Course
Materials 
Items available in
the Short Loan Collection
Please remember that the Short Loan Collection is located in
the Kate Edger Information Commons, Level 1.
To see the complete list of items on short loan, go to the Course Materials Page and search under BIOSC 100 in the drop down menu. This will list each item on short loan, including digitally scanned articles, in alphabetical order by title.
Course
readings may only be used for the University's educational purposes. You may
print a copy for your own use, but you may not make a further copy for any other
purpose. You may not copy or distribute any part of the reading to any other
person. Failure to comply with these terms may expose you to legal action for
copyright infringement and/or disciplinary action by the University.
Crossley, L.
(1995). Explore
Antarctica. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Eastman,
J.T. (1993). Antarctic
fish biology. San Diego: Academic Press.
King,
H.G.R. (1969). The
Antarctic. London: Blandford Press.
McGonigal, D.
(2001). The
complete story : Antarctica. Auckland: Random House.
McGonigal, D.,
& Woodworth, L. (2002). Antarctica
: the blue continent. Auckland: Random House.
Trewby, M.
(2002). Antarctica
: an encyclopedia from Abbott ice shelf to zooplankton. Auckland: David
Bateman Ltd.
Exam Papers
Link to past BIOSCI 100 Exam Papers
Assignments
Literature Research Assignment
Essay 1
To be announced
Due
Date: To be announced (12.5% of
course assessment)
Essay 2
To be announced
Due Date: To be announced (12.5% of course
assessment)
Electronic
Books
Remember to refer to the
instructions for Accessing
Electronic Resources
before you start to use these resources.
Reference books such as dictionaries and
encyclopedias are a good place to start for any essay assignment. Use
dictionaries and encyclopedias to find out background information about an essay
topic and understand what your essay topic is asking you.
Library
Databases
Remember to refer to the
instructions for Accessing
Electronic Resources
before you start to use these resources.
The key library databases to use for the
Essay Assignment are:
-
Antarctic
Bibliography and Bibliography
on Cold Regions Science and Technology
Both databases are published by the American Geological Institute with
contributions from the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of
Cambridge and funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the U.
S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory. The
Antarctic Bibliography covers all disciplines related to the region
including biological and geological sciences, medical sciences, meteorology,
oceanography, atmospheric and terrestrial physics, expeditions, logistics
equipment and supplies, and tourism. The Bibliography on Cold
Regions Science and Technology includes references to scientific and
engineering research related to material and operations in a winter
battlefield, the nature and impact of cold on facilities and activities,
cold-related environmental problems, and the impact of human activity on
cold environments.
- Scopus
Scopus is a very powerful and particularly useful European-based
database that indexes in the fields of general science. 60% of its content
is non-US, so it makes for good complementary searches with Biological
Abstracts. Although not full text, most of its citations link to full text
articles via databases such as Science Direct, and it also provides useful
'times cited' data and live reference/author links for each result. It
contains 27 million items and covers 15 000 peer reviewed scientific
publications from 4000 publishers
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Biological
Abstracts
Biological Abstracts is an international database on biology, clinical and
experimental medicine, biochemistry and biotechnology. It indexes and
abstracts articles in 6,500 serials from over 100 countries and is produced
in the United States by BIOSIS.
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Aquatic
Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts
Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts is an international database on
science, technology and management of marine, brackish and freshwater
environments. It indexes and abstracts a variety of publications in over 40
languages and is produced in the United States by Aquatic Sciences and
Fisheries Information System.
-
New
Zealand Antarctic Bibliography
Compiled by Antarctica New Zealand, the New Zealand Antarctic
Bibliography indexes material in the areas of Antarctica, the Southern Ocean
and Antarctica New Zealand. Most records in the database are journal
articles from New Zealand and International journals. There are some
conference proceedings, books chapters and theses from New Zealand
Universities.
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