Editing Encyclopedia:Public domain resources (section)

==Science, medicine, and technology==
===General resources===
* [http://www.csudh.edu/oliver/pubdomdb.htm Public domain databases of interests to scientists]{dead link}
* [http://www.nist.gov/srd/online.htm List of Scientific and Technology databases]{dead link} many of which are in the public domain.

===Chemistry===
* [http://chem.sis.nlm.nih.gov/chemidplus/ ChemIDplus] – "A free database of 350,000 chemical compounds. Records consist of name, synonyms, CAS number, molecular formula, and direct links to biomedical resources." Provided by the [[United States National Library of Medicine]] (see [http://www.nlm.nih.gov/copyright.html copyright statement]). 
* [http://www.nist.gov/pml/data/asd.cfm NIST Atomic Spectra Database, Version 4] – [[Spectroscopy|Spectroscopic]] data from the [[National Institute of Standards and Technology]].

=== Climate ===
* [http://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds570.0/ World Monthly Surface Station Climatology, 1738-cont] almost 200 MB of weather data from over 4700 stations starting in [[1738]].

===Geology and Earth science===
* (US Federal Govt.)  [http://minerals.usgs.gov/ USGS Mineral Resources Program] – "The Mineral Resources Program provides and communicates current, impartial information on the occurrence, quality, quantity, and availability of mineral resources."
* (US Federal Govt.)  [http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Library/glossary.php3?mode=all NASA Earth Observatory Glossary]
* (US Federal Govt.)  [http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/PUBS_LIB/Geodesy4Layman/toc.htm Geodesy for the Layman]

===Astronomy===
* (US Federal Govt.)  [http://er.jsc.nasa.gov/seh/ Space Educators' Handbook]
* (US Federal Govt.)  [http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Sgloss.htm NASA glossary of terms] – appears to be in the PD, please check
* (US Federal Govt.) [http://roland.lerc.nasa.gov/~dglover/dictionary/content.html NASA DICTIONARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS FOR AEROSPACE USE] (originally NASA report SP-7, written in 1965, some pages updated since then: may not be fully up-to-date)

===Biology and zoology===
* (Aveiro University) [http://www.diseasecard.org DiseaseCard.org]"DiseaseCard is an information retrieval tool for accessing and integrating genetic and medical information for health applications."
* (US Federal Govt.)  [http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/index.html US Forest Service Fire Effects Database] Database of current information on a wide variety of tree, shrub, grass, mammal, bird, reptile and amphibian species found largely in North America – great reference material
* (US Federal Govt.) [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ National Center for Biotechnology Information], unless otherwise specified (for example the text of most of the books in the book section of the site is '''not''' in the public domain unless it is published by [[NIH]] or the [[National Center for Biotechnology Information|NCBI]]) the material on this site is in the public domain (the NCBI asks you to cite NCBI as the source if you use it, see [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/About/disclaimer.html copyright and disclaimer information]), of particular relevance for Wikipedia (as a source for text and images) are 
** [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/About/primer/ ''A Science Primer''].  Background material on [[cell biology]], [[bioinformatics]] and more. (''Please use the following msg on the relevant Talk or image description page if you use material from this work: [[Template:NCBI-scienceprimer]]''.)
** [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?call=bv.View..ShowTOC&rid=handbook.TOC&depth=2 ''The NCBI Handbook''].  More background on [[genomics]] and [[bioinformatics]] relevant to the NCBI itself. (''Please use the following msg on the relevant Talk or image description page if you use material from this work: [[Template:NCBI-handbook]]''.)

===Medicine===
* (Aveiro University) [http://www.diseasecard.org DiseaseCard.org]"DiseaseCard is an information retrieval tool for accessing and integrating genetic and medical information for health applications."
* (US Federal Govt.) [http://www.cdc.gov Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] "In general all information presented in these pages and all items available for download are for public use. However, you may encounter some pages that require a login password and id. If this is the case you may assume that information presented and items available for download therein are for your authorized access only and not for redistribution by you unless you are otherwise informed."
* (US Federal Govt.)  [http://medlineplus.nlm.nih.gov/ MedlinePlus at the NIH] copyright terms [http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/faq/copyrightfaq.html here] indicating materials are in the public domain unless otherwise indicated
* (US Federal Govt.)  [http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/urolog/urolog.htm NIH public domain publications on urology]
* (US Federal Govt.)  [http://www.nimh.nih.gov/tools/copycitation.cfm National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)] "The public may reproduce without permission information from the National Institute of Mental Health Web site, except for documents that state another copyright policy applies to them."
* (US Federal Govt.) [http://www.fda.gov/ Food and Drug Administration (FDA)] "Unless otherwise noted, the contents of the FDA Website (www.fda.gov)--both text and graphics—are not copyrighted. They are in the public domain and may be republished, reprinted and otherwise used freely by anyone without the need to obtain permission from FDA. Credit to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as the source is appreciated but not required."
* (US Federal Govt.) [http://www.aidsinfo.nih.gov/ed_resources/glossary/  Glossary of HIV/AIDS-Related Terms 4th Edition]: a Department of Health and Human Services project collaboratively sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, [[Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services]], Health Resources and Services Administration, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
* (US Federal Govt.) [http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/ USDA Nutrient Data Laboratory] Contains nutritional information on a large number of comestibles. From FAQ: "USDA food composition data is in the public domain and there is no copyright. We would appreciate it if you would list us as the source of the data and when possible we would like to see the product which uses the data or be notified of its use." 
* (US Federal Govt.)  [https://web.archive.org/web/20020612104713/http://www.ninds.nih.gov/health_and_medical/disorders A large collection of public domain information sheets on various neurological disorders]
** ''Note:'' This [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=nih+publication+%22not+copyrighted%22+site%3A.gov Google search for "nih publication "not copyrighted" site:.gov"] should help uncover more NIH public domain documents
* [http://www.bartleby.com/107/ Gray's Anatomy] – 1918 edition of Gray's ''Anatomy of the Human Body'' (with illustrations).
* (US Federal Govt.)  [https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/ US National Toxicology Program]: copyright notice [http://ntp-server.niehs.nih.gov/main_pages/disc_cpy.html here], typical US government terms
* [http://www.well.ox.ac.uk/asthma/public/ Asthma genetics – Public domain data]
* (US Federal Govt.) [http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/mentalhealth/toc.html Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General] (needs positive confirmation before use: some diagrams within the text say "used by permission", which implies that they are copyrighted – however, the rest appears to be written by US government employees)
* (US Federal Govt.) The [http://www.nci.nih.gov/cancerinfo/terminologyresources NCI thesaurus] is a massive public domain repository of definitions of medical terms
* (US Federal Govt.) The Genetics Home Reference http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/ghr/ is a wide resource on human genetics
* (US Federal Govt.) The [http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary/ NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms] defines a large number of medical terms, mostly related to cancer.
* (US Federal Govt.) The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences [http://www.usuhs.mil] is a federal medical school.  Some material is available on its website, but much is not.  Contacting the public affairs department could enable a significant amount of material to be made available to the public.

*[http://www.carsandracingstuff.com/library/articles/articles1879.php Article Index 1879–1922] of the Crittenden Automotive Library