Resources for BIOLOGY
Key Websites for Biology
Reference (Dictionaries, Handbooks, etc.)
AllRefer
Reference Biochemistry Encyclopedia - Part of the larger AllRefer Reference
source.
BioABACUS -
a searchable database of abbreviations and acronyms in Biotechnology and
other lifes sciences. Includes the name of the term, its meaning, the category
in which it is mostly used and links to related terms.
BioTech
Life Science Dictionary - Resource containing 8300+ terms deal with
biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, cell biology and genetics. Also some
terms relating to ecology, limnology, pharmacology, toxicology and medicine.
Common Abbreviations
of Biochemical Terms - A compilation of over 250 terms, from George
Washington University.
Dictionary
of Genetic Terms - from the US Dept of Energy Human Genome Program.
Garden Web Glossary
- A glossary of botanical terms for botany, gardening, horticulture and
landscape architecture.
Glossary
of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - a listing of terms for advanced
users. Includes acronyms. Derived from the book of the same name.
Glossary of Roots
of Botanical Names - a listing of the meanings of the root words of
many botanical scientific names. From Garden Gate.
Glossary of Veterinary
Entomology - basic, covers much of medical entomology as well.
Hypermedia
Glossary of Genetic Terms - a listing of over 600 terms with extensive
definitions and hyperlinking.
Jake
- An excellent site for searching abbreviated journal titles to get
the full journal title. From Rutgers University Libaries.
On-Line Medical Dictionary
- contains terms relating to biochemistry, cell biology, chemistry, medicine,
molecular biology, physics, plant biology, radiobiology, science and technology.
UCMP Glossary
- a series of glossaries on life sciences topics including natural history,
cell biology, biochemistry, zoology and botany. From the University of California,
Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology.
General Biology
A Science
Primer - an educational site from NCBI on bioinformatic, genetics, molecular
genetics, microarrays, phylogenetics, etc.
BioChem Hub -
an extensive site with links to teaching and lab info at the intersection
of biology and chemistry including genetics, evolution, biochemistry, molecular
and cell biology, biotechnology, etc. For high school and undergraduate
college levels.
Biodic - an
index of biological images at the microscopic level. From the Free University
of Brussels.
Natural Perspective
- an overview of the five kingdoms of life - plants, animals, fungi, protocists
and monera. Includes biobliographies.
Encyclopedia
of Life Sciences - An encyclopedia on many aspects of life sciences
with general and research level articles. This is a proprietary database,
only available to UConn faculty, staff and students.
Search Tools
Biology Browser - a
web directory for internet resources in biology. An excellent starting point
for any biology search. From Biosis.>
Google Scholar - a citation-finding
tool from Google which searches across the internet for research sources;
includes some full text links..
Anatomy
The Digital
Anatomist Project - Images and movies of human anatomy, from the Department
of Biological Structure at the University of Washington.
Visible Human Project
- animations and images of digitized sections of the human body. From the
National Library of Medicine.
The Whole Brain
- an information resource for central nervous system imaging which integrates
clinical information with magnetic resonance (MR), x-ray computed tomography
(CT), and nuclear medicine images. Images from Brigham & Women's Hospital,
Harvard Medical School and the American Academy of Neurology.
Biochemistry
The Medical Biochemistry
Page - An encyclopedia-style source for medical biochemistry, from a faculty
member of Indiana State University Medical School.
Metabolic Pathways of Biochemistry
- Graphical representation of major metabolic pathways, focusing on human
biochemistry, from George Washington University.
National Center for Biotechnology Information
(NCBI) - The national resource for molecular biology information from
the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
NetBioChem
- Reference and review sources for medical biochemistry, tables summarizing
metabolism, and biochemical graphics, from Univeristy of Utah Health Sciences
Center.
NIH Center for Molecular Modeling
- offers an extensive listing of biochemistry sources on the web including
databases, tutotials, research tools, software and other links.
Bioethics
Bioethics Resources
on the Web - A site from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) of bioethics
resources.
Issues
and Controversies - A database offering clear explanations of opposing
points of view on many topics, including bioethical ones. This is a proprietary
database, only available to UConn faculty, staff and students.
Botany
AlgaeBase - taxonomic data on nearly
60,000 species with images, bibliographic items and distributional records.
Includes glossary. From the National University of Ireland.
A Modern Herbal
- A digitized version of a classic 1931 book on the "Medicinal, Culinary,
Cosmetic and Economic Properties, Cultivation and Folk-Lore of Herbs."
Includes descriptions of herbs and their uses, and indexes for recipies and
poisons.
Botany.Com - An encyclopedia of plants
and flowers, includingcommon and taxonomic names, a dictionary of terms, pest
and diseases, associations and societies.
Index Nominum Genericorum
- A collaborative project of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy
(IAPT) and the Smithsonian Institution, The ING is a compilation of generic
names published for all organisms covered by the International Code of Botanical
Nomenclature.
International Plant Names Index
- a database of the names and associated basic bibliographical details of
all seed plants. Data comes from three sources: the Royal Botanic Gardens'
Index Kewensis, Harvard University's Gray Herbarium Index of New World Plant
Names, and the Australian National Herbarium.
Plants Database - An easy-to-use
index of native and naturalized plants in the US and its territories. Includes
characteristics, images, distribution maps and taxonomic hierarchy. From the
U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service.
University of Connecticut Greenhouses
- an index by plant family of all the plants in the extensive UConn greehouse
conservatory.
W3Tropicos - Access
to the Missouri Botanical Garden's VAST (VAScular Tropicos) nomenclatural
database and associated authority files. Includes nomenclature, bibliographies,
images, and specimens. Use taxonomic names.
Developmental Biology
The Visible Embryo - Embryology
from fertilized egg cell to baby, with a lot of visual information
Ecology & Evolution
BBC Evolution
Website - about Charles Darwin and his book Origin of the Species and
theory of evolution.
Global Invasive Species Programme - (GISP)
An international effort to conserve biodiversity and limit the spread of invasive
species. Contains numerous website links, acecss to a wide variety of databases
concerned with invasive species around the world. Partners include CSIRO,
The Nature Conservency, ICUN and CAB International.
Global Invasive
Species Database - Developed by ICUN as part of the (GISP.) A searchable
database with information on specific invasive species, including information
on dispersal, control and management measures, life stage cycles and reproduction.
Invasive Plant Atlas of New
England (IPANE) - A University of Connecticut project to provide information
about the invasive plants of New England for all types of users. Includes
the ability to generate map data for plant dispersal.
Invasive Species Initiative -
A site from the Nature Conservancy highlighting the control and management
of a range of invasive plants in the western hemisphere.
Invasivespecies.gov - A gateway
to US federal government efforts on invasive species, including species profiles,
laws and regulations and management issues. Includes access to a variety of
invasive species databases.
Genetics
GenBank
- a database of nucleotide sequences from >130,000 organisms from the National
Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI.)
Genomics
Primer - from the US Department of Energy Human Genome Project.
Human Genome Resources
- a site for genomic information infrastructure for biomedical researchers,
including OMIM, the Human Genone Project, and many other genomic resouces.
WWW Virtual Library: Model Organisms - a catalog of internet resources relating to biological model organisms used in genetics and developmental biology.
Microbiology
Protist Image
Data - Pictures and information on selected genera of algae and protozoa,
from the Molecular Evolution and Organelle Genomics program at the University
of Montreal.Includes links to additional resources.
Microbiology Information Portal -
An index of microbiology information sources on the web, from microbiologist
Al Chan.
Microbiology Page from
UCMP - An index to the major microbiological organisms with introductory
descriptions and links to additional information.
Todar's Online Textbook of Bacteriology - an online book adapted from the teaching of University of Wisconsin - Madison Department of Bacteriology faculty member Kenneth Todar.
Molecular Biology
National Center for Biotechnology
Information (NCBI) - A national center for molecular and biotechnology
information, including GenBank, PubMed, Nucleotide and Protein Sequences,
Protein Structures, Complete Genomes, Taxonomy, and other databases.
NIH Center for Molecular Modeling
- offers an extensive listing of biochemistry sources on the web including
databases, tutotials, research tools, software and other links.
Parasitology
Parasites
and Parasitological Resources - Images and biological information on 180
parasite species.
Parasitology
Images List - a collection of medically important parasite images by scientific
names.
Systematics and Taxonomy
Biosis Systematics,
Taxonomy & Nomenclature - Vernacular/Common Names - a variety of sites
offering translation between taxonomic and common names for animals and plants.
Also includes sites which translate animal names to other languages.
Integrated Taxonomic Information
System - authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi,
and microbes of North America and the world. A good source for taxonomic hierarchies
from either scientific or common organism names.
Journey into Phylogenetic
Systematics - An introduction to cladistics from the University of California,
Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology.
Species 2000 - an
index with the goal of listing all known species of plants, animals, fungi
and microbes on Earth as the baseline dataset for studies of global biodiversity.
Taxonomy
Resources - a listing of taxonomic online resources from NCBI. An excellent
starting place when looking for information by taxonomic groups.
Tree of Life - provides
information about groups of organisms, their history and characteristics.
Individual pages on organism groups are linked to others in a taxonomic hierarchy.
A collaborative project of biologists around the world.
Teaching Resources
Biology Corner - a resource
site for biology and science teachers, with lesson plans, projects, labs,
etc., from teacher Shannan Muskopf.
Biology Lab Clearinghouse -
free educational materials for the biology laboratory in high school or undergraduate
college; from the University of Delaware.
Biology Project - a teaching
and learning resource for students and teachers of undergraduate biology,
from the University of Arizona.
Cells Alive - images and
film of living cells and organisms for eduation and medical research.
DNA Workshop
- lab resources and interactive DNA animation from PBS.
Laboratory
Exercises in Evolution - evolution lab exercises and ideas from the University
of Virginia.
Sourcebook for Teaching
Science - teaching sources, ideas, lesson plans and strategies for science
teachers. Includes biology section. From California State University, Northbridge.
Virtual Classroom Biology
- Resources for biology education including images, films, animations, lessons
and other teaching material., From the Radboud University Nijmegen in the
Netherlands.
Virology
All the Virology
on the WWW - A collection of virology web sites, including an extensive
table of contents.
The
Big Picture Book of Viruses - A catalog of virus pictures on the Internet
and an educational resource to those seeking more information about viruses.
Also contains many links to additional web resources.
Zoology
Animal Diversity
Web - an online database of animal natural history, distribution, classification,
and conservation biology from the University of Michigan
EE-Link Endangered Species - Includes
endangered species lists for plants and animals, regionally and globally.
EMBL Reptile
Database - Information on the taxonomic classification of all living reptiles,
including snakes, lizards, amphisbaenians and crocodiles. Includes scientific
names, synonyms, distributions and related data. From the European Molecular
Biology Laboratory.
EE-Link Endangered Species - Includes
endangered species lists for plants and animals, regionally and globally.
Fishbase WWW - A global information
system about fishes. FishBase is a relational database with information intended
for research professionals such as research scientists, fisheries managers,
zoologists and many more. Developed by a consortium including the FAO and
the World Fish Center.
Mammal Species of the World - Contains
the names of the 4,629 currently recognized species of mammals, in a taxonomic
hierarchy that includes Order, Family, Subfamily, and Genus. The list was
compiled under the auspices of the American Society of Mammalogists.
Natural History
Resources - collections of electronic resources on various animal groups,
including ornithilogy, lepidoptera and coleoptera. From the Chebucto Community
Net in Nova Scotia.