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SciStacks

Biology Health & Medicine
Chemistry Mathematics & Computing
Earth Sciences Physics & Astronomy
Engineering Resource Grab Bag

Biology

  • Life Science Dictionary
    http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/search/dict-search.html
    A dictionary set up by BioTech, an educational resource and research tool on the World Wide Web.
  • Glossary of Genetic Terms
    http://www.genome.gov/glossary.cfm
    The National Human Genome Research Institute's Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms.
  • Animal Diversity Web
    http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/index.html
    Search through this database of diversity, presented by the Univ. of Michigan Museum of Zoology.
  • Environmental Education’s Endangered Species Site
    http://www.nceet.snre.umich.edu/EndSpp/Endangered.html
    A searchable listing of endangered species, which also can be searched by region.

 
Chemistry

 
Earth Sciences

 
Engineering

 
Health & Medicine

  • National Institutes of Health
    http://www.nih.gov/
    Home page of the NIH, including the NIH Information Index.
  • RxList
    http://www.rxlist.com/
    Searchable index of pharmaceuticals.
  • OncoLink
    http://www.oncolink.upenn.edu/
    The University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center Resource.
  • AIDS Medical Glossary
    http://www.critpath.org/research/gmhgloss.htm
    A glossary of HIV/AIDS-related terms.
  • Virology Glossary
    http://www.virology.net/ATVGlossary.html
    From "All the Virology on the Web"
  • National Cancer Institute
    http://www.nci.nih.gov/
    Home page of the National Cancer Institute.
  • Medscape
    http://www.medscape.com/
    A searchable database of published medical research.
  • Healthfinder
    http://www.healthfinder.gov/
    Consumer health and human services information web site.

 
Mathematics & Computing

 
Physics & Astronomy

  • Fundamental Physical Constants
    http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Constants/index.html
    Fundamental Physical Constants from the NIST.
  • The Particle Detector BriefBook
    http://rkb.home.cern.ch/rkb/titleD.html
    Handbook hosted by CERN serving as both an introduction for newcomers and a reference for working physicists.
  • Glossary of Astronomy
    http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Glossary/Glossary_index.html
    A glossary of the terminology of astronomy.
  • Remote Sensing
    http://mercator.upc.es/nicktutorial/Glossary/glossary.html
    A glossary of remote sensing terms.

 
Resource Grab Bag

  • The WWW Acronym and Abbreviation Server
    http://www.ucc.ie/info/net/acronyms/acro.html
    The lexicon for common acronyms and abbreviations.
  • Reference Sources
    http://www.umanitoba.ca/libraries/units/engineering/ref.html
    A reference site loaded with links to science and technology sites.
  • Frontiers in Science
    http://www.bioscience.org/urllists/units.htm
    A conversion chart of weights and measures.
  • PsychNET
    http://www.apa.org/psychnet/
    Informational site sponsored by the American Psychological Association.
  • Map Machine
    http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/maps/
    National Geographic's "Map Machine" offers all kinds of maps, plus facts and profiles of countries and U.S. states.
  • GIS Dictionary
    http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/agidict/welcome.html
    A glossary of terms posted by the Association for Geographic Information in Britain.
  • epicurious Eating Dictionary
    http://www.epicurious.com/db/dictionary/terms/indexes/dictionary.html
    A dictionary of food, its preparation and consumption.
  • WWW Virtual Library of Agriculture
    http://ipmwww.ncsu.edu/cernag/cern.html
    A comprehensive web server on agriculture from North Carolina State University.
  • the Official Statistics – Abstract
    http://www.census.gov/stat_abstract/
    From the U.S. Census Bureau, here are statistical facts about the US, dubbed "Uncle Sam's Bookshelf."
  • the Official Statistics – Index
    http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/index.html
    A clickable map with information on all the states.

 

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