Biology Resources in the Electronic Age

Subjects:

• Science » Science (General)
• Library & Information Science » Information Science
• Library & Information Science » Library & Information Science (General)
• Science » Science (General)

Reviews:

• [T]here is wonderful information to be found, and as a guide to biology material on the open Internet, this book gets the job done. The book would be most useful to elementary, high school, and lower division college students and teachers.
  —Collection Management 2004
• Excellent reference tool for high school and college science collections, loaded with sites sure to be lasting.
  —MBR Internet Bookwatch/Library Bookwatch December 2004
• [O]f most interest to school and public libraries. Student teachers would probably find it useful, as a lot of the sites had information about lesson plans and simple experiments that could be done in classroom settings.
  —Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship Summer 2004
• Both of the books (Chemistry and Biology) reviewed in this series are tremendous resources becuase of the amount of information that they have in one place for lessons or projects on the Internet....For a classroom or library media center with limited computer access, these print resources will help teachers and students to find electronic resources.
  —Library Media Connection August/September 2004
• From amino acids, anatomy and animal behavior to natural selection, reproduction and viruses, this tool will guide students and teachers alinke in selecting meaningful resources from the vast array of siteds confronting them on the web.
  —Lawrence Looks at Books March 2004
• [A] worthwhile purchase for school and public libraries? I think the answer is yes; many children unfortunately do not have access to good libraries but may have Internet access at school or at home. Since it is no secret that students of all ages use the web for research, having a list for recommended sites can be comfort to their teachers, librarians, and parents even if the students themselves are ready to just google their topic. And somehow, a print book still has an air of authority that most Web sites lack.
  —E-STREAMS 2004
• [A] very useful reference for building discipline-, course-, or assignment-specific Web pages....will be useful for the public, but librarians can also use to build excellent reference Web pages. Should be especially helpful in libraries serving students from the junior high-school through lower-division undergraduate levels.
  —Booklist/RBB February 15, 2003

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• The Basics
• Information in the Electronic Age
• Formats of Resources
• Types of World Wide Web Resources
• Web Basics
• Searching
• Evaluating Web Material
• Beyond the Web
• Copyright and Plagiarism in the Electronic Age
• Resources in Biology
• Types of General Science Resources
• General Sources of Biology Information
• Biology Topics
• Biology Supplies
• Museums, Science Centers, and Summer Programs
• Careers
• Glossary
• Index