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AGRICOLA Agricultural Research Services USDA; problem-solving information for: researchers, farmers, nutritionists, patent-seekers, teachers and students All the Virology on the Web  antbase.org  AquaNIC: Aquaculture Information Center  stores or provides links to thousands of publications, newsletters, Internet sties, visual materials, and even online courses ARKive.org   repository of digital images and sound clips of animal and plant species; some areas require QuickTime and/or Flash ATTRA: National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service  created and maintained by the non-profit National Center for Appropriate Technology BEN--BioSciEdNet    Digital Library of the Biological Sciences for Biology Teaching Biodiversity and Conservation Biodiversity Hotspots  Bioethics.net  Bioethics Web now part of a portal called Intute; the site seeks to raise awareness of the medical, ethical, and social implications of research BioMed Central  publishes 179 peer-viewed open access journals BioSciences WWW-Virtual Library Butterflies and Moths of North America Cell and Molecular Biology Online Cells Alive! DNA Interactive   supported by the Dolan DNA Learning Ceter at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory; aimed primarily at high school teachers and laypersons. DOE-genomics.energy.gov EcoEarth.Info Environment Portal & Search Engine  this site stands out as a comprehensive source for reliable news, background information, reviewed collections of web links, ... and topics in environmental science and ecology. Economic Research Service USDA.gov; the main source of economic research and information related to agriculture, food, rural development, and the environment in the US e! Ensembl Genome Browser data for the Human Genome Project  see also UCSC Genome Bioinformatics  Entomology Database Library (NMNH) Entomology Index of Internet Resources  EnviroLink  Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators European Environment Agency  description of aims and link to web site	Florida Center for Environmental Studies   emphasizes water ecology/ecosystems Human Genome Project Resources Information Systems for Biotechnology Virginia Tech; primarily contains full-text documents and searchable databaes about the development, testing, and regulatory review of genetically modified organisms Integrated Taxonomic Information System  intute: health and life sciences  formerly known as BIOME; offers free access to an extensive array of high-quality Internet resources in life and health sciences Kimball's Biology Pages  Learn.genetics U. of Utah; provides introductory materials about genetics aimed at middle and highschool teachers and students; but also makes a good review for beginning undergraduates Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture MendelWeb primarily useful as an archive of Mendel's papers Microbes.info has received educational awards; a broad guide to microbiology information MIT OpenCourseWare: Biology Molecular and Cellular Biology Harvard. National Agricuture Library   USDA National Center for Biotechnology Information  National Human Genome Research Institute National Environmental Directory  National Library for the Environment National Museum of Natural History:       Research & Collections NatureServe A site created by the Assn. of Biodiversity Information NCBI Taxonomy Home Page Neurosciences on the Internet  Online Biology Book: Table of Contents  Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man Stem Cells in the Spotlight  Subject Bibliographies in Environmental Ethics Harvard The Tree of Life  Terrestrial Vegetation of the United States a 139 page .pdf file; focuses on ecology and biological diversity U.S. Environmental Protection Agency USDA's Agricultural Fact Book 2002 latest produced; with links to earlier versions.
The Complete Works of Charles Darwin Online   site provides access to all of Darwin's publications, including many handwritten manuscripts; a project of the University of Cambridge's Center for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities a related site is: The Darwin Digital Library of Evolution  sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History Library, this Web site hopes to make the full literature of evolution available online from the 17th century to the present Species 2000  also provides access to The Catalogue of Life  has a goal of creating a validated checklist of all the world's species (plants, animals, fungi and microbes). Taxonomy Lab Classification of Living Things and   Understanding Evolution University of California, Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology From a comparative review in Choice: Classification of Living Things is part of the Anthropology Tutorials maintained by Dr. Dennis O'Neil. Its purpose is to present the fundamentals of modern taxonomy and provide a brief history of biological classification. The site is visual pleasing and easy to navigate.... A more complete treatment of classification in the context of evolutionary thought is found at the Understanding Evolution site.
Consultative Group on International Agriculture Research: CGIAR  non-profit organization supporting numerous efforts to achieve sustainable food security through scientific research The Core Historical Literature of Agriculture  Cornell; An electronic collection of important US agricultural texts published between the early 19th century and middle 20th century. More than 800 titles currently available. Farmland Information Center  major links include Laws, Literature, Sample Documents, State Pages, Statistics, and Technical Resources National Center for Science Education  well-designed web site sponsored by the nonprofit National Center for Science Education. Stated purpose is to "defend science as a way of knowing"--for laypersons, K-12 teachers, and so on. Society, Religion and Technology Project: The Big Issues  is sponsored by the Church of Scotland, with the support of the Scottish Episcopal, United Reformed, and United Free Churches. The Big Issues page links to a number of major issues centering on 21st century technology and its impact on society and religion.

• AgNIC: Agriculture Network Information Center 
• AlgaeBase
• Botany  National Biological Information Infrastructure
• ASPnet: Plant Pathology Online 
• eFloras.org  online floras from leading international institutions of botanical research, including the monumental Flora of China and the Flora of North America. The site is managed and supported by the Missiouri Botanical Garden.
• Flowering Plant Gateway
• ForestWorld a .com site which focuses on the production of sustainable forest products
• Forest History Society  established 1946, with a core mission to promote the study of human interaction with the environment.  Headquartered in Durham, NC; very substantial collections with unique descriptive databases
• Forest Resources of Europe, CIS, North America, Australia, Japan and New Zealand This is an online version of a UN publication. It cannot be viewed directly, but must be downloaded as a PDF file. Reminder: all library workstations have Acrobat Reader loaded. The report covers forest resources of 55 industrialized, temperate/boreal countries. Data are given in graph, tabular, and textual format. In 2005, the study was updated with a discussion paper entitled European Forest Sector Outlook Study:... by the UNECE Timber Committee
• Global Invasive Species Programme  one of the most useful features is the regularly updated news items
• The Harmful Algae Page   Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Useful introductory site.
• USDA Home and Garden Bulletin Archive (1952-2003)  full-text is searchable; all files are scanned and available as pdf documents; warning on the entry page that current chemical usage will almost certainly be quite different than these historical documents indicate.
• Hort.net  a clean design allows this site to make information easier to extract than many similar sites; the link section offers a searchable directory of more than 600 horticultural sites.
• Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation   well-designed Web site which offers specific botanical information and images in its eight databases
• Internet Directory for Botany 
• International Plant Names Index Incorporates in part the Gray Card Index; Harvard
• Invasive Plant Atlas of New England 
• ISSG Global Invasive Species Database  provides a detailed database, with sophisticated searching features
• Invasivespecies.gov provides access to federal and state information
• NewCROP a well-designed site from Purdue U.; provides a one-stop source of information for new crops; includes a search engine and alphabetical index
• On-line Glossary of Technical Terms in Plant Pathology  Cornell
• PlantFacts: Horticulture & Crop Science in Virtual Perspective
• The Plant Pathology Internet Guide Book
• Plant Systematics Collection  University of Wisconsin-Madison. Accesses a collection of plant images representing more than 250 families, and 1000 genera of vascular plants.
• PLANTS Database   USDA
• Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center  U. Washington; esp. Apples, Pears, Sweet Cherries, Apricots, Peaches, Plums
• Tree Link: The Urban Forestry Portal
• Ultimate Tree-Ring Web Pages
• WWW-VL: Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding
• Weeds Gone Wild: Alien Plant Invaders of Natural Areas  site includes a national list of alien plant invaders (more than 1,000) found in the US, and illustrated fact sheets covering native ranges, plant descriptions, ecological threats, distributions and habitats, and so on
• Wildland Invasive Species Program aka Global Invasive Species Initiative

• All About Birds Cornell 
• Amphibia Web U. California
• Avibase extensive database information system about all birds of the world; over 3.5 million records for about 10,000 species and 22,000 subspecies
• BBC: Science and Nature: Human Body and Mind
• BiologyBrowser supported by Thomson publishers of Biosis; formerly titled Internet Resource Guide for Zoology
• CNAH: The Center for North American Herpetology 
• Ducks Unlimited Well-designed, easy-to-use Web site. Ducks.org is the world's largest wetland conservation organization. Accessible by laypersons, and offering K-8 Activity and Teaching Guides.
• FishBase: A Global Information System on Fish 29,000 species, 209,800 common names, more than 40,000 pictures
• Global Amphibian Assessment: GAA database of nearly 6,000 known amphibian species
• The Hive and the Honeybee Cornell; a collection of ten classic apiculture books published before 1925; the texts are fully searchable; the titles selected provide excellent source materials that provide the basis for modern apiculture
• Infonatura: Birds, Mammals, and Amphibians of Latin America
• IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Database 
• The National Audubon Society
• National Wildlife Health Center   provides scientific and technical support, and disseminates information to promote science-based decisions affecting wildlife and ecosystem health
• The New Reptile Database
• North American Fossil Mammal Systematics Database  The site is designed to support fossil-mammal researchers.
  Links are provided to the Smithsonian's Mammal Species of the World and to
  The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology's   Bibliography of Fossil Vertebrates
  North American Mammalian Paleofaunal Database which was part of this group has now been incorporated into
  The Paleobiology Database
  

  Peterson Online 

  PrimateLit   Web-based bibliographic database; U Wisconsin-Madison

  Raptor Information System  A searchable index of 29,000 articles on the topic of raptors. Bibliographic citations only; no full-text

  Reefbase  an information-rich, user-friendly resource

  WildFinder: Mapping the World's Species   a GIS-based tool for researching Earth's animals

• College Physics for Students of Biology and Chemistry; 2nd edition 
• Intute: Health & Life Sciences   UK-based, highly regarded subject directory for life sciences

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