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Biology/Zoology/Microbiology/Chemistry |
ProQuest Biology Journals
on campus or off-campus w/ library card
An excellent
database for full-text biology-related journal articles.
Gale Science Resource Center
on campus or off-campus w/ library card
An excellent
general science database. info
Gale Health and Wellness Resource Center
on campus or off-campus w/ library card
An excellent
health-oriented database.
Gale PowerSearch databases
on
campus or off-campus w/ library card
An excellent set of general
magazine, journal, news & reference databases that covers all subject
areas.
ASM Microbiology
Journals: The
American Society for Microbiology provides a free database of articles
from its 10 journals (listed below), including full text from January
1998 to the present and abstracts only from January 1992 to December 1997. Click here for instructions on how to use the ASM
journals database
Access
Science encyclopedia on campus or off-campus w/
library card
Online version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology
Science
Magazine on campus or off-campus w/ library card
One of the world's leading scientific journals, published weekly. Issues
from 1997 to present.
New
Book of Popular Science on campus
OR off-campus w/ library card
Popular science
encyclopedia
PubMed--Medline abstracts:
Summaries of medical journal articles.
PubMed Central: Archive of full-text life sciences journals, from NCBI
Entrez, The Life Sciences Search Engine: Cross-database searching for life sciences, including PubMed and PubMed Central
BioMed Central: Over 100 open access (free) journals covering all areas of Biology and Medicine. Free registration required.
Merck
Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, 17th edition (1999): Commonly referred to as "The
Merck Manual", this is "the textbook of medicine most widely used by
health care professionals in the
Merck Manual of Medical Information--Home Edition (2000): Based on The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, the Home Edition "transforms the language of the professionals' version into commonly used English while retaining the vital information about diseases, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment."
Merck Veterinary Manual: This online version of the 8th edition (1998) of the Merck Veterinary Manual claims to be the "most comprehensive electronic reference for animal care information" and "includes over 12,000 indexed topics and over 1200 illustrations."
The PLS Online
Catalog is the
online catalog to find books in Skyline Library and in all libraries in the
Peninsula Library System.
After clicking on the link above to access the catalog, follow the steps below:
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Type
search words (title, author and/or subject) in the first search box & click
Submit.*
The search results will show books and other materials in all libraries in
the PLS system. *
* To
Limit your results to books at Skyline College Library:
Selected Web
Sites:
- General
Science Topics
- Zoology-related Sites
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Microbiology/Life
Sciences-related Sites
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Marine Animals Sites
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Researching Diseases
Science
Magazine on campus or off-campus w/ library card
Online version of the leading weekly scientific news journal, Science.
Back issues from 1997 to the present.
NewScientist: Extensive science and technology website from New Scientist magazine. The Hot Topics page features links to many current hot issues in science and technology.
Science Online: Extensive science and technology website produced by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Scientific American: Online version of the weekly scientific news magazine, Scientific American.
IPL
Life Sciences: High
quality links to a wide range of life science-related topics. From Internet
Public Library.
IPL Health and Medical Sciences: High quality links to a wide range of health and medical-related topics. From Internet Public Library.
Zoology/Life Sciences-related Sites:
BiologyBrowser- This Web site is an index and guide to Internet resources in zoology and other related life sciences. It is a reference tool for information regarding systematics, taxonomy, and nomenclature. It contains a guide by subject categories; an index, sorted taxonomically, of animal groups; a guide to conferences; and an index search of the entire site. Maintained by the compilers of the Zoological Record.
North
American Mammals
- database of all living mammals of
Biosciences - Meta-Index to resources on, among others - biotechnology, botany, entomology, genetics, medicine, mycology, neurobiology, physiology, and whale watching (under zoology).
Life Science Dictionary - This dictionary contains over "8300 terms which deal with biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, cell biology, and genetics."
Arkive - Archive of resources on endangered species around the world --including images & multimedia files.
PLOS Biology Journal - open-access (free) academic biology journal published by the Public Library of Science.
California's Natural Resources - A variety of links are provided to sites that have information on California local, state, and national parks, forests, and other recreation areas; plants, animals, environmental organizations, and recycling tips.
Natural
History Portal
- Searchable, annotated directory of Internet resources in the following
categories: Reference, Natural History, Mineralogy, Paleontology, Botany,
Entomology, and Zoology. From the
Bio Links (Biozone) - This site contains over five hundred links covering such topics as biology, biotechnology, diseases, evolution, and microbiology.
CalPhotos: Animals - A database containing over 5,600 images of over 400 species of amphibians, birds, fish, invertebrates, mammals, and reptiles of California. The site is chiefly photographs, most of which are in the public domain and are made available for non-commercial use through the Digital Library Project, University of California, Berkeley.
BIODIDAC - Database of over 5,000 line drawings, photographs, videos, and animations that can be used and adapted for teaching biology. Users can browse the index by eubacteria, protista, fungi, plantae, animalia, human biology, and histology.
ITIS Data Access - The ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System) database of
biological names focuses on the plants and animals of
Animal Diversity Web: The University of Michigan Museum of Zoology provides the searchable Animal Diversity Web database, with species accounts (images and text) of some of the world's mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, sharks, bony fishes, mollusks, arthropods and echinoderms. The database is searchable by common or scientific name. For each species account, information includes scientific and common name, classification (Phylum through Genus), and color photographs (many beauties). Some accounts supply additional information, such as geographic range, physical characteristics, natural history (food habits, reproduction, behavior, conservation, and habitat), other comments, and references.
AmphibiaWeb - This Web site on amphibian biology and conservation contains information on over 130 species. It provides species descriptions, life history information, conservation status, photos, and literature references. There are photos of over 140 species, range maps of over 300 species, and over 500 bibliographic references; linked to the specimen collections at the American Museum of Natural History, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, and the California Academy of Sciences.
ZooWeb: Excellent links to zoos, aquariums and other animal-related sites
Electronic Zoo Animal Resources: Links to animal web pages.
Animal Topics: web page links from Librarians' Internet Index
OceanLink Marine Animal Links - Links to information sites on marine animal and plant groups.
National Marine Mammal Laboratory - Basic information about a representative sample of marine mammal species arranged along taxonomic lines from order to species.
Monterey Bay Aquarium Living Species List - Basic information (e.g. size, range, diet) on a many marine species.
NOAA Fisheries: National Marine Fisheries Service - Fish information
Ecological
Subregions of California: Section and
Subsection Descriptions – Basic descriptions of each of
California Information Node – access to data and
information about
California Environment - Excellent links to websites on
California’s natural history, natural
resources, pollution,
environmental
organizations, natural hazards
and environmental
ethics. From
A Manual of California Vegetation – produced by the California Native Plant Society
Images
of the California Environment – listed by name, subject, geographic region and
clickable map
Microbiology-related Sites:
All the Virology on the WWW: Information about viruses (both animal and plant) and vaccines as well as links to information on specific viruses and images of viruses according to their classification. Specific viruses such as ebola, influenza, are covered with annotated links to other Web sites. Also included is a section of microbe and virus news, syllabi and notes from microbiology courses, and much more.
Bio Links (Biozone): This site contains over five hundred links covering such topics as biology, biotechnology, diseases, evolution, and microbiology.
Entrez (National Center for Biotechnology Information) - This site allows you to search a "genetics" subset of MEDLINE as well as the NCBI protein, nucleotide, and genome and the MMDB 3-D protein structures databases. A full range of genetic codes are presented, and you can also browse or search the NCBI/GenBank taxonomy database.
NCBI Taxonomy Homepage - The National Center for Biotechnology Information provides this quick and easy tool for finding the complete lineage for the close to 80,000 species whose sequences have been made public by the collaborating sequence databases. Searches can be made by common name as well as scientific name.
Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms & Natural Toxins: Known as the Bad Bug Book, this
handbook contains information on foodborne pathogenic microorganisms (bacteria,
viruses, and parasites) and natural toxins. Provides basic facts including
their characteristics, habitat or source, associated foods, infective dose,
characteristic disease symptoms, complications, recent and major outbreaks, and
any susceptible populations.
PubChem
Project: Search tool for
chemical information, divided into 3 areas: compounds, substances, and
BioAssays.
BioChemNet: Directory of web resources for
biology and chemistry teachers
ChemFinder WebServer: A name-, formula-, MW-, CAS RN-,
and *substructure*-searchable chemical database, indexes over 150 chemical
information sites
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