Guides: Biology: Websites

Environmental Issues and Sustainability

Green Interview This link opens in a new window
The Green Interview : video and audio interviews between Silver Donald Cameron and those thinkers, writers, and observers who are leading the way to a new era of sustainability. Among the leaders interviewed to date are Elizabeth May, Gwynne Dyer, James Lovelock, Paul Watson, and Farley Mowat.

Biodiversity Heritage Library
Ten major libraries and research institutions in the U.S. and Britain intend to digitize the literature on biodiversity in their collections and make it openly accessible through a "biodiversity commons."
Biowizard Research Guide
For information on how to search the PubMed database.
EurekAlert!
An online, global news service, for universities, medical centers, journals, government agencies, corporations and other organizations engaged in research to bring their news to the media. Includes a section for Biology.
Integrated Taxonomic Information System
Quick, easy to use resource to find scientific names of organisms and phylogenetic trees.
Library of Congress: Science Reference Services
Site has a subject guide for biology, genetics, natural history and zoology. Topics can be browsed in the A to Z index of of the science reference services website.
Public Library of Science
Contains peer reviewed journals available to all internet users, including PLoS Biology.

SciCentral This link opens in a new window
Has sections for Biosciences and Health Sciences that provide news articles and have guides to other online tools.

WorldWideScience
A global gateway that allows searching of national and international science databases from Japan, South Africa, France and other countries.

Highlights articles from the New Scientist, a magazine to which MSVU has a current subscription.