Biological sciences: useful websites
This page lists useful, free internet resources for biological sciences. See databases for biological sciences for a list of key online sources purchased by the University to help you find information in this subject.
Key sites
- Intute: Biological science
Guide to quality Internet resources in biological sciences. Resources are evaluated and annotated, and both browsing and searching options are available. Includes the sub-gateway Intute: Medicine.
Please note: Updates to Intute ceased in July 2011. Links on the website will no longer be checked.
Guides and tutorials
- Engage in Research
This site answers a wide range of questions about research and the scientific method. Includes interactive elements designed to test your knowledge.
- Evaluating websites: a guide
Hints on assessing the reliability of information you find on the Internet.
- The web
A brief guide to finding information which includes links to the main search engines.
General sites related to biological sciences
- BUBL
BUBL provides a limited number of carefully selected resources covering all academic subject areas. Access is possible either by subject or Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC). Relevant links for biotechnology have been divided into the following subject categories:-
Life sciences, biology
Agriculture
Medical sciences
- SciCentral Biotechnology and Biological Sciences
Latest research news in the biosciences
- ScienceResearch.com
A portal allowing cross-searching of numerous scientific journals and public science databases
- WWW Virtual Library Biosciences
Various collections of links including botany, genetics and microbiology
General sites related to plant sciences
- Agriculture Network Information Centre (AgNic)
A US-based guide to quality Internet resources in food, agriculture and the environment. Includes links to over 500 resources in plant sciences. The database can be searched by keyword or browsed by subject, and each link is evaluated and described by a subject expert
- Farmers Weekly Interactive
Daily news of worldwide agricultural issues, a searchable news archive, details of forthcoming events, and DEFRA (Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) press releases. Free access, but registration required
- Internet Directory for Botany
An index to botanical information available on the Internet
- National Agricultural Library (US)
The site includes access to publications (including AGRICOLA online), photo archives, databases and a calendar of agricultural conferences
Organisations
- American Society for Microbiology
- Biochemical Society
- British Society for Immunology
- British Society of Animal Science
- HEA Centre for Bioscience
- DEFRA (Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs)
- FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
- J. Craig Venter Institute (genomics research)
- Pathological Society
- Royal Horticultural Society
- Society for Applied Microbiology
- Society for General Microbiology (SGM)
- Society of Biology