Welcome to the Botany Subject Guide. This guide is intended for researchers in botany and plant science. In this guide you'll find:

– Locating journals and hunting down tricky citations
– Databases for scientific literature and data
– How to use the catalog to locate print and online books in botany
– Special and historical collection access and use
– How to organize your research

Biographical Information Resources for the Sciences

Taxonomy and Classification Resources Guide

Guide to Selected Library Information Sources in Forestry and Environmental Studies

Choosing a Journal for Publication of an Article

Agriculture

Biology

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Need help? Contact us at marx.reference@yale.edu or make an appointment below. Virtual and in-person options are both available.

Kayleigh A. Bohémier
Science and Engineering Librarian
(Other skills: LaTeX/Overleaf, Zotero, metrics)

Andy Shimp
Science and Engineering Librarian
(Other skills: EndNote, patent searching, metrics)

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If you are working on or near Science Hill, Marx Library is your closest library, and it is the Science and Social Science service hub. If you are working closer to central campus, Sterling Memorial Library may be a closer pickup location.

Marx Library
https://library.yale.edu/marx

- 6 study rooms​
- 1 map room​
- 1 computer classroom​ (30 seats)
- 1 large meeting room​ (12 seats)
- Ample soft seating​
- Computers ​with scientific software
- BYOD hookup workstations​
- Book scanners
- 24/7 Young Family Study (entrance room)

Some collections, such as engineering and history of science, are held in Sterling Memorial Library or other locations. We also have many older and low-use items in our offsite storage facility, LSF. Our rapid delivery services can send materials to your closest library location. We also have services such as Borrow Direct (print materials) and Interlibrary Loan (digital or print), which leverage our large network of college and university partners. Don't see what you need? Send us a purchase request.