SciStacks
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 Educations 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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