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Agropedia (agriculture encyclopedias) includes:
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- Encyclopedia of Animal Science
- Encyclopedia of Plant & Crop Science
- Encyclopedia of Agricultural, Food, & Biological Engineering
- Encyclopedia of Water Science
- Encyclopedia of Soil Science
- Encyclopedia of Pest Management.
American Men and Women of Science is available from the Gale Virtual Reference Library
Birds of North America detailed scientific information for each of the 716 species of birds nesting in the USA and Canada.
Consumer Health/MEDLINEplus (full text health information resources)
Encyclopedia of Forest Science
The Prokaryotes (the biology of bacteria)
STATRef (core full-text biomedical and nursing books)
Other Online Reference Tools:
Merriam-Webster OnLine Dictionary and Thesaurus
Associations Unlimited Directory of associations in all subjects
Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI) Index to biographical information in all subjects
Community of Science Includes:
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- Federally Funded Research in the U.S. (the full grants database of the NIH, NSF, USDA, SBIR, and Advanced Technology Program)
- COS Expertise (63,000 profiles of researchers and scholars)
- COS Funding Opportunities (identify funding opportunities).
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