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Science and Engineering

Science Resources A-Z

List with brief description available below.

Please note that this list includes Internet resources only; it is not an exhaustive listing of science resources available at Stanford.

The same titles as listed above are repeated here with the addition of brief description

Networked Databases in Science and Engineering

A list of online resources available through Folio, Stanford's online information system.

Electronic Journals By Subject

A list of electronic journals chosen by literary staff.

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Includes information about AAAS activities plus news and jobs information published in Science magazine.

Athena Mineralogy

Mineral lists (IMA approved, updated end 1995) sorted either alphabetically or arranged systematically. Information provided to date includes: Mineral Name, Forumala, System, and Classification. Compiler: Pierre Perroud

California Water Plan Update

The Bulletin 160 series evaluates [Calfornia] water supplies and assesses agricultural, urban, and environmental water uses to quantify the gap between water supplies and uses.

Community of Science Web Server

This World Wide Web server contains information about scientists and the funding of science. The Community of Science is a global registry of scientists designed to provide accurate, thorough, timely, and easy-to-access information about who is working on what subject, and where.

Conversion of Units

Maintained by Dr. Burkhard Kirste, Freie Universitat Berlin. In English and in German.

Directorate of Time

The Directorate of Time is part of the U.S. Naval Observatory, which is the official source of time used in the United States. This web site contains a variety of information related to timekeeping.

European Science Foundation WWW Server

Contains public information (e.g. members, programmes, standing committees, scientific networks, European research conferences) of the European Science Foundation.

The Faces of Science: African-Americans in the Sciences

A presentation on the past, present, and future of African-Americans in the sciences, with special focus on chemistry. Prepared by Mitchell C. Brown of Louisiana State University.

FedWorld Information Network

Maintained by the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), FedWorld provides a comprehensive central access point for locating and acquiring U.S. government information.

Fundamental Scientific Constants

Maintained by Dr. Burkhard Kirste, Freie Universitat Berlin. In English and in German.

Human Prehistory: An Exhibition ver 3.0 (1996-2000)

Photos, full text, links to other information sources

IAGA Global Paleomagnetic Database

The Global Paleomagnetic Database is updated and maintained by the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (IAGA). The Global Paleomagnetic Database contains all published paleomagnetic data to the end of 1997.

Japan Information Center of Science and Technology

JICST is the central organization of information activities in the fields of science and technology in Japan. It collects, processes and disseminates scientific and technical information as well as constructs and provides databases.

Japan Science and Technology Corporation

A collection of Internet resources related to science and technology in Japan.

Kansas Geological Survey Publications

The Kansas Geological Survey continues to study the state's resources and prepare publications on its findings. Providing research and service to Kansas since 1889, the Survey publishes information on Kansas geology in books and maps, both technical and educational. The topics of these publications include computer science, engineering geology, geochemistry, geohydrology, paleontology, mineral economics, and stratigraphy.

NASA RECONselect

RECONselect contains bibliographic citations for Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports (STAR file series) produced since NASA was established in 1958, journal articles and conference proceedings produced since 1958 (Open Literature file series), and, in the near future, citations from the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA) collection, NASA's predecessor organization. The citations represent a selected portion of the publicly available information available through the NASA RECON system. RECONselect is part of the NASA Technical Report Server (NTRS).

NASA Scientific and Technical Information Program

The NASA Scientific and Technical Information program provides ready access to over 3 million aerospace and related citations. Powerful search capabilities offer access to both the latest and most important historical information about aerospace, aeronautics and related topics. This service is run by the NASA Center for AeroSpace Information (CASI).

NASA Technical Report Server (NTRS)

The NASA Technical Report Server is an experimental service that allows users to search the many different abstract and technical report servers maintained by various NASA centers and programs. Specifically, it is a unified interface to many separate WAIS servers. NTRS is both a superset of the of the various servers, and a canonical listing of the servers.

National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council WWW Server

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Includes general information, news, programs, products and services, gallery of selected images, a staff directory, FAQs, and links to other www resources. Provider: U.S. Department of Commerce. National Institute of Standards and Technology.

National Science Foundation

WWW home page of the National Science Foundation.

National Science Foundation MetaCenter's Computational Science Highlights

This multimedia collection contains descriptions of some of the 10,000 scientific research projects that have used the resources of National Science Foundation supercomputing centers. The reports range from astronomy to zoology, and include scientific breakthroughs on black holes, how the heart works, pollution control, and modelling the oceans. All reports have images, and many also are accompanied by animations and sound.

NCSA Digital Information System

An online repository of work done at the National Center for Supercomputing applications. Includes documents by discipline: Agriculture; Art and Computer Graphics; Astronomy and Astrophysics; Biological, Behavioral, and Social Sciences; Chaos; Chemistry; Education; Engineering; Facilities; Geosciences; Mathematical and Physical Sciences; Meteorology; and Technology.

Niel's Timelines and Scales of Measurement List

Includes Science/Technology History Timeline, Evolutionary/Geological Timeline, Cosmological Timeline, and Scales of Measurement. Developed by William Nielsen Brandt, Cambridge University.

NIST Fundamental Physical Constants

This document gives the values of the basic constants and conversion factors of physics and chemistry resulting from the 1986 least-squares adjustment of the fundamental physical constants as published by the CODATA Task Group on Fundamental Constants and as recommended for international use by CODATA. Published in the Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards, vol. 92, 1987.

Patents

A list of Internet resources related to patents.

River Watch

Current information (data) on river level conditions for the nation's largest river basins: the Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois, and Ohio River Basins.

Petrological Database of the Ocean Floor

This is a NSF (National Science Foundation) founded research project, carried by LDEO (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory) of Columbia University in the City of New York, sponsored by RIDGE (Ridge Inter-Disciplinary Global Experiments). This database contains petrological and chemical data, plus bibliographical references for samples taken from the ocean floor.

SciEd: Science and Mathematics Education Resources

A collection of Internet resources that are related to the teaching of science. Divided by subject (e.g. earth science, mathematics). Maintained by Alan Cairns of the University of Washington.

Science Daily

" Each day, Science Daily will bring you breaking news about the latest discoveries and research projects in everything from astrophysics to zoology. No where else can you find such convenient, comprehensive and current coverage of science news from leading research centers across the continent. ScienceDaily also offers the best collection of hotlinks to the coolest science sites on the World Wide Web, as well as weekly updates e-mailed directly to you." Provider: Science Daily Magazine

SciSearch

SciSearch is a multidisciplinary index to the literature of science, technology, and biomedicine that is prepared by the Institute for Scientific Information. Stanford has access to SciSearch data covering 1985 to the present via the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). Updated weekly, SciSearch contains access to all records published in Science Citation Index (3,300 journals) and additional records from the Current Contents Series of publications (1,900 journals) that are not included in the print version of Science Citation Index. SciSearch records from January 1991 to present include abstracts. Cited reference and current awareness (alert service) searching are also available. Access limited to Stanford faculty and students only.

SciTech Software for Science

This web site is primarily the catalog of SciTech, which markets, distributes, and publishes scientific and technical software.

SIR-CX-SAR Space Radar Images of Earth

The photo archive includes images of archaelogical sites, cities, ecology and agriculture, oceans, rivers, glaciers, volcanoes, and other geological features. Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR) is a joint U.S.-German-Italian project that uses a highly sophisticated imaging radar to capture images of Earth. The instrument was flown on two flights in 1994. One was on space shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-59 April 9-20, 1994. The second flight was on shuttle Endeavour on STS-68 September 30-October 11, 1994. Space radar scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, and elsewhere continue to process and analyze images yielded by the shuttle flights. The images are divided into nine categories for easier viewing.

Table of Fundamental Physical Constants with Errors

Compiled at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

TechExpo Directory of Technical, Engineering, and Science Societies and Organizations

Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)

This server provides general information about the Third World Academy of Sciences, including its memebership, objectives, major activities, relations with other organizations, etc.

Thomas Register Of American Manufacturers

Provides access to the Thomas Register Supplier Finder, which allows user to search on a product or service and retrieve information on the companies that offer that product or service (free but require registration). Also offers mini-tutorials on what to look for when purchasing a variety of high-tech products.

Webpages & Gophers of Scholarly Societies

Provides access (by name and subject) to the home pages of more than 800 scholarly societies worldwide. Provided by the University of Waterloo Library.

World Guide to Doctoral Dissertations in Science and Technology

Written by prominent librarians representing 23 countries. Contains brief description of what constitutes a doctoral dissertation, guides and methods of bibliographic control for dissertations, and methods for accessing dissertations not covered by standard bibliographic tools. Provider: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions.

WWW Virtual Library: History of Science, Technology, and Medicine

A list of Internet resources related to the history of science, technology, and medicine.

WWW Virtual Library Site for Japan

Topically arranged guide to web resources on Japan. Production of this site is an ongoing project of the Stanford University US-Japan Technology Management Center.

Last modified: June 22, 2005