Books

The Cambridge dictionary of human biology and evolution
Encyclopedia of human biology
The Facts on File dictionary of biology
The Facts on File dictionary of cell and molecular biology
Oxford dictionary of biochemistry and molecular biology
The Scientific American science desk reference


Databases

Academic Search Complete
Full text articles online. Search by topic or title of publication. Ebsco

Biological Abstracts/BIOSIS Previews
Index and abstracts to international journal articles in biological and medical research.

Digital Video Collection
Downloadable videos on biology topics.

Electronic Book Center - Biology
Full text e-books on various topics. Keyword searchable.

Electronic Journal Center
Full text journals online. For biology journals only, click on "Life Sciences" under "Journals by Subject", and select the appropriate subject.

Oxford Reference, Biological Sciences
Reference books on the biological sciences.

Websites

ActionBioscience
http://actionbioscience.org/
An education resource of the American Institute of Biological Science promoting bioscience literacy.

Biology Browser
http://biologybrowser.com/
BiologyBrowser, produced by Thomson Reuters, is a free web site offering resources for the life sciences information community.

Biology Online
http://biology-online.org/
"Biology Online is the number one website for biology content and information on the web."

Biomed Central
http://www.biomedcentral.com/
Provides immediate open access to peer-reviewed biomedical research

Cells Alive
http://cellsalive.com/
Film and computer-enhanced images of living cells and organisms for education and medical research

Cellupedia
http://library.thinkquest.org/C004535/
Offers a "comprehensive cell biology curriculum at your own pace"

Davidson College Biology Videos
http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/movies.html
Davidson College's Links to movies daling with cellular and molecular actions

Ecological Internet
http://www.ecologicalinternet.org/
Complete source for environmental sustainability news, expert analysis, and information retrieval tools.

Human Genome Project
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/home.shtml
"U.S. Human Genome Project was a 13-year effort coordinated by the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Institutes of Health" to identify all genes in human DNA.

MIT Open Courseware
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Biology/index.htm
Provides access to information provided in various MIT biology classes

National Biological Information Infrastructure
http://www.nbii.gov/portal/server.pt
"The National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) is a broad, collaborative program to provide increased access to data and information on the nation's biological resources."

Neurons
http://icarus.med.utoronto.ca/neurons/index.swf
Focuses on the workings of neurons

PLoS Biology
http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=index-html&issn=1545-7885
"PLoS Biology is an open-access, peer-reviewed general biology journal published by the Public Library of Science (PLoS). New articles are published online weekly; issues are published monthly."

PubMed Central
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov
National Institutes of Health's free digital full text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal articles

Science.gov
http://science.gov/
Gateway to government websites dealing with biology and other sciences

Scientific American Online
http://www.sciam.com/
Online version of this noted scientific journal

Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms
http://www.genome.gov/glossary/index.cfm
The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) created the Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms to help everyone understand the terms and concepts used in genetic research. In addition to definitions, specialists in the field of genetics share their descriptions of terms, and many terms include images, animation and links to related terms.

Tree of Life Project
http://tolweb.org/tree
"The Tree of Life Web Project is a collection of information about biodiversity compiled collaboratively by hundreds of expert and amateur contributors. Its goal is to contain a page with pictures, text, and other information for every species and for each group of organisms, living or extinct."