"PLOS Biology is an open-access, peer-reviewed general biology journal published by PLOS, a nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a public resource. New articles are published online weekly; issues are published monthly."
PLOS Biology stands for Public Library of Science, Biology
Here are some examples of helpful biology internet resources. Place the cursor over the link for web site's content discription. If you have suggestions for additional links, please contact Frank Quinn.
Google is indeed your friend, but try these specialized tools for different, and probably more scholarly, results.
Science.gov - searches 200 million pages of "authoritative U.S. government science information"
JURN - searches millions of free, open access scholarly articles, chapters, and theses
Google Advanced Scholar Search - Search for scholarly articles.
Google Advanced Book Search - Search for books on your topic.
Diana Hacker's web site provides the following as a guide to web site evalution:
Authorship
Sponsorship
Purpose and audience
Currency