Sciences
Reference Resources
- Science: from Oxford Reference
- Encyclopedias & dictionaries covering the science disciplines
- Encyclopedia of Science, Technology & Ethics
- Part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library
Databases
- Academic OneFile
- Multi-disciplinary including Sciences.
- Wiley InterScience includes Blackwell Synergy
- Multi-disciplinary including Environmental Science.
- Cambridge Journals Online
- "Cambridge Journals Online is a collection of leading journals across the sciences, social sciences and humanities."
- SAGE
- Indexes popular journals across a broad range of Science subjects. Most journals indexed are Australian but several overseas titles are also included.
- Science Direct
- ACU National subscribes to a limited number of full text journals from Science Direct.
Web Sites
- Australian Academy of Science
- The objectives of the Academy are to promote science through a range of activities. It has defined four major program areas: recognition of outstanding contributions to science; education and public awareness; science policy; international relations.
- Australian Government Science Portal
- "Delivers science information and services to industry, investors and the research community. Developed by the Australian Federal Government."
- Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation
- Australia's national science agency and one of the largest and most diverse research agencies in the world.
- National Council for Science & the Environment
- A not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving the scientific basis for environmental decision-making.
- Scirus
- A science search engine which can be limited to freely available information on the Internet.
- State of the Environment Reporting
- "National SoE reports provide information about environmental and heritage conditions, trends and pressures for the Australian continent, surrounding seas and Australia's external territories."
Professional Associations
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Publishers of the weekly journal "Science."
- The Royal Society
- The independent scientific academy of the UK and the Commonwealth dedicated to promoting excellence in science. The Society plays an influential role in national and international science policy and supports developments in science engineering and technology in a wide range of ways.
