The Rewley House Continuing Education Library subscribes to a limited number of printed journals in this subject including:
A much wider selection of electronic journals is available through PCs in the Library and in the Resource Room at Ewert House. Titles include:
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B
Finding articles
Try the following bibliographic databases for a structured literature search:
ProQuest Biological Sciences, searches a number of different databases which can also be searched separately
Also try:
Freely available articles
The following are open access sources:
E-Print Network - over 5.5 million e-prints in basic and applied sciences
Hindawi Publishing - Hindawi publishes 437 peer-reviewed, open access journals in Science, Technology and Medicine as well as the Social Sciences
Most public library authorities give members access to a range of online reference material. You can access much of this at home using your public library card.
Oxfordshire's Reference Online resources include:
Other public library services will provide similar resources. Find your local library service on the UK.Gov website https://www.gov.uk/local-library-services
Access to Research is an initiative which provides free access to academic e-journals in public libraries. Note that you cannot access them at home, only in libraries. You can find a full list of participating libraries as well as information about the journals included on the Access to Research website http://www.accesstoresearch.org.uk/
Books for Biological Sciences are on the lower floor of the Library. Reference books such as dictionaries and encyclopedias can be found in the Jessup Reading Room. Key numbers are:
| 572 | Anthropology | 575.1 | Genetics |
| 573.2 | Human evolution and genetics | 580 | Botany |
| 573.3 | Prehistoric humans | 590 | Zoology |
| 574 | Biology | 591.15 | Animal behaviour |
| 574.5 | Ecology | 592 | Invertebrates |
| 575 | Evolution | 598 | Ornithology |
| 575.0162 | Charles Darwin | 599 | Mammals |
The Library also has DVDs in this area, for example, many of the David Attenborough TV series. See listing on the Library website (scroll down to Science)
Many e-books purchased by Bodleian Libraries are available and can be found on SOLO. You can access the content of these on PCs in the Library or in the Resource room at Ewert House. For more information about e-books, see Finding books
Here is a selection of titles:
Oxford Dictionary of Biology by 
Genes by You can find many good quality, free resources on the internet. Here are a few suggestions to get you started: