Biology Resource Guide: Websites

BASE: Bielefeld Academic Search Engine  one of the best and most comprehensive tools for locating open-access books, journals, dissertations, and other scholarly sources available worldwide.

Websites

• BioMed Central  Publisher of 220 peer-reviewed open access journals
• Cells Alive!
• Cell Image Library
• Charles Darwin's Papers Online
• DNA Interactive
• Encyclopedia of Life
• Genomic Biology (NCBI)
• Global Freshwater Biodiversity Atlas
• National Human Genome Research Institute
• PhysOrg.com  This free site is an excellent clearinghouse for scientific information.  Web site offers comprehensive daily coverage of science-, technology-, and medical-related news.
• PLOS Every article published is open access
• Royal Society Digital Journal Archives
• STEM Careers
• Stem Cell Resources
• Virtual Cell Animation Collection

Digital Libraries

• MetaLib, a service of the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (53 government databases, subject gateways, digital repositories and e-journals)
• National Science Digital Library
• OAIster More than 19 million digital resources from over 1,000 organizations developed by the University of Michigan.
• Science Portal  Science.gov (U.S. Government) 
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Digital Library
• WorldWideScience.org  is a global science gateway comprised of national and international scientific databases and portals.

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