Exam Preparation
- A Dictionary of Biology (Oxford Paperback Reference)
Including 4,000 clear and concise entries, this book covers all the commonly encountered terms and concepts in biology, biophysics, and biochemistry, as well as terms from medicine and paleontology taking into account the recent advances in these fields.
- Anatomy and Physiology for Dummies
Quick-reference for beginners on various parts of the human body and how they work together. Includes icons, other navigational aids, tear-out sheets, and full-color appendices.
- Beginner's Guide to Molecular Biology: Molecular Biology Notebook Online
Students in biology will find this site useful for information on molecular biology. At the bottom of the main chapters, you will find links to relevant documentation.
- Biochemistry: Board Review Series
Part of a series that allows students to review in-depth or briefly, depending on the amount of review that they require. Chapters are broken down into topics, all information is presented in bulleted or outline format, and includes many illustrations with detailed biochemical structures.
- Biological Evolution
The Principia Cybernetica Project aims to develop a complete philosophy based on the principles of evolutionary cybernetics. Their website has a large section devoted to Biological Evolution.
- Cell and Molecular Biology Online
This site contains information and resources for cell and molecular biologists.
- Cells, Gels and the Engines of Life
This book describes how cells work. It presents a new, simpler approach to fundamental processes such as movement, transport, division, and communication, based on sound physical principles.
- Dictionary of Cell Biology
The Dictionary of Cell Biology was first published in 1989, and has since been translated into several languages. It is intended to provide quick access to easily-understood and cross-referenced definitions of terms frequently encountered while reading the modern biology literature. This server contains the text of the Third edition, published in Late 1999.
- DNA: The Secret of Life
A clear and easygoing history of genetics, from Mendel through genome sequencing.
- Ecology.com
This site contains featured articles and links related to the field of Ecology.
- General Science Refresher Course
Accessible via the Internet, ABCTE’s General Science Refresher Course contains more than 300 pages of material and was designed to help you review your knowledge for the general science exam. The course is self-paced, allowing you to dedicate more time to material that needs intense review and skip over material you already know. The course incorporates animated tutorials and activities, chapter quizzes, detailed lessons and illustrations, and a video demonstration component.
Enrolled candidates can access the course through http://www.abcte.org/courses/general-science/index.html using their ABCTE username and password.
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- High-Yield Cell and Molecular Biology
This is a highly condensed review of cell and molecular biology with a very strong emphasis on the molecular biological aspects of disease.
- Instant Notes in Molecular Biology
Provides students with a concise, structured treatment of the key topics. Covers cells and macromolecules, protein structure, DNA replication, regulation of transcription in prokaryotes and more.
- Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry
Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry, Fourth Edition presents the fundamentals of biochemistry through selected topics, incorporating the most important recent developments and applications into its presentation.
- Origin of Species
Based largely on Darwin's experience as a naturalist while on a five-year voyage aboard H.M.S. Beagle, The Origin of Species set forth a theory of evolution and natural selection that challenged contemporary beliefs about divine providence and the immutability of species.
- Physiology
Introductory textbook covers the function of organisms at many stages of organization, from the subcellular level to the intact organism. Covers cellular physiology, muscle, and the nervous, cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, and endocrine systems.
- Plant Physiology
Established in 1926, Plant Physiology is an international journal devoted to physiology, biochemistry, cellular and molecular biology, genetics, biophysics, and environmental biology of plants. This site offers free access to archived articles.
- Plants and Microclimate: A Quantitative Approach to Plant Physiology
This book provides an introduction to those features of the atmospheric environment of particular relevance to plants; it also describes the physical and physiological principles required for understanding how these factors affect plants.
- Schaum's Outline of Biochemistry
This step-by-step outline covers teh major topics of biochemistry. A question-and-answer format highlights the meaning of the material. This new second edition features added sections on whole-body metabolism, enzyme kinetics, and new technologies for monitoring metabolic processes.
- The Complete Idiot's Guide to Biology
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Biology follows a standard biology course curriculum that begins with life, cells, and molecular structure and ends with evolution, ecosystems, and ecology.
- The Concept of the Ecosystem
Visit this site to see online lecture notes from a University of Michigan course on Global Change.
- The Five Biggest Ideas in Science
Wynn and Wiggins use five fundamental ideas - physics' model of the atom, chemistry's periodic law, astronomy's Big Bang theory, geology's plate tectonics model, and biology's theory of evolution - to help lay readers "comprehend, appreciate, and evaluate the world of science." In explaining the thinking that led to each "Big Idea," the authors outline the scientific method and demystify the process.
- The Journal of General Physiology
The mission of the Journal of General Physiology is to publish articles that elucidate important biological, chemical, or physical mechanisms of broad physiological significance. Their website offers free access to archived articles.
- The Way of the Cell: Molecules, Organisms and the Order of Life
In The Way of the Cell, one of the world's most respected microbiologists focuses on microorganisms -- in particular, the supremely well-researched bacterium E. coli -- because the cell is the simplest level of organization that manifests all the features of the phenomenon of life.



