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Recommended Web Sites

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Science & Technology

How Stuff Works http://www.howstuffworks.com/ This searchable website is a “leading source for clear, reliable explanations of how everything around us actually works”.
Mind Matters http://www.sciam.com/askexpert_directory.cfm Website run by Scientific American. Database of frequently asked science and technology questions. Features a short list of currently popular questions at top of page.
Public Library of Science http://www.plos.org “The Public Library of Science (PLoS) is a nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a public resource”.

Science Search Engines

Science.gov http://www.science.gov/ Allows searching of U.S. government scientific and technical information.
Scirus.com http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/ Searches over 200 million science-specific Web pages
Sciseek http://www.sciseek.com/ Science Online Directory, listed under 14 categories.

Links compiled by Library staff and Library interns Mellanie Reeve, Dennis Piotrowski, Lauren McKinsey, and Marc Horton updated 4/11/2008