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library & reference resources
Britannica Online
The web version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica is an excellent source for general articles on scientific topics, and for biographical articles on noted scientists. Articles contain the full text of the print encyclopedia, as well as links to some relevant web sites outside Britannica.
Catalog of the Scientific Community: 16th and 17th Centuries
This catalog is a collection of 631 detailed biographies on members of the scientific community during the 16th and 17th centuries. The vital facts about these individuals and their contributions to science can be found here.
A Dictionary of Scientific Quotations
This site, provided by natualSCIENCE.com, gives a selection of scientific quotations, but only one per notable person, and often far from the most famous quotes attributed to the speaker in question. Still, it can be interesting.
Federal Research and Development Project Summaries
The U.S. Government is accountable to the public for its annual multi-billion dollar R&D investment. This system is a consortium of federal agencies providing R&D summaries: Department of Energy; National Institutes of Health; National Science Foundation.
GrayLit Network
The GrayLIT Network makes the gray literature of U.S. Federal Agencies easily accessible over the Internet. It taps into the search engines of distributed gray literature collections, enabling the user to find information without first having to know the sponsoring agency.
Catalog of U.S. Government Science and Technology Web Site Resources (SciTechResources.gov)
An annotated directory of science and technology resources on U.S. government sites. Browsable by agency and searchable by subject, agency, and resource type.
science news
Nature Science Update
This current awareness resource from Nature is updated daily. The concise and generally well-written articles offer useful and quick accounts of some of the latest discoveries and policy decisions affecting the scientific community.
Science Daily: Your Link to the Latest Research News
This online magazine brings you breaking news about the latest discoveries and hottest research projects in everything from astrophysics to zoology.
What's Hot in Research
The Institute of Science Information offers this What's Hot in Research Page which keeps abreast of current trends in scientific research. The weekly feature contains rankings of journals based on their impact within a field, listings of the most prolific universities in different fields, and an abstract of a hot paper in a subject area.
career & job information
Science's Next Wave
A weekly online publication that covers scientific training, career development, and the science job market. The Next Wave is published by Science magazine and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
educational resources
Rutgers Math and Science Center
Primarily a collection of course materials produced for a wide range of science courses at Rutgers University.
scientific societies
This listing is for societies, institutes and associations covering science in general or interdisciplinary areas. For societies in specific fields of science, refer to the appropriate specific InfoSurf page below. If you can't find what you're looking for below, try the Scholarly Societies Project at the University of Waterloo (Ontario), an excellent compilation of scholarly societies.

Statewide Academies of Science
indexes to journal articles
Science and Engineering Databases
All Databases
publishers
electronic journals
The UCSB Library has paid subscriptions to approximately 3,000 electronic journals. You may view an alphabetical list or view titles by subject: Freely accessible journals may also be of interest:
  • The Armchair Scientist
  • Hot AIR
    This is the electronic version of the often hilarious Annals of Improbable Research, the bestowers of the annual Ig Nobel Prizes.
  • ION Science
  • Nonlinear Science Today
    This is an adjunct to the print Journal of Nonlinear Science, which covers subjects like chaos and turbulence over the whole range of science.
  • The Scientist
    The Scientist is a newspaper primarily aimed at life scientists, but with much material of general interest, especially about the interactions between science, academia, industry and government. Includes job listings. Also includes a link to the gopher version of the Scientist, which contains older archived material.
  • The Skeptical Inquirer
    Published by CSICOP, the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of the Paranormal, Skeptical Inquirer is the most renowned magazine devoted to the debunking and discrediting of "fringe science" and the paranormal. The web site provides tables of contents from 1995 to the present, and full text of selected articles. Complete electronic issues are available by subscription.
individual science pages on infosurf

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