LibGuides: Biology: Background

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries from VCC

Dictionary of Biology
"Provides comprehensive coverage of biology, biophysics, and biochemistry, as well as key terms from medicine and palaeontology."
Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
"A comprehensive survey of modern biochemistry and molecular biology."
Biodiversity of the Central Coast
An interactive field guide to the species of the incredibly beautiful and diverse Central Coast (and Great Bear Rainforest) of British Columbia.
E-Fauna BC - Electronic Atlas of the Fauna of BC by UBC - Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis
E-Fauna BC is a bio-geographic atlas of the wildlife species of British Columbia.
E-Flora BC - Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis and the Herbarium at the University of British Columbia
E-Flora BC is a bio-geographic atlas of the vascular plants, bryophytes, lichens, algae, fungi and slime molds of British Columbia.
Encyclopedia of Life
The Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) is an unprecedented global partnership between the scientific community and the general public. The goal is to make freely available to anyone knowledge about all the world's organisms.
Westcott's Plant Disease Handbook
Dictionary-style entries permit easy access to essential information, and numerous illustrations help identify important plant diseases.
Life Sciences - Oxford Reference
Oxford Reference provides more than 117,000 concise definitions and in-depth, specialist encyclopedic entries on wide range of subjects within broad disciplines.