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The core databases for this discipline are Biological Abstracts and Web of Knowledge.
For assistance, contact research specialist Cathy Ryan, cgryan@drew.edu, x3483.

Web Sites

The core databases for this discipline are Biological Abstracts and Web of Knowledge.
For assistance, contact research specialist Cathy Ryan, cgryan@drew.edu, x3483.

• ACToR
  

  A collection of databases with toxicity data on 500K+ chemicals that have been studied for environmental or human health risks that is searchable by chemical name, structure and other identifiers.

• AMNH DSpace Digital Repository
  

  Search for full text PDFs of results of laboratory investigations and fieldwork conducted by museum scientists and their colleagues in the areas of zoological systematics, paleontology, geology, evolution, and anthropology going back to the 1880s.

• Animal Welfare Information Center (USDA)
  

  Information on the care and management of laboratory and other animals, with bibliographies.

• BEN portal
  

  National Science Digital Library (NSDL) Pathway for biological sciences education. The BEN Portal provides access to education resources from BEN Collaborators and is managed by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

• Biodiversity Heritage Library
  

  Search by scientific name, title, author, subject for full text of books and papers digitized and provided by 12+ organizations, including Cambridge, Harvard, Cornell and the Smithsonian.

• Bioethics Research Library at Georgetown University
  

  An outstanding site for work in bioethics, with a link to the BIOETHICSLINE bibliographic database. A wide variety of online publications is also available.

• Biosciences– WWW Virtual Library
  

  Comprehensive list of biology resources arranged by subject areas. Medicine and Veterinary Medicine links are included.

• BUBL LINK Catalogue of Internet Resources: Life sciences, biology
  

  From the BUBL Information Service. Offers alphabetical access to many types of resources in hundreds of life science areas ranging from agriculture to zoology.

• Charles Darwin’s Papers Online
  

  Access the full text of Darwin’s papers, given by the Darwin family to Cambridge Univerisity.

• communicating at an unknown rate
  

  Tutorial and animations of cell biology by a graphic artist who is a biologist.

• Contagion: Historical Views of Diseases and Epidemics
  

  Digitized historical documents from the collections of Harvard University on diseases and epidemics.

• Data.gov
  
• DNA Learning Center
  

  Resources for learning about biotechnology and DNA. Also

  Image Archive on the American Eugenics Movement
  DNA from the Beginning
  Your Genes, Your Health
  DNA Interactive and myDNAi
  Inside Cancer and Inside Cancer Teacher Center
  Weed to Wonder
  Learn About Spinal Muscular Atrophy NEW!
  Genes to Cognition Online
  From the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

• E-print Network: Research Communications for Scientists and Engineers
  

  Full text of articles in science (especially physics) and technology.

• Encyclopedia of Earth
  

  Encyclopedia of Earth is a free, searchable, electronic, collaborative, peer-reviewed reference source produced by scholars and experts that aims to cover all topics about the earth and its environment.

• FDsys: Coastal Zone Information Center
  
• FishBase: A Global Information System on Fishes
  

  Info on more than 30,000 fish species.

• Genetics Home Reference
  

  Information on genetic variations in humans that affect health. From the National Library of Medicine.

• Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals: Eighth Edition
  

  Updated edition of a respected guide on the care and use of terrestrial and aquatic animals in laboratory settings.

• Index Fungorum – Search
  
• Information Bridge: DOE Scientific and Technical Information
  

  Includes “documents and citations in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences, energy technologies, engineering, computer and information science, renewable energy, and other topics of interest related to DOE’s mission.”

• Integrated Taxonomic Information System
  

  A database of 500,000+ scientific names for taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi and microorganisms that is searchable by common organism name, too.

• IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
  

  Find the status, geographic distribution, habitat, population, and assessment criteria for 60,000 species from all over the world using this search tool from the respected International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

• Khan Academy
  

  Short video tutorials of math (including algebra and calculus), biology, chemistry, physics.

• lanl.arXiv.org e-Print archive mirror
  

  Open access to 400,000+ e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology and Statistics, owned and funded by Cornell University with partial funding from NSF.

• Martindale’s The Reference Desk
  

  Links to online resources on a wide variety of topics

• Medical Biochemistry Page
  

  An online, searchable biochemistry textbook by Michael W. King of Indiana University School of Medicine.

• Medline Plus: Medical Encyclopedia
  

  Containing 4000 entries on diseases, symptoms, tests and surgeries and includes illustrations, this reference is from A.D.A.M., a company accredited by the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission and is also available in Spanish

• National Agricultural Library Digital Collections
  
• National Library of Medicine- Health Information
  

  Link to MEDLINE, MEDLINEplus and research resources for information on AIDS, cancer, bioethics, the history of medicine, mental health disorders, and more.

• NCBI
  

  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

• NCDC – Image and Publications System
  

  The National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) is the world’s largest active archive of weather data. NCDC produces numerous climate publications and responds to data requests from all over the world.

• Neuroscience Information Framework
  

  Sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services, and NIH Blueprint, this site offers neuroscience specific searching of primary literature (with links to full text when available), websites, and the hidden web.

• Paleobiology Database
  

  International researchers and institutions collaborate to organize information on the plant and animal fossil record.

• Pew Environment Group
  
• Plant Information Online
  

  U of Minnesota indexes plant images and text from books and journals. See Selected Links to Plant Info & Images for text and images that are freely available to users.

• ReefBase – A Global Information System On Coral Reefs
  
• Science.gov : USA.gov for Science – Government Science Portal
  

  A gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies, including research and development results.

• Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology
  

  Searchable database of PDFs of full text of 600+ volumes on various species and topics. Note that Drew University Library has these in print or microform at SuDoc SI 1.27:xxx (where xxx is the volume number).

• TOXNET
  

  Several databases from the US National Library of Medicine covering toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases.

• Trailblazing: Three and a half centuries of Royal Society Publishing
  

  A selection of historically significant papers by (mostly) famous scientists. Use the “find” function to search by scientist or keyword. (PDF)

• USGS Science Resources for Undergraduate Education
  

  Selected government sites of interest to biology and environmental studies majors, including geography, geology, and water

• Virtual Library of Botany / Plant Biology
  

  Directory of botany websites.

• Writing in College – A Short Guide to College Writing
  

  From the University of Chicago

• Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science Students
  

  Learn to design posters and power point presentations as well as how to write proposals, lab reports, dissertations, journal articles.