HKU Biology, Biotechnology and Microbiology Reference Guideline 1.

Online / Computer resources We are living in the information age, so it is very important for everyone of us to make full use of computers and the Internet for convenience and saving money. Various books have pdf / online versions (although not the newest editions). I will mention them one by one. HKU Libraries are subscribing to a lot of online journals and ebook websites, and provides free access to all HKU students. For example, when you search for the title Wiley Interscience in the HKU Libraries Catalog, and then access any book through the library-provided links, you can then navigate through the Wiley Interscience website, able to read hundreds of ebooks. Moreover, there is an online forum hosted by one of our seniors Patrick Chan (Class of 2009), which contains a lot of academic information, past lab reports and some pdf textbooks available for download. The website is below: http://hkuscience.freeforums.org/ You are advised to register into the forum, benefit from it, and most importantly, contribute to it. Finally, dont underestimate the power of Wikipedia. It can aid you A LOT for quick references. But if you are writing any kind of ECEN essay / dissertation, DONT cite Wikipedia as one of your references, because you always have more reliable and sophisticated sources (after all, the chief purpose of scientific publications is to be cited by others). You can cite Wikipedia in your lab reports though (but hey, wholl bother citing references when the demonstrators dont care about them?)

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Instant Notes Series Animal Biology (2004, Call number 590 J95, ISBN 9781859963258) Biochemistry (2000, Call number 572 H21, ISBN 962430100X OR 2005, ISBN 0415367786) Chemistry for Life Scientists (2004, Call number 540.2457 F5, ISBN 1859963552) Developmental Biology (2001, Call number 571.8 T975, ISBN 1859961533) Genetics (2007, Call number 576.5 W78, ISBN 9780415376198) Human Physiology (2007, Call number 612 M16 h9, ISBN 041535546X) Immunology (2004, Call number 616.079 L983 i, ISBN 1859960391) Organic Chemistry (2004, Call number 547 P31, ISBN 1859962645) Medical Microbiology (2005, Call number 616.9041 I72, ISBN 9781859962541) Microbiology (2007, Call number 579.076 I59 N, ISBN 0415390885) Molecular Biology (2005, Call number 572.8 M718 T95, ISBN 0415351677) Plant Biology (2005, Call number 580 L14, ISBN 9780415356435) And others

Note 1: some books (e.g. Biochemistry, Chemistry for Biologists, Organic Chemistry) also have ebook versions via HKU Libraries. Please search for the titles through Dragon. Note 2: I have already photocopied the biochemistry (2000), microbiology, molecular biology instant notes. You can ask me to borrow the copies. For others, please borrow from the library and make copies yourself (or perhaps you can ask me beforehand: I may still photocopy some others from time to time for my own sake XD). While many level 0 / 1 courses can be done only using lecture notes given by lecturers, these instant notes are sort of Brands Essence of Chicken and are good for quick references if you dont want to dwell into rock-like reference books. In addition, they are also decent lecture companions for advanced courses (I often bring them along during lectures).

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Detailed References Points to remember: 1. 2. Sorted by alphabetic order of title NO order of preference: different books suit different persons. You are strongly advised to borrow the book from the library and experience the book before you decide to buy it. However, you can also ask other classmates and seniors for opinions. www.amazon.com also contains a lot of customer reviews on books. 3. This list is not exhaustive. There are always other books which are not listed here may also be valuable; there are simply too many reference books available on the market. 4. Some books may / may not be very relevant to the courses, or may be too advanced as compared to courses. However, let me advise you: if you gonna be serious in biological science, you should definitely read more than the courses require. 5. As you may have noticed below, Benjamin Cummings is infamous for forcing learners to buy their books and get the subscription code in order to use their online / electronic resources (for only 1 year??! = =). Freeman and McGraw-Hill, on the other hand, are much more generous: most of their online resources are available even for non-buyers.

Authors (Last Name) Biochemistry Berg, Tymoczko, Stryer

Title

Year

Publisher

HKU Call Number

ISBN

Biochemistry (6 Edition)

th

2007

Freeman

572 B493 b

071676766X (hardcover)

online resources available at: http://bcs.whfreeman.com/biochem6/ ebook (5 Edition, 2002) available at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=s tryer.TOC&depth=2
th th

Nelson, Cox

Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry (5 Edition)

2008

Freeman

574.192 L52 p

071677108X (hardcover)

online resources available at: http://bcs.whfreeman.com/lehninger5e/ ebook (4 Edition, 2004) available at http://hkuscience.freeforums.org/lehninger-prin ciples-of-biochemistry-4th-edition-pdf-t6.html Biological Techniques Dale, Schantz From Genes to Genomes: Concepts and Applications of DNA Technology (2 Edition) Wilson, Walker Principles and Techniques of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (6 Edition)
th nd th

2007

Wiley

660.65 D139 f93

0470017333 (hardcover) 0521828899 (hardcover) 0521535816 (paperback)

2005

Cambridge

574.192028 P95

Cell Biology Karp Cell and Molecular Biology: Concepts and Experiments (5 Edition) Childs Cell Biology Web Pages Menu http://cellbio.utmb.edu/cellbio/ Alberts et. al. Molecular Biology of the Cell (5 Edition)
th th th

2008

Wiley

571.6 K18 c

0470042176 (hardcover)

1998

N/A

N/A

N/A

2008

Garland Science

571.6 M71 A

0815341067 (paperback) 0815341059 (hardcover)

ebook (4 Edition, 2002) available at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid= mboc4.TOC&depth=2 Lodish et. al. Molecular Cell Biology (6 Edition)
th

2008

Freeman

574.876042 M71 D

0716776014 (hardcover)

online resources available at: http://bcs.whfreeman.com/lodish6e/default.asp ebook (4 Edition, 1999) available at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid= mcb.TOC Becker et. al. The World of the Cell (7 Edition)
th th

2008

Benjamin Cummings

571.6 W927 B39

0321527445 (hardcover) 978080539393 (paperback)

Developmental Biology Kalthoff Analysis of Biological Development (2 Edition)

2001

McGrawHill

571.8 K1

0070920370

Gilbert

Developmental Biology (8 Edtion)

2006

Sinauer Associates

571.8 G46

087893250X (hardcover)

Endocrinology Hadley Endocrinology (6 Edition)

2007

Benjamin Cummings

573.416 H13

0131876066 (hardcover)

Genetics Klug et. al. Concepts of Genetics (9 Edition)

2008

Benjamin Cummings

576.5 C744 K66

0321524047 (hardcover) 9780321540980 (paperback)

Griffiths et. al.

Introduction to Genetic Analysis (9 Edition)

th

2008

Freeman

576.5 I61

0716768879 (hardcover)

online resources available at: http://bcs.whfreeman.com/iga9e/

Immunology Roitt, Brostoff, Male, Roth N/A Immunology Online http://pathmicro.med.sc.edu/book/immunol-sta. htm Murphy, Travers, Walport Immunobiology: the Immune System in Health and Disease (6 Edition) Kindt, Goldsby, Osborne online resources available at: http://bcs.whfreeman.com/immunology6e/ Microbiology General Madigan et. al. Brock Biology of Microorganisms (12 Edition)
th th th th

Immunology (7 Edition)

th

2006

Mosby

616.079 I33 R7

0323033997 (paperback)

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Janeways Immunobiology (7 Edition)

2007

Garland Science

616.079 M978 j33 616.079 I33 J33

0815341237 (paperback) 0815341016 (paperback)

2004

Kuby Immunology (6 Edition)

2007

Freeman

616.079 K9

0716785900 (paperback)

2008

Benjamin Cummings

579 B864 M18

0132324601 (hardcover) 9780321536150 (paperback)

N/A

Microbiology and Immunology Online http://pathmicro.med.sc.edu/book/welcome.ht m

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Willey, Sherwood, Woolverton

Prescott Principles of Microbiology (1 Edition)

2008

McGrawHill

(being processed)

0077213416 (hardcover) 9780071283670 (paperback)

online resources available at: http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/classware/infoC enter.do?isbn=0073375233

Prescott, Harley, and Klein's Microbiology (7 Edition) online resources available at:

2007

616.9041 W71

0072992913 (hardcover) 9780071102315 (paperback)

http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/classware/infoC enter.do?isbn=0072992913 Microbiology Molecular Snyder, Champness Molecular Genetics of Bacteria (3 Edition)
rd

2007

ASM Press

572.8293 S675Q

1555813992 (hardcover)

Microbiology Virology Wagner et. al. Basic Virology (3 Edition)

2008

Blackwell

579.2 W132 b

1405147156 (paperback)

online resources available at: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/wagner/ Flint et. al. Principles of Virology: Molecular biology, Pathogenesis, and Control of Animal Viruses (2 Edition) N/A Virology Online http://pathmicro.med.sc.edu/book/virol-sta.htm Molecular Biology Lewin Genes IX 2008 Jones & Bartlett Publishers
th nd

2004

Blackwell

579.2 P9

1555812597 (hardcover)

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

576.5 L67 g9

0763740632 (hardcover) 9780763752224 (paperback)

Weaver

Molecular Biology (4 Edition)

2008

McGrawHill

572.8 W363 m

0072995246 (hardcover) 9780071102162 (paperback)

online resources available at: http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/00729952 46/ Watson et. al. Molecular Biology of the Gene (6 Edition)
th

2008

Benjamin Cummings

572.8 W3

080539592X (hardcover) 9780321507815 (paperback)

Physiology Animal / Human Hill, Wyse, Anderson (1 Edition)

Animal Physiology (2 Edition)

nd

2008

Sinauer Associates

(being processed) 591.1 H647

0878933174 (hardcover) 0878933158 (hardcover)

2004

Randall, Burggren, French Martini

Eckert Animal Physiology (5 Edition)

2001

Freeman

571.1 E19

0716738635 (hardcover)

Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology (8 Edition) (7 Edition)

th

2008

Benjamin Cummings

(being processed) 612 M38

0321505719 (hardcover) 0805372806 (hardcover)

2006

Fox

Human Physiology (10 Edition)

2008

McGrawHill

612 F791 h91

9780072946130

online resources available at: http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/classware/infoC enter.do?isbn=007294613x Germann, Stanfield (2 Edition)

Principles of Human Physiology (3 Edition)

2007

Benjamin Cummings

(being processed) 612 G3

0805382860 (hardcover) 0805356916 (hardcover)

2005

Physiology - Plant Raven, Evert, Eichhorn online resources available at: http://bcs.whfreeman.com/raven7e/ Graham, Graham, Wilcox Taiz, Zeiger Plant Physiology (4 Edition)
th nd

Biology of Plants (7 Edition)

th

2004

Freeman

581 R25

0716710072 (hardcover)

Plant Biology (2 Edition)

2006

Benjamin Cummings

580 G739 p

0131469061 (hardcover)

2006

Sinauer Associates

571.2 T13

0878938567 (hardcover)

online resources (probably is a ebook in fact) available at: http://4e.plantphys.net/

Prepared by John Lee (Class of 2010)