Academic Press Dictionary
of Science and Technology
Search from over 130,000 terms defined in 130 fields of science. |
4000 Years of Women
in Science
The History of Women in Science from Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century. |
Internet
History of Science Sourcebook
Links to documents, secondary articles, and educational web sites on ancient,
medieval and modern history of science, arranged by topic. |
MAD Scientist Network
An international group of volunteer scientists who answer questions about
science sent to them via the Internet. The project is funded by the Howard
Hughes Medical Institute and the Washington University Medical Alumni Association
and is housed at Washington University. Also on the site: a searchable archive
of questions/answers, and the MAD
Scientist's Library with links to science resources arranged by discipline. |
naturalSCIENCE Home
Page
Quick links to lots of full-text science information. |
Science and Engineering
Indicators 2008
National Science Board. Key trends in science and engineering research and education. This year
the online versions have additional features that take advantage of Web
technology to assist in finding and displaying information. |
Science and Engineering Statistics
National Science Foundation. Publications, data, and analyses about the nation's science and engineering resources. |
Science Tracer Bullets
Online
The Library of Congress Science Tracers Bullet series is comprised of bibliographic
guides designed to help persons locate published materials on a particular
subject in the field of science and technology about which they have only
a general knowledge. |
Science Week
Weekly digest of science news. |
Atlas
of the Human Body
Sponsored by the American Medical Association, the site provides general
information concerning various body structures. Illustrations, along with
brief descriptions of the functions of the systems is displayed. |
Internet Directory for Botany
Comprehensive, award winning site. An excellent source for finding places,
societies, groups, taxonomic information, economic botany, ethnobotany,
conservation, threatened plants and other botanical information. |
Kimball's
Biology Pages
The site is an adaptation of the 6th edition of Professor Kimball's Biology
and consists of an alphabetized list of biological terms with links to discussions,
often illustrated, on a wide range of biological topics. |
Plants
From the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the PLANTS Database provides a
single source of standardized information about plants. PLANTS provides
standardized plant names, symbols and other plant attribute information. |
Research Link
Links to educational modules for college-level introductory biology. |
Abbreviations
of Chemical Compounds
A searchable database which yields chemical names and formulas for chemical
name abbreviations. From the Chemistry Department, Freie University, Berlin. |
American Chemical Society
The home page of the world's largest scientific society with over 155,000
members. |
ChemBioFinder
Award winning site allows the user to type in chemical name, CAS Number,
molecular formula, or molecular weight. Results include synonyms, melting
point, boiling point, specific gravity, and other information about the chemical.
Includes links to other pertinent web sites |
General Chemisty
Online
From the Chemistry Department at Frostburg State University, the site contains
over 400 chemistry links, tutorials, exams and quizzes, glossary, frequently
asked chemistry questions and other information and links. |
Periodic Table of the
Elements |
Earth Science
Resources
Many links to earth science web sites arranged by subject heading which include:
online exhibits; general geology; volcanoes; earthquakes; rocks and minerals;
ecosystems; water ecosystems; background information and facts; images; teacher
resources. |
Geological Society of
America
The home page of the GSA. |
Mineralogy Database
The mineral database contains more than 5,000 web pages of mineral data.
There are 4,102 individual mineral species descriptions with links. Descriptions
include chemical composition, physical and optical properties, Dana's New
classification, Strunz classification. Some color photos also included. |
National Geologic Map Database
Produced by the USGS. Contains geologic maps and geologic names |
Topozone
This is the Web's first interactive topo map of the entire United States.
The site has every USGS 1:100,000, 1:25,000, and 1:24,000 scale map for the
entire United States. |
U.S. Geological Survey
Many links to geologic, environmental and other related topics. |
U.S. Geological
Survey Fact Sheets (listed by state)
Information on some of the major environmental issues in the states, USGS
programs, and other state specific geologic information. |
Volcano World
From the University of North Dakota, contains an array of volcano information
including currently erupting volcanoes, volcanoes of the world, images and
information about specific volcanoes, volcanic parks, and observatories. |
