WWW BIO-LINKS

SELECTED BIOSCIENCE SITES

REGIONAL SITES MOLECULAR BIOLOGY SITES REFERENCE SITES ENTOMOLOGY PLANT BIOLOGY

MICROBIOLOGY ZOOLOGY WATER RESOURCES CAREERS MISCELLANEOUS WHAT'S NEW

REGIONAL SITES (UMD, UM sites, regional sites)

• UMD Dept. of Biology
• UMD Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Dept.
• UMD School of Medicine
• University of Minnesota College of Biological Sciences
• UMD Library
• UMD Water Resources Science
• UMD Large Lakes Observatory
• Minnesota Sea Grant
• Natural Resources Research Institute (NRRI)
• Great Lakes Aquarium
• The Olga Lakela Herbarium (UMD Biology Dept.)
• Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve
• Lake Superior Zoo

REFERENCE SITES (Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Directories)

• A Dictionary of (Ecological) Epidemiology (U. of Cambridge)
• Glossary of Biological Terms (U. Cal-Berkeley)
• Glossary of Genetic Terms (NIH)
• Standard Microscopy Terminology (U. of Minnesota)
• Glossary of Terms and Symbols used in Pharmacology (Boston U.)
• Life Science Dictionary (U. of Texas)
• Merriam Webster - 1997 Medical Dictionary (commercial)
• Spell Checker (Spellex)
• Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (Kyoto Univ.)
• Encyclopaedia Britannica
• ECOTOX Database System (EPA) 
• Life Sciences Reference - Internet Public Library
• Molecular Biology Desk Reference (NIH)
• E-Streams (electronic reviews of books in science and technology)
• Author Instructions (Medical College of Ohio)
• CBE Style for Electronic Resources (Columbus State University)
• Associations and Societies (Biolinks)
• UMD Electronic Reference Collection
• Ask the Experts (Scientific American)

PLANT BIOLOGY (Botany, Ethnobotany, Horticulture, etc.)

• USDA Plants Database (Gov't)
• Annotated Checklist of the Flora of Minnesota (U of Minn)
• Angiosperm Phylogeny Web Site (Missouri Botanical Garden) 
• Wisconsin State Herbarium (U of Wis)
• Noxious Weeds in the US and Canada (U of Mont)
• Botanical Society of America's Online Image Collection
• Digitized Rare Botany Books(Missouri Botanical Garden)
• Botany Societies and Associations
• Garden Web Glossary (commercial)
• What is Photosynthesis ? (Arizona State U)
• Tree and Shrub Genera of Borneo (Harvard)
• Latin American Plant Gallery (Missouri Botanical Garden)
• Andean Botanical Information System (Field Museum, Chicago)
• Flora of China Picture Gallery (Harvard)
• Paul Hermann: Plant Specimens and Drawings from Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
• Sir Hans Sloane: Jamaican Botanical Collection
• Smithsonian Catalog of Botanical Illustrations (Smithsonian Inst.)
• Poisonous Plants Informational Database (Cornell U)
• Poisonous Plant Research Laboratory (USDA)
• Native American Ethnobotany Database (U of Michigan-Dearborn)

ENTOMOLOGY

• Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes
• College and University Entomology Depts. (Clemson) 
• Ecological Database of the World's Insect Pathogens (Ill. Natural History Survey)
• Entomological Society of America
• Flybase : a Database of the Drosophila Genome
• Flybrain: an Online Atlas and Database of the Drosophila Nervous System (U. of Arizona)
• McGuire Center for Lepidoptera & Biodiversity Research and Collections (U. of Florida)
• Mosquito Genomics WWW Server (Colorado State U.) 

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (Cell Biology, Genetics, etc.)

• Cell and Molecular Biology Online (commercial)
• DNA Learning Center (Cold Spring Harbor)
• DNA from the Beginning [Flash, Real Player] (Cold Spring Harbor)
• EMP (Enzymes and Metabolic Pathways) Project [SVGViewer, MapEditor]
• ExPASy Molecular Biology Server (Swiss Inst. of Bioinformatics)
• Human Genome Central (European Molecular Biology Laboratory)
• Human Gene Mutation Database (Institute of Medical Genetics at Cardiff)
• Molecular Biology Desk Reference (Gov't - NIH)
• OWL: Protein Sequence Database (Johns Hopkins U.)
• Molecular Virology (U. of Wisconsin)
• Protocols from Thomas Lab ( U. of Missouri-KC)
• Molecular Biology Protocols (commercial)
• THCME Medical Biochemistry Page (Terre Haute Center for Medical Education)

MICROBIOLOGY

• American Society for Microbiology (NPO)
• Pasteur Institute (NPO)
• EPA Microbiology Home Page (Gov't - EPA)
• MicrobeLibrary.org (American Society for Microbiology)
• Microbe Zoo (Michigan State U.)
• E. coli Genome Project (U. of Wisconsin)

WATER RESOURCES

• The World's Water (Pacific Inst.)
• Water on the Web (NRRI)
• Lake Access (NRRI)
• Lake Superior Decision Support Project (NRRI; interactive maps and planning tools)
• Great Lakes Information Network
• Minnesota Water Links (Minnesota Lakes Association)
• Lake Finder - maps, reports, data (MN Dept of Natural Resources)
• National Sea Grant Headquarters
• NOAA (Nat'l Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
• Water Resources of the United States (USGS)
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)
• Hydrology Web (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
• Water Quality Standards Reference Library (EPA)
• U.S. Water News Online
• Water Librarian's Home Page

ZOOLOGY (Mammalogy, Primatology, Ornithology, etc.)

• Animal Diversity Web (U. of Michigan)
• 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (World Conservation Union)
• Animal Behavior Society
• Checklist of Amphibian Species and Identification Guide (US Geological Survey)
• Primate Info Net (Wis. Regional Primate Research Center Library)
• PrimateLit: A Bibliographic Database for Primatology (WRPRC)
• Electronic Resources on Ornithology (Natural History Resources)
• Beautiful Birds (Cornell University Library)
• Canadian Bird Trends Database (Canadian Wildlife Service)
• Satellite Tracking of Threatened Species (NASA)
• E-Nature.com (commercial)
• EMBL Reptile Database (European Molecular Biology Laboratory)
• National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Inst.)
• BiologyBrowser (Thomson)

CAREER RESOURCES (Job Listings, Internships)

• Careers in Biology (Furman)
• Information for Genetic Professionals (U. of Kansas)
• Biology Major Career Planning Options (Rivier College)
• Careers: Marine Biology and Oceanography (Stanford Univ.)
• Marine Conservation Biology - jobs and internships (MCBI)
• U.S. Gov't Current Job Openings (Office of Personnel Management)
• NOAA Jobs (NOAA)
• Ecology Career Resources (Ecol. Society of America)
• Careers in Botany (Botanical Society of America)
• Natural Resources Jobs (Cyber-Sierra)
• Environmental Jobs and Careers (E-Jobs)
• More Environment Jobs (EnviroNet)

MISCELLANEOUS

• DPDx : Laboratory Identification of Parasites of Public Health Concern (Centers for Disease Control & Prevention)
• Ichthyology (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles)

WHAT'S NEW (New Web Sites, New Research, News Releases)

• UMD Biology Book Orders for 2004-2005
• National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) - what's new
• National Inst. of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH) - latest news
• What's New at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
• Primate Information Network - what's new (U. of Wisconsin)
• NSDL Scout Report for the Life Sciences (U. of Wisconsin)

For more information, contact:

Martha Eberhart
Biology Librarian
Library 264
Phone: 726-8733

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Modified 9/5/06