Handbooks and Field Guides

Use the call numbers below to locate the handbooks and field guides in the Reference area. See also Biology Reference Resources - Electronic.

General:                                  

• Beacham's guide to the endangered species of North America. Edited by Walton Beacham, Frank V. Castronova, Suzanne Sessine. SCI/TECH REFERENCE QH77.N56 B43 2001 

• The Oryx Guide to Natural History.  By Patricia Barnes-Svarney and Thomas E. Svarney. SCI/TECH REFERENCE QH45.2 .B32 1999 

Arthropods: 

• American insects : a handbook of the insects of America north of Mexico.
  Ross H. Arnett, Jr. SCI/TECH REFERENCE QL474 .A76 2000

• Insects of the world. Anthony Wootton. SCI/TECH REFERENCE QL463 .W876 1984

Biochemistry: 

• Handbook of Metalloproteins. Edited by Albrecht Messerschmidt. SCI/TECH REFERENCE QP552.M46 H363 2001

• Handbook of Proteomic Methods.  Edited by P. Michael Conn. SCI/TECH REFERENCE QP551 .H33 2003 

Birds:                                            

• Birds of Texas : a field guide. John H. Rappole and Gene W. Blacklock. SCI/TECH LIBRARY QL684.T4 R365 1994

• The Sibley Guide to Birds. By David Sibley. SCI/TECH REFERENCE  QL681 .S497 2000 

Cell Biology: 

• Handbook of Stem Cells. Edited by Robert P. Lanza. SCI/TECH REFERENCE QH588.S83 H36 2004

Fish: 

• Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, and adjacent waters. H. Dickson Hoese and Richard H. Moore. SCI/TECH REFERENCE QL621.56 .H63 1998

• Fishes of the central United States. Joseph R. Tomelleri and Mark E. Eberle. SCI/TECH REFERENCE QL628.M53 T66 1990

Invertebrates:

• Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Crustaceans. Donna D. Turgeon, chair ; Patsy A. McLaughlin, Jr. [et al.]. SCI/TECH REFERENCE QL441 .1.A1C6 2005

Microbiology: 

• Bergey's Manual of Systemic Bacteriology. Edited by George M. Garrity. SCI/TECH REFERENCE QR81 .B46 2001 

• Handbook of Microbiological Media. By Ronald M. Atlas.  SCI/TECH REFERENCE QR66.3 .A85 2004