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Please send comments and suggestions to Arinawati Ayob: arinawati@notes.usm.my  Last updated  1 August 2004

GUIDES  TO GENERAL BIOLOGY ON THE  INTERNET	To TOP
There are many guides to biological information sources. The sites below are worth a visit: -  Biotechnology in Malaysia http://www.biotek.gov.my/ Developer: National Biotechnology Directorate (BIOTEK)   The Virtual Library: Biosciences http://vlib.org/Biosciences.html Developer: Virtual Library   Biology Browser http://www.biologybrowser.org Developer: BIOSIS BiologyBrowser features free resources and useful links, and provides a forum for connecting hundreds of researchers and information scientists worldwide.   BIODIDAC : bank of digital resources for teaching biology http://biodidac.bio.uottawa.ca Developer: BIODIDAC, University of Ottawa; maintained by: Antoine Morin and Jon Houseman Image resources of histology, plants, fungi, animals and protists useful for lecturers.   BUBL Subject Link  http://bubl.ac.uk/link/subjects Developer: Joint Information Systems Committee, Networks and Innovative Services for Higher Education ( U.K). An alphabetical list of over 1300 subject terms and containing more than 10,000 selected resources of relevance to academic interests with emphasis  on the United Kingdom but has resources on about every country  in the world.    eBLAST : Encyclopædia Britannica's Internet Guide http://www2.britannica.com/ Developer: Encyclopaedia Britannica This is an internet navigation service that locates, classifies, rates, and reviews thousands  of websites and presents those of the highest quality according to the strict standards.   California State University Biology WebServer http://arnica.csustan.edu/ Developer:  California State University  California State University Biological Sciences Webserver accepts submissions and consolidates links to teaching and research resources including on_line books, av materials, databases and other websites for many areas of biology from agricultural science to zoology. The materials submitted must be made available free for non-commercial use.   Google Web Directory http://directory.google.com/Top/Science/Biology/ Developer: Google   DMOZ Open Directory Project http://dmoz.org/Science/ Developer: Netscape Communication Corporation The Open Directory Project is the largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory of the Web. It is constructed and maintained by a vast, global community of volunteer editors.   Galaxy's Academic organisations (Biology) http://www.galaxy.com/galaxy/Science/Biology.html Developer: AHN, LP Links to academic organisations and  centres in the disciplines of  botany, cell biology, medicine, microbiology, palaeontology and zoology can be found here.   Gopher : Biological science  http://galaxy.einet.net?GJ/biology.html Developer: AHN Partners, L.P Gives links to gopher sites containing biological data and electronic publications.   Infomine Scholarly Internet Resource Collections - Biological, Agricultural and Medical Sciences http://infomine.ucr.edu/search/bioagsearch.phtml Developer: Library University of Calofornia , Riverside A searchable database of biological, agricultural and medical information. Recommended.   Sci-Central Best Biological Sites  http://www.sciquest.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ExecMacro/sci_disciplines.d2w/ report?nav_banner=bio&Tmstmp=9966 Developer: SciLink Inc. Comprehensive gateway to many scientific sites including the various sub-disciplines of biological sciences ; information on conferences and meetings as well as databases can be found here .   Scout Report Archives http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/archives/ Developer: Internet Scout Project, University of Wisonsin-Madison. Contains the selected reports and sources catalogued and arranged using the Library of Congress Classification Scheme.   Kimball's  Biology Pages http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/ Developer: John W. Kimball An online biology textbook with alphabetized list of terms each with links to discussions;  many of the terms are in cellular and molecular biology.   Life Sciences Resources http://www.ipl.org/ref/RR/static/sci36.00.00.html Developer: The Internet Public Library  Provide links to general resources, associations and serials for Life Sciences    The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Biosciences http://golgi.harvard.edu/biopages.html Developer: Harvard University Meta-Index to resources on many subject areas, among which are- Agriculture, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Botany, Entomology, Evolution, Forestry, Genetics, Medicine, Mycology, Neurobiology, Physiology and Whale Watching.
GENERAL REFERENCES	To TOP
1. DICTIONARIES Biotech Life Science Dictionary  http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/ Developer: Bio Tech Resources Web Project - University Of Indiana/University of Texas Institute for Cellular & Molecular Biology Searchable database of terms mainly in biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, cell biology, genetics, plus some terms in medicine,ecology etc.   Hypertext Webster Gateway  http://work.ucsd.edu:5141/cgi-bin/http_webster Developer: Bennet Yee An interface for accessing various dictionaries on the Internet   Visionary : dictionary for the study of vision http://cns-web.bu.edu/pub/laliden/WWW/Visionary/Visionary.html Developer: Lars Liden Terms and definitions for the study of human and animal vision ; recommended.   Glossary of Genetics http://www.genome.gov/glossary.cfm Maintained by: The National Human Genome Research Institute Clear and concise defination of terms many with links to related terms.   2. BOOKS/ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com Developer: Amazon.com  Links to list of publications in science    The On-line Books Page : Biological Sciences  http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books Developer:  John Mark Ockerbloom A list of electronic books of general interest for biologists; partial contents of some titles can be seen.
CONFERENCES	To TOP
Events In Biosciences & Medicine http://www.hum-molgen.de/meetings/index.html Developer: Kai Garlipp (University of Rostok) List  of meetings  in molecular biology, biotechnology and medicial sciences; arranged by dates  and subject
PERIODICALS AND ELECTRONIC JOURNALS	To TOP
Electronic Journals http://www.lib.usm.my/ejaccess.html Developer: Library Universiti Sains Malaysia Links to subscribed electronic journals   Biology Periodicals Contents  http://www.bio.net/ Developer: BIOSCI Links to contents pages of about 80 periodicals ; searchable.   Company of Biologists Journals  http://journals.ecs.soton.ac.uk/journal.htm Developer: Department of Electronics & Computer Science, University of Southampton A test site for sample volumes of Journal of development;Cell science; and, Journal of molecular biology available for searching and downloading.   Scholarly Electronic Journals On the World Wide Web  http://info.lib.uh.edu/wj/webjour.html Maintained by: University of Houston Libraries A list of  scholarly journals  on the world wide web which can be accessed free or without registration by the user.   Molecular Vision http://www.molvis.org/molvis/ Developer: Editorial Board, Molecular Vision Free access to this electronic journal on molecular biology, genetics and cell biology of the visual system.
PROFESSIONAL BODIES/ASSOCIATIONS	To TOP
Natural Resources Research Information Pages: Organizations http://www4.ncsu.edu/~leung/nrrips.html Developed and maintained by: Yu-fai Leung Links to general  and government organisations for natural resources research arranged by country; also includes links to databases, literature, conferences and outdoor research.
E-MAIL/LISTSERVS /NEWSGROUPS	To TOP
1. E-mail Addresses WWW White pages are useful sites  for beginning a search of  e-mail addresses e.g. : -  White pages http://www.c5.efn.uncor.edu/links/sitehelp/wpg.htm Hosted by: Córdoba Computational Communications Control Center Lists the links from which search for addresses can be performed; includes Bigfoot, E-Mail Book, Four-11, Internet Address Finder, Netfind, Yahoo Address Search services,  Whois as well as  gopher services for address location. 2. LISTSERVS/DISCUSSION GROUPS Joining a listserv can link you to biologists/researchers interested in the same topic and allows you to send and receive periodically the discussions pertaining to the topic of the list. Below are some very useful searchable databases of e-mail discussion groups/listservs where you can find groups which you can join: - Topica Email List Directory http://www.liszt.com/dir/?cid=36 Developer: Topica Inc. Search for biology related mailing lists here.   TileNet  http://tile.net/lists/ Developer:  Lyris Technologies Inc. Mailing lists obtained from the various listserv software programs (Lyris, Majordomo, Listproc, Listserv, etc.) ; mailing lists owners can also submit thier lists for inclusion.    3.NEWSGROUPS Biosci : BioNet electronic newsgroups  http://www.bionet/archives.html Developer:  BioSci; maintained at Stanford Universty Links are given to searchable databases of addresses of researchers in various biological fields; archives of messages to groups are available for perusal.   Google Groups http://groups.google.com/ Developer: Google.com A great help in locating newsgroups and the information posted on them; you can view the threads of discussions on a topic or join into the groups which may interest you using this site.
LIBRARIES	To TOP
LIBDEX The Library Index http://www.libdex.com Maintained by: Peter Scott Access  the catalogues of university and college libraries all over the world  from this site.
SOFTWARE	To TOP
IUBio  http://iubio.bio.indiana.edu Maintained by: Indiana University Biology Department Archive of biological data, news, documents and biological software, especially for molecular biology and drosophila; includes links to remote information sources.    Mick's Software List : Biology Software  http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/1957/software.html Compiled and maintained by: Mick Partis A recommended site which gives links to other software sites as well as access to individual biology software.   CSI Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Resource  http://www.science.gmu.edu/~ntongvic/Bioinformatics/resource.html Developer: CSI Bioinformatics Group.  Tools and software packages for research in biology.

 


AQUATIC BIOLOGY To TOP Department of Fisheries Malaysia http://agrolink.moa.my/dof/ Developer: Jabatan Perikanan Kementerian Pertanian Malaysia    Cephalopod Page http://is.dal.ca/~ceph/TCP/ Developer: James B. Wood Provides information for all levels of interest on the life history, biology, catch, distribution and taxonomic data of all living  species of cephalopods.   El-Nino Effect on Marine Life  http://www.csa.com/hottopics/elnino/gloss.html Written and edited by:   Amy L. Forester; maintained by : Cambridge Scientific Abstracts. Bibliography with short abstracts of references on the El-Nino effect on marine life.   Oceanlink Marine Science links  http://oceanlink.island.net/ Maintained and updated by: Jennifer Yakimishyn and Krista Stogryn, Environment Youth Team Eco-Interns.  Sites on many specific marine animal groups can be visited from here.   Plankton Net  http://www.geocities.com/planktonguy/ Developer : Warren Currie Links to data on plankton, publications of other researchers , marine biology , organisations, and journals.   Wind and Sea : the oceanic and atmospheric internet locator http://www.lib.noaa.gov/docs/windandsea.html Developer : US National Oceanic and Atmospheric  Administration All aspects of oceanography including links to many areas of marine biology.   BIOCHEMISTRY / BIOTECHNOLOGY /GENETICS / MOLECULAR BIOLOGY To TOP Centre for Gene Analysis and Technology (CGAT) http://cgat.ukm.my/ Developer: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia   Biochemist On-Line http://www.biochemist.com Maintained by: Michael Almeida Gives links to biochemical reference materials on the Net ; allows biochemist to publish their on-going research; and has on-line message and chat boards for biochemists.   The Biology Project :  an interactive online resource for learning http://www.biology.arizona.edu/ Developer: University of Arizona Tutorials, supplementary readings to textbooks  and other on-line resources for learning introductory college level  biology -  mainly  biochemistry, cell biology, developmental biology, mendelian genetics, molecular biology.   Biotech : http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu Developer: Indiana Institute for Molecular & Cellular Biology;  maintained by:  University of Texas Institute for Cellular & Molecular Biology A useful resource and research tool intended for users with an interest and/or background in biology, whether a high school student or postdoctoral fellow. Included is a dictionary of biotechnological terms, links to educational resources, databases and information on topics such as nucleic acids, proteins, virology, evolution, genomic maps, and biochemistry.   Biotechnology Information Center  http://www.nal/usda.gov/bic Developer: Biotechnology Information Center of the National Agriculture Library, U.S. Department of Agriculture  It has a searchable database and links to many bibliographies and downloadable software.    Cell Biology Laboratory Manual  http://www.gac.edu/cgi-bin/user/~cellab/phpl?index-1.html Developer:  William H. Heidcamp  Simply but clearly written manual on cell biology; useful for teaching purposes.    CMS Molecular Biology Resource http://www.sdsc.edu/ResTools/cmshp.html Resource Curator: Christopher  M. Smith A compendium of tools and resources in biochemistry, molecular biology, biotechnology.   Electronic Scholarly Publishing http://www.esp.org/foundations/genetics/classical/  Developed by: Rober J. Robbins  Text of  publications on classical foundational genetics can be found in this site.    EMBL  http://www.ebi.ac.uk Maintained by: European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI) Information on several aspects of the work (EBI); publictions and links to databases on cellular amd molecular biology and genetics; includes software directory of general interest.    The ExPaSy Molecular BioServer http://www.expasy.ch/ Maintained by:Swiss  Institute of Bioinformatics Contains information  for  the  analysis of protein sequences and structures as well as 2-D PAGE;  it has many links to molecular biology databases and other resources.   Flybase http://flybase.bio.indiana.edu/ Developer : Flybase Consortium This database gives comprehensive data on the genetics and molecular biology of Drosophila. It is a joint effort of the Berkeley and European Drosophila Genome Projects containing much of their data as well from other sources.   Glossary of Genetics http://www.nhgri.nih.gov/DIR/VIP/Glossary/ Maintained by: The National Human Genome Research Institute Clear and concise defination of terms many with links to related terms.   Human Genome Project  http://www.genome.gov/glossary.cfm Developed by: National Human Genome Research Institute  Information on the involvement of the National Human Genome Research Institute in the Human Genome Project ; includes links to genetic databases, conferences and glossary of genetic terms.    Molecular Biology Software http://www.genet.sickkids.on.ca/bioinfo_resources/software.html Maintained by: Department of Genetics, The Hospital for Sick Children Software from GENET..sickids.on.ca plus other sources.   NCBI 's WWW Entrez http://www.ncbi.nlm.gov/Entrez Developer: National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)  Molecular biology data and bibliographic citations from NCBI's integrated databases can be retrieved using the Entrez search facility. NCBI is an authoritative centre for information on inheritance of human characteristics with very good information.   Weizmann's Institute of Bioinformatics : Molecular Biology http://bioinformatics.weizmann.ac.il/molecular_biol.html Maintained by: Vered Chalifa-Caspi and Jaime Prilusky Information on molecular biology, biotechnology and genomics  from databases of the Weizmann Institute of Bioinformatics plus links to relevant data from other sites.   WWW Virtual Library : Biochemistry & Molecular Biology http://mcb.harvard.edu/BioLinks.html Developer: Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University This site contains useful materials on the subject. Visitors will  find information on biochemistry,  biology,  and related topics. Links to relevant journals, educational resources and other biology internet resources are provided    BIOSYSTEMATICS / TAXONOMY To TOP Biodiversity and Biological Collections Web Server http://biodiversity.uno.edu Maintained by: Julian Humphries Look for specimens in biological collections, taxonomic authority files, directories of biologists, reports by various standards bodies and links to journals here; also includes links to botany, herpetology, invertebrates, entomology, icthylogy, mycology and microbiology, ornithology, mammalogy.   BIOSIS Free Resources (Biosystematics and  Life Science) http://www.biosis.org/free_resources/ion.html Developer: BIOSIS A wealth of information for biologists with emphasis on taxonomy and nomenclature; provides a search page for direct access to resource categories.   Biological links - Taxonomy http://www.teleport.com/~amobb/biology/taxonomy.html Developer:  Jeremy Reese and Amos Blackman Links to sites on taxonomy of life in general  ; includes phylogenetic and taxonomic information of various groups of animals and plants from  bacteria, plants to  mammals.   Biosystematics WWW Links http://biology.fullertib.edu/course/biol_403/Web/biosys.html Developer: Douglas J. Eernisse Biosystematic biologists will find many useful links to resources of interest here.   Flowering Plant Gateway http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/newgate/cronang.htm Developer: A & M Bioinformatics Working Group Maintained by: Hugh D. Wilson This site provides a gatway link to many other detailed databases and paths for exploring and comparing 3 major current system of flowering plant classificaiton  plus information on families of plants.   Integrated Taxonomic Informations System (ITIS) http://www.itis.usda.gov/plantproj/itis/index.html Developer: ITIS The ITIS includes documented taxonomic information of flora and fauna from both aquatic and terrestrial habitats especially on biodata in North America. This database allows for the organisation of and access to standardized nomenclature.   International Code of Botanical Nomenclature http://www.bgbm.org/iapt/nomenclature/code/default.htm Developer: International Association for Plant Taxonomy Outlines of the main articles of the code.    NBII Biodiversity and Systematics and Collections http://www.nbii.gov/disciplines/systematics.html Maintained by : National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) This is a section of  NBII  which gives links to sites with biological names of organisms, their classification and evolutionary relationships          BOTANY To TOP Biological Links - Botany http://www.teleport.com/~amobb/biology/botany.html Developer: Jeremy Reese and Amos Blackman   Link to searchable databases on specific classes plants. Some of the better botany sites are listed here.   Botanical Encyclopedia http://www.botany.com Developer: J.L. Clairmonte Holdings Inc. Useful source of description of  various plant species especially from temperate countries and methods of cultivation; includes lists of Botanical gardens and associations.   Botany  http://nmnhwww.si.edu/botany/siteindex.htm Developer: Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institute  Contains databases and  botanical information on various classes of plant such as the US National Herbarium Type Specimen Register; Lichens, and a searchable bibliography with full documents for publications published in the Biological Conservation Newsletter.   Botany Usenet http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/iasprr/usnet.shtml Maintained by:  Scott Russell List of links to usenet groups of relevance to plant scientists.   Botany www links (Botanical Society of America) http://www.botany.org/bsa/www-bot.html Maintained by: Scott Russell Gives links to various plant groups from algae to vascular plants, societies, articles of current  interest, gardening sites, kids' educational sites, images sites, jobs and careers and e-mail links.   Carnivorous Plant Databases http://www2.labs.agilent.com/bot/cp_home Developer: Jan Schlauer  Maintained by: Rick Walker This searchable database gives an exhaustive nomenclatural synopsis of all carnivorous plants.   Scott's Botanical Site http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/bot-linx/ Developer: Scott Russell Covers almost every aspect of botanical information especially plant systematics ; has links to many educational and related sites, documents, resources, usenet groups, listservs. Author of the site gives a daily highlight of newly found sites on botanical information. Highly recommended.        ECOLOGY / ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY / BIODIVERSITY / CONSERVATION To TOP Animal Diversity Web http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/index.html Developer : University of Michigan Museum of Zoology Contains articles and reports on classification and biology  of animals, images and animal sounds   Biodiversity and conservation http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/biodiv/biodiv.htm Developer: ELDIS Maintained by: Institute of Developement  Studies, Sussex Sources on organisations, full-text documents and bibliographical references from the British Library for Developmental Studies, on biodiversity and conservation. Recommended   Coral Reefs, Mangroves, Seagrasses and C2M Websites http://www.ncl.ac.uk/tcmweb/tcm/tcmsites.htm Developer: Department of Marine Sciences & Coastal Management, University of Newcastle upon Tyne Brings together sites of organisations and publications on coral reefs, mangroves, seagrasses and coastal management e.g. Wetlands International Asia Pacific Headquarters (Malaysia).   Ecology WWW page http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~brach/ecology-pt.html Developer: Anthony R. Brach   National Auduborn Society http://www.audubon.org/ Developer: National Audubon Society The Society records its work in the conservation of animal life, forests and oceans. Lists of wildlife conservation and environmental websites as well as mailing lists are available here.   Natural Heritage Network http://www.abi.org/networkdirectory.htm Developer: Association for Biodiversity Information Natural heritage programmes in the Western hemisphere are linked on thissite where standardized data on endangered animals, plants and the ecosystem are available. Information is organized geographically   The Virtual Library of Ecology and  Biodiversity  http://conbio.net/vl/ Maintained by: Virtual Library Articles and links to ecology, environment and conservation issues are found here; it is a very comprehensive site with links for many classes of animals and plants as well as habitats.     ENTOMOLOGY To TOP Entomology on World-Wide Web (WWW) http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/Entomology/ Developer: Colorado State University  List of Internet Resources on entomology    Entomology Index of Internet Resources http://www.ent.iastate.edu/List/ Developer: J.K. Van Dyk and L.B. Bjostad Provides a directory and search engine to entomology related resources and related research journals and publications. Recommended   Insects in WWW http://www.isis.vt.edu/~fanjun/text/Links.html Developer: Jun Fan, Virginia Tech Entomology Department  This page was initially designed for Beginners in Entomology    Social Insects Worldwide http://research.amnh.org/entomology/index.html Developer: American Museum of Natural History Maintained by: Donat Agosti A useful research aid for researchers and senior undergraduates    MICROBIOLOGY To TOP Microbiology Network http://microbiol.org/ Developer: Scott Sutton Good resource for  communication links (discussion groups, usenet, e-mail, forums) useful for microbiologists and includes a file library of software for epidemiology, biology, microbiology, molecular biology, biotechnology, statistics . This site also focuses on regulatory microbiology in the pharmaceutical, food, and personal care industries.  The author includes a link to a site for which he is the curator : -  WWW Virtual Library - Microbiology and Virology http://microbiol.org/vl_micro/index.htm In this site are  many links to associations, databases, educational institutions, grants funding, medical microbiology , microbial images, virology, and products  and services for microbiologists .   MYCOLOGY To TOP Taxonomy and Biology of Fungi : Mycology Links http://www.sdstate.edu/~spse/http/ps493lnk.html Maintained by: Dr. Thomas E. Chase Links to pages for mycology and mushrooms.   WWW Virtual Library : Mycology http://www.keil.ukans.edu/~fungi/welcome.html Maintained by: Kathie Hodge  A very comprehensive source for sites to the collection , indentification, molecular genetics and other topics for the study of  fungi; includes teaching resources,  books, journals, discussion lists relevant to the topic, and directories of mycologists .    PATHOLOGY / PARASITOLOGY To TOP All the Virology on the WWW http://www.tulane.edu/~dmsander/garryfavweb.html Developer: David M. Sander Comprehensive site for all aspects of virology : general virology, courses, dictionaries, diseases, phylogeny/taxonomy, plus links to many other relevant sites. Recommended.   Malaria Database http://www.wehi.edu.au/MalDB-www/who.html Maintained at:  The Department of Microbiology, Monash University and The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of  Medical Research Curator:  Peter Hallowes This site gives information on nucleotide, protein and genome aspects of malaria, and links to many other sites on malaria and parasitology.   The Plant Pathology Internet Guide Book http://oeko50.ifgb.uni-hannover.de/extern/ppibg Developer: Thorsten Kraska This site includes links to organisations, research centres, and publications on plant pathology and various related topics such as entomology, bacteriology, virology, nematology etc.      ZOOLOGY To TOP BUBL links 590 : Animals http://link.bubl.ac.uk/zoology Compiled by: BUBL Information Service Links from general animal topics to specific classes.   The Electronic Zoo http://www.avma.org/ezoo/ Developer: Ken Boschert Brings together links on all classes of animals; information ranges from general interest sites to thosw with specialised information on the biology of classes of animals.

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