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Science, Sceintific Study, Research and Education Resources
Academic Departments
Chats And Forums
Directories
- Virtual Library:
Science - Directory of the Virtual Library, an
expert-run catalog of sections of the web, which is particularly
strong in science topics.
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British Council: Science - These pages guide you into UK
science, engineering and technology, and environment, and list
services and information produced by the British Council.
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EFG's Color Reference Library - Research resource aimed
toward color reference, but includes links to science,
technology, and educational resources.
- Eric Weisstein's
Treasure Troves of Science - Online encyclopedias of
astronomy, math, physics, scientific biographies, and scientific
books, with many equations and formulas.
- Essential Science
Indicators - Summaries of new developments within areas of
science of key papers, authors, institutions, nations and
journals. Categorized by type of media.
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Europartnersearch.net - Databases of European research
institutes and companies for partner search within the frame of
research projects.
- First Gov for Science
- Collection of information provided by U.S. government
agencies, including research and development results.
- First
Science - Portal of news, articles, games and quizzes,
vidcaps and webcams, humor and poems.
- Honest
Intellectual Inquiry into Science - Includes categorized
links to general science, anthropology, archaeology, astronomy,
biology, genetics, evolution, chemistry, physics, climatology,
computers, ecology, geology, mathematics, medicine, and
paleontology.
- Hypography Sci-Tech
- A guide to science links and technology news on the internet.
- Lab Finder -
Searchable database for testing and calibration laboratory
facilities by country and type of experiments.
- Nearctica: The Natural
History of North America - Comprehensive site including
education, natural history, conservation, environment, ecology,
evolution, geology, paleontology, and systematics.
- NovaGate
- A gateway to selected resources in the fields of forestry,
veterinary, agricultural, food and environmental sciences.
Searchable and browsable annotated database by the libraries of
the Nova University.
- Refdesk.com -
Science Information Resources - Annotated collection of
resource pages for chemistry, physics, technology, anthropology,
biology, food science, genetics, geology, cosmology, science
history, engineering, math, and related online magazines.
- Research in
Norway (NFI) - Contains information on current and past
research and development projects in the country's institutions
of higher learning. Topics include the humanities, social
science, maths and natural sciences, technology, medicine,
agricultural and fishery specialties.
- SciCentral: News -
Science portal includes breaking news from scientific journals,
universities and government sources.
- Science and Technology
Directory - AtomDir.com - Human edited directory with
featured and standard listings of science and technology related
web sites.
- A
Science Bibliography - Stanford University collection of
scientific resources and publications.
- Science Education
Website - Contains to biology, chemistry, environmental,
games, higher education, math, paranormal, physics, space, and
technology webpages. Includes a quiz bowl and FAQ's page.
Maintained by the University of Louisville.
- The Science Page -
Links to resources in all main science areas, plus newsgroups,
constants, history, teacher resources and science analogies.
- Science
Resources on the Net - A selection of listings covering
museums, K-12 sites, math, computer science, philosophy of
science, physics, chemistry, astronomy and cosmology, biology,
geology, ecology, agriculture, medicine, psychology,
anthropology and archeology. Includes website search engine.
Educational Resources
- Whyville
A free website dedicated to learning through exploration and
communication.
- Advanced
Placement Digital Library for Biology, Physics and Chemistry
- An NSF funded Rice University Digital Library project that
hosts free reviewed online resources, linked to the content
outline, for AP and Pre-AP teachers and students of biology,
physics and chemistry.
- All Science Den.com
- Articles about assorted topics, such as molecular biology,
physics. Some include Flash animations to help explain concepts.
- ANOVA Science
Education - Services public and private school districts and
schools on the continental USA and in Hawaii through teacher and
administrator seminars and workshops.
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Asia Link program: MUMA project - A training project
dedicated to improve the quality of higher education for
heritage management in Asia and Europe. The project runs from
March 2004 to August 2006.
- Ask Dr. Jekyl and
Mr. Hyde - Answers to a variety of science and technology
questions, including questions you never thought to ask.
- Athena -
Features earth and space science resources for K-12 and
teachers. Included are class exercises with data collecting and
background information for each topic, as well as related links.
Content is produced by NASA.
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Attaining Excellence Through TIMSS - Resources for learning
about and discussing the Third International Mathematics and
Science Study, including related reports, data and commentaries.
Employment
- About:
Science Job Searching - Offers science jobs, employment
information and career resources.
- Career
Cornerstone - a resource center for those pursuing careers
in engineering, mathematics, information technology, and the
physical sciences.
- European
Patent Organisation - Jobs - An international authority
whose task is to examine and grant patents on behalf of its
member states. Openings for examiners and other positions.
- PhDs.org - Career
information and job listings for post doctorate graduates in
Science Math and Engineering field. Offers information on
graduate schools in the science fields.
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Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) Program - The
National Science Foundation makes possible a number of
opportunities for undergraduates to participate in research
projects each summer. The exploration sites are established in
various fields of science, mathematics, and engineering.
- Science and Engineering
Workforce Project - A network of labor economists and other
researchers studying the professional development, deployment,
and productivity of scientists, engineers, and highly skilled
technical workers.
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ScienceCareers.org - Searchable database of jobs, sorted by
field specialty. Can post resume and curriculum vitae. Includes
tips for improving the workplace for employers and employees.
- Science's Next
Wave - On-line career resources for young scientists,
students and graduates.
Instruments And Supplies
- Biomechanics Yellow Pages
- Resources for the bio-mechanics and bio-chemical community
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Brite Technologies - Offers, spectrophotometers, analytical
instruments, general laboratory instruments and turnkey projects
related to Life Sciences, chemistry, spectroscopy,
biotechnology, biomedical, and analytical applications.
- Control Company -
Manufacturers equipment and scientific instruments for
facilities and laboratories in the industrial, biomedical,
hospital, educational, and governmental markets. Includes list
of products.
- Frozen in Time -
Offers equipment for removing water from a substance without
cell collapse of biological organisms. Can be used for freeze
drying flowers, food, pharmaceuticals and old books.
- Giangarlo
Scientific - Sells analyzers, environmental monitoring,
samplers, life science equipment, sensors, lab safety supplies,
and wastewater testing products. Located in Pennsylvania, USA.
- Indian
Scientific Instruments - Database of Indian exporters and
importers dealing in scientific equipment.
- Jiangsu Textiles
I/E Corp. Chemical Dept. - Manufactures, exports and
distributes chemicals for water treatment, biochemistry,
reagents and pharmaceuticals. Also, sells laboratory glassware,
handicrafts and cigarette materials. Includes company profile
and catalog list. Located in China.
- Laboratory Equipment
and Measuring Industrial System (LEMIS) - Baltic - Sells and
develop meters to measure density, concentration, viscosity,
alcohol and light refraction. Applications include medicine,
material science, petro industries and the food industry. In
Russian and English. Located in Riga, Latvia.
- Laboratory Products
Association - Search for lab products and services,
worldwide by product name or company name.
Methods & Techniques
News & Media
Publications
- A.J. Morris
Science Review - Reviews of published articles, books, and
web sources for all fields of science.
- Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
- Providing print and electronic research databases of citations
and full text in the sciences. Title list of databases, journals
by subject, login scripts for web masters, subscriber and guest
demonstration access to CSA databases, and other product
information.
- Council of
Science Editors (CSE) - The Council of Science Editors (CSE)
aims to improve communication in the sciences by educating
authors, editors, and publishers.
- E-print Network -
An integrated network of electronic scientific and technical
information. Included are pre-publication drafts of journal
articles (preprints), scholarly papers, technical
communications, or similar documents relaying research results
among peer groups.
- European Association of
Science Editors (EASE) - An international organization
providing science writers and editors with resources, links,
newsletter, mailing lists, and networking.
- European Secretariat for
Scientific Publications - SEPS operates as a link between
universities, publishing houses and authors with the aim of
promoting translation of scientific works in the various
European languages to achieve a wide distribution of scientific
culture around Europe.
Search Engines
- Article Sciences
- Scientific article search and order engine, a service provided
by Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique (INIST)
of Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France.
- CiteSeer - Search
engine for computer science and related matters. For all results
number of citations are given which allows to estimate the
importance of a paper in a given context. Most of the papers are
cached and available for direct download as postscript or PDF.
- ISI Highly Cited -
A search tool to identify individuals, departments and
laboratories that have made fundamental contributions to the
advancement of science and technology in recent decades.
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iSpecies - A species search engine from Rod Page of Glasgow
University. Search on either the common or Latin name of a
species. Results are generated by querying other data sources.
- Online Journals Search
Engine - A multi-search tool that permits queries of a
number of scientific journals.
- Scirus - Search
engine that fetches only scientific websites.
- SciSeek - Science
search engine and directory. Also provides forums, tools and
related news.
Software
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Scientific Web - Information about scientific software,
the addresses of producers and distributors, tips and tricks,
product announcements, lists of available books, links to other
internet servers of interest, links to user groups and mailing
lists, and test reports of users.
- AmsterChem - Offers
ScanIt, a utility for obtaining numerical data from a scanned
bitmapped graph, and COCO, a chemical and thermodynamic
simulation package.
- Australian Scientific
Software - Comercial software a economical rates
- Calerga - Home page of
SysQuake, powerful software for scientific visualisation.
Through innovative use of interactive graphics, SysQuake reveals
insights into complex mathematical systems.
- Cite Wise -
Manufacturers of Endnote, a tool for bibliographic and
scientific reference organization and citation.
- Clemex Technologies Inc.
- Provides digital imaging solutions for the acquisition,
archiving, and analysis of images used in quality control and
research laboratories.
- CoHort Software - CoHort
Software creates graphics and statistics software for scientists
and engineers. CoPlot is an extremely versatile program for
creating publication-quality scientific graphs, maps, and
technical drawings. CoStat is an easy-to-use program for data
manipulation and statistics.
- Energy Science and
Technology Software Center - The ESTSC is the U.S.
Department of Energy's central repository and distribution point
for Federally funded software dealing with all forms of energy,
energy conservation, waste management, mathematics, and a myriad
of other topics.
- Field Precision -
Finite-element software for electromagnetics, bioengineering,
and shock hydrodynamics
- Genamics
SoftwareSeek - A fully searchable database of more than 1200
free and commercial software packages for science.
- GNU Scientific
Library - The GNU Scientific Library (GSL) is a numerical
library for C and C++ programmers. It is free software under the
GNU General Public License.
- Henry Thorson
Consulting - Customized scientific computer applications on
Unix and Windows platforms and distributed systems. Bothell,
Washington, USA
- Hoare Research Software Ltd.
- We are New Zealand's supplier for the world's best technical
business, statistics, mathematics, engineering and scientific
software for your needs: including MATLAB, SPSS, Mathematica,
Mathcad, and SigmaPlot.
History Of Science
- The
Alchemy Web Site - Comprehensive library of imagery,
symbols, music, alchemical texts and commentary. Includes course
material in practical alchemy, bibliography, and modern day
resources.
- Ancient
Greece: Science and Technology - Discusses early inventions,
such as calculating devices, machines using gears, steam
engines, war technology, and town planning. Some mathematicians
included are Thales, Pythagoras, Euclid, Archimedes, and
Appolonius. Some topical concepts covered are astronomical
discoveries, prime numbers, evolution of the species, and
measuring the circumference of the earth.
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Ancient Greek Science - Learn about the scientists of
ancient Greece, what they have contributed to science, and
information about their background.
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Anyone Vague Science Essays - Twentieth century scientists
write about their discoveries and about the value of science.
- Australian Science
Archives Project - ASAPWeb - Aims to improve access to
Australia's scientific, technological and medical heritage by
helping to preserve records and artifacts and communicating the
existence of this heritage to a wide audience. Includes
scientist biographies.
- Birr Castle Demesne
- A science museum in Ireland devoted to the astronomical,
engineering botantical and photographical work of the Parsons
family.
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Britain and the Rise of Science - Lisa Jardine investigates
the origins of the commitment to science as the firm basis for
Britain's success in commerce and industry. From the BBC.
- Calendars
Through the Ages - History and FAQs of various calendars,
including Julian, Gregorian, Jewish, Islamic, Chinese, and
Mayan. Astronomy, years, months, and days of the week.
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Commentary on the Effects of Electricity on Muscular Motion
- Facsimile of Galvani's original and an English translation.
- The
Cosmic Elk - Articles, and books on science, history and the
history of science, including the history of astronomy, Tudor
history and the history of Siberia.
- Darwin-L Archives on
the Historical Sciences - Archives of messages and
supporting materials from this professional discussion group on
the history and theory of the historical sciences.
- Daylight
Saving Time - History from Benjamin Franklin to the present.
U.S. law and practice. Worldwide time change dates.
- Echo Science and Technology
Virtual Center - Annotated catalogue of history of science,
technology, and medicine resources.
Museums
- Adventure Science
Center - Current program listings for the science museum and
the Sudekum Planetarium, along with information on hours and
admission fees. Nashville, Tennessee.
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Agropolis-Museum - Science Center dealing with topics such
as food, nutrition, agriculture, with a historical approach on a
worldwide scale. Montpellier, France.
- American Museum of Science and
Energy - The largest exhibition of energy related exhibits
in the United States. Includes live demonstrations, videos,
hands-on exhibits and special events. Located in Oak Ridge,
Tennessee.
- Arizona Science Center
- Planetarium, hands-on learning exhibits and IMAX theatre.
Phoenix, Arizona.
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Audubon Nature Institute - Public show schedule and
information. Located in New Orleans, Louisiana.
- Bath Royal Literary and
Scientific Institution - Features exhibits devoted to
geology, natural history, social history, and
antiquities/archaeology. Includes a virtual museum, membership
details, and a history of the organization. Located in the UK.
- Bermuda Underwater Exploration
Institute - Focusing on marine biology, the technology of
underwater exploration and deep-ocean ecology. Includes details
of exhibits, calendar of events, educational programs,
membership and volunteer information, and contacts. Located in
Pembroke.
- The Bradbury Science
Museum - The history of Los Alamos and the Manhattan
Project, as well as over 40 interactive exhibits within five
galleries at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.
- Buffalo Museum of
Science - Natural science museum with permanent, traveling
and hands-on exhibits from anthropology, botany, geology,
entomology, and zoology. Site has directions, hours, contact
information and a calendar of events.
- California
Science Center - Museum and exhibits profile, IMAX schedule,
and calendar of upcoming events for the interactive learning
facility. Located in Los Angeles.
- Canada
Science and Technology Museum - Features educational
activities, online exhibits, and museum events. Located in
Ontario, Ottawa.
- The
Children's Museum - Information on exhibits, programs and
special events. Located in Hartford, Connecticut.
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Women Scientists
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Women-Related Science/Technology Sites - Extensive
and frequently updated, Includes articles, sites, and projects
concerned with information technology
- Alliance of
Technology and Women - Career management, mentoring for
women, and scholarships for girls in technology fields.
- Athena SWAN -
The Athena SWAN Charter is a recognition scheme for UK
universities and their science, engineering and technology (SET)
departments. It aims to assist the recruitment, retention and
progression of women in SET.
- The Daphne Jackson
Trust - Enables scientists, engineers and IT specialists to
return to work in the UK after a career break.
- Engineer Girl -
Site intended for girls that highlights opportunities in
engineering careers in the United States. Includes links,
profiles of women engineers, and interactive features.
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Equal Opportunities: Athena Report and Action Plan - About
University of Oxford efforts to increase the representation of
women scientists.
- European Platform of Women
Scientists - The European Platform of Women Scientists will
give European women scientists a voice in the research policy
debate. The aim is to promote the understanding of the gender
issue in science.
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