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- In-library-use only
- Catalogue record
Sources for Background Information
- Encyclopedia of life sciences
- Dictionary of microbiology and molecular biology
- Encyclopedia of microbiology
- Illustrated dictionary of immunology
- Encyclopedia of immunology
- Color atlas of immunology
- Encyclopedia of Virology
- Fields' virology
Searching the Library Catalogue
Use the basic word(s) anywhere or advanced keyword search in the library catalogue. You can search using words like - immunology, microbiology, virology, etc.
Search tips for the library catalogue
| Truncation symbol: | ? | e.g. microbi? will retrieve catalogue records containing the words microbial, microbiologist, microbiology, etc. |
| Phrase searching: | "___" | e.g. "microbial physiology" will retrieve catalogue records containing the phrase microbial physiology |
| Boolean operators: | (), AND, OR, NOT default: AND |
e.g. immunology and (cellular or molecular) will retrieve catalogue records containing the word immunology and either cellular or molecular |
Get more catalogue search tips.
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 |
| QW 1-300 | Microbiology |
| QW 1-155 | Bacteria |
| QW 160-170 | Virology |
| QW 180-190 | Fungi. Bacterial Spores |
| QW 501-949 | Immunology |
| WD 300-330 | Immunologic diseases |
Core and additional databases
- MEDLINE via PubMed or via Ovid (1996-) - database of the National Library of Medicine (or search Ovid (1948-))
- BIOSIS Previews - life sciences
- Bacteriology Abstracts
- Industrial & Applied Microbiology Abstracts
- General Science Full Text
- Scopus - multidisciplinary
- Web of Science - multidisciplinary
- The Cochrane Library - collection of databases or evidence based health information
Methods & techniques
- Journal of Visualized Experiments (JOVE) - video articles demonstrating lab techniques
- Current Protocols Online
- SpringerProtocols
- GIDEON - select the Microbiology tab to identify bacteria and yeast
Theses and Dissertations
Selected Internet Sites
Nomenclature and Taxonomy
- NCBI Taxonomy Homepage
- Virus taxonomy: classification and nomenclature of viruses
- International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Bacteriology
- List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
- Universal Virus Database of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses
Genomics
- NCBI Genome database
- BLAST with microbial genomes
- Gene Ontology
- Virulence Factors of Pathogenic Bacteria
- Comprehensive Microbial Resource
Search engines
- NCBI Entrez - the life sciences search engine cross database search
- Scirus - scientific information
- Scitopia.org - science and technology
Societies
- Canadian Society of Microbiologists
- Canadian Society for Immunology
- American Society for Microbiology
- American Association of Immunologists
- Infectious Diseases Society of America
- Society for Applied Microbiology
- International Union of Microbiological Societies
- International Union of Immunological Societies