Scientific subject links G-L
General science
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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.
www.arxiv.org/ * E journals site -
BBC News Science/Nature
Full of up-to-date issues.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/default.stm -
BBC Online Science
Top science stories.
www.bbc.co.uk/science/ -
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
Free, full-text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. There are currently more than 700 journals in the directory. Also a facility for browsing by subject. Co-ordinated by Lund University Library.
www.doaj.org/ * E journals site -
EurekAlert
News service of the American Association for the advancement of Science.
www.eurekalert.org/index.php?r=1 -
HighWire
Full-text scientific and medical journal articles from Stanford University Libraries.
http://highwire.stanford.edu/lists/freeart.dtl * E journals site -
Nature
Science journals
www.nature.com/nature/index.html -
New Scientist
Science and Technology News Service.
www.newscientist.com/ -
Science Magazine
Topical science journal.
www.sciencemag.org/ -
ScienceNet
Scientific Q & A site.
www.sciencenet.org.uk/ -
Scientific and Technical Acronyms, Symbols and Abbreviations
Over 100,000 scientific, technical and medical acronyms defined.
www3.interscience.wiley.com/stasa/
Geology
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Aberdeen University
Web pages for the Department of Geology and Petroleum Geology at Aberdeen University.
www.abdn.ac.uk/geology/www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/wwlib/browse.html -
Association of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Specialists (AGS)
AGS is a non-profit-making trade association established to improve the profile and quality of geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering.
www.ags.org.uk/ -
British Geological Survey
Provides relevant, comprehensive and up-to-date information.
www.bgs.ac.uk/home.html -
British Geological Survey - photo archive
www.bgs.ac.uk/photoarchive/home.html -
Edinburgh Geological Society
Seeks to stimulate public interest and offers a range of facilities to members including lectures, excursions, publications and the maintenance of a geological library.
www.edinburghgeolsoc.org/k_home.html -
Scottish Geology
Permanent 'gateway' to Scottish geology on the web. Scottish Geology is brought to you by those in Scotland involved in communicating geology to the public.
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University of Iowa
The maps which are listed here have been selected because they are thought to be reasonably useful and/or interesting. They are categorised by geographical region.
www.cgrer.uiowa.edu/servers/servers_references.html
Government departments
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Deer Commission for Scotland
Non Departmental Public Body charged with furthering the conservation, control and sustainable management of all species of wild deer in Scotland, and keeping under review all matters, including welfare, relating to deer.
www.dcs.gov.uk/ -
Department of Health
The latest on the department's work, as well as health and social care guidance, publications and policy.
www.doh.gov.uk/ -
Directgov
Website of HM Government and services.
www.direct.gov.uk/en -
Food Standards Agency
An independent food safety watchdog set up by an Act of Parliament in 2000 to protect the public's health and consumer interests in relation to food.
www.foodstandards.gov.uk/ -
Forestry Commission Scotland
Serves as the forestry department of the Scottish Government, advising on and implementing forestry policy.
www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/HCOU-4U4J33 -
NHS Direct
Find out more about a condition or illness.
www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk -
Scottish Government
The Government department charged with ensuring that Scottish interests are represented within the United Kingdom Government.
www.scotland.gov.uk -
Scottish Government
This part of the Scottish Government website gives access to current consultation documents, including one on the Trunk Road Biodiversity Action Plan.
www.scotland.gov.uk/views/views.asp -
Scottish Government - Topics
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Scottish Government - Scottish Environment Statistics Online
www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/envonline/
History of science
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History of Mathematics
Interesting site.
www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/ -
ECHO
Exploring and Collecting History Online.
http://echo.gmu.edu
