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Important note on microbiology books held in the library
Please be aware that microbiology books in the library may fall in different Dewey sequences on level M (the mezzanine floor) depending on their content. This is especially important if you are browsing titles on the shelves rather than accessing them individually from the catalogue.
Generally, if the subject of the book is pure research (or physiological/anatomical research in animal models), then it will fall in the 570 sequence on the side of level M facing Alfred St.
However, if the subject is applied (pharmacological, therapeutic or pathological with medical relevance for humans), it will fall in the 600 sequence on the other side of level M.
If the content of a book is equally shared between pure and applied, then it will generally fall into the 570 sequence.
Course Material
There are a number of items available for
BIOSCI 349 in the Short Loans Collection which is located on
level 1 of the Kate Edger Information Commons.
To see the full list of items, go to the
Course Materials search page on
the library page, scroll down the alphabetical list of courses to find the entry for
BIOSC349 and click on the Search tab.
The items are in alphabetical order by title and may include books and
individual articles.
Essay Assignment
Help
You need to:
- Select your topic (listed in Cecil and below)
- Sign up for your
chosen topic on Cecil.
- Read the
corresponding reference(s) for your chosen topic.
- Carry out a Literature Search to find more
information:
Assignment Topics and Starting References
Some reminders:
Essay Due Date: .
Word Limit:
Referencing
Remember - You have to Enter
your name in the appropriate list on CECIL from Thursday 14th April
using the self-streaming facility. Note
that a maximum of 12 students will be permitted to choose any one topic. The
self-streaming facility will close on Thursday 28th April.
Starting References:
Holland
Woolhouse,
M. E. J., Webster, J. P., Domingo, E., Charlesworth, B., & Levin, B. R.
(2002). Biological
and biomedical implications of the co-evolution of pathogens and their hosts.
Nature Genetics, 32, 569-577.
Roberton
Sonnenburg,
J. L., Xu, J., Leip, D.D., Chen, C-H., Westover, B. P., Weatherford, J., et al
(2005). Glycan
foraging in vivo by an intestine-adapted bacterial symbiont. Science,
307, 1955-1959.
Metcalf
WHO
Avian influenza - website
Enserink, M., & Normile, D. (2005). True
Numbers Remain Elusive in Bird Flu Outbreak. Science, 307, 1865.
(25/03/2005 news item about
the difficulty of estimating H5N1 human cases
).
New
Zealand Ministry of Health - Avian influenza (bird flu) plans
Swift
van der Sar, A.
M., Appelmelk, B.J., Vandenbroucke-Grauls, C. M., & Bitter, W. (2004). A
star with stripes: zebrafish as an infection model. Trends in
Microbiology, 12, 451-457.
Aballay,
A., & Ausubel, F. M. (2002). Caenorhabditis
elegans as a host for the study of host-pathogen interactions. Current
Opinion in Microbiology, 5, 97-101.
Taylor
Hilleman, M. R. (2004). Strategies
and mechanisms for host and pathogen survival in acute and persistent viral
infections. Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America,
101, 14560-14566.
Relevant Databases for the Essay Assignment
Scopus | User Guide
Scopus is a multi-disciplinary and very powerful science database
that includes over 27 million items from 15 000 peer-reviewed
titles. It also contains information on almost 13 million patents.
Most of its citations link to full text either on Science Direct or
other full-text sources. Scopus includes the same content that
Medline has, although it does not have the online thesaurus of
Medline terms. It is particularly good for author searching and for
citation tracking.
Scopus tutorials by the Biological Sciences librarian are offered throughout the year, and you are strongly advised to book for one of them if you have not used this database before. Booking is via the Book a Library Workshop page at http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/booking/
MedLine
/ PubMed | User
Guide
Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, the Medline database
is widely recognized as the premier source for bibliographic coverage of
biomedical literature. Medline encompasses information from Index Medicus,
Index to Dental Literature, and International Nursing Index, as well as
other sources of coverage in the areas of communication disorders,
population biology, and reproductive biology. More than 11 million records
from more than 4,600 journals are indexed and abstracted. Medline uses OVID
software.
PubMed is the free version of MedLine that
exists on the web and covers the exact same material as MedLine. The
advantage of using MedLine over PubMed is that MedLine has been customised
for the University of Auckland and links through to all available electronic
journals. As PubMed is a free database on the Internet customisation for the
University of Auckland is not possible.
Biological
Abstracts | User
Guide
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.
Current
Contents | User
Guide
The online version of the well-known Current Contents journals, produced
in the United States by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI).
Current Contents indexes the areas of Agriculture, Biology &
Environmental Sciences, Arts & Humanities, Clinical Medicine,
Engineering, Computing & Technology, Life Sciences, Physical, Chemical
& Earth Sciences and Social & Behavioral Sciences.
Web
of Science | User
Guide
Also known as the Science Citation Index, The Web of Science is a
mutlidisciplinary database listing 20 million items from over 8000 journals.
Most items are in the Sciences, but it is also useful for the Social
Sciences, Arts & Humanities.
Complete listing of all Biological Sciences Databases
The Internet as an Information Source
Avoid citing internet sources - they may contain useful information and
images but are not peer
reviewed and should therefore be interpreted with caution. However,
the Internet can provide useful background reading for unfamiliar topics.
You can
still use scientific journals that are published on-line.
- The following online internet tutorials will help you in your use of the
internet for research:
- The following electronic book also contains some useful information on
using the internet for research:
Dussart, G. (2002). Biosciences
on the Internet. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
eBooks
To access
these eBooks refer to the
Accessing
Electronic Resources instructions.
| Useful
eBooks |
Quick Reference Online |
| Microbiology
General
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Dictionaries/Glossaries
Encyclopedias
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Tips for finding even more eBooks in the catalogue:
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