Biological Sciences   Tags: biological sciences, biology, life-sciences, radcliffe science library, research  

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The Bodleian Libraries run a range of user education courses throughout each term. These cover many of the skills you will need for academic research from searching catalogues, finding papers, preparing your references and much more. This feed displays a constantly updated list of upcoming courses.

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Welcome to this online guide for biological sciences

The aim is to list useful resources (print or online) and tools for all biologists and to encourage you to seek help concerning finding information, making best use of libraries and of online resources.

Libraries

Principal collections:

• The Radcliffe Science Library is situated near to Oxford's city centre. Its website has details of opening hours, location, borrowing services and collections.

Associated collections:

• The Sherardian Library of Plant Taxonomy is based in the Department of Plant Sciences. It is managed in association with the Oxford University Herbaria, which contain specimens to which many of the printed and manuscript works in the library collections relate. They contain both modern floras and species monographs, mainly housed in the Herbaria but available to all library users, and historic works, many of which are grouped in the Sherard Collection.

• The Alexander Library is a specialist collection of ornithological literature from all over the world, based in the Zoology Department. Its website gives details of its access arrangements and collections.

Other collections

• Oxford University Museum of Natural History
• Oxford Botanic Garden
• Harcourt Arboretum

This brief virtual tour will show you the main features and services available in the RSL.

Tel. 01865 272800 or email

enquiries.rsl@bodleian.ox.ac.uk