Online Databases
Access Science
A collection of science reference materials, including articles from the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, definitions of scientific terms, biographies of scientists, news, websites, and images.
Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of North America
Information on the "habitats and ecosystems of more than 1,200 species identified as endangered or threatened by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service."
InfoTrac
Full-text and indexed journal articles from a variety of sources.
Websites
Energy Citations Database (ECD)
http://www.osti.gov/energycitations/index.jsp
The Energy Citations Database (ECD) "provides free access to over two million science research citations from
1948 through the present, with continued growth through regular updates. There are over 140,000 electronic
documents, primarily from 1994 forward, available via the database. Citations and documents are made publicly
available by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)".
Earth Trends: The Environmental Information Portal
http://earthtrends.wri.org/
"This site provides information on environmental topics such as coastal and marine ecosystems,
climate and atmosphere, and agriculture and good. Included are data tables, country profiles, maps and articles.
This site maintained by the World Resources Institute (WRI)". (New York Public Library)
Intute: Sciences
http://www.intute.ac.uk/sciences/
Searchable collection of high-quality annotated websites on a variety of scientific topics. Environmental ones are part of the collection even though they do not have a separate collection.
MarineBio.org
http://marinebio.org/
The non-profit volunteer organization MarineBio.org, formed in 1998, consists of "marine biologists, students,
professors, and conservation advocates working to share the wonders of the ocean realm to inspire education,
research and a sea ethic." Mosts of the participants come from the US and UK.
National Center for Biotechnology Information
http://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
The National Center for Biotechnology Information offers access to several databases, among which PubMed.
The link to Entrez Databases allows one to search various databases.
University of California, San Diego: SCRIPPS Institute of Oceanography
http://collections.ucsd.edu/pi/
SCRIPPS from the University of California, San Diego, is one of the leading institutions in marine biology research.
University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK: Little Lab
http://www.biology.ed.ac.uk/research/groups/tlittle/index.html
The Little Lab, Institute of Evolutionary Biology at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland UK consists of a
dozen researchers dedicated to the study of "host-parasite evolution and combines the study of immune systems,
virulence, host evolution, parasite evolution and parasite-driven population dynamics." The experiments often use
"the crustacean Daphnia and its microparasites."
