Biology Dictionary, by Biology Online
Interactive Simulations by PhET (university of Colorado)
National Science Digital Library
Earth Server: Big Earth Data at your fingertips
Sparticl The best science on the web -- a place where you can search, learn, share, and contribute.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Techtrekers.com A rich selection of HS Science sites by topic (Biology, Chemistry, Physics)
EdTechTeacher A rich collection of sites organized by Physics&Math, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences & more
SciLinks.org Sign up or enter as Guest to access numerous Websites that extend and expand your Science understanding, learn about Science in the news, and engage in Activities that bring science alive
1,200 free online courses from top universities Scroll down to the Biology Courses section
GeneEd Web Developed and maintained by the National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Human Genome Institute(NHGRI), and National Institutes of Health (NIH) ~ is a safe and useful resource for students and teachers Gr.9 - 12 to learn genetics.
Biology News Net News RSS feed
New IGCSE Biology books in the Senior Library
Science Daily: Biology News RSS feed
High School Biology Lecture Videos
Primary Sources
Digital Public Library of America - Primary Sources Set
ECHO (Exploring and Collecting History Online) ECHO is a portal to over 5,000 websites concerning the history of science, technology, and industry.
Cell Image Library, by the Center for Research in Biological Systems
Public Library of Science (PLOS)A nonprofit publisher and advocate of Open Access research.
Biodiversity Heritage Library The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is a consortium of 12 major natural history museum libraries, botanical libraries, and research institutions organized to digitize, serve, and preserve the legacy literature of biodiversity.
Map of Life: 194 datasets, 937,810 species, 371,807,359 records, 1 searchable map
EurekAlert! Science News from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Yellowstone Collection A curated compilation of field recordings and a developing podcast series highlighting America’s first national park.
Making of America (Cornell University) Collection of 267 books and 22 journals published primarily in the United States between 1840 and 1900. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology.
Making of America (University of Michigan) Collection of approximately 10,000 books and 13 journals published primarily in the United States between 1850 and 1877. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology.
arXiv.org e-Print archive arXiv is an e-print service in the fields of physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance and statistics. arXiv is owned and operated by Cornell University, a private not-for-profit educational institution.
Science Reference services Bibliographies & Research Guides Listed by Subject from the Library Of Congress
Coral Reef Information System NOAA's Coral Reef Information System (CoRIS) is designed to be a single point of access to NOAA coral reef information and data products, especially those derived from NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program.
Global Invasive Species Network A platform for sharing invasive species information at a global level. Maintained by the National Biological Information Infrastructure. Includes a data portal.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) facilitates the collection, management and processing of species data for publication on the IUCN Red List.
Modern Shale Gas Development in the U.S.: An Update, 2013 The Primer provides information on the technology advances and challenges that accompany deep shale gas development.
National Climatic Data Center NCDC is the world's largest active archive of weather data. NCDC produces numerous climate publications and responds to data requests from all over the world. NCDC supports a three tier national climate services support program - the partners include: NCDC, Regional Climate Centers, and State Climatologists.
NYS DOH Rural Soil Background Survey, 2005. Appendix D. Source: Peter Taylor, Oneida County Remediation Department, DEC and Jim Harrington, NY State Remediation Department, DEC
U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) The Integrated Ocean Observing System provides data related to U.S. oceans, coasts, and the Great Lakes.
Water Resources of the United States The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) collects information needed to understand the Nation's water resources, and provides access to water data, publications, and maps, as well as to recent water projects and events. Water data by state is also included.
World Ocean Database Worldwide data sets and products from the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC). The WODselect interface allows searching by user-specified criteria.
Aviation Week & Space Technology launched its 100-year digital archive today in collaboration with Boeing, the sponsor of the archive. Both companies trace their roots to 1916. The archive includes 4,500 issues and nearly 500,000 pages of articles, photos and advertising.
NASA launched a new website so the world can see images of the full, sunlit side of the Earth every day
NOVA: scienceNOW: Explore Teacher's Guides
Digital Archaeological Record (tDAR) Online archive for archaeological information, hosted at Arizona State University. Resource types include documents, images, coding sheets, data sets, 3D/sensory data, ontologies, and projects.
Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that enables the sharing and use of creativity and knowledge through free legal tools.
Internet Bird Collection ibc.lynxeds.com
The Internet Bird Collection contains videos, photographs and sound recordings of all the birds of the world. The IBC is the YouTube of Birds and contains more than 200,000 materials and is constantly growing. The site's goal is to post at least one video or photo per species and eventually include material offering a variety of biological information (feeding, breeding, etc.) for every species. Users can perform a species search, geographic search, and global search for particular birds. Each bird record available on the site provides a map, taxonomy and geographic information, videos, photos and bird sounds.
Resources about Biology will be found in the Nonfiction section, under 570.
Check the shelves for all materials; here are some titles you might be interested in:
The Kingfisher encyclopedia of life: minutes, months, millenia--how long is a life on earth?, by Graham L. Banes
The violonist's thumb: and other tales of love, war, and genius, as written by our genetic code, by Sam Kean
Of kinkajous, capybaras, horned beetles, seladangs, and the oddest and most wonderful mammals, insects, birds, and plants of our world, by Jeanne K. Hanson
Changing ecosystems, by Michael Bright
Extreme environments: living on the edge, by Amy Tilmont
Zombie makers: true stories of nature's undead, by Rebecca L. Johnson
HighWire Press (FULL TEXT) Largest archive of free full-text science journal articles.
MedNar from Deep Web Technologies, MedNar is a deep web search portal that provides real-time access to health information from scholarly medical and science collections (Choice Reviews, May 2014).
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US Dept. of Commerce)
National Centers for Environmental Information http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/
bioRxiv a free online archive and distribution service for unpublished preprints in the life sciences. It is operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a not-for-profit research and educational institution. By posting preprints on bioRxiv, authors are able to make their findings immediately available to the scientific community and receive feedback on draft manuscripts before they are submitted to journals.
PubMed National Library of Medicine index of biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Coverage: 1950-present.
Digital Library of Biological Sciences
Harvard Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Integrated Taxonomic Information System
National Council for Science and the Environment
National Human Genome Research
National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC)
Human Body Maps, http://www.healthline.com/human-body-maps
This site allows visitors to explore the human body in 3-D. By mousing over the male or female body provided on the landing page, users can learn more about many aspects of human anatomy. Bodies can be rotated around and viewed through different layers such as the circulatory or the lymphatic system. Clicking on the head for example, provides images and information on that area of the body from the brain to the muscular structure, to arteries and nerves. All body parts and systems have labels that can be viewed or hidden. A search feature also allows users to look up a particular body part or system. Embedded links to additional resources complement the interactive models.
HealthMap brings together disparate data sources, including online news aggregators, eyewitness reports, expert-curated discussions and validated official reports, to achieve a unified and comprehensive view of the current global state of infectious diseases and their effect on human and animal health. Through an automated process, updating 24/7/365, the system monitors, organizes, integrates, filters, visualizes and disseminates online information about emerging diseases in nine languages, facilitating early detection of global public health threats.