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1. Cell Structure
   Interactive animated lessons provide material and tests about prokaryote, animal, and plant cells. At the end of this lesson, you should be able to recognize the difference between these types of cells and 'understand the function of the organelles in theses different cells.'. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   02-08-2007 : animal cells, biology, cells, eukaryotic, plant cells, prokaryote
2. University of California Press: Public Only Subject List
   Free online books available to the public, listed by subjects.
   01-16-2007 : aboriginal peoples, africa, african american studies, african history, aging, agriculture, american literature, american studies, ancient history, anthropology, archaeology, architectural history, architecture, art, art criticism, art history, art theory, arts, asian history, asian literature, asian studies, autobiographies, autobiography, biographies, biology, bisexual studies, botany, buddhism, business, california and the west, central america, central american history, chicano studies, china, christianity, cinema, classical history, classical literature, classical philosophy, classical politics, classical religions, classics, comparative literature, composers, computer science, contemporary music, cooking, criminology, cultural anthropology, dance, demographics, east asia, eastern european studies, ecology, economics, education, english literature, environmental studies, ethics, ethnic groups, ethnic studies, ethnomusicology, european history, european literature, european studies, fiction, film, folklore, food, french studies, gay studies, gender studies, geography, geology, german studies, hinduism, history, history and philosophy of science, indigenous peoples, indigenous religions, intellectual history, islam, japan, jewish studies, judaism, labor studies, languages, latin america, law, lesbian studies, letters, linguistics, literary theory and criticism, literature, literature in translation, marine and freshwater sciences, mathematics, media studies, medical anthropology, medicine, medieval studies, men and masculinity, middle ages, middle eastern history, middle eastern studies, military history, music, musicology, mythology, native american studies, opera, pacific rim studies, performing arts, philosophy, physical sciences, physics, poetry, political theory, politics, popular culture, postcolonial studies, print media, psychiatry, psychology, public policy, religions, renaissance history, renaissance literature, rhetoric, russian studies, science, social and political thought, social problems, social science, social theory, sociology, south america, south asia, southeast asia, technology and society, theater, tibet, travel, tribes, twain, united states history, urban studies, victorian history, water, western history, wine, women's studies
3. Teaching and Learning on the Web
   '... examples of how the web is being used as a medium for learning. ...includes sites that range from courses delivered entirely via the web to courses that offer specific activities related to a class assignment or perhaps courses that offer class support materials via the web.' Search by subject.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   01-16-2007 : agriculture, anthropology, archaelogy, art, astronomy, biology, business, chemistry, class support materials, computer, economics, education, engineering, english, geography, geology, health, history, humanities, journalism, language, law, literature, management, mathematics, medical, music, nursing, occupational, online courses, philosophy, physics, political science, psychology, religions, sociology, syllabi, teaching resources, technology, writing, zoology
4. Martindale's The Reference Desk
   Reference materials for many areas of academic and personal use. Includes a 'virtual medical center.'. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   01-16-2007 : aircraft, arts, astronomy, biology, bioscience, biotech, calculators, cards, chemistry, contruction, cooking, country studies, cyberinfrastructure, education, engineering, entertainment, fashion, food, geoscience, international organizations, international studies, internet, lanugages, materials science, mathematics, media, physics, recipes, remodeling, science, travel, world maps, yachts
5. The American Journal of Human Genetics
   A subscription journal of the American Society of Human Genetics.
   01-13-2007 : biology, human genetics
6. Molecular Plant Pathology On-Line
   A free online journal. Ceased publishing in 1999.
   01-11-2007 : biology, molecular plant pathology
7. Everyday Mysteries: Fun Science Facts
   Deals 'with everyday phenomena that we often take for granted, but ... can be explained scientifically. ... All of the questions presented on this Web site were asked by researchers and answered by librarians from the Library's Science Reference Services.'. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   01-11-2007 : aeronautics, agriculture, animals, anthropology, astronautics, astronomy, biology, botany, celestial bodies, chemicals, chemistry, climate, climatology, crops, energy and matter, everyday mysteries, farming, food, geography, home economics, human anatomy, inventions, leisure, life sciences, livestock, maintenance, maps, meteorology, motor vehicles, nutrition, people, phenomena, physics technology, plant life, questions and answers, recreation, science, seasons, substances, technology, turkeys, vehicular travel, weather, zoology
8. Zoom School
   An 'on-line elementary school classroom with lessons in geography, biology, language arts, and early childhood activities.' Includes craft projects and several illustrated dictionaries in English, French, Spanish, German or Portuguese (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   01-11-2007 : 1-8 education, aardvarks, africa, alligators, antarctica, apes, astronomy, australia, beavers, biology, birds, butterflies, canada, craft projects, dictionaries: children, dinosaurs, early childhood, early childhood activities, education, elementary grades, geography, great wall of china, ice age mammals, japan, k-12 education, ladybug, language arts, lesson plans, mammals, manatees, pandas, rainforests, saber toothed cats tigers, science, sharks, teaching resources, united states, whales
9. WebTeach.html
   Interesting ideas and examples of how to use the internet and other instructional technology as teaching tools.
   01-11-2007 : anthropology, archaeology, biology, education, history, instruction, internet, internet and instructional technology as teaching tools, microbiology, nutrition, teaching resources, u.s. history, zoology
10. Crop Diversity: What is Crop Diversity
    Looks at crop diversity and its importance in agriculture and food security. Discusses the conservation of crop diversity, threats to crops, and priority crops such as bananas, maize, sorghum, and cassava.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-10-2006 : agriculture, biology, crop diversity, diversity, genebank, seeds
11. Academic Info: Digital Libraries
    Many digital libraries, with descriptions, are listed.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-09-2006 : africa, african american history, agriculture, american literature, american studies, american women's history, ancient egypt, ancient near east - mesopotamia, ancient [western] history, anthropology, archaeology, architecture, arts. art history, astronomy, atmospheric sciences, australian aboriginal studies, australian studies, biblical studies, biochemistry, biodiversity, biology, biotechnology, bisexual studies, botany, british history, british studies, buddhism studies, canadian history, canadian studies, central america, chemical engineering, chemistry, china studies, christian studies, civil engineering, classical studies, cold war, communication studies, comparative literature, computer science, criminal justice, distance learning, drama, early america, economics, education, electrical engineering, electronic libraries and digital archives, engineering, english literature, environmental history, environmental studies, european history, film studies, gay studies, genetics, geography, geology and geoscience, german history, gnosticism, government documents, health, hinduism, history, history of india, human rights, india studies, indian history, internet studies, irish history, islam, japan studies, jewish studies, journalism, judaism, latin america, law, lesbian studies, libraries, library and information science, linguistics, maps, mathematics, mechanical engineering, medicine, medieval studies, mental health, meteorology, mexico studies, middle ages, middle eastern studies, modern america, museum studies, music history and studies, muslims, native american studies, new republic, nutrition, oceanography, philosophy, physics, poetry, political science, religious studies, renaissance, russian history, russian literature, russian studies, science, sociology, south america, statistics, technology, transgender studies, united states history, water resources, women's studies, world war i (1914-1918), world war ii (1939-1945), zoology
12. Best of the Web
    An extensive list selected by librarians.
    11-09-2006 : abbreviations, acronyms, address directories, adult literacy, aids, almanacs, anagrams, anthropology, apparel, archaeology, area studies, art. architecture, arts administration, astronomy, audio books, authors, avian influenza, awards, bankruptcies, best of the web, biographies, biology, bird flu, bisexual studies, book arts, book trade, books, books and 'zines, booksellers, botany, bronx on the web, building, buildings, buses, business, calculators, calendars, careers, celebrations, chemistry, children, children's resources, citation guides, climatology, communication, community, community information, company information, computers, construction, consumer, converters, copyright, cosmetics, cost of living, country information, culinary history, current events, dance, dictionaries, disability information, disability resources, disaster preparedness, domestic violence, earth science, economic statistics, education, eldercare, elections, email, emergency preparedness, employment, encyclopedias, engineering, environmental science, ethnic groups, evaluating information, exercise, fashion, federal government, film, finance, financial, fine arts, folklore, food, food science, foreign governments, fragrances, fun and interesting sites, games, gay, genealogy, geography, geology, government, government agencies, government: documents, government: state and local, grammar, hardware, health, health care providers and facilities, health info in languages, healthy eating, historical documents, history, history of medicine, hiv, holidays, homelessness, homework help, housing, humanities, immigrants, immigration, industry information, insurance, internet, job training, journal articles, law, law dictionaries, law libraries, law societies, lawyer and law firm directories, lawyer referral, legal abbreviations, legal aid services, legal forms, legal information, legal issues, legal search tools, lesbian, libraries, linguistics, literature, macintosh computers, magazine articles, manhattan on the web, manuscripts, maps, market research, mathematics, measurements, media, medical dictionaries, medical research and trials, medicine, medicine: alternative, medicines: prescription and nonprescription, men, mental health and behavior, movies, music, mysticism, mythology, names, native north american resources, new york, new york city, news, occult, operating systems, parapsychology, parent resources, patents, people, performing arts, pet health, philosophy, photography, physical fitness, physics, political science, prescription and nonprescription medicines, primary documents public records, prizes, programming languages, psychology, publishers, quotations, radio, reading, recorded sound, religions, resources for older adults, resources for young adults, science, search the internet, self-help, senior citizens, seniors' organizations, small business, social sciences, social services, sociology, software, space science, sports, staten island on the web, statistical sources, statistics, subways, teaching resources, technology, teen life, teenagers, telephone directories, television, textiles, theatre, theology, time, trademarks, training, trains, transgender studies, translation, transportation, travel, united nations, viruses, volunteering, voter information, weather, web design, websites for writers, women's studies, world wide web, writers' resources, zoology
13. Best Information on the Net
    An academic site covering resources by major, hot paper topics, student and faculty resources, and more.
    11-09-2006 : accounting, art and photography, astronomy, best information on the net internet web, biology, business, chemistry, communication, computer science, criminal justice, education, english, environmental management, foreign languages, geology, government, history, industrial engineering, irish studies, law, math, medicine, multicultural studies, music, network administration, nursing, occupational therapy, philosophy, physical education, physical therapy, physics, political science, psychology, religions, science, service learning, social work, sociology, special education, theatre, women's studies
14. Dracunculiasis (Guinea Worm Disease)
    Info on dracunculiasis, known as Guinea worm disease (GWD), 'a preventable infection caused by the parasite Dracunculus medinensis. Infection affects poor communities in remote parts of Africa that do not have safe water to drink.'. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-09-2006 : animals, biology, cdc nematodes, diseases and conditions, dracunculiasis, guinea worm, mmwr, parasites, parasitic diseases, parasitic diseases: africa
15. Animal Diversity Web
    An 'online database of animal natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology.' Covers mammals, birds, arthropods, amphibians, reptiles, sharks, bony fishes, and other animals. Includes audio of selected animals, resources for teachers, and links to related sites. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-09-2006 : animal diversity, animals, biology, birds, science
16. United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)
    '... provides biodiversity information for policy and action to conserve the living world. ... Programmes concentrate on species, forests, protected areas, marine, mountains and freshwaters; plus habitats affected by climate change ....' Also addresses 'the relationship between trade and the environment.' (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-09-2006 : biology, conservation of natural resources, diversity, environment, environmental monitoring, united nations environment programmer, wildlife conservation
17. PLoS: Public Library of Science
    A gateway to two free online high-quality journals: PLoS Biology and PLoS Medicine. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-08-2006 : biology, electronic online journals, medicine
18. Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter
    Photographs, songs, and identification tips for North American birds. Has both common and scientific names for birds.
    11-08-2006 : biology, bird identification, north american birds, photographs, songs, wildlife
19. Iowa State University Entomology Image Gallery
    Photos of many types of insects and plant diseases, and plant damage. Links to Integrated Crop Management, a research publication on insects. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-08-2006 : arachnids, beetles, biology, butterflies, caterpillars, cicadas, crickets, entomology, flies, gardening, grasshoppers, images, insects, integrated crop management, leafhoppers, lice, mosquitoes, moths, pests, photographs, plant diseases, plants, ticks, true bugs
20. Beetle Science
    Photos of beetles, a timeline, an interactive presentation on biodiversity, and a lab tour. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-08-2006 : agriculture, arachnids, beetles, biodiversity, biology, coleoptera, entomology, explore cornell, farming, gardening, insect pests, insects, labor tour, timeline

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