Biological Sciences Electronic Resources


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Botany, Zoology, Ecology & Conservation


  • Agricola 
    The National Agriculture Library's database of articles and government reports.
  • Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Index 
    Includes links to many full-text articles.
  • Bioline International 
    A not for profit electronic publishing service committed to providing access to quality research journals published in developing countries. This is a collaborative initiative of the University of Toronto Libraries and the Reference Center on Environmental Information, Brazil.
  • Biological and Agricultural Index 
    H. W. Wilson's index of core publications. This is not a comprehensive index.
  • The Center for Environmental Research and Conservation (CERC) 
    An inter-disciplinary research organization based at Columbia University working with environmental and biodiversity issues world wide.
  • Endangered Species List (U.S. bias) 
    Includes links to lists searchable by region and/or taxa world wide.
  • Environmental News Network 
    Includes online radio shows, newsletters, information on policy and legislation on all types of environmental issues.
  • FishBase 
    A catalog of 23,000 finfish with information on their biology, range, diet, predators, & genetic markers. The database includes common names and photographs of the different species.
  • Index to Organism Names (ION) 
    An index to all the animal, plant, and virus names data found within the Thomson BIOSIS literature databases - Zoological Record, BIOSIS Previews and Biological Abstracts.
  • International Plant Science Center 
    Includes an online specimen catalog. Part of the New York Botanical Garden.
  • Mycology 
    Resources from Cornell University's page.
  • NatureServe 
    First ever database on North American ecological communities.
  • Mammal Species of the World 
    An online version of Wilson & Reeder's reference book.
  • The Plant Dictionary 
    Ohio states indexed system of resources for Horticulture and Crop Science.
  • RBG, Kew Databases 
    Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew
    , London. Includes data and publications such as: - Vascular Plant Families and Genera, Authors of Plant Names, Index of Angiosperm DNA, and Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands.
  • Scott's Botanical Links
    An extensive, searchable, compilation of plant science links, which includes links to technical and nontechnical resources.
  • Tree of Life 
    A project containing information about the diversity of organisms on Earth, their history, and characteristics.
  • Trends Online 
    Summaries of key climate change data sets accompanied by graphs and tables.
  • World Conservation Union 
    The Red List of Threatened Species.
  • Zoological Record 
    Citations and abstracts from zoological literature.

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