Science and Technology

Good for research. 

• All About Nature: Biomes-Habitats  The various biomes of the earth with basic information on climate, plant and animal life, and outstanding diagrams. www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/
• All the Virology on the Web  Links to "all the virology" websites, a picture book of viruses, and course notes for virology and microbiology classes www.tulane.edu/~dmsander/garryfavweb.html
• American Museum of Natural History Information on current and permanent exhibits at the museum. www.amnh.org/
• BioMedNet Magazine Full text articles are available for 14 days from the date of publication.  www.bmn.com/
• Biology Browser Free resources and links from BIOSIS for life sciences researchers and students. Search or browse by geographic area, organism, or subject. www.biologybrowser.com/
• Bugbios  Information and stunning photographs of the class insecta. www.bugbios.com
• Bureau of Protected Species -- Manatees and Sea Turtles From the State of Florida. Also includes information on the right whale. floridaconservation.org/psm
• Calendar Zone All kinds of calendars are included in this comprehensive directory, from celestial to baby gender selections. www.calendarzone.com/
• Conversion Table  Measurement conversions--tables, software, and links to other online conversion sites. www.pobox.com/~wallin/convert/
• Dave's Math Tables From general math through Fourier series. www.geometry.net/math_tables/tables.htm
• A Dictionary of Units of Measurement  Includes all the units of the International System of Weights and Measures, plus others. Includes conversion factors. www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units
• Elements, ions and simple molecules  Useful site for the study of molecules. http://www.reciprocalnet.org/common/
• eNature.com Online field guides from the National Audubon Society, plus habitat guides, news, ask an expert. Searchable by keyword, size, color and other characteristics. www.enature.com/
• The Gene Almanac  A primer on the basics of DNA and heredity. vector.cshl.org/
• General Chemistry Online! Resources for introductory chemistry, including tutorials. antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/index.shtml
• Gulf Coast Tides Tides for points on the Gulf Coast from East to West. tbone.biol.sc.edu/tide/sites_usgulf.html
• High Wire Press  158 science technical and medical journals online. highwire.stanford.edu/
• How Stuff Works From gas engines to the Internet, find out how things work. www.howstuffworks.com/
• Imported Fire Ants Research and Management Tips on management and the best ways of controlling these pests. Includes the ants' biology, identification, history and impact, as well as results of research.  fireant.tamu.edu/
• Internet Directory for Botany  An authoritative online directory of gardening and plants, useful for the week-end gardener as well as the scholar. www.botany.net/IDB
• Invention Dimension  From M.I.T., a directory of high quality web cites devoted to inventors and inventions. Brief reviews are given. www.mit.edu/invent
• IUCN-Red List of Threatened Species The new list from the World Conservation Union is the first since 1996 and confirms that global extinction has not improved. www.iucn.org/redlist/2000/index.html
• Mars Pathfinder  Actually two websites, one for the site at the time of the landing and one for the website after the mission ended. mpfwww.jpl.nasa.gov/default.htm
• Mission and Spacecraft Library  From NASA. leonardo.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/home.html
• Nature Serve  Conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals and ecological communities in the U.S. and Canada. In depth information on endangered species. Search or browse by name, location or conservation status. www.natureserve.org/
• Nearctica  Natural history, conservation, environment, geophysics and paleontology. www.nearctica.com/
• New Scientist An online version of the journal. www.newscientist.com/
• Nine Planets An overview of the history, mythology and current scientific information on the planets and moons in our solar system. seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/
• North American Mammals  All living mammals in North America are included in this Smithsonian database. Search by species name and conservation status, browse with a map and family tree. Includes a glossary.   http://web4.si.edu/mna/
• Ozone Hole Tour  The history, discovery and science of the ozone hole from the University of Cambridge. www.atm.ch.cam.ac.uk/tour/part3.html
• The Pew Center on Global Climate Change   Brings together scientific, economic, and cultural expertise. www.pewclimate.org/
• The Plant Tracker  Plants for a Future. A wonderful  database of over 7000 useful plants, edible and medicinal. Search by keyword, name, use, geograohy or habitat.  www.sunsite.unc.edu/pfaf
• Plants Database Comprehensive database of information on plants growing in the United states from the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Includes images, species abstracts, maps of distribution, plant symbols, growth data, and more. http://plants.usda.gov/
• Science in the Headlines  News from the National Academies of Science. www4.nationalacademies.org/news.nsf/By+Date?OpenView
• Science.gov  Here gathered together are databases  from 10 major Federal agencies which include 14 science and technical organizations. Search by keyword  or browse by topic selected web sites and databases.  http://www.science.gov/
• Smithsonian Physical Tables A classic reference source for physicists, originally published by the Smithsonian Institution Press. There are 901 tables for scientists and engineers, including constants for temperature measurements, physics constants, thermal properties of gases, radiant energy, acoustics and more. http://www.knovel.com/knovel2/Toc.jsp?SpaceID=10093&BookID=736
• Virus World  The Institute for Molecular Virology at the University of Wisconsin is responsible for this site which features images of human, animal, and plant viruses. The images were created from X-ray and Cryo-electron microscopy, but include also postcard, poster and magazine pictures. You can browse by virus name http://rhino.bocklabs.wisc.edu/virusworld/
• Visible Earth - NASA [Quicktime, .mpg, .tiff, .tar]  Wonderful images of the earth from NASA. Searchable by keyword, location, area, time period. visibleearth.nasa.gov/   This site is being reorganized.
• WebElements: The Periodic Table on the WWW  One of the oldest and best resources. www.webelements.com/
• Wildfinder A database created by the World Wildlife Fund in which you can find out where various species live, or you can find out which species live where. You can search by country, city or US ZIP code. There is also a map gallery with themes, http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildfinder/

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