Scientific subject links A-B

Acoustics

• Acoustical Society of America
  Serves the widespread interests of its members and the acoustics community in all branches of acoustics, both theoretical and applied.
  http://asa.aip.org/

Aerospace

• University of Glasgow
  Department of Aerospace Engineering
  www.aero.gla.ac.uk/index.htm

• Aerospace online
  Information source for the aerospace industry
  www.aerospaceonline.com/content/homepage/default.asp

• National Museums of Scotland - Museum of Flight
  Information source for the aerospace industry
  www.nms.ac.uk/flight/

Agriculture

• AGRICOLA (AGRICultural OnLine Access)
  Bibliographic database of citations to the agricultural literature created by the National Agricultural Library and its co-operators.
  agricola.nal.usda.gov

• Europa
  The portal site of the European Union. It provides up-to-date coverage of European Union affairs and essential information on European integration.
  http://europa.eu.int/comm/agriculture/index_en.htm

• Farming UK
  Directory for UK Farmers and the UK Agricultural and Horticultural Industries Online Farms, Farm Machinery and Farming Related websites.
  www.farminguk.co.uk/

• Food and Agriculture Organization
  FAO is one of the largest specialised agencies in the United Nations system and the lead agency for agriculture, forestry, fisheries and rural development.
  www.fao.org/

• Galaxy
  Searchable directory which provides contextually relevant information by integrating technology with human expertise.
  www.galaxy.com/galaxy/Science/Agriculture/

• Scottish Crofting Federation
  the website of the Scottish Crofting Federation (formerly Scottish Crofting Foundation).
  www.crofting.org/

• Virtual Library
  Run by a loose confederation of volunteers who compile pages of key links for particular areas which they are expert in.
  http://vlib.org/Agriculture.html

Aquaculture

• Fisheries Research Services
  Provides scientific advice to the Environment and Rural Affairs Department on all aspects of the Scottish fisheries for migration and fresh water species.
  www.marlab.ac.uk/

• SeaWeb
  A multimedia public education project designed to raise awareness of the world ocean and the life within it.
  www.seaweb.org

• World Aquaculture Society
  Founded in 1970 with over 4,000 members in 94 countries.
  www.was.org/main/FrameMain.asp

Astronomy

• NASA
  With over 4.1 million public web pages.
  www.nasa.gov/

• Royal Astronomical Society
  UK's leading body in Astronomy, Geophysics, and planetary Science.
  www.ras.org.uk/

• Royal Observatory of Edinburgh
  Comprises of the UK Astronomy Technology Centre of the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council and the Institute for Astronomy of The University of Edinburgh.
  www.roe.ac.uk/

• Royal Observatory of Edinburgh - Library
  www.roe.ac.uk/roe/library/index.html

Biography- scientific

• Biographies of Women Mathematicians
  Illustrates the numerous achievements of women in the field of mathematics.
  www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/women.htm

• Biography of chemists
  An alphabetical list of chemists.
  www.chem.qmw.ac.uk/rschg/biog.html

• Botanists, plantsmen, landscapers
  Plant hunters, landscape and garden designers, authors of books on gardening down the ages, botanists, garden owners and others with close associations with gardens and gardening.
  www.sisley.co.uk/gardners.htm

• Indexes of Biographies
  Alphabetical or chronological index.
  www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/BiogIndex.html

• 4000 years of Woman And Science
  Contributed in all ways to the technical advancement.
  www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/

Biosciences

• arXiv.org
  E-print service in the fields of physics, mathematics, non-linear science, computer science, and quantitative biology. arXiv is owned, operated and funded by Cornell University, a private not-for-profit educational institution. Also partially funded by the National Science Foundation
  http://www.arxiv.org/ * E journals site

• Harvard University: Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
  Lots of useful links.
  https://www.mcb.harvard.edu/mcb/home/

• MGPL Webrary
  Hundreds of informational Web sites.
  www.webrary.org/ref/weblinks5.html#590

Biotechnology

• Biotech - Scotland
  Latest news and information from the Scottish biotech community, as well as the latest worldwide biotech news.
  http://www.biotech-scotland.org/

• Nature biotechnology
  Ranking second out of 134 review and research journals focusing on biotechnology.
  www.nature.com/nbt/

Botany

• Botany WWW Sites
  Lots of good links.
  www.botany.org/bsa/www-bot.html

• British trees
  Lots of information on native British trees, and links to relevant and international organisations.
  www.british-trees.com/

• Plantlife International
  Charity dedicated exclusively to conserving all forms of plant life in the UK, Europe and across the world, in their natural habitats
  http://www.plantlife.org.uk/

• Postcode plants database
  Put your postcode in and this website gives a list of local plants in the area. Also includes a checklist of native Scottish plant species.
  www.nhm.ac.uk/science/projects/fff/

• Wild flower page
  UK-wide coverage. Gives useful information on looking for wild flowers and their statutory protection and conservation.
  www.habitat.org.uk/wildflwr.htm

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