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Here is where you can find resources such as dictionaries and encyclopedias. Most of these titles are ebooks, but a few are print. If you want to consult a print resource, email me and I can send you scanned pages of the entries you need.

A Dictionary of Biology by Oxford University Press Staff (Contribution by)
Call Number: REF QH302.5 .D5 2000
ISBN: 9780192801029
Publication Date: 2000-05-18
A Dictionary of Zoology by Michael Allaby
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780199233410
Publication Date: 2010-03-19
Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals by William F. Perrin (Editor); Bernd G. Würsig (Editor); J. G. M. Thewissen (Editor)
Call Number: REF QL713.2 .E53 2002
ISBN: 9780125513401
Publication Date: 2002-02-04
Gale Encyclopedia of Science by K. Lee Lerner; Brenda Wilmoth Lerner
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 1414428847
Publication Date: 2007-11-01

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Fishbase.org
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