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Science Resources

  1. Anatomy and Health
  2. Biology, Genetics and Cloning
  3. Environment
  4. Chemistry
  5. Physics

Anatomy and Health

  • Guided Tour: Visible Human
    Over 18,000 digitized sections of the human body, fully annotated.
  • healthfinder
    A guide to reliable health information from the federal government.
  • InteliHealth
    Online health information including diseases and conditions, healthy lifestyles, infant, women’s, mens, etc. health research, a drug resource center and much more.
  • Medline
    Information about diseases, drugs
  • Pubmed
    From the National Institute of Health, this has access to the full text of research studies.
  • Health and Wellness Resource Center
    Oakland Public Library card needed to access this database of periodicals, pamphlets, reference books, medical encyclopedia and other information.
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Biology, Genetics and Cloning

  • science.bio.org
    News about genomics, stem cells, genetic diseases, bioterrorism, cloning, and more from the Pharmaceutical Researchers and Manufacturers of America.
  • Genetic Science Learning Center
    A joint project of the University of Utah and the Utah Museum of Natural History, this site’s topics include basic genetics, genetic disorders, cloning, stem cell research, and genetics in society.
  • Bioethics.net
    Ethical issues, cloning debate, gene therapy, news on genetically related stories, U.S. laws, articles and research. The American Journal of Bioethics.
  • The Biology Project
    An online interactive resource for learning biology from the University of Arizona.
  • Human Genome Project
    The home page of this international research effort to map the human genome. Includes information about the project, research news and more.
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Environment

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Chemistry

  • A Periodic Table of the Elements
    Information about the elements with history, properties, and uses for each element From the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
  • Chemfinder
    Find information about chemicals and compounds.
  • General Chemistry Online
    General chemistry site with questions and answers, links to other resources, compounds, and more.
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Physics

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