals. Many databases provide access to full-text articles, while some provide information about the article only (citation). Request (for free!) through Interlibrary Loan copies of articles to which the Library doesn't have full-text access.
Access the article databases listed below.
Best Bet links: Databases and Journal Holdings
- Academic Search Complete
Multidisciplinary database covering a wide range of academic areas. - Academic OneFile
Multidisciplinary database covering a wide range of academic areas. - Science Direct
Full-text of hundreds of scientific journals from the publisher Elsevier. Be sure to select "Subscribed Journals" from the Source drop-down menu. - Scientific American Archives Online
Indexing of every issue of Scientific American. PDFs of every article from 1993 to present. - Issues and Controversies
Issues and Controversies helps students understand crucial issues we face today, exploring more than 800 hot topics in science, health, the environment and more. - CQ Researcher
The CQ Researcher offers in-depth, non-biased coverage of today's most important issues. Each report is on a single topic more than 12,000 words in text and extensive bibliographies. Each weekly issue provides up-to-date information on controversial subjects reported by CQ's staff of experienced reporters.
See Zoology list at bottom
Websites
- 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. - ARKive
From the wildlife charity Wildscreen, videos and information on 15,000 endangered species. Searchable by name or by broad animal or plant group. - eNature.com
Online field guides to almost 6,000 species from the same data set used to create the Audubon Field Guides. - Encyclopedia of Life
Collaborative encyclopedia providing basic information and links across the web to species from across the kingdoms of life. - Illinois Endangered Species Protection Board. Online links
List of threatened and endangered species in Illinois. - 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 hierarchy from Kingdom to species, and links to Google images and other websites for a species listed. - IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
The World Conservation Union's list of animals and plants in danger of extinction. - Lynn Fancher's Biology Bookmarks
Extensive links to biology gateway sites, as well as internet sites for specific areas of biology. - NatureServe
From a non-profit conservation organization representing an international network of biological inventoriesI, links to information about conservation projects and data on plants and animals in hundreds of ecosystems. - 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 Wildlife Service Endangered Species Program
Lists of threatened and endangered species in the U.S., with information on laws and federal policies. - Wildfinder.
From the World Wildlife Fund, maps and information about 825 terrestrial ecoregions are nested within fourteen with information about animal species. - Yahoo's Index of Zoology Links
Search for information by subject categories related to zoology or by keyword.