Biology Resources on the World Wide Web

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Biology Resources on the World Wide Web

TABLE OF LINK CATEGORIES
This web site is organized into these clickable categories:
Web Search Engines
ACC Biology Faculty and Department Web Pages
Gateways and General Information Sources
Government and Academic Sites
Associations
Electronic Journals (e-journals)
Electronic Magazines
Indexes and Abstracts
Electronic Books or Hypertextbooks and Electronic Reports
General Biology
Organismal Biology
Animals and Zoology
Plants and Botany
Mycology
Anatomy and Physiology
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Genetics
Biotechnology
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Marine Biology
Local Biology Info on the Web
Environmental Biology
Agriculture
Energy
Commercial or Business Sites
Environmental Chemistry
Air Pollution
Local Environmental Info on the Web
Philosophy and Ethics

Table of Links
Web Search Engines

Scirus
http://www.scirus.com/
Scirus is a search engine that focuses on scientific information. Using its Advanced Search option enables specifying scientific disciplines, times periods, and other important factors in a search.

Table of Links
ACC Biology Faculty and Department Web Pages

Leslie Albin's Faculty Webpage
http://www.austincc.edu/lesalbin

D'Maris Allen-Mierl's Faculty Webpage
http://www.austincc.edu/microbio

Charles Dunn's Faculty Webpage
http://www.austincc.edu/cddunn

Margaret Flemming's Faculty Webpage
http://www.austincc.edu/mflemmin

Linnea Fletcher's Faculty Webpage
http://www.austincc.edu/linneaf

David Froehlich's Faculty Webpage
http://www.austincc.edu/eohippus/

Jacquelyn Jarzem's Faculty Webpage
http://www.austincc.edu/jarzem

Suzette Mathis' Faculty Webpage
http://www.austincc.edu/smathis/

Elizabeth Maxim's Faculty Webpage
http://www.austincc.edu/emaxim

Edward Meyertholen's Faculty Webpage
http://www.austincc.edu/emeyerth/

Steven Muzos' Faculty Webpage
http://www.austincc.edu/muzos

Patricia Phelps' Faculty Webpage
http://www.austincc.edu/pphelps/

Elizabeth Ramirez Garza's Faculty Webpage
http://www.austincc.edu/eramirez

Rodney Rohde's Faculty Webpage
http://www.austincc.edu/rohde

Alice Sessions' Faculty Webpage
http://www.austincc.edu/biotech/

Bernice Speer's Faculty Webpage
http://www.austincc.edu/bspeer

Sarah Strong's Faculty Webpage
http://www.austincc.edu/sstrong

Salvatore Tavormina's Faculty Webpage
http://www.austincc.edu/tav

Steven Ziser's Faculty Webpage
http://www.austincc.edu/sziser

Mathematics and Science Division ACC-RVS - Biology
http://www.austincc.edu/biology/
Web page provides some starting points for educational biology resources, general biology, and human anatomy and medicine.

Microbiology at Austin Community College: BIO 1704 Intro to Microbiology & BIO 2704 Microbiology
http://www.austincc.edu/microbugz/
"Welcome to Microbugz, your source for lab reviews, lab images, The Virtual Lab, links to microbiology sites relevant to courses at ACC, and links to other science sites at ACC."

Table of Links
Gateways and General Information Sources

The Biology Project: An Interactive Online Resource for Learning Biology
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/
"The Biology Project is an interactive online resource for learning biology, developed at The University of Arizona. The Biology Project is fun, richly illustrated, and tested on 1000s of students. It has been designed for biology students at the college and high school level, but is useful for medical students, physicians, science writers, and all types of interested people…Students will find that the information covered in The Biology Project is probably just what they've been studying in their introductory biology course, and advanced students will find these materials to be a useful review. All students will benefit from the real-life applications of biology and the inclusion of up-to-date research findings, as well as career options in biology."
Topics include:
"--Biochemistry: basic chemistry, metabolism, enzymes, energy, & catalysis, large molecules, photosynthesis, molecular structure, pH & pKa, clinical correlates of pH
--Cell Biology: studying cells, mitosis, meiosis, the cell cycle, prokaryotes, eukaryotes, & viruses
--Chemicals & Human Health: basic toxicology, lung toxicology, environmental tobacco smoke & lung development, kidneys & metals
--Developmental Biology: developmental mechanisms
--Human Biology: DNA forensics, karyotyping (en Español), genetics, blood types, reproduction, sexually transmitted diseases
--Immunology: immunology, the ELISA assay, Western blotting analysis
--Mendelian Genetics: (en Español) monohybrid cross, dihybrid cross, sex-linked inheritance
--Molecular Biology: nucleic acids, genetics of prokaryotes, genetics of eukaryotes, recombinant DNA."

BiologyBrowser
http://www.biologybrowser.org/
BiologyBrowser, produced by Thomson Scientific, is a free web site offering resources for the life sciences information community. It brings together a unique set of opportunities for scientists:
--Exclusive information resources by THOMSON SCIENTIFIC (Zoological Record). Thomson Scientific provides resources - such as the Nomenclature Glossary for Zoology, the Zoological Record Thesaurus, and more - for free on BiologyBrowser.
--Find useful links to current science news stories, relevant web sites, and more.

MIT OpenCourseWare--Biology
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Biology/index.htm
MIT OpenCourseware includes a whole range of materials from actual courses: Syllabi, Assignments, Study Materials, Audio Lectures, Video Lectures, and more. Both undergraduate and graduate Biology course materials are available.

SciCentral: Gateway to the Sciences
http://www.scicentral.com/

Yahoo! Science:Biology
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Biology/
This well-organized and thorough site offers general biology sites as well as allowing locating sites from the list of dozens of disciplines within biology or by searching in the dialog box for sites within biology itself.

Centre for Bioscience: A subject centre of the Higher Education Academy
http://www.bioscience.heacademy.ac.uk/
This site promotes the use of learning technology in life sciences teaching. In addition to instructional software, articles, news, projects, publications, and links are provided in several dozen categories including anatomy, animal behaviour, biochemistry, bioinformatics, biotechnology, cell biology, computer-based assessment, genetics, microbiology, mycology, and zoology.

Science Niche (formerly High School Hub)
http://scienceniche.com/science/science.cfm
"The Science Niche (formerly BioChemNet and High School Hub) is a weekly-updated gateway to the best biology and chemistry educational resources on the Web. Resources are organized under the following major topics: General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, General Biology, Cell Biology, Microbiology, Botany, Zoology, Physiology, Immunology, Nutrition, Biochemistry, Proteins, Genetics, Biotechnology, News & Journals, Teaching Science, Lab Safety, Science Careers, and Free Science ClipArt."

INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections--Biological, Agricultural & Medical Sciences
http://infomine.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/search?bioag
"INFOMINE is intended for the introduction and use of Internet/Web resources of relevance to faculty, students, and research staff at the university level. It is being offered as a comprehensive showcase, virtual library and reference tool containing highly useful Internet/Web resources including databases, electronic journals, electronic books, bulletin boards, listservs, online library card catalogs, articles and directories of researchers, among many other types of information."

EurekAlert!: Your Global Gateway to Science, Medicine, and Technology News
http://www.eurekalert.org/
Sponsored by Burroughs Wellcome Fund and Monsanto and published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), this site provides news releases; links to institutions, science media, peer-reviewed research journals, and journalism groups; and resources that include visuals and reference.

Explore Science
http://www.explorelearning.com/
Gizmos, online simulations, used to teach K-12 science and mathematics. Free trial available. All Gizmos™ require the free Shockwave plugin linked from this website.

EnviroInfo: Environmental Information Sources
http://www.deb.uminho.pt/fontes/enviroinfo/
"EnviroInfo is a compilation of useful Internet resources to Environmental Science and Technology. This site maintains information on organizations, business, publications, online databases and software, research and education. The following environmental fields are considered: air pollution, biotechnology, chemistry, ecology, impact and risk assessment, laws, pollution, sustainable development, soil & wetlands, water & wastewater."

EE-Link: Environmental Education on the Internet
http://eelink.net/
EE-Link is a strong presence for Environmental Education (EE) on the Internet. Consistent with the Key Principles of Environmental Education, EE-Link develops and organizes Internet resources to support, enhance and extend effective environmental education in grades K-12. EE-Link contains links to Professional Resources, Grants & Jobs, Classroom Resources, Organizations & Projects, Environmental Facts & Data, and Search Pages.

Sheffield ChemDex
http://www.chemdex.org/
"Important aims for the Sheffield ChemdexTM are to increase the size of the ChemdexTM database, to add searching, and to provide critical site reviews for a significant proportion of the included sites...to Chemdexplus will become available shortly from through a licensing arrangement with ChemWeb.com...Sheffield ChemdexTM will always be here and that access to Chemdexplus will also be free."

Internet Scout Project
http://scout.wisc.edu/
"Surf smarter, not longer. Let the Internet Scout Project show you the way to the best resources on the Internet--then you can choose what's best for you. Librarians and educators do the filtering for you, reading hundreds of announcements each week looking for the online resources most valuable to the education community. However, everyone is welcome to use our services, and we encourage feedback and suggestions from the entire Internet community...The target audience of the new Scout Report for Science & Engineering is faculty, students, staff, and librarians in the life sciences, physical sciences, and engineering. Each biweekly issue offers a selective collection of Internet resources covering topics in the sciences, and related fields such as math and engineering, that have been chosen by librarians and content specialists in the given field of study."

Austin Community College Library Services
http://library.austincc.edu
Provides links to: the ACC Library Catalog, Articles and Reference Sources, Web Subject Links, Searching the Web tips, Other Library Catalogs, and Research Guides & Documentation, as well as Online Tutorials.

Table of Links
Government and Academic Sites

World Lecture Hall (WLH)
http://www.utexas.edu/world/lecture/
"The World Lecture Hall (WLH) contains links to pages created by faculty worldwide who are using the Web to deliver class materials. For example, you will find course syllabi, assignments, lecture notes, exams, class calendars, multimedia textbooks, etc. From Browse by Area select Health / Public Health / Nutrition or use Advanced Search."

Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/list.html
"The Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, known as CFSAN, is one of five product-oriented centers, in addition to a nationwide field force, which carry out the mission of Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Includes Information about Dietary Supplements, Food Additives, Foodborne Illness, Food Labeling and Nutrition, Pesticides, Metals & Chemical Contaminants, and Biotechnology."

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/
"The mission of the Environmental Protection Agency is to protect human health and the environment. Since 1970, EPA has been working for a cleaner, healthier environment for the American people." This site provides information on laws, regulations, current EPA projects, databases containng a wide-variety of environmental data, EPA reports, history, and more."

Cornell Center for the Environment (CfE)
http://environment.cornell.edu/action.php?resource_id=16
"The Cornell Center for the Environment (CfE) is committed to research, teaching, and outreach focused on environmental issues, with the goals of enhancing the quality of life, encouraging economic vitality, and promoting the conservation of natural resources for a sustainable future. Established in 1991, the Center is a shared program of Cornell's colleges of Agriculture and Life Sciences; Architecture, Art and Planning; Arts and Sciences; Engineering; Human Ecology; and Veterinary Medicine; the schools of Hotel Administration; Industrial and Labor Relations; and the Johnson Graduate School of Management; the Division of Biological Sciences; the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research; the Agricultural Experiment Stations; and the Cornell Cooperative Extension and the Industrial and Labor Relations Extension systems. The Center encourages the development of new environmental courses and curricula at both the graduate and undergraduate levels; facilitates interdisciplinary environmental research; coordinates outreach programs that assist state, federal and local government, private organizations, businesses, and individuals in assessing and solving environmental problems; and disseminates environmental information."

Environmental Health Policy Committee (EHPC)
http://web.health.gov/environment/
This site is archival only now. Originally the Environmental Health Policy Committee (EHPC) was established to coordinate policy development for environmental health activities related to the mission of the U.S. Public Health Service and its agencies. Clicking on "Member Organizations and Representatives" shows the hyperlinked list of agencies originally involved.

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/
"The mission of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), as an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is to prevent exposure and adverse human health effects and diminished quality of life associated with exposure to hazardous substances from waste sites, unplanned releases, and other sources of pollution present in the environment."

CERCLA Priority List of Hazardous Substances
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/cercla/
"The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) section 104 (i), as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA), requires ATSDR and EPA to prepare a list, in order of priority, of substances that are most commonly found at facilities on the National Priorities List (NPL) and which are determined to pose the most significant potential threat to human health. CERCLA also requires this list to be revised periodically to reflect additional information on hazardous substances. This CERCLA priority list is revised and published on a 2-year basis, with a yearly informal review and revision..."

Europa, the European Union's server
http://europa.eu/index_en.htm
Use the search engine on this site to find European official documents, legal texts, rules and regulations, publications, and databases relating to biotechnology, pollution, nutrition, chemicals, and other science and technology topics.

Table of Links
Associations

Yahoo! Science:Biology:Organizations
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Biology/Organizations/
This well-organized and thorough site offers sites on biological organizations as well as allowing locating sites by searching in the dialog box for sites within the topic of biological organization.

American Institute of Biological Sciences
http://www.aibs.org/core/index.html
"In 1947, the American Institute of Biological Sciences was federally chartered as a non-profit scientific organization to advance research and education in the biological, medical, environmental, and agricultural sciences. Today, more than 50 years later, AIBS remains the sole national umbrella society uniting biologists across the country....As an umbrella society for other biological organizations, it's our responsibility to provide a unified voice for diverse disciplines. Members' interests span all of biology -- basic to applied, from molecular to organismal, from agronomy to zoology. Today, AIBS has more than 50 member societies, and an aggregate membership of more than 125,000 biologists."

American Society for Microbiology
http://www.asm.org/
"The American Society for Microbiology is the oldest and largest single life science membership organization in the world. Membership has grown from 59 scientists in 1899 to over 40,000 members today located throughout the world. ASM represents 24 disciplines of microbiological specialization plus a division for microbiology educators."

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
http://www.aaas.org/
"The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS, pronounced Triple-A-S) is a nonprofit professional society dedicated to the advancement of scientific and technological excellence across all disciplines, and to the public's understanding of science and technology. AAAS is among the oldest societies in America, having been founded in Philadelphia in 1848. Many of today's most prestigious and influential scientific societies have their historical origins in AAAS. For example, groups such as the American Chemical Society (1886), the American Anthropological Association (1902), and the Botanical Society of America (1906), all grew out of informal gatherings at AAAS annual meetings or from established AAAS Sections."

Council of Science Editors (CSE), formerly Council of Biology Editors (CBE)
http://www.councilscienceeditors.org/
"CSE's mission is to promote excellence in the communication of scientific information." It serves "members in the scientific, scientific publishing, and information science communities by fostering networking, education, discussion, and exchange and to be an authoritative resource on current and emerging issues in the communication of scientific information. The Council of Biology Editors (CBE) became the Council of Science Editors on January 1, 2000" to more accurately reflect its expanding membership.
Scientific Style and Format: The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers, Sixth Edition (1994), prepared by the Council of Biology Editors Style Manual Committee, will be replaced by Scientific Style and Format, Seventh Edition. Some of the new material may be previewed.

Table of Links
Electronic Journals (e-journals)

Yahoo! Science:Biology:Journals
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Biology/Journals/
This well-organized and thorough site offers sites with electronic journals, magazines, and newsletters.

Cell
http://www.cell.com/
The electronic version of the journal Cell. Full text available: January 1974 - Present. Supplemental data such as videos, images and experimental procedures are available online for certain articles. Links to this data are denoted by [Supplemental Data] in table of contents, summaries, and full text of articles. There is a fee for full-text of articles now.

EJB Electronic Journal of Biotechnology
http://www.ejbiotechnology.info/
EJB is an international scientific electronic journal which publishes papers from all areas related to Biotechnology. It covers from molecular biology and the chemistry of biological process to aquatic and earth environmental aspects, as well as computational applications and policy issues directly related to Biotechnology. The site includes links to other biotechnology websites. National Council for Scientific and Technological Research of Chile is its publisher.

Electronic Green Journal
http://egj.lib.uidaho.edu/
"The Electronic Green Journal, published by the University of Idaho Library, is a professional, refereed publication devoted to disseminating information concerning sources on international environmental topics including: assessment, conservation, development, disposal, education, hazards, pollution, resources, technology, and treatment. We are academically sponsored; our focus, however, is to publish articles, bibliographies, reviews, and announcements for the educated generalist as well as the specialist. We welcome original contributions from authors on any of the above topics."

Emerging Infectious Diseases: A Peer-Reviewed Journal Published by the NIDC
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/
"Emerging Infectious Diseases is indexed in Index Medicus/Medline, Current Contents, and several other electronic databases. Emerging Infectious Diseases is part of CDC's plan for combatting emerging infectious diseases; the plan is outlined in a recently published document, Addressing Emerging Infectious Disease Threats--A Prevention Strategy for the United States. One of the main goals of CDC's plan is to enhance communication of public health information about emerging diseases so that prevention measures can be implemented without delay. Emerging Infectious Diseases is peer reviewed and will be providing information on emerging infections in three broad categories:
1) Perspectives, a section addressing factors that underlie disease emergence including microbial adaptation and change, human demographics and behavior, technology and industry, economic development and land use, international travel and commerce, and breakdown of public health measures;
2) Synopses, concise, state-of-the-art summaries of specific diseases or syndromes and related emerging infectious disease issues; 3) Dispatches, brief laboratory or epidemiologic reports with an international scope."

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
http://jama.ama-assn.org/
JAMA, which began publication in 1883, is the world's best-read medical journal. To access full text of articles from recent years at this website, you must purchase either a subscription or one-time access.

Lancet: The International Journal of Medical Science and Practice
http://www.thelancet.com/
Provides selected coverage of issues from recent years on plus additional information including links to other sites of biomedical interest on the World Wide Web. Access for complete access to the full-text articles requires a subscription. However, ACC students, faculty, and staff can search for, read, and print articles from Lancet for no additional charge by using indexes such as Health Source or Health Reference Center from the library's homepage .

Nature: International weekly journal of science
http://www.nature.com/nature/
Regular features include the weekly tables of contents, summaries, supplementary information and the full-text news articles. The fully searchable, hypertext-linked news database includes all NPG's international news articles for about a decade. Nature's index to all contents remains in printable form, and articles, published in the printed Nature, contain additional data for which there was not space in the paper journal. These data are available here to download. Complete access to the full-text articles requires a subscription. However, ACC students, faculty, and staff can search for, read, and print articles from Nature for no additional charge by accessing through the ACC Library Catalog as Nature [electronic resource] or by using indexes such as Academic Search Premier from the library's homepage .

Nature Biotechnology
http://www.nature.com/nbt/
Site provides tables of contents to issues of Nature Biotechnology and abstracts for research articles back through the last decade. To view full-text you must subscribe. Site also provides lists of conferences, the Nature Biotechnology Directory, and links to other biotech web sites at Web Extras.

New Scientist
http://www.newscientist.com/
Contains selected articles, sometimes excerpts, from recent issues and science links.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS)
http://www.pnas.org/
PNAS backfile from 1915 on is open everyone. Only full text for the most current 6 months is restricted to paid subscribers.

Science Online
http://www.sciencemag.org/
Science, the global weekly of research, is published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Scientific American
http://www.sciam.com/
Each month brings the best of the current issue with additional features and information linked. Some of the major articles are included in their entirety, with links that let you connect directly to the researchers and their work. Access to all the full-text articles and a number of features updated weekly is available only to readers of the Scientific American Online or Digital editions. Past issues with similar coverage are available from 1/93 on. Table of contents available for 1993 on. However, ACC students, faculty, and staff can search for, read, and print articles from Scientific American for no additional charge by using indexes such as Academic Search Premier from the library's homepage .

Scientific American: Ask the Experts
http://www.sciam.com/askexpert_directory.cfm
Ask science questions of experts selected by Scientific American and see the answers to previously asked questions.

The Scientist: The News Journal for the Life Sciences Professional
http://www.the-scientist.com/
"The Scientist is an international news magazine published in print and on the Web. It reports on and analyzes the issues and events that impact the world of life scientists. The Scientist provides a unifying forum for discussion of the topics -news, research, profession and technology - that drive scientific progress. Comprehensive and topical, it serves as an ally and a guide in today's exciting and competitive research environment"
Free online registration provides access to all issues back through the first in 1986

World Wide Web Journal of Biology
http://www.epress.com/w3jbio/
The World Wide Web Journal of Biology Features:
--Quality peer-reviewed research in diverse disciplines of the biological sciences
--Allows for complete multimedia, hypertext presentations.
--A very large and diverse initial audience.
--Interactive forum via internet list-server for dynamic, ongoing dialog between authors and readers.
--No subscription fee for the online journal.
--Advertiser and classified ad section including job postings and conference announcements.
--Ongoing letters to the editor section.
--Annual archive to CD-ROM for libraries, abstract services and individual subscribers.
--Distinguished editorial board members from diverse disciplines of the biological sciences.

Table of Links
Electronic Magazines

Yahoo! Science:Biology:Magazines
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Biology/Magazines/
This well-organized and thorough site offers sites with electronic journals, magazines, and newsletters.

American Scientist: The Magazine of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
http://www.amsci.org/amsci/
"This Web site is designed to provide a sample of our content for those unfamiliar with the magazine, and to enrich our readers' experience by facilitating exploration and discussion of themes treated in the magazine. American Scientist is an illustrated bimonthly magazine about science and technology. Each issue is filled with feature articles written by prominent scientists and engineers, reviewing important work in fields that range from molecular biology to computer engineering. The articles are carefully edited and accompanied by illustrations that are developed to enhance the reader's understanding and enjoyment."

Discover Magazine
http://discovermagazine.com/
Contains selected articles from 1992 to present issues of Discover Magazine.

Technology Review: MIT's Magazine of Innovation
http://www.technologyreview.com/
"The Types of Stories: --Hot areas of emerging technology; --Advances in existing technologies; --Stories of entrepreneurship and venture capital; --Major breakthroughs in basic research with commercial impact; --The impact of technology on culture and society....Our coverage will concentrate on areas of high technology where progress is most rapid. For example: --information technology, --biotechnology, --materials science/nanotechnology." Register online for access to years of online archives and stories appearing in the current issue.

Table of Links
Indexes and Abstracts

AGRICOLA (AGRICultural OnLine Access)
http://www.nal.usda.gov/
"AGRICOLA (AGRICultural OnLine Access) is a machine-readable database of bibliographic records created by the National Agricultural Library and its cooperators. Production of these records in electronic form began in 1970, but the database covers materials dating from the 16th century to the present. The records describe publications and resources encompassing all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines, including plant and animal sciences, forestry, entomology, soil and water resources, agricultural economics, agricultural engineering, agricultural products, alternative farming practices, and food and nutrition. Auxiliary subjects that support NAL's Information Center activities, such as agricultural trade and marketing, rural information, and animal welfare, are also included. AGRICOLA does not contain the materials themselves; but it can help you identify and find them, and you can search AGRICOLA via the World Wide Web. (For information on how to get NAL materials, see NAL's Document Delivery Services website."

PubMed
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed
"PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, includes over 14 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. These citations are from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources." Click on the Site Map to view the impressive range of information and databases available. These are world-class and provide reliable, current information."

Table of Links
Electronic Books or Hypertextbooks and Electronic Reports

National Academy Press Reading Room--Biology and Life Sciences
http://www.nap.edu/topics.php?topic=278
Contains thousands of full books, free for the reading, first page to last…They're available in a variety of versions, including scanned pages in image format, hypertext HTML books, and Adobe Acrobat PDF. Subjects covered include: Agricultural Sciences, Behavioral and Social Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Sciences, Earth Sciences, Education, Energy Studies, Engineering, Environmental Issues, Food and Nutrition, General Interest, Industry and Economics, International Problems, Policies, and Issues, Marine and Maritime Studies, Mathematical Sciences and Statistics, Materials, Medical Sciences, Public Health and Health Care, Natural Resources, Research Issues and Scientific Leadership, Physical Sciences, Science and Ethics, Special Reports, Directories, and Bibliographies, Transportation, Urban Development. Hundreds of these books are also searchable and accessible through the ACC Library Catalog with some included in NetLibrary.

National Academy Press Reading Room--Agriculture
http://www.nap.edu/topics.php?topic=276
Contains thousands of full books, free for the reading, first page to last…They're available in a variety of versions, including scanned pages in image format, hypertext HTML books, and Adobe Acrobat PDF. Subjects covered include: Agricultural Sciences, Behavioral and Social Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Sciences, Earth Sciences, Education, Energy Studies, Engineering, Environmental Issues, Food and Nutrition, General Interest, Industry and Economics, International Problems, Policies, and Issues, Marine and Maritime Studies, Mathematical Sciences and Statistics, Materials, Medical Sciences, Public Health and Health Care, Natural Resources, Research Issues and Scientific Leadership, Physical Sciences, Science and Ethics, Special Reports, Directories, and Bibliographies, Transportation, Urban Development. Hundreds of these books are also searchable and accessible through the ACC Library Catalog with some included in NetLibrary.

National Academy Press Reading Room--Food and Nutrition
http://www.nap.edu/topics.php?topic=287
Contains thousands of full books, free for the reading, first page to last…They're available in a variety of versions, including scanned pages in image format, hypertext HTML books, and Adobe Acrobat PDF. Subjects covered include: Agricultural Sciences, Behavioral and Social Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Sciences, Earth Sciences, Education, Energy Studies, Engineering, Environmental Issues, Food and Nutrition, General Interest, Industry and Economics, International Problems, Policies, and Issues, Marine and Maritime Studies, Mathematical Sciences and Statistics, Materials, Medical Sciences, Public Health and Health Care, Natural Resources, Research Issues and Scientific Leadership, Physical Sciences, Science and Ethics, Special Reports, Directories, and Bibliographies, Transportation, Urban Development. Hundreds of these books are also searchable and accessible through the ACC Library Catalog with some included in NetLibrary.

National Academy Press Reading Room--Environmental Issues
http://www.nap.edu/topics.php?topic=285
Contains thousands of full books, free for the reading, first page to last…They're available in a variety of versions, including scanned pages in image format, hypertext HTML books, and Adobe Acrobat PDF. Subjects covered include: Agricultural Sciences, Behavioral and Social Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Sciences, Earth Sciences, Education, Energy Studies, Engineering, Environmental Issues, Food and Nutrition, General Interest, Industry and Economics, International Problems, Policies, and Issues, Marine and Maritime Studies, Mathematical Sciences and Statistics, Materials, Medical Sciences, Public Health and Health Care, Natural Resources, Research Issues and Scientific Leadership, Physical Sciences, Science and Ethics, Special Reports, Directories, and Bibliographies, Transportation, Urban Development. Hundreds of these books are also searchable and accessible through the ACC Library Catalog with some included in NetLibrary.

Table of Links
General Biology

Science Niche: General Biology Guide
http://scienceniche.com/science/biology.cfm
Science Niche (affiliated with High School Ace) is a noncommercial learning portal to high-quality free online educational resources for high school students. It features interactive learning games, puzzles, and quizzes.

Table of Links
Organismal Biology

Biodiversity and Biological Collections Web Server
http://biocollections.org/
"The Biodiversity and Biological Collections Web Server is devoted to information of interest to systematists and other biologists of the organismic kind. Within these pages you will find information about specimens in biological collections, taxonomic authority files, directories of biologists, reports by various standards bodies (IOPI, ASC, SA2000, etc), an archive of the Taxacom, MUSE-L and CICHLID-L listservs), access to on-line journals (including Flora On-line) and information about MUSE and Delta."

Yahoo! Science:Biology:Reproduction
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Biology/Reproduction/
This well-organized and thorough site offers sites on reproduction as well as allowing locating sites by searching in the dialog box for sites within the topic of reproduction.

Table of Links
Animals and Zoology

Yahoo! Science:Biology:Zoology
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Biology/Zoology/
This well-organized and thorough site offers sites on zoology as well as allowing locating sites by searching in the dialog box for sites within the topic of zoology.

Science Niche: General Biology Guide--Zoology
http://scienceniche.com/science/biology.cfm
Science Niche (affiliated with High School Ace) is a noncommercial learning portal to high-quality free online educational resources for high school students. It features interactive learning games, puzzles, and quizzes. The Zoology section is located on this page.

BIODIDAC Animalia [Zoology] Images
http://biodidac.bio.uottawa.ca/thumbnails/catquery.htm?kingdom=Animalia
Contains dozens of zoology images in color with English and French captions.

The Tree of Life
http://tolweb.org/tree/phylogeny.html
"The Tree of Life is a collection of over 5000 World Wide Web pages containing information about the diversity of life. These pages are housed on 20 computers in four countries, and are authored by biologists from around the world. Each page contains information about one group of organisms."

Bird Links to the World
http://www.bsc-eoc.org/links/links.jsp
This site contains hundreds of bird-related sites. You may select a region from the map and click on it to focus on birds in a certain region. Recordings of some bird calls are also available.

Social Insects World Wide Web (SIWeb)
http://antbase.org/
The Social Insects World Wide Web (SIWeb) provides answers to questions such as on the identification of social insects (especially ants), on the knowledge of a particular taxon (e.g. species, genus) or on what's known about a particular geographic area. Although it is basically a scientific instrument, it is of interest to a wider audience such as the casual browser or someone wanting an accurate overview. Some the categories include: Phylogeny, Catalogs, Glossary, Morphology and Anatomy, Inventories, Collections, Keys, Techniques, Molecular Data, Techniques and Ongoing Projects, Images and Slide Shows, Movies, Online Publications, and Related Web Pages.

Virtual Frog Dissection Kit - - - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
http://froggy.lbl.gov/virtual/
"This interactive program is part of the Whole Frog project. The program allows interactive dissection of a frog, and includes the capability to make on-the-fly movies. A browser that supports forms and sensitive images is needed. The dissection kit is available in a number of languages."

Dennis Kunkel's Microscopy: Science and Photography Through a Microscope
http://www.denniskunkel.com/
Based at the Pacific Biomedical Research Center, this website includes an image gallery of organisms ranging from microbes to insects to medical images as well as information on microscopy.

National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution: Virtual Exhibits
http://www.mnh.si.edu/exhibits/virtual.html
Formerly called Online Exhibits, this Virtual Exhibits site is part of the National Museum of Natural History within the Smithsonian Institution. Exhibits vary and disciplines covered may include botany, entomology, invertebrate zoology, paleobiology, and zoology and coverage of some interdisciplinary topics such as global warming.

National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution: Research & Collections
http://www.mnh.si.edu/rc/
This Research and Collections site is part of the National Museum of Natural History within the Smithsonian Institution. Disciplines include botany, entomology, invertebrate zoology, paleobiology, and zoology and coverage of some interdisciplinary topics such as global warming is included. There are image collections, taxonomies of a wide variety of organisms, and links to others sites as well information about the research and staff conducted within the NMNH.

Texas Natural History Collections
http://www.utexas.edu/depts/tnhc/
"...TNHC offers public access to its databases through this Internet connection, but asks that users be cognizant of the nature of the data, and that they abide by the following policy for database utilization...Texas Natural History Collection (TNHC) specimen databases are defined as records derived from field catalogs, field notes, specimen labels, card files, catalogs and ledgers. These databases include electronic storage media and/or data files or data products in a variety of formats including electronic and printed. They are an integral part of the collections and function not only as a resource for researchers world-wide, but also are used internally for tracking specimen use and collection activities. In spite of the important role played by specimen databases, they ARE NOT to be considered primary data."

Biospeleology: The Biology of Caves, Karst, and Groundwater
http://www.utexas.edu/depts/tnhc/.www/biospeleology/
"The Biospeleology web site is sponsored by the Texas Memorial Museum at The University of Texas at Austin. This site is dedicated to exploring the world of cave biology (biospeleology), ranging from completely cave-adapted species (troglobites) of fishes, salamanders, and invertebrates, to troglophiles (animals that may be somewhat adapted to caves, but which may be found in similar habitats), and trogloxenes (animals that roost in caves, such as bats and cave crickets). You also will find information on cave microbes here. Cave biology is an interdisciplinary science that is related to cave exploration, geology, hydrology, ecology, and conservation. Cave biology and geology are two of the backbone sciences within speleology, the study of caves."

Table of Links
Plants and Botany

Internet Directory for Botany - Alphabetical List
http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/idb-alpha/botany.html
"The Internet Directory of Botany is an index to botanical information available on the Internet...It consists of two parts, an alphabetical directory and a categorical directory. The alphabetical list (formerly List of WWW Sites of Interest to Botanists) was compiled by Anthony R. Brach. It was originally posted on TAXACOM in March 1995… The subject category list (formerly A Collection of Botany Related URLs), is maintained by Raino Lampinen since Autumn 1993. It started as a personal bookmark list of botanical gopher sites, since March 1994 also www sites, and was made available via WWW in December 1994. This is the alphabetical list."

The Internet Directory for Botany - Subject Category List
http://www.botany.net/IDB/

Yahoo! Science:Biology:Botany
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Biology/Botany/
This well-organized and thorough site offers botany sites as well as allowing locating sites by searching in the dialog box for sites within botany itself.

Yahoo! Science:Biology:Mycology
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Biology/Mycology/
This well-organized and thorough site offers sites on mycology as well as allowing searching through the dialog box for sites within the topic of mycology.

Science Niche: General Biology Guide--Botany
http://scienceniche.com/science/biology.cfm
Science Niche (affiliated with High School Ace) is a noncommercial learning portal to high-quality free online educational resources for high school students. It features interactive learning games, puzzles, and quizzes. The Botany section is located on this page.

PLANTS National Database of the USDA
http://plants.usda.gov/
"The PLANTS Database provides a single source of standardized information about plants. PLANTS provides standardized plant names, symbols and other plant attribute information. The United States Department of Agriculture provides this site, which is meant to be a single source of general information about the plant kingdom to researchers and other people interested in plants. The database is organized by three major topics: wetlands, threatened & endangered, and phylogenetic. In addition, there are external links to other USDA databases for economically important and noxious plants. PND can be searched by family or genus as well as by state. Retrieved items may contain taxonomic information, synonyms, a coarse distribution map, and references. In addition, there is a browsable and searchable image gallery of over 1,000 plants. This is an excellent source of checklist information. [JS]"

PlantFacts: Horticulture and Crop Science in Virtual Perspective
http://plantfacts.osu.edu/
"PlantFacts has merged several digital collections developed at Ohio State University to become an international knowledge bank and multimedia learning center.:
--Web - Internet search engine - Most concentrated search engine dealing strictly with plants. Over 260,000 pages of information from every land-grant university in the U.S. and several government institutions across Canada. Also includes academic information about college degree programs, requirements, scholarships, career opportunties, research projects, and online courses.
--Images - (formerly Plant Dictionary) - A searchable database of high quality images featuring Ornamental plants, Turf, Plant Diseases, and Insects." Images may be searched by the scientific name (genus and species), OR family name, OR common name; category of plants; specific feature; and by pest.
"--Videos - Collection of 200 short gardening how-to videos, ranging from tips on basic landscaping to lessons on deadheading roses. Hosted by Tom McNutt, gardening expert for NBC4 in Columbus.
--FAQ's - Illustrated answers to over 800 commonly asked Gardening Questions, ranging from when to plant annuals to watering large shade trees.
--Glossary - Illustrated definitions of commonly used horticultural terms."

Scott's Botanical Links
http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/bot-linx/
With more than 1,800 links, this site compiles useful botany education resources for the advanced high school (AP-biology) and college level. Internet resources vary in quality, so sites are rated on a 4-star scale emphasizing educational value, completeness and scientific correctness. Resources are added daily and readers may use the listserv to be notified of the latest addition.

BIODIDAC Plantae [Botany] Images
http://biodidac.bio.uottawa.ca/thumbnails/catquery.htm?kingdom=Plantae
Contains botany images in color with English and French captions.

Threatened and Endangered Plants
http://plants.usda.gov/threat.html

Horticulture and Crop Science in Virtual Perspective
http://plantfacts.ohio-state.edu/
"Search the Internet for information related to horticulture and crop science from 46 different colleges, universities, and institutions across the United States and Canada. Over 20,000 pages of information are frequently updated in order to provide the most concentrated source of plant-related information available for answering your questions, assisting you in gaining an education, or helping you teach others about plants."

Carnivorous Plant Database
http://www.omnisterra.com/bot/cp_home.cgi
This database includes over 3000 entries giving an exhaustive nomenclatural synopsis of all Carnivorous Plants. Images are available for some of the plants.

Zilker Botanical Gardens
http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/zilker/gardencenter.htm
In addition to information about Zilker Botanical Gardens, site provides links to local gardening club and gardens sites through the including: Native Plant Society of Texas; Austin Chapter, Austin Pond Society, Austin Rose Society, Austin Butterfly Forum, Austin Bonsai Society, Weed People, Austin Organic Gardeners, Capital City Cage Bird Club, Tree Folks, National Wildflower Research, Texas Botanical Garden Society, Xeriscape Garden Club, Men's Garden Club of Austin, The Austin Herb Society, Capital Area Honey Bee Stewards, Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve, and Texas Bamboo Society. Also provides links to over 2800 gardening sites."

Gardening Launch Pad
http://gardeninglaunchpad.com/
Jim Parra, horticulturist at Zilker Botanical Gardens, provides abundant information for the Central Texas gardener. Dozens of topics are covered including: local groups, composting, organic gardening, poisonous plants, and xeriscape.

Aggie Horticulture Network: Texas A&M Horticulture Program
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu
Web site contains the combined information resources of the teaching, research, and extension program at the Texas A&M University. There are webpage sections on People, Gardening, Just for Kids, Wildflowers, Tissue Culture, CEMAP, Citrus Web, Ornamentals Web, East Texas Gardening, South Texas Vegetables, Master Gardener, PicturePages, hortIPM plus links to other sites.

Cyberbotanica
http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/botany/
"...Cyberbotanica, [is] a free online botany education resource produced as a part of Indiana University's BioTech Project. This site will probably always be under construction; for now, it contains a mini-chapter on plants and chemotherapy (also still under construction), but other chapters are in the works: plants used in bioremediation, fungi which produce antibiotics, and genetically engineered fruits and vegetables."

Table of Links
Mycology

Table of Links
Anatomy and Physiology

Yahoo! Science:Biology:Anatomy
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Biology/Anatomy/
This well-organized and thorough site offers anatomy sites as well as allowing searching through the dialog box for sites within anatomy itself.

Yahoo! Health:Medicine:Physiology
http://dir.yahoo.com/Health/Medicine/Physiology/
This well-organized and thorough site offers sites on physiology as well as allowing searching through the dialog box for sites within the topic of physiology.

Science Niche: General Biology Guide--Human Biology
http://scienceniche.com/science/biology.cfm
Science Niche (affiliated with High School Ace) is a noncommercial learning portal to high-quality free online educational resources for high school students. It features interactive learning games, puzzles, and quizzes. The Human Biology section is located on this page.

Visible Human Project, The
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html
"The Visible Human Project(r) is an outgrowth of the NLM's 1986 Long-Range Plan. It is the creation of complete, anatomically detailed, three-dimensional representations of the normal male and female human bodies. Acquisition of transverse CT, MR and cryosection images of representative male and female cadavers has been completed. The male was sectioned at one millimeter intervals, the female at one-third of a millimeter intervals." There are links to dozens of sites with images and animations. ACC owns some of the publications from this project. Check the library catalog."

Human Anatomy Online
http://www.innerbody.com/
This site describes itself as the place for fun, interactive and educational views of the human body. This program contains hundreds of illustrations of the human body with animations and thousands of descriptive links. Human Anatomy Online uses Java applets to show images and select anatomy parts. Java support must be enabled in your browser.

BIODIDAC Histology Images
http://biodidac.bio.uottawa.ca/Thumbnails/histocatquery.htm
Contains dozens of histologic images in color with English and French captions.

Neurosciences on the Internet
http://www.neuroguide.com/
"A searchable and browsable index of neuroscience resources available on the Internet: Neurobiology, neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry, psychology, cognitive science sites and information on human neurological diseases." Links include: "Recent Additions, Best Bets, Original, Search, Centers/Labs, Clinical Departments, Commercial, Databases, Diseases, Exams/Tutorials, Guides, Images, Journals, Mailing Lists, Newsgroups/Forums, Non-Human, Organizations, Software, Biology, Medicine, About the Web, Web Start, Web Indexes, and Web Newsgroups."

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Cellular and Molecular Biology

Yahoo! Science:Biology:Molecular Biology
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Biology/Molecular_Biology/
This well-organized and thorough site offers sites on molecular biology as well as allowing searching through the dialog box for sites within the topic of molecular biology.

Yahoo! Science:Biology:Cells
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Biology/Cell_Biology/
This well-organized and thorough site offers sites on cells as well as allowing searching through the dialog box for sites within the topic of cells.

Science Niche: General Biology Guide--Cell Biology
http://scienceniche.com/science/biology.cfm
Science Niche (affiliated with High School Ace) is a noncommercial learning portal to high-quality free online educational resources for high school students. It features interactive learning games, puzzles, and quizzes. The Cell Biology section is located on this page.

Science Niche: Biochemistry Guide (Formerly BioChemNet)
http://scienceniche.com/science/biochemistry.cfm
Science Niche: Biochemistry Guide (formerly BioChemNet, now affiliated with High School Ace) is a noncommercial learning portal to high-quality free online educational resources for high school students. It features interactive learning games, puzzles, and quizzes.

Kimball's Biology Pages
http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/
"The pages consist of alphabetized lists of biological terms (a glossary) mostly from the areas of molecular and cellular biology. Many items are linked to mini essays on the topic."

National Center for Biotechnology Information
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
Established in 1988 as a national resource for molecular biology information, NCBI creates public databases, conducts research in computational biology, develops software tools for analyzing genome data, and disseminates biomedical information - all for the better understanding of molecular processes affecting human health and disease. Information from basic, introductory to the most advanced, high-powered genomic tools are present at the NCBI website.

Table of Links
Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Yahoo! Science:Biology:Microbiology
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Biology/Microbiology/
This well-organized and thorough site offers sites on microbiology as well as allowing searching through the dialog box for sites within the topic of microbiology.

Cells Alive!
http://www.cellsalive.com/
This widely-awarded site focuses on microbiological and immunological topics and is particularly useful for undergraduates. Animations are used to show processes. Links to sites on related topics.

Merck Manuals
http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual/home.jsp
The Merck Manual, long "a favorite of those involved in medical care and others in need of a medical reference," by the 1980's "had become the world's largest selling medical text and was translated into more than a dozen languages." It is "known officially as The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy but usually referred to as The Merck Manual and sometimes 'The Merck.'" Also available to ACC students, faculty, and staff when using STAT!Ref from the Library Homepage. In 1990, Merck introduced The Merck Manual of Geriatrics which "quickly became the best-selling textbook of geriatric care, providing specific and comprehensive information on the care of older people……" "In 1997, The Merck Manual of Medical Information--Home Edition was published." It translates "the complex medical information in The Merck Manual into plain language, producing a book meant for all those people interested in medical care who did not have a medical degree." "The Merck Manual of Health & Aging, published in 2004, continues Merck's commitment to education and geriatric care, providing information on aging and the care of older people in words understandable by the lay public." "The Merck Veterinary Manual was first published in 1955. It provides information on the health care of animals and is the preeminent text in its field." Merck continues to offer The Merck Manuals on a not-for-profit basis as a service to the community. "The Merck Manual, The Merck Manual of Medical Information--Second Home Edition, The Merck Manual of Geriatrics, The Merck Manual of Health & Aging, and The Merck Veterinary Manual are available on Merck's internet site at www.merck.com." The Merck Manual is also available at ACC online through STAT!Ref with print editions in the libraries themselves.

FDA/CFSAN Bad Bug Book
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/intro.html
"This handbook provides basic facts regarding foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins. It brings together in one place information from the Food & Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, the USDA Food Safety Inspection Service, and the National Institutes of Health... Some technical terms have been linked to the National Library of Medicine's Entrez glossary. Recent articles from Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports have been added to selected chapters to update the handbook with information on later outbreaks or incidents of foodborne disease. At the end of selected chapters on pathogenic microorganisms, hypertext links are included to relevant Entrez abstracts and GenBank genetic loci. A more complete description of the handbook may be found in the Preface."

Statistical Resources on the Web: Health
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/sthealth.html

Table of Links
Genetics

Your Genes, Your Choices
http://ehrweb.aaas.org/ehr/books/index.html
"Your Genes, Your Choices describes the Human Genome Project, the science behind it, and the ethical, legal, and social issues that are raised by the project. This book was written as part of the Science + Literacy for Health project of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and funded by the U.S. Department of Energy."

Yahoo! Science:Biology:Genetics
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Biology/Genetics/
This well-organized and thorough site offers sites on genetics as well as allowing locating sites by searching in the dialog box for sites within the topic of genetics.

Primer on Molecular Genetics
http://www.animalgenome.org/edu/doe/

National Center for Genome Resources (NCGR)
http://www.ncgr.org/
"The National Center for Genome Resources is dedicated to enhancing the understanding of life through research, development and application of knowledge systems that support biological discovery. NCGR, a nonprofit organization based in Santa Fe, N.M., helps solve biological problems by facilitating the rapid evaluation and analysis of a broad range of data....NCGR's specialty is applying bioinformatics and computational biology, which are burgeoning fields merging biology and computer science...NCGR emerged from the Human Genome Project, an international effort to map and sequence our genome. The Center, founded in 1994, is one of two U.S. public repositories for human genomic data, and our efforts are crucial for researchers working in the field. As the Center grew, our work related to the genetics of plants, animals and microorganisms -- in addition to humans -- has assumed an equally important role. The Genome Sequence DataBase is the unique resource that launched NCGR as a keeper of gene sequence data. GSDB, updated daily, provides sequence data for humans and other organisms. Ours is the only public sequence database with full interactive data contribution and annotation capabilities, allowing all scientists to participate in the research dialogue."

Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM Home Page)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=OMIM
"This database is a catalog of human genes and genetic disorders authored and edited by Dr. Victor A. McKusick and his colleagues at Johns Hopkins and elsewhere, and developed for the World Wide Web by NCBI, the National Center for Biotechnology Information. The database contains textual information, pictures, and reference information. It also contains copious links to NCBI's Entrez database of MEDLINE articles and sequence information."

PhRMA: America's Pharmaceutical Companies
http://www.phrma.org/
"PhRMA membership represents approximately 100 U.S. companies that have a primary commitment to pharmaceutical research. These companies are discovering, developing and bringing to market medicines that improve our health and quality of life--as well as reduce the overall cost of health care. Use biotech* in the search dialog box to find biotechnology information. Or, click on Genomics: A Global Resource button at the home page to find dozens of related sections including bioinformatics, patents, environment, issues, and more."

Table of Links
Biotechnology

Bio-Link
http://www.bio-link.org/
"Bio-Link is a National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Center for Biotechnology. Bio-Link is the 11th NSF ATE Center funded since the inception of the technician-focused NSF ATE program in 1993. Bio-Link's National Center is located in San Francisco with 6 Regional Centers located around the country in Seattle, WA; San Diego, CA; Austin, TX; Madison, WI; Baltimore, MD; and Portsmouth, NH. This web site represents Bio-Link's virtual presence. Bio-Link has five goals:
1. Program improvement through the development and sharing of model programs and instructional materials;
2. Instructor enhancement through professional development;
3. Communication strengthening through the establishment of a national clearinghouse that promotes networking;
4. New program assistance;
5. School-to-Career awareness and implementation"

Access Excellence: A Place in Cyberspace for Biology Teaching and Learning
http://www.accessexcellence.org/
"Access Excellence, launched in 1993 by Genentech, is a national educational program that provides high school biology teachers access to their colleagues, scientists, and critical sources of new scientific information via the World Wide Web. In 1999, Genentech donated the Access Excellence Website to the National Health Museum, a non-profit organization founded by former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop as a national center for health education. Access Excellence will form the core of the educational component of the National Health Museum Website that is currently under development. Genentech will continue to support the program both financially and intellectually."

BioTech
http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/
"Located at University of Texas at Austin, BioTech is a hybrid biology/chemistry educational resource and research tool on the World Wide Web. BioTech is intended to be a learning tool that will attract students and enrich the public's knowledge of biology issues in the world today. At the same time, BioTech is also a research tool for those already involved in the broad subject of biology. By providing information about resources, as well as avenues for further exploration, we intend to open the doors of biology resources to post-secondary students, researchers, and faculty.
Our mission is to make BioTech as useful a tool to a high school student as it is to a postdoctoral fellow. We aim to educate those who may not have as much experience with biology and biotechnology while at the same time providing quick access to biology-related resources for those who are dealing with much more specific and detailed information. We do not wish to exclude anyone from this project -- we will assist those who need assistance and merely open doors for those who are interested in finding information on their own."

Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO)
http://www.bio.org/
"The Biotechnology Industry Organization is the largest trade organization to serve and represent the emerging biotechnology industry in the United States and around the globe. The organization's leadership and service-oriented guidance have helped advance the industry and bring the benefits of biotechnology to the people of the world. As the leading voice for the biotechnology industry, BIO represents biotechnology companies of all sizes, academic institutions and state biotechnology centers engaged in the development of products and services in the areas of biomedicine, diagnostics, agriculture food, energy, environmental, and industrial applications. BIO is a vital forum and an invaluable focal point to bring together the resources and expertise to meet critical challenges and serve the needs of its members."

The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Biotechnology
http://www.cato.com/biotech/
"This directory covers biotechnology, pharmaceutical development, genetic engineering, medical device development, and related fields such as pharmacology and toxicology. It differs from Biosciences in that Biotechnology places more emphasis on product development and the delivery of products and services. This field will also include some helpful medical informatics and health care delivery references. Cato Research Ltd. produces this site of more than 2000 URLs with brief descriptions."

Yahoo! Science:Biology:Biotechnology
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Biology/Biotechnology/
This well-organized and thorough site offers biotechnology sites as well as allowing searching through the dialog box for sites within biotechnology itself.

Biotechnology Program at the University of Florida
http://www.biotech.ufl.edu/
Webpage for the University of Florida's Biotechnology Program. Includes sections on its two main biotechnology divisions, the Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research (ICBR) and the Sid Martin Biotechnology Development Institute (BDI) along with its other activities.

Information Systems for Biotechnology
http://gophisb.biochem.vt.edu/
"Information Systems for Biotechnology (ISB) provides information resources to support the environmentally responsible use of agricultural biotechnology products. Here you will find documents and searchable databases pertaining to the development, testing and regulatory review of genetically modified plants, animals and microorganisms within the US and abroad...Other than funding from USDA/CSREES, there is no ongoing financial relationship with any other agency or industry institution. This is intentional so that we will remain an independent source of information, under no influence from other parties...
Featured Items include: Monthly News Report, Databases of US and International Field Tests of GMOs, Listings of US and International Commercialized Crops, ISB Publications including the Greenhouse Manual, GMO Risk Assessment, Performance Standards, Upcoming Meetings, and Links to Agbiotech Web Sites."

EuropaBio
http://www.europabio.org/
EuropaBio is the political voice of the biotechnology industry in Europe. Their association of bioindustries has some 81 corporate and 11 associate members operating worldwide, 5 Bioregions and 25 national biotechnology associations, representing 1800 small and medium sized biotech companies in Europe. Members of EuropaBio are involved in research, development, testing, manufacturing and commercialisation of biotechnology products and processes. Their corporate members have a wide range of activities: human and animal health care, diagnostics, bio-informatics, chemicals, crop protection, agriculture, food and environmental products and services.

AgriGator Biotechnology Resources
http://agrigator.ifas.ufl.edu/
Provides links to a variety of biotechnology sites including those at its parent institution of University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.

BIO.COM Jobs (Formerly Bio Online Career Center: Biotechnology Careers)
http://www.bioprotocol.com/jobs/index.jhtml
Web site contains extensive database of jobs offered by top companies in the life sciences industries. Flexible search and sort capabilites permit you to easily browse by company, discipline, location, and/or keyword....Clients include major pharmaceutical firms, startup biotech companies, and scientific suppliers. There are extensive company directories.

Science Niche: Biotechnology Guide
http://scienceniche.com/science/biotech.cfm
Science Niche (affiliated with High School Ace) is a noncommercial learning portal to high-quality free online educational resources for high school students. It features interactive learning games, puzzles, and quizzes.

Bioinformatics & Pattern Discovery Group
http://www.research.ibm.com/bioinformatics/
Bioinformatics & Pattern Discovery Group focuses on using computational techniques to solve problems from molecular biology. Follow the various links on the left of the pageto learn more about their work, access the content/meta-data they have been generating from public databases, use their tools over the web, download implementations of their algorithms (executable codes), etc.

Table of Links
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Ecology WWW Page: Search List of WWW Sites of Interest to Ecologists
http://www.botany.net/cgi-bin/query/
As a service to students, teachers, researchers, and WWW surfers interested in ecology, this list was compiled by Anthony R. Brach (Missouri Botanical Garden & Harvard University Herbaria, U.S.A.). It was originally posted on ECOLOG-L in March 1995. HTML format is created and maintained by Jean Thioulouse (University of Lyon, France).

Ecology WWW Page: List of WWW Sites of Interest to Ecologists
http://pbil.univ-lyon1.fr/Ecology/Ecology-WWW.html
As a service to students, teachers, researchers, and WWW surfers interested in ecology, this list was compiled by Anthony R. Brach (Missouri Botanical Garden & Harvard University Herbaria, U.S.A.). It was originally posted on ECOLOG-L in March 1995. HTML format is created and maintained by Jean Thioulouse (University of Lyon, France).

Texas Speleological Survey
http://www.utexas.edu/depts/tnhc/.www/tss/
"The Texas Speleological Survey was founded in 1961 by James R. Reddell, William H. Russell, Ruben (Bud) M. Frank, and A. Richard Smith. TSS was formed to support speleology (the study of caves) in Texas, to collect information on Texas caves, and to publish that information for cave explorers and interested scientists."

Wetlands
http://www.nal.usda.gov/wqic/wetl.shtml
Links from the National Agricultural Library to a variety of wetland sites.

Yahoo! Science:Biology:Ecology
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Ecology/
This well-organized and thorough site offers sites on ecology as well as allowing searching through the dialog box for sites within the topic of ecology.

Yahoo! Science:Biology:Evolution
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Biology/Evolution/
This well-organized and thorough site offers sites on evolution as well as allowing searching through the dialog box for sites within the topic of evolution.

Yahoo! Science:Biology:Biodiversity
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Biology/Biodiversity/
This well-organized and thorough site offers biodiversity sites as well as allowing searching through the dialog box for sites within biodiversity itself.

Table of Links
Marine Biology

Yahoo! Science:Biology:Marine Biology
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Biology/Marine_Biology/
This well-organized and thorough site offers sites on marine biology as well as allowing searching through the dialog box for sites within the topic of marine biology.

Table of Links
Local Biology Info on the Web

Table of Links
Environmental Biology

EnviroLink
http://www.envirolink.org/
"EnviroLink, the largest online environmental information resource on the planet...is a non-profit organization...a grassroots online community that unites hundreds of organizations and volunteers around the world with millions of people in over 130 countries. All of us at EnviroLink are dedicated to providing you with the most comprehensive, up-to-date environmental resources available."

US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Air and Radiation Site
http://www.epa.gov/oar/
"Air pollution, clean air, and air quality information is provided by the U.S. EPA's Office of Air and Radiation (OAR). OAR develops national programs, technical policies, and regulations for controlling air pollution and radiation exposure. OAR is concerned with pollution prevention, indoor and outdoor air quality, industrial air pollution, pollution from vehicles and engines, radon, acid rain, stratospheric ozone depletion, and radiation protection."

The 1996 Baseline Environmental Management Report (DOE/EM-0290) Site
http://www.em.doe.gov/bemr96/
"The 1996 Baseline Environmental Management Report (DOE/EM-0290) was prepared in response to the requirements of the 1995 National Defense Authorization Act features four volumes: The Executive Summary, Volume I - The 1996 Baseline Environmental Management Report, Volume II - Site Summaries for the 1996 Baseline Environmental Management Report: Alaska - New Jersey, and Volume III - Site Summaries for the 1996 Baseline Environmental Management Report: New Mexico - Wyoming. This document estimates the life-cycle cost and schedule to cleanup the former nuclear weapons complex."

Envirofacts Warehouse
http://www.epa.gov/enviro/index.html
U.S. EPA's one-stop source for environmental information.

Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CCE - CCA - CEC)
http://www.cec.org/home/index.cfm?varlan=english
"The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) is an international organization created by Canada, Mexico and the United States under the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC). The CEC was established to address regional environmental concerns, help prevent potential trade and environmental conflicts, and to promote the effective enforcement of environmental law. The Agreement complements the environmental provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)." Site contains many complete publications available for free and links to other information resources.

Wetland Indicator Status (Formerly Wetlands Report)
http://plants.usda.gov/wetland.html

Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)
http://www.ciesin.org/
"The Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) is a center within the Earth Institute at Columbia University. CIESIN works at the intersection of the social, natural, and information sciences, and specializes in on-line data and information management, spatial data integration and training, and interdisciplinary research related to human interactions in the environment." CIESIN provides access to publications, educational resources, metadata, discussion lists, the GIS Service Center, and much more. It can also be searched or browsed by subject.

U.S. Department of Energy's Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicles Data Center (AFDC)
http://www.eere.energy.gov/afdc/
"The Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicles Data Center (AFDC, formerly known as the Alternative Fuels Data Center) provides a wide range of information and resources to enable the use of alternative fuels (as defined by the Energy Policy Act of 1992), in addition to other petroleum reduction options such as advanced vehicles, fuel blends, idle reduction, and fuel economy. This site is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy's Clean Cities initiative."

Alternative Fuels & Advanced Vehicle Data Center Information Resources
http://www.eere.energy.gov/afdc/publications.html
There are more than 3,000 publications in this comprehensive collection of alternative fuels and advanced transportation publications that include program-specific documents from the U.S. Department of Energy and other federal agencies, technical reports from both government and private sources, industry data, and citation information for copyrighted documents. Its list of new documents shows the publications most recently added to the database. You may also view the Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicles Data Center's Technology Bulletins or Newsletters listing. To find a publication, search by "Quick Pick" category below or you may go further down the page to search by keyword, title, author, and more. Once a selection is made, click "Search."

RTK NET - The Right-to-Know Network
http://www.rtknet.org/
"RTK NET is a network providing free access to numerous databases, text files, and conferences on the environment, housing, and sustainable development. With the information available on RTK NET, you can identify specific factories and their environmental effects; analyze reinvestment by banks in their communities; and assess people and communities affected."

Water Quality Information Center
http://www.nal.usda.gov/wqic/index.shtml
"The Water Quality Information Center at the National Agricultural Library (NAL) is part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service. The center was established in 1990 to support USDA's coordinated plan to address water quality concerns. As the focal point of NAL's water quality efforts, the center collects, organizes, and communicates the scientific findings, educational methodologies, and public policy issues related to water quality and agriculture. The center's activities involve three areas: communications, library resources, and special projects.
Communications includes water quality information available electronically include bibliographies, announcements of upcoming meetings and a listing of Internet discussion groups covering water issues, water-related databases as well as annotated links to other Internet sites providing information on topics such as precision agriculture, Cryptosporidium, and water quality models. "

United States Fish and Wildlife Service
http://www.fws.gov/
"The mission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is working with others to conserve, protect, and enhance fish and wildlife and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people."

Earth Island Institute
http://www.earthisland.org/
"This site provides in-depth information and resources from our [EII] Projects, award-winning journalism from Earth Island Journal and tools to directly impact the environmental challenges we face...Earth Island Institute (EII), founded in 1982 by veteran environmentalist David Brower, fosters the efforts of creative individuals by providing organizational support in developing projects for the conservation, preservation, and restoration of the global environment. EII provides activists the freedom to develop program ideas, supported by services to help them pursue those ideas, with a minimum of bureaucracy. Earth Island's Project Network consists of more than 30 projects worldwide. Through innovative education and activist campaigns, we are addressing many of the most pressing social and environmental issues:
--Protecting rainforests, marine mammals, sea turtles, and indigenous lands
--Promoting organic and sustainable agriculture, ecological paper alternatives, and the emerging Russian environmental movement
--Pursuing community-based habitat restoration, reduction of marine pollution, and development of urban multicultural environmental leadership."

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Agriculture

Agriculture Network Information Center: AgDB
http://www.agnic.org/
"AgDB is a database directory of quality agriculture-related databases, datasets, and information systems. It describes and links to more than 1,000 information resources. Carefully crafted resource descriptions guide users directly to relevant, quality information resources ranging from technical to practical. Its uncomplicated user-interface makes it suitable for Internet-novice and -veteran, alike. All the AgDB metadata records may be viewed through the alphabetical list, arranged by resource name. The full text of all metadata records is searchable through a keyword index. As part of this function, one can search by AGRICOLA Subject Category Code, permitting the user to apply a broad level, human-indexed screening to a rough keyword search. To see which metadata records have most recently been added to AgDB, consult the What's New? page."

USDA Economics, Statistics and Market Information System (ESMIS)
http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/MannUsda/homepage.do
"The USDA Economics and Statistics System contains nearly 300 reports and datasets from the economics agencies of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. These materials cover U.S. and international agriculture and related topics. Most reports are text files that contain time-sensitive information. Most data sets are in spreadsheet format and include time-series data that are updated yearly."

Statistical Resources on the Web: Agriculture
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stag.html

Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO)--Food & Agriculture Biotechnology
http://www.bio.org/foodag/
"The Biotechnology Industry Organization is the largest trade organization to serve and represent the emerging biotechnology industry in the United States and around the globe. The organization's leadership and service-oriented guidance have helped advance the industry and bring the benefits of biotechnology to the people of the world. As the leading voice for the biotechnology industry, BIO represents biotechnology companies of all sizes, academic institutions and state biotechnology centers engaged in the development of products and services in the areas of biomedicine, diagnostics, agriculture food, energy, environmental, and industrial applications. BIO is a vital forum and an invaluable focal point to bring together the resources and expertise to meet critical challenges and serve the needs of its members."

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Energy

Biofuels Research Program USDA-ARS
http://www.nal.usda.gov/ttic/biofuels.htm
"The Agricultural Research Service Biofuels Research Program is an investment in an alternative future for United States Agriculture where there is increased use of renewable agricultural resources as biofuels and value-added bioproducts, reduced dependence on foreign oil, and reduced environmental pollution." Includes links to other biofuels sites."

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EREE)
http://www.eere.energy.gov/
The U.S. Dept. of Energy's EREE offers information and technical assistance to a broad audience-consumers, educators, experts, businesses, utilities, industry, and government-on a wide range of topics: alternative fuels, photovoltaics, wind energy, solar heating and cooling, buildings, and weatherization. EREC provides publications, research in response to your technical and business questions, and referrals to energy organizations.

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Commercial or Business Sites

Table of Links
Environmental Chemistry

Envirofacts Warehouse
http://www.epa.gov/enviro/index.html
U.S. EPA's one-stop source for environmental information.