General Science

Life Sciences

Physical Sciences

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

• Encyclopedia of Life
• Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
  available to ANU staff/students on campus
  
  
• Australian Natural Resources Atlas
• Biological Glossary University of California Museum of Paleontology
• IBIDS
  International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements produced by the Office of Dietary Supplements at the NIH.
  
• Drug Reference (Medscape)
  Drug Reference includes content from the FDA, First DataBank and AHFS Drug Information® published by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
• IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
• Medline Plus Health information from the US National Library of Medicine
  
• The Merck Manual of Medical Information--Home Edition
• The Old Farmer's Almanac
• The Online Medical Dictionary--CancerWeb U.K.
• NGA Plant Finder U.S. National Gardening Association
• Plant & Flower Dictionary Botany.com
• Online Medical Dictionary (Stedman's Medical Dictionary, 27th edition abridged)
• A Short Dictionary of Scientific Quotations
• WebMD Medical Encyclopedia

Tables

• Fundamental Physical Constants NIST
• Weights and measures conversion tables

Databases and Information Resources

• Composition of Foods : USDA Nutrient Database
• Search Hazardous Substances Hazardous Substances Information System, Australia
• Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
• Molecular Biology Databases
• NetWellness
  A consumer health web site developed by the faculty at the U. of Cincinnati, Case Western Reserve U. and the Ohio State University.
• RxList - The Internet Drug Index (WebMD)

Bibliographic Databases

• AGRICOLA
  Search the US National Agricultural Library's Online Public Access Catalog and Journal Article Citation Index 1984+.
• PubMed - US National Library of Medicine
• Scirus
  is a science-specific search engine covering over 105 million science-related pages. It searches both free and journal sources.
• USPTO Patent Bibliographic and AIDS Databases