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Caltech's Institutional Repositories for faculty approved research results and other content supporting the mission of the Institute

Research publications by Caltech authors. Mainly articles, but also books, book chapters, conference papers and more. The repository is updated continuously as departments and library staff add available and recently published documents.

Information on "human subjects and animal research, institutional review boards (IRBs .. aka: research ethics committees), clinical ethics, international research ethics issues, genetics, and neuroethics."

Provides open access to research articles published in developing countries.

A database containing NIH/PubMed documents, plus a large collection of theses, dissertations, and other publications.

"...a dynamic international photo competition that honors the world's most extraordinary microscope images of life science subjects."

"Invasive alien species that threaten native biodiversity ... from micro-organisms to animals and plants ... 800 species in over 250 countries. Search by species name, country or location.

iBioSeminars is a freely available library of video seminars from outstanding scientists, including many HHMI investigators. These lectures, which describe on-going research in leading laboratories, feature an extensive introduction to the subject matter, making them accessible to advanced undergraduates or beginning graduate students and researchers outside of the specific field. Our goal is to add 15-20 outstanding lectures per year. Access, through web streaming or download, is completely free-of-charge."

Digitized version of the Index-Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office, U.S. Army ... covering the literature thru 1950.

An ASM collection of Videos (49), Images (447), Animations (127), and Protocols (41) ... supplemented by a Critical Thinking Question Bank.

"MicrobeWorld is an interactive multimedia educational outreach initiative from the American Society for Microbiology that promotes awareness and understanding of key microbiological issues to adult and youth audiences, and showcases the significance of microbes in our lives."

An attempt to research the "public health problems presented by obesity and diabetes."

"An ontology search query system, with specialized tools for gene set analysis and pathway visualization ... for mammalian, yeast, worm and plant species. Includes a specialized custom sequence annotation tool ... to extend predictive functions to newly sequenced or otherwise uncharacterized genomes."
Key Features at: http://www.biobase-international.com/product/proteome

A semantic search engine which simultaneously searches keywords in over 35,000,000 articles and conference abstracts from: Pubmed, Arxiv, Pubmed Central, IEEE, RePEc, Citeseer, NASA Library & Directory of Open Access Journals. Also includes: Similar Abstract Search Engine and Journal Finder.

Peer-reviewed encyclopedia articles ... Computational Neuroscience

Publicly available data on hazaard, exposure, and risk assessment ... and unpublished studies linking chemicals to cancer or reproductive or developmental problems. C&EN May 10, 2010 p.30

"AdverseEvents provides critical drug safety and outcome information on all FDA approved medications.

ARKive is gathering films and photographs of the world's species into one centralized digital library, to create a unique audio-visual record of life on Earth, prioritizing those species at most risk of extinction.

"BioEd Online Classroom Lessons are inquiry-based, field-tested, standards-aligned activities and supplemental materials that can be downloaded as PDF documents for use in your classroom."

An effort to catalog global taxonomic data from 115 worldwide sources, and become the Global Species Database. Includes information about animals, plants, fungi and micro-organisms.

An up-to-date CSHL resource ... about DNA and genetics.

GeneEd is a useful resource for grades 9 - 12, for Cell Biology, DNA, Genes, Chromosomes, Heredity, Inheritance Patterns, Epigenetics/Inheritance and the Environment, Genetic Conditions, Evolution, Biostatistics, Biotechnology, DNA Forensics, and Top Issues in Genetics. The site links to categories such as research articles, animation, games, videos, interactive tutorials, and labs and experiments. 3D images, illustrations and text from the NHRGI, with text varying from easy-to-read to advanced reading levels.

Up-to-Date information and Articles about Hormones

Provides educational materials for 15 topic areas ranging from DNA to epigenetics.

"Library Science works intricately with education and information technology with the goal of gathering, classifying, organizing, and providing access to resources and information. Masters degrees can open more opportunities and many of the programs listed below often take only two years to complete."

A search portal to find the most relevant genomics resource linked to free and subscription tutorials.

Descriptions of research projects, with the opportunity to donate funding.

An academic network for researchers and scientists.

Find current information about professional conferences, calls for papers for publications and for papers for presentations at professional meetings, and other research-related materials in the health sciences.

Lists funding opportunities in the health sciences; as well as scholarships for patients to attend gatherings of disease advocacy organizations; scholarships for those with certain disabilities or conditions; prizes for achievement in science
and medicine and so on.

"SciFlies is a new system for funding science through a micro donation model."

Currently listing ~9.5K species and ~3K subspecies, with ~29K literature references.

A collaboration of the MIT Engineering and Science Libraries and Harvard's Countway Library

Features comparison of: RefWorks, EndNote, CiteULike, Sente and Zotero.

Features comparison of: Papers, Sente, Mendeley and Labmeeting.

Windows, MAC, and Linux versions. Syncs with Zotero and "auto watches" specific folders so when a PDF is saved, it is automatically imported into my library (with metadata).

Search repositories and download articles without leaving Papers. View, browse and search your library. Drag and drop PDFs, or import from Endnote/BibTeX. For Configuration details see: http://library.wisc.edu/citation-managers/papers-mac.html