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The Data Analysis Briefbook, by Rudolf K. Bock and Werner Krischer (illustrated HTML at CERN)

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Filed under: Science -- Data processing

High-Performance Computing and Networking for Science: Background Paper (1989), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment
- page images at HathiTrust
- PDF files at Princeton
Open Science, Open Data, Open Source: 21st Century Research Skills for the Life Sciences (2017), by Pedro L. Fernandes and Rutger Vos (illustrated HTML at github.io)
Introduction to High Performance Scientific Computing (second edition, revised 2016), by Victor Eijkhout, contrib. by Edmond Chow and Robert A. Van de Geijn (PDF with commentary at bitbucket.org)
The Fourth Paradigm: Data-Intensive Scientific Discovery (Redmond, WA: Microsoft Research, c2009), ed. by Anthony J. G. Hey, Stewart Tansley, and Kristin Michele Tolle (PDF files with commentary at Microsoft)
Cloud Computing for Science and Engineering (prepublication version, 2017), by Ian Foster and Dennis B. Gannon (HTML at cloud4scienceng.org)

Filed under: Science -- Data processing -- Management

Data Information Literacy: Librarians, Data, and the Education of a New Generation of Researchers (West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, c2015), ed. by Jake Carlson and Lisa Johnston (PDF with commentary at Purdue)

Filed under: Science -- Data processing -- Periodicals

Data Science Journal (2002-) (full serial archives)
Journal of eScience Librarianship (2012-) (full serial archives)

Filed under: Geodesy -- Data processing

Department of Defense World Geodetic System 1984: Its Definition and Relationships With Local Geodetic Systems (third edition, with updates to 2004), by United States. National Imagery and Mapping Agency (PDF files at nga.mil)

Filed under: Geographical positions -- Data processing

The Geo-Positioning Selection Guide for Resource Management (technical note 389; Cheyenne, WY: Bureau of Land Management, 1993), by John B. Keating (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Science -- Bibliography -- Methodology -- Data processing

The Citation Process: The Role and Significance of Citations in Scientific Communication (1984), by Blaise Cronin (PDF here at Penn)

Filed under: Science -- Dictionaries

American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge (second American edition, 12 volumes; Philadelphia: Mitchell, Ames and White, 1818), by William Nicholson
American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge (third American edition, 12 volumes; Philadelphia: Mitchell, Ames and White, 1819-1821), by William Nicholson
The British Encyclopedia: or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge (6 volumes; London: Printed by C. Whittingham for Longman et al., 1809), by William Nicholson, illust. by Wilson Lowry and John Scott
A Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (3 volumes (2 text; 1 plates); London: Printed for R. Phillips, 1806-1807), by G. Gregory, illust. by Samuel John Neele, Robert Cooper, and Charles Heath
A Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (second American edition from the last London edition; New York: Pub. for W.T. Robinson by Collins and Co., 1821-1822), by G. Gregory (page images at HathiTrust)
Lexicon Technicum: or, An Universal English Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Explaining Not Only the Terms of Art, but the Arts Themselves (2 volumes; London: Printed for D. Brown et al., 1708-1710), by John Harris
A Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art: Comprising the History, Description, and Scientific Principles of Every Branch of Human Knowledge, With the Derivation and Definition of All the Terms in General Use (New York: Harper and Bros., 1853), ed. by William Thomas Brande and Joseph Cauvin (page images at HathiTrust)
A Dictionary of Science, Literature, and Art: Comprising the History, Description, and Scientific Principles of Every Branch of Human Knowledge: With the Derivation and Definition of All the Terms in General Use (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1854), by William Thomas Brande, contrib. by Joseph Cauvin
- multiple formats at archive.org
- page images at HathiTrust
The Iconographic Encyclopaedia of the Arts and Sciences: Translated from the German of the Bilder-Atlas (Iconographische Encyclopaedie), Revised and Enlarged by Eminent American Specialists (7 volulmes; Philadelphia: Iconographic Publishing House, c1885-1890), ed. by Daniel G. Brinton, John Foster Kirk, Allan Marquand, W. N. Lockington, William H. Wahl, Robert Grimshaw, John H. Cooper, E. A. Posselt, Louis H. Spellier, and Angelo Heilprin

Filed under: Science -- Dictionaries -- Early works to 1800

The New Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: or, An Universal System of Useful Knowledge (2 volumes; London: A. Hogg and S. Leacroft, 1778), contrib. by Erasmus Middleton, William Turnbull, Thomas Ellis, and John Davison
- Volume I (A-H): multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume II (I-Z): multiple formats at archive.org

Filed under: Natural history -- Dictionaries

A Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (3 volumes (2 text; 1 plates); London: Printed for R. Phillips, 1806-1807), by G. Gregory, illust. by Samuel John Neele, Robert Cooper, and Charles Heath
A Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (second American edition from the last London edition; New York: Pub. for W.T. Robinson by Collins and Co., 1821-1822), by G. Gregory (page images at HathiTrust)
Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle (16 volumes (13 dictionary and 3 atlas volumes), in French; 1844-1849), by Charles d' Orbigny (page images at HathiTrust)
Természettudományi Szóhalmaz (scientific dictionary between Hungarian and other languages; Budán: Magyar Királyi Egyetem, 1843), by Pál Bugát (page images at HathiTrust)
American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge (second American edition, 12 volumes; Philadelphia: Mitchell, Ames and White, 1818), by William Nicholson
American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge (third American edition, 12 volumes; Philadelphia: Mitchell, Ames and White, 1819-1821), by William Nicholson
The British Encyclopedia: or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge (6 volumes; London: Printed by C. Whittingham for Longman et al., 1809), by William Nicholson, illust. by Wilson Lowry and John Scott

Filed under: Botany -- Dictionaries

Paxton's Botanical Dictionary: Comprising the Names, History, and Culture of All Plants Known in Britain; With a Full Explanation of Technical Terms. New Ed. Including All the New Plants Up to the Present Year (new edition; London: Bradbury, Evans, and Co., 1868), by Joseph Paxton, ed. by Samuel Hereman

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