Biotechnology

Databases: find journal articles, technical reports, etc.

• Academic Search Premier. Full text for over 3,300 scholarly publications.
• AGRICOLA. Produced by the National Agricultural Library.
• AGRIS. Produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
• BioMed Central. Full text for over 100 "open access" peer-reviewed biomedical and bioinformatics journals.
• Directory of Open Access Journals [DOAJ]. Provides access to the full text of over 1100 free scholarly journals.
• FSTA: Food Science & Technology Abstracts.
• Ingenta. References to articles from over 27,000 publications.
• MEDLINE. References on biomedicine and related basic sciences. Compiled by the National Library of Medicine. Subset of PubMed.
• Nature. Full text, 1997 to present. Nature is an international journal publishing original, groundbreaking research in all scientific disciplines.
• PubMed. MEDLINE references, plus "in process" citations, references to additional life science literature, and citations to older biomedical literature (1950-1965). Produced by the National Library of Medicine. Part of the Entrez life sciences search engine.
• PubMed Central (PMC). Archive of biomedical and life sciences journal articles, compiled by NIH.
• Science Accelerator, Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Department of Energy. Search collections of DOE research results, project descriptions, and accomplishments. These collections enable you to find out about ongoing research projects, explore significant DOE discoveries, learn about DOE Nobel Prize Winners, access and search scientific e-prints, locate science conference papers and proceedings, patents, and more.
• TOXNET. National Library of Medicine databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas. Includes TOXLINE references.
• U.S. Patent Database.

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

• Access Science. Online version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology and the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms. Includes over 8,500 online encyclopedia articles and 15,000 illustrations from the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 10th Edition and regularly updated, fully-searchable media-rich content, terms, images and video.Includes over 8,500 online encyclopedia articles and 15,000 illustrations from the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 10th Edition and regularly updated, fully-searchable media-rich content, terms, images and video.

Professional Societies

• American Chemical Society
• American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• American Society for Microbiology
• American Society for Virology
• BIO: Biotechnology Industry Organization
• FASEB [Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology]
• FEMS-Federation of European Microbiological Societies
• IUBMB [International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology]
• Royal Society of Chemistry

Technical Data

• Biocatalysis/Biodegradation Database. Produced by the University of Minnesota.
• IUBMB Nomenclature Home Page. Recommendations on biochemical and organic nomenclature, symbols, and terminology.
• CBER - Center for Biologics Evaluation & Research [FDA]
• ChemFinder. Chemical structures and physical property data.
• Entrez, The Life Sciences Search Engine. Produced by the National Library of Medicine. Includes peptide and genetic databases as well as PubMed.
• EPA Microbiology Home Page
• ICTVdB, Universal Virus Database
• MedWatch - Medical Product Safety Information [FDA] 
• MSDS SEARCH National Repository. Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs) from large collection of manufacturers.
• MSDS Solutions. Over 1 million Material Safety Data Sheets.
• Nicholson-Minimaps. Metabolic pathway charts.
• NIST Data Gateway. Scientific and technical data from the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology.
• Protocol Online. Research protocols in a variety of life science fields.
• Resources for Genetic and Cytogenetic Nomenclature. Genetic nomenclature for humans and model organisms.
• U.S. FDA - CDER Home Page [Center for Drug Evaluation and Research]

Scientific Product Buyers Guides

• ATCC: The Global Bioresource Center [American Type Culture Collection]
• Carolina Biological Supply Company
• ChemACX Net from ChemFinder.Com
• CCMP - The Provasoli-Guillard National Center for Culture of Marine Phytoplankton
• UTEX Culture Collection of Algae
• Zebrafish International Resource Center [ZIRC]

Internet Directories

• Bio-Link.org
• Biological, Agricultural & Medical Sciences [INFOMINE]
• Biotechnology Information Directory [Virtual Library]
• Cell and Molecular Biology Online
• The E. coli Index
• Genetics Virtual Library
• MaineLifeScience.com
• The Microbiology Network: Links & Search Engines
• MMCRI [Maine Medical Center Research Institute]: Research Links
• NCBI [National Center for Biotechnology Information] HomePage
• Science.gov
• SciTechResources.gov: U.S. Government web sites
• Virtual Library-Developmental Biology
• Virtual Library of Biochemistry & Cell Biology
• Where to find MSDS on the Internet
• The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding
• The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Parasitology
• The WWW Virtual Library: Model Organisms

Raymond H. Fogler Library University of Maine Orono, ME 04469 207-581-1661

Updated: 01/21/2008
by Martin Wallace