BIOLOGY
Reference Books
CBE style manual Reference QH 304 .C33 1983
Encyclopedia of evolution Reference QH 360.2 .E54 2002
GALILEO databases
Academic Search Complete (at EBSCOhost)
AccessScience@McGraw-Hill (sci/tech encyclopedia)
AGRICOLA (agricultural sciences)
Current Contents Connect
(ISI)
Research Library (at ProQuest)
SKS
WebSelect (SIRS Knowledge Source)
Internet Resources
AquaNIC: Aquaculture Network Information Center - Access to electronic aquacultural information at the national and international level.
ARKive - Worksheets, project ideas, lesson plans, and support materials
ATTRA: National sustainable agriculture information service - Up to date information in sustainable agriculture, organic farming, news, and funding opportunities
DOEgenomes.org - Information in regards to Genomics, GTL, the Human Genome Project, Microbial Genome Program, and ethical, legal, social, and medical perspectives on Genomics.
EcoEarth.info.Enviromental Portal & Search Engine - Guide to internet sources pertaining to environmental issues, news, biocentric commentary, and social networking for individuals concerned with the environment
EnviroLink - Up to date environmental information and news
Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations (FAO) - Directory of internet links to food and agricultural information
Food Safety Research Information Office - provides reference services to assists users of AGRICOLA to find information pertaining to food safety
Institute of Global Environment and Society - Dedicated to climate research in service of society
IUCN Red List of threatened species - Information pertaining to conservation science.
Microbes.info - Portal to microbiology informational resources
Molecular Expressions Optical Microscopy Primer: Museum of Microscopy - Features a gallery of photographs exploring optical microscopy
NAL Catalog (AGRICOLA) - Global information on agriculture
National Agricultural Statistics Service - United States agricultural statistics
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCB) - This agency maintains databases for use by the public, researches computational biology, creates software tools for analyzing genome data, and distributes biomedical information.
Nature online - Discover and enjoy the natural world
NatureServe - Provides scientific information for conversation action.
Neuroethics - Information on neuroethics provided by Martha J. Farah of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience
OBIS: Ocean Biogeographic Information System - Directory of links to authoritative resources on ocean biogeographic information
Oceanography hotlist - List of different oceanography websites and career options
Scientist solutions - Promotes the advancement of science and biotechnology
Soil Science Society of America - a progressive, international scientific society that fosters the transfer of knowledge and practices to sustain global soils. Provides information about soils in relation to crop production, environmental quality, ecosystem sustainability, bioremediation, waste management, recycling, and wise land use.
Species 2000 - Twenty-six taxonomic databases and a comprehensive list of species from around the world.
The Tree of Life - Evolutionary information and characteristics of organisms on Earth
WildFinder: mapping the world’s species - Database of 26,000 species worldwide