Best of the Web

  • BioMed Central provides over 100 free peer-reviewed electronic journals in biology and medicine.

  • The Archives of the Laboratory contain books, papers, correspondence, and photographs relating to the history of genetics and molecular biology. The website contains their online catalog, links to databases/books, and descriptions of special collections such as the James D. Watson Archives.

  • PLoS, a non-profit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource. The site contains the free e-journal PLoS Biology.

  • Incredible resource for molecular biology information. Includes publicly accessible databases, some with fulltext access to journals and books, also tools for analysing genome data intended for the researcher. Try searching a living organism by choosing Taxonomy from the drop down menu in the top left-hand corner of the Website.