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Glossary Mining: , from Anthropology to Chemistry By Lee Wright

This latest trip down the The Joint Institute for Laboratory GENERAL SCIENCE glossary mine shaft provides a com- Astrophysics (JILA) is one of the (SPANISH) pendium of various resources leading physical-science research Ciencias de la Tierra y dealing with scientific subjects. institutes in the U.S. Its faculty, grad- del Medio Ambiente Because the cover a lot of uate students, and postdoctoral www.esi.unav.es/asignaturas/ ground, I only have room this month research associates explore some of ecologia/Hipertexto/00General/ to address topics from anthropology today’s most challenging and funda- Glosario.html to chemistry. The focus is on termi- mental scientific questions. JILA is This site emphasizes ecological terms. nology and reference materials for the jointly operated by the University of “pure” sciences, as opposed to the Colorado and the National Institute of Glosario PRL “applied” sciences, such as mechan- Standards and . www.jmcprl.net/GLOSARIO/G-A.htm ical or metallurgical processes. The list begins with several PCS Edventures, Inc. Novedades Científicas resources of a general nature and con- http://discover.edventures.com/ www.novaciencia.com tinues in alphabetical order by sub- functions/termlib.php?action= ject. Once again, most of these items &alpha=A Sólo Ciencia involve English and Spanish, but there www.solociencia.com/index.htm is one German into English glossary VisionLearning of terms, as well as several www.visionlearning.com/library/ ANTHROPOLOGY multilingual glossaries. glossary.php (ENGLISH) VisionLearning is an innovative edu- Department of Anthropology GENERAL SCIENCE cational resource designed for stu- College of Arts and Sciences (ENGLISH) dents, , parents, and anyone University of Alabama 101 Science.com interested in learning. The website www.as.ua.edu/ant/glossary.htm www.101science.com/Terminology.htm features a free bilingual library of suc- This glossary contains nearly 2,300 This site provides links to numerous cinct learning modules that integrate unique terms and 2,800 entries cov- glossaries on a variety of scientific text, , and other resources. ering terms used in biological, cultural, subjects. Support for VisionLearning is pro- and linguistic anthropology and archae- vided by The National Science ology. There is a special emphasis on Joint Institute for Laboratory Foundation and the U.S. Department terms from kinship, biological anthro- Astrophysics of Education. pology, and medical anthropology. http://jilawww.colorado.edu/research/ glossary/glossary_a.html

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Glossary of Anthropology Terms www.anthro.wayne.edu/ant2100/ The focus is on terminology and reference materials for glossary.htm the “pure” sciences, as opposed to the “applied” This site includes both cultural and physical anthropology, as well as an sciences, such as mechanical engineering or archaeology glossary. metallurgical processes. Infoplease Encyclopedia www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/ 1anthro.html Astronomy 124 University of Oregon Oregon State University University of Virginia http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/ http://oregonstate.edu/cla/ http://astsun.astro.virginia.edu/~jh8h/ glossary/glossary.html anthropology/resources/glossary.php astr124/glossary.html The site includes outstanding graphics, many taken from the Encyclopaedia WebRef.org CalSpace Britannica. www.webref.org/anthropology/ http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/ anthropology.htm virtualmuseum/Glossary_Astro/ ASTRONOMY AND COSMOLOGY gloss_a-f.shtml (SPANISH) ANTHROPOLOGY AstroCosmos (SPANISH) Canadian Space Agency www.astrocosmo.cl/glosario/ Concha Doncel online Astronomy Glossary glosar.htm www.conchadoncel.com/ www.ioncmaste.ca/homepage/ The site contains excellent Spanish antscglosario.htm resources/web_resources/CSA_Astro/ definitions. files/content/html/information/astro Universidad de Navarra _glossary.html AstroMía Asignatura:Introducción a la www.astromia.com/glosario/index.htm Antropología Cosmic Evolution Terminology This is probably one of the best sites for www.unav.es/educacion/introantro/ Tufts University Spanish terms. The site also includes tema1/pagina_2.html www.tufts.edu/as/wright_center/ numerous articles on astronomical sub- cosmic_evolution/docs/fr_3/ jects that are profusely illustrated. ASTRONOMY AND COSMOLOGY fr_3_gloss.html (ENGLISH) Astronomía Absolute Astromony.com Interactions.org www.austrinus.com/00/ www.absoluteastronomy.com www.interactions.org/cms/?pid=100 diccionario.html This is a guide to astronomical bodies 3020 This site is excruciatingly slow, but of all kinds. This site contains an exhaustive three- very good. part glossary of astrophysics terms. Amazing Science Espacio Profundo http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/ Kid’s Cosmos www.espacioprofundo.com.ar/ glossary Glossary of Astronomy and diccionario/Glosario_de_Astronomia/ The site provides very detailed definitions. Scientific Terms letra/A.html www.kidscosmos.org/kid-stuff/ There are lots of useful cross-refer- Astronomical Society of the Pacific glossary.html ences on this site. www.astrosociety.org/education/ This site is designed for the younger publications/tnl/14/14.html set, but it is very useful nevertheless. It Glosario astronómico also includes information about the www21.brinkster.com/infospace/ metric system and scientific notation, glosario.asp plus a section on universal time. ➡

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La Web de la Asociación Larense Glossary of Forestry Terms an excellent resource for plant anatomy de Astronomía www.ncforestry.org/docs/Glossary/ terms, complete with illustrations. www.tayabeixo.org/glosario/ term.htm letra_a.htm Texas Agricultural Experiment The definitions on this site are very Glossary of Genetic Terms Station detailed. www.ggc.org/glossary.htm http://bugs.bio.usyd.edu.au/2003A+ Pmodules/glossary.html Vistas del Sistema Solar Life Science Dictionary This glossary is a complement to the www.solarviews.com/span/ http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/ previous site, with excellent definitions. homepage.htm search/dict-search.html This site contains a multimedia presen- This site covers virtually all of the life University of Sydney tation on the solar system and beyond. sciences, with over 8,000 terms, in addi- Fungal Biology:Mycology Glossary tion to a compendium of chemical http://bugs.bio.usyd.edu.au/Mycology/ BIOLOGY AND BOTANY acronyms, plus links to other useful sites. Glossary/glossary_a_b.shtml (ENGLISH) Biology-Online.org (two links) Massachusetts Institute of Technology Webref.org www.biology-online.org/ Open Courseware www.webref.org/biology/biology.htm dictionary.asp http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/index.htm www.biology-online.org/d/a.htm This site offers free and open educa- BIOLOGY AND BOTANY tional resources for educators and stu- (SPANISH) Cell Biology dents around the world. Browse the Biblioteca Dominico-Virtual http://biology.about.com/od/ links for an array of excellent hyper- www.bibliotecavirtual.com.do/ biologydictionary/a/cellbiogloss.htm textbooks on various subjects, inclu- Biologia/IndiceBiologia.htm ding general biology and biological This is a general guide to numerous Dyer Laboratories, Inc. engineering. biological topics. www.dyerlabs.com/glossary/ microbiology/1a.html McGraw-Hill Online Curso de Biologia Vegetal This site contains German into Learning Center http://micol.fcien.edu.uy/atlas/ English terminology. Microbiology glos98.htm http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/ This is a good site for terms on plant Everything Bio sites/0072320419/student_view0/ biology. Life Science Glossary glossary_a-f.html www.everythingbio.com/glos/ Fisiología Vegetal index.php Molecular Biology Glossary www.ugr.es/~fisiofar/glosario/ The glossary on this site contains http://seqcore.brcf.med.umich.edu/ marcoletraglosario.htm almost 4,000 entries. doc/educ/dnapr/mbglossary/ mbgloss.html Glosario Biotecnológico Food and Agricultural www.explora.cl/otros/biotec/ Organization of the United Nations Plants, Animals, and the glosario.html Corporate Document Respository Environment Virtual Glossary Biotechnology and Genetic www.mhhe.com/biosci/pae/ Glosario Botánico Engineering glossarya.html www.botanical-online.com/ www.fao.org/DOCREP/003/X3910E/ spanishglossary.htm X3910E04.htm#TopOfPage Texas Agricultural You can download a 260-page PDF Experiment Station Glosario de Botánica version of the glossary from this site. Plant Anatomy and Glossary www.arbolesornamentales.com/ http://dallas.tamu.edu/weeds/anat.html glosario.htm Do not be misled by the URL. This is

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Glossary of Technical Terms in Chemistry-Dictionary.com CHEMISTRY Plant Pathology www.chemistry-dictionary.com (SPANISH) www.plantpath.cornell.edu/ This site is designed primarily for students. Curso Hipertextual Etano glossary/Glossary.htm la Química del Carbono Eric Weinstein’s World of www.geocities.com/jojoel99/ Illustrated Glossary of Plant Chemistry Glossary qorganica.html Pathology http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/ This is a Spanish hypertextbook for www.apsnet.org/education/ chemistry/letters organic chemistry. illustratedglossary/default.htm Faculty of Chemistry and Diccionario de términos de química Monsanto Agricultura Technology www.gestialba.com/public/ www.monsanto.es/biotecnologia/ www.ktf-split.hr/periodni/en/abc/ quimica/quimicasta01.htm glosario.html index.html This site contains general chemistry This is a glossary of biotechnology terms. This site also includes a downloadable terms with good Spanish definitions. (PDF) full-color Periodic Table of the Universidad de Extremadura Elements. Diccionario Inglés-Español de Lecciones Hipertextuales de Ciencias de Laboratorio Clínico Botánica Glossary of Chemical Terminology www.leeds.ac.uk/ifcc/PD/dict/ www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/ www.cem.msu.edu/~cem181h/ spandict.html b-online/ibc99/botanica/botanica/ glossary.html This is an extensive English-to- prese-tl.htm This site claims to be a “living glos- Spanish glossary of clinical chemistry This site contains a botanical hypertext- sary”; however, its last update was terminology with excellent supporting book from the Universidad de Extrema- made in 1998. documentation. Versions in TXT, dura with animated illustrations. DOC, and WPD can be downloaded. Great Big Chemistry Dictionary BIOLOGY AND BOTANY http://misterguch.brinkster.net/ Glosario de Química (MULTILINGUAL) bigdictionary.html www.edufuturo.com/educacion.php Multilingual Multiscript Plant ?c=3328 Name Database Inorganic Chemistry A printable version of this glossary is www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/ http://library.thinkquest.org/10429/ available at www.edufuturo.com/ Sorting/Frontpage.html high/nomen/nomenbody.htm imprime.php?c=3328&. This site lists plant names and features less common languages, such as Thai. Organic Chemistry Help Introducción a la Química www.chemhelper.com/glossary.html Orgánica CHEMISTRY www.telecable.es/personales/ (ENGLISH) Petrik Library albatros1/quimica/index.html About:Chemistry www.petrik.com/PUBLIC/library/ This is an excellent online resource for http://chemistry.about.com/library/ misc/glossary_of_org_chem.htm organic chemistry. blazlist1.htm This site is one of the best for English This is an excellent basic term list with organic chemistry terms. Spanish Guide to the Periodic Table some good links to other information. of the Elements ThinkQuest CHEMystery Glossary www.lenntech.com/espanol/ ChemiCool Chemistry Dictionary http://library.thinkquest.org/3659/ tabla-periodica.htm www.chemicool.com/dictionary.html reference/glossary.html

Chemistry Dictionary Virtual Textbook of Organic http://home.nas.net/~dbc/ Chemistry cic_hamilton/dictionary/a.html www.cem.msu.edu/~reusch/ ➡ VirtTxtJml/intro1.htm#contnt

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CHEMISTRY CLASS ISN’T OVER YET! (MULTILINGUAL) Can’t get enough of the sciences? Chemistry Translated Well, you are in luck. Tune in next August 2–4, 2007 www.woc.science.ru.nl/ month, when I tackle the rest of the This is a five-language glossary of spectrum, from geology to zoology. Nebraska Association for Translators organic chemistry terms (English, See you then! and Interpreters Dutch, German, French, and Italian). 8th Annual Regional Conference Bellevue, Nebraska www.natihq.org

Third Annual School Outreach Contest

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1. Visit ATA’s School Outreach Welcome Page at www.atanet.org/careers/school_outreach.php.

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The best photograph wins free registration to ATA’s 48th Annual Conference in San Francisco, California (October 31–November 3, 2007)! The winner will be contacted no later than August 20, 2007. You may submit multiple entries, and any member of ATA or of any ATA-affiliated organization is eligible to enter.

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