Research Guides: Botany & Plant Biology: Books

Botany

BioDiversity Heritage Library
"The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is a consortium of natural history and botanical libraries that cooperate to digitize and make accessible the legacy literature of biodiversity held in their collections and to make that literature available for open access and responsible use as a part of a global “biodiversity commons.”
This site contains thousands of volumes.
Online Books
Hosted by the University of Pennsylvania, this site is a one-stop shopping for online books drawing its content from Google Books, Internet Archive ebooks, University of Michigan Digital General Collection, HathiTrust and more.
Search by call number/subject is available.

Encyclopedia of Life
Outstanding resource, the Encyclopedia of Life is an open- access, collaborative encyclopedia whose information is gathered from existing databases, from scientists and from nonscientists, to create a collection representing every living organism on Earth.

Gale Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new window
Search and display the full-text of reference books.
Subjects: Many subjects, including History, Education, Film, Health, Science, Social Science
Info type: encyclopedia and reference book entries.
List of sources.
SAGE Knowledge This link opens in a new window
Ebooks and reference sources from SAGE.
Subjects: Many subjects, including African American Studies, Anthropology, Business Ethics, Communication, Criminology, Economics, Education, Gender Studies, History, Politics, Psychology, Social Issues, Social Work, Sociology.
Info type: encyclopedia articles, ebooks

Science.gov
This federal website provides web access and a unified search of the government's scientific and technical information, including those in biology.

SpringerLink Journals and Ebooks This link opens in a new window
Journals and ebooks from the publisher Springer
Subjects: Various, including Life Sciences, Medicine, Chemistry, Physics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Geosciences, Environment, Engineering, Psychology, Economics, Business, Social Sciences
Info type: scholarly journals and ebooks

Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of North America
Call Number: QH77.N56 B43 2001
Reference - 1st Level North
Print version as well as electronic (click title for access)
CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology
Call Number: QK13 .Q38 2000
Reference Collection - 1st Level North
Encyclopedia of Biodiversity
Call Number: QH541.15.B56 E53 2001
Reference Collection - 1st Level North
Encyclopedia of Biology
Call Number: QH309.2 .R58 2004
Reference Collection - 1st Level North
Encyclopedia of Evolution
Call Number: QH360.2 .E54 2002
Reference - 1st Level North
U·X·L Encyclopedia of Biomes
Call Number: QH541.14 .U18 2000
Reference Collection - 1st Level North
Print version as well as electronic (click title for access)
Computational Methods for Next Generation Sequencing Data Analysis by Ion Mandoiu; Alexander Zelikovsky
ISBN: 1119272173
Publication Date: 2016-09-12
Concise Handbook of Experimental Methods for the Behavioral and Biological Sciences
Call Number: 3rd Level, QH315 .G68 2001

A Field Guide to Invasive Plants of Aquatic and Wetland Habitats for Michigan
This guide contains descriptions and photos of invasive species. A spiral-bound copy is also available for check out for use in field work.
A Field Identification Guide to Invasive Plants in Michigan's Natural Communities
Contains photos and descriptions of invasive plants in Michigan. This title is also available as a spiral-bound field guide that can be checked out of the library for use in field work.