"Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est."
Knowledge itself is power.

- Francis Bacon (from Religious Meditations of Heresies)

 

Just for Students

Great resources for teachers, recommended by teachers / Search Engines / Science and Health Science Sites

Library and Reference Sites / Grant Resources

 

Just for Students!!

Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Virtual Labs
Fundamental Information Resources

            Links to a variety of resources available on UMMC campus and across the web.

Advanced Information Resources

            Links to advanced full text resource materials for BasePair Teachers and Students
 only.  *log-in required 
 Reference Sources
            Links to reference sources (dictionaries, directories, etc). 
Lifeworks: Explore Health and Medical Science Careers

Rowland Medical Library Subject Guides 
Scoping the Sciences and Topic Tracks:
Prepared reference material on a variety of topical subjects.

Great Resources for Teachers, Recommended by Teachers

National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/case.html

Learn.Genetics Genetic Science Learning Center at the University of Utah
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu

 

Search Engines 
Alta Vista                                                        www.altavista.com
Ask Jeeves                                                     
www.ask.com
Ask Jeeves for Kids                                         www.ajkids.com
Awesome Library for Teens                            www.neat-schoolhouse.org/student5.html
Google                                                            www.google.com
HotBot                                                             www.hotbot.com
Lycos                                                              www.lycos.com
Yahoo!                                                            www.yahoo.com

Science and Health Science Sites
BasePair                                                         http://basepair.library.umc.edu/
Consumer Health Education Center                http://chec.library.umc.edu
Howard Hughes Medical Institute                  
www.hhmi.org
HHMI Virtual Labs                                           Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Virtual Lab Series.htm
MedlinePlus                                                   
www.medlineplus.com
NASA                                                             
www.nasa.gov
NSTA: The High School Science Classroom   www.nsta.org/highschool
National Science Foundation                         www.nsf.gov
National Science Teachers' Association        
www.nsta.org
National Institutes of Health                            www.nih.gov
NIH Office of Science Education                    http://science-education.nih.gov

University of Mississippi Medical Center         www.umc.edu

Library and Reference Sites
BasePair Scoping the Sciences                     http://basepair.library.umc.edu/scopingthesciences/index.htm
High School Hub: Science Guide                   
http://highschoolace.com/ace/science.cfm
www.jhlibrary.com
MAGNOLIA Databases                                    www.lib.usm.edu/~magnolia/index.ht
Mississippi Library Commission                    
http://www.mlc.lib.ms.us/
PowerPoint in the Classroom Tutorial           www.actden.com/pp/
Rowland Medical Library Topic Tracks          www.library.umc.edu/TopicTracks
Virtual Reference Desk                                  
www.vrd.org/locator/subject.shtml

 

National Institutes of Health                           www.nih.gov

National Library of Medicine                         www.nlm.org

OVID Databases (UMC ON CAMPUS ONLY - via Library Home Page):

 

Grant Resources
American Cancer Society                             
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/res/res_5_1.asp
American Heart Association                           www.americanheart.org/research/
Charles A. Dana Foundation                          www.dana.org/grants/
Community of Science (COS)                        http://fundingopps2.cos.com/
ED.gov Grants &  Contracts                           
www.ed.gov/fund/landing.jhtml?src=rt
Foundation Center                                         www.fdncenter.org/
GrantDoctor                                                   http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/
Grants.gov                                                    
www.grants.gov
GrantsNet                                                       www.grantsnet.org/
GrantsWeb                                                     www.srainternational.org/newweb/grantsweb/index.cfm
NIH Grants & Funding Opportunities             
http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/index.cfm
NSF - Find Funding                                        www.nsf.gov/funding
Natl. Center for Environmental Research       http://es.epa.gov/ncerqa/
NextWave                                                      http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation                 http://www.rwjf.org/applications/index.jsp
SchoolGrants                                                 www.schoolgrants.org
Science Diversity Center                                http://sciencediversitycenter.org/
UMC Office of Research                                 http://research.umc.edu
U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services         http://www.hhs.gov/grants/index.shtml