The National Climatic Data Center (of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) is responsible for preserving, monitoring, assessing, and providing public access to the climate and historical weather data for the United States. A variety of data sets are available.
Science, math, and technology
Offers over 7000 courses (apps available) in business, technology and creative subject areas (such as marketing, project management, data analysis, communication, information technology, design, office software, programming, photography, 3D/animation, audio, video and Web development). Tutorials are segmented and indexed into tasks for just-in-time learning, and course playlists can map to specific job roles or competencies. New courses are added weekly. Many courses include downloadable practice files.
A data-driven factual answer engine, not a website indexing search engine. Crunches data on a wide range of topics, with particular strength in science, technology and math computations.
This resource is only available in the library. Highly technical research in physics.
Current magazines and their back issues can be browsed and read online or downloaded for offline reading in apps for Android™ phones and tablets, Apple® phones and tables, and Kindle Fire tablets. Titles include Consumer Reports, Newsweek, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, and many others.
Hundreds of volumes of encyclopedias and other ebooks covering all subject areas. Gale eBooks is included in Gale Power Search which searches the content of the ebooks along with magazines and other resources. If you want to browse the ebooks as books, this Gale eBooks interface is the better choice.
A collection of tens of thousands of ebooks and videos on essential and high-demand topics for business, coders, educators, makers, gamers, and those simply looking to grow personally and professionally. Books are fully searchable and always available, no "on hold" waiting.
O'Reilly for Public Libraries was purchased for the Library through the Shelton Bequest and Friends of the Library.
Covers climate change, environmental issues, entrepreneurship, finance, economics, agriculture, astronomy, biology, chemistry, computer science, physical science, and physics.
Definitions and concise explanations from over 40 volumes covering many disciplines. This is a subcollection of Oxford Reference.
Environmental indicators with interactive graphics provides a tool to track environmental performance and progress towards sustainable development.
Many popular topics and even more obscure ones are researched by the agency and summarized for the public. Scan the A-Z index for a more complete list of topics, but popular ones include air, water, bed bugs, chemicals and toxins, greener living, and health.
From cooking to 3D printing, to making just about anything fly, Instructables document countless hours of tinkering, soldering, stitching, frying, and fun, making just about anything.
Make: Projects is way to share projects online for creating, hacking, and learning new skills. Make: Projects started with projects from MAKE magazine (find current issues at Lawson McGhee Library), but expands through member sharing.
Organizations and spaces that support creative work in the Knoxville area.
A gateway to government science information and research within several federal agencies.
Award-winning coverage of breaking news in science, with research articles, encyclopedia entries, book reviews, and videos.
An online catalog containing most of Smithsonian major collections from museums, archives, libraries, and research units, with over 1.3 million images, videos, audio files, podcasts, blog posts and electronic journals.
Search for and apply for patents and trademarks and learn about intellectual property protections.
References on web development languages such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, PHP, SQL, W3.CSS, and Bootstrap.
A global science gateway comprised of national and international scientific databases and portals.