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Research by Subject - Cell & Molecular Biology
DATABASES PERIODICALS

Click here for Sciences databases (includes Biology). 

The best starting point for any sort of research, databases are large collections of information which may include citations, abstracts, ebooks, fulltext articles from scholarly journals or magazines, images, multi-media files and more.

Find Journals in Biology.  

Journals found here are available in print at Plough Library and/or online through CBU databases. Look for the name of the journal you are interested in, for example:

  • biochemistry and cell biology
  • international journal of cell biology
  • nature reviews molecular cell biology
NEWS REFERENCE BOOKS / E-BOOKS
(For more, search the BUCCAT Library Catalog)
  • The Cell: A Molecular Approach, NCBI Bookshelf.
  • Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2nd ed. (1989), Knovel ebook.
  • Dictionary of microbiology and molecular biology (2006), Credo ebook.
  • Encyclopedia of Molecular Biology (1999), Knovel ebook.
  • Molecular Biology of the Cell, NCBI Bookshelf.
  • Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2nd ed. (2006), Knovel ebook.
USEFUL WEBSITES

The Biology Project - Cell Biology: online, interactive learning materials from the University of Arizona.

The Biology Project - Molecular Biology: online, interactive learning materials from the University of Arizona.

Cell and Molecular Biology Online: Includes links to useful tables, introductory information to specific subject area (neuroscience, plant pathology, virology, etc.), and laboratory manuals.

The Cell: An Image Library: Interactive images of cell structures and functions.

Cells Alive! Brief overviews of cellular processes, illustrated.

Cellupedia: Provides an interactive introduction to the microscopic world of the cell.

Entrez: the Life Sciences Database: metasearcher for all NCBI online resources, including PubMed, PubChem, online books, LocatorPlus, OMIM and the genome, protein, and nucleotide databases.

Inside the Cell: Introduction to cell biology concepts from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences.

Introduction to Mitosis: A brief description of Mitosis with intricate descriptions of the stages of mitosis.

Molecular Biology Notebook Online: The Beginner's Guide to Molecular Biology: explainations, in plain English, of the basics of Molecular Biology.

National Center for Biotechnology Information: NCBI offers public databases, research in computational biology, software tools for analyzing genome data, and disseminates biomedical information.

NCBI Images Database: Specialized search engine focusing on the charts, graphs, figures from scientific research housed at PubMed Central.

Science Primer: Basic introduction to genetics and molecular biology from the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

ScienceCinema: searches video and multimedia content from Department of Energy, OSTI, Science.gov, and WorldWideScience.org. VIDEOS.

A Web Atlas of Cellular Structures: Micrographs illustrate a variety of subcellular structures and organelles.

 

 Related pages: Reseach by Subject - Biochemistry.
LIAISON FOR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Kay Cunningham (email: kay.cunningham@cbu.edu)