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Schauerman Library Web Guides - Natural Sciences

The Natural Sciences are sciences used in the study of the physical world i.e.: physics, chemistry, geology, biology, botany. These are just a few of the MANY sites on the Natural Sciences. NOTE: Sites do move or get outdated from time to time.

General

The Academy of Natural Sciences. Ewell Sale Stewart Library Links to Internet Resources     http://www.acnatsci.org/library/link.html

Argus Clearinghouse. Choose Science & Mathematics http://www.clearinghouse.net/

BIOME. (Uses Library of Congress classification)   http://biome.ac.uk/

BUBL Catalogue of Internet Resources: Life Sciences   http://bubl.ac.uk/link/lif.html

CLAYGATE (From Australia - uses Dewey Decimal classification) Natural Sciences Index   http://library.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au/irs/webcat/500index.htm

Envirolink   http://www.envirolink.org/

Frank Potter’s Science Gems. Life Science 1. See also links to Physical Science, Earth Sciences, Mathematics   http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/SEP/life.html

Jay’s Nature and Natural Sciences Links   http://www.neravt.com/left/directory/subjects/nature.htm

National Academies Press. Over 2,500 free full-text publications online in the Sciences.        http://www.nap.edu/

PBS: Science and Technology    http://www.pbs.org/neighborhoods/science/

PSI Gate - Physical Sciences Information Gateway http://www.psigate.ac.uk/newsite/

Scientific American Magazine. Many full-text articles online.   http://www.sciam.com/

The Why Files: Science behind the news.   http://whyfiles.org/

Biology

About.com. Biology   http://biology.about.com/

Biology Browser          http://www.biologybrowser.org/

Biology Guide High School Hub          http://highschoolhub.org/hub/biology.cfm

National Biological Information Infrastructure   http://www.nbii.gov/

Online Biology Book   http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookTOC.html

Virtual Library of Ecology and Biodiversity   http://conbio.net/vl/

Botany

Botany WWW Sites   http://www.botany.org/bsa/www-bot.html

Families of Flowering Plants          http://biodiversity.bio.uno.edu/delta/angio/

Scott's Botanical Links.   http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/bot-linx/

Chemistry

About.com. Chemistry   http://chemistry.about.com/

Chemistry Guide High School Hub          http://highschoolhub.org/hub/chemistry.cfm

Incompatible Chemical Mixtures       http://chemistry.about.com/cs/toxicchemicals/a/aa603003a.htm#b      OR   http://www2.biology.ualberta.ca/safety.hp/ChemSafety/Incompatible_Chemical_Mixtures.htm

Periodic Table of the Elements. From Los Alamos National Laboratory   http://pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/default.htm    also   http://environmentalchemistry.com/yogi/periodic/

Geology

U.S. Geological Survey. General info. Good for the latest on earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides  http://geology.usgs.gov/index.shtml

Geological Fact Sheets. Browse by year or theme.   http://pubs.usgs.gov/products/books/factsheet/

US Geological Survey General Interest Publications online.   http://pubs.usgs.gov/products/books/gip.html

Athena Mineralogy   http://un2sg4.unige.ch/athena/mineral/mineral.html

Oceanography

California Coastal Data Information Project   http://cdip.ucsd.edu/

List of Oceanography Resources    http://www.esdim.noaa.gov/ocean_page.html

Oceanography Links   http://www.geol.vt.edu/resources/oceanography.html

World Wide Web Virtual Library. Oceanography Subject Index   http://www.mth.uea.ac.uk/ocean/vl/by-subject.html

Physics

Favorite Physics Links (Sonoma State University)   http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/people/faculty/tenn/PhysicsLinks.html

Physics and Astronomy - PhysLink   http://www.physlink.com/

The Physics Classroom   http://www.physicsclassroom.com/

Physics Guide High School Hub          http://highschoolhub.org/hub/physics.cfm

Physics Web. Web links. Physics around the World.   http://PhysicsWeb.org/resources/                              

 

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