Library and Internet Guide
The following
is a select list of resources available on the Internet
JCU
Library Resources
 InfoHelp
- questions answered, assistance given online, or by phone or email
Catalogue
Library
Guides
Databases
- General Information
Indexing/Abstracting Databases
- Aquatic
Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts indexes literature from
the Biological Sciences, Oceanic Sciences, Fisheries, Aquaculture, Environmental
Sciences and Biotechnology. Search results may include active links
to web based resources where these can be identified.
- Biological
Abstracts is a major source of references to the life science
journal literature (use BIOSIS
Previews for 2002+)
- CAB Direct covering
all aspects of the life sciences
- Current Contents Connect
is a multidisciplinary current awareness service for over 8,000
journals and more than 2,000 books
- Faculty of 1000 Biology Reviews and evaluates the most interesting papers published in the biological sciences, based on the recommendations of a faculty of well over 1000 selected leading researchers.
- IngentaConnect provides book and journal article searches as well as search alerting and tables of contents services.
- Reef The
Great Barrier Reef marine park province database
- SciFinder
Scholar Primarily a chemistry database, but with significant
coverage of the life sciences.
- Web of Science Access
to Science Citation Index Expanded and other citation indexes.
As well as topic searching for journal articles, the citation indexes
allow "cited reference" searching and enable you to examine
a document's historical origin and follow through to its current position
in the research literature.
- Zoological
Record Plus Index of the world's zoological and animal science
literature, covering over 4,500 international serial publications, plus
books, meetings, reviews and other non-serial literature.
Full text databases and electronic journals
- BioOne Access is provided to over 65 bioscience research journals from more than 50 publishers
- Expanded
Academic ASAP - (via InfoTrac) - full-text articles from around 2,000 journals, and abstracts or citations for many more.
- ScienceDirect
- Full text for around 300 of 1700 titles, with contents pages and
abstracts for the remainder
- Wiley
InterScience - provides full-text of around 400 Wiley
journals back to 1997.
- ProQuest includes ProQuest Science Journals and other databases covering a range of disciplines.
- Electronic
journals - linked, alphabetical listing of full-text journals
available to members of James Cook University
- You can also link directly to journals via Tropicat:
the JCU Library Catalogue
Databases
on the WWW
- Aqua KE Government Documents Library Searchable database of documents related to aquaculture from national governments and research consortia from around the world.
- Aquaculture Journals List of journals with links to some. Text of articles available in some cases
- arXiv.org e-Print Archive Fully automated electronic archive and distribution server for research papers in Physics, Mathematics, Nonlinear Sciences, Computer Science and Quantitative Biology
- BioMed Central
- publishes peer reviewed research across all areas of biology and medicine
with free access for all
Associations
and Societies
Resources
- Algae
Sponsored by the Department of Botany at the Smithsonian. Provides an
introduction to classification and economic uses of algae, a bibliography
of marine floras, information on specimen collection & preservation,
and links to related web resources.
- AlgaeBase Provides free access
to information on algae, searchable by scientific or common name.
- Aquatic Network Clearinghouse
for information related to aquatic environments. Subject areas include
aquaculture, conservation and education, fisheries, limnology, maritime
heritage, oceanography, and seafood.
- Australian Fish
Links
- Australian Institute of Marine Science
- Australian Ocean Data Centre
- BioMedNetThe Internet community
for biological and medical researchers.
- Bureau of Meteorology Australian Government site including information on marine weather
- California Academy of Sciences-Ichthyology: The Catalog of Fishes Approximately 56,000 described species and subspecies of fishes - "the first treatment of all described fishes since Linnaeus in 1758."
- CephBase A database-driven
web site on all living species of cephalopods.
- Cetacea Complete background
information on every known species of whale, dolphin and porpoise
- CoRIS: NOAA's Coral Reef
Information System Access to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's
coral reef information and data products.
- Crustacea.net An Information Retrieval System for Crustaceans of the World
- CSIRO:
Animal health information sheets
- CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Aims to advance Australian climate, marine and earth systems science.
- Database
on Introductions of Aquatic Species FAO site offers a database of
more than 3100 introduced aquatic organisms, including freshwater fish,
molluscs, crustaceans, and marine species.
- Department of Agriculture, Fisheries
and Forestry Australia
- Department of the Environment and Water Resources Australian Government department protects and conserves Australia's natural environment and cultural heritage
- eNature.com Nature portal offering
online searchable field guides to over 4800 plant and animal species
- FAO - Fisheries Information
on fisheries resources, production, management, socio-economics, environmental
issues and aquatic organisms
- FAO FTP Directory
Download FAO species guides and catalogues (e.g. marine mammals, marine
turtles, sharks) in pdf or zipped form.
- Field Guide
to Anemone Fishes and their Host Sea Anemones
- FishBase A global information
system on fishes
- Genomics Glossary
Evolving terminology for emerging technologies
- Global Coral
Disease Database Coral disease database based on reports in the
published literature and the coral discussion list, with references
provided
- Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
Authority
- Hexacorallians of the world: sea anemones, corals and their allies A compilation of publications concerning taxonomy, nomenclature, and geographic distribution of extant hexacorallians
- Ichthyology
Online database of fish records from The Natural History Museum of Los
Angeles, searchable by location or scientific name
- Ichthyology Web Resources Links to ichthyology-related web sites on anatomy, behavior, biodiversity, ecosystems, functional morphology etc. A taxonomic index of web resources on fish is also provided.
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Conservation status, taxonomy, and distribution of animals and many plants, along with an evaluation of their risk of extinction
- Kimball's Biology Pages Biology textbook / encyclopedic dictionary
- Marine
Biology Information on marine animal species, aquatic communities,
marine biology careers and more.
- Marine Biology Laboratory,
Woods Hole, Massachusetts Creative research and education in biology, biomedicine & ecology
- The
Marine Mammal Center Marine mammal health issues.
- MarLIN The
marine life information network for Britain and Ireland.
- MERLOT
Biology Free and open resource with links to online learning materials
along with annotations such as peer reviews and assignments.
- Native Fish Australia
- NOAA's Coral Health and Monitoring Program A forum for Internet discussions and announcements among coral health researchers pertaining to coral reef health and monitoring throughout the world
- OBIS: Ocean Biogeographic Information System Geographical and tracking information on marine life
- Oil Spill Research
and Development Program - bibliography of oil spill research
- ReefBase Database on coral
reefs and their resources - official database of the Global Coral Reef
Monitoring Network
- ScienceNet
Biology & Medical Science Resources
- Seafood WATCH A program of Monterey Bay Aquarium designed to raise consumer awareness about the importance of buying seafood from sustainable sources.
- Tree of Life Distributed Internet project containing information about phylogeny and biodiversity
- UN Atlas of the Oceans Information
relevant to the sustainable development of the oceans that has been
gathered by various national and international agencies
- U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA)
- U.S. SeaGrant Publications
- World Resources Institute
- World Biodiversity
Database Provides taxonomic information, species names, synonyms,
descriptions, illustrations and literature references when available
on 200,000 taxa. The database can be explored using an expandable tree
of the five taxonomic kingdoms or by typing in a common or scientific
name.
Directories
and Gateways
Search Engines
- Athenus Resources in science and engineering on the web. Indexes subject-specific web sites, publications, news and other resources, providing users with a current, focused collection of topic-specific material.
- Google - simple, fast with excellent
results
- Internet
Searching Tools - check out some other search engines here
- Metacrawler
- if searching the Web with 11 popular search engines simultaneously
appeals, try this
- Scientific-search-engines.com
- SCiNet Science, engineering, and
medical search engine and directory
- Scirus for scientific, technical
and medical information sources
Research
and Assignment Aids
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