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Ash Tree Identification Guide
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Do you have an ash tree or two along your street? You'll know the answer if you look at the color photos of the leaves, branches, seeds, and bark of ash trees on this helpful site. Learn more about the emerald ash borer, the insect currently killing trees in the Great Lakes Region.
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Badger State Science & Engineering Fairs
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Badger State Science and Engineering Fair encourages students to enter science fair competitions across the state.
Beginning at Grade 7 students can compete at city, national, and even international science fairs for cash, scholarships,and prizes. Information and tools to get started are included here.
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Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
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The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) publishes domestic passenger and freight data for all modes of transportation. Data includes air fares, airline on-time statistics, border crossings, and more.
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ChemBioFinder.com
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ChemBioFinder has been providing free chemical searching to hundreds of thousands of scientists since 1995. This free database provides chemical structures, physical properties, and hyperlinks. Search for chemicals by Chemical Name, CAS Number, Molecular Formula or Weight.
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CNET
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CNET.com provides information, tools, and advice that helps you decide what to buy and how to get the most out of your technology. Includes the latest tech news, product reviews and price comparisons, free downloading, Digital Home DIY: Step-by-step guides that make home tech projects easy, and more.
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Discovery World
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Milwaukee's Science, Economics, & Technology Museum featuring hands-on learning experiences for youth of all ages.
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eNature.com
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eNature's core content wildlife information on more than 5500 individual species is the same used to create the printed Audubon Field Guides. Use ZipGuides to get a comprehensive local wildlife guide to the animals and plants native to any place in the United States. You can also focus only on Endangered Species, poisonous and dangerous species, or mammal tracks.
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Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
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"A gateway to hundreds of Web sites and thousands of online documents on energy efficiency and renewable energy," including information about buildings, transportation, industry, bioenergy, hydrogen, solar, wind, ocean, hydropower, and geothermal power. Features consumer information, an "energy lab" for children, and information about the various other programs of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
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Energy Information Administration
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U.S. Department of Energy--a primary source for energy statistics--provides data and analyses about the supply, consumption, distribution, and price of energy in the United States. The weekly, monthly, and annual reports cover petroleum, natural gas, coal, electricity, and various forms of renewable energy. Also contains historical data, forecasts (both U.S. and international), and country-specific analyses.
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EOL Encyclopedia of Life
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The Encyclopedia of Life will be an online reference and database on all 1.8 million species currently known to science and will stay current by capturing information on newly discovered and formally described species. This project is a global effort involving natural history museums, botanical gardens, other research institutions, and dedicated individuals who are working to create the most complete biodiversity database on the Web.
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EPA-Where You Live:Community Profiles
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Enter your zip code and choose from four databases to retrieve environmental information about your community. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency website.
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Great Lakes Information Network
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The Great Lakes Information Network (GLIN) is a partnership that provides one place online for people to find information relating to the binational Great Lakes-St. Lawrence region of North America. GLIN offers a wealth of data and information about the region's environment, economy, tourism, education and more.
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Great Lakes Water Institute
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The UWM Great Lakes WATER Institute is the largest academic freshwater research facility on the Great Lakes. Its mission is to provide the State of Wisconsin with a focal point for research, education and outreach aimed at a thorough understanding of the Great Lakes and other aquatic and environmental resources of local, state, national and international importance.
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GreenFILE
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GreenFILE (from EBSCO) offers broadly based information covering all aspects of human impact on the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. Color photos are included when available. Printing, e-mailing and saving are all options. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program.
Library subscription.
Available for use within City of Milwaukee libraries
and by remote access to City of Milwaukee library
cardholders.
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Interactive Sky Chart
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With free registration Sky & Telescope magazine offers access to a custom naked-eye map of the whole sky for any place on Earth, at any time of day or night, on any date from 1600 to 2400.
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MatWeb
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MatWeb is a searchable database of Data sheets for over 69,000 metals, plastics, ceramics, and composites. Search by UNS number, manufacturer, properties, categories, and more. Links to suppliers/vendors included.
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Measure 4 Measure
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A collection of interactive sites on the Web that estimate, calculate, evaluate, translate, etc. Categories include Science/Math, Health, Finance, All 'Round the House, and A Measure Of Everything Else.
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Minerals Management Service (MMS)
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The Minerals Management Service (MMS), a bureau in the U.S. Department of the Interior, is the Federal agency that manages the nation's natural gas, oil and other mineral resources on the outer continental shelf (OCS). The agency also collects, accounts for and disburses more than $8 billion per year in revenues from Federal offshore mineral leases and from onshore mineral leases on Federal and Indian lands. Research issues in the news in MMS reports, data, and online publications.
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Mother Nature Network
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Mother Nature Network aims to be a dependable source of environmental news written for the average reader. Features eight broad channels--Earth Matters, Transportation, Business, Technology, Food, Home, Lifestyle, Family--each with its own blogger and a cadre of news stories submitters.
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myGreenElectronics
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Search for electronics recycling facilities by zip code and listings of energy efficient electronics, those made of recycled materials, or have other green properties. Includes reuse and recycling tips related to electronics and an Energy Calculator to see what your electronics' use means for your wallet by the minute, day, month and year. From the Consumer Electronics Association, a trade organization promoting consumer technology.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
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NASA's mission is to pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research. For those insterested in astronomy, its website features histories and photos of current and past space missions.
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National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
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NTIS is the federal government's central source for access to government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business related information. Although many NTIS documents are not distributed through the Federal Document Depository Program, the Milwaukee Public Library does have electronic access to some of these technical reports. Please ask a reference librarian at any MPL location for assistance in obtaining NTIS documents.
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PHOTOFACT® Online.com
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Sams PHOTOFACT® repair manuals have long been the standard in the repair industry related to Consumer Electronics devices such as TVs, VCRs, Radios, etc. Since 1946, Sams has produced manuals for electronics repair. Today, the database of manuals covers almost 200,000 models of consumer electronics devices. The Central Library has a print library of photofacts to 1990. To obtain a list of models arranged by manufacturer, open this document.
Library subscription.
Available for use within City of Milwaukee libraries
and by remote access to City of Milwaukee library
cardholders.
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PopSci Archives
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Popular Science Magazine has partnered with Google to offer its entire 137-year archive for free browsing. "Each issue appears just as it did at its original time of publication, complete with period advertisements. It's an amazing resource that beautifully encapsulates our ongoing fascination with the future, and science and technology's incredible potential to improve our lives."
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SafeLink Wireless--FREE Cellular service
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SafeLink Wireless offers qualifying customers FREE cellular service. You qualify for Lifeline Service if you already participate in one of the following assistance programs:
Badger Care, Food Stamps, Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP),
Medical Assistance (MA), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), WI HomesteadTax Credit (Schedule H), or WisconsinWorks (W2).
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Science Reference Center
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From EBSCO, Science Reference Center is a comprehensive database that provides easy access to a multitude of full text science-oriented content. Designed to meet every student's science research needs, the database contains full text for nearly 640 science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, etc. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife. Science Reference Center also satisfies the demand for standards-based content by providing teachers and librarians with articles correlated to state and national curriculum standards. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program.
Library subscription.
Available for use within City of Milwaukee libraries
and by remote access to City of Milwaukee library
cardholders.
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Science.gov
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Science.gov searches over 36 databases and 1,850 selected websites, offering 200 million pages of authoritative U.S. government science information, including research and development results.
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ScienceResearch.com
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ScienceResearch.com allows researchers to access pertinent information, quickly, easily, and with confidence from both public and private high quality research journals and databases via a single portal. Covers astonomy, biology & nature, chemistry, computers & technology, earth & environmental sciences, engineering, general science, health & medicine, materials science, mathematics, physics, and social sciences.
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Scitopia
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A gateway to the research most cited in scholarly work and patents, Scitopia.org searches more than three and a half million documents, including peer-reviewed journal content and technical conference papers, spanning 350 years of science and technology
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SuperfundQuickfinder
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Superfund is the federal government's program to clean up the nation's uncontrolled hazardous waste sites. This Web site provides topical information for the general public and for those involved in the Superfund program. On this site, you'll find information about Superfund sites in your area, the health effects of common contaminants, cleanup efforts, and how you can become involved in cleanup activities in your community.
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This Old House Design Toolbox: Calculators
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These calculators will help you determine how much material to buy for home and garden projects. Includes paint (interior and exterior), floor coverings (vinyl, wood, carpet, tile), insulation, grass seed, and more. From the companion site to the TV program This Old House.
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WebElements
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The Periodic Table of Elements with key data, properties, uses, history and more.
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Why Files
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The Why Files is an online science magazine created by UW-Madison. Since 1996, its award-winning coverage of the science behind the news has helped make science accessible and understandable in the context of current events.
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Wisconsin Green Building Alliance
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The Wisconsin Green Building Alliance's (WGBA) mission is to facilitate and promote the development and use of ecologically sustainable materials and practices within Wisconsin's built environment. On this website, you will be able to access a database containing information about green building and products, a resource directory, with members, services and materials, and case studies showcasing a variety of green building ideas and techniques.
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Zebra and Quagga Mussel Information Resource Page
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U S Geological Survey website with background and current news about the Zebra and Quagga Mussels spreading into Great Lakes waters and elsewhere.
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