Natural Sciences

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A searchable and browsable dictionary of scientific terms relating to engineering, technology, mathematics, computing, and the life, medical, physical, and social sciences.

Provides a listing of federal science and technology Web resources. Material covers agriculture and food, astronomy, biology, energy conservation, health and medicine, math, physics, and chemistry.

A directory of annotated links relating to astronomy, chemistry, earth sciences, materials, and physics. Each subject area can be browsed alphabetically or searched by keyword.

Directory of biology resources containing study guides, test preparation tools, textbooks, teaching aids, etc., covering environmental and life sciences.

Offers a collection of tutorials, a dictionary of over 1600 terms in biological sciences, and a collection of annotated links.

An introductory biology course, which includes chapters on chemistry, large molecules, cell biology, enzyme biochemistry, photosynthesis, genetics, DNA and immunology.  

Directory of Internet resources relating to the biomedical sciences.

A directory of cell and molecular biology related Internet resources, classified into electronic publications, educational resources, methods and protocols, current research, and professional societies and organizations.

The website of the American Institute of Biological Sciences.

Guide to searching for chemistry information on the Internet. Also includes access to the Clearinghouse for Chemical Information Instructional Materials, which collects and distributes items that were developed to provide instruction in the use of chemical information sources, and archives of a chemical information sources discussion list, CHMINF-L.

A directory of information about electrochemistry, with Internet resources, software, bibliographies, databases, societies, meetings, and journals.

Searchable collection of chemistry resources including articles, tutorials, an index of Web based material, a glossary featuring audio pronunciations, an online questioning service, and a database of compounds with details of atomic numbers, and boiling and melting points.

A large index to over 7500 chemistry resources on the Web, which features a collaborative effort to index international university chemistry department Web servers, as well as lists of departments, companies, organizations, journals and reference material.

A directory of databases, articles (some from commercial providers)patents, bibliography management and books; as well as information about laboratory techniques and scientific instruments, infrared spectroscopy, ultraviolet spectroscopy, elemental analysis, and article writing and software.

A directory of resources for university students of chemistry, which includes information on measurement, periodic tables, crystallography, analytical chemistry, physical chemistry, atmospheric chemistry, biochemistry and chemical engineering.

Index to physics resources including reference information, electronic textbooks and lecture notes, and lists of institutions and organizations.

A collection of pointers to astronomy-related information available on the Internet.

A collection of links to online astronomy resources, arranged in categories which include cosmology, museums and planetaria, calendars and timekeeping, solar and extrasolar system bodies, solar physics and aurorae, and data archives and catalogues.

Offers a collection of links to astronomy and astrophysics resources on the Internet. Categories available include survey projects, information systems, preprint and bibliographical services, conferences and meetings, departments, space agencies, and specific research areas such as radio, optical, and solar astronomy.

Suggested GALILEO Databases for Natural Sciences Research

An index to research on biological applications of technology and engineering.

Citations on biochemistry and molecular biology for food, chemical and perfumery industries.

Index and abstracts for articles in scholarly journals and other research literature.

Covers research on how organisms of all kinds interact with their environment.

Summaries of key issues, consequences, and legal mandates; such as, air transportation, defense programs, energy production, hazardous substances, land use, and roads and railroads.

Index to articles on medical, veterinary, agricultural, and applied entomology.

Covers air and water quality, environmental safety, and energy production.  

A set of databases combined to eliminate duplicate records.

On all aspects of immune systems in humans and animals.

On all aspects of RNA and DNA biosynthesis.

Covers the molecular basis of malignant cell growth.

Covers pollution, its sources, and its control.

Covers solid state and superconductivity technology.

Covers research on the toxicological, pharmacological, biochemical, and physiological effects of drugs and other chemicals.

An index to articles on air pollution, antidotes, the biological and adverse effects of drugs.

Covers research on water-related topics in the life and physical sciences, as well as engineering and legal aspects of water conservation and management.

A database of full-text articles on science topics.