Biology
Online Books and Tutorials
- The Biology Project - http://www.biology.arizona.edu/
Covering several subtopics in Biology, this site from the University of Arizona includes tutorials and problem sets. Use the Site Map for ease in navigation.
- Biology Online Tutorials - http://www.biology-online.org/tutorials/home.htm
Tutorials include cell biology, genetics, adaptation, developmental biology etc.
- Cells Alive - http://www.cellsalive.com/index.htm
A tutorial on Cell Biology including topics such as mitosis and meiosis. The site includes many animations.
- Kimball's Biology Pages - http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/
An online introductory Biology textbook written by a retired Harvard professor. Can be browsed or searched.
- NCBI Bookshelf - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=Books
Searchable full text collection of recent biomedical books.
- Net Frog - http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/frog/
Interactive site describing frog dissection in great detail.
- Online Biology Book - http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookTOC.html
A well illustrated, well organized online biology book by a community college professor.
Search Engines and Journal Collections
- Entrez: the Life Sciences Search Engine - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/query/gquery.fcgi
This helpful search engine simultaneously searches a large number of bioscience, health science, biotechnology etc. Web sites published by the U.S. Government.
- Biomed Central - http://www.biomedcentral.com/home/
A searchable online collection of scientific journals. A large number are free; some require subscription. The site allows you to search Biomed Central, PubMed or PubMed Central. Cost-free registration is required.
- PLoS Biology -
http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=index-html&issn=1545-7885
A quality online journal published by The Public Library of Science.
- PLoS Medicine -
http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=index-html&issn=1549-1676
A quality online medical journal published by The Public Library of Science.
Lists of Helpful Web Sites
- Biology Browser - http://www.biologybrowser.org
This source, from BIOSIS, a well known Biology publisher includes free resources, helpful links and article citations. It can be searched.
- Harvard Biopages - http://www.mcb.harvard.edu/BioLinks.html
An extensive list of Biology Internet sites.
- World Wide Web Virtual Library Biosciences - http://vlib.org/Biosciences
A lengthy, well organized set of links to high quality Web sites. An excellent resource.
Individual Subjects
- Animal Diversity Web - http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html
"An online database of animal natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology."
- Bioethics Web - http://bioethicsweb.ac.uk/
"A gateway to evaluated, quality Internet resources relating to biomedical ethics."
- Botany: The National Biological Information Infrastructure - http://www.nbii.gov/disciplines/botany/
Exhaustive coverage of botany from the Federal government.
- DNA Interactive - http://www.dnai.org/index.htm
An excellent introduction to DNA.
- Ecology WWW Page - http://www.botany.net/Ecology/
Searchable list of up to date links to ecology Web sites.
- Human Genome Project - http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/home.shtml
Describes the project that identifies the 20,000-25,000 genes in human DNA and the implications of the project.
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System - http://www.itis.usda.gov/
"...
authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world."
- Understanding Evolution - http://evolution.berkeley.edu/
This award winning site explains evolution thoroughly.
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