Resources in Biology
- All
the Virology on the WWW
- A well-organized site from Tulane
University which includes tutorials and instructional videos,
recent articles and links to over 1000 virology
websites.
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- American
Institute of Biological Sciences
- A good place to look for organizations in
the biological sciences.
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- BiochemNet
- A resource directory for biology and
chemistry. Offers access to class tutorials and simulations, lab
safety resources, job listings and lots of other information
linked to Biology and Chemistry. Now includes Biotech BiblioNet,
which is a bibliography of recently published biotech articles.
New citations remain online for four months. Also offers access to
a good selection of molecular biology websites.
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- Biology
Project
- An interactive online resource for learning
biology.
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- Biology
on Yahoo
- The Biology site for the Yahoo Directory. A
good place to start. Offers keyword searching in the whole
directory or you can specify a subject within the Biology
discipline.
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- BioMedNet
- Featuring hundreds of biological and
medical publications. Abstracts (and some articles) are free.
Requires a free membership (register online). Also offers access
to hundreds of job listings and career resources from around the
world.
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- Biosciences
- A WWW Virtual Library site. A good place to
start when looking for web sites in most biological divisions. A
comprehensive list arranged by subjects ranging from agriculture
to whale watching.
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- Biotech's
Life Science Dictionary
- Biotech's free online dictionary which
covers mainly genetics and biochemistry, but also includes terms
associated with general biology, chemistry & medicine. Brief
definitions, often accompanied by illustrations.
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- Bird
Links to the World
- Access to Newsgroups and bird-related
mailing lists.
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- Birdnet:
All About Birds & Ornithology
- Provides information about ornithology and
thescientific study of birds. The site is a service of the
Ornithological
Council, a public information
organization involving eight North American Professional
Ornithological Societies. Also offers access to Recent
Ornithological Literature Online,
which is no longer being issued as a printed supplement to The
Auk, The Emu, or Ibis.
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- BirdSource
- Designed and managed by the
National
Audubon Society and the
Cornell
Lab of Ornithology, the site offers
an archive of birders' reports from around the world.
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- BMEnet
- Information on biomedical engineering.
Features a search engine which covers hundreds of biomedical
engineering sites. Also includes a job page and links to
biomedical engineering programs in the US.
- BrainWork
This Week
- A weekly on-line newsletter featuring
summaries of current brain research.
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- cellnucleus.com
- Online textbook about the inner workings of
the cell nucleus. The site includes movies & animation of the
nucleus, plus links to Molecular Biology of t he Cell.
Coming soon: a lecture series which will cover a full course
on the cell nucleus. (this site will soon be changing its URL to
cellnucleus.com
4/01)
- Center
for Biological Timing
- The homepage for the NSF group doing work
on 'biological clocks'.
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- Cephalopod
Page
- Comprehensive site on the study of
cephalopod molluscs.
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- CMS
Molecular Biology Resource
- Described as a "functional listing of
public-domain bio Web tools" Links to over 1900 software
tools.
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- Collection
of Botany Related URLs
- A collection of more than 1600 botanical
links which are divided into 18 files by subject. Compiled in
Finland. Quite thorough.
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- DOE
Information Bridge
- The DOE Information Bridge provides free
and convenient access to full-text and bibliographic records of
Department of Energy (DOE) research and development reports in
physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences,
energy technologies, engineering, computer and information
science, renewable energy, and other topics.
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- Ecology,
Biodiversity and the Environment
- WWW Virtual Library site providing access
to a huge amount of information on sustainable agriculture,
endangered and extinct species, biodiversity, pollution,
etc.
Encyclopedia
of Life Sciences- Still in its 'embryonic' stage, this
growing online encyclopedia will offer over 12 million words,
4,000 articles, 7,500 illustrations, 180,000 index entries and
26,000 links when it is completed in 2001.
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- Environmental
Education Online
- Maintained by the Science Library at
Arizona State University, this site offers access to research
literature, career resources, contacts in the discipline, graduate
school information, and much more.
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- Environmental
Sites on the Internet
- Maintained by the Royal Institute of
Technology in Stockholm, this site offers access to a
comprehensive list of environmental sites.
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- EnviroLink
- Links to Internet sites with environmental
interests.
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- ESG
Biology Hypertextbook Home Page
- Designed to supplement the introductory
biology course at MIT, this site has a searchable index, self
quizzes and practice problems (for viewing only). Useful for
reviewing basic chemistry, cell biology, immunology and some
biochemistry.
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- Federation
of American Societies for Experimental Biology
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- Gray's
Anatomy
- The online version of the 20th edition of
this classic text.
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- Highwire
Press
- Internet Imprint of Standford University.
Offers full-text or Table of Contents access to over 50 scientific
journals.
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- Infomine:
Biological, Agricultural & Medical Science
- Produced by the University of
California-Riverside, this comprehensive site offers access to a
wide range of resources including subject guides, e-journals,
databases, and much more.
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- Interactive
Frog Dissection Page
- For those students who can't handle a real
live frog dissection, they can work their way through this on-line
tutorial. Designed orginally for use in high school biology
classes.
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- Kyoto
Encyclopedia of Genes & Genomes (KEGG)
- Offers access to molecular and gene
catalogs for all known compounds in living cells.
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- Marine
Biology WEB
- An educational resource for marine biology
students with reference lists organized by subject. Offers links
to marine stations, tide information and much more.
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- Museum
of Paleontology at the University of California,
Berkeley
- A website for serious paleontologists
complete with "virtual exhibits", on-line catalogs, biographies of
scientists, and access to UCMP Subway, a resource for subjects
relevant to paleontology and related fields.
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- National
Audubon Society
- In addition to information about the
Audubon Society, this site also offers access to information on
wildlife conservation and other environmental Web
sites.
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- Neurosciences
on the Internet
- A current and comprehensive index of
Internet neuroscience resources that also publishes original
material in all areas of the neurosciences.
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- NMR
Information Server
- Provides NMR-related information services
that include publishing news from around the world, articles,
reports, reviews, photographs, conference notices, job ads.,
etc.
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- Oceanography
on the NET
- From the Scripps Institution of
Oceanography, the web site covers the very broad field of
Oceanography, offering access to Internet Guides & Indexes,
career information, electronic texts and periodicals, and much
more.
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- ONCOLINK,
The University of Pennyslvania Cancer Center
Resource
- A one-stop site for all valid things
related to cancer on the Internet. Information to educate both
health care personnel and lay persons. Medical information as well
as psychosocial and financial resources are provided.
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- Online
Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM)
- Database which catalogs human genes and
gentic disorders. Contains textual information, pictures and
reference information.
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- Origin
of the Species
- An online version of Charles Darwin's
classic text, complete with a glossary.
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- PAN
Pesticide Database
- Pesticide Action Network offering
information on current toxicity and regulatory information for
pesticides.
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- Pedro's
Biomolecular Research Tools
- Provides access to molecular biology search
engines, table of contents of biochem journals, texts, guides,
tutorials and biological resources.
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- Plants
and Sustainable Agriculture
- A comprehensive source of journals,
newsletters, and articles on a wide variety of plants and
agriculture topics such as plant ecology, pollution, pesticides,
etc. Offers access to the Sustainable
Earth Electronic Library, a source
for online environmental publications.
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- Protein Data
Bank
- An archive of experimentally determined
three-dimensional structures of biological
macromolecules.
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- Protocol
Online
- A comprehensive site filled with the latest
molecular & cellular biology protocols from commercial and
research labs.
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- PubMed
- PubMed, produced by the National Library of
Medicine, is a comprehensive index to articles in the field of
medicine indexed and abstracted in MEDLINE and PreMEDLINE from
over 3,800 biomedical journals. Contains almost 9 million records
from 1966 to date. Updated weekly.
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- SciCentral:
Best Biological Sciences Online Resources
- A well-organized site offering access to
all types of Biological resources. Also a search
engine.
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- Topographical
Maps
- Topographical maps and bibliographic
references of viruses.
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- Tree
of Life - out of the University of
Arison, Tucson, "an attempt to link all known organisms in one
phylogenetic tree". Also contains a link to a similar project out
of Harvard, TreeBASE,
a database of phylogenetic information.
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- Visible
Human Project
- National Library of Medicine's project to
create anatomically detailed, three dimensional representations of
the male and female human body. Currently offers access to CAT,
MRI and cryosection images of male & female cadavers at one
milimeter intervals.
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- Visualization
of Viruses
- Impressive graphics of a variety of
viruses.
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- WebMedLit
- Provides access to 23 medical journals on
the Web.
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- WWW
Server for Virology
- Virology information from the U. of
Wisconsin - Madison.
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- Zoology
Internet Resource Guide
- A good place to find zoology related
information on the Internet. Compiled and maintained by Biosis and
the Zoological Society of London. Includes a glossary
of
nomenclature terms .
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- Zygote:
A Developmental Biology Website
- Created by Scott Gilbert, this is a website
to provide materials to supplement and enrich courses in
developmental biology.
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