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Credo Reference

A digital reference library that provides more than 600 high-quality reference books from the world's leading publishers.

• Biology in Credo Libguide
• Dictionary of Developmental Biology and Embryology
• Encyclopedia of the Human Genome
• Keywords and Concepts in Evolutionary Developmental Biology
• The Evolution Wars: A Guide to the Debates
• Dictionary of Microbiology & Molecular Biology
• Collins Dictionary of Biology
• The Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Provides searchable full text of 267 Reference works in 16 subject areas including Science: 

• Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, 2012
• Biotechnology, 2v, 2012
• Encyclopedia of Microbiology, 2011

Salem Science

• Biomes & Ecosystems, 4. volumes, 2013

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