TWU Libraries

Free Internet Databases

• AGRICOLA (National Agricultural Library Catalog)
• AGRIS/CARIS Databases (National Agricultural Library Catalog)
• DOE Information Bridge
• ERIC (Internet)
• Find Articles
• NASA Tech Reports Server
• NLM Gateway
• NTIS (National Technical Information Service)

Internet Gateways

• Biology Browser [Managed by BIOSIS]
• Biology Links [Harvard]
• BioSciences [WWW Virtual Library]
• Science.gov
• U.S. Geological Survey: Biological Resources

Publications on the Internet

• Biology Hypertextbook [MIT]
• BioTech Life Science Dictionary
• BioUpdates
• Cell Press
• Cogprints: Biology
• List of Serials Indexed for Online Users [Medline]
• Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
• Multilingual Glossary of Technical and Popular Medical Terms in Nine European Languages
• MyNSF [National Science Foundation]
• Nomenclatural Glossary for Zoology
• On-Line Medical Dictionary [CancerWeb]
• Oxford Reference Online [Includes searchable Dictionary of Biology, Oxford Companion to the Body, Dictionary of Ecology, Dictionary of Plant Sciences, Dictionary of Scientists, and Dictionary of Zoology from Oxford University Press. Access restricted to TWU]
• PLoS Biology [Public Library of Science]
• PubMed Central
• Science Magazine
• SpringerLink [Free Springer-Verlag journals table of contents alert service]
• Thesaurus Used in Zoological Record

Topics on the Internet

Amphibians

• AmphibiaWeb

Anatomy and Biomechanics

• Anatomy of the Human Body [Henry Gray, 1918]
• Biophysics on the Internet
• Computerized 3-Dimensional Segmented Human Anatomy [Yale University]
• The Digital Anatomist Information System
• Hosford Muscle Tables: Skeletal Muscles of the Human Body
• Human Anatomy Online
• Hypermuscle: Muscles in Action
• Indiana Hand Center
• Medartist.com: Medical Illustrators' Home Page
• Observational Gait Analysis
• Physiology and Biophysics [WWW Virtual Library]
• Sources for Images and Animations Based on the Visible Human Dataset
• Virtual Autopsy
• Virtual Hospital
• Visible Embryo
• Visible Human Cross Sections
• Visible Human Project
• Whole Brain Atlas
• Yale University School of Medicine Heart Book

Biochemistry

• Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• BioTech Life Science Dictionary
• ClinicalTrials.gov

Bioethics

• Code of Ethics [ALA]
• Ethics Updates
• EthicsWeb: Applied Ethics Resources
• International Society for Environmental Ethics
• Issues in Health Care
• Legal Ethics
• National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature
• On Being a Scientist: Responsible Conduct in Research
• Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science

Biotechnology Products and Services

• Ag BioTech InfoNet
• Biotechnology Information Directory Section [WWW Virtual Library]
• Database and Search Tools [Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Center]
• Information Systems for Biotechnology
• National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)

Botany

• Agriculture Network Information Center
• AGRIS/CARIS Centre of Information Management for International Agricultural Research
• Botany Virtual Library
• Carnivorous Plant Database
• Plants Database [USDA]
• Plants for a Future: Database Search [Contains over 7000 species and has extensive details on edible, medicinal and other uses of plants together with information about their cultivation and habitats]
• Smithsonian Department Botany

Caenorhabditis Elegans (Nematode)

• Caenorhabditis elegans WWW Server

Developmental Biology:

• The Visible Embryo [Human embryonic development]

Drosophila Melanogaster (Fruit Fly)

• Drosophila [WWW Virtual Library]
• J-FLY: Data Depository for Drosophila Researchers

Education

• Access Excellence [National Health Museum (originally developed by Genentech, Inc.)]
• Amateur Science
• Beyond Bio 101: The Transformation of Undergraduate Biology Education [Howard Hughes Medical Institute]

Environmental Studies

• EarthTrends: The Environmental Information Portal
• Environmental Health and Toxicology [NLM]
• National Association of Environmental Professionals
• National Library for the Environment
• National Oceanographic Data Center
• Tropical Forest Conservation and Development: A Bibliography
• U.S. Global Change Research Information Office [Includes Our Changing Planet annual reports]
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Warming of the Earth [Woods Hole Research Center. A beginner's guide to understanding the issue of global warming]

Escherichia Coli

• E. coli Resources: Coli Genetic Stock Center

Frogs

• The FROGGY Page
• Net Frog
• Virtual Frog Builder Game
• Virtual Frog Dissection Kit [Lawrence Livermore Laboratory]

Genetics

• Genetics [WWW Virtual Library]
• Human Genome Project Information
• Links to the Genetic World
• MendelWeb
• Nature Genome Gateway
• RatMap: Rat Genome Database

Microbiology

• Bad Bug Book: Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins Handbook
• Cells Alive! [Introduces microbiology and immunology using video and computer animation]
• World Data Centre for Microorganisms

Molecular Biology

• Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• Cell & Molecular Biology Online
• ExPASy Proteomics Server [Expert Protein Analysis System proteomics server of the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB)]
• NIH Center for Molecular Modeling

Neuroscience

• Internet Neuroscience Resources
• Jane's Brain Page: A Layman's View of the Brain
• McConnell Brain Imaging Centre
• Neuroanatomy and Neuropathology on the Internet
• Neurological Disorder Resources
• Neuropsychology Central
• Neuroscience [Cogprints]
• Neurosciences on the Internet
• The Whole Brain Atlas

Primates

• Primate Info Net

Women in Science

• Female Nobel Prize Laureates
• 4000 Years of Women In Science
• Society of Women Engineers
• South African Women In Science and Engineering
• Women of NASA

Yeast

• Yeast [WWW Virtual Library]

Zoology

• Animal Info - Information on Rare, Threatened and Endangered Mammals
• Catalog of Fishes
• EE-Link: Endangered Species
• The Reptile Database
• Fish Information Service [FINS]
• Mammal Species of the World