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Books

Library catalog
Access Science - McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Online
Oxford Reference Online: Science - online dictionaries and encyclopedias

Indexes

Use these to locate journal articles:

Magazine Articles Online
Several magazine article databases are available through EbscoHOST. In each case some of the articles will be available in full text (the whole article). Others will have a summary only, with details about where to find the complete article. You can choose one database or search several at once. You might try:

SIRS Knowledge Source

Journals

Online journals in full text for Chemistry available through PCC can be found through the category of Physical Sciences in the A-Z list of magazines
Online journals in full text for Physics available through PCC can be found through the category of Physical Sciences in the A-Z list of magazines

PCC also subscribes to these journals. Check the A-Z list of magazines and journal titles for availability:

Internet resources

PCC pages

Professional organizations

Subject directories

Physics

CERN European Laboratory for Particle Physics

Fear of physics
Easy to understand (yes!) explanations for basic physics

How things work
Questions on physics? search the database of answers or submit a new one

Physics Central
People in the news, demos, and answers to questions about physics

 

Chemistry

Chemfinder
Find formulas and structures for millions of chemicals

Chempointers
Links to www sites, academic institutions, nonprofit and commercial organizations, and publications in chemistry

MadSci Net
Visit the chemistry question archives, or post a question to the scientists from Washington University (St. Louis)

Pictorial Periodic Table
Includes black-and-white photos of samples of the elements

WebElements
Scholar edition of the first web-based periodic table, with color photos

Geology

United States Geological Survey
News and services from the USGS, plus links to volcano observatories, the National Geophysical Data Center, and earth and environmental sciences sites around the world

University of Washington Geophysics Program
Includes directory of seismic information resources

University of California Museum of Paleontology
Exhibits; Geological Time Machine

Volcano World
Current eruptions and history