Dictionaries(Printed)

• Dictionary of Biotechnology/ James Coombs.
  [SC – REFERENCE] TP248.16 C66 1992.
• Glossary of biotechnology and genetic engineering / A. Zaid ... [et al.].
  SC-REF-Books - TP248.16 G565 1999
• FAO Glossary of Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture/ A. Zaid.
  [SC – REFERENCE] TP248.16 G565 2001
• MacMillan Dictionary of Biotechnology/ James Coombs.
  SC – REFERENCE] TP248.16 C88 1986

Dictionaries (Electronic)

• An agricultural and environmental biotechnology annotated dictionary
• Biotech's Life Science Dictionary(Free)
• Biotechnology Glossary
• FAO Glossary of Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture(available in English, French, Serbian, Spanish, Vietnamese and Arabic)
• Glossary of Biotechnology terms
• Spellex Biotech Online Spelling Verification (Free Spellex Corporation)

Encyclopedia (printed)

• Molecular biology and biotechnology : a comprehensive desk reference / edited by Robert A. Meyers
  SC-REF-Books - QH506 M661 1995

Encyclopedia (Electronic)

• AllRef Encyclopedia - Biotechnology (courtesy HighBeam Research)
• Encyclopedia (includes Biotechnology URLs)
• Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia (on Biotechnology)

Electronic Databases

• EBI (European BioInformatics Institute): A large resource of information, including bioinformatics, genomics, molecular biology and biotechnology.
• Emerald- Full text: Electronic Management Research Library Database (available only from UWI- Mona Campus)
• FAO-BioDeC (a searchable database launched by FAO in April 2003 providing information on crop biotechnology products/techniques in use or in the pipeline in developing countries.
• Graphics Gallery: is a series of labeled diagrams with explanations representing the important processes of biotechnology. Each diagram is followed by a summary of information, providing a context for the process illustrated.
• LED (The Lipase Engineering Database: Details the sequence and structure of lipases
• ProQuest (available only from UWI-Mona Campus.)
• PAtGEn DB: Compiled for the purpose of studying legal and bioinformatic issues regarding genetic sequence patent publications, it contains information on patented and patent pending biological sequences.
• SilkSatDB (Silkmoth Microsatellite Database: A relational database of microsatellites extracted from the available expressed sequence tags and whole genome shotgun sequences of the silkmoth, Bombyx mori.
• South African National BioInformatics Institute: Details the analysis of genomes relevant to South African Health Research and Biotechnology.
• UM-BBD (The University of Minnesota Biocatalysis/Biodegradation Database: A database of microbial biocatalytic reactions and biodegradation pathways primarily for xenobiotic, chemical compounds.
  
  
  
  Electronic Journal

• Journal of Experimental Botany (Available only from Campus)
• Pesticide Outlook
• World Wide Web Journal of Biology

Internet Resources

• Biotechnology@nature.com
• Genetics@nature.com
• Human Genome Project (Information about the history, progress, research, and resources of the Human Genome Project)
• Biotech: Life Sciences resources & reference Tools
• Nature web focus - The Rat genome
• Molecular Cell Biology@nature.com
• Virtual Library on Genetics
• World Wide Web Virtual Library: Biotechnology Information Directory section

Audiovisuals

• Biotechnology on Earth (videorecording)/ Hawkhill Associates
  SC-Audiovisual Videocassette no. 278
• Video guide to DNA biotechnology [videorecording]
  MD-Audiovisual Videocassette no. 290
• Video guide to immuno-biotechnology(videorecording)
  MD-Audiovisual Videocassette no. 136
• Video guide to Molecular Cloning(videorecording)
  MD-Audivisual Videocassette no.137

 

Academic Departments/Associations/Institutions etc.

• Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO)
• Biotechnology in Food and Agriculture (FAO)
• National Agricultural Biotechnology Council
• National Centre for Biotechnology Education (UK)
• National Center for Biotechnology Information (US)
• National Human Genome Research Institute

New Arrivals/Acquisitions

• Handbook of Plant biotechnology/ editors-in-chief, Paul Christon and Harry Klee.
  Sc-REF-Books - TP248.27 p55 H36 2004
• Molecular biotechnology : principles and applications of recombinant DNA / Bernard R. Glick and Jack J. Pasternak.
  SC-RBC-Books - TP248.2 G58 2003

 

 

 

Liaison Librarian: Maureen Kerr-Campbell
Email: maureen.kerrcampbell@uwimona.edu.jm