User Guides Subject Guides > Life Sciences, Marine & Environment — Microbiology

This is a guide to selected sources in the microbiology literature at URI. To find additional information, conduct a subject search in the HELIN Catalog using such headings as MICROBIOLOGY, ARCHAEA, BACTERIOLOGY, VIROLOGY, PROTOZOOLOGY, PARASITOLOGY, MYCOLOGY, etc.

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Getting started | Abstracts and indexes | Dictionaries | Clinical microbiology | Diagnosis | Identification and classification | Environmental microbiology | Immunology | Virology

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URI Ref  QR9 .E53 2000

Encyclopedia of Microbiology. 2nd ed. 2003. 4v.

Covers agricultural, environmental, food and industrial microbiology, as well as ethical issues, genetics, infectious diseases, metabolism, and more.

URI Ref  QR9 .W675 2003

World of Microbiology and Immunology. 2003. 2v.

Good short articles on species, persons, topics.  Cross references.  Illustrated.

Abstracts and indexes

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ASFA: Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts. Online. 1970-present. Updated monthly.

Covers marine sciences. Microbiology literature found in these subfiles: Biological Sciences and Living Resources; Aquatic Pollution and Environmental Quality; Aquaculture Abstracts. Also in print: v.1(1971)-v.26(1996) at URI Storage QH91 .A1 A68. In 1978 the print edition split into two subfiles: Part 1: Biological Sciences and Living Resources, and Part 2: Ocean Technology, Policy, and Non-living Resources.

http://www.uri.edu/library/reference_databases/title.html

Biological Abstracts [BIOSIS]. Online. 1990-present. Updated six times/year.

Covers all aspects of biology including microbiology. Covers about 6,000 journals, very comprehensive. Previous volumes, v.1(1926)-v.100(1995), at URI Ref. QH301 .B37.

http://www.uri.edu/library/reference_databases/title.html

Biological and Agricultural Index. Online. 1983-present. Updated daily.

Covers all aspects of biology including microbiology. Covers about 300 major journals in a broad area. Good for undergraduate research, since most journals covered are available at URI. Some full text available. Previous volumes, v.1(1916)-v.49(1995), at URI Ref. Z5073 .A46.

http://www.uri.edu/library/reference_databases/title.html

PubMed (MEDLINE). Online. 1950s-present. Updated monthly.

Covers the medical literature and related scientific literature, including microbiology. Previous volumes, v.1(1960)-v.40(1999) of the print edition, Index Medicus, available at URI Storage Z6660 .I422.

http://www.uri.edu/library/reference_databases/title.html

Web of Science. Online. 1998-present. Updated weekly.

Covers science including microbiology. Covers nearly 8500 journals in all sciences. Can search by author, key word and for references citing a paper. Previous years of Science Citation Index available, 1961-1996, at URI Ref. Z7401 .S365. Intervening years (1996-1997) covered by CD-Roms.

Dictionaries

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URI Ref QR180.4 .C78 2003

Cruise, Julius M. and Robert E. Lewis. Illustrated Dictionary of Immunology.  2nd ed. 2003.

Concepts, processes and substances are defined and discussed.  Many illustrations.

URI Ref  QR358 .M34 2001

Mahy, Brian W.J. A Dictionary of Virology.  3rd ed. 2001.

Virus structure, replication and role in disease.  Appendixes show diagrams of vertebrate viruses by type, and a classified list of viruses.

Clinical Microbiology

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URI Ref  QR245 .A85 2000

Atlas of Clinical Fungi.  2nd ed. 2000.

Provides identification, identification charts, treatment, physiology, diagnosis. Illustrated. Glossary.

URI Ref  QR46 .M425 2003

Manual of Clinical Microbiology.  8th ed. 2003. 2v.

Taxonomy, description, disease, culture, antibiotics for each species. Illustrated in color.

URI Ref  QR46 .T6 2005

Topley, W.W.C. Topley’s & Wilson’s Microbiology and Microbial Infections.  10th ed. 2005. 8v, CD-ROM included.

Covers general characteristics of each category: bacteria, fungi, parasites, protozoa, viruses. Articles covering each species. Illustrated in color.

URI Ref  QR67 .B37 2002

Bailey & Scott’s Diagnostic Microbiology. 11th ed. 2002.

Identification of pathogenic bacteria for use in the clinical laboratory. Covers epidemiology, disease symptoms, prevention also for each group of bacteria.

URI Ref  QR67 .C64 1997

Koneman's Color Atlas and Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology.  6th ed. 2006.

Covers basic microbiology, bacteria, fungi, parasites, viruses. 75 charts for laboratory procedures. Illustrated in color.

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Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology.  2nd ed. 2001. vol. 1-.

Provides identification of bacteria and their systemic relationships. How to isolate; characteristics. Illustrated.

URI Ref  QR72.5 .P76 1992

The Prokaryotes: A Handbook on the Biology of Bacteria: Ecophysiology, Isolation, Identification, Applications. 1992. 4v.

All aspects of biology of bacteria and archaea covered. Illustrated.

URI Ref  QR100 .M36 2002

Manual of Environmental Microbiology.  2nd ed. 2002.

Covers cultivation and assessment of bacteria, fungi, protozoa, viruses in the environment (air, soil, water).

URI Ref  QR180.4 .E53 1998

Encyclopedia of Immunology.  2nd ed. 1998. 4v.

All areas of immunology covered, including blood groups, AIDS, autoimmune diseases, cell types, molecular immunology. Illustrated in color.

URI Ref  QR358 .E52 1999

Encyclopedia of Virology.  2nd ed. 1999. 3v.

Genetics, structure, virus-host relationships, transmission, economic significance, control, classification, and more. Covers viruses in general, not just ones causing diseases in humans. Illustrated.

For assistance
If you need further assistance, please stop by the Reference Desk or contact the life sciences subject specialist, Larry Kelland, at (401) 874-5067 or  lkelland@uri.edu.

J.L. Kelland, 3/04; rev. 6/07.