Using the Biological Literature

Reviews / Votes

"Using the Biological Literature: A Practical Guide. Fourth Edition.
By Diane Schmidt. Boca Raton ( Florida): CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group).
$99.95.
xi + 400 p.; index.
ISBN: 978-1-4665-5857-1.
2014."
-The Quarterly Review of Biology

Praise for the Previous Edition:

"The third edition of this valuable reference work continues to provide a useful survey of the rapidly expanding biological literature, emphasizing theoretical disciplines. ... Highly recommended for all college and university libraries, and for lower-division undergraduates and higher."
-B. E. Fleury, Tulane University, CHOICE, 39(9) May 2002, p. 1566

"The third edition of this comprehensive work expands its subject coverage of web-based resources, which was initiated in the second edition. Print resources are described and their online or digital counterparts also noted. ... Recommended for libraries serving two-year technical and community colleges, four-year liberal arts colleges, and major research universities as well as organization, society, and government agency libraries that have biology as a subject focus."
-Science & Technology Libraries, 21:3-4, 211-221

"The book is easy to follow ... It is a very useful resource for collection development librarians and for graduate students who may want to become familiar with an area of biological sciences. Highly recommended for academic libraries."
-Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, Spring 2002