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catalog record for AIA/NAS snl access only AIA/NAS Aerospace Industries Association of America, Inc. via Standards from IHS Engineering Products

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Calculators and Converters
Atomic Reference Data for Electronic Structure Calculations

Martindale's Calculators Online Center  Part II: Mathematics and Statistics

Compressible Aerodynamics Calculator

Federal Communications Commission's Distance Calculations Calculates the distance and azimuth (referenced to True North) between two sets of coordinates.

Foot Rule A collection of converters, units and measures, data tables and facilities.

Google's Calculator

How Far Is It? Finds the latitude and longitude of worldwide cities and then calculates the distance between the two cities.

Inverse Symbolic Calculator

MegaConverter A comprehensive set of weights, measures and units conversion/calculation modules.

Standard Atmosphere Computation  Enter the altitude (in ft) as a search string and obtain: density, temperature, pressure, K. Viscosity, and speed of sound.
Cartography
Click on the CARTOGRAPHY heading to link to the compilation of map and cartography sites under the GENERAL REFERENCE page
Design (Drawing, Models, Simulations)
EPA Model Clearinghouse

SNL access only Sandia TechWeb Engineering and Manufacturing Links: Design - Drawings, Models, Simulations

SNL access only Sandia TechWeb Engineering and Manufacturing Links: Design Guides and Manuals

 
Dictionaries
BABEL: A Glossary of Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms

Crypto Glossary and Dictionary of Technical Cryptography  

Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures

Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology  Some restrictions on use.

Dictionary of Units of Measurement

Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Genomics: A Global Resource

GeologyLink geology glossary

Glossary of Basic Terms in Polymer Science From the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).

Glossary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Glossary of Genetic Terms

Glossary of Internet Terms

Glossary of Nuclear Terms Hosted by the World Nuclear Association.

IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology Commonly referred to as the "Gold Book."

Mathematical Programming Glossary Contains terms specific to mathematical programming.

netlingo

New Hacker's Dictionary

On-Line Medical Dictionary

Ozone Depletion Glossary

Sandia Corporate Business Rules Dictionary

University of California-Berkeley Museum of Paleontology Glossary Terms for biologists and paleontologists. 

  
Encyclopedias and Handbooks

SNL access only CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics

Encyclopedia Astronautica

Handbook of Space Astronomy & Astrophysics

Merck Manual

NIST Chemistry WebBook Thermochemical, thermophysical, IR spectra, ion energetic data, etc. compiled by the NIST Standard Reference Data Program.

Thermodex: An Index of Selected Thermodynamic Data Handbooks Searchable database of handbooks and compilations of thermodynamic and thermophysical data enables you to search by type of compound and properties. Results provide a list of handbooks that might contain needed data. Check the Technical Library's Online Catalog to see if the needed handbook is available.

Virus Encyclopedia From Symantec.

Virus Encyclopedia From viruslist.com

Webopedia

What is? An IT related encyclopedia.

  
Health and Safety
Chemical Safety or Toxicology Information MSDS, toxicology, laws and regulations, etc. Part of Indiana University's Cheminfo system.

EcoTox Database System Locate single chemical toxicity data for aquatic life, terrestrial plants and wildlife.

MEDLINE(PubMed)

NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards

Overall Evaluations of Carcinogenicity to Humans

SNL access only Sandia's Chemical Information System (CIS) Tracks chemical containers at SNL and provides MSDS sheets.

SNL access only Sandia TechWeb Infrastructure Utilities Links: ES&H

Toxic Release Inventory

TOXNET (Toxicology Data Network) includes databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas (e.g. TOXLINE) and is a product of the National Library of Medicine.

 
Patents and Intellectual Property

Chemistry Patents

Delphion Research Intellectual Property Network Search and view patent documents from the US, Europe and Japan as well as patent applications published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

DOE Patent Database Patents and patent applications owned by DOE or its contractors or assignees.

European Patent Office

Google Patent Search free copies of US patents in PDF format

Intellectual Property Available for Licensing (iPAL)

SNL access only RAND California

SNL access only Sandia Legal Intellectual Property Center

SNL access only Sandia Tech Web: Legal and Patent Links

US Patent Full Text Database The US Patent and Trademark Office's full-text database access.

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

  
Periodic Tables
Click on the PERIODIC TABLES heading to link to the compilation of periodic tables on the CHEMISTRY page.  
Software
Click on the SOFTWARE heading to link to the compilation of web sites related to software, languages and algorithms on the COMPUTER SCIENCE page.  
Specifications and Standards
SNL access only IHS Engineering Products  Locate standards for ASTM, AIA, ANS, ANSI, ASME, AWS, EIA, ISO/EIC, SAE and others

SNL access only IEEE standards via IEEEXplore

Commercial/International  

Military/Governmental

NSSN: A national resource for global standards Commercial data network for developing and approved national, foreign, regional and international standards and regulatory documents.

Sandia/DOE

 
Statistics

General Aviation Statistical Databook Includes data on shipments, billing, safety, etc.

NTSB Aviation Statistics Page

Science and Technology Pocket Data Book From the National Science Foundation (NSF), includes funding data.

statistics.com A portal to information on statistics.

US Naval Observatory Astronomical Data Includes sunrise/sunset/twilight and moonrise/moonset/phase.

  
Technical Web Search Engines
Biology Browser Produced by BIOSIS, a free web site offering resources for the life sciences information community.

ChemDex Directory to chemistry sites on the WWW.

Computer Science engines From SearchEngineWatch.com, a page of numerous computer science related search engines.

iCivilEngineer.com A knowledge portal specially designed for civil engineering professionals and students.

GlobalSpec Engineering search engine

PSIgate (Physical Sciences Information Gateway)   A free service that offers access to Web resources in the physical sciences, such as astronomy, chemistry, earth sciences, materials sciences, physics, and science history and policy

Scirus Science-specific Internet search engine.

Scitopia free federated search portal to digital libraries of leading science and technology societies

  
Test Methods
EPA Test Methods Index

SNL access only Sandia TechWeb Engineering and Manufacturing Links: Testing Facilities

  
Vendor Catalogs
Click on the VENDOR CATALOGS heading to link to the compilation of online vendor catalogs on the SPECIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS page.  
Web Gateways and Reference Portals

Chemfinder.com

The Forum on Technology and Innovation

MacRae's Blue Book Industrial Directory Yellow Pages

Ocean Physics Department at the University of Washington

Purportal Verify hoaxes, urban legend and virus warnings.

Taxonomy Warehouse A comprehensibve directory of known taxonomies, thesauri, ontologies, classification schemes, and other authority files.

 
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