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BIOLOGY 156K: Genetics, Genomics, and Society: Finding Books and E-Books

Research guide for Dr. Alison Hill's Duke Kunshan course, spring 2016

Print Books at Duke Kunshan

The Duke Kunshan Library has a number of print books about genetics and genomics.  Click here to see some of our print genetics books. 

Finding and using ebooks

As you search the library catalog for books, you will find lots of ebooks (see below). Click on the  button to access the book online. 

For help using ebooks, refer  to the library's getting started guide to reading, downloading, and using ebooks.

More in depth information about print limits, transferring to mobile devices, online reading and special features is available on this comprehensive eBook guide.

Reading a call number

PR Find the PRs.
6063 The numbers following the letters are read as a whole number. Ex. 6063 comes after 6055. 
.C335 For the next part of the call number, go to the letter(s) and then treat the number(s) as a decimal. Ex. .C335 comes after .C3
Z42 Read the next line's numbers as a whole number. Z42 comes before Z46
2006 The final number, if included, is the year of publication.This book was published in 2006.

Select E-Books on Genetics & Genomics

You have access to a lot of interesting e-books on genetics and genomics.  Here are just a few on genetics and society: