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University of Gloucestershire Library

Biological Sciences: Books

Library resources for bioscience courses

Finding books in the library

UoG Library book collections

Search Library Discovery for our print and eBooks. Results show the book location, organised on shelves by topic.

Remember to limit your search results to University of Gloucestershire to just display our own holdings.

Finding books with Library Discovery

Using our eBooks

eBook collections at UoG

UoG eBooks are available in Library Discovery. They can also be accessed via our eBook provider platforms.

Our main eBook provider is 

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Benefits of eBooks

  • Search book for particular words, or names
    Find relevant content on a particular topic, enabling you to locate content quickly.
  • Download eBooks
    eBooks can normally be downloaded for short 24hr periods onto your local device.

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Library Discovery

New Books

The Behavioural Biology of Zoo Animals
The Eurasian Beaver Handbook

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Britain's Reptiles and Amphibians
The Lives of Snakes
Measuring Arthropod Biodiversity
Animal Physiology
Animal Cognition
The inside out of flies
Wildlife Disease and Health in Conservation
Emerging Zoonotic and Wildlife Pathogens
Essentials of Medical Parasitology
Carnivorous Plants
Writing Effective Ecological Reports
Insects
Why Biodiversity Matters
The Biology and Ecology of Streams and Rivers
Biodiversity Conservation: a Very Short Introduction
Solitary Bees

New books list

Have a look at the full list of new resources for environmental sciences.

Inter-Library Loan service for Books

Book not in the library?

Use the Inter-Library Loan (ILL) service to obtain print books and chapters from print or electronic books not held by the university. The service is primarily for final year undergrad students, postgrads, researchers and academics. Staff and students have an initial allocation of free requests. More information is available in the Guide to Inter-Library Loans

Main subject areas in the Library

Topic Shelf number
Animal behaviour 591.51
Biochemistry 572
Biodiversity conservation 639.9
Bioethics 174.2
Biogeography 578.09
Biology 570
Birds 598
Cell biology 571.6
Ecology 577
Field ecology 577.0723
Genetics and evolution 576
GIS 910.285
Insects 595.7
Mammals 599
Marine ecology 577.7
Microbiology 579
Parasites 591.7857
Plants 580
Statistics - general 519.5
Statistics - biology 570.15195

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