John Maunder's
Newfoundland and Labrador
Natural Sciences Links
News, Periodicals, Books and Media
Online
Website Goal:
- To compile an extensive reference resource for students of the natural
history of Canada's easternmost province.
Always under construction! Please check back periodically.
All links checked November 26, 2005.
Page last updated March 6, 2010.
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this Page - "News, Periodicals, Books and Media Online":
NOTE:
Only FREE or PARTIALLY FREE
sites are included on this page.
Numerous publications - scientific journals, in particular -
are now available online for a STIFF FEE, or a
SUBSCRIPTION to a parallel print edition
... unless you are lucky enough to have free "institutional access".
Science E-News
Science E-Newsletters
Science
Newsletters Online Editions
Science E-zines
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BioUpdates Each issue contains five summaries of current biological news items
with hyperlinks to additional information available on the Internet. Also available
as a listserv offering. Monthly.
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EcoUpdates Each issue contains summaries of current ecological news items
with hyperlinks to additional information available on the Internet. Also available
as a listserv offering. Monthly.
- Galileo:
Diary of Science and Global Issues From Italy. Eclectic. Science digest
format. Editorials. Archives. Weekly "magazine" section plus
less frequent "journal" section. Excellent. [Now only in ITALIAN - use machine translation]
- Micscape Magazine Fabulous. From Microscopy-UK
- Virtual Birder [The]
Ornithology. Interactive features, news, links, and much more. Indescribable.
Excellent. A must see. Monthly, with frequent updates.
- Wayne's Word -
A Newsletter of Natural History Trivia A remarkable source of natural
history trivia and useful as well as useless knowledge. A must-see. Links.
Archives. An e-zine, despite the name. Quarterly.
- Why? Files [The]: Science
Behind the News What it says. Updated weekly. From the U.S. National
Science Foundation.
Science
Magazines Online Editions
- American Scientist
Science and technology. Contents, abstracts, some full text articles and
reviews, links. Archives. Published by Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research
Society. Excellent. Bi-monthly.
- Annals of Improbable Research Science Humour. It is difficult
to know precisely where this entry belongs. It is, in fact, a stand-alone
website closely associated with, but not substantially duplicating, both
the print journal "Annals of Improbable Research" [formerly the
"Journal of Irreproducable Results".
Considerable indescribable content. "The MAD Magazine of science!"
Great fun for the terminally warped! Frequency undetermined.
- Canadian Geographic Online
Lots of science-related stuff. Selected articles. News. Bi-monthly, with
weekly "GeoNews" updates.
- L’actualité: Environnement [FRENCH]
- L’actualité: Science [FRENCH]
- New Scientist: Planet Science
Science and technology. Selected articles, news, reviews, forums, letters,
links. Archives. Weekly. Very good.
- Popular Science
- ScienceNewsOnline New developments
in science and technology. Full text of selected articles. Some links.
Archives. Weekly. Very good.
- Scientific American Science and
technology. Selected articles, news, analysis, reviews, letters. Archives.
Monthly, updated weekly. Excellent.
- Smithsonian Magazine
Science and technology. Features, abstracts, images. Archives. Eclectic.
Very good. Monthly.
- NaturalSCIENCE A
Comprehensive Science News Reference. Abstracts, Stories, Links, Free Sources, Limited Archive. FABULOUS!
- Skeptic Rational
skepticism, science and the scientific method, and critical thinking. Dubunks
bad and pseudo science. Selected articles. Archive. Superb!
- Skeptical Inquirer: The Magazine
for Science and Reason "Separating fact from myth in the flood
of occultism and pseudoscience on the scene today." Selected articles.
Archives. Excellent. Bi-monthly.
Science-Related
Magazines and Newsletters Online Editions
Science
E-Journals
- Ecology and Society: A
Peer-Reviewed Journal The ecological bases for conservation, restoration
and management of natural resources. Theoretical and applied. Two issues
per year, but each issue published continuously.
- GSA
Today From the Geological Society of America. Themed issues. Archives.
Monthly. Download as PDF files. Will need an Adobe
Acrobat PDF file reader.
- naturalSCIENCE: Contributed Articles The contents, internal politics, and social
impact of science - a critical examination. Independent, hard-hitting,
and thought-provoking. Great stuff! Have a look. Open forum; not peer-reviewed.
At least monthly.
- Palaeontologia
Electronica "The principal objective of the journal is to provide instant,
free and global access to the latest developments in paleontology and related
fields."
- Tentacle Newsletter of the IUCN/SSC Mollusc Specialist Group
Science Journals
Online Editions
Science Conference Proceedings
Online
Science Books
Online
Science Media
Programs Online
- Catalyst News in Science. From ABC [Australia Broadcasting Commission] TV.
- Discovery Channel
Companion to the Canadian "Discovery Channel"
- Nature A PBS television science
program.
- NOVA Online A PBS television
science program.
- PBS - Science and Nature From
the excellent American public broadcasting channel.
- Scientific American Frontiers From
the excellent American public broadcasting channel.
- Quantum Australian prime
time TV science. [Now off the air, but the website remains as an archive. Replaced by "Catalyst"]
- Stephen Hawking's
Universe "Where do we come from? How did the Universe begin? Why
is the Universe the way it is? How will it end?" Excellent PBS television
science program. By a remarkable scientist whose main mission seems to
be to make people THINK!
Lists of Science
Books, Journals, Magazines, and Newsletters
Commercial Sources
for New and Used Science Books, Journals, and Magazines
This website is the creation of John E. Maunder, Pouch
Cove, Newfoundland, Canada.
E-mail: jem@nl.rogers.com
From Memorial University. Includes science-related articles.