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Biography

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• Biography Center
• Biography.com
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• MacTutor History of Mathematics
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• People's Archive
• Who2
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Calculators

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• Calculator.com
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Conferences & Proceedings

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• MInd: The Meetings Index

Copyright

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General

• Abbreviations.com
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• ARTFL Project
• Cambridge Dictionaries
• Dictionary of Difficult Words
• Dictionary Server (DICT.org)
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• OneLook Dictionary Search
• Online Dictionary
• Probert Dictionaries
• Roget's Thesaurus
• Science Dictionary Definitions
• Translation Dictionaries
• Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 Edition
• Wikipedia Encyclopedia
• YourDictionary.com

Specialized

For Dictionaries by subject, see the "E-Books & Documents" section of the Subject Guides

• How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement
• Pronouncing Dictionary

Directories

See also: Open Access Journals / Information

• All Conferences: Science
• ASAE Gateway to Associations
• ASTM International Directory of Testing Labs
• dmoz: Open Directory Project
• Mathematics Combined Membership List (CML)
• National Academies Directories
• Scholarly Societies

English Style Guides

See also: Online Citation Style Guides

• AGU - How to Cite an AGU Article
• AIP Style Manual
• Citing Sources in Your Paper
• Citation Machine
• The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr.

Government

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Federal Starting Points

• Government Printing Office (GPO) Access
• Federal Web Locator
• FedWorld
• GovEngine.com
• University of Michigan Documents Center
• U.S. Blue Pages
• USA.Gov

Federal Publications

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• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
• Code of Federal Regulations
• Commerce Business Daily (Replaced by Federal Business Opportunities)
• County and City Data Books
• Diplomatic List
• Federal Register
• Foreign Consular Offices in the United States
• National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
• Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
• U.S. Code
• U.S. Government Manual
• U.S. Government Online Bookstore
• USGS Publications Warehouse

Federal Specialized Sites

• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
• Consumer Price Indexes
• Department of Commerce
• Federal News Radio
• FedForms
• FedLaw
• FedStats
• North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
• Policy and Supporting Positions: Plum Book
• Research & Development in the Federal Budget
• Science.gov
• THOMAS - Legislative Information
• U.S. Government Documents Subject Guides & Internet Resources

International

• Governments on the WWW

State and Local

• State and Local Employee Resources
• State and Local Government on the Net
• State Law Library Research Portal

Taxes

• Federal and State Tax Forms

Grants & Funding

• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science & Technology Policy Fellowships
• American Physical Society (APS) Fellowship Program
• Community of Science Funding Opportunities
• EPA/NSF Partnership for Environmental Research
• Federal R&D Project Summaries
• Fundsnet
• Graduate Research Fellowship Program
• Grant Funding Sources
• GrantsNet
• NSF Funding Opportunities
• Postdoctoral Fellowships at the National Center for Atmospheric Research
• Postdoctoral Scholarship Program at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Journal Indexes

See also: Databases and Subject Guides

• CiteSeer: Scientific Literature Digital Library
• Energy Citations Database
• Find Articles.com
• SPIE Web

Journal Information

• Electronic Journals Available to DOC Boulder employees
• Public Library of Science
• PubList - The Internet Directory of Publications

Libraries

• Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries
• Colorado State University Libraries
• Colorado Virtual Library - formerly ACLIN
• Libdex: The Library Index
• Library of Congress
• National Library Catalogs Worldwide
• NCAR Library (National Center for Atmospheric Research)
• NIST Virtual Library
• NOAA Central Library
• Repositories of Primary Sources
• University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries

Online Citation Style Guides

See also: English Style Guides

• Citation Style Guides for Internet and Electronic Sources
• How do I document sources from the Web? (MLA)
• Online! Citation Styles

Open Access Journals / Information

• DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals
• Open Access Bibliography
• Open Access to Scientific Literature: The Debate
• Open Access Webliography
• OpenDOAR: Directory of Open Access Repositories
• SPARC - Repositories

Patents

• Delphion Intellectual Property Network
• Depatisnet (German)
• EPO Publication Server (Europe)
• esp@cenet
• General Information about Patents
• Google Patent Search
• INPI (Brazil)
• Japan Patent Office
• Patent Search Tutorial
• Searching Patents and Trademarks
• Sumobrain
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (international)

Quotations

• Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
• The Quotations Home Page
• Quoteland
• Quote Archive
• Simpson's Contemporary Quotations

Search Tools

• Bibliofind (See also: Out-of-print Books)
• Google Scholar
• Pandia Newsfinder
• Science.gov

Subject Guides (Subjects include: Astronomy and Space Science, Biological Sciences, Business, Finance & Economics, Chemistry, Computers and Internet, Earth Science, Engineering, Materials Science, Mathematics and Statistics, Optics, Physics, Telecommunications)

• Geniusfind
• IPL The Internet Public Library

Standards

• International Standards Organization (ISO)
• NCSCI - National Center for Standards and Certification Information
• NCSL - International Directory of Standards Labs
• NSSN: A National Resource for Global Standards
• Techstreet.com
• World Standards Services Network

• American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
• American Society for Testing & Materials (ASTM)
• ASTM International Directory of Testing Labs
• Aviation System Standards
• Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM)
• DODSSP Military Standards and Specifications
• DOE Technical Standards
• IEEE Standards
• International Comparisons Database

Technical Books, Reports & Theses

[Technical Reports · Book Sellers · Out-of-Print Books · Theses]

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Technical Reports

See also: Federal Publications

• AGARD and RTO Technical Publications
• Benefits and Costs of the Clean Air Act
• DOE Information Bridge
• Government Printing Office (GPO) Access
• Jet Propulsion Laboratory Technical Report Server
• NASA Technical Reports Server
• NASA Tech Briefs
• NIST Publications by Operating Units
• National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
• Preferred Metric Units For General Use by the Federal Government
• Scientific and Technical Information Network (STINET)
• USGS Publications Warehouse
• Virtual Technical Reports Center

Book Sellers

• AddALL Book Search and Price Comparison
• Direct Textbook
• Discount Textbooks
• Eric's Scientific Book List
• Tattered Cover

Out-of-Print Books

• Advanced Book Exchange (Abebooks)
• Alibris
• Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America
• Bibliofind
• BibliOz.com
• BookFinder
• Powell's Books
• TomFolio.com

Theses

• Canada Theses Portal
• Dissertation Abstracts - Search for Theses
• M.I.T. Theses
• Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
• Order Dissertations and Theses from UMI

Time

• Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) - The Home of World Time
• NIST Time and Frequency Division
• Official U.S. Time
• Time Service Department of the U.S. Naval Observatory
• Time Zone Converter
• World Clock
• World Time Server
• World Time Zones Map

Translation Resources

See also: Dictionaries

• Babel Fish
• Free Translation Services
• Google Language Tools
• Translation Agencies and Language Service Providers
• Translation Service Directory Search
• Translation Wizard

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