Biological Science
General Biology & BioMedicine
- National Library of Medicine
This site leads to PubMed,
a web version of MEDLINE. PUBMED searches the 9 million citations in MEDLINE
supplemented by pre-MEDLINE citations which do not yet have MeSH index terms,
and by citations supplied electronically by publishers. There are also links
to specialized databases as well as extensive references to National Institutes
of Health, and NLM publications; PubMed
Central; Online Information Services and links to The Visible Human
Project.
- AIBS Classifieds
AIBS (American Institute of Biological Sciences) classifieds, meetings and
seminars, research awards and fellowships, and how to post a classified.
- Biology
Dictionaries
Pretty comprehensive list of dictionaries and glossaries.
- BioMedCentral
BioMed Central is an independent publishing house committed to providing
immediate free access to peer-reviewed biomedical research.
- Biosafety Information from the CDC
Contains: HHS Regulations, Publications, Guidelines, Information Sheets and Standards, Symposium Presentations and Proceedings.
- BIOSCI/Bionet
This is a set of electronic communication forums - the bionet USENET newsgroups
and parallel e-mail lists - used by biological scientists worldwide.
- Biotech's
Life Science Dictionary
- Dictionary of Cell & Molecular
Biology
Access is restricted to occassional use (1 day every 90). You can get unrestricted
access by online registration, provided that you can answer a question that
proves you have a hard copy of the Third Edition. The Dictionary is in the
202 library on reference....QH 581.2L24 1999
- FASEB--Federation of American Societies
for Experimental Biology
Information on member societies, conferences, publications, career advice,
membership directory, funding and up-to-date news, plus a buyers guide to
products and services available on the net.
- Glossaries
Covers Phylogenetics, Geology, Biochemistry, Ecology, Life History, Zoology,
Botany
- Instructions to Authors
Links to instructions to authors for hundreds of journals in the biological
and health sciences.
- JOURNAL
NAME ABBREVIATION, ISSN NUMBER AND COVERAGE
Name abbreviations, ISSNs and areas of coverage of scientific journals are
presented. Use a search form to find the journal abbreviation.
- Martindale's
Reference Desk: Calculators On-Line: Bioscience & Techology
Links to over 300 databases
- Molecular Biology Gateway
Links for information and links for all aspects for molecular biology,
genetics, microbiology, biotechnology, proteomics, genomics, and biochemistry.
- OHS Health and Safety Manuals from the CDC
Contains full text manuals on general guidelines for implementing a high quality safety program, specific to the CDC but represent, a code of standard safe work practices at other laboratories.
- On Line Ordering for Biologists
and Biochemists
Lists of online catalogs, e.g., Sigma, Fisher Scientific, Jackson Labs,
ATCC.
- PubMed Central
PubMed Central is a digital archive of life sciences journal literature
managed by the NCBI.
- Quantitative Biology (q-bio)
archive
An archive of preprints including but not limited to biological physics,
computational biology, neural science, systems biology, bioinformatics,
mathematical biology, and theoretical biology. You can subscribe to the
archive and submit (p)reprints to it. Both theoretical and experimental
contributions are welcome, and subscription is freely accessible over the
internet to all members of the scientific community.
- SciWeb
Resources for careers in biology, corporate resources, databases, and has
featured content on health topics.
- The Virtual Library -- Biosciences
- ExPASy's Life Sciences Directory
More than1000 links on a single page, organized by category.
- Healthlnks -- Proteins
Links to databases for protein motifs & patterns, protein structures
and protein tools. From this website you can also get to BioMolecule databases,
model organisms, and bioinformatics sites, among others.
- National Center for Biotechnology
Information
Links to NLM databases & publications, and resources on genetics.
- NCBI
Handbook
This is an online book, that discusses the many resources available
at NCBI. Each chapter is devoted to one resource. Included is a fairly
substantive Glossary.
- NCBI Site Map:
Guide to NCBI Resources
" This site map is also a guide to NCBI resources. Each link leads
to a brief description of the resource on this page, then to the resource
itself. An ALPHABETICAL
QUICKLINKS table is also available. It provides an alphabetical list
of the major resources with direct links to those resources, bypassing
the descriptions."
- NTA Protocols
A list of protocols servers from NIEH. Includes a link to the Joy
of Cloning.
- Database (January 1) issue of Nucleic
Acids Research
- PCR Jump Station
Web page for information and links for all aspects of the Polymerase Chain
Reaction. (PCR) Warning, it contains many ads.
- PubChem
"PubChem contains the chemical structures of small organic molecules
and information on their biological activities... PubChem is organized
as three linked databases within the Entrez/PubMed information
retrieval system. These are PubChem Substance, PubChem Compound, and PubChem
BioAssay. PubChem also provides PubChem Structure Search You can search
for compounds, structures, bioassays using either text or structure searching..."
Biotechnology
- Biofilms
-- Related sites
Links to several research sites, both academic and non-academic, commercial
products and services, and other relevant sites such as journals, and compilations
of websites.
- Biotech at Indiana University
Includes an illustrated dictionary, chemical acronyms database, annotated
listing of links to biomedical websites, section on bioinformatics, professional
resources (grants, jobs, etc.), and BioMedLink.
- Information Systems for Biotechnology
Provides information on agricultural & environmental biotechnology research,
product development, regulatory issues, and biosafety.
- Science News Presented by BIO
(The Biotechnology Industry Organization) Intent of this site is the dissemination
of information on emerging research and related issues. Includes information
on news, legislation, bioinformatics, organizations, issues, environment, therapeutics, & education.
Cell Biology
Epidemiology
Genomics
- DOE Genomes to Life
" The Genomics:GTL (GTL) research program focuses on developing
technologies to understand and use the diverse capabilities of plants
and microbes for innovative solutions to DOE energy and environmental
mission challenges."
- Genome
Glossary
- Institute for Genomic Research
Contains TIGR (TDB), a collection of curated databases containing DNA and protein
sequence, gene expression, cellular role, protein family, and taxonomic data
for microbes, plants and humans. Anonymous FTP access to sequence data also
provided
- National Center for Genome Resources
Contains tools, research information, funding, databases, jobs and news.
- OMIM:
Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man
"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 WWW by NCBI, the National Center for Biotechnology Information. The database contains textual information and references. It also contains copious links to MEDLINE and sequence records in the Entrez system, and links to additional related resources at NCBI and elsewhere."
- Species specific
databases
Comprehensive list of genome databases, including links to specific chromosomes
of humans.
- Virtual
Library on Genetics
This web site is a subject catalog covering genetics in the biosciences.
Indexed by organism.
Immunology
Medical Reference
- Medical Dictionaries
- ABMS Certified Doctor Home page
Allows individuals to verify, free of charge, the board certification status,
location by city and state and specialty of any physician certified by one
or more of the 24 Member Boards of the ABMS. Another search engine, also
free, allows individuals to locate a board certified physician by geographic
area (zip code).
- Best
Hospitals 2006
From US News & World Report, a searchable database of the best hospitals by searchable by region and/or by specialty.
- Bookshelf (from NLM)
A collection of biomedical books searchable directly by typing a concept
into the textbox above and selecting "Go". Books are also linked
to terms in PubMed abstracts: when viewing an abstract, select the "Books"
link to see phrases within the abstract hyperlinked to book sections.
- Healthfinder - a gateway consumer health
and human services information
Developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, this site
can lead you to selected online publications, clearinghouses, databases,
web sites, and support and self-help groups, as well as government agencies
and not-for-profit organizations that producing reliable information for
the public.
- MEDLINEplus
Designed for educational use only, this site links to health topics, dictionaries, MEDLINE and other databases,
clearinghouses, directories (for finding doctors, hospitals), organizations,
publications/news (for reading online), and libraries for health consumers.
- MERCK
The Merck Manual
of Geriatrics is available online. Part of the The
Merck Manual of Medical Information--Home Edition is also available
online. The newest online version of the Merck Manual of Diagnosis & Therapy is now available.
- OncoLink, the University of Pennsylvania
Cancer Center
One of the most comprehensive online sites for cancer information. Designed
for educational purposes only, this site does not offer medical advice or
professional services.
- PDR Electronic Library
Gives access to the PDR online and Stedman's Medical Dictionary.
- State of Illinois -- Division of Professional Regulation License Lookup
License Look-up results include the Licensee's Name, License Number, License
Status, City and State, Original Date of Licensure, License Expiration
Date and Disciplinary Action Indicator. Can be used for physicians and/or
other licensed professions in the State of Illinois.
Microbiology
- Bacterial Nomenclature Up-To-Date
This is a compilation of all bacterial names which have been validly published since January 1 1980 and nomenclatural changes which have been validly published since. It will be updated with the publication of each new issue of the IJSEM. The database is based on those names which are validly published according to the Bacteriological Code.
- Biofilms
Online Manual
A collection of exercises which can be conducted to illustrate the formation
and properties of microbial biofilms.
- Cyanosite for
Cyanobacteria, Blue-green Algae, and Prochlorophytes
A bibliographic database containing over 12,000 references, current through
2001. Links to the Toxic Cyanobacteria Home Page, and has a list of other
web resources on Cyanobacteria.
- Garry Laboratory
Web Pages--All the Virology Servers in the World
This includes The
Big Virology Picture Book which "...serves as both a catalog of
virus pictures on the WWW and as an educational resource to those seeking
more information about viruses."
- Prokaryotes
The Prokaryotes 3rd edition is an online-only
publication that is published incrementally in 16 releases over
4 years.
- Universal Virus
Databases Online
ICTVdB version 3 is based on the Seventh Report of the International Committee
on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). Users can search or browse the database,
and the interactive key provides help with some of the terminology. There
is an index of images for those users only interested in records that include
photos.
Molecular Biology, Biochemistry & Bioinformatics
Pharmacy Reference
- FDA Bulletin Board
Includes FDA News, plus resources on food, cosmetics, drugs, and
toxicology.
- Internet Drug Index
Search by brand or generic names, symptoms, side effects, drug interactions,
or any phrase. Information from Mosby GenRX.
- PDR Electronic Library
Gives access to the PDR online and an interactions database.
- PharmWeb
Searchable by keywords (at bottom of page), this database provides information
on every aspect of the pharmacological industry.
Radiation Biology
- Human Radiation experiments at DOE
"The Office of Human Radiation Experiments, established in March 1994,
leads the Department of Energy's efforts to tell the agency's Cold War story
of radiation research using human subjects." Consists of links to information
and records from DOE, DoD, HHS, VA, and CIA. Some records go back to the
1940's.
- Introduction to
Radiation
Contains links to information sources on all aspects of radiation. The
links are geared for three distinct groups: the General Public, Students
and the Health Physics community at large.
- Radiation
Biology Calculators
Contains links to calculators that allow you to calculate annual dosage,
radiation decay, waste calculations, etc.
- Radiation Safety
Links to Radiation Safety WWW sites, Radsafety training, NRC dosimetry information,
regulations and laws for radiation safety, and related safety sites.
- Health Effects & Protection
- CDRH Center for Devices
and Radiologic Health
Contains a link to the GGP database with a current comprehensive list
of all CDRH guidance documents. Some are available full text at this site.
- Environmental Health Center
Information on programs, an environmental glossary, environmental links,
Climate Change Update (full text), etc.
- IRPA
International Radiation Protection Association
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