Dictionaries & terminology

• Animal behavior desk reference [online or print]
• Dictionary of biology (Oxford) [online or print]
• A dictionary of animal behaviour (Oxford) [online or print]
• Dictionary of ecology (Oxford) [online or print]
• Dictionary of plant sciences (Oxford) [online or print]
• Dictionary of science [print]
• Dictionary of zoology (Oxford) [online or print]
• Elsevier's dictionary of biology [print]
• Elsevier's dictionary of medicine and biology: in English, Greek, German, Italian and Latin [online or print]
• Henderson's dictionary of biological terms [print]
• Henderson's dictionary of biology [online or print]
• McGraw-Hill dictionary of scientific and technical terms [print]
• Oxford reference online
  Database of online versions of 200+ general reference works

Encyclopedias & handbooks

General

• Concise encyclopedia biology [print]
• Encyclopedia of biodiversity [online or print]
• Encyclopedia of bioethics [print]
• Encyclopedia of biology [print]
• Encyclopedia of hormones [print]
• Encyclopedia of Life 
• Encyclopedia of life sciences [print] + the Supplementary 6 volume set [print]
• Encyclopedia of reproduction [print]
• McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of science and technology [print]
• Nature encyclopedia: an A-Z guide to life on earth [print]
• Van Nostrand's scientific encyclopedia [print]

Cellular, developmental and molecular biology

• Concise encyclopedia biochemistry and molecular biology [print]
• Desk encyclopedia of general virology (Oxford) [print]
• Encyclopedia of biological chemistry [online or print]
• Encyclopedia of genetics [online or print]
• Encyclopedia of microbiology [print]
• Encyclopedia of molecular biology [print]
• Encyclopedia of virology [online or print]
• Wiley encyclopedia of chemical biology [online]

Ecology and evolutionary biology

• Blackwell's concise encyclopedia of ecology [print]
• Cambridge encyclopedia of Darwin and evolutionary thought [print]
• Darwin's fishes: an encyclopedia of ichthyology, ecology, and evolution [online or print]
• Encyclopedia of evolution (Oxford) [print]
• Life on earth: an encyclopedia of biodiversity, ecology, and evolution [print]

Animal biology

• Birds of British Columbia [print]
• Central nervous system of vertebrates [print]
• Comprehensive molecular insect science [online or print]
• eNature Online Field Guides
• Encyclopedia of animal behavior [online or print]
• Encyclopedia of entomology [print]
• Encyclopedia of insects [online or print]
• Grzimek's animal life encyclopedia [online or print]
• Handbook of bird biology [print]
• Ichthyology handbook [print]
• National Geographic reference atlas to the birds of North America [print]
• Walker's mammals of the world [print]

Marine biology

• Encyclopedia of Canadian fishes [print]
• Encyclopedia of fish physiology [online]
• Encyclopedia of marine mammals [online or print]
• Encyclopedia of ocean sciences: elements of physical oceanography [online]
• Handbook of Marine Microalgae [online]
• Freshwater fishes of Canada [print]
• New encyclopedia of aquatic life [print]

Plant biology

• eNature Online Field Guides
• Encyclopedia of applied plant sciences [print]
• Encyclopedia of forest sciences [online or print]
• Magill's encyclopedia of science: plant life [online]
• Silvics of North America
• Westcott's plant disease handbook [print]

Environment, toxicology and pest management

• Blackwell's concise encyclopedia of environmental management [online or print]
• Comprehensive toxicology [print]
• CRC handbook of pest management in agriculture [print]
• Encyclopedia of ecology and environmental management [print]
• Encyclopedia of environmental biology [print]
• Encyclopedia of environmental analysis and remediation [print]
• Encyclopedia of pest management [online or print]
• Encyclopedia of the environment [print]

Biographical information

• American men and women of science [online or print]
• American National Biography
• Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
• New dictionary of scientific biography [print]
• Remarkable biologists [print]
• The Biographical dictionary of scientists: Biologists [print]
• American women in science : 1950 to the present : a biographical dictionary [print]
• Ladies in the laboratory?: American and British women in science, 1800-1900 [print]

Guides to biological information sources

• Guide to reference and information sources in plant biology [print]
• Guide to reference and information sources in the zoological sciences [print]
• Information sources in the life sciences [print]
• Information resources in toxicology [print]
• Research methods for the biosciences [print]
• Using the biological literature, a practical guide [online or print]