Microbiology & Virology

Index

Hot topics
Bibliographic Resources
General Agricultural Web Sites
Microbiology & Virology Web Sites
Other resources at NDSU
Microbiology Capstone page
Food Safety page

Hot Topics

Avian Influenza Information and selected links from the USDA Animal Welfare Information service.

BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy or Mad Cow Disease)

SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)

• Links to evaluated sites including news, infomation scholarly articles, transcripts. From The NSDL Scout Report for the Life Sciences, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2003. http://scout.wisc.edu/
• Center for Disease Control and Prevention SARS page. Regularly updated current situation; also consumer and medical information and guidelines on exposure management, preparedness, control, etc.
• The journal Nature's free SARS site with articles, news and information.
• Society of Microbiology hot topics SARS site.

Scrapie: Links to online resources and various university extension publications; listings of books, journal articles, and newspaper articles.

West Nile Virus

• Links to evaluated sites including news, infomation scholarly articles, transcripts. From The NSDL Scout Report for the Life Sciences, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2003. http://scout.wisc.edu/
• West Nile Virus Maps

Foot and Mouth Disease.

UK Ministry of Agriculture : up-to-date statistics, information, alerts, advise, export/import issues.
University of Georgia : Information, contacts, links and articles.

Monkeypox Virus Infections Online news, information, and laws provided by the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health as part of their Medline Plus Health Information service.

Ticks and Lyme Disease Selected links to web information, chosen and annotated by the NSDL Scout Reports for the Life Sciences.

Indexes

• Microbiology journal indexes
  
• Agriculture, food science and natural resources journal indexes
• Life science journal indexes
• Food Safety journal indexes
  
• General magazines and newspapers
• Extension publications
• Library Catalogs
• Current awareness services
• All indexes available to NDSU students and staff. Browse Databases by title or subject.

Useful guides

Syntax Guide to searching selected journal index services.
How to get an article : guide to NDSU journal collections.

Online journals

• Online journals related to microbiological sciences available to NDSU.
• For other titles available to NDSU search the NDSU e-journal page.

General Agricultural Sites

• U.S. and State Government agencies Links to US and state agricultural agencies, directories, and search engines.
• General Agriculture web browsers and indexes Links to major agriculture directories and search engines.
• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Online "Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada provides information, research and technology, and policies and programs to achieve security of the food system, health of the environment and innovation for growth."

Microbiology & Virology Internet Sites

• Microbes.info Microbiology Information Portal. An all inclusive web site designed to access free microbiology information on the web; includes links to web sites, publications, news, and 'spotlights". Linked sites selected for accuracy and authority. Organized by general topics including: - General Microbiology - Environmental Microbiology - Food Microbiology - Industrial Microbiology - Medical Microbiology - Veterinary Microbiology with further subtopics; also searchable by keyword.
• The E. coli index: "These pages contain a comprehensive guide to information relating to the model organism Escherichia coli. This is primarily aimed for the academic community who study this bacterium as a model organism and basic research tool."
• Cells alive!: Film and computer-enhanced images of living cells and organisms for education and medical research. Includes: cell biology, microbiology, immunology and microscopy.
• All the virology on the WWW Comprehensive site covering the field of virology. Includes information and pictures of virus families, tutorials and courses, virological techniques, viral genome sequence data, dictionaries, listings of graduate programs, links to AIDS and HIV information, and virology in the news.
• BioNetbook Provided by the Pasteur Institute, this site is a comprehensive reference collection of web links to biological information. Links to over 4500 databases are listed in searchable combinations by database type, organism and domain of science, or by specific words. l
• American Society of Microbiology Members information, links to microbiological sites, and microbiological information for the public.
• Society for General Microbiology Provides the microbiology-related news, Web links, and in-depth coverage of hot topics relating to microbiology.
• NDSU Dept. of Veterinary and Microbiological Sciences
• National Foundation for Infectious Diseases: Influenza provides a variety of information about Influenza: Research...Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment, What is Influenza?, and more. The text is accompanied by links to tables, charts, and graphs, and the entire document is available for download. The site provides a list of online References as well. [description excerpted from Scout Report for the Life Sciences, April 16, 2004]