Biology
A Pathfinder for Seventh Grade

 

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Books Magazines
Internet Sites
Videos CD-ROM

Electronic Databases

Dewey Numbers
Keywords Phrases
People
Places
NJ State Standards

Print Resources-Books and Magazines

There are several excellent books about Biology. A few of the books are listed below. To locate more books, use the suggested keywords and phrases to search the online library catalog.  You can click on the Card Catalog icon on your desktop.


NONFICTION BOOKS

Biologists

575.0092 TWI. Charles Darwin : on the trail of evolution.

502 Go . Real people working in science.

609 Feldman. Scientists & inventors.

B ARCHIMEDES. Archimedes, greatest scientist of the ancient world.

B ASIMOV. Isaac Asimov--scientist and storyteller.

B NEW. Isaac Newton, reluctant genius.

B SALK. Jonas Salk.

BC Dash. The triumph of discovery : women scientists who won the Nobel Prize.

BC Veg. Women scientist.

BC WIL. Scientists who changed the world.

610.79 AAS. The disease fighters : the Nobel Prize in medicine.

500 Mar. Discoveries that changed science.

 Viruses and Diseases

616.9 DEC Anthrax

79.3 Rav Bacteria

616.9 LAW Campylobacteriosis

616.9 COL Cholera

616.9 MAN Escherichia coli infections

616.3 HOR Hepatitis

616.97 BEC HIV/AIDS

616.2 EMM Influenza

616.9 YAN Lyme disease

616.8 FER Mad cow disease (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy)

616.9 MAR Malaria

616.9 DEC Mononucleosis

616.9 EMM Plague

16.8 HEC Polio

616.2 Smallpox

616.9 SMI Streptococcus (group A)

616.9 SHM Toxic shock syndrome

16.9 EMM Typhoid fever

616.9 SFA West Nile virus

Other BOOKS


576.8 Evo Evolution

612 Hum Human biology

616.003 HUM Human diseases and conditions

616.9 DAY Killer superbugs : the story of drug-resistant diseases

577.6 Rap Life in a river

577.68 Ste Life in a wetland

577.7 Life in an estuary

577.3 Rap Life in an old growth forest

577.5 Win Life in the tundra

576.8 JAC Looking for life in the universe : the search for extraterrestrial intelligence

612.7 LLA Muscles and bones

580 Gre The plant kingdom : a guide to plant classification and biodiversity

579 Pro Protists and fungi

Other life forms such as

Animals or other species:

My reportlinks.com books are an excellent tool for research. The book AND the website are together!

599.65 GRA The woodland caribou : a MyReportLinks.com book.

99.756 GRE The tiger : a MyReportLinks.com book.

599.773 REI The gray wolf : a MyReportLinks.com book.

 

REFERENCE BOOKS

Encyclopedias are located on the back wall in the Reference books

920.02 UXL V.9 UXL encyclopedia of world biography

REF 920 WOR The World almanac book of who.

REF 920 BIO Biography today. : profiles of people of interest to young readers.

REF BC CAM The Cambridge biographical dictionary.

REF BC Abbott.  Biographical Dict.of scientists Biologists Abbott

REF 509.203 Lar. Larousse dictionary of scientists.

MAGAZINES

Time and U.S. News are located in the Periodical Room.

You can access magazine and news articles through our Electronic Databases.

 
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Online Resources--Internet Sites

The Web sites listed on this page have been previewed and selected for this topic. If additional information is needed, use the suggested keywords and phrases to search the Internet.

INTERNET SITES MUST BE FOUND using our Library Catalog!

Some examples to help you search are:

"Biology", "Diseases", "Viruses", or "Biologists"

 

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Videos, CD-ROM, Laserdiscs, etc.

Our library has the following multimedia resources on your topic:

See Mrs. Jamison for this information.

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Dewey Decimal Numbers to Browse

If you want to browse the shelves in the library to locate information about

Significant Biologists , look for these numbers:

Non-fiction Shelves: 570's and 600's

Biographies and Biography Collections: B and BC are the call letters.

Look on the tall shelves awards on top to the left of the double doors

Science Reference Shelves: Check the Reference Biography 920's and the 500-574.9 & 600-699

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Keywords and Phrases for Searching

Do you need additional information? Try using these words and phrases to search Magazine Index, the library online catalog, CD-ROM or print encyclopedias or the World Wide Web:

Use the title of your topic as a starting place. For example: type in the search box scientists or your scientist's name for our OPAC searches.

For Internet search engines, type " Biologists and contributions", with or without quotes.

Other keywords to use are: Biographers and Inventors.

For most topics it may be helpful to use: Scientists and Biologists

 

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Community Resources-People and Places

The following community contacts may help you with your topic:

 

 

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Electronic Databases

Online Databases

click here

 

Please get the password information from the Media Specialist.

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Information Literacy EALRs and Other Resources for Teachers
 

NJ State Science Content Standards

http://www.state.nj.us/njded/cccs/02/s5_science.htm

NJ State Language Literacy Content Standards

http://www.state.nj.us/njded/cccs/02/s3_lal.htm

 

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