Library Intensive Course: Human Reproductive Biology


Human Reproductive Biology (BIOL160B)
Professor Lawrence Wangh
Fall 2004

Library Instructor:
Katherine Button
Reference Librarian
Gerstenzang Science Library
781/736-4729
This resource page was adapted from a previous page
compiled by Ralph Szymczak and updated by Leslie Stebbins.

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Research Guides

Biology Resources

Women's Studies Resources

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Encyclopedias

Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Growth and Development
Science Reference QP84 .C26

Encyclopedia of Reproduction
Science Reference QP251 .E48125

Marshall's Physiology of Reproduction
Science Reference QP251 .M32

Physiology of Reproduction
Science Reference QP251 .P525

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Statistics

Childstats.gov: the official Web site of the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics
http://www.childstats.gov/

Statistical Universe
Accesses statistics from federal, state and private sources with some links to full text

Census 2000
As it is released it will be available from: http://factfinder.census.gov

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Browsing for Books


LOUIS is the online catalog of the Brandeis Libraries, and is the principal means of locating books in the library collections. The database can be searched by author, title, subject, journal title, or key word.

Brandeis uses the Library of Congress (LC) system of classification for arranging books on the shelves. The following (LC) classification numbers may be used for browsing for books related to human reproductive biology. Most libraries in the Boston Library Consortium use the LC system. However, the same book may be assisgned different numbers in different libraries. If you are interested in a specific item, always check the catalog first.
HB848-HB3700 Population, Demography, Vital Statistics
HQ503-HQ1064 The Family. Marriage
QH431 Human Genetics
QH471-QH491 Reproduction. Developmental Biology
QH600 Chromosomes
QH605 Cell Division
QM601-QM691 Human Embryology
RB155 Medical Genetics. Genetic Counseling
RG551-RG648 Pregnancy & the Fetus

For books located in other libraries outside of Brandeis, please use:

  • Worldcat --a database listing books and other resources held in libraries throughout the country
  • Libdex --a meta-index to hundreds of library online catalogs around the world

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Journal Literature (Indexes)


BIOSIS Previews Described as "the world's most comprehensive database in the life sciences." Brandeis subscribes to the years 1969 to date.

PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) Database chronicling global public policy and social issues, 1972 to date.

PubMed A service of the National Library of Medicine, provides access to over 11 million citations to the biomedical literature, 1950's to date.

Social Science Abstracts Indexes and provides abstracts to articles in 350 international, English-language social science journals from 1983 to the present.

Women's Studies International A large electronic index to many women's studies books, journals, and audiovisual materials.

Web of Science Indexes over 11,000 scholarly journals in the sciences (1945 to present), the social sciences (1956 to present), and the arts and humanities (1975 to present).


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Full-Text Journal Aggregators


Academic Search Premier Provides full text and indexing of thousands of journals in all academic fields. Dates vary according to publication.

InfoTrac Searchbank A broad general index to scholarly and popular journals, magazines and newspapers. Provides indexing for over one-thousand publications and full-text links to more than one-thousand periodicals from 1980 to the present.


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Government Documents


GPO Monthly Catalog Index of U.S. government publications from 1976 to the present.

Congressional Universe Accesses congressional publications including hearings, committee prints and senate and house reports with many links to full text. Also includes legislative histories, bills, current laws, regulations and information about congressional members and committees.

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Newspapers and Legal Information


Academic Universe Primarily full text news, business and legal information. Includes an online "Help Guide."

Boston Globe Online 1980 to date.

Newspaper Abstracts Index to major U.S. newspapers, including the NY Times, Boston Globe, Washington Post, etc., 1989 to date.


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World Wide Web Sites


Below is a selection of websites, which have links to journals, legislation, research, data and other resources related to families.

Administration on Aging [U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services]
http://www.aoa.gov/

Administration on Children, Youth and Families [U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services]
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/acyf/

Alternatives to Marriage Project
http://www.unmarried.org/

Bioethics.net The American Journal of Bioethics Online
http://ajobonline.com/

Bronfenbrenneer Life Course Center www.blcc.cornell.edu/
www.blcc.cornell.edu

Children's Defense Fund
http://www.childrensdefense.org/

Children, Youth and Family Consortium Electronic Clearinghouse [U. of Minnesota]
http://www.cyfc.umn.edu/

Council on Contemporary Families
http://www.contemporaryfamilies.org

Family Resarch Laboratory at the University of New Hampshire
http://www.unh.edu/frl/

Harvard Family Research Project
http://www.gse.harvard.edu/~hfrp/

Institute for Women's Policy Research
http://www.iwpr.org/

Mothers & More
www.mothersandmore.org

National Center on Fathers and Families
http://www.ncoff.gse.upenn.edu/

National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect [Cornell]
http://www.ndacan.cornell.edu/

PolicyFile
http://www.policyfile.com/ (Brandeis Users Only)

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