» Virtual Reference: Biology
- Kimball's Biology Pages
- A simple on-line encyclopedia, with a strong emphasis on cell biology and molecular biology. Many links to other sites.
- BioTech's Life Sciences Dictionary (1998)
- An on-line biological dictionary, which includes over 8300 terms ranging from biochemistry, botany, and cell biology through pharmacology and toxicology. Includes a link to BioTech's Chemical Acronym Database.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Excellent information on health, diseases, health tips for travelers. Many links.
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- All the information one would expect from this site, including access to many publications online.
- PubMed
- "PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, provides access to over 12 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources."
- National Biological Information Infrastructure
- Dedicated to the development of an electronic federation of biological databases and information sources, both governmental and private sector. Many very important links to a vast variety of biological information, such as biodiversity, systematics, invasive species, and educational aids.
- National Cancer Institute (NCI), CancerNet
- Comprehensive site for cancer information, including on-line publications.
- National Center for Biotechnology Information
- A very important site for biotechnology information and links, including GenBank, MEDLINE, molecular databases, biomedical information, literature links, and many other public databases.
- National Institutes of Health
- "The National Institutes of Health is the steward of medical and behavioral research for the Nation. It is an Agency under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services."
- National Library of Medicine
- Many invaluable links to MEDLINE, health directories, biotechnical information.
- National Prevention Information Network
- The referral and distribution service for information on HIV, AIDS, STIs and T.B., sponsored by the CDC.
- National Agricultural Library (United States Department of Agriculture)
- Links to valuable sites like Agricola, the agriculture database, and the National Plant Database.
- United States Department of Agriculture
- Links to all agencies of the department, including natural resources. See example which follows this entry.
- United States Department of Agriculture: National Plant Database
- Provides an excellent source of information about plants and great links to other plant web pages.
- World Health Organization
- Full-text versions of the yearly World Health Reports are available, as well as other documents published by the WHO. Good source for statistical information about world health issues.
- Biology Links
- Produced by the Harvard University Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, this is one of the best sources for links to all aspects of biology.
- The Genome Database
- The official central repository for genomic mapping data, developed by the Human Genome Initiative.
- Microbes.info
- The Microbiology Information Portal
- Lloyd Library
- The Lloyd Library and Museum is a 200,000 volume collection devoted to pharmacy, botany and horticulture. It is especially valuable for research on medicinal plants, herbs and phytopharmaceuticals. It offers many excellent botany links. (The library is located at 917 Plum Street in Cincinnati.)
- Missouri Botanical Garden
- A great botany site, with links to a huge variety of horticultural, botanical and other biological sites.
- Writer's Handbook
- A guide to using CBE (Council of Biological Editors) style when writing papers.
updated on 04/18/07