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CLASS TEXT BOOK SITES

Raven, et. al. Biology. For Principles of Biology I and II (BIO 151 and 152)

Klug, et. al. Concepts of Genetics.  For Genetics (BIO 260)
 

SITES FOR LABS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Animation of a living cell.   From XVIVO.COM. 

Biology Workbench.  Bioinformatics tools from the University of San Diego Supercomputer site

ExPASy Molecular Biology Tools.  Web-based software tools

Fly Base.  Data base of Drosophila genes from Indiana U

Genes and Disease.  Genetic and physiological information, as well as links to resources, on many diseases - Part of NCBI

HGP - The Human Genome Project.  From the Dept. of Energy and Oak Ridge National Laboratory.  Includes the HGP Gateway to chromosome maps.

Medaka Fish Development. - From Cornell.   Also QuickTime movies.

NCBI - National Center for Biotechnology Information.   Links to Genbank, genome biology, pubmed, etc. from the National Institute of Health (NIH)

Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man.  Part of NCBI - Great but shouldn't they say OMIH?

Pubmed.  Comprehensive NCBI searchable index of the abstracts/summaries of published articles in the biology

Protein Explorer.   Allows visualization and manipulation of macromolecules, mostly proteins

TAIR - The Arabidopsis Information Resource.  Genomics and everything else about the model plant, Arabidopsis
 

JOURNALS WITH FREE ACCESS

-These allow access to complete research and review articles from their archives, something that may not last too much longer! (you must have a paid subscription to view current issues).  There are many other journals (obviously) but they are too cheap to allow access to back issues.

ASM Journals.  Access several excellent journals from the American Society of Microbiology, e.g. Jnl. Bacteriology, Jnl. Virology, Molecular & Cell Biology

Genetics.  Papers on classical, molecular & population genetics

Nucleic Acids Research.   Papers on molecular genetics and nucleic acid biochemistry

Journal of Biological Chemistry.   Papers on biochemistry and molecular biology

Journal of Cell Biology.   Papers on all areas of cell biology

PNAS - Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences.  All areas of biology and other areas of science
 

NON-JOURNAL SCIENCE PUBLICATIONS

Discover Magazine.  Articles on all science topics - often biology.  Limited access

The Scientist.  "The news journal for the life scientist."  From UPenn and its free - you may have to sign up

Scientific American.  Full articles

Science News.  From the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) - not full access
 

ONLINE BIOLOGY TEXT BOOKS AND STUDENT HELP

Anatomy Images & Tutorials at Emory University.   Advanced site with Images and course materials for A&P 

Anatomy Images and Tutorials at Loyola University.  MRIs, CT scans, X-rays and images from the Visible Human Project.

Biology Web References for Students and Teachers.   Many nice resources to help you understand biology

Biochemistry.  Junior level classic text by Stryer from the NCBI - National Center for Biotechnology Information -Bookshelf

The Cell.  Sophomore/Junior level text by Jeff Cooper from the NCBI Bookshelf

Developmental Biology.   Sophomore/Junior level text by Scott Gilber at Swarthmore from the NCBI Bookshelf

DNA From the Beginning.   Excellent review of Classical and Molecular Genetics.  From Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Genes and Disease.   Excellent text resource from the NCBI Bookshelf

Hypertextbook of Biology.  From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology - has a rather high-powered "Hypertextbook" of freshman basic biology

John Kimball's Textbook of General Biology.   Online Version of  Dr. Kimballs Online Biology Text.

Inner Body.Com.  A kind of very low budget "ADAM" anatomy program

Medical Microbiology.  Over 100 chapters on bacteriology, virology, mycology, immunology, etc., as it pertains to infectious disease

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Open Courseware.  Lecture and podcasts for general biology topics.  How good is the teaching?

Molecular Biology of the Cell. The classic upper level text on cell biology and molecular biology from the NCBI Bookshelf

Online Biology Textbook.  From Estrella Mountain Community College in Arizona

Retroviruses.  Upper level online text from the  NCBI Bookshelf

Seqeunce, Evolution, Function.   Upper level online text on gemomics from the NCBI Bookshelf

Web Anatomy.  Review and study resource for A&P
 

OTHER SITES

Ecological Society of America.  Ecology resources and online journals

Embryo Images.  Normal and abnormal development.  Univ. N. Carolina Chapel Hill

History of Evolutionary Thought.  Historical information on the scientists responsible Evolution Theory ((not just Darwin) plus many other resources

HMS Beagle - The Biomednet Magazine.  Limited access but very good

Internet Directory for Botany.   Links and resources for plants

Jay Doc Histology Web.  Great resource for a review of human tissues from the University of Kansas

Lumen Histology Page.  Another review of histology - complete with lab practicals.  Loyola University

Metabolic Pathways of Biochemistry.   Review of the major metabolic pathways, with 3D images of the intermediates (you must have the Chime plugin)

Microbes.Info.  Just about everything on little things

Nature.  Premier bioscience journal of the world.  Limited access (mostly to news articles) but you must first register

Nobel E Museum.  Has all of the information on Nobel laureates and many other resources

Origin of Species.  Darwin's complete classic text from Literature.org

Profiles in Science.  Great site from the National Library of Medicine.  Has historical and scientific backgrounds on many scientists, as well as original letters, etc.

The Tree of Life.   A phylogenetic tree of organisms

UCMP History of Life Through Time.  First rate resource on the major taxa.  From University of California Museum of Palenontology.

All the Virology On the WWW.  Resources on viruses

The Voyage of the Beagle.  Darwin's complete text from Literature.org