Recommended Websites
BioSupplyNet - a directory of biomedical research supplies and services. Search product or supplier information on: molecular biology reagents, cell biology reagents, immunoreagents, protein chemistry reagents, chromatography, microscopy, computer software and more..
ExPasy - ExPasy (Expert Protein Analysis System) WWW server is provided as a service to the life science community by a multidisciplinary team at the Swiss Institute of BioInformatics (SIB). It is dedicated to the analysis of protein sequences and structures as well as 2-D PAGE.
Intute: Health and Life Sciences - a free online service providing access to the web resources for education and research; evaluated and selected by a network of subject specialists. There are over 31,000 resource descriptions listed here that are freely accessible for keyword searching or browsing. Formerly known as BIOME, it contains specialised gateways of OMNI (medical and health sciences), NMAP (nursing, midwifery and allied health professions), VetGate (animal health and veterinary science), BioResearch (biological and biomedical research), Natural Selection (the natural world) and AgriFor (agriculture, food and forestry).
MedBioWorld - the Internet site for medical and bioscience journals, associations, databases and other resources - free website containing information about various medical and allied health specialties. The site also lets you access much current funding information, including that of fellowships and postdoctoral postitions. Included are also links to free books, journals articles and literature search services. Breaking news can be readily accessed by specialty as well.
MedlinePlus - MedlinePlus contains pages of carefully selected links to Web resources with authoritative health information, including dictionaries, directories, organizations, news sources and 650 health topics. It contains links to pre-formulated searches of the MEDLINE/PubMed database (PubMed/Medline is a Web-based, searchable database of over 16 million article references published in more than 4,800 biomedical journals and magazines), allowing you to find references to latest health professional articles on your topic.
NLM Gateway - National Library of Medicine (US) Gateway allows searching of databases (such as TOXLINE and PubMed) and access to other Health and Medical resources.
PDRHealth - PDRHealth is one of the Thomson family of websites. It provides information on diseares, staying healthy, drugs, clinical trials, and treatment option. In particular, the information on drugs is compiled from the annually published Physician's Desk Reference (PDR), one of Thomson's respected resource.
PubMed - PubMed provides access to over 12 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.
PubMed Central - PubMed Central is a digital archive of life sciences journal literature, developed and managed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the U.S. NLM. Access to PubMed Central is free and unrestricted. Available journals cover topics such as biochemistry, bioinformatics, biotechnology, cell biology, clinical pharmacology, genetics, genomics, medical ethics, medical imaging, medical informatics & decision making, medical research methodology, microbiology, molecular biology, physiology, and much more.
Scirus - Scirus is a science-specific search engine available on the Internet. It was launched by Elsevier Science, the leading international publisher of scientific information. It focuses on web sites containing scientific content and searches BioMed Central, Beilstein on ChemWeb, MEDLINE, and others to bring you peer-reviewed articles. Try the Advanced Search option. Email & Save functions are available on Scirus.
Tree of Life web project - one of the early Web projects on biodiversity and phylogeny, the site includes over 4,000 web pages and 526 scientist contributors worldwide. Each page within the tree presents information written by experts on a group of organisms. Most also provide images and extensive bibliographies.
US FDA/CFSAN bad bug book: foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and Natural Toxins Handbook - site contains links to information on Pathogenic Bacteria, Enterovirulent Escherichia Coli Group (EEC Group), Parasitic Protozoa and Worms, Viruses, Natural Toxins, and other Pathogenic Agents.
Gosling, P. J. (2002). Dictionary of biomedical sciences. London: Taylor & Francis.
King, P. H. & Frieds, R. C. (2009). Design of biomedical devices and systems. Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press.
Feng, D. D. (Ed.). (2008). Biomedical information technology. Amsterdam: Academic Press.
Rhoades, R. A. & Bell, D. R. (Ed.). (2009). Medical physiology: Principles for clinical medicine. New York: Marcel Dekker.
