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General Science

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Sites with Links
Reference Sites

Specialized Sites
Science News

eJournals

In addition to the websites listed in this guide, students, faculty and staff of the UW-W may wish to use the online indexes and databases purchased by this institution to find popular or scholarly articles, and other science related information. Those Internet resources specifically focusing on the sciences are located on this webpage Indexes & Databases by Subject: Sciences. The complete Alphabetical List of Indexes and Databases may also be browsed for useful resources.

Sites with Links

LII: Science - (Librarians Internet Index) - collection of quality science websites
SciCentral - Gateway to the best scientific research news sources. Provides links to current news, as well as journals, databases, conferences and more.
WWW Virtual Library: Remote Sensing - (Seppo Väätäinen)

Reference Sites

Bad Science - Common misperceptions in Astronomy, Chemistry, Meteorology and Physic
Common Weights and Measures - (College of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley)
Community of Science Web Server - N. American research, inventions, patents & facilities
Developing Educational Standards - Science - (Wappingers Central School District)
4,000 Years of Women in Science
How Stuff Works
National Inventors Hall of Fame
National Science Foundation - Funding opportunities
National Academies - Sciences, engineering, medicine and research
Short Dictionary of Scientific Quotations - (naturalSCIENCE)

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Specialized Sites

American Association for the Advancement of Science
Hands-on Science Centers Worldwide - Links to public museums with emphasis on interactive science education - (Carnegie Mellon University)
Institute & Museum of History of Science, Florence, Italy - [Bilingual]
Museum of Science and Industry - Chicago, IL
National Institute of Standards & Technology
Nobel e-Museum - Includes information on Nobel Prizes for Physics, Chemistry and Medicine
Smithsonian Institution - (Washington, D.C.)

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Science News

ABC News: Sci/Tech
CNN.com - Technology - Note: CNN provides articles in several languages, although they may not all contain the same content. To view articles in another language, select it from the Languages menu at the bottom of the page
CNN.com - Science & Space - Note: CNN provides articles in several languages, although they may not all contain the same content. To view articles in another language, select it from the Languages menu at the bottom of the page
Dallas Morning News: Technology Page - registration required, free
Discovery Channel and more
Earth & Sky Radio Series
EurekAlert - Scientific press releases
Exploratorium's Cool Science Sites
Frank Potter's Science Gems - Links to science resources
NASA News and Features
National Geographic Society Online
Newsday.com - AP: Health & Science
NewsWise: Medical, Scientific, Business & Life News - Has ability to browse scientific meetings by month
The New York Times: Science
The New York Times: Technology
Science Daily - Current research news
Scientific American: Science News -
The Why Files: Science Behind the News - (National Science Foundation)

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eJournals & Periodicals

ABQ Journal: Science & Technology
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) - This directory covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. The full text of articles are freely available. The goal is to cover all subjects and languages. There are currently over 1,000 journals in the directory.
Discover Magazine.
The Guardian: Science - Science news from the United Kingdom
Nature - International Weekly Journal of Science - Off-Campus access requires UW-W login
New Scientist - International science news, published in the UK.
Popular Science - Science, technology, electronics, computers, automotive
Project Muse - (Johns Hopkins University)
- American Journal of Bioethics quarterly. 2(2002) - present
- Bulletin of the History of Medicine quarterly. 70 (1996) - present
- Ethics and the Environment biannual. 6 (2001) - present
- Human Biology six issues per year. 73 (2001) - present
- Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law six issues per year. 24 (1999) - present
- Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences quarterly. 55 (2000) - present
- Literature and Medicine biannual. 14 (1995) - present
- Pacific Science quarterly. 55 (2001) - present
- Perspectives in Biology and Medicine quarterly. 43 (2000) - present
- Perspectives on Science 6 (1998) - 1 year ago
ScienceDirect
Science Magazine - Provides abstracts and full-text of every scientific paper, and summaries and full-text of every news article - Off-Campus access requires UW-W login
ScienceCareers: Career Development: Science's Next Wave - Weekly publication covering scientific training, career development and job market. Access to free sections only.
Scientific American - Current issue is available free online. UW-Whitewater students, faculty and staff have access to older issues through a variety of formats.
Wiley Interscience Journals
- Journal of Research in Science Teaching 34 (1997) - present
- Science Education six times a year. 81 (1997) - present
SCIRUS for Scientific Information Only - (Elsevier Science) - Free science search engine that locates journal articles and free web information on scientific topics. Check the Journal Holdings List to see if the University Library has a desired journal and the Library Catalog to find books.

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Last Revised: MS - 9/11/2007