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Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Guide to biochemistry and molecular biology information resources.

Where Should I Begin?

Start with an LVC Books search. 

  Open Book

Not finding anything there? 

Search WorldCat  for books found in libraries worldwide (you'll need to use interlibrary loan).  

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Find Books

Links below search book collections. 

LVC Books searches books--ebooks and print--that LVC owns. WorldCat is database that searches 77,000 worldwide library catalogs.  Books found in WorldCat, may require you to use ILL/Interlibrary Loan/Tipasa to get copy.  

Locate

You've found the book in the Library Catalog search.  Now what?  Use the call number to find the book...

In Bishop Library, most of the books are stored on the upper level or the lower level.  Using your call number, first figure out what level your book is on:

A - PR     

Located on the upper level

PS - Z

Located on the lower level

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Located on the north and east sides of the upper level

 

Next, using the first two letters (which are alphabetically ordered in the book shelves), get yourself into the area of those two letters.  Finally, using your call number, use the image below to walk through locating your book.

  

Browse

Call Number

Subject

 

QD 433-436

Nucleic Acids

QD 415-436

Biochemistry

QH 426-470

Genetics

QH 573-671

Cells, Molecular Biology, Cytology, Tissue Culture

QR 75-99

Bacteriology

QR 180-189

Immunology

QR 355-484 Virology

Get

Request materials not owned by LVC via Tipasa, LVC's Interlibrary Loan system.  Interlibrary Loan is a service that provides articles/materials you find from other libraries.

Almost every LVC Library database will provide a Looking for Full-Text? link on each result.  If that fails to connect you to full-text, you'll be given an option to Request this Item through LVC Tipasa.

You can also request materials via Interlibrary Loan from the library's homepage Under the Get Help & Support pull down at the top of the page.

With Interlibrary Loan, you'll either get a PDF of  the journal or magazine article or a hard copy that will need to be returned.

Allow 2-3 days for an article; allow up to 2 weeks for books or media.