Use Hawai‘i Voyager (the library’s online catalog) to search for books, DVDs and videos in the library collection. Use the Basic Search or the Advanced Search to search by Author, Subject, Title or Keyword. You can also search for items in all UH System Libraries and request items from other libraries using our Intrasystem Loan service.
Examples of subject searches in the Hawai‘i Voyager catalog for topics in Marine Biology are (The items are listed with the most current publications first):
Most books can be borrowed for 28 days and can be renewed online using the My Account feature. Most of the library’s DVDs and videos can be borrowed for 4 days and can be renewed once.
Other examples of subject searches for Marine Science topics are:
Find journal articles relating to your research topic using these electronic databases available from the Library's web page. For student/faculty access from off-campus, enter your 8-digit UH ID number and last name when prompted. Having access problems?
ScienceDirect
Indexes more than 1500 scientific, technical and medical peer-reviewed
journals, providing abstracts and many full-text articles. Search by topic
or browse table of contents (including "In Proof" articles not
yet published).
Academic Periodical Search:
Use this online database to search several indexes at once. Retrieves
full-text articles for over 50% of the journal titles indexed.
The library offers students and faculty several electronic indexes to search for information specifically on Biology and Marine Science topics:
Aquatic
Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts(licensed for UHH users only)
An international index of abstracts from journals, reports, monographs,
dissertations, etc., covering all biological and environmental aspects
of marine, freshwater, and brackish environments.
Biological
Abstracts(licensed for UHH users only)
Includes full citations and current life science abstracts derived from
approximately 7,000 biological and biomedical journals from over ninety
countries.
Oceanic
Abstracts(licensed for UHH users only)
Provides citations and abstracts for journal articles in the subjects
of marine biology, ocean engineering, oceanography and marine biology.
Hawai‘i Pacific Journal Index.
Produced by UH Manoa's Hamilton library, the Hawai‘i Pacific Index contains citations to over 200 journal and magazine titles that focus on Hawai‘i, and the South Pacific/Oceania. This database indexes some local periodicals, such as Elepaio and Environment Hawai‘i, that might have useful articles for local topics.
Books and journal articles not owned by the Mookini Library can be ordered online using the Library's Loans service. Fees and restrictions may apply.
We also have online access to Marine Ecology Progress Series.When using sources of information from the World Wide Web, critically evaluating what you find is very important so you can identify accurate information sources relevant to your topic. Some useful sites to begin exploring are:
Marine Science
Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawai‘i
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Department of Commerce
Marenet (Network of Marine Research Institutions and Documents) Supported by the German Society for Marine Research
Hawai‘i Division of Aquatic Resources
Scripps Institute of Oceanography
General
New Scientist: Special reports on key topics in science and technology
Chemistry
Biology
Animal Diversity Web (University of Michigan, Museum of Zoology)