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Journal Articles for Biology

• Academic Search Premier Full-text of almost 5,000 scholarly journals in all disciplines.
• Agricola The major sources for articles, books, pamphlets, and other material on all areas of agriculture.
• BioOne A full text source of about 150 journals.
• Wiley-Interscience (formerly Blackwell) Journals in Science, Technology, and Medicine Over 1300 current full-text journals in the sciences, technology, medicine, psychology, and education.
• PrimateLit Citations to scientific literature on nonhuman primates.
• GreenFILE, a freely accessible research database focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment, with well-researched information on topics ranging from global warming to recycling to alternate fuel sources and beyond. Composed of scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports, GreenFILE offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the ecology. Drawing on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health, and technology, GreenFILE will serve as an informative resource for anyone concerned about the issues facing our planet.
• PsychINFO The largest source of materials (journal articles, books, chapters of books) in psychology and related disciplines.
• PubMed The major index to medicine, animal and human.
• ScienceDirect College Edition A full-text database for journals in the life, medical, social, behavioral, and physical sciences.
• International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS). The International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS) database provides access to bibliographic citations and abstracts from published, international, and scientific literature on dietary supplements.
• JSTOR (Journal Storage) Scholarly articles in over 150 academic journals. Articles date from the 1800s up to a "moving wall" of between one and eight years before the present. That means that there are no current articles. Coverage includes the arts, business, general science, the humanities, and social science.

Web Sites for Biology

• Academic Info A directory of Internet resources in biology and biological sciences tailored to a college audience.
• BIOTN: Best Information on the Net In addition to a listing of resources by academic subject, including biology, this site offers an interesting collection of Hot Paper Topics.
• Biodiversity Hotspots Focuses on 25 critically threatened ecosystems.
• Cells Alive! The Internet resource for cell biology, especially microbiology and immunology.
• Ecology, Biodiversity, and the Environment Covers global sustainability, endangered species, pollution, exotic introductions, and other topics of current environmental interest. Provided by the Virtual Library.
• Entomology Index of Internet Resources A directory and search engine of insect-related resources on the Internet.
• Genetic Engineering Home Page Many topics are covered, and the site links to the related subjects of cloning and human genetics. Interesting for philosophy and bioethics.
• Genetics Education Center Everything anyone ever wanted to know about genetics and the Human Genome Project is included in this site.
• The Harmful Algae Page includes photos, descriptions of algal-caused harm, maps, and references to related sites. Also has a graphic algae identification feature. From the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
• Human Genome Project Information A fantastic compilation of detailed information. There are 6 sections, including research, medicine, ethical, legal, and social issues. All pages have multiple links to everything from full text articles to other authoritative web sites.
• Infomine Scholarly Internet Resource Collections in Biological, Agricultural, and Medical Sciences. Annotates and presents scholarly Internet resources in a flexible and easy to navigate manner.
• Invasive Plant Atlas of New England
• The National Academies Full-text publications on education, science, technology, and health.
• NatureServe There is a searchable database on plants, animals, and ecological communities of the U.S. and Canada and a directory of the activities of the Natural Heritage Network.
• NewCROP NewCROP provides a one-stop source of information for those looking for new crops to grow. Provides reference resources, a list of experts, and a calendar of related events.
• Nutrition.gov A portal to hundreds of nutrition and health information Web sites produced by the federal government. More for a lay audience than a scholarly one, but still useful.
• PLANTS Database Contains information about 45.000 plant taxa. Provides synonyms, distribution, references, habitat, etc.
• Science in the Headlines Provides summaries of reports on hot science topics, from AIDS to Urban Development. Link to the full text of reports and to related publications. From the National Academy of Science.
• SciTechResources.gov The catalog of the government's science and technology Web sites.
• Stem Cells in the Spotlight