Science, generally; Physical Sciences; Technology
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Technology, generally
Science, generally
See also
- Armchair Scientist
- Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP), publishers of the Skeptical Inquirer
- Echo Research Center - Directory of sites on the history of science, technology, and industry (George Mason University)
- Exploratorium: Ten Cool Sites - Monthly list of recommended science sites, with archive of past picks
- Intute: Science, Engineering, and Technology - Tens of thousands of links
- NSDL Scout Reports - Three reports were published: life sciences; physical sciences; and math, engineering, and technology. Ceased publishing in 2005
- Powers of Ten - Learn about all the sciences through multiples of ten (meters, seconds, etc.)
- psci-com - Guide to Internet sources that inform the public about science and technology. Includes exemplary science Web sites, science museums, science in society, etc. (a Wellcome gateway)
- Science Reference Services (Library of Congress)
- Technical Reports and Standards
- Subject Guides in Science and Technology - Bibliographies and Internet resources (including "Tracer Bullets")
- Trailblazing - History of science from the Royal Society: illustrations and links to original scientific articles
- Eric Weisstein's World of Science - Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy, Scientific Biography
- Why Files? Science Behind the News
- Ask the Experts at Scientific American
- Last Word - Why is the sky blue? Why is yawning contagious? Your science questions answered (New Scientist)
- Mad Sci Network - The mad scientists answer your questions
- Everyday Mysteries (Library of Congress)
- EurekAlert - News in all
branches of science (American Association for the Advancement of
Science)
- Knight Science Journalism
Tracker - Top science stories of the day (MIT)
- Science Daily - News
- Scientific American
- SciTech Daily Review - Science's answer to Arts and Letters Daily
- Agriculture Bibliographies and Indexes
- Anthropology Index
- Astronomy Index
- Biology Index and Preprints
- Botany Indexes
- Chemistry Indexes, below
- Energy Index, below
- Engineering Indexes
- Math Preprints and Indexes
- Medical Indexes
- Open Archives/Digital Libraries
- Ornithology Indexes
- Physics Indexes and Preprints, below
- Psychological Research
- Primatology Index
- Reproductive Health Index
- Water Indexes
- Scirus - Search engine for science Web sites and scientific research articles (from ScienceDirect, Medline, BioMed Central, and other sources). There is a fee to get the full text of some articles.
- Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI) - CISTI is a combination library and publisher. You can search its holdings for scientific and technical literature and have documents delivered to you (for a fee)
- CiteSeerx - An experiment in automated indexing
- Institute for Scientific and Technical Information - Article and monograph index and document delivery service from France's Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique (this link takes you to the English-language interface) [Inist.fr]
- National Science Digital Library (NSDL) - Search across many quality science sites
- E-print Network - Search engine for e-print sites
- Scientific Societies - Database of societies worldwide
- SAIL E-prints - A database of multiple e-print servers in chemistry, physics, engineering, computer science, earth sciences, agriculture, and related fields
- SciCentral - Gateway to scientific research news sources
- Science Direct - Index to Elsevier science journals. There is a charge to get the full text of articles.
- Quick Guide to Open-Access E-print Archives in Science, Technology, and Medicine (Library of Congress)
- Science and Technology Online Indexes - Some of these are available only at LC and other libraries; check your library (Library of Congress)
- Science and Technology Sources on the Internet: There is Such a Thing as a Free Lunch: Freely Accessible Databases for the Public (Issues in Science and Technology Libraries, Winter 2001)
Science Explanations:
Questions and Answers
Science News:
Some of these sources have RSS feeds, which are
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Scientific Research and Indexes:
See also
Office of Scientific & Technical Information (OSTI), U.S. Dept. of Energy:
Web Directories:
- Energy Index, below
- Science.gov - Portal to U.S. government research; search multiple federal databases at once. Alerts available.
- Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) - Research done for the Dept. of Defense. Unclassified material is available through the Public STINet (Scientific and Technical Information Network) service
- Federal R&D project Summaries
- Metalib - Search dozens of federal databases all at once or in groups
- National Academies Press - Publishes reports by the National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine — many of them available in full text.
- National Technical Information Service (NTIS) - Technical publications from government agencies, such as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
- Technical Report Archive & Image Library (TRAIL) - Project to digitize U.S. government technical reports issued prior to 1975 (Greater Western Library Alliance)
- E-print Network - Search engine for e-print sites
- Information Bridge - Database of DOE research in full text (mostly from 1995 on)
U.S. Government Research:
See also
U.S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI):
Although these services come from the Dept. of Energy, all of them cover a wider range of scientific literature than just energy.
- Internet History of Science Sourcebook (Paul Halsall, Fordham)
- E-Streams - Science and technology book reviews (Yankee Book Peddler)
- Recent Science and Technology Books Cataloged at the Library of Congress
- Museums, generally
- California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco
- Exploratorium, San Francisco
- Franklin Institute, Philadelphia
- Annals of Improbable Research - Sponsors of the Ig® Nobel Prize
History of Science:
Science Books:
Science Museums:
See also
Science Humor:
Physical Science
- Kenny Felder's Math and Physics Help
- Physics and Astronomy Reference [Physlink.com]
- Physics.org
- PhysicsWeb
- arXiv - Preprints in physics, math, nonlinear science, computer science, and quantitative biology (Cornell and Los Alamos National Laboratory)
- CERN Document Server
- HEP Search: High-Energy Physics Literature Database (Stanford Linear Accelerator, SPIRES)
- NASA Astrophysics Data System - Indexes literature in astronomy, astrophysics, geophysics, physics, and instrumentation
- ChemFinder
- Links for Chemists
- Elemental Data Index - Complements WebElements, below (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
- NIST Chemistry WebBook - Formulas, constants, and other data
- Sheffield ChemDex - Extensive portal for chemistry
- General Chemistry Online
- Visual Elements Periodic Table
- WebElements Periodic Table
- ChemWeb - Search preprints and abstracts of journal articles. Pay-per-view to get full text of journal articles. Free registration required.
- Chmoogle - Search for information on chemicals
- PubChem - "Information on the biological activities of small molecules" (National Library of Medicine)
- Energy PolySearch Engine - Péter Jacsó's page for searching multiple energy sites
- Energy Citations - Index going back to 1948 (Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy)
- Conversion and Calculation Center - Measurements, currency, time zones, calculators (Convert-It.com)
- Measurements Converter (Convert-Me.com)
- Online Conversion.com
- World Wide Metric Conversion Calculator
- WWW Unit Converter
- See Engineering on my Water Librarians' Home Page
Physics Indexes, Preprints, and E-prints:
Chemistry:
Chemistry Indexes:
Energy:
Energy Index:
Weights and Measures:
See also
Figure out conversions between one unit of measurement and another.
Applied Physical Science: Engineering:
Technology, generally
See also
- Blueprints - Database of designs of cars, ships, trains, airplanes, weapons, sci fi devices, humans, etc.
- Gizmodo - What's new in gadgets
- How Products Are Made - Manufacturing of common goods [madehow.com]
- How Stuff Works
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - Search patents and trademarks