What kinds of resources do you need?
An overview of a topic
Look for books or reference materials using our catalog.
- Looking for a brief overview of a topic you don’t already know? Search our catalog for the word “encyclopedia” plus a broad topic (ex. encyclopedia biology). Or browse our reference collection on Library North 2 (look under Q for science, R for medicine, and T for technology).
- Looking for in-depth explorations of a topic or field? Search our catalog for the topic. If you don’t find anything, search for a broader topic (e.g. chemotherapy instead of daunorubicin).
- Looking for the most up-to-date overviews of recent research? Look for review articles in one of the biology databases.
Current research and experiments
Look for scholarly articles in one of our databases.
Physical reference data
Use Reaxys substance search, the library’s reference books, or physical reference data websites.
