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Scirus
Search engine "For Scientific Information Only"
"Scirus covers scientific, technical and medical information sources ... Scirus reads non-text files (like pdf) ... Scirus searches deeper by indexing complete documents ..."

Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
"The Astrophysics Data System (ADS) is a NASA-funded project whose main resource is an Abstract Service, which includes four sets of abstracts: 1) astronomy and astrophysics, containing abstracts; 2) instrumentation, containing 577,783 abstracts; 3) physics and geophysics, containing 877,721 abstracts; and 4) Los Alamos preprint server, containing 3,851 abstracts. Each dataset can be searched by author, object name (astronomy only), title, or abstract text words...In addition, we have extended the abstract service to include links to the full text of articles appearing in most of the major astronomical journals.
Largest collection of online articles and abstracts on the Internet.
- NASA

HighWire Press
Internet Imprint of the Stanford University Libraries
Mostly science publications.

PLoS - Public Library of Science
"is a nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a public resource."

4000 Years of Women in Science - (dead link)
A biographical directory of over 125 scientists.

AAAS 150th Anniversary Exhibit - (dead link) American Association for the Advancement of Science

AAAS Science and Technology Policy Yearbook 2000
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology - (dead link)

Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic - Library
Includes online catalogue of the ASCR Library

Aequatoria Book Bank On-line - (dead link)
"The �quatoria Book Bank On-line (in acronym, ABBOL; in French nomenclature, �quatoria BibliothËque de Base On-line) is a project revolving around an electronic library from which africanist students and scholars in sub-Saharan Africa can retrieve scientific publications free of charge."

AI Magazine - (dead link)

Beyond Discovery
The Path from Research to Human Benefit
"...is a series of articles that trace the origins of important recent technological and medical advances. Each story reveals the crucial role played by basic science, the applications of which could not have been anticipated at the time the original research was conducted."
Subjects include: Agriculture ; Biology ; Chemistry ; Earth Sciences ; Environmental Issues ; Health ; Mathematics ; Physics ; Technology.

Bubble Chamber - Science and Technology News

CiteSeer.IST - (dead link)
Computer and Information Science Papers
"...is a scientific literature digital library and search engine that focuses primarily on the literature in computer and information science. CiteSeer aims to improve the dissemination and feedback of the scientific literature and to provide improvements in functionality, usability, availability, cost, comprehensiveness, efficiency, and timeliness in the access of scientific and scholarly knowledge."

CODATA Newsletter - (dead link)

Composite Materials Handbook (MIL-HDBK-17)
"The Composite Materials Handbook is the primary and authoritative source for statistically-based characterization data of current and emerging polymer matrix, metal matrix, and ceramic matrix composite materials, reflecting the best available data and technology for testing and analysis, and including data development and usage guidelines."
U. S. Army Research Laboratory, Materials Sciences Corporation, and University of Delaware Center for Composite Materials

Current Science
Published by the Current Science Association in collaboration with the Indian Academy of Sciences

DAREnet - Digital Academic Repositories (English or Nederlands)
"...is a search service which gives free access to academic research output in the Netherlands. This is a broad collection which guarantees digital accessibility to the full text without any restrictions. DAREnet consists of 82210 digital objects...All Dutch universities, the National Library of the Netherlands, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) and the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) participate."

Data for Science and Society
Proceedings of the Second National Conference on Scientific and Technical Data
U.S. National Committee for CODATA, National Research Council, 2001.

EurekAlert
"...a comprehensive Web site about the latest research advances in science, medicine, health, and technology."
By American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

European Union - CORDIS - Community Research & Development Information Service

• Science & Technology Indicators
  "These web pages include current publications about indicators, ongoing projects on the development of new indicators, calls for proposals and studies, links to databases etc..."
  • Third European Report on Science & Technology Indicators 2003 (March 2003)
    Towards a Knowledge-based Economy

European Science Foundation

• Publications

Exploratorium
The Museum of Science, Art and Human Perception

• Educator Digital Assets
  "Search our digital library of over 3,000 photographs, QuickTime movies, and other digital files, selected for educators."

Frontiers

The Gazette - (dead link)
The newsletter of the APS Committee on the Status of Women in Physics (CSWP)

Harvard Science Review (HSR)
"...is Harvard's oldest undergraduate science publication. HSR brings contemporary issues in science to readers at Harvard and MIT biannually."

HighWire Press
Internet Imprint of the Stanford University Libraries
"One of the 2 largest free full-text science archives on earth!"

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Holiday Lectures on Science Program - (dead link)

• 2001 - Sex Determination - (dead link)
  "the molecular and genetic mechanisms that determine whether an organism will be male, female...or a hermaphrodite...Researchers David C. Page, M.D., and Barbara J. Meyer, Ph.D., discuss topics such as the evolution of the sex chromosomes, the genetic cues that affect sex determination, the advantages of studying sex in a worm, human infertility, and ethics."

IDEA - The Journal of Law and Technology - (dead link)

InfoMAG - (dead link) (English or Russian)
"The purpose of the INFOMAG Service is distribution of bibliographical and other scientific information, primarily scientific technical journals tables of contents, and also foreign electronic bulletins, via electronic networks."
Some sections are available only in Russian.

International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos in Applied Sciences and Engineering - (dead link)

Isis

Issues in Science & Technology

Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship (ISTL)
Science and Technology Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries

• "There is Such a Thing as a Free Lunch: Freely Accessible Databases for the Public"
  From Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, Winter 2001
  By Sandy Lewis, Sciences and Engineering Librarian & Library Instruction Coordinator University of California, Santa Barbara.

JAIR

Jet Propulsion Laboratory Technical Server - (dead link)
"...is a database of Abstracts, Citations and full text Technical Reports written by and for the scientific and technical community."

Journal of Evolution and Technology
"A peer-reviewed electronic journal publishing contemporary research into future science and philosophy."

Journal of Technology Law & Policy
Leven College of Law, University of Florida

Journal of Young Investigators (JYI) (ejournal)
Undergraduate, Peer-Reviewed Science Journal

Library of Congress - Science Tracer Bullets Online (SCTB)
"...is comprised of bibliographic guides designed to help persons locate published materials on a particular subject in the field of science and technology about which they have only a general knowledge."
- Science Reading Room

National Academies

• Scientific and Medical Aspects of Human Cloning - (dead link)
  Workshop program and speaker Presentations from the August 7, 2001 meeting.
  "A joint panel of the National Academies' Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy and the Board on Life Sciences has undertaken a study to review the relevant scientific and medical research on human cloning as well as closely related issues regarding scientific and medical ethics...The panel will recommend a process for evaluating future research and address whether there should be a moratorium on human cloning."

The National Academies IN FOCUS
"...is a magazine featuring activities of the National Academies, which serve as independent advisers to the federal government on scientific and technical questions of national importance."

The National Academies of Science, Engineering & Medicine

• Annual Report to Congress
• NewsReport Online

National Academy Press (free online versions)

• 2003
  • Science and Technology for Army Homeland Security: Report 1
    Committee on Army Science and Technology for Homeland Defense, National Research Council, 2003.
• 2002
  • Evaluating and Improving Undergraduate Teaching in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
    Committee on Recognizing, Evaluating, Rewarding, and Developing Excellence in Teaching of Undergraduate Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology, Marye Anne Fox and Norman Hackerman, Editors, Center for Education,, 2002.
  • Integrity in Scientific Research: Creating an Environment That Promotes Responsible Conduct
    Committee on Assessing Integrity in Research Environments, National Research Council, Institute of Medicine, 2002.
  • Making the Nation Safer: The Role of Science and Technology in Countering Terrorism
    Committee on Science and Technology for Countering Terrorism, National Research Council, 2002.
  • Scientific and Medical Aspects of Human Reproductive Cloning
    Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, Policy and Global Affairs Division, Board on Life Sciences, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council, 2002.
  • Small Wonders, Endless Frontiers: A Review of the National Nanotechnology Initiative
    Committee for the Review of the National Nanotechnology Initiative, National Research Council, 2002.
  • Stephen Hawking: A Life in Science
    By Michael White and John Gribbin; 2nd ed., 2002.
  • Technically Speaking: Why All Americans Need to Know More About Technology
    Committee on Technological Literacy, National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council, 2002.
• 2001
  • Carving Our Destiny: Scientific Research Faces a New Millennium
    Susan M. Fitzpatrick and John T. Bruer, Editors; 2001.
  • Issues for Science and Engineering Researchers in the Digital Age
    Office of Special Projects, National Research Council, 2001.
  • Nobel Prize Women in Science: Their Lives, Struggles, and Momentous Discoveries
    By Sharon Bertsch McGrayne, 2nd ed., 2001.
  • Observations on the President's Fiscal Year 2002 Federal Science and Technology Budget
    Committee on the Federal Science and Technology Budget, Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, 2001.
  • Science and Technology in the National Interest:
    The Presidential Appointment Process
    Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, 2001.
• 2000
  • Definition of Pain and Distress and Reporting Requirements for Laboratory Animals
    Proceedings of the Workshop Held June 22, 2000
    Committee on Regulatory Issues in Animal Care and Use, 2000.
  • Who Will Do the Science of the Future?: A Symposium of Careers of Women in Science
    National Academy of Sciences, Committee on Women in Science and Engineering, National Research Council; 2000.
• 1999
  • Science and Creationism: A View from the National Academy of Sciences, Second Edition.
    Steering Committee on Science and Creationism, National Academy of Sciences, 1999.

National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE)
(formerly the Committee for the National Institute for the Environment)

• Report of 1st National Conference on Science, Policy & the Environment: New Approaches Needed to Improve Scientific Decisionmaking (Earth Day 2001)

National Library of Medicine Exhibitions and Public Programs

National Patterns of R&D Resources

National Science Foundation

• E-Bulletin
  Daily bulletin of program dates & deadlines
• Post-Attack Grants to Study Human, Social Responses to September 11 Crisis (October 5, 2001)
• Academic Employment of Recent Science and Engineering Doctorate Holders (July 2001)
• Evaluation of the National Science Foundation's Undergraduate Faculty Enhancement (UFE) Program (October 2001)
• Division of Science Resources Statistics
  • Annotated List of 36 Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDC): Fiscal Year 2002 (NSF 02-317) (May 2002)
  • Federal Funds for Research and Development: Fiscal Years 2000, 2001, and 2002 (NSF 02-321) (June 2002)
  • Growth Continued in 2000 in Graduate Enrollment in Science and Engineering Fields (December 2001)
  • Characteristics of Recent Science and Engineering Graduates: 1997 (October 2001)
  • Science and Engineering Doctorate Awards: 2000 (November 2001)

National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)

• The Teaching of Evolution - (dead link)
  An NSTA Position Statement

Nature

• natureevents
  "...is a free, fully searchable, multi-disciplinary scientific events database. Browse events, order brochures, register and purchase proceedings papers online."
• "Science of the Lambs" - (dead link) (June 29, 2000)
  Re: cloning

Nature [Magazine] - Webdebates

• Future e-access to the Primary Literature
  "The topic of this Nature forum ó the impact of the Web on the publishing of the results of original research ó has, since the emergence of the Internet, filled volumes in the reports of conference proceedings and reams of individual articles ... The main aim of this forum is to bring some of the substance of this Brownian motion of Internet issues to a broader grassroots audience and debate the implications for the future dissemination of scientific information..."

New Scientist - Unnatural Selection
April 22, 2000 online article on Creationism.

NewsReport Online - (dead link)
National Academies

Nova Australia - Science in the News
Online articles and reports

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) - (dead link)

• Policy Briefs - (dead link)
  • "Science, Technology and Innovation in the New Economy" - (dead link) [.pdf]

PC Magazine - 20 Year Anniversary (March 2002)

• The Man Behind The Machine (February 1982)
  1982 interview with Bill Gates in the first issue of the magazine.

PLoS - Public Library of Science
"is a nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a public resource."

Quirks & Quarks on CBC [Canadian Broadcasting Corporation] - (dead link)
"Join host Bob McDonald each week to find out the latest in science, technology, medicine and the environment ... Every week, the program presents the people behind the latest discoveries in the physical and natural sciences - from the smallest sub-atomic particle to the largest objects in the sky and everything in between. The program also examines the political, social, environmental and ethical implications of new developments in science and technology."

Relativity: The Special and General Theory
By Albert Einstein, 1920

Research Matters at Harvard University
Articles on current research projects on campus written for a general audience.

Russian Archives Online
"...is an online collection of Russian and Soviet-related archives and other sources of film footage, photographs, illustrations, and audio, along with supporting documents and text."

• The Russian State Archive of Scientific & Technical Documents in Moscow (RGANTD)

SciDev.Net
News, Views and Information about Science, Technology and Development

Science & Engineering Indicators

Science & Spirit Magazine
"...explores life's complexities through a rich, reflective conversation about how science and new technologies affect the human spirit. We seek to understand the conflicts and connections between science and religion in our daily life through the wisdom of a world of faiths. Regularly featured topics include technology, ethics, environment, human relationships, social and personal values, and the mind-body-health connection."

Science in Africa
Africa's First On-Line Science Magazine

Science Magazine

• The Human Genome - (dead link) - (dead link) (Special Issue, February 16, 2001)
• "A History of the Human Genome Project" - (dead link) Roberts et al. (February 9, 2001)
• "Genome Issue: A Genome Sampler"
  (October. 23, 1998)

Science Magazine - Essays on Science and Society
"In monthly essays on Science and Society, Science features the views of individuals from inside or outside the scientific community as they explore the interface between science and the wider society. This series continues the weekly viewpoints on science and society that Science published in 1998 in honor of the 150th anniversary of AAAS."

Science Museum, London

• Science and Society Picture Library

Science News Online
The Weekly Newsmagazine of Science

The Science of Scientific Writing - (dead link)
By George D. Gopen and Judith A. Swan
"This Article appeared in the American Scientist (Nov-Dec 1990), Volume 78, 635-558. Retyped and posted with permission."

Scientific American

• The First Human Cloned Embryo - (dead link) (November 24, 2001)
  By Jose B. Cibelli, Robert P. Lanza and Michael D. West, with Carol Ezzell
• "Computing with Molecules" - (dead link) By Mark A. Reed and James M. Tour, June 2000
• "Where Are They" - (dead link)
  By Ian Crawford, July 2000

Scientific and Technical Acronyms, Symbols and Abbreviations
From Wiley InterScience

Scientific and Technical Reports - Elements, Organization and Design
"This revision of Z39.18-1987 brings the standard on report writing into the electronic age by including de facto document type definitions (DTDs) to describe the structure of reports so the document can be electronically processed using document imaging, OCR, compression/decompression, and optical media storage of full text."
Free pdf version
By National Information Standards Organization, 1995

Scientist

SciILO - Scientific Electronic Library Online
"...Online is a model for cooperative electronic publishing of scientific journals on the Internet. Especially conceived to meet the scientific communication needs of developing countries, particularly Latin America and the Caribbean countries, it provides an efficient way to assure universal visibility and accessibility to their scientific literature, contributing to overcome the phenomena known as "lost science". In addition, the SciELO model comprises integrated procedures for the measurement of usage and impact of scientific journals.

Smithsonian Institution Libraries

• Mosaic of Science Galaxy - (dead link)

Stanford Technology Law Review (STLR)

TechEncyclopedia
"More than 14,000 definitions of computer terms and concepts."

Technology Research News (TRN) (ejournal)
"...is an independent publisher and news service dedicated to covering technology research developments in university, corporate and government lab."

Theory & Science
"An Interdisciplinary, Peer-Reviewed Journal Devoted to the Discussion of Theory, Science, and Social Change."

Trademark Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office

U.K. HERO - Higher Education & Research Opportunities in the UK
"is the national website for higher education in the United Kingdom...aims to provide an up-to-date, accurate, and informative database of links to all the key HE websites on the Internet. With information on HE opportunities, institutions and organisations across the UK, HERO will be a gateway for students, researchers, HE staff and businesspeople."

• Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2001
  "...is to enable the higher education funding bodies to distribute public funds for research selectively on the basis of quality. Institutions conducting the best research receive a larger proportion of the available grant so that the infrastructure for the top level of research in the UK is protected and developed. The RAE assesses the quality of research in universities and colleges in the UK."

U.K. Department of Trade and Industry

• Office of Science and Technology - (dead link)
  • Researcher's Forum - (dead link)
    "The interactive discussion forum for researchers based in companies, universities and other research base organisations."

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

• Human Development Report 2001
  Making New Technologies Work for Human Development

U.S. Department of Commerce

• National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
  • NTIS Electronic Catalog

U.S. Dept. of Energy see our U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Resources page.

University of California, Berkeley - Digital Library Project

• CalPhotos - (dead link)
  "...is a collection of 49,292 images of plants, animals, fossils, people, and landscapes. A variety of organizations and individuals have contributed photographs to CalPhotos."

Web Guide to Enhancing the Postdoctoral Experience for Scientists and Engineers - (dead link)
The National Academies Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (COSEPUP)

Women and Decadence : A Critique of Feminist Ideology - (dead link)
Awarded a First in the Degree of Master of Arts from N.U.I. [National University of Ireland] Maynooth, July, 1995.
By John Flynn

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