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NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
"The National Center for Biotechnology Information advances science and health by providing access to biomedical and genomic information."

Expasy Bioinformatics Resource Portal
"ExPASy is the new SIB Bioinformatics Resource Portal which provides access to scientific databases and software tools in different areas of life sciences including proteomics, genomics, phylogeny, systems biology, population genetics, transcriptomics etc. (see Categories in the left menu). On this portal you find resources from many different SIB groups as well as external institutions. " --from the home page of this resource
PubChem
Spectral Database for Organic Compounds, SDBS
U of Pittsburgh Molecular Biology Database Search
A comprehensive search tool that permits searching for databases, genes/proteins, protocols and videos on molecular biology topics.
Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST)

SciFinder-n
1902 to present. Includes substance, reaction and supplier content, plus step-by-step procedures and protocols, citation mapping, sequence searching, retrosynthetic analysis, patent landscape mapping, touch-screen enabled structure drawing and more.
Individual account required. Register here with your @slu.edu or @health.slu.edu email address.

EurekAlert!
EurekAlert! is an online, global news service operated by AAAS, the science society. EurekAlert! provides a central place through which universities, medical centers, journals, government agencies, corporations and other organizations engaged in research can bring their news to the media. Choose from multiple topic areas.
Journal Watch
From the publishers of the New England Journal of Medicine to help physicians and allied heath professionals save time and stay informed by providing brief, clearly written, clinically focused perspectives on the medical developments that affect practice. Some content requires a subscription for access.
Medical News Today --Biology/Biochemistry
"Medical News Today brings you hourly health news from well-regarded sources such as JAMA, BMJ, Lancet, BMA, plus articles written by our own team. Our archive contains over 150,000 news articles."
NCBI Insights

Springer Protocols
A subscription-based resource that compiles "protocols from Humana’s successful book series Methods in Molecular Biology, Methods in Molecular Medicine, Methods in Biotechnology, Methods in Pharmacology and Toxicology, and Neuromethods, as well as from a vast number of Laboratory Handbooks, such as The Biomethods Handbook, The Proteomics Handbook, and the Springer Laboratory Manuals.
Cold Spring Harbor Protocols (free only)
Only free protocols available without charge.
> "an interdisciplinary journal providing a definitive source of research methods in cell, developmental and molecular biology, genetics, bioinformatics, protein science, computational biology, immunology, neuroscience and imaging. Each monthly issue details multiple essential methods—a mix of cutting-edge and well-established techniques. " more
ATCC
Website for ATCC which is a source of cell lines, bacterial strains and other microbiological reagents. You may access separate pages for microbiology, cell biology, developmental biology and stem cells, and genomics-bioinformatics
Protocols Online
Collection of protocols, online analysis tools and discussion forums in various categories that are freely available

JoVE Unlimited
A peer-reviewed scientific video journal that includes text and video demonstration of experiments, including instructional videos for use in the classroom and lab.