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How can I find background information using other reference materials?

Other reference materials include sources for fast facts, formulas, handbooks, and manuals for specific subjects. These items are used to refer to; however, they are not materials that one would typically read from front cover to back cover.

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At the Bench: A Laboratory Navigator
Maag Reference R 850 .B36

Atlas of Human Anatomy
Maag Reference QM 25 .N46

Bergey's Manual - Systemic Bacteriology
Maag Reference QR 81 .B46

Biomedical Engineering Handbook
Maag Reference R 856.15 .B56

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
Maag Reference QD 65 .H3

Dictionary of Organic Compounds
Maag Reference QD 246 .D5

Handbook of Microscopy
Maag Reference QH 205.2 .H35

Lab Tests Online
Online Access Via WWW

Merck Index: An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals
Maag Reference RS 51 .E85

Mosby's Diagnostic and Laboratory Test Reference
Maag Reference RB 38.2 .P337

Physicians' Desk Reference
Maag Reference RS 75 .P5

Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms
Maag Reference QH 83 .S89

Timetables of Science
Maag Reference Q 125 .H557

Web Elements
Online Access Via WWW




Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds
Maag Reference QL 681 .T43

Complete Trees of North America
Maag Reference QK 481 .E38

Encyclopedia of Butterflies
Maag Reference QL 541.5 .F44

Encyclopedia of Insects
Maag Reference QL 462.3 .E48

Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians
Maag Reference QL 651 .C65

Fishes of the World
Maag Reference QL 614.7 .W47

Grasses an Identification Guide
Maag Reference QK 495 .G74

Guide to Flowering Plant Families
Maag Reference QK 115 .Z65

Lichens of North America
Maag Reference QK 586.5 .B76

Mushrooms of North America
Maag Reference QK 671 .P552

Mycological English-Latin Glossary
Maag Reference QK 603 .C35