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ESP External References
WWW Resources
Digital Libraries
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NATIONAL SCIENCE DIGITAL LIBRARY:
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NSDL was established by the National Science Foundation (NSF)
in 2000 as an online library which directs users to exemplary
resources for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
(STEM) education and research. NSDL provides an organized point
of access to STEM content that is aggregated from a variety of
other digital libraries, NSF-funded projects, and NSDL-reviewed
web sites. NSDL also provides access to services and tools that
enhance the use of this content in a variety of contexts.
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GOOGLE SCHOLAR:
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Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for
scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many
disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books,
abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional
societies, preprint repositories, universities and other
scholarly organizations. Google Scholar helps you identify the
most relevant research across the world of scholarly research.
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History of Science
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EVOLUTION:
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A collection of historical materials related to evolution,
based on the idea that:
"To really understand evolution we must first understand the
historical development of ideas on evolution. But to really
understand its history, we must first understand evolution."
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GALTON:
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Francis Galton (1822-1911) was a Victorian polymath: geographer,
meteorologist, tropical explorer, founder of differential
psychology, inventor of fingerprint identification, pioneer of
statistical correlation and regression, convinced hereditarian,
eugenicist, proto-geneticist, half-cousin of Charles Darwin and
best-selling author. This web site offers a large selection of
Galton-related material. Almost all of Galton's scientific papers
and essays (about 300 in number) are also republished here in
facsimile form, as are all his book-length works.
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ECHO:
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The ECHO research center catalogues, annotates, and reviews sites
on the history of science, technology, and industry.
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MEDICINE:
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Interesting material on the history of medicine, including some detailed timelines.
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Electronic Publishing
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HIGHWIRE PRESS:
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HighWire Press, from the Stanford University Library,
publishes a collection of high-impact frequently cited
journals in the biomedical sciences.
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J ELECTRONIC PUB:
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The Journal of Electronic Publishing (JEP) is scholarly publishing's
window on the electronic-publishing business. The journal, founded by
the University of Michigan Press in 1995, is available electronically
over the World-Wide Web; there is no companion print version.
It is free.
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PROJECT GUTENBERG:
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Project Gutenberg makes information, books and other materials
available to the general public in forms a vast majority of the
computers, programs and people can easily read, use, quote, and search.
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On-Line Resource Guides
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BIO GATEWAY:
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Molecular Biology Gateway to the WWW -- The ultimate gateway to Web
resources for molecular biology, genetics, microbiology, and biochemistry.
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Museums
Databases
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FLYBASE:
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FlyBase is a comprehensive database for information on the genetics
and molecular biology of Drosophila.
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Teaching Materials
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