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Science.gov
http://www.science.gov/
Science.gov is a gateway to authoritative selected science information provided
by U.S. Government agencies, including research and development results. Over
1,000 annotated sites are included. Use the browsable index for a broad range
of topics from Agriculture and Food to Science Education or search by keyword.
Marian Koshland
Science Museum of the National Academy of Sciences
http://www.koshland-science-museum.org/index.jsp
The museum's web site features several interactive, online exhibits that provide
a wealth of information on current topics in science.
Echo Virtual Center: Science &
Technology (The Center for History and News Media)
http://echo.gmu.edu/center/
Established in 1994, this site "catalogs, annotates, and reviews sites
on the history of science, technology, and medicine". There are over 5,000
links in the database. The site is searchable, or you can browse links by content,
publisher, time period, or topic.
Internet
History of Science Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/science/sciencesbook.html
A collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented
cleanly (without advertising or excessive layout) for educational use.
SciCentral
http://www.scicentral.com/
Site consists of over 50,000 links to scientific and technical sites plus links
to publications and news releases.
Science Animations,
Movies, & Interactive Tutorials
http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/animatio.htm
This site is a collection of links to interactive sites, animation, and media
on the web, which serve as educational resources for the sciences. The resources
are organized categorically by the field of science.
Science
Ed Favorites
http://www.physci.wsc.ma.edu/dept/resources/links.html#scied
Science Ed Favorites is a collection of science education links maintained by
the Department of Physical Science, Westfield State College.
GrayLIT Network
http://graylit.osti.gov/
A portal for technical report information generated through U.S. Government
funded research and development projects.
AMNH Scientific Publication
http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/
"AMNH scientific publications disseminate the results of laboratory
investigations and fieldwork conducted by museum scientists and their colleagues
in the areas of zoological systematics, paleontology, geology, evolution, and
anthropology."
Science in the Headlines
http://www.nas.edu/
Provides current and past articles on issues in the news, and includes links
to related reports written by committees of volunteers of the nation's top experts
at the National Research Council (operating arm of the National Academy of Sciences
and National Academy of Engineering) and the Institute of Medicine.
Eurekalert
http://www.eurekalert.org/
The latest news and press releases from the world of science and engineering
are categorized or searchable by keyword terms on this site.
Knight Science Journalism Tracker
(Knight Science Journalism Fellowship Program at the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology)
http://ksjtracker.mit.edu/
"Our goal is to provide a broad sampling of the past day's science
news and, where possible, of news releases or other news tips related to publication
of science news in the general circulation news media, mainly of the U.S."
The site is searchable and articles can be limited to Environment Stories, Health
and Medicine Stories, and Science Stories. RSS feeds are also available.
National Science Digital Library
http://nsdl.org/index.php
"The National Science Digital Library (NSDL) was created by the National
Science Foundation to provide organized access to high quality resources and
tools that support innovations in teaching and learning at all levels of science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics education." This site collects
resources, papers, and newsfeeds of interest to K-12 teachers, librarians, and
university faculty.
Science NetLinks
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/
A web site with resources for K-12 science educators, including lesson plans
for Internet-based learning activities, interactive activities, and reviewed
web sites.
Analytical Sciences Digital Library
http://www.asdlib.org/
"The Analytical Sciences Digital Library, ASDL, is an NSF-funded digital
library that collects, catalogs, links and publishes peer reviewed web-based
discovery materials pertinent to innovations in curricular development and supporting
technical resources in the analytical sciences."
The Exploratorium Teacher Institute
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ti/
A huge collection of resources for science education instructors can be found
on this site. Information is included for projects, in-class activities ("snacks"),
listings of equipment suppliers, links to online resources, collections of digital
images, and more.
How Stuff Works
http://www.howstuffworks.com/
Answers to questions about how technology works. You can browse answers by topic
or use the search engine to find an answer.
Neuroscience
for Kids
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html
This educational site offers plenty of local content, including many experiments,
activities, and games to help students understand neuroscience, as well as an
extensive collection of articles on neurology.
Science Teachers' Resource Center
http://chem.lapeer.org/
Lab experiments, demonstrations, and teaching tips for science educators are
available on this web site. These resources are categorized by each of the sciences.
All materials on the site are free to be used for educational purposes, providing
that their distribution is not for profit.
National Agriculture Statistics
Service (United States Department of Agriculture)
http://www.nass.usda.gov/index.asp
"The National Agricultural Statistics Service provides timely, accurate,
and useful statistics in service to U.S. agriculture." Statistics can be
accessed by a keyword search, by state, or by subject.
National Agricultural Library Digital
Repository
http://naldr.nal.usda.gov/
"The National Agricultural Library Digital Repository (NALDR) provides
access to publications either digitized by NAL or through NAL's partnerships
with other institutions." Documents in this repository are organized with
subject headings and can be accessed through a basic or advanced search. The
documents are available in full text (PDF format).
AgEcon Search: Research in
Agricultural and Applied Economics (University of Minnesota Magrath
Library and the Department of Applied Economics)
http://agecon.lib.umn.edu/index.html
"AgEcon Search collects, indexes, and electronically distributes full text
copies of scholarly research in the broadly defined field of agricultural economics
including sub disciplines such as agribusiness, food supply, natural resource
economics, environmental economics, policy issues, agricultural trade, and economic
development."
The Core Historical Literature
of Agriculture (Albert R. Mann Library, Cornell University)
http://chla.library.cornell.edu/
"The Core Historical Literature of Agriculture (CHLA) is a core electronic
collection of agricultural texts published between the early nineteenth century
and the middle to late twentieth century. Full-text materials cover agricultural
economics, agricultural engineering, animal science, crops and their protection,
food science, forestry, human nutrition, rural sociology, and soil science."
To print documents, from the "view page as:" select "pdf;"
you can only print one page at a time though. You can browse by title, author,
date, or journal or use one of the four search types to find documents.
National Sustainable Agriculture Information
Service (ATTRA)
http://attra.ncat.org/
The ATTRA site provides a collection of publications and resources related to
sustainable agriculture. Some of the topics covered are organic farming, pest
management, field crops, farm energy and more.
National Weather Service
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/
"The National Weather Service (NWS) provides weather, hydrologic, and
climate forecasts and warnings for the United States, its territories, adjacent
waters and ocean areas, for the protection of life and property and the enhancement
of the national economy."
Hurricane Newspaper
Archive
http://www.thehurricanearchive.com/Home.aspx
A free archive of digitized newspaper articles about hurricanes. The advanced
search can help you narrow down your search by date.
Tornado Newspaper Archive
http://www.tornadoarchive.com/Home.aspx
A free archive of digitized newspaper articles about tornadoes. The advanced
search can help you narrow down your search by date.
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
http://www.uspto.gov/
You can search U.S. patent & trademark databases, download forms and instructions
for patent and/or trademark applications, and found fee information on this
web site. Links are also provided to the home pages of patent offices in other
countries.
U.S. Patent &
Trademark Depository Library at UMASS Amherst
http://www.library.umass.edu/subject/patents/
Official U.S. Patent & Trademark Depository Library located in the Physical
Sciences and Engineering Library.
Free Patents Online Database
http://www.freepatentsonline.com
A database of patents from the U.S. Patents Office updated every week. Patents
can be searched by patent number or keyword, and downloaded for free as pdf
files.
Canadian Patent Database
(Canadian Intellectual Property Office)
http://patents1.ic.gc.ca/intro-e.html
This database provides access to more than 75 years of patent descriptions and
images. 1,500,000 patent documents can be searched and retrieved. Images and
bibliographic descriptions are available from 1920 to the present, but the text
of the abstracts and claims are only available from 1978 to the present.
esp@cenet
http://ep.espacenet.com/
Search Europe's Network of Patent databases. Retrieve full text and images free
back to 1920. esp@cenet is a free service provided by the European Patent Organization
through the EPO and the national offices of its member states: Austria, Belgium,
Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hellenic Republic, Ireland, Italy,
Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and
the United Kingdom.
World Intellectual Property Organization
http://www.wipo.int/
Their site provides informational sections on every aspect of intellectual property.
The site also features CLEA (http://www.wipo.int/clea/),
a free online service offering searchable access to laws and treaties on intellectual
property from a wide range of countries.
Trademark Law:
An Overview
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/trademark.html
From Cornell's Legal Information Institute, a website providing an overview
of the trademark topic, including references to the laws which govern trademarks
and the decisions which have figured prominently in upholding that law.
BitLaw: A Resource on Technology Law
http://www.bitlaw.com/
BitLaw is a comprehensive Internet resource on technology law, containing over
1,800 pages on patent, copyright, trademark, and Internet legal issues. Major
topics covered include patent law, software patents, trademark law, Internet
law, legal links, copyright law, primary sources, and forms and contracts.
Catalog of the Scientific
Community in the 16th and 17th Centuries (Richard S. Westfall, Dept.
of History & Philosophy of Science at Indiana University)
http://galileo.rice.edu/lib/catalog.html
"This 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."
Eric Weisstein's
World of Scientific Biography
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/
Entries in this collection are brief paragraphs on over 1,000 scientists with
some references listed. The biographies can be browsed by branch of science,
gender/minority status, historical periods, nationality, and prize winners.
The Faces
of Science: African Americans in the Sciences
http://webfiles.uci.edu/mcbrown/display/faces.html
"Profiled here are African American men and women who have contributed
to the advancement of science and engineering." For each scientist, biographical
information and a bibliography are presented.
Profiles in Science (National
Library of Medicine)
http://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/
While this site only focuses on 17 scientists and physicians involved in
biomedical research and public health during the twentieth-century, it does
include extensive information for each. Besides a biographical narrative, each
entry includes several detailed essays on the scientist's work, a collection
of documents (some online), and visuals.
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