Premedical Honor Society

"An online database of animal natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology at the University of Michigan"

From the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology this covers the indexed published literature of vertebrate paleontology from 1509-1993. "The BFV Online provides interactive access to the SVP's 'Bibliography of Fossil Vertebrates' series. Using the BFV Online, users can specify a search criterion, and receive a formatted list of matching literature references. Results will appear in a new window (users that have activated pop-up blocking in their browser may need to adjust their settings for this to work properly). Queries are formed like taxon = 'Tyrannosaurus'. Detailed instructions are available for writing queries, including complex Boolean statements and the use of pattern-matching."

"Ten major natural history museum libraries, botanical libraries, and research institutions have joined to form the Biodiversity Heritage Library Project. The group is developing a strategy and operational plan to digitize the published literature of biodiversity held in their respective collections. This literature will be available through a global 'biodiversity commons.'"

"The Internet is replete with resources available to those with an interest in bioethics including education, research involving human participants and animals, medical and health care ethics, and the implications of applied genetics and biotechnology. This website contains a broad collage of annotated web links, and while this list is comprehensive, it is not totally inclusive. The listed resources provide background information and various positions on issues in bioethics. Where possible, we have linked directly to those positions."

"This guide provides photographs and descriptions of biological control (or biocontrol) agents of insect, disease and weed pests in North America. It is also a tutorial on the concept and practice of biological control and integrated pest management (IPM)."

A collection of biology related newsgroups

"From Big Bang to Human Kind." An interdisciplinary, multimedia look at change and development in the universe from the Wright Center for Science Education.

"The mission of the Ecological Internet (EI) has consistently been to "empower the global movement for environmental sustainability by providing retrieval tools, portal services, expert analysis," and opportunities for "eco-action." Created and managed by Glenn Barry, a conservation biologist and political ecologist, Ecological Internet Inc. is a nonprofit organization that uses the Internet to promote and support worldwide conservation issues, ecological sustainability, and restoration.

The Ecological Internet environmental portal includes a group of separate appropriately named sites, each focusing on a different issue. They include EcoEarth.Info http://www.ecoearth.info/ (CH, Dec'06, 44-2100), Climate Ark, Forest Protection Portal http://forests.org/ (CH, Oct'08, 46-0871), Water Conserve http://www.waterconserve.org/, Rainforest Portal http://www.rainforestportal.org/, and Ocean Conserve http://www.oceanconserve.org/. My.Ecoearth.Info http://my.ecoearth.info/ enables users to have an environmental Web page in order to network with people with similar interests, launch campaigns/petitions, or write about environmental issues. Finally, Ecological Internet hosts a new "biocentric e-zine," New Earth Rising http://www.newearthrising.org/. EI is updated daily and contains archived information from 2000 forward; the site also lists current projects and campaigns. The overall layout of EI is somewhat confusing, but that is mainly because each individual site is very comprehensive and packed with information. There is a heavy reliance on color to differentiate the individual sites (which could be difficult for chromatically challenged users), and not every new screen or portal has links back to the main page. Results from searches performed using the search box on the main page are displayed on the EcoEarth.Info page; users can restrict their searches to just this site, links, news, or the entire Internet. EI provides scholarly information and will be a valuable resource for environmental academic programs, as well as an appropriate resource for students who are interested in getting involved in environmental issues." from Choice, April 2009

Don't just search PubMed, search across every database available from the NCBI at the same time.

"The goal of the GAP Analysis Program is to keep common species common by identifying those species and plant communities that are not adequately represented in existing conservation lands. Common species are those not currently threatened with extinction. By identifying their habitats, GAP Analysis gives land managers and policy makers the information they need to make better-informed decisions when identifying priority areas for conservation."