MATH ENCYCLOPEDIAS

 

  • Mathematical Equations – EqWorld: The main purpose of creating the EqWorld web site is to help the widest possible audience of researchers, university teachers, engineers and students to sail more easily through the ocean mathematical equations (differential, integral, functional, etc.) and their solutions. Available in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian and Russian: http://eqworld.ipmnet.ru

 

 

  • The Online Encyclopedia of Mathematics is the most up-to-date and comprehensive English-language graduate-level reference work in the field of mathematics today. This online edition comprises more than 8,000 entries and illuminates nearly 50,000 notions in mathematics. The Encyclopedia of Mathematics is updated on a regular basis to remain a quick, precise source of reference to mathematical definitions, concepts, explanations, surveys, examples, terminology and methods, which will prove useful for all mathematicians and other scientists who encounter mathematics in their work. http://eom.springer.de

 

  • PlanetMath is a free, collaborative, online mathematics encyclopedia. The emphasis is on rigour, openness, pedagogy, real-time content, interlinked content, and also community of about 24,000 people with various maths interests. Intended to be comprehensive, the project is hosted by the Digital Library Research Lab at Virginia Tech. The site is owned by a US-based nonprofit corporation, "PlanetMath.org, Ltd www.planetmath.org

 

 

SCIENCE ENCYCLOPEDIAS

 

 

  • The Encyclopedia of Earth (EoE) is an electronic reference about the Earth, its natural environments, and their interaction with society. The Encyclopedia is described as a free, fully searchable collection of articles written by scholars, professionals, educators, and other approved experts, who collaborate and review each others' work. The articles are written in non-technical language and are intended to be useful to students, educators, scholars, and professionals, as well as to the general public. www.eoearth.org

 

 

  • ARKive is a global initiative to locate and gather films, photographs and audio recordings of the world's species into one centralised digital library for the benefit of present and future generations. As such, it is sometimes described as the new Noah’s Ark, or the Noah’s Ark of the online era. www.arkive.org

 

  • The Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) is a free, online collaborative encyclopedia intended to document all of the 1.8 million living species known to science. It is compiled from existing databases and from contributions by experts and non-experts throughout the world www.eol.org

 

  • Palaeos is a web site on biology, paleontology and geology and which covers the history of Earth. The site is well-respected and has been used as a reference by professional paleontologists: www.palaeos.com and www.palaeos.org

 

 

ONLINE SCIENCE JOURNALS

 

  • Nature Online Science Journal: Nature is one of the world's most prestigious scientific journals, first published on 4 November 1869. It is the world's most cited interdisciplinary science journal: www.nature.com

 

  • Science: Science is the academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and is considered one of the world's most prestigious scientific journals. First published in 1880: www.sciencemag.org