Agriculture
USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference
EDIS for all UF IFAS and Extension publications.
Astronomy
The Nine Planets
Views of the Solar System
NASA site includes Educational Resources, Multimedia Gallery, lots more.
Chemistry
WebElements(tm) Periodic Table for researchers, or Periodic Table of the Elements up through the high school level.
ThermoDex: Thermodynamics Data Locator identifies print handbooks that list properties. Check the UF Catalog to locate the print handbooks.
Household Products Database from the National Library of Medicine and NIH.
Where to Find Material Safety Data Sheets on the Internet
Computer Science
Computer Almanac, "Interesting and useful numbers about computers".
PC Webopedia -- "The only online dictionary and search engine you need for computer and Internet technology definitions."
WhatIs -- a dictionary of Information Technology terms.
Geology & Earth Sciences
The Rainbow of Gems from TradeShop.com.
Alphabetical Mineral Reference from the "Gems and Gem materials" course syllabus of Jill Banfield, UC-Berkeley.
Dinobase, a dinosaur Web Site from the University of Bristol, includes images, species lists, and taxonomy.
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Life Sciences
Mammal Species of the World contains the names of the 4,629 currently recognized species of mammals, in a taxonomic hierarchy that includes Order, Family, Subfamily, and Genus.
Herpetology from the Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH) includes identification guides to snakes, amphibians, reptiles, more. The FLMNH offers many other research and collections pages.
PLANTS Database from the USDA "is a single source of standardized information about plants." Search by common or scientific name.
Vesalius' On the Fabric of the Human Body, anatomical atlas first published in 1543 with diagrams and woodcut drawings.
All Science Subject Areas
All That JAS: Journal Abbreviation Sources is a registry of Web resources that list or provide access to the full title of journal abbreviations.
Links to calculators and converters -- several links.
Federal R&D Project Summaries provides descriptions, awards, and summaries of federally-funded research, including the agencies DOE, EPS, NIH, NSF, SBA, and USDA.
Federally Funded Research in the United States from COS.
National Science Foundation's Division of Science Resources Studies' Publications and Statistics, including reports on education, workforce, research and development, information technology.
Niel Brandt's
Timelines and Scales of Measurement List
Nobel Foundation Directory
of Nobel Laureates (Nobel Prize winners).
Science dictionaries from Yahoo.
Science.gov "is a gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies, including research and development results."
The Why Files "provide cogent, accurate and often droll explanations of the science and technology that underlie the news of the day."
WorldWideScience.org, a global science gateway that crosses both international and database boundaries. Search for scientific sources that are
unavailable through commercial search engines such as Google.
Graphics and Images - includes websites with images in sci-tech subjects
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