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Remember to Search The CAT for print reference tools

Access Science (McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology)

AMA Manual of Style   (American Medical Association) 

American Men and Women of Science is available from the Gale Virtual Reference Library

Birds of North America detailed scientific information for each of the 716 species of birds nesting in the USA and Canada.

Campus Trees and Shrubs  1946 or  1980

DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)

MedlinePlus Trusted Health Information for You   A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine, NIH National Institutes of Health.

The Prokaryotes (the biology of bacteria)

STAT!Ref (core full-text biomedical and nursing books including DSM-IV)

Trees of Penn State  a searchable inventory all of the trees on the University Park campus

Other Online Reference Tools:

Associations Unlimited Directory of associations in all subjects

Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI) Index to biographical information in all subjects

Community of Science Includes:

  • Federally Funded Research in the U.S. (the full grants database of the NIH, NSF, USDA, SBIR, and Advanced Technology Program)
  • COS Expertise (63,000 profiles of researchers and scholars)
  • COS Funding Opportunities (identify funding opportunities).

Gale Virtual Reference Library for a wide range of encyclopedias in many subjects.

Oxford Reference Online for a wide range of dictionaries in many subjects.

Merriam-Webster OnLine Dictionary and Thesaurus

Roget's Thesaurus

USPTO Patent Databases