Reference resources include encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases and handbooks. Entries in such sources tend to be rather short and they are meant to help you get started with research on a new topic.
Cambridge Dictionary of human biology and evolution
CALL NUMBER: Ref. QP34.5 .M24 2005
Dictionary of bioinformatics and computational biology
CALL NUMBER: Ref. QH324.2 .D53 2004
Dictionary of Biology
CALL NUMBER: Ref. QH302.5 .D54 2004
Dictionary of water and waste management
CALL NUMBER: Ref. TD9 .S37 2002
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Genetics, Genomics, and Proteomics
CALL NUMBER: Ref. QH427 .R43 2003
Environmental Forensics: A Glossary of Terms
CALL NUMBER: Ref. KF3775 .A68 M67 2000
Penguin Dictionary of Biology
CALL NUMBER: Ref. QH13 .N62 2004
All Things Darwin: An Encyclopedia of Darwin's World
CALL NUMBER: Ref. QH31.D2 A7894 2007
Encyclopedia of Bioethics
CALL NUMBER: Ref. QH332 .E52 2004
Encyclopedia of Environmental Biology
CALL NUMBER: Ref. QH540.4 .E52 1995
Encyclopedia of Evolution
CALL NUMBER: Ref. QH360.2 .E54 2002
Encyclopedia of the Human Brain
CALL NUMBER: Ref. QP376 .E586 2002
Encyclopedia of Stem Cell Research
CALL NUMBER: Ref. QH588.S83 E53 2008
Encyclopedia of water
CALL NUMBER: Ref. GB655 .N48 2003
Environmental Encyclopedia
CALL NUMBER: Ref. GE10 .E38 2003
Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia
CALL NUMBER: Ref. QL7 .G7813 2003
vol. 1 (Lower Metazoans and Lesser Deuterostomes)
vol. 2 (Protostomes)
vol. 3 (Insects)
vol. 4-5 (Fishes)
vol. 6 (Amphibians)
vol. 7 (Reptiles)
vol. 8-11 (Birds)
vol. 12-16 (Mammals)
International Encyclopedia of Environmental Politics
CALL NUMBER: Ref. GE170 .I55 2002
Life on Earth: An Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, Ecology, and Evolution
CALL NUMBER: Ref. QH541.15 .B56 L54 2002
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
CALL NUMBER: Ref. Q121 .M3 2007
New encyclopedia of aquatic life
CALL NUMBER: Ref. QL120 .N49 2004
Tree of Life : A Phylogenetic Classification
CALL NUMBER: Ref. QH83 .L42513 2006
Gray's Anatomy
CALL NUMBER: Ref. QM23.2 .G73 2005