S c i e n c e

GENERAL
 
  • The Virtual Library: Science

  • Highwire - free online full-text articles
    - HighWire Press is the largest archive of free full-text science on Earth!

    - As of 5/24/06, we are assisting in the online publication of 1,343,146 free full-text articles and 3,477,141 total articles.

    - There are 14 sites with free trial periods, and 34 completely free sites.
    - 219 sites have free back issues, and 841 sites have pay per view!

  • Science NetWatch
    - "Each week, Science's NetWatch scours the Internet, reader email, and other sources for interesting science WEBSITEs.
    - Here you can look up reviews of the hundreds of sites we've highlighted since April 1998.
    - Email site suggestions to NetWatch editor Mitch Leslie at: netwatch@aaas.org"

  • Scirus - for scientific information only

  • New York Times:   Science

  • CiteSeer.ITS - Scientific Literature Digital Library

  • E-print Network
    Research Communications for Scientists and Engineers

  • science.gov
    - "Science.gov is a gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies including research and development results."

  • Preprints & Working Papers
    - Astronomy and Astrophysics Preprints
    - Chemistry Preprints
    - Computation and Language Preprints
    - Economics Working Papers
    - Mathematics Preprints
      General e-Print Archives
      Subject-based Archives
      Departmental or Institutional Archives
    - Nonlinear Sciences Preprints
    - Physics Preprints
    - Quantitative Biology Preprints

  • AAAS - History & Archives
    - "Founded in 1848, AAAS serves some 262 affiliated societies and academies of science, serving 10 million individuals. Science has the largest paid circulation of any peer-reviewed general science journal in the world, with an estimated total readership of one million. The non-profit AAAS is open to all and fulfills its mission to "advance science and serve society" through initiatives in science policy; international programs; science education; and more. For the latest research news, log onto EurekAlert!, the premier science-news WEBSITE, a service of AAAS."
SUBJECTS  
Energy
  • DOE R&D Project Summaries
    - "Project summaries of ongoing or recently completed Department of Energy research projects are available for online searching in this publicly accessible database.
    - Projects pertain to a range of R&D disciplines in energy, science, and technology. The database includes projects that DOE sponsored through a variety of funding mechanisms, including grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements.
    - This application was developed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information as a means for the DOE to educate and inform the general public of its R&D activities."

  • Information Bridge
    - The Information Bridge: DOE Scientific and Technical Information provides free public access to full-text documents and bibliographic citations of Department of Energy (DOE) research report literature.
    - Documents are primarily from 1994 forward and were produced by DOE, the DOE contractor community, and/or DOE grantees.
    - Legacy documents are added as they become available in electronic format.
    - The Information Bridge contains documents and citations in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences, energy technologies, engineering, computer and information science, renewable energy, and other topics of interest related to DOE's mission."
Geology
Philosophy of Science
  • PhilSci Archive
    " ... an electronic archive for preprints in the philosophy of science
    offered as a free service to the philosophy of science community
    the goal of the Archive is to promote communication in the field by the rapid dissemination of new work"
Rocks & Minerals
Volcanoes

Wolfhard Touchard, M. L. S. Retired Reference & Database Librarian
Andrews University - July 2008