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1Up Info (part of the Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Columbia University Press): Encyclopedia. An online encyclopedia with numerous articles on many topics. Go to: Plants and Animals.
Academic Press Limited: The Dictionary of Cell Biology This server contains the text of the Second edition, published in April 1995, together with enhancements, hypertext links and new entries which are destined for the third edition. Also available via http://www.mblab.gla.ac.uk/dictionary/. More than 6500 records!
John R. Anderson, Georgia Perimeter College Geology: The World of Geology, Prefix/Suffix Meanings.
babylon.com Ltd.: Free Dictionaries & Glossaries. Go to: Biology.
Günter Bechly, SMNS, Stuttgart: Glossary of Phylogenetic Systematics with a critic of mainstream cladism.
University of California, Berkeley Museum, Natural History Glossary: Volume 1: Phylogenetics
University of California, Berkeley Museum, Natural History Glossary: Volume 3: Biochemistry
University of California, Berkeley Museum, Natural History Glossary: Volume 4: Cell Biology
! Natural History Museum, University of California, Berkeley (by Allen Collins et al.): UCMP Glossary. For practicing biologists and paleontologists in various fields. You may also browse by volume: Go to: Phylogenetics, or Botany, and Volume 7: Zoology
Biology Online. Information in the Life Sciences. Go to: Biology-Online Dictionary. This dictionary is based on a WiKi system, which enables everyone to add and update the content.
BIOSIS, Internet Resource Guide for Zoology: Nomenclatural Glossary for Zoology.
! BioTech, Indiana University, University of Texas, Austin: An illustrated Dictionary. BioTech is a high level dictionary for college students and professionals, a hybrid biology/chemistry educational resource and research tool on the World Wide Web. Offers good graphics of bio-molecules. More then 8300 terms dealing with biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, cell biology and genetics. Excellent!
Alison Campbell, Penelope Cooke, Kathrin Cass and Kerry Earl, The "Evolution for Teaching" Website Project, University of Waikato, New Zealand: The Evolution of Life. Information about the evolution of life on Earth. Go to: Glossary.
Mike Crisp, Society of Australian Systematic Biologists: Introductory Glossary of Cladistic Terms.
Mike Farabee, Estrella Mountain Community College Center, Avondale, Arizona: On-Line Biology Book. Introductory biology lecture notes. Go to: Glossary.
Heymans Institute of Pharmacology, University of Gent, and Mercator College, Department of Applied Linguistics (commissioned by The European Commission): Multilingual Glossary of technical and popular medical terms in nine European Languages. This site provides access to a glossary of about 1,400 scientific and popular medical terms in English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Greek and Danish.
! International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature: The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (4th edition, 1999).
! John W. Kimball (Wm C. Brown Publishers, Dubuque, Iowa): Kimball's Biology Pages. This page consist of a list of topics, arranged alphabetically, of biological terms. Each item may include a definition, underlined links to other definitions, or links to "mini" essays on the topic. See also here. Excellent!
! John W. Kimball: Kimball's Biology Pages. The pages represent an online biology textbook, arranged much like an index, alphabetically by topics. Excellent!
! John Lackie and Julian Dow, Division of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow. (Copyright by Academic Press): The Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology. In agreement with Academic Press free access is restricted to occassional use (1 day every 90)! You may also search from here.
S.M. Mandaville, Soil & Water Conservation Society of Metro Halifax: Limnological terms, definitions, acronyms and concepts.
The Merck Manuals: Pronunciations.
Peter Ommundsen, Selkirk College, Canada: Pronunciation of Biological Latin. Including taxonomic names of plants and animals.
Michael Pidwirny, Department of Geography, Okanagan University College: Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Glossary of Terms.
Jeff Poling, Dinosauria Online: Dictionary.
! William K. Purves, David Sadava, Gordon H. Orians, and H. Craig Heller Life, The Science of Biology (Seventh Edition). The Companion Site. Interactive summaries, the glossary, animated tutorials and lots of flahcards (review figures).
! James L. Reveal, Norton-Brown Herbarium, University of Maryland: FindIT, Links to Web Sites of Botanical Interest, Dictionaries. Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology - Life Sciences - e.g. Biology, Botany, Cell Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Molecular Biology, Systematics, etc. Excellent!
Birgid Schlindwein, Weihenstephan Library, Technische Universität München, Germany: Hypermedia Glossary Of Genetic Terms. A collection of currently 589 terms. Wildcards (*) are needed in the name to find anything other than an exact match.
! Society of Australian Systematic Biologists (SASB): Introductory Glossary of Cladistic Terms.
! U.S. Geological Survey: USGS frequently asked questions (What's the difference between a rock and a mineral?), FAQ's about Paleontology, and Biology. U.S. Geological Survey FAQ websites contain answers to the most commonly-asked questions regarding geoscience topics: e.g. search for: fossil. Other FAQ´s are available here. Excellent!
UNL AgNIC Plant Sciences Page. From the Libraries of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), and the Agriculture Network Information Center (AgNIC). Dictionaries. This page contains links to (chiefly biological) dictionaries, glossaries and similar reference tools.
! T.J. Wiese, Fort Hays State University, Kansas: Glossary of Prefixes, Roots and Suffixes.
World Resources Institute, Washington, DC, Biodiversity Site:
Biodiversity Glossary of Terms, and
http://www.wri.org/wri/biodiv/gbs-glos.html.
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