Biology

Writing in the Sciences

Writing Papers in the Biological Sciences/ Victoria E. McMillan
Scientific Style and Format: the CSE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers/ Council of Science Editors
Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science Students -- Editor, Michael Alley, Penn State

Mobile Apps & Websites

• EBSCOhost App
• Peterson Birds of North America (iTunes)
• Sibley eGuide to Birds
• SpringerLink (iTunes)
• Leonardo da Vinci: Anatomy (iTunes): 268 drawings at incredible resolution, compare Leonardo’s theories against modern knowledge with fascinating animations and state-of-the-art 3D models of human anatomy.

Useful Web Sites

BioEd Online: Biology Teacher Resources
eNature: FieldGuides
Scirus
Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Index to American Botanical Literature from The New York Botanical Garden
Science.gov
Swingle Plant Digital Archive
FlyBase -- Drosophila Genes and Genomes
National Center for Biotechnology Information
Information Bridge -- Technical reports and documents from the US Department of Energy
BioChemWeb.org
IUCN Redlist of Threatened Species
Endangered Species Program from the US Fish and Wildlife Service
BEN Portal 

New Books

The Wolf's Tooth: Keystone Predators, Trophic Cascades, and Biodiversity/Cristina Eisenberg
Biology is Technology: The Promise, Peril, and New Business of Engineering Life /Robert H. Carlson
The Kingdom Fungi: The Biology of Mushrooms, Molds, and Lichens /Steven L. Stephenson

eBooks from EBSCOhost

Epigenetics and Chromatin/ P. Jeanteur
Evolution, Creationism, and Intelligent Design A. Phy-Olsen  
Craft of Scientific Communication/ Joseph E. Harmon & Allen G. Gross