Archival Collections of Scripps

Archival Collections at Scripps
Search the finding aids and online collections of photographs, movies and other documents at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography. This is an interesting site for anyone interested in Scripps’ history and history of oceanography in general.

Google Earth

Google Earth
If you haven’t checked out the latest version of Google Earth, you should definitely check it out now. You can now go under the sea and explore underwater trenches. And you can find out information about new diving spots and more information about marine ecology and oceanography.

New Science Fun for Friday

Another eclectic bunch of resources for this Friday. In the mix, online textbooks, an ocean science journal, and more…

Ocean Sciences
Ocean Sciences is an open access journal, freely accessible on the web and covers the fields of: ocean physics, ocean chemistry, biological oceanography, air-sea interactions, ocean models, coastal/shelf-edge processes and paleooceanography.

Microbial Diversity from Blackwell Publishing
This site offers full-text access to sections of the Microbial Diversity textbook. It also includes a student resources section with many links and exercises to help students with the material.

Basic and Clinical Neurosciences
This site has a serious of lectures on different aspects of neuroscience. Also included on the site is an extensive list of links to neuroscience departments, institutes, programs and organizations.

BirdLife International
This site contains a report on the “state of the world’s birds.” Concerned about the loss of biodiversity, this site outlines what is happening, what pressures birds face and what can be done to prevent more loss of bird species. BirdLife International’s homepage can be accessed at www.birdlife.org.

Genetically Engineered Animals
And last, but not least, this site from the FDA on new regulations regarding genetically engineered animals. An interesting read with FAQ’s sections and it is a timely resource to use when talking about genetic engineering in biology courses.

Have a great weekend!

Zombie Animals, Freshwater Ecosystems and more…

Zombie Animals and the parasites that control them
This is an interesting look at the effects of parasites on the mind of different organisms. This is by Discover Magazine. Many other science image galleries and information to look at as well. Judith, another amazing CSUEB librarian, alerted me to this resource. Thanks!

Freshwater Ecoregions of the World
A joint project by the World Wildlife Foundation and The Nature Conservancy, this site has an interactive map of freshwater regions throughout the world. Lots of information, graphs and references for finding further information. Also discusses threats to these ecoregions.

NOAA
Just highlighting one of those perennially great resources: NOAA’s Research website. Links to information about all of their research projects. Also has an RSS feed for NOAA podcasts.

Immunobiology Interactive
The company blink has made available a free version of their animated modules on immunobiology. One word of caution though, it does not appear that these modules are fully accessible so take care if you assign them for class. They will need to be close-captioned.

The Complete Works of Charles Darwin Online
This resource is not particularly new, but if you haven’t seen it you really should check it out. Scans of his actual manuscripts and other works. Works are also transcribed. Great, high quality images. A wonderful resource.

West Coast Govenors’ Agreement on Ocean Health

This site has the 2008 final agreement on ocean health by the govenors of California, Oregon, and Washington. Lots of documents about the agreement and actions. Good source to see the areas that are considered important when protecting the health of our ocean–including offshore drilling, responses to global warming, etc. West Coast Govenors’ Agreement on Ocean Health