Biology
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
- AccessScience
Online version of The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. 7100+ articles; 115,000 dictionary terms; 2000 in-depth biographies; weekly updates of scientific breakthroughs and discoveries; links to related web resources. (McGraw-Hill)
http://www.accessscience.com/ - BioTech’s Life Science Dictionary
Includes over 6,300 life science terms in biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, cell biology, and genetics. (Indiana Institute for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Indiana University)
http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/search/dict-search.html - EBSCO Encyclopedia of Animals
Indexing, abstracts and full text of articles describing the nature and habitat of animals. (EBSCOhost via NCLive)
http://www.nclive.org/ - Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
Authoritative encyclopedia on the biological sciences. With over 3,000 signed entries, has the complete text of the 20 volume 2001 print edition. Illustrations, bibliographic references, cross-references, glossary. Updated monthly. (Nature Publishing)
http://www.els.net - Oxford Reference Online: Biological Sciences
Search the full text of Oxford University Press Publications: A Dictionary of Biology, A Dictionary of Ecology, A Dictionary of Plant Sciences, A Dictionary of Scientists, and A Dictionary of Zoology. (Oxford Reference Online)
http://www.oxfordreference.com
Gateways & General Resources
- The Biology Project
An interactive online resource for learning biology. Provides tutorials on the following topics: biochemistry, cell biology, chemicals and human health, developmental biology, human biology, immunology, Mendelian genetics, and molecular biology. (University of Arizona)
http://www.biology.arizona.edu - EurekAlert
"Your global gateway to science, medicine and technology news." (American Association for the Advancement of Science)
http://www.eurekalert.org - Internet Directory for Botany
An index to botanical information on the Internet. Organized by an international team of scientists into 2 parts, an alphabetical directory and a categorical directory. (Anthony Brach, Harvard U. & Raino Lampinen, U. of Helsinki, Finland)
http://www.botany.net/IDB - MadSciNet: The 24-Hour Exploding Laboratory
An Ask-A-Scientist service, a "collective cranium of scientists," fielding questions in 25 subject areas from astronomy to zoology. Ask questions, search archives. Links to other web resources. Based at the Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO.
http://www.madsci.org - Microbes.Info
A microbiology information portal containing a vast collection of resources including articles, news, and links relating to the field of microbiology (Al Chan)
http://www.microbes.info - NatureServe
Scientific information about 50,000 rare and endangered plants and animals in the United States and Canada. Information provided includes common and scientific name, taxonomic hierarchy, distribution within the US and Canada with distribution maps, conservation status, life history and habitat information, and significant references. Searchable by any one or combination of several elements. (Assoc. of Biodiversity Information)
http://www.natureserve.org
Indexes
- AGRICOLA
Identify journal articles, government documents, technical reports, books, patents, and audiovisual resources from agricultural sources, including botany, ecology, environmental science, freshwater and marine sciences, and forestry from 1970 to the present.(National Agricultural Library)
http://agricola.nal.usda.gov - Annual Reviews
Authoritative, analytic reviews in 30 disciplines within the biomedical, physical and social sciences. Search or browse.
http://www.annualreviews.org - BioOne
An Internet-based collection of electronic journals published by scholarly societies, museums and other organizations in the biological, ecological and environmental sciences. Articles are fulltext, and include all illustrations and links from the original printed articles.
http://www.bioone.org - HighWire Press, Internet Imprint of Stanford University Libraries
Articles from over 4500 PubMed journals, including over 823,000 free full-text articles from 780 HighWire-hosted journals. Biological, physical, medical, and social sciences. Search or browse.
http://highwire.stanford.edu - JSTOR
A searchable archive of core scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, natural sciences and social sciences.
http://www.jstor.org
Science Teacher Resources & Lesson Plans
- Educational Hotlists at the Franklin Institute
Links to resources for science educators. (Franklin Institute Science Museum, Philadelphia)
http://www.fi.edu/tfi/hotlists/hotlists.html - The Learning Web
Resources for teachers, students and explorers. (US Geological Survey)
http://interactive2.usgs.gov/learningweb - Resources for Earth Science and Geography Instruction
Gateway to sites on earth science, physical geography, and environmental science. (Central Michigan University)
http://http://webs.cmich.edu/resgi - Science Fair Project Resource Guide
A collection of sites, resources and project ideas for science fairs. (Internet Public Library)
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/projectguide - Science NetLinks Database
Provides standards-based lessons and resources for K-12 educators that can be arranged alphabetically, by grade level or by benchmark. Each lesson plan supports the Project 2061 Benchmarks for Science Literacy. An index of benchmarks is available on the new site, as well as an index of Reviewed Resources. (American Association for the Advancement of Science)
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com - The Why Files
150+ articles on "the science behind the news." Articles provide bibliographies; many include interactive quizzes and hands-on projects. Topics covered include biology, environmental sciences, physical sciences, and technology.
http://whyfiles.org
In place: March 2001; Last updated: 1/22/2007
Bev Robertson, Reference Services Librarian
brobertson@mhc.edu
Renfro Library, Mars Hill College
Bev Robertson, Reference Services Librarian
brobertson@mhc.edu
Renfro Library, Mars Hill College