Research Guides: Botany: Get Started

Key Resources

Welcome! This guide will get you started with library-based research in biology.

To find books or articles we own, or to see what we have on a particular topic, use the Library Search at the library's website and limit your search to The Claremont Colleges Library.

Start your research and find articles with these key botany-focused resources:

Biodiversity Heritage Library
Offered by a consortium of 12 major US and UK botanical and natural history libraries with a collection of 46,000-plus titles and 90,000-plus volumes. The biodiversity-related items range in date from 1450 to the present.
Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden Library
Students and faculty of The Claremont Colleges Library can use the RSABG library, which has a unique and rich collection of print materials.

Academic Search Premier
Multidisciplinary database for peer-reviewed journals, newspapers and magazines, and some trade publications. Good for interdisciplinary research, particularly research that crosses between science and social science.
Web of Science
Citations covering journals in the sciences (1900-present), social sciences (1956-present), and arts and humanities (1997-present). Forward and backward search capabilities make this a particularly strong database. Use the filters along the leftof the page after searching to narrow your results.

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