| Biological Sciences | Heading | Scope Note | Selector | E-Journal Only |
| Agricultural and Natural Resources | E-Journal only | |||
| Animal Biology | Includes animal physiology, zoology, veterinary medicine. For now, includes animal behaviour, but also give these the custom filed bmlpages: animbehv for future consideration See also Animal Welfare for sites relating to laboratory animal care and use. | Jeff Williams | ||
| Animal Welfare | Care and use of laboratory animals, including alternatives to use of animals in research. | Jennifer Reiswig | ||
| Biochemistry | Chemistry that deals with the chemical compounds and processes occurring in organisms. | Teri Vogel (S&E), Jennifer Reiswig (BML) | ||
| Bioinformatics | Sue McGuinnes | |||
| Biology | The general study of living things. Use this for very general sites that are inappropriate to place in a more specific biological sciences subject | Jeff Williams | ||
| Biomedical Engineering | Mary Linn Bergstrom/Dominique Turnbow | |||
| Biophysics | Mary Linn Bergstrom | |||
| Biotechnology | Biological science when applied especially in genetic engineering, and also in industrial processes such as industrial microbiology. Related terms include molecular biology, biochemistry, genetics, chemical engineering. | Jennifer Reiswig | ||
| Cell Biology | Cellular structure and function, membranes, organelles. | Jennifer Reiswig | ||
| Cognitive Science | An interdisciplinary field that concerns itself with the brain, behavior and the capacity of mathematical and computer systems to model cognition and neural phenomena. | Alice Perez | ||
| Developmental Biology | Embryology, fetal development, and growth and development of both plants and animals. | Jennifer Reiswig | E-Journal only | |
| Ecology | The studies of whole systems of living things, includes biodiversity, extinction, endangered species. Major overlap with Environmental Studies in areas of ecosystem health and pollution. | Jeff Williams | ||
| Environmental Studies | Environmental engineering, pollution, remediation | Rebecca Hyde (SSH), Deborah Kegel (S&E), Jeff Williams (BML) | ||
| Evolution | Includes theories of evolution, speciation. Use this for Paleontology. Related terms are Ecology, Taxonomy and Systematics. | Jeff Williams | ||
| Genetics | Use for both biological and clinical aspects of genetics and inherited disease in animals, plants, and humans. May need to be split later. | Jeff Williams | ||
| Immunology | Jennifer Reiswig | |||
| Microbiology | Includes bacteriology, virology, both biological and clinical. Related terms are Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Parasitology. | Jeff Williams | ||
| Miscellanea | Used for biological journals that are not broadly based but for which not other tertiary headings are appropriate | E-journal only | ||
| Molecular Biology | Study of biological molecules in vivo. Emphasis on the biological rather than chemical properties of Biochemistry. Related terms are Biotechnology and Genetics. | Jeff Williams | ||
| Natural History | A collective term used, especially prior to the 20th century, for those sciences that involve the study of the world of nature, such as botany, zoology, and geology. Prefer, especially for modern materials, to use a more specific term. | E-Journal only | ||
| Neurosciences | Nancy Stimson | |||
| Oceanography and Limnology (Biological Aspects) | All biological aspects of marine and freshwater environments. Includes marine ecology, biological oceanography, marine biology, marine and freshwater organisms, fisheries, aquaculture, and pollution. | Peter Brueggeman | ||
| Paleontology | E-Journal only | |||
| Parasitology | E-Journal only | |||
| Plant Biology | Use for botany and plant molecular biology. Related term is agriculture | Jeff Williams | ||
| Taxonomy and Biosystematics | Classification and nomenclature of organisms | Jeff Williams | ||
rev. 4/23/08
Elliot Kanter