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Biology Links

Biology Resources Pathfinder guide to biology resources at USF

Resources are listed alphabetically by title:

Annual Reviews Online (full-text titles only):
For OFF-CAMPUS ACCESS please choose the journal from the Off-Campus Journal Access Menu. Your 14 digit library card number (barcode) will be required for off-campus access. On-campus users may select from the list below:

New! ASN NEURO  American Society for Neurochemistry March 2009 - Open access journal focusing on publishing high-quality research articles and reviews on Neurobiology; Neurophysiology; Nervous System Metabolism; Architecture of the Nervous System; Neurodegeneration and Neuroprotection; Biology of Glia; Brain Injury and Repair; Inflammation and Immune Response in the Nervous System.

Biochem Links
This site provides well-organized links to "the best biology and chemistry educational resources on the web." It includes subject guides to excellent sites, news, and career information.

BioInformatics Software List
Information and links for software for sequence analysis, helical analysis and protein/macromolecular modeling

The CMS Molecular Biology Resource
An excellent "compendium of electronic and Internet-accessible tools and resources"

Ecology
Searchable journal, made available via USF Library subscription, from the Ecological Society of America. For OFF-CAMPUS ACCESS please choose the journal from the Off-Campus Journal Access Menu. Your 14 digit library card number (barcode) will be required for off-campus access.

Ecological Applications
Searchable journal, made available via USF Library subscription, from the Ecological Society of America. For OFF-CAMPUS ACCESS please choose the journal from the Off-Campus Journal Access Menu. Your 14 digit library card number (barcode) will be required for off-campus access.

EMBL
Nucleotide sequence database

ExPASy Proteomics Tools
A comprehensive collection of protein-related databases and services for researchers, located at the Weizmann Institute of Science Genome Center, Switzerland.

FlyBase
A database of genetic and molecular data for Drosophila

Graphics Gallery
The Graphics Gallery is a series of labeled diagrams with explanations representing the important processes of molecular and cell biology. Each diagram is followed by a summary of information, providing a context for the process illustrated.

Guide to Sequence Searching

Highwire Press An large archive of full-text journals in the biological, medical, physical and social sciences, with 460,997 free articles from 341 HighWire-based journals.
PLEASE NOTE: WHILE SOME FULL-TEXT IS AVAILABLE FREE, OTHER JOURNALS AT THIS SITE REQUIRE A SUBSCRIPTION OR CHARGE A FEE FOR FULL-TEXT.
From Harvard University

Human Genome Project Information
Although the main purpose of this award-winning governmental site is to disseminate "information about the U.S. and worldwide Human Genome Projects," it actually offers a wealth of general research information on genetics and bioethics. Clicking on the "About HGP" link will lead to yet more links, including a "Genetics 101" introduction, a glossary of terms, a list of acronyms, a FAQ section, and an extensive list of links to other genome web pages. From the home page, the "Ethical, Legal, Social Issues" section includes a very useful page on legislation and links to journal articles on court actions. This site is an excellent starting point for research on the hot issues in bioethics.

KEGG - Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes
An excellent resource emphasizing sequence to function data. It contains (metabolic and regulatory) pathway maps, molecular catalogs, genome maps and gene catalogs and can be searched by EC numbers or enzymes, by compound numbers for chemical compounds, and gene accessions for specific genes.

Kimball's Biology Pages
A hypertext dictionary specializing in cell and molecular biology, by John W. Kimball, emeritus biology professor, Harvard.

LabGuide Online
The American Chemical Society's buyer's guide for laboratory products and services.

NSDL The National Science Digital Library (NSDL), a National Science Foundation (NSF) website, offers free science-related resources to the public, including text, graphics, interactive video, links, and other resources pertinent to computing, engineering, global mapping, physics, mathematics, earth science, paleontology, and more.

National Cancer Institute Database at ChemFinder.Com
A database of over 200,000 molecules, with anti-cancer and anti-HIV assay data, as well as chemical synonyms and 2-D structures. Searchable by chemical name, CAS registry number and structure (with ChemDraw plug-in.)

National Center for Biotechnology Information
Includes the GenBank database, PubMed, and other online genetics and molecular biology resources.

NDB Biological Structure
Resource Structural information on nucleic acids and proteins

NetAnatomy.com
NetAnatomy is designed to teach human anatomy to students of the health professions, including undergraduate medical, health sciences, and nursing students.

Open Access Journals
This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals.

Primer on Molecular Genetics

Protein Motions Database

SCOP
Structural Classification of Proteins Database

Science.gov
Gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies, including research and development results

SORA Electronic Journal Database
The SORA project is an open access electronic journal archive and is the product of a collaboration between the American Ornithologists Union, the Cooper Ornithological Society, the Association of Field Ornithologists, the Wilson Ornithological Society and the University of New Mexico libraries and IT department. This archive provides access to an extensive Ornithological literature of international scope, and detailed material documenting the history of Ornithology in North America over the last 120 years. The content of this site includes the following titles: The Auk (1884-1999), The Condor (1899-2000), The Journal of Field Ornithology (1930-1999), The North American Bird Bander (1976-2000), Pacific Coast Avifauna (1900-1974), Studies in Avian Biology (1978-1999), and The Wilson Bulletin (1889-1999). Also available with browse-only capability is Ornithologia Neotropical; we hope to be able to index this journal soon, and include searching across its contents.  We hope to be able to expand the content available as more Societies and journals join.

Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy
A new peer-reviewed, open access journal which provides a platform for the dissemination of new practices and for dialogue emerging out of the field of sustainability.

UN Water
Website created and maintained by the UN Water organization. In 2003, UN-Water was endorsed as the new official United Nations mechanism for follow-up of the water-related decisions reached at the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development and the Millennium Development Goals. It will support Member States in their efforts to achieve water and sanitation goals and targets.
 

Updated: 10/30/07

Chemistry Links

NSDL The National Science Digital Library (NSDL), a National Science Foundation (NSF) website, offers free science-related resources to the public, including text, graphics, interactive video, links, and other resources pertinent to computing, engineering, global mapping, physics, mathematics, earth science, paleontology, and more.

Journal of Chemical Education (online journal)
Username: UNIVERSITY OF ST FRANCIS / Password: 11720

General Chemistry
http://www.academicinfo.net/chemgen.html 

Knovel Online Chemistry Reference (on-campus only)

International Critical Tables of Numerical Data, Physics, Chemistry and Technology

http://www.knovel.com/knovel2/Toc.jsp?SpaceID=10093&BookID=735

 

knovel Critical Tables

http://www.knovel.com/knovel2/Toc.jsp?SpaceID=10093&BookID=761

 

Smithsonian Physical Tables (9th Revised Edition)

http://www.knovel.com/knovel2/Toc.jsp?SpaceID=10093&BookID=736

 

Thermochemistry of the Chemical Substances

http://www.knovel.com/knovel2/Toc.jsp?SpaceID=10093&BookID=744

American Chemical Society
http://www.acs.org

ChemEd: Chemistry Education Resources
http://tccc.iesl.forth.gr/chemistry/scied_chem.html

ChemFinder.com (physical properties of chemicals)
http://chemfinder.camsoft.com

ChemInfo (Indiana University)
http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo

NIST Chemistry WebBook
http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry
Thermochemistry and spectra data on inorganic and organic compounds.

Open Access Journals
This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals.

Organic Chemistry
http://www.academicinfo.net/chemorganic.html

Organic Compound Database
http://www.colby.edu/chemistry/cmp/cmp.html 

Periodic Table 
http://www.webelements.com 

Pedro's BioMolecular Research Tools
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~pedro/research_tools.html

Science.gov 
http://www.science.gov
Gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies, including research and development results

WWW Chemicals Network
http://www.chem.com
Chemical suppliers and equipment.

World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Chemistry
http://www.chem.ucla.edu/chempointers.html

*many of these links were borrowed from Butler University Libraries

Physics Links

Journals from Institute of Physics (IOP Publishing)