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Compiled by E. Heaser


Contents: Reference Books
Indexes to Journals
Web Sites
Search Engines
Library Homepage

EUREKA (COMPUTER CATALOG)
Library of Congress (LC) call number areas for browsing.
QR 1-74.5
QR 75-177
QR 180-189.5
QR 201-353.5
QR 335-502
RB 1-214
RC 109-119.7
RC 120-216.A
Microbiology [general]
Bacteria; Microbial Ecology
Immunology
Pathogenic Microorganisms [by disease A-Z]
Virology
Pathology, histology, laboratory technology & techiques, molecular diagnosis
Infectious & Parasitic Diseases [general]
Individual Diseases [infectious & parasitic]

REFERENCE BOOKS
Antibody Applications: Essential Techniques.  ref QR 183 D45 1995
Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology.  ref QR 81 B46 1984 v. 1-4
Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd ed. ref QR 81 B46 2001 v.1-2
        v. 1. The Archaea & the Deeply Branching Phototrophic Bacteria.
        v. 2. Part B, The Gamaproteobacteria. The Proteobacteria.
Biochemical Tests for the Identification of Medical Bacteria.  ref QR 67.2 M32 2000
CDC Prevention Guidelines: A Guide to Action.  ref RA 445 C341 1997
Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods. 20th ed.  ref RB 37 C55 2001
Clinical Microbiology Procedures Handbook.  ref RB 46 C65 1992 v.1-2
Compendium of Methods for the Microbiological Examination of Foods. 4th
    ref QR 115 A5 2001
Contagious and Non-contagious Infectious Diseases Sourcebook.  ref RC 113 C66 1996
Cytokine Reference: A Compendium of Cytokines & Other Mediators.
    v.1 Ligands,v.2 Receptors.  ref QR 185.8 C95 C9816 2001
Desk Encyclopedia of Microbiology.  ref QR 9 D47 2004
The Dictionary of Immunology.  ref QR 180.4 D53 1995
Dictionary of Microbiology & Molecular Biology.  ref QR 9 S56 2001
Encyclopedia of Aids: A Social, Political, Cultural and Scientific Record
 of the HIV Epidemic.
  ref RA 664 A25 E5276 1998
Encyclopedia of Food Microbiology.  ref QR 115 E53 2000 v.1-3
Encyclopedia of Immunology.  ref QR 180.4 E56 1992 v.1-3
Encyclopedia of Microbiology.  ref Q R9 E53 2000
Encyclopedia of Virology.  ref QR 358 E53 1999 v. 1-3
Food Borne Disease Handbook. 2nd ed.  ref QR 201 F668 2000 v. 1-4
Handbook of Antibiotics.  ref RM 267 R44 2000
The HLA Facts Book.  ref QR 184.32 H485 2000
Illustrated Dictionary of Immunology, 2nd ed  ref QR 180.4 C78 2003
International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria and Statutes of the International
    Committee on Systematic Bacteriology and Statutes of the Bacteriology and
    Applied Microbiology Section of The International Union of Microbiological
    Societies. 1990 revision.
  ref QR 81.I57 1992
Jacobs & DeMott Laboratory Test Handbook with Keyword Index, 5th ed.
    ref RB 37 L2758 2001
Manual of Clinical Microbiology. 7th ed. ref QR 46 M425 2004
A Manual of Laboratory & Diagnostic Tests. 6th ed.  ref RB 38.2 F57 2000
MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Report  http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/
    Also available at ref RA 407.3 A37
Pathophysiology: The Biologic Basis for Disease in Adults & Children, 4th ed.
    ref RB 113 M35 2002
PDxMD Infectious Diseases. V. 1 Bacterial, v.2 Viral, Fungal & Parasitic.
    ref RC 112 I55 2003
Principles & Practice of Infectious Diseases.  ref RC 111 P78 2005 v.1-2
The Prokaryotes. 2d ed.  ref QR 72.5 P76 1992 v. 1-4
The T Cell Receptor Facts Book.  ref QR 185.8 T2 L445 2001

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INDEXES TO JOURNAL LITERATURE

Paper Indexes

  • Biological Abstracts    (1926-1995)
    Index Area 2 North and Lower Level    QH 301 B37 v.1-100, 1926-1995
  • Biological & Agricultural Index   (1931-32; 1945-1999)
    Index Area 2 North and Lower Level    SZ 5073 A 46 v.1-2 1931-32; 11-53, 1945-19
Electronic Indexes
Unless noted otherwise; electronic indexes are restricted to CSUS students, faculty, & staff. Instructions for off-campus access are available at
Off-Campus Access to Library E-Resources.
  • Biological Abstracts   (1969-current)
    Over 4,000 journals covering life science and biomedical research
  • Biological & Agricultural Index (EBSCO) (1983-current)
    Biological & Agricultural Index
  • Ingenta  (1989-current)
    General interest and science database
    Full-text can be purchased
  • MEDLINE  (1950-current)
    National Library of Medicine
    Some full text available
  • PubMed  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi  (1950-current)
    National Library of Medicine - contains MEDLINE and is free to the public
    Some full text available
  • ScienceDirect  (current 5 or 6 years)
    Full text of 1,700 plus journals
  • Wiley InterScience  (1996-current)
    Full text of some of the 300 plus journals
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WEB SITES
All the Virology on the WWW   http://www.virology.net/garryfavweb.html
American Society for Microbiology   http://www.asm.org/
Center for Complex Infectious Diseases   http://www.ccid.org/
Center for Disease Control (CDC)   http://www.cdc.gov/scientific.htm
CDC Avian Influenza (bird flu)   http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/
CDC:Public Health Emergency Preparedness & Response   http://www.bt.cdc.gov/
CDC:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)   http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/
CDC:West Nile Virus   http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/
Emerging and Infectious Diseases (journal)   http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/
GOBASE: The Organelle Genome Database  http://megasun.bch.umontreal.ca/gobase/
Institute for Molecular Virology   http://virology.wisc.edu/IMV/
MEDLINE plus. Lyme Disease   http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/lymedisease.html
MicroBioNet [bacteriology, virology, parasitology]   http://www.microbionet.com.au/
National Foundation for Infectious Diseases   http://www.nfid.org/
NCBI Bookshelf (Full text of some textbooks)
     http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=Books&itool=toolbar
Society for General Microbiology   http://www.socgenmicrobiol.org.uk/
Museum of Bacteria   http://www.bacteriamuseum.org/
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SEARCH ENGINES
Ananzi.com  http://www.ananzi.com/
GoogleScholar.com  http://scholar.google.com  
Yahoo.com  http://www.yahoo.com
Vivisimo.com  http://www.vivisimo.com  
    (Searches other search engines, groups information into categories)

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Questions/comments to:
Eileen Heaser, Science Reference Librarian
eheaser@csus.edu, Science Librarian, CSU, Sacramento
10/01:Last updated 11/07
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