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AGRICOLA Database - Describes the books, book chapters, serials, audiovisuals, journal articles, short reports and other resources held by the National Agricultural Library and its Cooperators.

BioABACUS - Biotechnology Abbreviation And Acronym Uncovering Service. The data provided include the name of the term, its meaning, the category in which it is mostly used, and when available, a link in which additional information for the term can be found.

BioMed Central - Provides easy open (free) access to journals in biomedicine and the life sciences.

Biotech's Life Science Dictionary - A dictionary containing more than 8300+ terms dealing with biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, cell biology and genetics.

Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology - This site provides quick access to easily-understood and cross-referenced definitions of terms frequently encountered in reading the modern biology literature.

FirstGov for Science - Connects you to U.S. Government science & technology resources in biology & nature.

Microbes.Info - "A microbiology information portal".

National Plants Database - Created by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, this site provides taxonomic information on many different plant species.

Botany.com - A complete encyclopedia of flowers and plants. Here, you can find information on plants from annuals to spices to wild flowers. Each plant has a description which includes information on growing, mean of propagation, varieties and a general description.