[ Biotechnology Home ]

Professor: Diane Robertson [ robertdc@grinnell.edu ]
Associate Professor of Biology, Grinnell College, Science 2608, Grinnell, Iowa 50112-1690
Phone: 641.269.3039; FAX: 641.269.4285

Required Texts:

• Introduction to Biotechnology. 2004. William Thieman & Michael Palladino. Pearson/Benjamin Commings Publishing Co., San Francisco.
• Genes and Human Self-knowledge. 1994. Eds. Robert Weir, Susan Lawrence and Evan Fales. University of Iowa Press, Iowa City, IA.

Additional Resources on Reserve in Burling Library

• Biology. 2005. Campbell & Reece. Benjamin Cummings Publishing Co. Chapter 17. On reserve in Burling Library and Kistle Science Library.

• After you click on e-reserve link at the end of this section, you should find the "Your Account" link at the lower left corner of the page and log in to Library Reserves with your username and password.
  
• Again at the lower left corner of the page, click on "Course Reserves" and enter Robertson in the text box; this will take you back to the list of folders.
  
• Click on a folder to list those articles, and click on an article of interest.
  
• You will be prompted to enter the course reserve password to see each article.
  
• Link here to electronic reserves of articles on specific topics.

Modern Language Association (MLA) Format for Citing Work of Others

• Where can I find MLA format rules?
  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/
• How do I document sources from the Web in my works-cited list? (MLA) http://www.mla.org/publications/style/style_faq/style_faq4
• I am using a source on the Web that has no page numbers. How do I cite it? (MLA) http://www.mla.org/style_faq7

   
Biotechnology WWW Links

• Human Genome Project Information