HCCC Libraries: Biology: Websites

Interactive and Multimedia Resources

Animal Diversity Web
Animal Diversity Web is an online database of animal natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology by the University of Michigan. It has thousands of individual species accounts written by students and descriptions of taxa above the species level written by professionals.
Concord Consortium STEM Resource Finder
These scientifically accurate models and activities have been funded by the National Science Foundation and other private and federal granting agencies, and developed by curriculum experts. Linked are the biology resources for higher education students.
HHMI BioInteractive
BioInteractive's resources are designed to connect students to big ideas in biology, promote engagement with science practices, and instill awe and wonder about the living world. Linked are the interactive biology resources.
Learn.Genetics
Learn.Genetics is a free website from the University of Utah that provides a vast library of multimedia pages, developed by researchers and science teachers. The site covers topics related to genetics, evolution, metabolism, medicine, cell biology, neuroscience, and ecology.

Biodiversity Heritage Library
The Biodiversity Heritage Library improves research methodology by collaboratively making biodiversity literature openly available to the world as part of a global biodiversity community.
BMC
BMC (BioMedCentral) has an evolving portfolio of some 300 peer-reviewed journals, sharing discoveries from research communities in science, technology, engineering and medicine.
NCBI Bookshelf
The NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information) Bookshelf provides free online access to books and documents in life science and healthcare. Search, read, and discover.
PLOS
PLOS (Public Library of Science) journals offer 215,000+ peer-reviewed articles that are free to access, reuse and redistribute.

ScienceDaily
ScienceDaily features breaking news about the latest discoveries in science, health, the environment, technology, and more -- from leading universities, scientific journals, and research organizations.
Science
Science publishes the very best in research across the sciences, with articles that consistently rank among the most cited in the world. Science is published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
The New York Times: Science Section
New York Times Science has the latest news and updates regarding a variety of scientific topics, including health and climate.