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Purpose of Collection:
The Biology collection at MacOdrum Library supports the research activities of faculty, students and staff and the instructional requirements of undergraduate and graduate programs. Biology is a multi-disciplinary area of studies within the Faculty of Science, encompassing different aspects of, and drawing upon the fields of chemistry, biophysics, earth and environmental sciences, and health sciences.
For concrete examples of our collections in action, please visit our subject guides for Biology, Biochemistry, Environmental Science, or Health Sciences.
Academic Departments & Programs Supported:
Themes/Subject Coverage
Select material of an acceptable academic/scholarly of professional standard in the following subject fields:
- Biochemistry and molecular biology
- Biodiversity conservation
- Bioinformatics
- Biotechnology and applied microbiology
- Developmental biology
- Ecology
- Entomology
- Evolutionary biology
- Fisheries
- Genetics & heredity
- Immunology
- Marine and freshwater biology
- Mathematics and computational biology
- Microbiology
- Mycology
- Physiology
- Plant sciences
- Zoology
Selection Guidelines
Chronological
Current
Geographical
International, with particular emphasis on Canada
Language
English is the primary language of the collection. Works published in other languages are purchased very selectively at the specific request of faculty
Material Types
Collected: books, journals, government documents; in print & online
Collected selectively: dissertations/theses, translations, textbooks, popular material, audiovisual material, conference proceedings
Exclusions
Not Collected: pamphlets, working papers, popular press items
