Finding Good Science Information...

Keeping up with the rapidly changing advances in the sciences can be a difficult and challenging task. You can use a search engine but only if there is a specific direction of interest. And then, you run into pay walls with tantalizing abstracts but no real meat. So, what is extremely useful is a full text aggregator and that is what SciCentral is. It covers the areas of Biosciences, Health Sciences, Physics/Chemistry, Earth and Space, and Engineering Sciences. It also has a roundup of the best reading in all of the sciences. If you want a quick and easy to read compendium, this is a good place to start. From the site:

“Since 1997, the SciCentral editors have been aggregating breaking research news from the most reputable and reliable sources. The service has received over 30 Web awards and enthusiastic reviews from leading science publishers (e.g.; Science Magazine, The Lancet, The New Scientist) for the quality of its service. Over 700 other websites point to SciCentral as a trusted source of information. The sources featured in any section of the site have been hand-picked and ranked by the SciCentral editors based on 7 criteria”:
·         Reliability
·         Timeliness of the information
·         Extent of daily coverage
·         Multidisciplinary coverage
·         Leads to follow up information
·         Presentation and general appeal
This is the site where I start my searches and for general reading of diverse and useful science information. You can find the site here.

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