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BIOLOGY  WEB SITES

See the Biology Department homepage for a description of Siena's program.

Metasites (Websites)

Librarians Internet Index (LII): Biology
Google Directory: Biology
Yahoo Directory: Ecology


Comprehensive Collections of Internet Resources for Biology

BiologyBrowser
BioNetbook
BioTech-Life Science Resources and Reference Tools
ExPASy’s Life Sciences Directory
Library of Biological Resources via the Internet (FDA/CFSAN )
Harvard University Biology Links
NCBI Entrez
NCBI National Center for Biotechnology Information

Aquatic
AquaNIC: Aquaculture Network Information Center
Census of Marine Life
ReefBase

Anatomy
Digital Anatomist Project
Gray's Anatomy

Biochemistry
BMRB: BioMagResBank
ChemBank You must create a FREE user account when you first use this
Klotho: Biochemical Compounds Declarative Database

Biodiversity
EMAN (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Network)-Recommended
Monitoring Protocols
Tree of Life Phylogenic Web Project

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Birds
Audubon's Birds of America
Bird Checklists of the United States
The North American Breeding Bird Survey: Results and Analysis 1966-2002

Botany
Flora of North America
Index Nominum Genericorum
International Plant Names Index
IOPI Database of Plant Databases (DPD)
Scott’s Botanical Links

Ecology
Biological Control: A guide to natural enemies in North America
Plants Database

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Entomology
Antbase
Iowa State Entomology Index of Internet Resources
Moths of North America

Enzymology
BRENDA: The Comprehensive Enzyme Information System
ENZYME
REBASE: The Restriction Enzyme Database

Genetics
Comprehensive Microbial Research (CMR) Home Page
The Human Gene Map
Human Genome Central
Human Genome Variation Database
GenBank from NCBI
GDB Human Genome Database
IUBio-Archive

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Microbiology
Microbes.Info
Pedro’s BioMolecular Research Tools

Nucleic Acids
The Nucleic Acid Database

Proteins
Protein Sequence Analyzer
SCOP: Structural Classifications of Proteins

Taxonomy
ITIS Integrated Taxonomic Information System
Species 2000

Teaching Resources
BioChemHub-Biology and Chemistry Education Center
BIODIDAC Images Project
The Biology Project

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Government Information

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
BioTech's Government Sites
Bureau of Land Management
Department of Agriculture
Department of Energy’s Office of Science
Department of Energy’s Life Science Division
EPA – Environmental Protection Agency
Fish and Wildlife Service
Food and Drug Administration
Healthfinder
IUCN – World Conservation Union
NBII – National Biological Information Infrastructure
National Institutes of Health
National Parks Service
National Science Foundation
Science.gov from FirstGov
USDA Forest Service
World Health Organization 

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Professional Associations and Societies

American Institute of Biological Sciences
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Physiological Association
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
National Academy of Sciences
National Association of Environmental Professionals
NSTA National Science Teachers Association
Resources of Scholarly Societies - Biology

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Career Resources

ASM: Career Connection
Biology Careers on the Internet

Databases