Web Search Engines

A dictionary

More Biology Web Sites

http://www.annualreview.org Annual Revews website including Plant biology and associated journals.
http://www.scirus.com an excellent seawrch engine that searches only for scientific information in scientific journals and high quality science websites
http://www.google.com/ one of the best search engines!
http://www.sciam.com/ (Scientific American magazine: An extremely high quality science magazine containing articles written by experts in their field of study—One of my favorites)
http://www.newscientist.com (A high quality science magazine with a biological sciences focus—Another one of my favorites!)
http://www.postgradmed.com/ (an online scientific journal for physicians; an excellent source for current info.!

http://www.scicentral.com/ (An excellent resource for any area of science and technology—one of my favorites—I receive weekly notices of recent papers that are of interest to me—this service is free.)

http://www.sciencenews.com (A high quality science magazine with a biological sciences focus)

http://schmidel.com/bionet.cfm (A guide with links to some of the best biological sciences and chemistry sites on the web—iincluding some journals and science related magazines; Includes free science related clip art and links to free clip art)

http://www.nejm.org/content/index.asp (New England Journal of Medicine—one of the world’s premier medical journals)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/ (Medline: A database of the National Library of Medicine, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This the largest collection of medical information in the world, containing more than 9 million references from medical journals from all over the world.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/ (This site is updated daily by a team of Mayo Clinic physicians, scientists, writers, and educators. It provides access to the vast experience and knowledge of more than 1200 physicians and scientists at the Mayo Clinic.)
http://cancer.med.upenn.edu/ (Oncolink: the first of its kind on the Internet—an excellent site that disseminates cutting edge information relevant to the field of oncology (cancer research). Aims to educate health care personnel, patients, and other interested parties.)

http://www.quackwatch.com/ ("A Guide to Health Fraud, Quackery, and Intelligent Decisions;" An interesting site that helps one to distinguish between legitimate healthcare treatments and quackery—The physician responsible for this site has written many books and scientific papers over the years. His ideas are very mainstream—perhaps too mainstream? Some of the views expressed may not be totally objective. At times he has quite harsh comments concerning "alternative medicine.")
http://www.audubon.org/ (Audubon is a high quality magazine that deals with environmental issues and wildlife conservation)

http://genetics.nature.com/ (a journal produced by Nature…Gives you access to the contents, but you must pay to see the text of the articles—Available for free in the libraries of most research universities)
http://www.nature.com/ (Nature is a very prestigious scientific journal. This site gives you access to the contents. Although some parts of the site are free, you must pay to see the text of the articles—but they are available for free in the libraries of most research universities)
http://flybase.bio.indiana.edu/ (FlyBase: a comprehensive searchable database for information on the genetics and molecular biology of Drosophila—the fruit fly)
http://www.exploratorium.edu/exhibits/mutant_flies/mutant_flies.html (Has pictures and descriptions of mutant fruit flies)