BIO 1A - Botany

Books are great for providing in-depth information about all aspects of your topics. This is a great place to find A LOT of information on your topic in just one resource. Remember that you do not have to read the whole book; just use the index to find the relevant pages for the information you are trying to find.

Use the search box above to type in your topic keyword and search.  You can also find this search box on our library homepage.  Once the catalog is open with your results, refine, capture by saving the link or checking out the book with your student ID, and finally, be sure to enter in the citation information into Noodletools or another citing tool.

Chabot Library Catalog

• Request books from Chabot for Tues/Thurs delivery

CSU, East Bay 

• Students with valid LPC IDs may check out books from CSUEB

LINK+

• A consortium of over 40 CA and NV academic and public libraries
• Free, available through Livermore Public, Alameda County, and Pleasanton Public Libraries
• What is LINK+?

MELVYL

• UC Libraries
• Plan weeks ahead for any interlibrary loan requests

The following list provides a sampling of what is available in the LPC Library. 

Use the Library Catalog to search for other titles in LPC collections.

Sample Search Terms:

• Medicinal plants – antibiotics
• Symbiosis
• Drought
• Palm Trees
• Restoration ecology
• Succulent plants
• Deforestation
• Forest ecology
• Mountain plants
• Wild flowers
• Plant genetic engineering
• Conifers
• Seeds