This week (16-24 August 2008) is National Science Week. To mark the occasion, why not check out some of the thousands of resources available online and through the CSU Library. Subject Support
The Science and Technology Subject Support page is a great place to start searching for science resources available through CSU Library – you’ll find journal databases, websites, blogs & podcasts and much more. Science Databases
- Web of Science – Citation databases including Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index
- Wiley InterScience – Journals database which includes the full-text of nearly 1300 journals, covering all subject areas
- ScienceDirect – Full text of approximately 150 journals and citations, with abstracts for a further 1,350 journals
- Scirus – Science-specific search engine that covers scientific, technical and medical information sources
- CSIRO electronic journals – The latest research by leading Australian and overseas scientists and covering a broad range of subjects
Journals
- Science Check Availability
- Nature Check Availability
- Science World Check Availability
- IBS Journal of Science Check Availability
- Nexus: Journal of Undergraduate Science, Engineering and Technology Check Availability
- New Scientist Check Availability
Science Week Websites
- Official Science Week website
- CSIRO’s Science Week website
- The Culture and Recreation Portal’s Science Week website
Web resources
- Australian Science Websites
- ABC’s Science Portal
- Australian Academy of Science
- Nova – Science in the News
- Australian Government’s Science Portal
- Dr Karl’s website
Science Books
- The science class you wish you had by David Eliot Brody and Arnold R. Brody Check
Availability - Disease : the extraordinary stories behind history’s deadliest killers by Mary Dobson Check Availability
- An explorer’s notebook by Tim Flannery Check Availability
- Who’s afraid of Marie Curie? : the challenges facing women in science and technology by Linley Erin Hall Check Availability
- Connecting girls and science : constructivism, feminism, and science education reform by Elaine V. Howes Check Availability
- My stroke of insight : a brain scientist’s personal journey by Jill Bolte Taylor Check Availability
- The language of God : a scientist presents evidence for belief by Francis S. Collins Check Availability
- Mad, bad and dangerous? : the scientist and the cinema by Christopher Frayling Check
Availability - Genius talk : conversations with Nobel scientists and other luminaries by Denis Brian Check Availability
- Reinventing the future : conversations with the world’s leading scientists by Thomas A. Bass Check Availability
- Simplexity : the simple rules of a complex world by Jeffrey Kluger Check Availability
- Science friction : where the known meets the unknown by Michael Shermer Check Availability
- Einstein, history, and other passions : the rebellion against science at the end of the twentieth century by Gerald Holton Check Availability
