Science and Technology

Staff Picks

Materials in our Collection

Databases

AGRICOLA

Agriculture, including animal & veterinary sciences, entomology, plant sciences, forestry, aquaculture, farming, food, nutrition, & environmental sciences.

Auto Repair Reference Center

Step-by-step repair photographs, technical service bulletins, wiring diagrams and more for over 34,000 vehicles from 1945 to present.

Computer Source

Latest information & current trends in high technology.

GreenFILE

Global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, alternate fuel sources and more.

Information Science & Technology Abstracts

Classification, information retrieval, information management, search engines, the information industry, scholarly communication and more.

Internet & Personal Computing Abstracts

Macintosh and Windows platforms, programming, web development and more. Special emphasis is also given to hardware and software reviews.

Science & Technology Collection

Aeronautics, astrophysics, chemistry, computer technology, geology, aviation, physics, archaeology, and materials science.

Magazines & Newspapers

Audubon (Central)

Car and Driver (Central, Southeast, Southwest)

Discover (Central, East, Lake Arlington, Southwest)

Flying (Central)

Hot Rod (Central, East, Northeast)

MacLife (Central)

Motor Trend (Central, East, Lake Arlington, Northeast, Southeast, Southwest)

PC World (Central)

Popular Mechanics (East, Lake Arlington, Northeast, Southeast, Southwest)

Popular Science (Northeast, Southeast)

Scientific American (Central, Northeast, Southeast, Southwest)

Smart Computing (Central, East, Lake Arlington, Southeast, Southwest, Woodland West)

Community Resources

Botanical Research Institute of Texas

Perot Museum of Nature and Science

Fort Worth Museum of Science and History

River Legacy Living Science Center

Websites

General Science and Technology

Directory of Open Access Journals

Download.com

FreeTechBooks.com

GrayLIT Network: A Science Portal of Technical Reports

How Stuff Works

MachineBrain

Mad Sci Network

National Science Foundation

Old Car Manual Project

Science.gov

TechEncyclopedia

The Why Files

This Week in Tech (podcast)

Astronomy

Astronomy Picture of the Day

NASA Solar System Exploration

Space.com

The Sky this Week

Chemistry

Advanced Placement Virtual Library

Web Elements

Geology

Igneous Rocks

Metamorphic Rocks

Sedimentary Rocks

United States Geological Survey

Insect, Animal and Plant Guides

Butterflies of North America

Common Insects of Texas

eNature

Insects on the Web

Native Plants Database

North American Mammals

Wildflowers in Bloom

Physics

American Physical Society

A free, online publication containing commentaries, condensed review articles, and summaries of selected papers in Physical Review Letters and the Physical Review series.

Physics Central

PhysLink

Science Projects

All Science Fair Projects

Science Buddies

Science Fair Central

Science Fair Project Resource Guide

Yes Mag