Health and Life Sciences (General), Agriculture, Horticulture, Botany, Paleontology - Resource Page

Prime Sites

  • Alberta University (CA), Resource Guides in the Health Sciences - guides outline how to find info in particular subject area from sources such as books, journals, databases, dictionaries, directories, handbooks, manuals, govt publications, evidence-based resources, major web sites: Databases, Journals, Services

  • California University (US), Museum of Paleontology - investigates & promotes understanding of history of life & diversity of the earth's biota through research & education: understanding evolution (evolution & how it works, relevance of evolutionary theory to everyday lives, evidence for evolution, history of evolutionary theory), collections (microfossils, invertebrates, vertebrates, paleobotany, historical archives, Specimen images), Mystery fossil, Research, Special exhibits, News and events, Education and public programs, Glossary, FAQ

  • North Carolina State University (US), WWW Virtual Library, Agriculture - news, browse (region, type of site), subject area (agrichemicals/biotechnology, agricultural safety information, commodities (associations), consultants, crop/livestock specific, databases, discussion, environmental organizations, equipment, farms, federal agencies/ministries, food & food processors, gardening/horticulture, grower (co-operatives, organizations), HE, associations, insurance, jobs, law, libraries & portals, marketing, organic/biocontrol/non-traditional ag, pest management, precision agriculture, precollege education, publications/publishing, real estate, research, programs & foundations, scientific society, search engines/directories, software/internet, state or province)

Other Sites

  • Agricultural Research Service (ARS) (US) - solutions to agricultural problems that affect Americans every day, from field to table: Science in Your Shopping Cart, Technology Successes, Research Timeline, Plans & Reports, Publications & Other Resources, Hall of Fame, Civil Rights, Research, Products & Services, News & Events, Partnering, Careers

  • Food and Agriculture Organization of UN - international efforts to defeat hunger, serves both developed and developing countries, acts as neutral forum to negotiate agreements and debate policy: Agriculture and Consumer Protection, Economic and Social Development, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Forestry, Natural Resources Management and Environment, Technical Cooperation, Interdisciplinary Activities, Statistical Databases, Country information, Virtual Library, Publications, news, meetings, knowledge forum, programmes, special initiatives

  • Intute (UK), Health and Life Sciences - free online service with access to resources for education and research evaluated and selected by subject specialists, over 31,000 resource descriptions: Medicine, Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health, Veterinary, Bioresearch, Natural History, Agriculture, Food and Forestry, BioethicsWeb, MedHist, Psci-com (public engagement with science and technology), Virtual Training Suite, Support materials, events, services, Blog, Hot topics, Newsround, Timelines, books and articles

  • Maryland University (US), Plants: Common and Scientific Names - selected list of info sources for plant names for both US & world, taxonomy, classification & nomenclature of plants: finding books on a topic, plants (in general, exotic, flowerless, garden/edible, grasses/range, herbs/medicinal, indoor, poisonous), trees, shrubs & vines, weeds, wildland plants, indexes & abstracts, internet resources

  • MedBioWorld (US) - medical & bioscience info resource & reference site providing access to medical & bioscience Journals, associations, databases & other medical resources: news, access (databases of free, full-access, scholarly research collections), Post Genomics Blog (essays from top researchers within the genomics and proteomics fields, info on upcoming conferences and meetings, funding resources, research tools)

  • National Agricultural Library (NAL) (US), - advancing access to global information for agriculture: animals & livestock, food & nutrition, history, art & biography, laws & regulation, marketing & trade, plants & crops, research & technology, rural & community development, catalog, collections, info centers, reports, structure & organization, Education and Outreach, History, Art, Biography, Natural Resources and Environment

  • Paleontology Portal (US) - Exploring Time & Space, Fossil Gallery, Famous Flora & Fauna, Media Resources, Careers, Resources (courses, field guides, legalities, methods, maps and publications), meetings and events, collections, FAQ

  • Wageningen Desktop Library (NL) - portals (basic & agricultural sciences, social sciences, agrotechnology & food sciences, environmental sciences, plant sciences, animal sciences, general reference)

  • Würzburg University (DE), Links for Palaeobotanists - What´s New, Teaching Documents, Fossil and Recent Plant Taxa, Preservation & Taphonomy, Palaeobotanical Tools, Institutions & Organisations, Conferences & List Server, Palynology, Ecology & Palaeoenvironment, Palaeoclimate, Evolution & Extinction, Geology, Software, Upper Triassic, Literature Search, Databases & Glossaries, Images of Plant Fossils, Job & Experience

  • XTALENT Enterprises (AU), Image Gallery - Microscopic and Macroscopic views of our World: Microscopic World, Nanoworld Image Gallery, Macroscopic World

Associations, Consortia, Networks

  • Agriculture Network Information Center (AgNIC) (US) - info and sources: Animal Science and Animal Products, Biological Sciences, Breeding and Genetic Improvement, Economics, Business and Industry, Farms and Farming Systems, Food and Human Nutrition, Forest Science and Forest Products, Geographical Locations, Government, Law and Regulations, Health and Pathology, Insects and Entomology, Natural Resources, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Physical Sciences, Plant Science and Plant Products, Research Technology and Engineering, Rural and Agricultural Sociology, Taxonomic Classification of Organisms

  • Open Directory Project - agriculture

  • Open Directory Project - botany

  • Waterloo University (CA), Scholarly Societies Project - resources of scholarly societies: health sciences

  • Yahoo (US) - paleontology

Journals & Newsletters

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