Internet Resources
Always use caution when using Internet resources. Be sure to evaluate them for:
1. authority
2. bias
3. authenticity
You can find other high quality web sites using WorldCat, by limiting your search to "Internet Resources". The internet resources listed in WorldCat have been reviewed and chosen for their high level of quality. Click here for more tips on evaluating sources.
Here are some websites that we have evaluated for you:
- Paleontology PortalA resource for anyone interested in paleontology, from the professional in the lab to the interested amateur scouting for fossils to the student in any classroom.
- The Paleontological SocietyAn international nonprofit organization devoted exclusively to the advancement of the science of paleontology; invertebrate and vertebrate paleontology, micropaleontology, and paleobotany.
- The International Paleontological Association's PaleoLink DatabaseA public database of paleontological data that anyone can use, maintained by an international non-government group of paleontologists.
- Regional Paleogeographic Views of Earth HistoryA series of paleogeographic and plate-tectonic reconstructions that illustrate the broad patterns of the Earth's structural history.
- Paleontologia ElectronicaWonderful full text, electronic journal. Vol. 1, no. 1 (1998)-
- Latin Dictionary and Grammar AidThis dictionary defines about 15,600 words.
- Words by William WhitakerA modest, student-size dictionary of 39,000 entries. This tool is to help in simple translations for a beginning Latin student or amateur.
- Tree of LifeSource for biodiversity and Phylogeny
- Dinosaur SocietyFocuses on encouraging everyone to learn about and enjoy the fascination of dinosaurs, and supporting the work of people engaged in forwarding the science of palaeontology.
- American Museum of Natural History's Division of PaleontologySeeks to describe the diversity of extinct invertebrates and vertebrates, and explore the mechanisms driving their evolution and extinction.
- The Paleobiology DatabaseQuery, download, and analysis tools assembled by hundreds of paleontologists around the world.
- Science Daily: Paleontology NewsBreaking news about the latest discoveries in science, health, the environment, technology, and more.
- Evolutionary TheoryA non-commercial, education website teaching the science and history of evolutionary biology.
- Paleontology Database NetworkList of links to paleontology databases.
- Paleontology News from Science/AAASLinks to articles pertaining to paleontology.
- National Geographic Education's Paleontology Encyclopedia EntryGeneral information about paleontology from National Geographic.
- Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP)A diverse organization of scientists, students, artists, preparators, advocates, writers and scholars across the globe, who are dedicated to the study, discovery, interpretation and preservation of vertebrate fossils.
- General Paleontology ResourcesA collection of links of paleontology websites and resources.
- National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian)A collection of 145 million specimens and artifacts.
- Palaeontology OnlineA website covering all aspects of palaeontology.
