Electronic Resources in the Sciences and Engineering By Subject


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Sciences, Engineering, and Mathematics Research Guide
By Subject

Agriculture
Astronomy
Biology
Biochemistry and Biotechnology
Botany and Horticulture
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Computer Science
Engineering
Entomology
Environmental Science
Ethics in Science and Engineering
Fisheries and Wildlife
Food Science
Forestry
Games
General
Geoscience
Mathematics and Statistics
Nanotechnology
Neuroscience
Physics
Plant and Soil Science
Plant Pathology
Polymer Science
Veterinary and Animal Science
Women and Minority Scientists and Engineers
Wood Technology
Zoology

American Astronomical Society
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) search site
[technical meeting papers searchable citations database]
Astronomer's Telegram
[New astronomical observations]
Astrophysics Data System
[NASA sponsored]
AstroWeb
International Astronomical Union
IAU Astronomy Thesaurus and
IAU Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
International Astronomy Meetings List
NASA
Perspectives on Plasmas
Resources in Astronomy (SLA Physics-Astronomy-Math Division)

General

American Society for Cell Biology
Chemdex (Laboratory suppliers)
Harvard University Biology Links
The International Cell Death Society
International Society of Endocytobiology
Tree of Life
Biochemistry see subject: Biochemistry and Biotechnology
Biodiversity
Biodiversity and Biological Collections Web Server
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Biotechnology see subject: Biochemistry and Biotechnology
Botany see subject: Botany and Horticulture
Ecology
Ecology WWW Page
Endangered Species
EE-link: Endangered Species
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
NatureServe
Marine
Marine Biological Laboratory
Microbiology
Human Genome Project Information
Genomics and Its Impact on Medicine and Society
Human Genome Resources
Microbes.info
MicrobeWorld
The Microbiology Network
Molecular
Molecular Biology Jump Station
Virology
All the Virology on the WWW
Plant Viruses Online
Zoology see subject: Zoology

Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Botany and Horticulture

American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists
Australian National Botanic Gardens
Biological Information Browsing Environment (BIBE)
[Information about plants and animals in digital collections]
Botanical Society of America Online Image Collection
Dictionary of Botanical Epithets
eNature.com Online Field Guide
Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum)
International Association for Plant Taxonomy
International Code of Botanical Nomenclature
International Organization for Plant Information
International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
Internet Directory for Botany
Massachusetts Horticultural Society
Missouri Botanical Garden Webpage
Noble Foundation Plant Image Gallery
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
USDA Forest Service Watershed, Fish, Wildlife, Air and Rare Plants
Vascular Plant Image Gallery (Texas A&M Univiversity)
For plant endangered species see subject: Biology

Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

General

American Chemical Society
American Chemical Society (ACS) Journals*
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Aldrich Chemical Catalog
Includes also Fluka, RdH-Lab, Sigma, and Supelco
ChemExper Chemical Directory
ChemFinder
Chemical Abstracts (Student Edition)*
[Covers 255 of the most important chemical journals;
especially designed for undergraduate students]
Chemical Abstracts Service General Subject Vocabulary Helper
Chemical Physics Preprint Database
Chemicool Periodic Table of Elements
CHEMINFO: Chemical Information Sources from Indiana University
Chemistry Preprint Server (requires individual registration)
IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology
Links for Chemists
NIST Chemistry WebBook
Online Software Directory (American Institute of Chemical Engineers)
Royal Society of Chemistry Journals* (On campus access only)
[Off campus users search for individual titles in the Library Catalog or Electronic Journal Locator]
SciFinder Scholar*
[Instructions for downloading full Chemical Abstracts online]
Sigma-Aldrich Chemical Catalog
Analytical
Analytical WebBase* (Analytical Abstracts online)
Spectral Data Base System for Organic Compounds
Biochemistry
See subject: Biochemistry and Biotechnology
Chemical Engineering
Chemical Engineering URLs' Directory
Online Software Directory (American Institute of Chemical Engineers)
Inorganic
ACS Bioinorganic Chemistry Subdivision Page
Nomenclature
IUBMB Recommendations on Biochemical & Organic Nomenclature, Symbols & Terminology etc.
IUPAC Commission on Macromolecular Nomenclature
IUPAC Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry
IUPAC Recommendations on Organic & Biochemical Nomenclature, Symbols & Terminology etc.
Organic
Beilstein Database*
Spectral Data Base System for Organic Compounds
WEB-sters' Organic Chemistry
Physical
VRML Animation Generator for Chemical Structures
VRML File Creator for Chemical Structures
Polymers see subject: Polymer Science
Access restricted to UMass Amherst community *

Computer Science

Association for Computing Machinery
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Digital Library*
IEEE Xplore*
[access to all IEEE journals (including Spectrum), transactions, and major
conference proceedings from 1998 to the present]
ALife.org (Artificial Life Online)
Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
National Information Standards Organization (NISO)
Networked Computer Science Technical Reference Library
Numerical Recipes
UMass Computer Science Research Publications
WWW Virtual Library: Computing

General

American Society for Engineering Education
Engineering Index - Village 2*
[Includes EI Compendex Web (online Engineering Index 1970-present)
and other engineering databases]
IEEE Xplore*
[access to all IEEE journals (including Spectrum), transactions, and major
conference proceedings from 1998 to the present]
National Academy of Engineering
National Society of Professional Engineers
Greatest Engineering Achievements of the Twentieth Century
Thomas Register of American Manufacturers (free registration required)
Virtual Technical Reports Center
WWW Virtual Engineering Library
Aeronautics and Astronautics
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) search site
[technical meeting papers searchable citations database]
NASA
See also subject: Astronomy
Chemical
See subjects: Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Polymer Science
Civil
American Society of Civil Engineers
ASCE Civil Engineering Database
Civil Engineering Top Ten Links
Civil Engineering Virtual Library
Construction.com (McGraw-Hill commercial cost estimating services)
Earthquake Engineering Abstracts
Sweet's (database of building product information)
See subjects: Environmental Science and Transportation
Electrical
EE Product Center
EEM.com (Electronic products catalog)
IC Master Online
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
IEEE Conference Search
IEEE Xplore*
[access to all IEEE journals (including Spectrum), transactions, and major
conference proceedings from 1998 to the present]
Control Engineering Virtual Library
Signal Processing Information Base
Analysys Telecoms Virtual Library
SPIE Web and Photonics Gateway
WWW Virtual Library: Electrical and Electronics Engineering
WWW Virtual Library: Remote Sensing
Energy
Energy Files
Index for energy-related collections including the DOE Information Bridge
Materials
American Society for Testing and Materials
MatWeb: The On-line Materials Information Resource
dmoz Nanotechnology Database
See also subjects: Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Polymer Science
Mechanical and Industrial
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
WWW Virtual Library: Mechanical Engineering
Transportation
Harmer E. Davis Transportation Library (University of California)
Innovative Transportation Technologies
National Transportation Library including
TRIS Online (transportation research search site)
Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways (PATH) and California PATH Database
Transportation Research Board (TRB) and TRB Publications Index
U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Biological Information Browsing Environment (BIBE)
[Information about insects in digital collections]
eNature.com Online Field Guide
Entomology at Colorado State University
Iowa State Entomology Index of Internet Resources
Soybean Insect Research Information Center

Environmental Science

Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Environment Web Resources
Environmental Fate Data Base
Environmental Universe*
National Council for Science and the Environment (formerly CNIE)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and EPA Terms of Environment
University of Minnesota Biocatalysis/Biodegradation Database
Access restricted to UMass Amherst community *

Ethics in Science and Engineering

Fisheries and Wildlife

Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts: ASFA*
Beautiful Birds: Masterpieces from the Hill Ornithology Collection
Biological Information Browsing Environment (BIBE)
[Information about plants and animals in digital collections]
Cloud Forests Alive
eNature.com Online Field Guide
FishBase
Terrestrial Mammals of Massachusetts
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
USDA Forest Service Wildlife, Fish and Rare Plants
For endangered species see subject: Biology
Access restricted to UMass Amherst community *

BRENDA (Comprehensive Enzyme Information System)
Food and Nutrition Information Center (ARS/USDA)
Food Online
Food Processors Institute
Food Science and Technology Abstracts*
Institute of Food Technologists and IFT Student Association
International Food Information Council Foundation
National Food Processors Association (NFPA)
Protein Data Bank
Access restricted to UMass Amherst community *

Science Games
(Have fun while you learn)

Science.gov

Mathematics and Statistics

American Mathematical Society and AMS Journals*
American Statistical Association
European Mathematical Information Service
Math on the Web (AMS)
Mathematical Association of America
Mathematics arXiv (Mathematics preprints)
Mathematics Genealogy Project
Mathematics Web Sites (Penn State)
MathSearch (Mathematics-specific search engine)
MathWorld (Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics)
Resources in Mathematics (SLA Physics-Astronomy-Math Division)
World Wide Virtual Library for Mathematics
Access restricted to UMass Amherst community *

Nanotechnology Subject Guide (UMass Amherst Libraries)

Plant and Soil Science

Plant Pathology

Polymer Science

American Chemical Society
including ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry and ACS Division of Polymeric Materials
American Chemical Society (ACS) Journals*
Beilstein Database*
Biopolymer Calculator (Schepartz Lab, Yale University)
Chemical Abstracts (Student Edition)*
[Covers 255 of the most important chemical journals;
especially designed for undergraduate students]
Chemistry Preprint Server (requires individual registration)
Plastics.com
Polymer Forum via ChemWeb
SciFinder Scholar*
[Instructions for downloading full Chemical Abstracts online]
See also subjects: Biochemistry and Biotechnology and Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Access restricted to UMass Amherst community *

Veterinary and Animal Science

Women and Minority Scientists and Engineers

Women and Minorities in the Sciences (Michigan Electronic Library)

Wood Technology

Ultimate Civil Engineering Directory
[Includes Wood and Forestry section]
Forest World Group
WOODWEB
See also subject: Forestry

Biological Information Browsing Environment (BIBE)
[Information about plants and animals in digital collections]
BIOSIS BiologyBrowser
eNature.com Online Field Guide
Terrestrial Mammals of Massachusetts
For endangered species see subject: Biology

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Updated January 04, 2005