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VCE Biology Unit 4: Home

Welcome

Welcome to the Biology subject guide. 

Below you will find a list of links to access search engines, websites, databases, magazines for your research and study.

Use the tabs above to explore resources in this Biology guide

Online resources

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Our Biology Dictionary is the largest dictionary of Biology terms and definitions in the world. Learn various topics, concepts, and principles in Biology by searching the definitions and essential details of 70,000+ Biology terms.

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Revision notes designed for AS and A Level Biology students. We cover the new AQA Biology specifications!

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Learn and research biology, science, chemistry, biology, physics, math, astronomy, electronics, and much more. 101science.com is your scientific resource and internet science PORTAL to more than 20,000 science sites.  

 

BIOZONE specialises in the production of high quality student instructional materials and teacher resources for high school sciences (grades 9-12) in both traditional print and digital media.

 

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Welcome to an On-Line Biology Book

undefinedThe Tree of Life Web Project (ToL) is a collaborative effort of biologists and nature enthusiasts from around the world

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The site that teaches the basics of biology to everyone! Tutorials on cells, plants, microbes, invertebrates, vertebrates, and animal systems.

Magazines/Articles/News

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Live Science features groundbreaking developments in science, space, technology, health, the environment, our culture and history.

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Welcome to CELLS alive!

Explore  *  Study  *  Play

Cells, Microbes and the Immune System

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Breaking science news and articles on global warming, extrasolar planets, stem cells, bird flu, autism, nanotechnology, dinosaurs, evolution -- the latest ...

 

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The Scientist is the magazine for life science professionals—a publication dedicated to covering a wide range of topics central to the study of cell and molecular ...

 

 

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Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the ...

 

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Original and entertaining biology animations and interactive activities, available for free on the Web.

 

 

 

Research Databases

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EBSCOhost is an intuitive online research platform used by thousands of institutions and millions of users worldwide. With quality databases and search features, EBSCOhost helps researchers of all kinds find the information they need fast.

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The Encyclopedia of Life is a free, online collaborative encyclopedia intended to document all of the 1.9 million living species known to science.

 

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ScienceDirect is the world's leading source for scientific, technical, and medical research. Explore journals, books and articles.

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AccessScience is an authoritative and dynamic online resource that contains incisively written, high-quality reference material covering all major scientific disciplines

Search Engines

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PubMed is a free search engine accessing primarily the MEDLINE database of references and abstracts on life sciences and biomedical topics

 

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Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, ...

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