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recommended links in Biology.
Watson Library recommended
links:
Biology
in General
Cellular
and Molecular Biology
Organismal
Biology
Botany
Zoology
Ornithology
Biology
in General
Annual
Reviews
This site offers
keyword searching of the 27 titles comprising the Annual Reviews series.
Wilmington has many of the reviews in print (check OPAL for the call number
of the item). Annual Review articles bring together the most important
literature in a field and are an excellent place to start research for
almost all topics in the biomedical, physical and social sciences.
SciCentral
"This site is maintained
by professional scientists whose mission is to identify and centralize
access to the most valuable scientific resources online. SciCentral currently
constitutes a gateway to over 50,000 sites pertaining to over 120 specialties
in science and engineering. " The online resources are organized by scientific
discipline or by other topics, such as Women & Minorities or U.S. Govt.
Agencies. There is also a Science in the News Section with fulltext articles
from newspapers and magazines online.
BioEd:
Biology Education Resources
Links to about
200 websites that may be of use to educators, such as sites devoted to
teaching biology, and useful to those seeking an introduction to the included
subdisciplines: general biology, cellular biology and microbiology, marine
biology, environmental science, biotechnology, and health education.
Martindale's
-- The Virtual Bioscience Center
Links to high quality
scientific websites providing information on amino acids, cloning, genetics,
pheromones, proteins. Also provided are reference tools such as dictionaries
and online indexes to medical literature. Finally, there are web courses,
textbooks, and tutorials for biology, botany, ecology, entomology, marine
biology, microbiology, molecular biology and genetics, mycology and protists.
National
Academy Press (NAP)
This site, which
is maintained by the science publisher NAP, offers books, reports, and
publications that deal with new events in science, technology, and health.
A lot of information is available, but you will have to search for it.
BioTech:
An Interactive Education Resource and Biotechnology Reference Tool
A "hybrid biology/chemistry
educational resource and research tool" designed to be useful for students,
researchers, and faculty. It offers an online dictionary, links to educational,
professional, and literary resources, and is searchable.
Cellular
and Molecular Biology
Kimball's
Biology Pages
This site is an
effective translation of limited parts of the textbook Biology by
John W. Kimball. It is essentially a glossary for the book with updated
"mini-essays" for some of the terms. The focus is on genetics, cellular
and molecular biology. There are many photographs and line drawings.
Cells
Alive!
Fun flicks! Animation
of a phenomena related primarily to microbiology and immunology. Links
to additional sites providing further explanations.
Pedro's
Biomolecular Research Tools
Links to highly
technical biomolecular websites. Part 1 lists web databases of protein
structure, gene sequences, and the like. Part 2 provides links to bibliographic
databases for scientific literature. Part 3 includes online course tutorial,
dictionaries, and other biology reference sites.
Primer
on Molecular Genetics
A text providing
an introduction to molecular genetics, with an emphasis on human genome
mapping -- prepared by Denise Casey, of the Human Genome Management Information
System at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
A
Gene Map of the Human Genome
A diagram of each
of the human chromosomes showing the density of genes located along the
length of each. Out of the 16,000 genes identified, about 50 are featured
here in individual essays include illustrations and links to journal literature
and other websites. The featured genes are those causing a genetic disorders
or contributing to a condition; for example cystic fibrosis, phenylketonuria,
breast and colon cancer and obesity.
National
Center for Biotechnical Information (NCBI)
Along with information
about NCBI, this site offers GenBank, the National Institutes for Health
(NIH) genetic sequence database, an annotated collection of all publicly
available DNA sequences, and the gene map of the human genome.
Organismal
Biology
Biodiversity
and Biological Collections Web Server
"Devoted to information
of interest to systematists and other biologists of the organismic kind,"
this site provides lists of web links organized by taxonomic group (botany,
ornithology...) or by other categories (societies, museums, images...).
National
Museum of Natural History: Research & Collections
The
Tree of Life
Botany
Mycological
Resources on the Internet
PLANTS
National Database
Zoology
BIOSIS
Zoology Internet Resource Guide
Entomology
Index of Internet Resources
Butterflies
of North America
Moths
of North America
Both of these websites
are created by the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center whose purpose
is "to make information on the biotic resources of the Great Plains more
widely available to decision-makers, resource managers, scientists, and
the public. " Butterfly and moth species from the entire U.S. continent
are included here. For each, there is a color photo, information about
its life history and conservation concerns, plus a distribution map. The
site is authoritative, based on key print resources for this subject.
Amphibian
Species of the World
A taxonomic record
of currently recognized amphibian species, worldwide.
The
Shrew (-ist's) Site
More than most
people would care to know about shrews. It includes: photos, skulls &
skeletons, tracks, shrew enemies, shrew researches, relatives of shrews.
Compiled by Dr. Werner Haberl of Vienna, Austria.
Timber
Rattlesnake Homepage
Designed to present
factual information on this North American top predator which is often
maligned and misunderstood and presently rare or endangered in all its
habitats. There are sections on: Home | Status | Life History | Bites |
Wisconsin Protection Saga | Recent News & How to Help | Other Links
| A Personal Perspective. The site was created by Gary Caspar and Robert
Hay of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
OrnithologySmithsonian
Migratory Bird Center
"The Smithsonian
Migratory Bird Center is dedicated to fostering greater understanding,
appreciation, and protection of the grand phenomenon of bird migration."
At this site, you'll find fact sheets, letters from researchers out in
the field, a feature on their World Series of Birding team, and bird lists
of neotropical migrants wintering in Latin American countries. Finally,
there's a "Bird of the Month" feature -- with a photograph and an essay.
DUCKDATA:
A Bibliographic Database of North American Waterfowl and their Wetland
Habitats
"DUCKDATA provides
a comprehensive bibliography of published literature on the ecology, conservation,
and management of North American waterfowl and their wetland habitats."
The literature includes journal articles, books, theses and dissertations
and conference proceedings. There is a search engine for looking for topics
of interest.
Cornell
Laboratory of Ornithology
This well-established
laboratory is dedicated to the study and conservation of birds and their
website fosters both. For general education, there is the "bird of the
week" and the "sound of the week." Those interested in in-depth research
can access the Cornell University Ornithology Collection. There are numerous
links to on-going bird-watching projects that depend on volunteer participation
by citizen bird-watchers.
Birdsource
This site, co-sponsored
by the National Audubon Society and the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology,
promotes "birding with a purpose." It welcomes partiticpation in the long-standing
Christmas Bird Count, as well as in newer initiatives such as the Winter
Finch Survey, the survey of this winter's "superflight" of finches into
southern Canada and the United States -- a phenomenon that last occurred
in the early 1980's.
Rare
Bird Alerts for North America
Rare bird sightings
for each state and for Canada are reported at this website. Telephone numbers
for reporting your own sightings to the National Birding Hotline Cooperative
are also provided.
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