Zoology
Subject Librarian - Margaret Rooney
Office Location: Lower Level, Hamilton Library
Telephone: +353 1 8962392
Faculty of Engineering, Mathematics and Science
Subject Librarian Recommends...
Most useful TCD-subscribed databases
- ScienceDirect
- GeoRef
- GeoScience World
- Web of Science
- Nature Journals
- Oxford Journals online
- Cambridge Journals online
- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses A&I
- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses: UK & Ireland
- Wiley Online Library
- Wilson OmniFile
- JSTOR
- Academic Search Complete
Referencing
What is citation management software?
Citation management software allows a user to organise and retrieve information by interfacing with databases and websites. The citation manager then works with word-processing software to insert footnotes%20OR%20citations into a paper and create a properly formatted bibliography. Comparison of reference management software (Wikipedia).
- EndNote is a widely-used bibliographic reference software tool. Trinity College Dublin has a site licence for EndNote for College-owned computers, but a free web-based version is available to all. Help page for EndNote
- Zotero is a free, open source, web-based tool for managing citations, organising pdfs and creating bibliographies
- Mendeley allows you to easily organize your papers, read & annotate your PDFs, collaborate in private%20OR%20open groups, and securely access your research from everywhere
Find Articles and Databases
Free Irish Resources
- AlgaeBase (NUIG, Ryan Institute)
- All Island Research Observatory
- Biology.ie
- An Chomhairle Oidhreachta / The Heritage Council
- National Biodiversity Data Centre
- National Digital Learning Resources: Zoology
- National Parks and Wildlife Service: Maps and Data
- Marine Institute Open Access Repository
- RIAN (Open Access Irish research publications)
- TARA (Trinity's Access to Research Archive): Zoology
Irish Organisations
Governmental
- Environmental Protection Agency
- An Chomhairle Oidhreachta / The Heritage Council
- National Parks and Wildlife Service
- Roinn Cumarsáide, Fuinnimh agus Acmhainní Nádúrtha /
Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources - Roinn Comhshaoil, Pobail agus Rialtais Áitiúil /
Environment Community and Local Government - Irish Statute Book
Research and general interest
- Biology.ie
- Crann
- Dublin Naturalists' Field Club
- Earthwatch Ireland
- energy : environment : ecology
- Environment Society (TCD)
- Friends of the Earth
- Institute of International and European Affairs
- Irish environment: environmental matters on the Island of Ireland
- Irish Wildlife Matters
- Irish Wildlife Rehabilitation Trust
- National Association of Regional Game Councils - Conservation
- Ryan Institute (NUIG)
- Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) - Marine (2012 Press release)
- An Taisce
- Wildflowers of Ireland
Free International Resources
- Biodiversity Heritage Library (Consortium of natural history and botanical libraries)
- Biodiversity Science (Operation Wallacea; peer-reviewed)
- EU Habitats Directive
- NCBI/Entrez: the Life Sciences search engine
- iSpot (Open University)