This guide provides a set of resources useful for introductory undergraduate research in Zoology at the Cabot Science Library. This list is not intended to be exhaustive or comprehensive. Cabot Library holds the general science collections for the university; additional resources are available at the Ernst Mayr Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Please consult the HOLLIS catalog and the E-Research @ Harvard site for all of Harvard’s holdings.
Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
General
Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia, 2nd ed. ; Cabot REF QL3 .G7813 [1989-2003]
Latin Names Explained: A Guide to the Scientific Classification of Reptiles, Birds and Mammals ; Cabot REF QL351 .G67 1995
Mysterious Creatures: a Guide to Cryptozoology / Eberhart, G. M. ; Cabot REF QL 88.3 E24 2002
The New Zoo: New and Rediscovered Animals of the Twentieth Century / Shuker, K. ; Cabot REF QL88 .S56 2002
Invertebrates
Elsevier’s Dictionary of Invertebrates: In Latin, English, French, German and Spanish ; Cabot REF QL360 .E47 2000
The Invertebrates: An Illustrated Glossary / Stachowitsch, M. ; Cabot REF QL362 .S82 1991
Entomology Mammals
Dictionary of Entomology / Groth, G. et al. ; Cabot REF QL462.3 .G67 2001
Encyclopedia of Insects / Resh, V. H. & R. T. Carde ; Cabot REF QL462.3 .E52 2003
Birds (see also field guides REF QL681-696)
National Audubon Society. Sibley Guide to Birds ; Cabot REF QL681 .S497 2000
National Audubon Society. Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior ; Cabot REF QL681 .S495 2001
The Bird Almanac: the Ultimate Guide to Essential Facts and Figures of the World’s Birds ; Cabot REF QL672.2 .B572 1999
Mammals
Encyclopedia of Mammals / Gould, E. & McKay, G., eds. ; Cabot QL703 .E539 1998
New Encyclopedia of Mammals / Macdonald, D. & Norris, S. ; Cabot REF QL703 .E53 2001
Walker’s Mammals of the World, 6th ed. ; Cabot REF QL703 .N68 1999
Common Names of Mammals of the World / Wilson, D.E. et al. ; Cabot REF QL708 .W45 2000
Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals / Perrin, W.F. et al , eds. ; Cabot REF QL713.2 .E63 2002
Endangered Species (see also Data Sets, below)
Beacham’s Guide to International Endangered Species ; Cabot REF QL82 .B435 1998
Ethology and Animal Behavior
Animal Behavior Desk Reference / Barrows, E.M. 2nd ed. ; Cabot REF QL750.3 .B37 2001
Dictionary of Ethology / Immelmann, K. & C. Beer ; Cabot REF QL750.3 .I4513 1989
Grzimek’s Encyclopedia of Ethology ; Cabot QL751 .G8945 [1977]
Parasitology
Encyclopedic Reference of Parasitology, 2nd ed. ; Cabot REF QL757 .E64 2001
Data Sets
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:iucnredl
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species provides taxonomic, conservation status and distribution information on taxa at risk of extinction. The database at this Web site is a subset of the list of threatened taxa, maintained as a data set by the Species Survival Commission’s Red List Programme as part of the SSC's Species Information Service (SIS), but does not include any species listed as Lower Risk/least concern. The taxonomic groups that have been comprehensively assessed are birds and mammals. This is produced by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.
Journals
You can locate the journals available at Harvard by searching the HOLLIS catalog by the journal’s title. If HOLLIS lists your journal as a “Networked Resource”, it is also available full-text online, and is then accessed via the E-Research @ Harvard site. Individual articles within the journals must be located using the INDEXES below.
Databases for Journal Articles
Zoological Record Plus (1978- )
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:zorecord
Zoological Record is the "unofficial register" for taxonomy and systematics, but all areas of zoology and animal sciences research are covered, including conservation and environmental science, evolution, genetics, geographical and fossil records, marine and freshwater biology, parasitology and disease, reproduction, taxonomy and systematics, laboratory and field techniques, and veterinary studies. An online thesaurus of around 10,000 controlled terms arranged in hierarchies helps locate appropriate search terms.
BIOSIS Previews (Biological Abstracts) (1969- )
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:biosisp1
BIOSIS Previews is a database for life science research covering traditional areas of biology and zoology as well as biomedical fields, agriculture, pharmacology and ecology. Interdisciplinary fields such as biochemistry, biophysics, bioengineering and biotechnology are also included.
CAB Abstracts (1910- )
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:cababstr
The CAB Abstracts database indexes literature in agriculture, forestry, human and animal nutrition, animal health, natural resource management and conservation, and related human health. Focal areas are animal and plant science, crop protection, parasitology, soil science, rural development, economics, horticulture, and agricultural engineering. Its geographic scope is global, with emphasis on African and Latin American studies
ASFA Aquatic Sciences (1978- )
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:aquascfa
ASFA is a database in the field of aquatic resources, including aquaculture, aquatic organisms, aquatic pollution, conservation, environmental quality, fisheries, freshwater environments, limnology, marine biotechnology, marine environments, meteorology, oceanography, policy and legislation, and wildlife management.