Typical ways we can help include knowing where to get started, using databases, getting resources from other academic libraries, finding data, doing a major paper or thesis and wanting to know how best to find the most important and current research resources.
Most often used resources in this guide include Omni, Google Scholar, Google Books, Web of Science family of databases, Brock Biology full-text digital Ph.D. dissertations and M.Sc. theses.
New open databases include Google Scholar, Dimensions, CORE, BASE, Elicit, Paperity, Semantic Scholar, Scilit, WorldWideScience.org & Zenodo.
Check these out:
Encyclopedia of Ecology (4 volume set, 2019)
Biology 2e (OER textbook, 2018)
Schaum's outlines: Biology (2013) - problems, exercises, definitions...
Quantitiative Ecology: A New Unified Approach (OER textbook, 2019)
Concepts of Biology (OER textbook, 2015)
Environmental Biology (OER, 2017)