Biology

General Biology Resources

Biological Sciences (Oxford Online Reference) (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.)
Dictionaries on biology topics, including biographical information, ecology, plant sciences and more.
Biology Browser (http://www.biologybrowser.org/)
A collection of online biology web resources, including links to BIOSIS. Search for resources by organism, subject, or geography.
ION: Index to Organism Names (http://www.organismnames.com/query.htm)
Contains millions of animal names, both fossil and recent, at all taxonomic ranks, reported from the scientific literature since 1978.
NameBank (http://www.ubio.org/index.php?pagename=namebank)
A registry for all recorded taxon names with links to additional taxonomic resources such as NCBI, Species 2000, and USGS species databank.
National Biological Information Infrastructure (http://www.nbii.gov/portal/server.pt)
Provides data and information on the nation's biological resources. Includes descriptions of organisms and habitat types and covers topics in ecology.
Science Dictionaries (Credo) (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.)
Online dictionaries in biology, astronomy, physics and mathematics.
Science Information Tutorial (http://www.lib.uci.edu/services/tutorials/science_info_tutorial/)
An interactive tutorial created by the University of California at Irvine that explains how information in the sciences is created and shared. Click the "View as a Guest" button to access.
Science.gov (http://www.science.gov/)
Gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. government agencies, including research and development results.
Scirus Search Engine (http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/)
A search engine that is science-specific. Includes more than 370 million scientific items - journal articles, scientist's web pages, and patents.

Journals & Journal Articles

Academic Search Complete (EbscoHost) ( For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet. )
Full-text database that covers many academic disciplines. (Title List)
Biology Journals - CU's Collection (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet. )
Browsable list of full-text journals available on the topic of biology.
How to Read a Scientific Paper (http://www.lib.purdue.edu/phys/inst/scipaper.html)
This quick tutorial from Purdue University gives strategies for reading a paper in the sciences so you won't feel frustrated or overwhelmed with information.
Microbiology & Immunology Journals - CU's Collection (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet. )
Browsable list of full-text journals available on the topic of microbiology and immunology.
PubMed (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?holding=orcullib)
Search more than 16 million citations from life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. Includes links to full text articles and related research. From the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Science Journals (ProQuest) (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet. )
Search full text and images for the leading periodicals in the life sciences. (Title List)

Anatomy and Physiology

Books on Anatomy and Physiology in the CU Collections ()
A list of books on anatomy and physiology in the CU collections.
Anatomy Atlases (http://www.anatomyatlases.org/atlasofanatomy/index.shtml)
Atlas of human anatomy translated from the original titled "Handbuch der Anatomie des Menschen" which was published in 1841 in Leipzig, Germany.
GetBodySmart: Interactive Tutorials on Human Anatomy and Physiology (http://www.getbodysmart.com/ap/systems/tutorial.html)
Provides images of human anatomy for each major body system.
Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body (http://www.bartleby.com/107/)
The Bartleby.com edition of Gray's Anatomy features 1,247 pictures from the classic 1918 publication, as well as a subject index with 13,000 entries.
Historical Anatomies on the Web (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/historicalanatomies/home.html)
High quality images from historically or artistically important anatomical atlases in the National Library of Medicine's collection.
Interactive Body (http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/index_interactivebody.shtml)
Interactive website on the human body. Includes games about organs, muscles, skeleton, senses and the nervous system.
Oxford Companion to the Body (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.)
Over 1000 entries on the structure and function of all the major systems of the body and the causes of disorders that affect them.

Botany

Books on Botany in the CU Collections ()
A list of books on the topic of botany in the CU collections.
Dictionary of Plant Sciences (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.)
Worldwide coverage of taxonomic groups, from bacteria and fungi to flowering and non-flowering plants.
Native Plant Information Network (http://www.wildflower.org/explore)
Descriptions of over 2,900 species of native North American plants.
Plant Conservation Resources on the Internet (http://www.istl.org/06-winter/internet1.html)
A webliography written by librarian Danielle Carlock which includes links to online journals, databases, botanical gardens, native plant societies, and other organizations involved with plant conservation.
Plants Database (USDA) (http://plants.usda.gov/)
Standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories.
Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast ()
Color photographs and maps accompany entries on leaves, flowers, fruits, ecology and notes on regional plants. (Ref QK203 .B7 P62 1994)

Ecology

Books on Ecology in the CU Collections ()
A list of books on ecology in the CU collections.
Ecology Journals - CU's Online Collection (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet. )
Browsable list of full-text journals available on the topic of earth and environmental science.
Dictionary of Ecology (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet. )
An online dictionary from Oxford Reference Online with 5,000 entries on ecology topics.
Dictionary of Environment and Conservation (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.)
International in scope, this dictionary embraces a spectrum of environmental areas including sustainable development, biodiversity, conservation, environmental ethics, philosophy, and history, resource management, sociology, and policy on the environment.

Evolution

National Center for Science Education (http://www.ncseweb.org)
Includes resources concerning legal cases involving evolution and creationism and information about documents that present the intelligent design argument.
TalkOrigins: Exploring the Creation/Evolution Controversy (http://www.talkorigins.org/)
A newsgroup devoted to the discussion and debate of biological and physical origins. Most discussions in the newsgroup center on the creation/evolution controversy.
The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
Contains Darwin's publications, handwritten manuscripts, a Darwin bibliography, and correspondence. Maintained by the University of Cambridge.
Tree of Life Web Project (http://tolweb.org/tree)
Browse the hierarchy of life, learn about phylogeny and evolution as well as the characteristics of species and groups of organisms.
Understanding Evolution (http://evolution.berkeley.edu)
Sections explain evolution, its impact on everyday life, evidence for evolution, and history of the theory. Maintained by the Paleontology Museum at the University of California-Berkeley.

Genetics

Books on Genetics in the CU Collections ()
A list of books on genetics in the CU collections.
Genetics Journals - CU's Online Collection (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.)
Browsable list of full-text journals available on the topic of genetics.
Dictionary of Genetics (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.)
Online dictionary from Oxford Reference. Includes 7,000 cross-referenced definitions supported by a collection of line drawings, tables, and chemical formulae.
Gene Gateway (http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/posters/chromosome/)
Resources from the Human Genome Project, includes Gene and Protein Database, Genetic Disorders Guide and a Chromosome Viewer.
Genetics Home Reference (http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov)
The National Library of Medicine's Web site for consumer information about genetic conditions and the genes or chromosomes responsible for those conditions.
Genome (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=Genome&itool=toolbar)
National Library of Medicine database of genomes, complete chromosomes, sequence maps, and integrated genetic and physical maps. Database is organized by organism groups: Archaea, Bacteria, Eukaryotae, Viruses, Viroids, and Plasmids.
Scitable: A Library of Genetics Articles (http://www.nature.com/scitable)
A collaborative learning space for science. Articles are focused on genetics, the study of evolution, variation, and the rich complexity of living organisms. Access to some materials requires setting up a free user account.
Virtual Library on Genetics (http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/genetics.shtml)
Online resources on genetics from the U.S. Dept of Energy. Organizes links by organism, type and country.

Microbiology

Books on Microbiology in the CU Collections (http://catalog.cu-portland.edu/search/X?SEARCH=microbiology&SORT=D&searchscope=2)
A list of books on the topic of microbiology in the CU collections.
Dictionary of Microbiology & Molecular Biology (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.)
Search this resource to locate information on the latest developments in the field, entries from concise definitions of terms to review-length articles, and extensive cross-referencing between topics in microbiology.
Research Opportunities in Microbiology (http://www.asm.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1211&Itemid=291)
A list of sites to connect students with undergraduate research opportunities and career resources related to microbiology. Provided by the American Society for Microbiology.

Related Subjects

Chemistry (http://www.cu-portland.edu/library/subject_guides/topic_guide.cfm?TopicID=18)
Physics, Astronomy and Math (http://www.cu-portland.edu/Library/subject_guides/topic_guide.cfm?TopicID=26)

Zoology

Books on Zoology in the CU Collections ()
A list of books on the topic of zoology in the CU collections.
Dictionary of Animal Behaviour (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.)
Online dictionary from Oxford Reference which covers every aspect of animal behaviour and includes terms from the related fields of ecology, physiology and psychology.
Dictionary of Zoology (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.)
Over 5,000 entries on animal behaviour, genetics, evolutionary studies, ecology, physiology, genetics, cytology, earth history, and zoogeography.
Encyclopedia of Underwater Life (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.)
Online encyclopedia from Oxford Reference. Covers anatomy, behavior, habitat, breeding, and conservation status of river, lake, and ocean dwelling species.
General Zoology Journals - CU's Online Collection (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.)
Browsable list of full-text journals available on the topic of general zoology.
Invertebrates and Protozoa Journals - CU's Online Collection (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.)
Browsable list of full-text journals available on the topic of invertebrate zoology.
New Encyclopedia of Birds (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.)
Online encyclopedia from Oxford Reference. Entries prepared by a team of biologists and conservationists give a systematic account of every family, covering form and function, distribution, diet, social behaviour, and breeding biology of birds worldwide.
Searchable Ornithological Research Archive (SORA) (http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/)
Open access electronic journal archive which provides access to an extensive ornithological literature of international scope and detailed material documenting the history of Ornithology in North America over the last 120 years.
Vertebrates Journals - CU's Online Collection (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.)
Browsable list of full-text journals available on the topic of vertebrate zoology.