Research Guides: BIOL 015: Microbial Ecology (SC): Home

Finding Journal Articles

Look for the link to search for full-text access to the articles. If we do not have access to an article you need, place an Article Request and the library will obtain a PDF of it for you. You will usually receive it in 1-3 days (occasionally the same day). From the menu, choose Request via Interlibrary Loan (ILL) and the request form will be filled out for you.

Web of Science
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A huge database of scholarly literature across the sciences, strong in both historical and current coverage.
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature. Some of the articles will have links to the full text or to the Find It link. If you do not see the Find It link, go to Settings> Library Links and add Swarthmore College.
PubMed
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A large database of biomedical and related literature. It's strengths are controlled subject searching (MeSH) and linking with other NCBI resources. You must click on the title of the article to see the full-text or Find It links in the upper right corner of the page.

Handbooks, Manuals, Encyclopedias

The Prokaryotes: A Handbook on the Biology of Bacteria
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This resource does have a "search within this reference work" box, but note that it only searches the volume you've selected.
Volume 1: Symbiotic associations, Biotechnology, Applied Microbiology
Volume 2: Ecophysiology and Biochemistry
Volume 3: Archaea. Bacteria: Firmicutes, Actinomycetes
Volume 4: Bacteria: Firmicutes, Cyanobacteria
Volume 5: Proteobacteria: Alpha and Beta Subclasses
Volume 6: Proteobacteria: Gamma Subclass
Volume 7: Proteobacteria: Delta, Epsilon Subclass
Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology (print)
Resource for determining the identity of prokaryotic organisms, emphasizing bacterial species, using every characterizing aspect.
Swarthmore: Cornell Ref (Main Floor)
+ QR81 .B46 2001

See Bergey's Table of Contents to determine which volume you need.

The Desk Encyclopedia of Microbiology (print)
Swarthmore: Cornell Ref (lower level)
+ QR9 .D47 2004
Handbook of Molecular Microbial Ecology II : Metagenomics in Different Habitats
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Books

Below are examples of books you can find on the topic of Microbial Ecology in the Tripod Catalog. See a more complete list here.

Microbial Ecology of the Oceans by David L. Kirchman; Ralph Mitchell
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ISBN: 9780470043448
Publication Date: 2008-06-23
Molecular Microbial Ecology of the Rhizosphere by Frans J. de Bruijn
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ISBN: 9781118297735
Publication Date: 2013-03-18
Bacteriology of Humans by Michael Wilson
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ISBN: 9781444300383
Publication Date: 2009-01-26