Research and Course Guides: BIOL 4930 Senior Seminar, Current Topics in Biology: Find Popular Science Books/eBooks

Find Popular Science Books that Clemson Owns

1. Try going to Advanced Search in the Library Catalog, select "@Clemson Libraries" at the top of the screen, and enter more general search terms such as "Biology" or "Genetics". On the left sidebar, select "Popular Reading Book" under the heading "Location in Library."

NOTE: This will only find newer books in our "Popular Reading" section on the 4th Floor of Cooper Library. We have many other newer and older popular science books online and in other Clemson library locations.

2. If you don't find what you want in "Popular Reading", search for books everywhere at Clemson by keyword in the library catalog.

Finding Popular Science Books Anywhere (Use PASCAL or Interlibrary Loan if Clemson does not own)

Good Websites for Finding Popular Science Books:

Nature Books and Culture

Science Books, et. al. (Book and media reviews from the journal Science)

Science News Reviews

2018-19 Lists of Top Science Books:

Browse or Search Selected eBook Collections at Clemson

Elsevier (ScienceDirect) eBooks
Browse or search books by subject. To only see books available to you at Clemson, click to limit results to "Subscribed and complimentary".

NLM Bookshelf This link opens in a new window
books and documents in life science and healthcare
Darwin Online: The Complete Works of Charles Darwin Online This link opens in a new window
complete text of published writings and unpublished papers

SpringerLink
Reference works in a variety of scientific disciplines, including Biomedicine and Life sciences
Taylor & Francis eBooks
Search or browse books in a range of engineering and science specialties, including Bioscience and Medicine.
Knovel Science and Technology Collection
Access to more than 5,000 full-text books