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| Biology | ||
| BEN (BioSciEdNet) | ||
| Digital Library portal for teaching and learning in the biological sciences. Useful for educators at all levels to obtain quality teaching materials in the life sciences. | ||
| Botanicus Digital Library | ||
| Botanicus is a freely accessible portal to historic botanical literature from the Missouri Botanical Garden Library. | ||
| Cell Image Library | ||
| "Public repository of reviewed and annotated images, videos, and animations of cells from a variety of organisms, showcasing cell architecture, intracellular functionalities, and both normal and abnormal processes." | ||
| Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health | ||
| The mission of the Center for Invasive Species & Ecosystem Health is to serve a lead role in development, consolidation and dissemination of information and programs focused on invasive species, forest health, natural resource and agricultural management. | ||
| Charle's Darwin Complete Works Online | ||
| Largest digitized collection of private papers of Charles Darwin, held by Cambridge University. | ||
| Cornell Lab of Ornithology | ||
| The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is a world leader in the study, appreciation, and conservation of birds. "All About Birds" provides photos, range maps and recordings of birds from all over the world. | ||
| Darwin Correspondence Project | ||
| On this site you can read and search the full texts of more than 7,500 of Charles Darwin’s letters, and find information on 7,500 more. Available here are complete transcripts of all known letters Darwin wrote and received up to the year 1869. | ||
| Encyclopedia of Life | ||
| EOL is an open-access, collaborative encyclopedia whose mission is "global access to knowledge about life on Earth." | ||
| Entrez, the Life Sciences Search Engine | ||
| Searches across multiple science databases. Sponsored by NCBI, National Center for Biotechnology Information. | ||
| Integrated Taxonomic Information System | ||
| Authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world. | ||
| International Plant Science Center | ||
| The mission of the center, part of the New York Botanical Garden is "discovering and understanding plants of the world and their evolutionary relationships. The virtual herbarium contains project information, specimen lists, and searchable specimen catalogs. | ||
| Intute: Health and Life Sciences | ||
| Free online service providing you with access to the very best web resources for education and research, evaluated and selected by a network of subject specialists. There are over 33,000 resource descriptions listed here that are freely accessible for keyword searching or browsing. | ||
| IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | ||
| The Red List provides taxonomic, conservation status and distribution information on plants and animals that have been globally evaluated. This system is designed to determine the relative risk of extinction, and the main purpose is to catalogue and highlight those plants and animals that are facing a higher risk of global extinction | ||
| Knowledge Project: Ecology | ||
| The Ecology Knowledge Project currently contains close to a hundred scholarly articles across ten topics, from the basics of evolution to landscape and global ecology. Articles are constantly being added. | ||
| Linus Pauling Online | ||
| This site, maintained by Oregon State University, is a compendium of Pauling's contributions to the understanding of molecules. | ||
| Macaulay Library: Sound and Video Catalog | ||
| The Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology is the world's largest natural sound and video archive of animal behavior. Its mission is to collect and preserve recordings of each species' behavior and natural history and to make them available for research and education. | ||
| NAS Division on Earth and Life Studies Network | ||
| The National Academies presents projects, videos and other educational information relating to climate change, geology, stem cells, life sciences, and other related areas. | ||
| Nature.com | ||
| Electronic version of one of the most trusted names in scientific literature. Includes abstracts to the journal articles, as well as news briefs, blogs, special reports and podcasts. | ||
| NCBI Bookshelf | ||
| The Bookshelf is a growing collection of full-text biomedical books. | ||
| NIH Stem Cell Information | ||
| This website, affiliated with the National Institutes of Health provides information about Stem Cell Research, ethical issues, and funding resources. | ||
| Photobiological Sciences Online | ||
| Photobiological Sciences Online presents thematic modules on various aspects of light and biology which include everything from technical articles to a glossary. | ||
| PLoS - Public Library of Science | ||
| PLoS is a nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource. PLoS provides a number of ways to stay on top of the latest news and research — from RSS feeds to journal content alerts. | ||
| Science Research | ||
| ScienceResearch.com is a free, publicly available deep web search engine that uses advanced "federated search technology" to return high quality results by submitting your search query - in real-time - to other well respected search engines such as OAIster, PubMed, Science Direct and Directory of Open Access Journals. | ||
| Science.gov | ||
| Search engine for government science information. Areas divided by subjects such as Agriculture, Applied Science & Technology, Astronomy & Space, Computers & Communication, Earth & Ocean Science, Energy, Environment, Health & Medicine, Math, Physics & Chemistry, Natural Resources, and Science Education | ||
| Scitable - by Nature Education | ||
| Scitable is an open online teaching/learning portal combining high quality educational articles authored by editors at NPG with technology-based community features to fuel a global exchange of scientific insights, teaching practices, and study resources within the life sciences. | ||
| The Cell: An Image Library | ||
| This library is a public and easily accessible resource database of images, videos, and animations of cells, capturing a wide diversity of organisms, cell types, and cellular processes. | ||
| The Virtual Lab Book | ||
| Developed by Stephanie Delliss at the College of Charleston as an online lab manual for an introductory course in molecular biology. Lab safety, proper use of micropipettes, and proper handling of bacteria are all covered. | ||
| U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Species | ||
| Site provides authoritative information about plant and animal species which are considered threatened and endangered, updates on legislation, and species conservation status. Link to image gallery and Wildlife Fact Sheets. | ||
| World Wide Science | ||
| A global science gateway—accelerating scientific discovery and progress through a multilateral partnership to enable federated searching of national and international scientific databases and portals. | ||