Research and Reference Resources

Science

Environment

see also Local Environment Sites

Conservation Directory - http://www.nwf.org/conservationdirectory
This National Wildlife Federation international directory includes 4,000+ environmental non-profit, education, commerical, and government groups.

Earthtrends - http://earthtrends.wri.org
Worldwide environmental information in searchable databases, tables, and maps.

Envirofacts Warehouse - http://www.epa.gov/enviro/index_java.html
Access to informational databases of the federal Environmental Protection Agency.

National Biological Information Infrastructure - Botany - http://www.nbii.gov/disciplines/botany
A wide range of botanical resources available on the Web, including biological issues, plant species, and plant sciences.

National Environmental Directory - http://www.environmentaldirectory.net
13,000+ organizations in the United States concerned with environmental issues. Can be searched by region, keyword, or name.

Smart Growth Online - http://www.smartgrowth.org/about/default.asp
For those interested in stopping urban sprawl and nurturing sustainable communities.

Wisconsin Stewardship Network - http://www.wsn.org
A guide to environmental organizations and activities throughout Wisconsin.

Math

Math2.org - http://www.math2.org/index.html
Tables and formulas in general math, algebra, geometry, calculus, trigonometry, statistics and more.

MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive - http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/index.html
Historical articles on 60 subjects and more than 1400 biographies of mathematicians.

Math Forum - http://mathforum.org
An on-line math education community. Try the Math Resources by Subject.

Science

Animals - http://www.lii.org/search/file/animals
A selective but large list of links about animals.

eNature - http://www.enature.com
Many resources on natural resources including Online Field Guides.

FirstGov for Science - http://science.gov
Gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies, including research and development. Sites selected from SciTech Resources.

How Stuff Works - http://www.howstuffworks.com
Ignore the ads and find out how things work, from cell phones to network routers to snowblowers.

Invention Dimension - http://web.mit.edu/invent/invent-main.html
From Lemelson-MIT Awards Program, sites of help to inventors and entrepreneurs and of interest to the curious rest of us.

NASA - http://www.nasa.gov/hqpao/welcome.html
One of many pages sponsored by NASA, this has links to individual NASA Centers, such as the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to recent news concerning space exploration and to a search engine for other NASA information. For quick facts about planets or photographs see the National Space Science Data Center's Public Page.

PhysicsWeb - http://www.physicsweb.org/

Physlink - http://www.physlink.com/
Comprehensive indexes to on-line physics resources, including journals, databass, job information, math and physics constants, and more

Physical Reference Data - http://physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/
From the National Institute of Standards and Technology, links to physical constants, conversion factors, spectroscopic data and more.

Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) - http://www.osti.gov/
A searchable index to peer-reviewed published information in the physical sciences and other energy-related disciplines from the U.S. Dept. of Energy.

Online Medical and Science Dictionaries - http://www.sciencekomm.at/advice/dict.html
Dictionaries on all sorts of scientific and medical topics, including computer term dictionaries, chemistry dictionaries, and dentistry dictionaries. Some links are not up to date.

Science and Technology Collection, Internet Public Library - http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/sci00.00.00/
Hundreds of links to science information by topic, chosen by librarians. Searchable.

SciCentral - http://www.scicentral.com
Gateway to science websites in all disciplines. Includes searchable databases, company directories, and journals.

Virtual Library - BioSciences - http://vlib.org/Biosciences.html
A meta index to resources in such areas as animal health, agriculture, evolution, genetics and neurobiology.

The Why Files - http://www.whyfiles.org
"Explore the science, math and technology behind the news of the day..." Sponsored by the Graduate School at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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