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Books

Use these for background information. Check the library catalog for campus locations.

Call # Title
R 576.03 E53 2000  Encyclopedia of microbiology (4 volumes)
R 616.01 J38 1998  Jawetz, Melnick & Adelberg's medical microbiology
R 616.01 S54 1994  Sherris medical microbiology
R 616.01 Z5 1988 (1992 ed. @ Cascade)  Zinsser microbiology
R 589.90012 B4 1984  Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology (4 volumes)
R 589.90012 B47 1994  Bergey's manual of determinative bacteriology
R 616.01 H37 1996  Color atlas of medical microbiology
R 574.03 R 576 C73 1987 v. 8  CRC handbook of microbiology
R 576 P73 1990  Practical handbook of microbiology
R 616.01 M36 2003  Manual of clinical microbiology 
R 616.01 TOPLEY 1983  Topley and Wilson's Principles of bacteriology, virology, and immunity (4 volumes)
R 616.9 INFECTI 1986  Infectious diseases and medical microbiology
R 579.30222 C85 2000  Practical atlas for bacterial identification

Other books - use the library catalog to search these topics:

The following books are recommended by Dr. Roberta Wald:

"Must read" titles:

Call: (S) 576 D59 1996
Title: Power unseen : how microbes rule the world
Author: Dixon, Bernard.

Call: (S) 614.4 G37 1994
Title: The coming plague : newly emerging diseases in a world out of balance
Author: Garrett, Laurie.

Call: (C) 616.01 B54 1995
Title: A field guide to germs
Author: Biddle, Wayne.

Call: (S) 616.0194 E44 1996
Title: Emerging viruses

Call: (S) 616.0194 R33 1994
Title: The invisible invaders : viruses and the scientists who pursue them
Author: Radetsky, Peter.

Other recommendations:

Call: (C) 616.01 MYRVIK
Title: Fundamentals of medical bacteriology and mycology for students of
medicine and related sciences
Author: Myrvik, Quentin N.

Call: (C) Reference Area 616.92 G37 1984
Title: Manual of acute bacterial infections : early diagnosis and treatment
Author: Gardner, Pierce.

Call: (RC) 576.163 A32 1995
Title: Food microbiology
Author: Adams, M. R.

Call: (RC) 631.46 ALEXAND
Title: Introduction to soil microbiology.
Author: Alexander, Martin

Call: (RC) 631.46 P38 1989
Title: Soil microbiology and biochemistry
Author: Paul, Eldor Alvin.

Call: (S) 576 MCKINNE
Title: Microbiology for sanitary engineers.
Author: McKinney, Ross E.

Call: (S) 576.163 D35 1996
Title: Dairy starter cultures

Call: (S) 589.9 S56 1995
Title: Bacteria in biology, biotechnology, and medicine
Author: Singleton, Paul.

Call: (S) 589.90012 SKERMAN
Title: A guide to the identification of the genera of bacteria, with methods
and digests of generic characteristics. Based on data given in the 7th
ed. of Bergey's Manual of determinative bacteriology and on original
papers.
Author: Skerman, V. B. D.

Call: (S) 631.46 GRAY 1975
Title: Soil micro-organisms
Author: Gray, T. R. G. (Timothy R. G.)

Call: (S) Reference Area 628.162 R68 1995
Title: Handbook of wastewater reclamation and reuse
Author: Rowe, Donald R.

Call: (S) 616.31. BURNETT
Title: Oral microbiology and infectious disease
Author: Burnett, George Wesley

Indexes

Use these to locate journal articles:

Magazine Articles Online
Several magazine article databases are available through EBSCOhost. In each case some of the articles will be available in full text (the whole article). Others will have a summary only, with details about where to find the complete article. You can choose one database or search several at once. You might try:

BIOSIS
Contains citations and abstracts to the world's biological and biomedical research literature. Indexes 7000 periodicals as well as books and conference proceedings. Coverage is 1990-2004. You can switch from BIOSIS to Medline by clicking on "Change Database"

Medline via OCLC FirstSearch
MEDLINE covers the international literature on biomedicine, including the allied health fields and the biological and physical sciences, humanities, and information science as they relate to medicine and health care.

Biomed Central
Free full text peer-reviewed research papers in the life sciences. 

PubMed
You can also search Medline using the PubMed interface. 

Internet resources

The Bad Bug Book
 From the U.S. Food & Drug Administration, this handbook provides basic facts regarding foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Dairy Microbiology
Discusses bacteria involved in the dairy industry.

Microbes.info
This site aims to help you find accurate and specific information on microbiology topics. Enter your bacterium name in the "Site Search" box.

MMWR Searchable Index
A llows you to search the CDC Morbidity & Mortality Weekly past issues by bacterium for articles reported since 1993. Enter the name of your "unknown" and press enter.

OHSU CliniWeb
Lists infectious bacterial diseases by bacterium.

Google (WWW search engine)

AltaVista (WWW search engine)