Biochemistry
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- McGill users only
- Open access resource
- Free resource
- In-library-use only
- Catalogue record
Sources for Background Information
- Basic Concepts in Biochemistry
- Dictionary of biochemistry and molecular biology
- Dictionary of bioinformatics and computational biology
- Encyclopedia of life sciences
- Encyclopedia of molecular biology and molecular medicine
- Harper's illustrated biochemistry
- Oxford dictionary of biochemistry and molecular biology
Searching the Library Catalogue
Use the basic word(s) anywhere or advanced keyword search in the library catalogue. You can search using words like - antibiotic, biochem?, molecul?, etc.
Search tips for the library catalogue
| Truncation symbol: | ? | e.g. biochem? will retrieve catalogue records containing the words biochemist, biochemistry, biochemical, etc. |
| Phrase searching: | "___" | e.g. "cell migration" will retrieve catalogue records containing the phrase cell migration |
| Boolean operators: | (), AND, OR, NOT default: AND |
e.g. biochemistry AND (methods OR research) will retrieve catalogue records containing the word biochemistry and either methods or research |
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Search the Library catalogue: Keyword(s):
You can also browse the catalogue, or the shelves at the following National Library of Medicine Classification call numbers
| Call Number | Subject |
| QU | Biochemistry |
| QU 55-70 | Proteins. Amino Acids. Peptides |
| QU 75-99 | Carbohydrates. Lipids |
| QU 100-133 | Biochemistry of the Human Body |
| QU 135-144 | Enzymes |
| QU 145-220 | Vitamins |
| QU 300-500 | Cells and Genetics |
Core and additional databases
- BIOSIS Previews - life sciences
- MEDLINE (1996-) - database of the National Library of Medicine (or search MEDLINE (1950-))
- Scifinder Scholar - database of the American Chemical Society (requires software download)
- Embase - biomedical and pharmaceutical database
- General Science Full Text -multidisciplinary
- Scopus - multidisciplinary
- Web of Science - multidisciplinary
Methods & techniques
Selected Internet Sites
Enzymes
Structure
Search engines
- eMolecules - chemical structure search engine
- Entrez - the life sciences search engine
- Scirus - scientific information
- Scitopia.org - science and technology
Societies
- Canadian Society of Biochemistry, Molecular & Cellular Biology
- American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Biochemical Society
Other Resources
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