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Scientific
Presentations |
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Powerful
Posters
Guidelines by Dr. Pamela Alean-Kirkpatrick
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conferences.
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Presenting
solutions
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The
12 minute talk
A short article from the University of
Canberra.
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4 Measure
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Glossary
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Netlingo:
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UK
Online User Group |
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Oxford
University Bibliographic Workshop |
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English
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Deadwood
Phrases
Excellent resource!
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Common
Errors in English
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Dictionary.com Language FAQ
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Guide
to Grammar and Writing
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Hyphens and Dashes
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The
American Book of English Usage
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World
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English Words and phrases - where they
came from, how they've evolved.
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Heteronyms
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straight!
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Comma
usage
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HyperGrammar
Electronic grammar and writing course from the University of Ottawa.
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Quotation
marks and punctuation
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Antagonyms
Single words with contradictory meanings.
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Capitalization
From the St. Olaf Communications Office.
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Infoplease's Guide to Writing & Language
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British vs. American English
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Guidelines
from the Writing Center at Harvard
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Emory
Writing Center Online
Guidelines and materials for writers.
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The
Elements of Style by William Strunk
A classic.
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Guide
to Online Citation
From the Columbia Guide to Online
Style.
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Writer's
Resource Center
John Hewitt's tips on writing poetry,
craft, technology, business, reviews and
in general.
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Writing
Tools
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Basics
U.S. Copyright Office.
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Technical
Writing |
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How
to Submit A Scientific Paper to a Journal
SciDev.net.
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Advice
on Research and Writing - Carnegie Mellon
University
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Technical
Writing: An Online Textbook
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Writing
Guidelines for Engineering and Science
Students
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Guides
for Better Science Research and Writing
List of Books.
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APA
- American Psychological Association Style
Guide
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Brint.com
Links to the websites of thousands of
journals in all disciplines.
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Top of Page |
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English
as a Second Language |
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Dave's
ESL Cafe
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Online
Writing Lab at Purdue
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ESL
Resources
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ICMJE
Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted
to Biomedical Journals
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Committee of Medical Journal Editors have
been adopted by over 500
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Brint.com
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and Banking
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Journals
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of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Publications
IEEE publishes more than 100 leading
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Life
Sciences Journals
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National
Library of Medicine List of Serials
Titles and abbreviations of the complete
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Mathematics
and Statistics Journals
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to the websites of over 500 mathematics
journals.
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Marketing
and Market Research
Tilburg University, The Netherlands. |
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Physics
Journals
Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of
Sciences.
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Journals and Related Areas
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2,000+ psychology and social science journals.
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TextCat
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Meta-translation
page
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Respell English conversion tool
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Dictionaries,
Glossaries, and Thesauri |
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a) General |
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Bartleby.com
Quickly search Roget's Thesaurus and hundreds
of other references, fiction, non-fiction
and verse at this excellent site.
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Scientific
and Technical Acronyms, Symbols, and Abbreviations
Wiley, InterScience.
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McGraw-Hill
Dictionary of Scientific and Technical
Terms
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yourDictionary.com
Comprehensive site based on American
Heritage Dictionary, 4th ed. Includes
300 foreign-language dictionaries, translation,
and links to hundreds of specialty dictionaries.
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The
Glossarist
Searchable directory of over 6,000 glossaries
and topical dictionaries.
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Merriam-Webster
Dictionary and Thesaurus
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OneLook
Dictionaries
Index of more than 5 million words in
more than 900 dictionaries. Includes wildcard
word search and reverse dictionary.
OneLook
Specialist Dictionary and Glossary Lists
A
OneLook
Specialist Dictionary and Glossary Lists
B
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Wordsmyth
Dictionary-Thesaurus
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with unparalleled clarity, simplicity,
and precision of style. Includes children's
dictionary.
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Meta-Dictionary
Page
Search Dictionary.com, OneLook, Merriam-Webster,
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Cambridge
Dictionaries
Online look-up in any of five dictionaries.
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AcronymFinder
The web's most comprehensive database
of acronyms and abbreviations.
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Find the meanings and origins of over
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to a search word.
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EU
Glossary
Up-to-date glossary of terms relating
to European integration and the institutions
and activities of the EU, in 12 languages.
Also see Eurojargon.
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A
Dictionary of British Slang
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US
Slang Dictionary
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Top of Page |
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Agriculture
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Crop
Science Glossary
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Dairy
Terms
Babcock Institute for International Dairy
Research and Development.
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Glossary
of Flowers
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Forage-Related
Terminology and Other Agricultural Dictionaries
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Glossary
of Rice Terminology
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Plant
Dictionary
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Glossary
of Dairy Terms
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AGRICultural
OnLine Access
AGRICOLA is a bibliographic database created
by the National Agricultural Library and
its partners. Searches return citation
information only; no abstracts are available
online.
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Archeology
and Anthropology |
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Archeology-Related
Glossaries
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Paleogeography
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Arts
and Entertainment |
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ArtLex
Visual arts dictionary.
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On-line
Dictionary of Theatrical Terms
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Glossary
of Technical Theater Terms
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Words
of Art
A glossary of theory and criticism for
the visual arts.
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Glossary
of Painting Styles
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Animation
Art Glossary
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Art
and Experience Glossary
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A
Glossary of Photographic Terms
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IMDb
Film Glossary - Internet Movie Database
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Glossary
of Film Terms
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Videonics
Video Glossary
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Colour
Science Glossary
|
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Bookbinding
and the Conservation of Books - A Dictionary
of Descriptive Terminology
|
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A
Book Collector's Glossary
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Antiques
Glossary
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Encyclopedia
of Percussion
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Music
Technology Glossary
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Guitar
Nine Records - Glossary
Recording studio terms.
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The
Rap Dictionary
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Bay
Area Hip Hop Dictionary
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Top of Page |
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Astronomy
and Space |
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Aerospace
Technical Terms
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|
Astronomy
Dictionary (AROTN)
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Astronomical
Terms Glossary
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Eric
Weisstein's World of Astronomy
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Solar-Terrestrial
Terms Glossary
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Space
Terms Glossary
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Top of Page |
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Biology
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BioTech
Life Science Dictionary
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Talking
Genetics Glossary at NHGRI - National
Human Genome Research Institute
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Oceanography
Glossary
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The
Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
|
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Glossary
of Rice Terminology
|
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Botanical
Terms Dictionary
|
|
UCMP
Glossary of Natural History Terms
Glossaries in biochemistry,
botany,
cell
biology, ecology,
geology,
life
history, paleogeography,
phylogenetics, and zoology.
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The
Dictionary of Cell Biology
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Botanical
Terms Glossary
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Botanical
Glossary
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Forestry
Glossary of Terms
Canadian Ministry of Forests
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Orchid
Terminology
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Plant
Dictionary (Ohio State University)
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Plant
Dictionary (Virtual Garden)
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Zoology
Glossary
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Top of Page |
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Business
and Finance |
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Yahoo!
Financial Glossary
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AICPA
Glossary of Accounting
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Washington
Post Business Glossary
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Glossary
of Purchasing Terms
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Comprehensive
Glossary of Financial Terms
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List
of Mutual Fund Terms
Definitions for searched terms plus links
to articles related to that term; covers
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Basic
Mutual Fund Terms
Basic glossary of mutual fund and investment
terms.
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Glossary
of Futures and Options Terms
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Finance
Glossary
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NASDAQ
Stock Market Glossary
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Home
Loan Glossary
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eCommerce
Glossaries
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Mabercom
Financial Glossaries
200 old links to financial, business,
and economics glossaries, in a variety
of languages.
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Direct
Marketing Glossary
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Top of Page |
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Chemistry
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ChemInfo
Science writing aids, databases, networking,
and instructional materials.
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Bioinorganic
Chemistry Glossary (IUPAC)
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Chemistry
Dictionary
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Chemistry
Glossary
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Medicinal
Chemistry Glossary (IUPAC)
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Organic
Class Names Glossary (IUPAC)
|
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Physical
Organic Chemistry Glossary (IUPAC)
|
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Stereochemistry
Basic Terminology (IUPAC)
|
|
Eric
Weisstein's World of Chemistry
|
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English-German
Chemistry Dictionary
|
|
IUPAC
Compendium of Chemical Terminology
|
|
Abbreviations
and Symbols for Nucleic Acids, Polynucleotide,
and Their Constituents
|
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UBMB
Nomenclature Recommendations
International Union of Pure and Applied
Chemistry.
|
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Enzyme
Nomenclature Database
|
|
Chemical
Nomenclature Aids
List of books.
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Top of Page |
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Criminology |
|
Criminology
Vocabulary
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Glossary
of Police Abbreviations, Acronyms, and
Terminology
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Polex
International Police Lexicon in 7 Languages
|
|
On-line
Dictionary of Street Drug Slang
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Top of Page |
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Dentistry |
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A
Glossary of Dental and Orthodontic Terms
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Dental
Terminology
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Top of Page |
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Engineering,
Environmental, and Geosciences |
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Engineering
and Environmental Glossary
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Environmental
Glossary (NRDC)
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Glossary
of Environmental Statistics
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Info-Mine
Mining Glossary
|
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Water
Words Dictionary (Nevada Division of Water
Planning)
|
|
Carbon
Dioxide Information Analysis Center Glossary
|
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Indoor
Air Quality Glossary
|
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Recycling
Glossary
|
|
Dictionary
of Petroleum and Oilfield Terminology
|
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Geological
and Gem Terminology
|
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GeologyLink
Glossary
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Glacier
Glossary
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Earthquake
Image Glossary
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Weather
Glossary for Storm Spotters
|
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Glossary
of Nuclear Terms
|
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Principal
Metals Glossary
|
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UCMP
Glossary of Natural History Terms
Glossaries in biochemistry,
botany,
cell
biology, ecology,
geology,
life history, paleogeography,
phylogenetics,
and zoology.
|
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Steel
Terms and Concepts
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Top of Page |
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History |
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A
Glossary of World Cultures
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Glossary
of Military Terms and Slang from the Vietnam
War
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Vietnam
Veteran's Terminology and Slang
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Knighthood, Chivalry and Tournament
Glossary of Terms
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Top of Page |
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Information
and Computer Technology (IT) |
|
TechWeb
Technology Encyclopedia
Over 20,000 definitions of technology
terms and concepts
|
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Technology
Glossary
|
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Novell's
Glossary of Networking Terms
|
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IBM
Terminology
Glossary of computing terms, AS/400 Glossary,
AIX Glossary, DB2 Glossary, CICS Glossary,
DCE Glossary, Tivoli Glossary.
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FOLDOC
Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing.
|
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SAP
Glossary of Terms
The Leading global provider of client/server
business software solutions.
|
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O'Reilly
Dictionary of PC Hardware and Data Comm.
Terms
|
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NetLingo
The Internet Language Dictionary.
|
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WhatIs?
Information technology reference site.
|
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The
Jargon Dictionary Guide to Hacker terms
|
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BABEL
A Glossary of Computer Related Abbreviations
and Acronyms
|
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High
Performance Computing and Communications
Glossary
|
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AIX
Version 4 Glossary
|
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Mathematical
Programming Glossary
|
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Sun
Microsystem's Glossary of Java-Related
Terms
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A
Glossary for the Java Language
|
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Netscape
Communicator Glossary
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NETGLOS
Multilingual Glossary of Internet Terms
in Croatian, Deutsch, Ellinika, English,
Español, Français, Hrvatski,
Italiano, Hebrew, Hungarian, Maori, Nederlands/Vlaams,
Norsk, Português, Ruskii, and Zhongwen.
|
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Multilingual
Glossaries of Internet Terms
|
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High
Tech Computer Dictionary
|
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Technology
Glossary |
|
TechDictionary.com
|
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Electrical
Glossaries
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Top of Page |
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Law |
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The
Web's Legal Dictionary
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International
Law Dictionary
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Cornell
Legal Information Institute
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Top of Page |
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Linguistics |
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Linguistic
Glossary
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Top of Page |
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Literature |
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The
Encyclopedia Mythica
On-line encyclopedia on mythology, folklore,
and legend.
|
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Glossary
of Poetic Terms
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Project
Gutenberg
Full-text of over 6,000 important texts.
|
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Bibliomania
Free Online Literature and Study Guides.
|
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The
Children's Literature WWW Page
|
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Complete
Works of Shakespeare
By The Tech at MIT.
|
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Shakespeare
Database Project
|
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Middle
English Literature
|
|
Top of Page |
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Mathematics
and Statistics |
|
Eric
Weisstein's World of Mathematics (MathWorld)
The web's most complete mathematical resource.
|
|
Historical
Dictionary of Mathematical Terms
|
|
Mathematics
Glossary
|
|
Mathematical
Programming Glossary
By H.J. Greenberg.
|
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UN
Glossary of Environmental Statistics
|
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Glossary
of Statistics
|
|
Glossary
of Social Science Computer and Social
Science Data Terms
|
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On-Line
Statistics Glossary
|
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Statistical
Glossary
|
|
Statistics
Glossary
Extensive.
|
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Top of Page |
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Medical
and Health Sciences |
|
a)
Dictionaries and Glossaries |
|
Index
of On-Line Science, Medical, Environmental,
and Psychology Dictionaries
Very comprehensive lists with many sub-fields.
|
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BioTech's
Life Science Dictionary
|
|
Multilingual
Medical Terms
Multilingual glossary of technical and
popular medical terms in nine European
languages.
|
|
MediLexicon
70,000 medical, pharmaceutical, biomedical
& healthcare acronyms and abbreviations.
|
|
CANCERLIT
CANCERLIT provides citations and abstracts
from NCI's bibliographic database.
|
|
A
Hypermedia Glossary of Genetic Terms
|
|
UCMP
Glossary of Natural History Terms
Glossaries in biochemistry,
botany,
cell
biology, ecology,
geology,
life
history, paleogeography,
phylogenetics,
and zoology.
|
|
Indoor
Air Quality Glossary
|
|
Allergy
Glossary
|
|
NIDDK
Diabetes Dictionary
|
|
Dictionary
of (Ecological) Epidemiology
|
|
Talking
Genetics Glossary at NHGRI - National
Human Genome Research Institute
|
|
Gray
Laboratory Online Medical Dictionary
|
|
Internet
Drug Index (RxList)
|
|
Glossary
of Health Care and Health Care Management
Terms U.S.
|
|
MedTerms
Medical Dictionary
|
|
MEDLINEplus
Patient site with medical dictionary and
encyclopedia, drug info, clinical trials
and other information.
|
|
Top of Page |
|
b)
Additional Resources for Biomedical Authors |
|
American
Medical Association
Access CME resources and online journals.
|
|
ICMJE
Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted
to Biomedical Journals
Theses guidelines of the International
Committee of Medical Journal Editors have
been adopted by over 500
medical journals.
|
|
Writing
Guides and Style Manuals, Yale Medical
School Library
|
|
American
Pharmaceutical Association
Database with top stories from the APhA.
|
|
Writing
and Publishing in the Health Sciences
University of Nebraska Medical Center.
|
|
American
Public Health Association
An independent source for public health
information.
|
|
DocGuide
Useful web page for physicians.
|
|
Jeffline
Thomas Jefferson University Medical School
online library. Includes electronic journals
and MEDLINE.
|
|
Healthfinder
A government-sponsored resource site designed
for consumers.
|
|
Instructions
to Authors in the Health Sciences
A very useful list of links to over 3,500
journal websites.
|
|
PubMed
The National Library of Medicine's searchable
database of over 12 million MEDLINE citations.
|
|
JournalService
Sends email notifications of new
medical articles in your field, based
on the keywords you specify.
|
|
Medscape
Clinical articles, news, CME credit,
daily questions, Medline & Drug Info
searches.
|
|
NCQA
Assesses and reports on the quality
of American managed care plans and HMOs.
|
|
MedBioWorld
The largest medical reference site,
with 25,000 links to journals and related
information.
|
|
Top of Page |
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Philosophy |
|
Philosophical
Dictionary
|
|
Top of Page |
|
Physics
|
|
Dictionary
of Units
|
|
Eric
Weisstein's World of Physics
|
|
Nuclear
Science Terms Berkeley Labs
|
|
Nuclear
Science Terms
|
|
Interactive
Periodic Table of the Isotope
|
|
Particle
Accelerator Glossary - Stanford
|
|
Glossary
of Astrophysics Terms
|
|
Physical
Quantities, Units, and Universal Constants
|
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Solar
Physics Glossary
|
|
Top of Page |
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Psychology |
|
Psychology
Glossary
|
|
Social
Psychology Glossary
|
|
Cognitive
Psychology Glossary
|
|
Psychology
Dictionary from PsyBox
|
|
The
University of Alberta's Cognitive Science
Dictionary
|
|
Kidopedia
A global children's encyclopedia
written by kids for kids.
|
|
Top of Page |
|
Sociology |
|
Elwell's
Glossary of Sociology
|
|
Glossary
of Sociological Terms
|
|
Glossary
of Social Science Computer and Social
Science Data Terms
|
|
Top of Page |
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Public
Administration |
|
A
Glossary of the European Communities and
European Union
|
|
Glossary
of Health Care and Health Care Management
Terms U.S.
|
|
Jane's
Defence Glossary
Over 20,000 defence-related acronyms and
abbreviations. Login required.
|
|
DOD
Dictionary of Military and Associated
Terms
US Dept. of Defense.
|
|
Top of Page |
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Religion |
|
Easton's
Bible Dictionary
|
|
Basic
Terms of Shinto
|
|
Buddhism
Glossary
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Catholic
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Dictionary
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Glossary
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Irving
Hexham's Concise Dictionary of Religion
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Islamic
Terms and Concepts
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Muttaqun
OnLine Islamic Dictionary
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Pali
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Postmodern
Bible Dictionary
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World
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International
Telephone Country Codes and City Codes
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IT
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Glossary
of Telecommunication Terms
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HEI
Telecommunications Glossary
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ITS
Telecommunications 2000 Glossary
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ITU
Telecommunication Terminology Database:
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NSA
Glossary of Terms Used in Security and
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Video
and Networking Dictionary
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Glossary
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Trade |
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The
Language of Trade: Glossary of Terms USIA
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Trade
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of Commerce
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Vocabulary
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Canadian
E-Trade Glossary
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Trade Glossary
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