UNLV Libraries: Selected Internet Resources in the Biological Sciences

Selected Internet Resources on Biological Sciences

Zoology:

Amphibians
Birds
Fish

Insects
Mammals
Reptiles

Glossary of Genetic Terms (http://www.genome.gov/glossary.cfm)
From the National Human Genome Research Institute.
NCBI Taxonomy Homepage (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/)
Access to genetic databases for protein and nucleic acid sequences, provided by the National Center for Biotechnology Information.

Internet Directory for Botany (http://www.botany.net/IDB/)
Plants Image Gallery (http://plants.usda.gov/)
From the U.S. Department of Agriculturem this is a searchable database of selected U.S. plants.
Plant Facts (Ohio State University) ( http://plantfacts.ohio-state.edu/)
Weeds Gone Wild: Alien Plant Invaders of Natural Areas ( http://www.nps.gov/plants/alien/)
A project of the Plant Conservation Alliance, this site seeks to provide "information for the general public, land managers, researchers, and others on the serious threat and impacts of invasive alien (exotic, non-native) plants to the native flora, fauna, and natural ecosystems of the United States."
Ancient Bristlecone Pine (http://www.sonic.net/bristlecone/home.html)
Botany 301: taxonomy of flowering plants (http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/tfp/tfphome1.html)
Information on botany and systematics from Texas A&M University.
Plants Database (http://plants.usda.gov/)
Plant Genome Data & Information Center (http://www.nal.usda.gov/pgdic/)
Aspects of plant genome mapping.
World List of Cycads (http://plantnet.rbgsyd.gov.au/PlantNet/cycad/wlist.html)

Internet Resource Guide for Zoology (http://www.biosis.org.uk/free_resources/resource_guide.html)
Provided by Biosis and the Zoological Society of London, this excellent page provides access to resources in the zoological and other related life sciences.

Amphibians

AmphibiaWeb (http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/aw/)
This is a searchable database of amphibian biology and conservation from the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at the University of California-Berkeley.
CephBase (http://www.cephbase.utmb.edu/)
Data on Cephalopod molluscs.
Frog Web ( http://www.frogweb.gov/index.html)
From the National Biological Information Infrastructure

Birds

BirdSource: birding with a purpose (http://www.birdsource.org/)
From the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology.
Provides information about the Museum's resources, which include skin, egg, and tissue collections.
Bird Checklists of the United States (http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/othrdata/chekbird/chekbird.htm)
A service of the U.S. Geological Survey's Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center.

Fish

Bibliography on Fish of the Salton Sea (http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/salton/biblioSaltonSeaFish.html)
(from the Salton Sea Home Page at San Diego State University)
FishBase (http://www.fishbase.org/)
This site includes a database that can be searched by the fish's popular or scientific name.

Insects

Butterflies of North America http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/bflyusa/bflyusa.htm
A field guide to butterflies, this site is arranged both taxonomically and geographically. Brief descriptions and color photographs of the butterflies are available.
Entomology Index of Internet Resources (http://www.ent.iastate.edu/list/)
This is a directory provided by Iowa State University
University of Florida Book of Insect Records (http://ufbir.ifas.ufl.edu/)

Mammals

Mammal Species of the World (http://nmnhgoph.si.edu/msw/)
Provided by the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History.
Biota Information System of New Mexico (BISON) (http://www.bison-m.org/)
"BISON contains accounts for all vertebrate and many invertebrate species of wildlife occurring in New Mexico and Arizona (including all threatened, endangered and sensitive species)."

Reptiles

EMBL Reptile Database (http://www.embl-heidelberg.de/~uetz/LivingReptiles.html)

General

BioMed Central (http://www.biomedcentral.com/)
BioMed Central provides full-text, peer reviewed research in all areas of biology and medicine.
DOE Information Bridge (http://www.osti.gov/bridge/)
This site, from the U.S. Dept. of Energy, provides full-text research and development reports in the areas of physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences, energy technologies, engineering, computer and information science, renewable energy, and other topics.
E-print Network: Subject Pathway: Biology and Medicine (http://www.osti.gov/eprints/pathways/biologyandmedicine.shtml)
This site, provided by the U.S. Dept. of Energy, provides links to sites that contain preprint information. A preprint is a manuscript that has not yet been published.
National Biological Information Infrastructure(http://www.nbii.gov/index.html)

Nevada Resources

Biology course web pages ( http://www.unlv.edu/Colleges/Sciences/Biology/CoursePages.html)
UNLV Biology faculty (http://www.unlv.edu/Colleges/Sciences/Biology/Faculty.html)