One of the most comprehensive indices of botany resources, the Internet Directory for Botany is a collaborative project of botanists in the Canada, Finland and the United States. It has both a subject category index and an alphabetic index of resources.
This large collection of botany links is maintained by Scott D. Russell, Professor of Botany and Director of Samuel Roberts Noble Electron Microscopy Lab at University of Oklahoma.
This is the web site of a collaborative project to compile comprehensive descriptions of plants growing inNorth American (US, Canada and Greenland). The first four volumes of the Flora of North America set are available at this site. The print versions of these volumes are available in the library's Reference Section at QK110.P55.
This database produced by the National Plant Data Center, USDA, provides is searchable by common and scientific names, symbol genus and family. The database also provides links to distribution maps for each plant species and lists of threatened endangered and wetlands plants.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Endangered Species Program web page provides indexes of endangered animals. The species accounts provided for most of the endangered animals are excellent sources of information and statistics.
This site provides information about the nation's wetlands and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's program to develop, maintain and disseminate information about the wetlands. Distribution maps, research data, and a list of plants occurring in wetlands are available.
The EPA's large and complex web site provides a wealth of information about EPA programs, links to information about EPA databases and research tools, and technical reports. Select "Browse" to follow overviews of a wide range of topics or "Search" to locate information about specific topics.
The web site of the Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network. provides links to a wide variety of environmental data and educational resources.
Programs such as the Human Genome Project are very computer intensive and led to the development of comprehensive and sophisticated WWW resources. While the basic science behind these sources can be intimidating, the Primer on Molecular Genetics and the help screens at Entrez (see below), provide excellent introductions
Contains extensive background information on the history, progress, research, and resources of the Human Genome Project. Includes links to other genetics-related sites.
Developed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), Entrez integrates many protein and DNA sequence databases (GenBank, EMBL, DDJB, Swiss-Prot, Protein Databank, Protein Information Resource, etc.) into one, easy to use format. Includes over 1 million Medline records on "genetics" as well as 3-D views of structures. Also provides an easy-to-use interface for BLAST searches for sequence comparison. Features excellent help screens and overviews of the databases
Located in Geneva, Switzerland, this site it not as complete as Entrez, but provides access to some specialized sequence databases. Swiss-Prot records are contained within Entrez.
Provides a forms interface to search and retrieve molecular structure data from the Brookhaven Protein Data Bank. Using viewer programs such as RasMol, Mage, and Raster3d, protein structures can be viewed and manipulated in variety of formats; e.g., line drawing, ball and stick image, ribbon image, etc. Links to retrieve the viewer software are provided from the MRUS page.
OMIM is the continuously updated, full-text, searchable version of Victor A. McKusick's Mendelian Inheritance in Man, a comprehensive encyclopedia of human genes and genetic disorders.
This site lists many of the major sequence- and text-based databases, analytical tools, lab protocols, and important reference sources in molecular biology.
An extensive list of sources including molecular biology search and analysis tools, bibliographic and text searches, guides and tutorials, journals, and other biological resources.
A collaborative effort by L.B. Bjostad of Colorado State University and J.K.VanDyk of Iowa State University, this searchable database can also be browsed by subject categories.
This site sponsored by Genentech is designed to provide information for high school biology teachers and enable exchange of lesson plans and techniques. The Resource section contains an excellent selection of educational links which will benefit college and university instructors.
The Tree of Life is a project designed to contain information about the phylogenetic relationships and characteristics of organisms. This site contains over 1,000 pages is useful for tracing the evolution of various taxonomic groups.
