Biology, Wildlife & Zoology
Whether you're a new student starting your first assignment, further on in your studies, or starting a research project, this page will help you find and use the best information for your subject. You will also find resources to help develop your academic, study and digital skills.
If you can’t find what you need here, please contact your Academic Support Team: library-SEE@salford.ac.uk
Key resources for biology, wildlife & zoology students
Books and reading lists
The first place you should look for resources is your reading list; you will find a link to this in your Blackboard modules. It lists all the core texts for your subject as recommended by your lecturers.
Other textbooks can be found in Library Search.
Can’t find a textbook you want? Ask your Library Champion to request it for the Library.
Journals, magazines and newspapers
Journals and magazines
- International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
- Journal of Wildlife Management
- Nature
- Nature Genetics
- Nature Structure and Molecular Biology
- SpringerLink Journals
Can’t find a journal article you want? Request a new library item.
You can find other journals and articles in Library Search.
Newspapers
The Library has access to a large collection of newspapers. See our Newspapers web page to find out more.
Databases and specialist sources
- Acland’s Video Atlas of Human Anatomy
- Biomed Central
- BIOSIS Citation Index
- BIOSIS Previews
- Box of Broadcasts
- British Standards Online
- Gale OneFile News
- GreenFILE
- Newsstreams Newspapers
- ProQuest Central
- ProQuest Science and Technology Databases
- PubMed
- PubMed Central
- ScienceDirect
- Scopus
- Visible Body
- Web of Science
Useful websites and industry-related sources
- Biology Online
- Genetics Society
- MaRLIN – The Marine Life Information Network
- Microbiology Network
- Royal Society of Biology
- Society for General Microbiology
- The Wildlife Trusts
- UK National Statistics
Minitab and SPSS software can be downloaded for free by registered students from the Student Software Portal.
LinkedIn Learning
LinkedIn Learning offers over 9,000 professionally produced online courses covering a wide range of technical, creative and professional skills.
Use our institutional link to log in – you will need your University email address and password. The first time that you log in, you will be taken through a setup process to discover courses tailored to your interests.
Some Biology and Wildlife-type content that you may find useful includes:
Some specialist software (including Minitab and SPSS) can be downloaded for free by registered students from the Student Software Portal.
Browse your Reading Lists
Your tutors select books, articles, videos and other resources for your reading lists and the Library buys them so you don't have to.
Find the lists for your modules in Blackboard, or in Library Search.
Referencing
APA 7th Edition is the main referencing style in use at the University. We've compiled an easy to follow list of guidebooks and examples to help you get to grips with complexities of referencing.
Newspapers
Newspapers are a valuable source of information. They provide insight into what interests and concerns people both now and in the past.
The Library provides some excellent newspaper sources that allow you to search simply and easily across many newspapers at once.
Dissertations and Theses
During the course of your studies, you may find that you need to search for dissertations or theses.
You can use Library Search to help you find them and there are a number of different ways to search, depending on what you want to find.
New Biology, Wildlife and Zoology Students
Book a one to one
If you’ve tried our eLearning and classroom sessions and need more help, you can request a one to one appointment for information finding, academic and writing or digital skills. Select your chosen time slot and book on through Advantage.
ONLINE - Academic and Writing Skills 60 minute Appointment (Science Engineering and Environment) 28 Nov 2023, 2:00 pm
FACE-TO-FACE - Academic and Writing Skills 60 Minute Appointment (Science Engineering & Environment) 29 Nov 2023, 10:00 am
ONLINE - Academic and Writing Skills 60 minute Appointment (Science Engineering and Environment) 30 Nov 2023, 2:00 pm
Book on a workshop
We offer a wide range of face-to-face skills training. If you need to improve your IT skills, learn how to find information for your assignments or improve your study skills this is a great place to start.
All workshops are bookable through Advantage by clicking on the workshop title. Where a session has no remaining spaces you can add yourself to the waiting list.
Constructing and Deconstructing Arguments [ONLINE]
Starts: 4 Dec 2023, 12:00 pmFinishes: 4 Dec 2023, 1:00 pmRemaining places: 36This workshop explores the content of academic arguments, examples of good and bad argumentation, and some common logical fallacies.Develop your Digital Notemaking skills [online]
Starts: 6 Dec 2023, 1:00 pmFinishes: 6 Dec 2023, 2:15 pmRemaining places: 38This workshop introduces some free digital tools for improving your notemaking and explores some little known features of software we all have access to. It is aimed at anyone who wants to get more organised for studying.
Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Exam session [Online]
Starts: 29 Nov 2023, 4:30 pmFinishes: 29 Nov 2023, 5:30 pmVenue: MOS Exam - Certiport exam providerRemaining places: 12This is a one-hour online EXAM SESSION for MOS certification. At the time of booking, you must have scored over 70% in GMetrix's 'Testing' mode for your chosen application. Bookings not meeting this criterion will be cancelled.Get IT qualifications with Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) [Online]
Starts: 6 Dec 2023, 12:00 pmFinishes: 6 Dec 2023, 1:00 pmRemaining places: 46This one-hour webinar will introduce you to our free Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) programme which allows you prove your Microsoft Office IT skills to potential employers, by studying for and sitting Microsoft certified exams in a range of Microsoft Office applications. This webinar is online.Develop your Digital Notemaking skills [online]
Starts: 6 Dec 2023, 1:00 pmFinishes: 6 Dec 2023, 2:15 pmRemaining places: 38This workshop introduces some free digital tools for improving your notemaking and explores some little known features of software we all have access to. It is aimed at anyone who wants to get more organised for studying.