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Biology

Resources available online and in the Shaw-Leslie Library to support research and inquiry in Biology and related science courses.

Cell Biology Animation
animated overview of cell biology fundamentals
Molecular Visualization Freeware
This site allows downloading and provides instruction in the use of RasMol and Chime, molecular visualization freeware (UMass).

National Center for Biotechnology Information This link opens in a new window
NCBI supplies extensive online resources for researchers, inluding PubMed, GenBank, BLAST, Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) and the Entrez resources.

KEGG (Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes)
A database resource for understanding high-level functions and utilities of the biological system, such as the cell, the organism and the ecosystem, from molecular-level information, especially large-scale molecular datasets generated by genome sequencing and other high-throughput experimental technologies.

Science.gov This link opens in a new window
Science.gov provides access to millions of authoritative scientific research results from U.S. federal agencies.

Here are some open access journals that are freely available on the Web.

Science Daily News: Molecular Biology