Science, generally; Physical Sciences; Technology
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Science Museums |
Physical Science |
Technology, generally
Science, generally
See also
- 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
- Powers of Ten - Learn about all the sciences through multiples of ten (meters, seconds, etc.)
- Places and Spaces: Mapping Science - Maps that illustrate various concepts in science
- Science Reference Services (Library of Congress)
- Selected Internet Resources in Science and Technology
- Technical Reports and Standards
- Subject Guides in Science and Technology - Bibliographies and Internet resources
- Tracer Bullets - Research guides
- Shodor - Science activities for teachers and students, with an emphasis on computational science
- 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)
- Discovery News (Discovery Channel)
- EurekAlert - News in all branches of science (American Association for the Advancement of
Science)
- io9 - Science and science fiction ("We come from the future")
- Knight Science Journalism Tracker - Top science stories of the day (MIT)
- Nature
- New Scientist
- 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
- Engineering Indexes
- Math Preprints and Indexes
- Medical Indexes
- Open Archives/Digital Libraries
- Ornithology Indexes
- Physics Indexes and Preprints, below
- Psychological Research
- Primatology 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.
- ScienceOpen - Database of open-access articles from science journals
- CiteSeerx - An experiment in automated indexing
- GetInfo - "GetInfo is the portal for science and technology and provides access to more than 160 million data sets from specialised databases, publishers and library catalogues" (German National Library of Science and Technology)
- 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
- National Science Library, Canada (formerly CISTI)
- Public Library of Science (PLoS) - Open access journals in biology and medicine, with more to come
- 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.
- Scientific Societies - Database of societies worldwide (OSTI, DOE)
- Quick Guide to Open-Access E-print Archives in Science, Technology, and Medicine (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 marked with (What's this?)
Scientific Research and Indexes:
See also
Web Directories of Scientific Research and Indexes:
- 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.
- National Technical Reports Library - Search NTIS publications. Registration required to view full text documents.
- Technical Report Archive & Image Library (TRAIL) - Project to digitize U.S. government technical reports (About TRAIL) (Center for Research Libraries)
- Science Accelerator - This will go away and be incorporated into SciTech Connect (below)
- SciTech Connect - Covers biology, chemistry, energy, geosciences, materials, national defense, physics, and other subjects
- E-print Network - Search engine for e-print sites
U.S. Government Research:
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.
- National Science Teachers Association Learning Center - Curriculum materials, forums
- 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
- Smithsonian Institution science museums, Washington, D.C.:
- Citizen Science - Science projects anyone can help with (Scientific American)
- CitizenScience.gov - "Helping federal agencies accelerate innovation through citizen participation"
- Zooniverse - All kinds of citizen science projects
- Annals of Improbable Research - Sponsors of the Ig® Nobel Prize
Science Education:
History of Science:
Science Books:
Science Museums:
See also
Citizen Science:
Science Humor:
Physical Science
- Kenny Felder's Math and Physics Help
- Physics and Astronomy Reference [Physlink.com]
- Physics.org
- PhysicsWeb
- PhysicsWorld - Physics news
- 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)
- Astrophysics Data System - Indexes literature in astronomy, astrophysics, geophysics, physics, and instrumentation
- ChemDex - Extensive portal for chemistry
- ChemFinder
- Links for Chemists
- NIST Chemistry WebBook - Formulas, constants, and other data
- NIST Elemental Data Index - "Intended to simplify the process of retrieving online scientific data for a specific element from various online databases, including atomic spectroscopy, atomic data, x-ray absorption, and nuclear data" (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
- General Chemistry Online
- Chemical Elements.com
- Dynamic Periodic Table - Properties, orbitals, isotopes, compounds [PTable.com]
- Interactive Periodic Table of the Elements, in Pictures and Words
- Periodic Table of the Elements (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
- Periodic Table (Royal Society of Chemistry)
- Periodic Table of the Elements (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
- Periodic Table of the Elements (PubChem)
- WebElements Periodic Table
- Where to Find Materials Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) on the Internet
- ChemRxiv - Preprint server
- 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
- National Library of Energy (Dept. of Energy, Office of Science and Technical Information)
- The International System of Units (SI) - Official standard for the metric system (Bureau International des Poids et Mesures)
- Conversion and Calculation Center - Measurements, currency, time zones, calculators (Convert-It.com)
- Measure 4 Measure - Conversions for all kinds of measurements (WolinskyWeb)
- 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:
Periodic Table of the Elements:
Chemical Safety:
Chemistry Indexes:
Energy:
Energy Index:
Weights and Measures:
See also
Many of these sites help you figure out conversions between one unit of measurement and another.
Applied Physical Science: Engineering:
Technology, generally
- 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
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - Search patents and trademarks
- Yahoo Tech
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC) data
- World's Fairs - Ephemera from the Smithsonian Institution
Telecommunications:
World's Fair: