Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery

BioScience Resources

• Biology Browser

  This free web site offers resources for the life sciences information community.

• Cold Spring Harbor Protocols

  Coverage: current
  Source of new and classic biomedical research techniques. Currently it contains over 700 methods in molecular and cell biology and it covers cell and molecular biology, genetics, bioinformatics, protein science, and imaging.

• Entrez, the Life Sciences Search Engine

  Coverage: varies
  Searchable databases including: Nucleotide Sequence (GenBank, RefSeq, and PDB), Protein Sequence, Genome, Structure, Taxonomy, and many more. From the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

• Enzyme Database - BRENDA

  BRENDA is the main collection of enzyme functional data available to the scientific community. Contents include: nomenclature, reaction & specificity, functional parameters, enzyme structure, isolation & preparation, and more.

• GenBank

  Coverage: varies
  Entrez (DNA and protein sequence data, 3D structure data, and associated MEDLINE entries), BLAST (sequence similarity search tool), dbEST (Database of Expressed Sequence Tags), and dbSTS (Database of Sequence Tagged Sites). By NCBI.

• Protein Data Bank

  Coverage: current
  Worldwide depository of information about the three-dimensional structures of large biological molecules, including proteins and nucleic acids.

• The Biology Project

  Coverage: current
  The Biology Project is an interactive online resource for learning biology, developed at The University of Arizona. Units include: Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Mendelian Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

• Vadlo

  Coverage: current
  Vadlo is a search engine designed for biology research. Search for protocols, online tools, seminar presentations, databases, and software.

Background Information

• Action Bioscience

  Articles by scientists, science educators, and science students on issues related to seven bioscience challenges: environment, biodiversity, genomics, biotechnology, evolution, new frontiers in science, and bioscience education.

• Science Issues

  Topical issues on which the Royal Society has conducted a study, issued a science brief, held a meeting, issued a press release...

• Science.gov

  Authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. government agencies, including research and development results.

• WWW Virtual Library: Biosciences

  Extensive list of on-line bioscience resources arranged by specific subject area.