| AEROSPACE |
AERADE Aerospace and Defence <http://aerade.cranfield.ac.uk/> : Aerade is a gateway to quality Aerospace and Defence resources on the Internet. It is searchable and browsable. From Cranfield University.
Astronautics, Spacecraft Design,and Spacecraft Systems <http://ame-www.usc.edu/bio/mikeg/astromike/index.html> : Comprehensive hyperlink guide to WWW sites related to spacecraft design and spacecraft systems design, astronautics, and space exploration. Produced by Mike Gruntman, USC Department of Aerospace Engineering.
Basics of Space Flight <http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/basics/> : From Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The goal of this training module is to provide an aid for identifying and understanding the general concepts associated with space flight in general and deep space missions in particular. It offers a broad scope of limited depth, presented in 17 chapters. Includes a Basics of Space Flight Glossary
Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use <http://roland.lerc.nasa.gov/~dglover/dictionary//content.html> : Dictionary originally published as NASA SP 7 in 1965. The update project is ongoing
Encyclopedia Astronautica <http://www.astronautix.com/> : Contains a collection of articles on spaceflight by all nations of the world. Organized alphabetically and searchable. Also contains images.
FAA's Regulatory and Guidance Library <http://www.airweb.faa.gov/rgl> : The RGL is a set of searchable databases which contain regulatory, guidance and aviation product information. The RGL contains Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs) from 14 CFR both in their current version as well as historical versions.
Global Positioning System Primer <http://www.aero.org/publications/GPSPRIMER/> : GPS information as well as links to related sites. From the Aerospace Corporation
GrayLit <http://www.osti.gov/graylit> : GrayLIT Network provides a portal for over 100,000 FULL_TEXT technical reports located at the Department of Energy, Department of Defense, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Collections in the GrayLIT collaboration include the DOE Information Bridge; the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) Report Collection; the EPA National Environmental Publications Internet Site (NEPIS); the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab Reports; and the NASA Langley Technical Reports.
Mission and Spacecraft Library <http://leonardo.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/home.html> : Mission and Spacecraft Library, is a public source for information about spacecraft, covering American, Soviet, Japanese, Indian, Chinese spacecraft, including research, communications, astronomy, navigation, and spy satellites. Produced by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Mobile Satellite Related Periodicals, Books and Newsletters <http://www.msua.org/newslett.htm> : Newsletters and magazines of interest to the satellite communications industry
The NASA Astrophysics Data System <http://adswww.harvard.edu/> : The Astrophysics Data System (ADS) is a NASA-funded project whose main resource is an Abstract Service, which includes four sets of abstracts: 1) astronomyand astrophysics, containing 557,202 abstracts; 2) instrumentation, containing 577,783 abstracts; 3) physics and geophysics, containing 877,721 abstracts; and4) Los Alamos preprint server, containing 3,925 abstracts. Each dataset can be searched by author, object name (astronomy only), title, or abstract text words.
NASA Center for Aerospace Information Technical Report Server <http://ntrs.nasa.gov/> :
NASA Headquarters Library Home Page <http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/hqlibrary/> :
NASA RECONSelect <http://www.sti.nasa.gov/RECONselect.html> :
NASA Space Link <http://search.spacelink.nasa.gov/> : NASA Spacelink's search engine. There is a
Space and Electronic Warfare Lexicon <http://www.sew-lexicon.com/> : This glossary contains terms used in Electronic Warfare (EW), Command, Control, Communications, & Intelligence (C3I), and related fields, and includes terms related to technologies having EW or related naval warfare implications.
Space Calendar <http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/> : The Space Calendar covers space-related activities and anniversaries for the coming year. Included are over 1,000 links to related home pages. Includes upcoming satellite launches
Space Station - A Rare Inside View <http://www.pbs.org/spacestation/> : Run by PBS, this site gives inside views of the International Space Station
Spaceline <http://spaceline.usuhs.mil> : A free web accessible database containing references to publications on space flight and ground-based life sciences research
WAD's Buyers Guide Search <http://www.wadbuyersguide.com/> : The World Aviation Directory's Online Buyers Guide is an online directory of product and service suppliers to the aviation industry. The database has over 23,000 companies in 188 countries
| ALMANACS |
Astronomical Applications Data Services <http://aa.usno.navy.mil/AA/> : Complete Sun and Moon Data for One Day | Table of Sunrise/Sunset, Moonrise/Moonset, or Twilight Times for an Entire Year | Moon Illumination | Phases of the Moon 1990-2005 | Table of Moon Illumination for an Entire Year | Eclipses | Recent and Upcoming Eclipses of the Sun and Moon | Lunar Eclipse Computer | Positions of the Sun and Moon | Altitude and Azimuth of the Sun or Moon During One Day | Position of the Sun at Noon for Washington, D.C. | Data for Major Solar System Bodies and Bright Stars | Web version of MICA - Multi-Year Interactive Computer Almanac includes positions, rise/set/transit, physical ephemerides - plus sidereal time & Julian dates | Celestial navigation data provides computed altitudes and azimuths for assumed position and time | Dates | Earth's Seasons - Equinoxes, Solstices, Perihelion,and Aphelion 1992-2005
| BIOLOGY |
ARKive <http://www.arkive.org/> : An online archive of endangered species
Biology Browser <http://www.biologybrowser.org/> : BiologyBrowser is an interactive portal designed by BIOSIS (www.biosis.org) to connect life sciences researchers with free, useful resources and other like-minded scientists from all around the world.
BioScience Links <http://www.biolinks.net.ru/> : BioScience Links is a searchable database of Internet resources in biological sciences. It contains 20 basic categories divided into subcategories.Biochemistry, molecular biology, zoology, ecology, evolution and other links are presented.
Biosciences (Virtual Library) <http://golgi.harvard.edu/biopages/> : Meta list of www sites
The Brain Architecture Management System <http://brancusi.usc.edu/bkms/> : The Brain Architecture Management System (BAMS) is designed to be a repository of information about brain structures from different species, and has a set of inference engines for processing the neurobiological data. BAMS contains to date four interrelated modules: Brain Parts (brain regions, major fiber tracts, and ventricles), Cell Types, Relations (between structures from different neuroanatomical atlases), and Connections
The Comprehenisive Microbial Resource (CMR) Page <http://www.tigr.org/tigr-scripts/CMR2/CMRHomePage.spl> : Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, The Comprehensive Microbial Resource (CMR) is a tool that allows the researcher to access all of the bacterial genome sequences completed to date.
The Extinction Files <http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/darwin/exfiles/index.htm> : This site is a searchable database of past mass extinctions
Glossary of Genetic Terms <http://www.nhgri.nih.gov/DIR/VIP/Glossary/pub_glossary.cgi> : Enter a term to search or browse alphabetically. From the National Human Genome Research Institute
Introduction to the bacteria <http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/bacteria/bacteria.html> : Introduction to and information about bacteria
ITIS: Integrated Taxonomic Information Systems <http://www.itis.usda.gov/> : The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) is a partnership of U.S., Canadian, and Mexican agencies, other organizations, and taxonomic specialists cooperating on the development of an on-line, scientifically credible, list of biological names for North America. ITIS*CA is the Canadian version of the database, with all interfaces available in both English and French. The ITIS*ca system enables users to search for biological information associated with scientific names, vernaculars and synonyms and then seamlessly expand their query to the rest of the Internet.
Junglewalk <http://www.junglewalk.com/> : Junglewalk is trying to create a web site for animal lovers which will give quick access to information available in the web about all the animals in the world, big and small. Their large compilation of video and audio clips, which is currently the primary focus of this site, should complement other available animal directories in the web.
Mammal Species of the world <http://nmnhgoph.si.edu/msw/> : The Mammal Species of the World (MSW) contains the names of the 4,629 currently recognized species of mammals, in a taxonomic hierarchy that includes Order, Family, Subfamily, and Genus.
Microbology resources <http://www.microbes.info/> : Resources for microbiology and microbes
National Biological Information Infrastructure <http://www.nbii.gov/> : The NBII is an electronic gateway to biological data and information maintained by U.S. federal, state, and local government agencies; private sector organizations; and other partners around the world.
NatureServe / Nature Serve <http://www.natureserve.org/> : NatureServe is a source for authoritative conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals, and ecological communities of the United States and Canada. NatureServe provides in-depth information on common plants and animals too. NatureServe is a product of the Association for Biodiversity Information in collaboration with the Natural Heritage Network.
Spaceline <http://spaceline.usuhs.mil> : A free web accessible database containing references to publications on space flight and ground-based life sciences research
Tarantulas.com <http://www.tarantulas.com> : A resource for information on tarantulas and other invertibrates
| BOTANY |
Botany <http://www.botany.com> : Directory of plants. Includes common names, botanical names and dictionary of botanical words
The Internet Directory of Botany <http://www.helsinki.fi/kmus/botmenu.html> : One of the most comprehensive sites on the web dealing with botany and plants. Includes good list of links to other resource guides. From the Helsinki University, Finland
NatureServe / Nature Serve <http://www.natureserve.org/> : NatureServe is a source for authoritative conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals, and ecological communities of the United States and Canada. NatureServe provides in-depth information on common plants and animals too. NatureServe is a product of the Association for Biodiversity Information in collaboration with the Natural Heritage Network.
| BUSINESS FINANCE and ECONOMICS |
AnywhereYouGo.com <http://www.anywhereyougo.com> : This site contains articles and reports about wireless technologies and the wireless industry. There are also email newsletters to which you can subscribe.
| BUSINESS, GENERAL |
Access Place Electronics <http://www.accessplace.com/electron.htm> : Metasite and directory of electronics magazines, reviews, buyer's guides, and stores, for electronic products.
| CALCULATORS |
Temperature Conversion Calculator <http://www.cchem.berkeley.edu/ChemResources/temperature.html> : Enter number, choose the scale to convert from and scale to convert ot from dropdown menus containing: Celsius, Farenheit, Kelvin, rankine, Réaumur
| CALENDARS, EVENTS and TRADE SHOWS |
Astronomical Applications Data Services <http://aa.usno.navy.mil/AA/> : Complete Sun and Moon Data for One Day | Table of Sunrise/Sunset, Moonrise/Moonset, or Twilight Times for an Entire Year | Moon Illumination | Phases of the Moon 1990-2005 | Table of Moon Illumination for an Entire Year | Eclipses | Recent and Upcoming Eclipses of the Sun and Moon | Lunar Eclipse Computer | Positions of the Sun and Moon | Altitude and Azimuth of the Sun or Moon During One Day | Position of the Sun at Noon for Washington, D.C. | Data for Major Solar System Bodies and Bright Stars | Web version of MICA - Multi-Year Interactive Computer Almanac includes positions, rise/set/transit, physical ephemerides - plus sidereal time & Julian dates | Celestial navigation data provides computed altitudes and azimuths for assumed position and time | Dates | Earth's Seasons - Equinoxes, Solstices, Perihelion,and Aphelion 1992-2005
Space Calendar <http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/> : The Space Calendar covers space-related activities and anniversaries for the coming year. Included are over 1,000 links to related home pages. Includes upcoming satellite launches
| CHEMISTRY |
Acronyms and Abbreviations <http://www.chemie.fu-berlin.de/cgi-bin/acronym> : An acronyms database from the Berlin insitute of chemistry
Chemfinder <http://www.chemfinder.com> : Collection of over 3,800 compounds searchable by name, name fragment, molecular formula, molecular weight, CAS Registry Number...
Chemindustry <http://chemindustry.com/index.asp> : Comprehensive site for web information in the chemical industry. Search by subject or browse the topical list.
Chemistry Resources on the Internet <http://www.library.ucsb.edu/istl/98-winter/interne1.html> : Webligraphy of chemistry resources
General Chemistry Online <http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/> : Includes Common Compound Library, a searchable database of over 800 common compound names, formulas, structures, and properties. Also Resources, a searchable, annotated database of over 400 general chemistry Web resources.
Hazardous Chemicals Database <http://ull.chemistry.uakron.edu/erd/> : From University of Akron
Information Retrieval in Chemistry <http://macedonia.chem.demokritos.gr/main.html> : Chemistry and Sciences resource compedium by field and by topic; Chemistry mailing lists overview; Internet resources by topic. This server, located at the Institute of Physical Chemistry, NCSR 'Demokritos' , Athens Greece
Links for Chemists: WWW Virtual Library <http://www.liv.ac.uk/Chemistry/Links/links.html> : Links for Chemists is an index of over 8,225 chemistry resources on the web. This site is maintained by The University of Liverpool, Department of Chemistry
NIST Chemistry Webbook <http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/> : Search for compounds by name, formula, partial formula, etc.
REPROTOX <http://www.reprotox.org/> : REPROTOX is an Information System on Environmental Hazards
to Human Reproduction and Development
TOXNET <http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/> : TOXNET is a cluster of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas
A Visual Interpretation of the Table of Elements <http://www.chemsoc.org/viselements/> : Visula representation of 109 known elements. Includes historical information on the discovery and the naming of element. From the Royal Society of Chemistry, U.K.
| CLIMATE and WEATHER |
Online Meteorology Guide <http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/home.rxml> : The Online Meteorology Guide is a collection of web-based instructional modules that use multimedia technology and the dynamic capabilities of the web. These resources incorporate text, colorful diagrams, animations, computer simulations, audio and video to introduce fundamental concepts in the atmospheric sciences
WW2010 Online Guides <http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/home.rxml> : WW2010 Online Guides, formerly known as the Guide to Meteorology, is expanding beyond the scope of meteorology to other disciplines such as climate, remote sensing and global change.
| COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT |
Online Science books <http://www.sc.edu/library/science/scibooks.html> : A database of online science books
| COMPANY DATA |
Sweet's Database of Building Materials <http://www.sweets.com/> : Find companies that specialize in building materials including wood, plastics, concrete, masonry, metals, etc.
Wiznet <http://www.wiznet.net> : A vertical portal for sourcing companies and products. Search products, and link directly to manufacturers catalogues. Aggregates on-line original, unabridged, unstructured content (catalogs, specifications, manuals, installation notes, etc.) in paper on electronic format. Contains 45,000 catalogs covering more than 15 million industrial products. Registration required.
| COMPUTER BASED TRAINING |
Electronics Tutorials <http://www.electronics-tutorials.com/> : Free web based tutorials covering basic electronics which encompasses the topics of ohms law, voltage, current, resistance, capacitance, inductance, reactance, impedance and Q. Further topics in these basic electronics tutorials are power supply basics as well as digital basics. Major electronics tutorials range from amplifier design, general radio design, amateur radio or as some prefer, ham radio. LC filter design includes bandpass filters, low pass filters and high pass filters. Further electronics tutorials are on receiver design including am receivers, fm receivers and general coverage receivers which incorporate ssb as well as cw. Transmitter design covers oscillators including crystal oscillators, voltage controlled oscillators, hartley and colpitts oscillators. These are followed by buffer amplifiers, low level rf amplifiers as well as linear amplifiers.
Math Goodies Lesson Library <http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/> : This site offers interactive math lessons actively engage students in the learning process and provide them with immediate feedback. Each of our 54 lessons is a comprehensive learning module. Topics include introduction to statistics, probability, integers, number theory, etc.
| COMPUTERS and COMPUTING |
CMC Information Sources (The December List) <http://www.december.com/cmc/info/> : Comprehensive collection of information sources about the Internet and computer-mediated communication.
The Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies <http://liinwww.ira.uka.de/bibliography/index.html> : This is a collection of bibliographies of scientific literature in computer science from various sources. The collection currently contains about 850,000 references (mostly to journal articles, conference papers and technical reports)
Computer Museum History Center <http://www.computerhistory.org/> : The Computer Museum History Center is the world's authority on the history of computing technology. Its mission is to preserve and present for posterity the artifacts and stories of the information age.The collection spans hardware, software, audio clips, films, documentation, etc. The timeline offers five decades of computing history searchable by year. Established in 1996, The Computer Museum History Center is a non-profit entity dedicated to the preservation and celebration of computing history. It is home to one of the largest collections of computing artifacts in the world, a collection comprising over 3,000 artifacts, 2,000 films and videotapes, 5,000 photographs, 2,000 linear feet of cataloged documentation and gigabytes of software. The collection is housed in a visible storage building in Mountain View, California, in the heart of Silicon Valley.
Guide to Computer Science Internet Resources <http://www.library.ucsb.edu/istl/97-summer/internet2.html> : This guide contains links to significant computer science resources on the Internet. It is based on the computer science resource listing available as a subject guide on the University at Albany, University Libraries home page.The guide is divided into nine subject categories which are self-explanatory with the exception of Starting Points. Starting Points are internet subject guides that cover sub-disciplines of computer science like artificial intelligence, programming languages, and concurrency. Their purpose is to provide an organized, subject approach to internet resources for that sub-discipline.
High Tech Dictionary <http://www.currents.net/resources/dictionary/noframes/nf.searcher.phtml> : Contains terms in computer science and technology
MIT Encyclopedia of Cognitive Sciences <http://mitpress.mit.edu/MITECS/> : Searchable database covering the five areas that have traditionally formed the core of the cognitive sciences: Philosophy, Psychology, Neuroscience, Computational Intelligence, Linguistics and Language, Culture, Cognition, and Evolution.
Networked Computer Science Technical Reference Library <http://www.ncstrl.org> : Collection of over 20,000 computer science research reports, which will be linked with the ACM Digital Library. The Repository will be available at no charge.
Special Subject Guides <http://www.sub.uni-goettingen.de/ssgfi/> : MathGuide includes Algebra, Analysis, Topology, Differential Equations, Statistics, Computer Science. GeoGuide includes Geology, Mineralogy, Geophysics, Soil Sciences, Maps, Geography
Tech Encyclopedia <http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/> : More than 11,000 definitions of computer terms and concepts. The source for this encyclopedia is The Computer Desktop Encyclopedia.
| CONSTRUCTION |
Construction Market Data Online <http://www.cmdonl.com> : Construction Market Data (CMD) is a source for project information and construction industry market intelligence throughout the United States. Both General Construction as well as Civil Engineering construction information is available.
Sweet's Database of Building Materials <http://www.sweets.com/> : Find companies that specialize in building materials including wood, plastics, concrete, masonry, metals, etc.
Virtual Engineer <http://www.virtual-engineer.net/> : This site has been established to provide professionals working in the building and construction sectors with a reliable means of accessing product information, technical data and other information on the Web.
| DATABASES on the WEB |
Acronyms and Abbreviations <http://www.chemie.fu-berlin.de/cgi-bin/acronym> : An acronyms database from the Berlin insitute of chemistry
Energy Citations Database <http://www.osti.gov/energycitations/> : The Energy Citations Database (ECD) is designed and developed by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) with the science-attentive citizen in mind. Its creation is consistent with OSTI's objective to provide easier and faster access to the Department's scientific and technical information. Energy Citations is publicly available without charge to users.
Scirus <http://www.scirus.com/> : Searchable database of science-related papers and articles
| DIRECTORIES |
WAD's Buyers Guide Search <http://www.wadbuyersguide.com/> : The World Aviation Directory's Online Buyers Guide is an online directory of product and service suppliers to the aviation industry. The database has over 23,000 companies in 188 countries
Who Makes It / Whomakesit <http://www.whomakesit.com/wmi/default.asp> : A vertical portal designed to provide the electronic component industry with product information available from over 1200 manufacturers featuring more than 3 million components. Offers an electronic component directory that provides direct access to product information from the manufacturers. Includes a parts index and a manufacturers index.
Wiznet <http://www.wiznet.net> : A vertical portal for sourcing companies and products. Search products, and link directly to manufacturers catalogues. Aggregates on-line original, unabridged, unstructured content (catalogs, specifications, manuals, installation notes, etc.) in paper on electronic format. Contains 45,000 catalogs covering more than 15 million industrial products. Registration required.
| EDUCATION and LEARNING |
Adventures in Science and Technology <http://collections.ic.gc.ca/science/english/index.html> : Part of the Canadian Government's Digital Collections site, contains information and learning projects for kids
An Introduction to Physical Science <http://acept.la.asu.edu/courses/phs110/ds/toc.html> : An online tutorial presenting an introduction to the physical sciences
Math Goodies Lesson Library <http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/> : This site offers interactive math lessons actively engage students in the learning process and provide them with immediate feedback. Each of our 54 lessons is a comprehensive learning module. Topics include introduction to statistics, probability, integers, number theory, etc.
SMETE Digital Library <http://www.smete.org/> : This service covers the science, mathematics, engineering and technology education (SMETE). It's purpose is "to gather and share information from all concerning existing SMETE digital libraries, tools and services, lessons learned, metadata
standards used, user studies and publications."
Space Station - A Rare Inside View <http://www.pbs.org/spacestation/> : Run by PBS, this site gives inside views of the International Space Station
| ELECTRONICS |
Access Place Electronics <http://www.accessplace.com/electron.htm> : Metasite and directory of electronics magazines, reviews, buyer's guides, and stores, for electronic products.
EDTN: The Electronics Design, Technology & News Network <http://www.edtn.com/> : The Electronics Design and Technology Network, (EDTN) is an online network of CMP Media, Inc. With a suite of information, design and decision support tools, reference materials and E-Search, the EDTN Network provides specific information available. Developed for electronics design engineers, procurement and business professionals. EDTN also links with numerous sites, including Electronic Engineering Times, Electronic Buyers' News, Electronic Design, and PCN Alert.
Electronics: An online guide for beginners <http://library.thinkquest.org/16497/> : Contains: Introduction / - A discription and overview of the site. / Basic Concepts / - First step into electronics. Discusses electronic theory. / Schematic Diagrams / - Introduces the schematic diagram. / Circuit Concepts / - Discusses series and parallel circuits. / Electronic Projects / - Introduces the breadboard and soldering. / - Schematic diagrams for various electronic projects.
Electronics Dictionary <http://www.twysted-pair.com/dictionary.htm> :
Electronics Info Page <http://www.hut.fi/Misc/Electronics/> : Meta site with links to most electronics disciplines including circuits, components, emc, digital signal, processing, telecommunications, telephony, etc. Compiled by Tomi Engdahl at the Helsinki University of Technology.
Electronics Manufacturers <http://www.electronics-oems.com/homepage.html> : The directory devoted exclusively to manufacturers of electronic hardware products on the Internet.
Electronics Tutorials <http://www.electronics-tutorials.com/> : Free web based tutorials covering basic electronics which encompasses the topics of ohms law, voltage, current, resistance, capacitance, inductance, reactance, impedance and Q. Further topics in these basic electronics tutorials are power supply basics as well as digital basics. Major electronics tutorials range from amplifier design, general radio design, amateur radio or as some prefer, ham radio. LC filter design includes bandpass filters, low pass filters and high pass filters. Further electronics tutorials are on receiver design including am receivers, fm receivers and general coverage receivers which incorporate ssb as well as cw. Transmitter design covers oscillators including crystal oscillators, voltage controlled oscillators, hartley and colpitts oscillators. These are followed by buffer amplifiers, low level rf amplifiers as well as linear amplifiers.
Engineering E-journal Search Engine <http://www.eevl.ac.uk/eese/> : The Engineering E-journal Search Engine searches the full text of over one hundred engineering journals, which are listed in the EEVL catalogue of engineering resources (with their own record or as part of a parent site). In order to be selected, e-journals must be free, full text (or offer most of their content as full text) and available without registration.
Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century <http://www.greatachievements.org/> : Achievements are described with an introduction, timeline, and historical context.. The most important are: electrification, automobile, airplane, water supply and distribution, electronics, radio and television, agricultural mechanization, computers, telephone, air conditioning and refrigeration, highways, spacecraft, Internet, imaging, household appliances, health technologies, petroleum and petrochemical technologies, laser and fiber optics, nuclear technologies, and high-performance materials. Produced by the National Academy of Engineering
LiveManuals / Live Manuals <http://www.livemanuals.com/> : This site offers links to manufacturers, manuals, warranties, etc. for most consumer electronics. Search by product or manufacturer. Registration is required for storage of personal product information such as serial numbers, etc.
Mechanical Engineering Electronic Design Library <http://www.ecs.umass.edu/mie/labs/mda/dlib/dlib.html> : University of Massachussetts. The design information consists mainly of material selection and property, standard machine elements, links to various manufacturing companies and case studies of different engineering projects.
Resources of Scholarly Societies - Electrical Engineering <http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/society/eleceng_soc.html> :
Web EE - The Electrical Engineering Homepage <http://www.web-ee.com/> : Web resources for electrical engineering
Who Makes It / Whomakesit <http://www.whomakesit.com/wmi/default.asp> : A vertical portal designed to provide the electronic component industry with product information available from over 1200 manufacturers featuring more than 3 million components. Offers an electronic component directory that provides direct access to product information from the manufacturers. Includes a parts index and a manufacturers index.
Wiznet <http://www.wiznet.net> : A vertical portal for sourcing companies and products. Search products, and link directly to manufacturers catalogues. Aggregates on-line original, unabridged, unstructured content (catalogs, specifications, manuals, installation notes, etc.) in paper on electronic format. Contains 45,000 catalogs covering more than 15 million industrial products. Registration required.
| ENGINEERING |
Analysys Telecom Virtual Library <http://www.analysys.co.uk/vlib/default.htm> : Links to Manufacturers and Vendors, Mobile Communications, Multimedia, Operators, Policy and Industry Information, Broadband Telecoms, ATM , Broadcasting, Cable TV and Communications, Consultancies, Economic and Legal Issues
Ananzi Engineering <http://www.tecnet.co.za/> : An engineering portal for South Africa. Includes a directory, useful links and trade journals
Animated Engines <http://www.keveney.com/Engines.html> : Site with animated images showing how various engines work
Architecture and Building <http://library.nevada.edu/arch/rsrce/webrsrce/contents.html> : Topics covered by this guide include architecture, building and construction, design, housing, planning, preservation, facility management, energy and the environment, and landscape architecture. Types of listings range from discussion groups to electronic publications to databases -- and of course a wide variety of web sites. This is a selective guide. Links to more comprehensive link collections are included. For some topics just one or two sites with good links to the net resources in that topic are listed. Although the emphasis is on quality sites, sometimes sites that are currently not well-developed but show promise of being so are included. Developed by Janine Brown, University of Nevada.
ASTM International Directory of Testing Laboratories <http://www.astm.org/labs/> : The ASTM International Directory of Testing Laboratories is an on-line full text search for services and locations of testing laboratories. The information on the types of tests performed, specific tests performed, materials analyzed, or other services offered has been provided by the laboratories. ASTM has not attempted to investigate, rate, endorse, approve or certify any laboratory. Each laboratory has paid ASTM a fee for their listing.
ATM Forum Glossary <http://www.atmforum.com/atmforum/library/glossary/glosspage.html> : Terms in telecommunication engineering
Civil Engineering Database <http://www.pubs.asce.org/cedbsrch.html> : ASCE: the American Society of Civil Engineers' Electronic Information Retrieval Service to All Its Publications Published since 1973 The CEDB Provides Access to over 80,000 Bibliographic and Abstracted Records - Current Coverage: January 1973 -
Defense Acquisition Deskbook <http://web2.deskbook.osd.mil/default.asp> : United States. Dept. of Defense--Procurement Handbooks, manuals, etc. Government purchasing--United States Handbooks, manuals, etc. United States--Armed Forces--Procurement Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Dialog Select OpenAccess Engineering <http://openaccess.dialog.com/tech/index.html> : Offers subscription-based or pay-per-use access to several of the top engineering databases including INSPEC and EI Compendex
e4Engineering <http://www.e4engineering.com/> : A European Engineering portal based around content taken from six trade journals, The Engineer, Design Engineering, Process Engineering, Metalworking Production, Control & Instrumentation, and What's New in Industry.
EDTN: The Electronics Design, Technology & News Network <http://www.edtn.com/> : The Electronics Design and Technology Network, (EDTN) is an online network of CMP Media, Inc. With a suite of information, design and decision support tools, reference materials and E-Search, the EDTN Network provides specific information available. Developed for electronics design engineers, procurement and business professionals. EDTN also links with numerous sites, including Electronic Engineering Times, Electronic Buyers' News, Electronic Design, and PCN Alert.
EEVL: Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library <http://www.eevl.ac.uk/welcome.html> : EEVL : The UK gateway to engineering information on the Internet
eFunda <http://www.efunda.com/home.cfm> : eFunda provides online resources for the engineering community, including web links, continuing education information, trade shows and career resources
Electronics Dictionary <http://www.twysted-pair.com/dictionary.htm> :
Electronics Info Page <http://www.hut.fi/Misc/Electronics/> : Meta site with links to most electronics disciplines including circuits, components, emc, digital signal, processing, telecommunications, telephony, etc. Compiled by Tomi Engdahl at the Helsinki University of Technology.
Electronics Manufacturers <http://www.electronics-oems.com/homepage.html> : The directory devoted exclusively to manufacturers of electronic hardware products on the Internet.
Engineering E-Library, Sweden (EELS) <http://eels.lub.lu.se/> : The Engineering E-Library, Sweden (EELS), is an information system for quality assessed Internet resources in the technical sciences. The sites have all been organized and classified by subject matter.
Engineering Statistics Handbook <http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/> : The goal of this handbook is to help scientists and engineers encorporate statistical methods into their work as efficiently as possible
Engineers Online <http://www.engineers-online.co.uk/cgi-bin/default.cgi> : A UK-based portal for engineering. Features a chatroom and forums as well as a directory of engineering companies and job postings
Engwho <http://engwho.hypermart.net/> : Searchable collection on engineering web resources
EPRI EnergySearch <http://www.energysearch.com/> : Searchable database for energy resources. From EPRI: the Electric Power Research Institute, a consortia of electric utilities
FachInformationszentrum Karlsruhe <http://www.fiz-karlsruhe.de/home.html> : Fachinformationszentrum (FIZ) Karlsruhe is a non-profit organization set up to provide information and information services for academic and industrial research & development, as well as for business and administration.
In cooperation with its partners in the USA and Japan, FIZ Karlsruhe is operating the host STN International, offering public access to databases with scientific, technical, and supplementary business information. In its function as European STN Service Center, FIZ Karlsruhe offers access to more than 200 electronic databases in almost all fields of science and technology, including patents
FreeCAD <http://www.freecad.com/> : The one site for all free CAD, CAM and CAE programs, brought to you by TenLinks, Inc.
GrayLit <http://www.osti.gov/graylit> : GrayLIT Network provides a portal for over 100,000 FULL_TEXT technical reports located at the Department of Energy, Department of Defense, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Collections in the GrayLIT collaboration include the DOE Information Bridge; the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) Report Collection; the EPA National Environmental Publications Internet Site (NEPIS); the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab Reports; and the NASA Langley Technical Reports.
Graylit Network <http://graylit.osti.gov/> : Developed by the Department of Energy's Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), in collaboration with DOD/DTIC, NASA, and EPA, the GrayLIT Network is a portal for technical report information generated through federally funded research and development projects.
Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century <http://www.greatachievements.org/> : Achievements are described with an introduction, timeline, and historical context.. The most important are: electrification, automobile, airplane, water supply and distribution, electronics, radio and television, agricultural mechanization, computers, telephone, air conditioning and refrigeration, highways, spacecraft, Internet, imaging, household appliances, health technologies, petroleum and petrochemical technologies, laser and fiber optics, nuclear technologies, and high-performance materials. Produced by the National Academy of Engineering
I-Engineering <http://www.i-engineering.com/> : A global engineering portal with a plan to provide the engineering
community with one-stop technical information, information about
engineering-related products, services and business-to-business
commerce, and in an international and a multilingual environment.
iCivilEngineer <http://www.icivilengineer.com/> : A portal specially designed for civil engineering professionals and students, with links to news, resources and job listings.
iCrank: The Mechanical Engineering Portal <http://icrank.com/> : This site offers links to mechanical engineering sites, a directory of vendor sites, reference data such as Design codes & specifications, Material data, Machining data, Units conversion, Physical constants, etc. There are discussion forums. The site can be personalized by registering for my iCrank.
Invention Dimension <http://web.mit.edu/invent/> : American inventors. Includes "Wacky Patent of the Month"
Inventors Hall of Fame <http://www.invent.org/book/> : Searchable site for inventors and inventions
Linda Hall Library <http://www.lhl.lib.mo.us/> : Linda Hall is an independent research library of science, engineering, and technology. The collections include scientific journals (~ 40,000 serial titles), research monographs (~ 300,000), conference and symposium proceedings, engineering standards and specifications (~ 150,000), patent specifications and trademarks, unclassified NASA, DOE, and Government Contractor reports (~ 1.5 million), and geological maps (~ 80,000). Holdings include the former library collection of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences acquired in 1947 and most of the collection from the former Engineering Societies Library transferred in 1995.
Magnets Design Guide <http://www.magnetsales.com/Design/DesignG.htm> : Everything you need to know about magnet design
Mechanical Engineering Electronic Design Library <http://www.ecs.umass.edu/mie/labs/mda/dlib/dlib.html> : University of Massachussetts. The design information consists mainly of material selection and property, standard machine elements, links to various manufacturing companies and case studies of different engineering projects.
MechEngineer.com <http://mechengineer.com/> : MechEngineer.com is a FREE, one stop resource center for mechanical engineers, designers, drafters, students, and anyone interested in mechanical design and engineering. Includes discussion areas and job postings
MotionNet.com <http://www.engref.com/> : MotionNET.com is a free technical web portal designed by a team of experienced electronic and mechanical design engineers to help fellow engineers design and develop new products. Their goal is to provide engineers and buyers with the most efficient, direct and practical sources available, including products, manufacturers, distributors, standards and reference information.
NSF - Division of Science Resource Statistics <http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/seind00/start.htm> : Provides a central clearinghouse for the collection, interpretation, and analysis of data on scientific and engineering resources, and to provide a source of information for policy formulation by other agencies of the Federal Government.
PATH Bibliographic Database <http://www.nas.edu/trb/about/path1.html> : California PATH Database, the world's largest bibliographic database pertaining to Intelligent Transportation Systems
Questus Telecommunications Links Database <http://www.questus.co.uk/links.htm> : Searchable database of telecommunications links on the internet. A search by country will display a list of links to telecommunications companies and carriers in that country
Reliability Analysis Center Journal Hub page <http://empire.rome.iitri.com/RAC/CURRENT/JOURNAL/> :
Resources of Scholarly Societies - Electrical Engineering <http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/society/eleceng_soc.html> :
Resources of Scholarly Societies - Mechanical Engineering <http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/society/mecheng_soc.html> :
ScienceWise <http://www.sciencewise.com> : ScienceWise.com offers scientific content, news, and business tools and resources for scientists and engineers. ScienceWise.com offers a variety of information, products, and services. Provides many resources for seeking funding for research
Scout Report for Science and Engineering <http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/scout/report/sci-engr/> : The target audience of the Scout Report for Science & Engineering is faculty, students, staff, and librarians in the life sciences, physical sciences, and engineering. Each biweekly issue offers a selective collection of Internet resources covering topics in the sciences, and related fields such as math and engineering, that have been chosen by librarians and content specialists in the given field of study. The Report is divided into two parts, site annotation, and current awareness
Simple Machines <http://www.cosi.org/onlineExhibits/simpMach/sm1.html> : Flash demos and text describing how simple mechanical machines work
SMETE Digital Library <http://www.smete.org/> : This service covers the science, mathematics, engineering and technology education (SMETE). It's purpose is "to gather and share information from all concerning existing SMETE digital libraries, tools and services, lessons learned, metadata
standards used, user studies and publications."
STINET Technical Reports Collection <http://stinet.dtic.mil/str/index.html> : Advanced fielded search for the DTIC scientific and technical reports collection. DTIC thesaurus can be added in a frame.
TechSavvy <http://www.techsavvy.com> : TechSavvy.com provides a broad base of technical, engineering, design, maintenance and procurement information for professionals across the disciplines. TechSavvy eliminates the time consuming Web searches or paging through catalogs by combining the reach of the Internet and with proprietary technical databases from IHS Inc. It brings a focus to the increasing demand for technical information in one easy-to-use site. The site contains free information, product trials, and provides links to a variety of services available for purchase, from single document delivery to subscriptions, technical solutions, and more.
Ten Links / TenLinks <http://www.tenlinks.com/> : A categorized search directory for locating information and experts in engineering and technology
TranStats <http://www.transtats.bts.gov/> : TranStats is a new website for transportation researchers and analysts, aimed at providing “one stop shopping” for transportation data.
U.S. Department of Energy. National Laboratories <http://www.energy.gov/aboutus/org/natlabs.html> : This page offers links to U.S. National Laboratories, such as Argonne, Los Alamos, Oak Ridge, etc. Each laboratory site usually includes a link to its library.
Web EE - The Electrical Engineering Homepage <http://www.web-ee.com/> : Web resources for electrical engineering
Who Makes It / Whomakesit <http://www.whomakesit.com/wmi/default.asp> : A vertical portal designed to provide the electronic component industry with product information available from over 1200 manufacturers featuring more than 3 million components. Offers an electronic component directory that provides direct access to product information from the manufacturers. Includes a parts index and a manufacturers index.
WWW Virtual Library: Mechanical Engineering <http://CDR.stanford.edu/html/WWW-ME/home.html> : Pointers and links to sites of interest to mechanical engineers
| ENVIRONMENT |
ARKive <http://www.arkive.org/> : An online archive of endangered species
Earthquake Engineering Abstracts <http://www.eerc.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/texhtml?form=eea> :
Environmental Resources on the Web <http://egj.lib.uidaho.edu/egj13/shrode1.html> : Comprehensive list or internet resources from Electronic Green Journal, issue 13, December 2000.Hodges Library, Reference Services, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN. ISSN: 1076-7975
Enviroscience e-Print Service Home Page <http://esn.osti.gov/enviroscience.html> : The Enviro-Science e-Print Service is a multi-agency project of DOE's Environmental Management Science Program (EMSP), the U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development, their content partners and sponsors. The e-Print Service includes unpublished manuscripts, conference papers, presentations, posters and selected technical reports. Contributions are encouraged from government authors and government-sponsored authors in partner agencies. However, contributions are not limited to work funded by partners.
EPA Global Warming Site <http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/publications/outreach/> : A one-stop source for outreach material designed to inform the public about global warming, with a primary focus on voluntary greenhouse gas reduction strategies that help states, communities, and individuals save money, improve air quality, and lower risks to human health.
EPA Publications Search <http://www.epa.gov/epapages/epahome/pubsearch.html> : Search engine for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency documents. Search by document number, title, or keyword. Search returns include a brief abstract, URL, etc.
Fossick Web Search Alliance Directory <http://fossick.com/Science.htm> : Search engines and directories are listed in alphabetical order. Includes: Environment, Science, Natural and Technology
GEMI Online: Global Environmental Management Initiative <http://www.gemi.org/index.htm> : The Global Environmental Management Initiative (GEMI) is a non-profit organization of leading companies dedicated to fostering environmental, health and safety excellence worldwide through the sharing of tools and information in order for business to help business achieve environmental excellence. Through the collaborative efforts of its members, GEMI also promotes a worldwide business ethic for environmental, health and safety management and sustainable development through example and leadership. Of note is: Online Resources providing links to GEMI members' web pages and their online environmental information. There are also several benchmarking reports available to the public.
NatureServe / Nature Serve <http://www.natureserve.org/> : NatureServe is a source for authoritative conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals, and ecological communities of the United States and Canada. NatureServe provides in-depth information on common plants and animals too. NatureServe is a product of the Association for Biodiversity Information in collaboration with the Natural Heritage Network.
Noise Pollution Clearinghouse <http://www.nonoise.org/> : Resources and tools concerning noise pollution
Online Meteorology Guide <http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/home.rxml> : The Online Meteorology Guide is a collection of web-based instructional modules that use multimedia technology and the dynamic capabilities of the web. These resources incorporate text, colorful diagrams, animations, computer simulations, audio and video to introduce fundamental concepts in the atmospheric sciences
Scorecard <http://www.scorecard.org> : Scorecard is a source for free and easily accessible local environmental information in the U.S. Simply type in a zip code to find out about local air pollution and explore state-of-the-art interactive maps. Scorecard delivers information on the toxic chemicals released by manufacturing facilities and the health risks of air pollution. It can rank and compare the pollution situation in areas across the US. Scorecard also profiles 6,800 chemicals, making it easy to find out where they are used and how hazardous they are.
Terms of Environment <http://www.epa.gov/docs/OCEPAterms/> : U.S, Environmental Protection Agency
WW2010 Online Guides <http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/home.rxml> : WW2010 Online Guides, formerly known as the Guide to Meteorology, is expanding beyond the scope of meteorology to other disciplines such as climate, remote sensing and global change.
| FREE DATABASES on the WEB |
AgNIC: Agriculture Network Information Center <http://www.agnic.org/> : AgNIC (Agriculture Network Information Center) is a distributed network that provides access to agriculture-related information, subject area experts, and other resources. It was established by an alliance of the National Agricultural Library, land-grant universities, and other organizations committed to facilitating public access to agricultural and related information. Includes: AgDB, a database that describes and links to 1,000+ Web-based agriculture information sources | AGRICOLA (Bibliographic database of more than 3 million records created by NAL and its cooperators) | Directories of Agriculture-related Internet Information Resources
Astronomical Applications Data Services <http://aa.usno.navy.mil/AA/> : Complete Sun and Moon Data for One Day | Table of Sunrise/Sunset, Moonrise/Moonset, or Twilight Times for an Entire Year | Moon Illumination | Phases of the Moon 1990-2005 | Table of Moon Illumination for an Entire Year | Eclipses | Recent and Upcoming Eclipses of the Sun and Moon | Lunar Eclipse Computer | Positions of the Sun and Moon | Altitude and Azimuth of the Sun or Moon During One Day | Position of the Sun at Noon for Washington, D.C. | Data for Major Solar System Bodies and Bright Stars | Web version of MICA - Multi-Year Interactive Computer Almanac includes positions, rise/set/transit, physical ephemerides - plus sidereal time & Julian dates | Celestial navigation data provides computed altitudes and azimuths for assumed position and time | Dates | Earth's Seasons - Equinoxes, Solstices, Perihelion,and Aphelion 1992-2005
Chemfinder <http://www.chemfinder.com> : Collection of over 3,800 compounds searchable by name, name fragment, molecular formula, molecular weight, CAS Registry Number...
Civil Engineering Database <http://www.pubs.asce.org/cedbsrch.html> : ASCE: the American Society of Civil Engineers' Electronic Information Retrieval Service to All Its Publications Published since 1973 The CEDB Provides Access to over 80,000 Bibliographic and Abstracted Records - Current Coverage: January 1973 -
Earthquake Engineering Abstracts <http://www.eerc.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/texhtml?form=eea> :
EPA Publications Search <http://www.epa.gov/epapages/epahome/pubsearch.html> : Search engine for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency documents. Search by document number, title, or keyword. Search returns include a brief abstract, URL, etc.
EPRI EnergySearch <http://www.energysearch.com/> : Searchable database for energy resources. From EPRI: the Electric Power Research Institute, a consortia of electric utilities
GrayLit <http://www.osti.gov/graylit> : GrayLIT Network provides a portal for over 100,000 FULL_TEXT technical reports located at the Department of Energy, Department of Defense, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Collections in the GrayLIT collaboration include the DOE Information Bridge; the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) Report Collection; the EPA National Environmental Publications Internet Site (NEPIS); the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab Reports; and the NASA Langley Technical Reports.
Hazardous Chemicals Database <http://ull.chemistry.uakron.edu/erd/> : From University of Akron
HEP - High Energy Physics Database <http://www-spires.slac.stanford.edu/FIND/hep> :
International ISO 9000 Database <http://www.qualitydigest.com/html/iso9000.html> : The North American database contains better than 95% of all currently registered sites. This site receives updates from most registrars and is updated at least twice per month. The International database currently contains about 10 percent of all outstanding sites. From Quality Digest.
ITIS: Integrated Taxonomic Information Systems <http://www.itis.usda.gov/> : The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) is a partnership of U.S., Canadian, and Mexican agencies, other organizations, and taxonomic specialists cooperating on the development of an on-line, scientifically credible, list of biological names for North America. ITIS*CA is the Canadian version of the database, with all interfaces available in both English and French. The ITIS*ca system enables users to search for biological information associated with scientific names, vernaculars and synonyms and then seamlessly expand their query to the rest of the Internet.
Math Database - European Mathematical Society <http://www.emis.de/cgi-bin/MATH> :
MatWeb: The Online Materials Information Resource <http://www.matweb.com> : MatWeb's database currently includes comprehensive coverage of thermoplastic and thermoset polymers, aluminum, magnesium, steel, titanium and zinc alloys, plus a solid and growing list of ceramics and other metals. Covers data on 23,856 materials including metals, plastics, ceramics, and composites.
The NASA Astrophysics Data System <http://adswww.harvard.edu/> : The Astrophysics Data System (ADS) is a NASA-funded project whose main resource is an Abstract Service, which includes four sets of abstracts: 1) astronomyand astrophysics, containing 557,202 abstracts; 2) instrumentation, containing 577,783 abstracts; 3) physics and geophysics, containing 877,721 abstracts; and4) Los Alamos preprint server, containing 3,925 abstracts. Each dataset can be searched by author, object name (astronomy only), title, or abstract text words.
NASA Center for Aerospace Information Technical Report Server <http://ntrs.nasa.gov/> :
NASA RECONSelect <http://www.sti.nasa.gov/RECONselect.html> :
Networked Computer Science Technical Reference Library <http://www.ncstrl.org> : Collection of over 20,000 computer science research reports, which will be linked with the ACM Digital Library. The Repository will be available at no charge.
PATH Bibliographic Database <http://www.nas.edu/trb/about/path1.html> : California PATH Database, the world's largest bibliographic database pertaining to Intelligent Transportation Systems
PubSCIENCE: Scientific and Technical Publishers and Journal Literature <http://pubsci.osti.gov/srchfrm.html> : PubSCIENCE is a World Wide Web service developed by the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) to facilitate searching and accessing peer reviewed journal literature in the physical sciences and other energy-related disciplines. PubSCIENCE allows the user to search across abstracts and citations of multiple publishers at no cost. Once the user has found an interesting abstract, a hyperlink provides access to the publisher's server to obtain the full text article. The article will come up immediately if the user or his/her organization has a subscription to the journal. If the user lacks such a subscription, access to the full text can be obtained by pay per view, by special arrangement with the publisher, library access or through commercial providers.
ResearchIndex: the NECI Scientific Index Digital Library <http://www.researchindex.com/> : ResearchIndex offers citation indexing. It is a scientific literature digital library that aims to improve the dissemination and feedback of scientific literature, and to provide improvements in functionality, usability, availability, cost, comprehensiveness, efficiency, and timeliness. Rather than creating just another digital library, ResearchIndex provides algorithms, techniques, and software that can be used in other digital libraries. ResearchIndex indexes Postscript and PDF research articles on the Web. The current demonstration database indexes over 150,000 computer science articles containing over 2 million citations. Formerly called CiteSeer, ResearchIndex is sponsered by the NEC Research Institute
STINET Technical Reports Collection <http://stinet.dtic.mil/str/index.html> : Advanced fielded search for the DTIC scientific and technical reports collection. DTIC thesaurus can be added in a frame.
Sweet's Database of Building Materials <http://www.sweets.com/> : Find companies that specialize in building materials including wood, plastics, concrete, masonry, metals, etc.
| FRENCH LANGUAGE RESOURCES |
Le réseau Franco Science <http://www.citeweb.net/science/franco/> : Le but du site est de donner un plus grand rayonnement aux sciences dans la francophonie
| GEOGRAPHY, MAPS and ATLASES |
Geography: the Mining Company's Guide <http://geography.miningco.com/> : Includes maps, natural phenomena such as weather and climate, cultural and physical geography, and a collection of geographic superlatives such as the highest and lowest points on earth. Of interest is Countries That No Longer Exist
Special Subject Guides <http://www.sub.uni-goettingen.de/ssgfi/> : MathGuide includes Algebra, Analysis, Topology, Differential Equations, Statistics, Computer Science. GeoGuide includes Geology, Mineralogy, Geophysics, Soil Sciences, Maps, Geography
World Cave Database <http://www-sop.inria.fr/agos-sophia/sis/DB/database.html> : This is a database of long and deep caves from all around the world. It comes currently in 3 versions: sorted by depth (deeper than 300m), by length (longer than 3kms), and classified by country.
| GOVERNMENT |
FAA's Regulatory and Guidance Library <http://www.airweb.faa.gov/rgl> : The RGL is a set of searchable databases which contain regulatory, guidance and aviation product information. The RGL contains Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs) from 14 CFR both in their current version as well as historical versions.
| HEALTH and MEDICAL |
Glossary of Genetic Terms <http://www.nhgri.nih.gov/DIR/VIP/Glossary/pub_glossary.cgi> : Enter a term to search or browse alphabetically. From the National Human Genome Research Institute
HighWire Press: Internet Imprint of the Stanford University Libraries <http://highwire.stanford.edu/> : The second largest free full text archives on the web, HighWire Press offers links to all of their journals in medicine, the life sciences, phsyical sciences and social sciences. Not all titles are available for free, but those on free trial or with partial or full free access are indicated.
Right to Know Hazardous Substance Factsheet <http://www.state.nj.us/health/eoh/rtkweb/rtkhsfs.htm> : Developed by the State of New Jersey, Dept. of Health, this site lists over 2000 substances. Common names for these are listed alphabetically
Selected Internet Resources for the Health Sciences Librarian <http://www.nnlm.nlm.nih.gov/sar/inet/bigones.html> :
| HISTORY |
A Catalog of the scientific community in the 16th and 17th centuries <http://es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/Catalog/catalog.html> : his catalog is a collection of 631 detailed biographies on members of the scientific community during the 16th and 17th centuries with vital facts about each individual and their contributions to science.
Computer Museum History Center <http://www.computerhistory.org/> : The Computer Museum History Center is the world's authority on the history of computing technology. Its mission is to preserve and present for posterity the artifacts and stories of the information age.The collection spans hardware, software, audio clips, films, documentation, etc. The timeline offers five decades of computing history searchable by year. Established in 1996, The Computer Museum History Center is a non-profit entity dedicated to the preservation and celebration of computing history. It is home to one of the largest collections of computing artifacts in the world, a collection comprising over 3,000 artifacts, 2,000 films and videotapes, 5,000 photographs, 2,000 linear feet of cataloged documentation and gigabytes of software. The collection is housed in a visible storage building in Mountain View, California, in the heart of Silicon Valley.
| JOURNALS, MAGAZINES, EZINES |
Engineering E-journal Search Engine <http://www.eevl.ac.uk/eese/> : The Engineering E-journal Search Engine searches the full text of over one hundred engineering journals, which are listed in the EEVL catalogue of engineering resources (with their own record or as part of a parent site). In order to be selected, e-journals must be free, full text (or offer most of their content as full text) and available without registration.
HighWire Press: Internet Imprint of the Stanford University Libraries <http://highwire.stanford.edu/> : The second largest free full text archives on the web, HighWire Press offers links to all of their journals in medicine, the life sciences, phsyical sciences and social sciences. Not all titles are available for free, but those on free trial or with partial or full free access are indicated.
IOP: Institute of Physics Electronic Journals Search <http://www.iop.org/EJ/S/UNREG/kBe6nARuXNVblsLl9S2EsQ/search> : Search the contents of numerous physics journals. Limit by title, author, affiliation, abstract, date.
| JOURNALS, MAGAZINES, EZINES FOR LIBRARIANS |
HEP: High Energy Physics Libraries Webzine <http://library.cern.ch/HEPLW/> : 'HEP Libraries Webzine' aims to discuss issues relevant to scientific libraries and librarians, and presents some of the latests developments in the field of electronic publishing, electronic document management, digital and hybrid libraries. 'HEP Libraries Webzine' is published twice a year.
Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship <http://www.library.ucsb.edu/istl/> : A quarterly publication of the Science and Technology Section, Association of College and Research Libraries
| LIBRARY CATALOGUES |
Linda Hall Library <http://www.lhl.lib.mo.us/> : Linda Hall is an independent research library of science, engineering, and technology. The collections include scientific journals (~ 40,000 serial titles), research monographs (~ 300,000), conference and symposium proceedings, engineering standards and specifications (~ 150,000), patent specifications and trademarks, unclassified NASA, DOE, and Government Contractor reports (~ 1.5 million), and geological maps (~ 80,000). Holdings include the former library collection of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences acquired in 1947 and most of the collection from the former Engineering Societies Library transferred in 1995.
NASA Headquarters Library Home Page <http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/hqlibrary/> :
U.S. Department of Energy. National Laboratories <http://www.energy.gov/aboutus/org/natlabs.html> : This page offers links to U.S. National Laboratories, such as Argonne, Los Alamos, Oak Ridge, etc. Each laboratory site usually includes a link to its library.
| MATERIALS |
ASTM International Directory of Testing Laboratories <http://www.astm.org/labs/> : The ASTM International Directory of Testing Laboratories is an on-line full text search for services and locations of testing laboratories. The information on the types of tests performed, specific tests performed, materials analyzed, or other services offered has been provided by the laboratories. ASTM has not attempted to investigate, rate, endorse, approve or certify any laboratory. Each laboratory has paid ASTM a fee for their listing.
Free MDS <http://www.FreeMDS.com/> : FreeMDS is a no-charge service that provides Plastic Material Data Sheets. This growing database contains over 35,000 Material Data Sheets from North America, Europe, and the Pacific Rim.
MatWeb: The Online Materials Information Resource <http://www.matweb.com> : MatWeb's database currently includes comprehensive coverage of thermoplastic and thermoset polymers, aluminum, magnesium, steel, titanium and zinc alloys, plus a solid and growing list of ceramics and other metals. Covers data on 23,856 materials including metals, plastics, ceramics, and composites.
MSDS: Materials Safety Data Sheets <http://siri.org/msds/> : earchable databases
Vermont SIRI MSDS <http://hazard.com/msds/> : Find safety data on products via a search of manufacturer name, e.g. Proctor and Gamble, or product name
Worldwide Composites Search Engine <http://www.wwcomposites.com/> : The Worldwide Composites Search Engine is devoted to the materials, processes and companies involved in the Composites Industry. Subject matter includes; associations, manufacturers, component fabricators, distributors and services involved with Advanced Composites (Kevlar, Graphite, Fiberglass) prepregs, fabrics, tow, braiding, film adhesives, potting compounds, core materials, autoclave, vacuum bonding, sandwich panels, etc.
| MATHEMATICS |
The constants and equations pages <http://www.tcaep.co.uk/science/index.htm> : An ongoing project to list and store as many equations and constants as possible
CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics <http://www.astro.virginia.edu/~eww6n/math/math.html> : Most of the dictionary is available online. Due to copyright restrictions a different part is blocked each day.
Daves's Math Tables <http://www.sisweb.com/math/tables.htm> : Math Reference Tables: theorems, tables, identities, proofs and graphs
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics & Science Education <http://www.enc.org/> : A mathematics metasite from the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics & Science Education. ENC’s mission is to identify effective curriculum resources, create high-quality professional development materials, and disseminate useful information and products to improvemathematics and science teaching and learning.
Math Database - European Mathematical Society <http://www.emis.de/cgi-bin/MATH> :
Math Forum Internet Resource Collection - Annotated Version <http://forum.swarthmore.edu/~steve/steve/mathlists.desc.html> :
Math Forum Internet Resource Collection - Annotated Version (Physics) <http://forum.swarthmore.edu/~steve/steve/physics.desc.html> :
Math Goodies Lesson Library <http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/> : This site offers interactive math lessons actively engage students in the learning process and provide them with immediate feedback. Each of our 54 lessons is a comprehensive learning module. Topics include introduction to statistics, probability, integers, number theory, etc.
Mathematical Quotations Server <http://math.furman.edu/~mwoodard/mqs/mquot.shtml> : Qoutations may be searched or browsed in alphabetical order by author. The entire list may also be downloaded.
S.O.S. Mathematics <http://www.sosmath.com/index.html> : Algebra | Trigonometry | Calculus | Differential Equations | Complex Variables | Matrix Algebra | Tables The Tables page offers links to numerous commonly used mathematics tables and formulas..
Special Subject Guides <http://www.sub.uni-goettingen.de/ssgfi/> : MathGuide includes Algebra, Analysis, Topology, Differential Equations, Statistics, Computer Science. GeoGuide includes Geology, Mineralogy, Geophysics, Soil Sciences, Maps, Geography
| MILITARY |
Defense Acquisition Deskbook <http://web2.deskbook.osd.mil/default.asp> : United States. Dept. of Defense--Procurement Handbooks, manuals, etc. Government purchasing--United States Handbooks, manuals, etc. United States--Armed Forces--Procurement Handbooks, manuals, etc.
TechSavvy <http://www.techsavvy.com> : TechSavvy.com provides a broad base of technical, engineering, design, maintenance and procurement information for professionals across the disciplines. TechSavvy eliminates the time consuming Web searches or paging through catalogs by combining the reach of the Internet and with proprietary technical databases from IHS Inc. It brings a focus to the increasing demand for technical information in one easy-to-use site. The site contains free information, product trials, and provides links to a variety of services available for purchase, from single document delivery to subscriptions, technical solutions, and more.
| MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH DIRECTORIES |
Federal R&D Project Summaries <http://fedrnd.osti.gov/> : Federal R&D Project Summaries includes more than 240,000 research summaries and awards by three of the major sponsors of research in the Federal government. The Federal databases available via this tool are the Department of Energy R&D Project Summaries; the National Institutes of Health (NIH) CRISP (Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects) Current Awards; and the National Science Foundation (NSF) Award Data.
GrayLit <http://www.osti.gov/graylit> : GrayLIT Network provides a portal for over 100,000 FULL_TEXT technical reports located at the Department of Energy, Department of Defense, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Collections in the GrayLIT collaboration include the DOE Information Bridge; the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) Report Collection; the EPA National Environmental Publications Internet Site (NEPIS); the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab Reports; and the NASA Langley Technical Reports.
| MULTIMEDIA |
Junglewalk <http://www.junglewalk.com/> : Junglewalk is trying to create a web site for animal lovers which will give quick access to information available in the web about all the animals in the world, big and small. Their large compilation of video and audio clips, which is currently the primary focus of this site, should complement other available animal directories in the web.
| PATENTS AND TRADEMARKS |
European Patent Office <http://ep.espacenet.com> : esp@cenet is a free service on the internet provided by the European Patent Organisation through the EPO and the national offices of its members states. It offers a free, searchable database of European Patents
FachInformationszentrum Karlsruhe <http://www.fiz-karlsruhe.de/home.html> : Fachinformationszentrum (FIZ) Karlsruhe is a non-profit organization set up to provide information and information services for academic and industrial research & development, as well as for business and administration.
In cooperation with its partners in the USA and Japan, FIZ Karlsruhe is operating the host STN International, offering public access to databases with scientific, technical, and supplementary business information. In its function as European STN Service Center, FIZ Karlsruhe offers access to more than 200 electronic databases in almost all fields of science and technology, including patents
| PHYSICS |
Computer Animations of Physical Processes <http://www.infoline.ru/g23/5495/> : This website offers animated physics experiments and visualizations on waves, mechanics, optics,thermodynamics, etc. All animations are accompanied with theoretical explanations
HEP - High Energy Physics Database <http://www-spires.slac.stanford.edu/FIND/hep> :
HEP: High Energy Physics Libraries Webzine <http://library.cern.ch/HEPLW/> : 'HEP Libraries Webzine' aims to discuss issues relevant to scientific libraries and librarians, and presents some of the latests developments in the field of electronic publishing, electronic document management, digital and hybrid libraries. 'HEP Libraries Webzine' is published twice a year.
IOP: Institute of Physics Electronic Journals Search <http://www.iop.org/EJ/S/UNREG/kBe6nARuXNVblsLl9S2EsQ/search> : Search the contents of numerous physics journals. Limit by title, author, affiliation, abstract, date.
The Laws List <http://www.alcyone.com/max/physics/laws/index.html> : The laws list is a list of various laws, rules, principles, and other related topics in physics and astronomy.The laws list originally started out strictly as a list of laws. Now, the list is more of a minidictionary of physics and astronomy terms, rather than strictly a list of laws, rules,
Math Forum Internet Resource Collection - Annotated Version (Physics) <http://forum.swarthmore.edu/~steve/steve/physics.desc.html> :
The NASA Astrophysics Data System <http://adswww.harvard.edu/> : The Astrophysics Data System (ADS) is a NASA-funded project whose main resource is an Abstract Service, which includes four sets of abstracts: 1) astronomyand astrophysics, containing 557,202 abstracts; 2) instrumentation, containing 577,783 abstracts; 3) physics and geophysics, containing 877,721 abstracts; and4) Los Alamos preprint server, containing 3,925 abstracts. Each dataset can be searched by author, object name (astronomy only), title, or abstract text words.
Physics: An Annotated list of key resources on the Internet <http://www.ala.org/acrl/resmar00.html> : College and Research Libraries, Internet Resources, March 2000. Links compiled by Laurel Kristick
Physics Around the World <http://www.tp.umu.se/TIPTOP/paw/> : Meta list of physics sites
Physlink: Guide to Physics on the Web <http://www.physlink.com/> : A portal to physics information on the web. Links to scientific journals, physics department, physical societies, news, quotations, etc.
Physnet: The Physics Departments and Documents Network <http://physnet.uni-oldenburg.de/PhysNet/> : PhysNet is a distributed information service. It uses the information which can be found on the web-servers of the worldwide distributed physics institutions and departments of universities seen as a distributed database. The restriction to those professional institutions which are accepted by the learned societies ensure the quality and relevance of the offered information. PhysNet serves only professional specific information posted by the scientists themselves. Therefore PhysNet complements the services of commercial providers. All information of PhysNet is kept, stored and maintained by its creators at their local institution‘s server or individual homepage. The creators retain all rights of their data. PhysNet only gathers and processes these local available information of physics institutions to make them globally accessible. PhysNet is a noncommercial service. The access to information offerd by PhysNet is free for anyone. The aim of PhysNet is to provide a longtime stable and distributed information service for physics with the collaboration of many national and international societies and physics organisations. From the University of Oldenberg, Department of Physics
TIPTOP: The Internet Pilot to Physics <http://physicsweb.org/TIPTOP/> : PhysicsWeb the internet pilot to physics is a global news and information service for physicists. The goal is to improve the use of information technology and the WorldWideWeb in physics research and education. The site aims to promote physics not only to scientists but also to the industry, schools, students and any individuals interested in physics and natural science. Maintained by the Institute of Physics
| QUOTATIONS |
Mathematical Quotations Server <http://math.furman.edu/~mwoodard/mqs/mquot.shtml> : Qoutations may be searched or browsed in alphabetical order by author. The entire list may also be downloaded.
| REFERENCE AND MISCELLANEA |
Temperature Conversion Calculator <http://www.cchem.berkeley.edu/ChemResources/temperature.html> : Enter number, choose the scale to convert from and scale to convert ot from dropdown menus containing: Celsius, Farenheit, Kelvin, rankine, Réaumur
| REGIONAL: AFRICA |
Ananzi Engineering <http://www.tecnet.co.za/> : An engineering portal for South Africa. Includes a directory, useful links and trade journals
| REGIONAL: EUROPE |
Engineers Online <http://www.engineers-online.co.uk/cgi-bin/default.cgi> : A UK-based portal for engineering. Features a chatroom and forums as well as a directory of engineering companies and job postings
| REGIONAL: U.S. |
Defense Acquisition Deskbook <http://web2.deskbook.osd.mil/default.asp> : United States. Dept. of Defense--Procurement Handbooks, manuals, etc. Government purchasing--United States Handbooks, manuals, etc. United States--Armed Forces--Procurement Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Federal R&D Project Summaries <http://fedrnd.osti.gov/> : Federal R&D Project Summaries includes more than 240,000 research summaries and awards by three of the major sponsors of research in the Federal government. The Federal databases available via this tool are the Department of Energy R&D Project Summaries; the National Institutes of Health (NIH) CRISP (Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects) Current Awards; and the National Science Foundation (NSF) Award Data.
| RESEARCH and DEVELOPMENT |
Federal R&D Project Summaries <http://fedrnd.osti.gov/> : Federal R&D Project Summaries includes more than 240,000 research summaries and awards by three of the major sponsors of research in the Federal government. The Federal databases available via this tool are the Department of Energy R&D Project Summaries; the National Institutes of Health (NIH) CRISP (Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects) Current Awards; and the National Science Foundation (NSF) Award Data.
Graylit Network <http://graylit.osti.gov/> : Developed by the Department of Energy's Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), in collaboration with DOD/DTIC, NASA, and EPA, the GrayLIT Network is a portal for technical report information generated through federally funded research and development projects.
U.S. Department of Energy. National Laboratories <http://www.energy.gov/aboutus/org/natlabs.html> : This page offers links to U.S. National Laboratories, such as Argonne, Los Alamos, Oak Ridge, etc. Each laboratory site usually includes a link to its library.
| SCIENCE |
Adventures in Science and Technology <http://collections.ic.gc.ca/science/english/index.html> : Part of the Canadian Government's Digital Collections site, contains information and learning projects for kids
ASTM International Directory of Testing Laboratories <http://www.astm.org/labs/> : The ASTM International Directory of Testing Laboratories is an on-line full text search for services and locations of testing laboratories. The information on the types of tests performed, specific tests performed, materials analyzed, or other services offered has been provided by the laboratories. ASTM has not attempted to investigate, rate, endorse, approve or certify any laboratory. Each laboratory has paid ASTM a fee for their listing.
Astronomy.com <http://www.astronomy.com/home.asp> : A portal for the astronomy enthusiast
BBC Online: Science <http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/> : Searchable site devoted to news and reviews in science including sub-sites for the human body, space and technology
Biology Browser <http://www.biologybrowser.org/> : BiologyBrowser is an interactive portal designed by BIOSIS (www.biosis.org) to connect life sciences researchers with free, useful resources and other like-minded scientists from all around the world.
A Catalog of the scientific community in the 16th and 17th centuries <http://es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/Catalog/catalog.html> : his catalog is a collection of 631 detailed biographies on members of the scientific community during the 16th and 17th centuries with vital facts about each individual and their contributions to science.
The constants and equations pages <http://www.tcaep.co.uk/science/index.htm> : An ongoing project to list and store as many equations and constants as possible
Earth and Moon Viewer <http://www.fourmilab.to/earthview/> : From this site you can view the earth and the moon from different locations in space. Maps of the moon are also available
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics & Science Education <http://www.enc.org/> : A mathematics metasite from the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics & Science Education. ENC’s mission is to identify effective curriculum resources, create high-quality professional development materials, and disseminate useful information and products to improvemathematics and science teaching and learning.
Encyclozine <http://encyclozine.com/> : EncycloZine is a concise illustrated encyclopedic portal covering a wide range of topics in the arts, humanities, sciences, & technology. Includes links for learning web design, cascading style sheets, XHTML, etc.
Energy Citations Database <http://www.osti.gov/energycitations/> : The Energy Citations Database (ECD) is designed and developed by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) with the science-attentive citizen in mind. Its creation is consistent with OSTI's objective to provide easier and faster access to the Department's scientific and technical information. Energy Citations is publicly available without charge to users.
Enviroscience e-Print Service Home Page <http://esn.osti.gov/enviroscience.html> : The Enviro-Science e-Print Service is a multi-agency project of DOE's Environmental Management Science Program (EMSP), the U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development, their content partners and sponsors. The e-Print Service includes unpublished manuscripts, conference papers, presentations, posters and selected technical reports. Contributions are encouraged from government authors and government-sponsored authors in partner agencies. However, contributions are not limited to work funded by partners.
EurekAlert! <http://www.eurekalert.org/> : Covers latest research in science and technology. Produced by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
FachInformationszentrum Karlsruhe <http://www.fiz-karlsruhe.de/home.html> : Fachinformationszentrum (FIZ) Karlsruhe is a non-profit organization set up to provide information and information services for academic and industrial research & development, as well as for business and administration.
In cooperation with its partners in the USA and Japan, FIZ Karlsruhe is operating the host STN International, offering public access to databases with scientific, technical, and supplementary business information. In its function as European STN Service Center, FIZ Karlsruhe offers access to more than 200 electronic databases in almost all fields of science and technology, including patents
Flow of Scientific Information <http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/usered/grad/researchskills/flow_of_info.html> : From the University of Waterloo Electronic Library (UWELib) , a diagram with annotations showing the structure and evolution of scientific information
Fossick Web Search Alliance Directory <http://fossick.com/Science.htm> : Search engines and directories are listed in alphabetical order. Includes: Environment, Science, Natural and Technology
Graylit Network <http://graylit.osti.gov/> : Developed by the Department of Energy's Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), in collaboration with DOD/DTIC, NASA, and EPA, the GrayLIT Network is a portal for technical report information generated through federally funded research and development projects.
The Internet Public Library <http://www.ipl.org/div/aon/browse/sci00.00.00/> : This is The university of Michigan's Internet Public Library for the natural and physical sciences and their practical applications
An Introduction to Physical Science <http://acept.la.asu.edu/courses/phs110/ds/toc.html> : An online tutorial presenting an introduction to the physical sciences
Invention Dimension <http://web.mit.edu/invent/> : American inventors. Includes "Wacky Patent of the Month"
Inventors Hall of Fame <http://www.invent.org/book/> : Searchable site for inventors and inventions
The Laws List <http://www.alcyone.com/max/physics/laws/index.html> : The laws list is a list of various laws, rules, principles, and other related topics in physics and astronomy.The laws list originally started out strictly as a list of laws. Now, the list is more of a minidictionary of physics and astronomy terms, rather than strictly a list of laws, rules,
Le réseau Franco Science <http://www.citeweb.net/science/franco/> : Le but du site est de donner un plus grand rayonnement aux sciences dans la francophonie
Magnets Design Guide <http://www.magnetsales.com/Design/DesignG.htm> : Everything you need to know about magnet design
The Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom <http://www.minerals.net/> : The Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom is a free, interactive, educational guide to minerals and gemstones. Extensive information has been researched and categorized. Includes a glossary and search engine.
Minerals Database <http://mindat.org> : Mindat.org is the largest mineral database on the internet. It was started by Jolyon Ralph in 1993 as a PC software package for his own use - and was launched for free on the web in October 2000. Currently there are 11,086 different minerals, varieties and synonyms listed, and information on 130,108 mineral occurrences worldwide, from 23,458 different sites.
NSF - Division of Science Resource Statistics <http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/seind00/start.htm> : Provides a central clearinghouse for the collection, interpretation, and analysis of data on scientific and engineering resources, and to provide a source of information for policy formulation by other agencies of the Federal Government.
Online Science books <http://www.sc.edu/library/science/scibooks.html> : A database of online science books
PubSCIENCE: Scientific and Technical Publishers and Journal Literature <http://pubsci.osti.gov/srchfrm.html> : PubSCIENCE is a World Wide Web service developed by the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) to facilitate searching and accessing peer reviewed journal literature in the physical sciences and other energy-related disciplines. PubSCIENCE allows the user to search across abstracts and citations of multiple publishers at no cost. Once the user has found an interesting abstract, a hyperlink provides access to the publisher's server to obtain the full text article. The article will come up immediately if the user or his/her organization has a subscription to the journal. If the user lacks such a subscription, access to the full text can be obtained by pay per view, by special arrangement with the publisher, library access or through commercial providers.
REPROTOX <http://www.reprotox.org/> : REPROTOX is an Information System on Environmental Hazards
to Human Reproduction and Development
ResearchIndex: the NECI Scientific Index Digital Library <http://www.researchindex.com/> : ResearchIndex offers citation indexing. It is a scientific literature digital library that aims to improve the dissemination and feedback of scientific literature, and to provide improvements in functionality, usability, availability, cost, comprehensiveness, efficiency, and timeliness. Rather than creating just another digital library, ResearchIndex provides algorithms, techniques, and software that can be used in other digital libraries. ResearchIndex indexes Postscript and PDF research articles on the Web. The current demonstration database indexes over 150,000 computer science articles containing over 2 million citations. Formerly called CiteSeer, ResearchIndex is sponsered by the NEC Research Institute
SciCentral <http://www.scicentral.com/> : Multidisciplinary neta directory for science, engineering and medicine. the site is grouped by discipline, and subdivided by resource type.
Science.gov <http://www.science.gov> : Science.gov contains reliable information resources selected by the respective agencies as their best science information. Two major types of information are included—selected authoritative science Web sites and databases of technical reports, journal articles, conference proceedings, and other published materials. (The specific content varies by database.) The selected Web sites can be explored from the science.gov homepage. The Web pages and the databases can be searched individually or simultaneously from the search page.
ScienceWise <http://www.sciencewise.com> : ScienceWise.com offers scientific content, news, and business tools and resources for scientists and engineers. ScienceWise.com offers a variety of information, products, and services. Provides many resources for seeking funding for research
The Scientific Web <http://www.scientificweb.com/sciencee.html> : The Scientific Web is a tool to help find software available for a variety of scientific disciplines including biology, chemistry, math, optimization and statistics. Software descriptions and links are provided.
Scirus <http://www.scirus.com/> : Searchable database of science-related papers and articles
Scout Report for Science and Engineering <http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/scout/report/sci-engr/> : The target audience of the Scout Report for Science & Engineering is faculty, students, staff, and librarians in the life sciences, physical sciences, and engineering. Each biweekly issue offers a selective collection of Internet resources covering topics in the sciences, and related fields such as math and engineering, that have been chosen by librarians and content specialists in the given field of study. The Report is divided into two parts, site annotation, and current awareness
SMETE Digital Library <http://www.smete.org/> : This service covers the science, mathematics, engineering and technology education (SMETE). It's purpose is "to gather and share information from all concerning existing SMETE digital libraries, tools and services, lessons learned, metadata
standards used, user studies and publications."
SpaceWeather.com <http://spaceweather.com/> : A source for monitoring and learning about the sun-earth environmental relationship.
STINET Technical Reports Collection <http://stinet.dtic.mil/str/index.html> : Advanced fielded search for the DTIC scientific and technical reports collection. DTIC thesaurus can be added in a frame.
Temperature Conversion Calculator <http://www.cchem.berkeley.edu/ChemResources/temperature.html> : Enter number, choose the scale to convert from and scale to convert ot from dropdown menus containing: Celsius, Farenheit, Kelvin, rankine, Réaumur
TOXNET <http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/> : TOXNET is a cluster of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas
Why Files: Science behind the news <http://whyfiles.news.wisc.edu/> : Gives background to scientific stories in the news, e.g. mad cow disease
Women-related sites in science & Technology <http://research.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/links_sci.html> : A page of women-related sites focusing on science and technology.
World Cave Database <http://www-sop.inria.fr/agos-sophia/sis/DB/database.html> : This is a database of long and deep caves from all around the world. It comes currently in 3 versions: sorted by depth (deeper than 300m), by length (longer than 3kms), and classified by country.
World Weather Information Service <http://www.worldweather.org/> : Weather forecasts and information from around the world
| SEARCH DIRECTORIES |
Engwho <http://engwho.hypermart.net/> : Searchable collection on engineering web resources
Ten Links / TenLinks <http://www.tenlinks.com/> : A categorized search directory for locating information and experts in engineering and technology
| SOFTWARE EVALUATIONS/ARCHIVES |
The Scientific Web <http://www.scientificweb.com/sciencee.html> : The Scientific Web is a tool to help find software available for a variety of scientific disciplines including biology, chemistry, math, optimization and statistics. Software descriptions and links are provided.
| STANDARDS |
Computer and Communications Standards <http://www.cmpcmm.com/cc/standards.html> : Links fo information on ATM, Corba, Ethernet, FDDI, Frame Relay, ISDN, etc. From Carnegie Mellon University
STANDARDS <http://www.uky.edu/Subject/standards.html> : University of Kentucky, Comprehensive list of U.S. and international standards organizations
| STATISTICAL INFORMATION |
Engineering Statistics Handbook <http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/> : The goal of this handbook is to help scientists and engineers encorporate statistical methods into their work as efficiently as possible
NSF - Division of Science Resource Statistics <http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/seind00/start.htm> : Provides a central clearinghouse for the collection, interpretation, and analysis of data on scientific and engineering resources, and to provide a source of information for policy formulation by other agencies of the Federal Government.
TranStats <http://www.transtats.bts.gov/> : TranStats is a new website for transportation researchers and analysts, aimed at providing “one stop shopping” for transportation data.
| TELECOMMUNICATIONS |
Analysys Telecom Virtual Library <http://www.analysys.co.uk/vlib/default.htm> : Links to Manufacturers and Vendors, Mobile Communications, Multimedia, Operators, Policy and Industry Information, Broadband Telecoms, ATM , Broadcasting, Cable TV and Communications, Consultancies, Economic and Legal Issues
AnywhereYouGo.com <http://www.anywhereyougo.com> : This site contains articles and reports about wireless technologies and the wireless industry. There are also email newsletters to which you can subscribe.
ATM Forum Glossary <http://www.atmforum.com/atmforum/library/glossary/glosspage.html> : Terms in telecommunication engineering
Questus Telecommunications Links Database <http://www.questus.co.uk/links.htm> : Searchable database of telecommunications links on the internet. A search by country will display a list of links to telecommunications companies and carriers in that country
Telecom Links <http://www.angustel.ca/links/l-subj.html> : Comprehensive site for links to telecommunications information. Includes an alphabetical listing, as well as good government and regulatory information for the industry. Focus is on Canadian content, although international sites are included
Telecommunications: Glossary of Telecommunication Terms <http://www.its.bldrdoc.gov/fs-1037/fs-1037c.htm> : Federal Standard 1037C. Use the Search Engine or Click on the alphabetical section of the glossary you'd like to view. This standard is issued by the General Services Administration... and provides a comprehensive source of definitions of terms used in telecommunications and directly related fields by international and U.S. Government telecommunications specialists.
| WEB PUBLISHING |
Encyclozine <http://encyclozine.com/> : EncycloZine is a concise illustrated encyclopedic portal covering a wide range of topics in the arts, humanities, sciences, & technology. Includes links for learning web design, cascading style sheets, XHTML, etc.
| WOMEN'S ISSUES |
Women-related sites in science & Technology <http://research.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/links_sci.html> : A page of women-related sites focusing on science and technology.
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