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  • Online libraries and bookstores
    http://www.questia.com

    Assess the usefulness of a book or article before buying or short-listing it.

    Browse through 60,000 full text books and 1,000,000 articles in humanities and social sciences (including magazine and newspaper articles).

    Free access to the first page of every chapter in a book and the first paragraph of each article for your review

    At http://www.questia.com/howto/intro.html, read useful tips on how to save time on research when writing a paper
    http://www.worldscibooks.com/

    You need to be a subscribed member for full access to the books and tools such as notes, bookmark, create project, citations, etc.

    Each book is accompanied by a summary and the table of contents.

    They also offer free sample chapters on select books.

    Sections include textbooks, series, proceedings, and study guides.
  • Free downloadable books

    http://www.ams.org/online_bks/
    online_subject.html
    The American Mathematical Society offers free books on Math.

    http://www.freebooks4doctors.com/
    Around 650 medical books available free online!
    http://www.bartleby.com/107/
    Access an online version of the 12 edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body.

    http://hivmedicine.com/
    HIV Medicine 2005 is a medical textbook that provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the treatment of HIV Infection (762 pages, ISBN 3-924774-44-7, 52)
  • Indexed academic papers
    http://highwire.stanford.edu/lists/usage.dtl
    Check out the most frequently read and/or cited articles for the listed journals

    http://www.periodicals.com/index.html
    Order reprints of academic journals and antiquarian backsets, back volumes, and back issues of out-of-print journals and serials.

    http://gort.ucsd.edu/newjour/
    View the most exhaustive list of journals, magazines, and newsletters on the internet. Good resource to find specialized journals!

    http://www.freemedicaljournals.com
    Search through papers from over 1000 reputed medical journals.
    http://www.osti.gov/scienceconferences
    /index.html
    Run a quick search through conference proceedings and papers on science and technology across 16 institutions.

    http://www.bartleby.com/107/
    Access an online version of the 12 edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body.

    http://hivmedicine.com/
    HIV Medicine 2005 is a medical textbook that provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the treatment of HIV Infection (762 pages, ISBN 3-924774-44-7, 52)
Source Specific Data
Subject Resources
Useful Utilities
  • Tools

    http://www.flw.com/datatools/ offers the following utilities that are available in either a web-based (internet) version, or may be downloaded free to your desktop.

    Use the Materials compatibility utility to check the compatibility of a gas or liquid-like antifreeze with a material like polypropylene.

    The Measurement Units Conversion utility has over 50,000 combinations of various measurement units.


    Use the Technical Glossary to get the definition of a technical term.

    Use this unique Citation Machine to create perfectly formatted reference citations according to different formats such as MLA, APA, and CMS.
    http://citationmachine.net/
  • Search engines

    http://www.scirus.com archives only scientific information.

    Searches for exact phrases and splits the search results into web results and scientific journal results.

    Quotes the paragraph in which the phrase or words appear in the journal text.

    Access the best internet search features all at once! http://www.itools.com/
    http://www.medbioworld.com

    With over 35,000 directory links, MedBioWorld? is the largest medical and bioscience reference and resource directory on the Internet.

    Other research and reference tools include dictionaries and glossaries, search engines, disease databases, clinical trials, medical guidelines, education and training, and medical journal full-text articles and abstracts.

    http://zoidberg.ucr.edu/

    Search Infomine is a meta search engine developed at the University of California.
  • Writing style

    Look up citation styles for Internet and electronic sources.
    http://www.library.ualberta.ca/guides/citation
    /index.cfm

    http://www.symbols.com contains more than 1,600 articles about 2,500 Western signs, arranged into 54 groups according to their graphic characteristics.

    Use the Graphic Index to search for the meaning or history of a sign.

    Use the Word Index to see an ideogram with a certain meaning.

    Check out a random sign if you feel adventurous.

    Look up the correct abbreviations of units of time, including days and months.
    http://www.aresearchguide.com/
    monthdayabb.html

    Look up metric prefixes and formulae for a wide range of individual materials.
    http://www.allmeasures.com/

    Look up the full form of an acronym at the web's most comprehensive dictionary of acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms. 353,000 + definitions! http://www.acronymfinder.com/
  • Location finder

    To find the latitude and longitude of a place, go to
    http://worldatlas.com/aatlas/imageg.htm

    To see a listing of the types of maps (countries, cities, and streets), go to
    http://worldatlas.com/lookingm.htm
    Or go to http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com
    /mapmachine/     to view conversation and topographic maps.
Collaborative Research
  • Grants and scholarships

    International Funds in Health and Medicine

    National Institutes of Health (NIH)
    NIH, a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, conducts and supports medical research.
    http://www.nih.gov/

    The Rockefeller Foundation
    Funds research aimed at promoting the well-being of humanity by addressing the root causes of serious problems.
    http://www.rockfound.org/

    Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy (ACGT)
    Funds for cancer gene therapy research to combat all forms of cancer.
    http://www.acgtfoundation.org/

    Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International
    Funds clinical and scientific research associated with type 1 diabetes
    http://www.jdrf.org/

    Campbell Foundation
    Funds for clinical research in the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS, and related conditions and illnesses.
    http://www.members.aol.com/campfound

    American Cancer Society
    Focuses its funding on investigator-initiated, peer-reviewed proposals.
    http://www.cancer.org/

    Cancer Research Institute (CRI)
    Funds research aimed at furthering the development of immunological approaches to the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer.
    http://www.cancerresearch.org/

    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Utilizes grants to assist other health-related and research organizations that contribute to CDC's mission of health promotion through health information dissemination, preparedness, prevention, research, and surveillance.
    http://www.cdc.gov/

    American Association for Cancer Research
    AACR offers a number of research grants for cancer researchers at various stages in their careers.
    http://www.aacr.org/

    Concern Foundation
    Funds pediatric and adult cancer researchers worldwide studying many forms of cancer, primarily in the areas of immunology, immunotherapy, and the genetics of cancer.
    http://www.concernfoundation.org/

    Learn about the latest grants announced at http://www.scidev.net/grants/

    The Wellcome Trust (UK), one of the world's largest biomedical research charities, offers funding in 4 main areas:

    Biomedical Science , Technology Transfer , Medical Humanities, Public Engagement

    Go to http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/funding/ to learn more.

    The BUPA (British United Provident Association Limited) foundation offers medical research grants; read more at http://www.bupafoundation.com/asp/research/grants_available.asp
  • Universities
    Universities in the United States
    http://www.usuniversities.com/
  • Researcher Databases

    List of researchers and institutes in various fields
    http://read.jst.go.jp/index_e.html

    Community of Science
    Add your profile to a database of detailed, first person profiles of more than 480,000 R&D professionals and scholars from over 1,600 institutions worldwide. Universities, corporations, and professional societies search COS Expertise thousands of times each day in order to find collaborators, peer reviewers, and consultants.
    http://www.cos.com/services/workbench.shtml
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