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Alice Bergfeld (she is the English editor), Rolf Bergmann, University of Hamburg, and Peter v. Sengbusch, University of Bielefeld and Institut für Allgemeine Botanik, University of Hamburg: Microscopy. Part of BOTANY Online - The Internet Hypertextbook.

Chris Jefferies, Bristol: Microscopes and Microscopy. An extensive index of microscopy sources on the web, listed by geographical locations, organisations, and subject. Very useful! Also available from the Europe server http://www.lars.bbsrc.ac.uk/micro/

Bruce Bryson, wordwizz.com: From Quarks to Quasars. On the relative size of things and the question of scale. This is a visual journey consisting of 42 images, 42 powers of ten. At one end of the journey is the immensity of the known universe, some 15 000 000 000 years old and 10 to 20x10⁹ light years across. At the other end of the journey is a depiction of the three quarks within a proton.

Michael W. Davidson, Institute of Molecular Biophysics, Center for Materials Research and Technology (MARTECH), National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL), Supercomputer Computations Research Institute (SCRI), Florida State University, Tallahassee, and Gary E. Lofgren, Planetary Materials Branch, Solar System Exploration Division, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas: Photomicrography in the Geological Sciences. In this article the authors describe the conversion of a standard biological brightfield microscope for examination of geological petrographic thin sections and characterize, in detail, the use of both black and white and color photomicrography in the geological sciences. Several illustrative examples on the use of transmitted and reflected polarized light microscopy to solve geological problems are presented.

dmoz open directory project: Top: Science: Methods and Techniques: Microscopy.

Susanne Feist-Burkhardt, Institute for Geology and Palaeontology Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany, and Jörg Pross, Institute and Museum for Geology and Palaeontology University of Tübingen, Germany: New methods in light microscopy and their application to fossil dinoflagellate cysts. The application of confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM). CLSM is a conventional microscope which is equipped with a laser light source, the laser scanning head, an automatic focusing stage, and connected to a monitor and PC.

University of Idaho: Mickey´s Web Page. Research, teaching, and fun in optical mineralogy.

Thomas E. Jones: History of the Light Microscope. This web site covers the early history of the microscope, starting with use of a simple lens in ancient times, to the first compound microscope circa 1590, up to the microscopes of the 19th century.

Lance Ladic, Dept. of Physiology, (Imager Computer Graphics Laboratory (IMAGER), Department of Computer Science), University of British Columbia, Vancouver: 3-D Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy (LSCM, also referred to as CSLM, Confocal Scanning Laser Microscopy).

Pierre Stadelmann, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale, Lausanne: The Electron Microscopy Yellow Pages. The purpose of this service is to provide an extensive collection of links related to electron microscopy inside the World Wide Web.

Rani Khatib & Ingrid Shepherd, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Nottingham: Scanning Probe Microscopy. Teaching web site.

Leica Microsystems

Department of Mineralogy, The Natural History Museum, London: Electron microscopy and mineral analysis. Techniques include electron probe microanalysis, inductively coupled plasma spectrometry, laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, transmission electron microscopy, cathodoluminenscence etc.

John F. Mansfield, University of Michigan, Electron Microbeam Analysis Laboratory & The Department of Materials Science & Engineering: Microscopy Web Sites Around the World, and Microscopy Societies.

Microscopy Online is a free hyper-journal published on the World Wide Web designed specifically for the microscopist. Registration required.

MicroWorld Resources and News, Guide to Microscopy and Microanalysis on the Internet: Image Analysis, Image Processing, and 3-D Reconstruction. Link page of FAQs, meta lists, online tutorials, and source code links.

MicroWorld, Guide to Online Microscopy and Microanalysis Resources. MicroWorld Resources, Electron Microscope Links. Including Introductory Information, Lecture Notes, Imaging, AEM, HRTEM, and TEM Techniques, 3-D Electron Microscopy, SEM Techniques, Electron Microscopy Courses and Training, Remote Microscopy, More Helpful Sites, and Manufacturers WWW sites.

MicroWorld: MicroWorld Resources and News. An annotated guide to online resources for microscopists and microanalysts.

MicroWorld: Microscopy Vendors and Suppliers. Analytical services, laboratories, education and training.

MicroWorld: Glossary of Microscopy and Microanalytical Terms. Index page about general microscopy glossaries, confocal and laser microscopy, electron beam techniques, light microscopy, imaging, mass spectrometric, nucear magnetic microscopy, scanning probe microscopy, spectrometry-accelerator and X-ray microscopy.

Center For Interfacial Engineering, University of Minnesota: Standard Microscopy Terminology. This is a compilation of glossaries from "Glossary of Microscopical Terms and Definitions" (New York Microscopical Society), and "Video Microscopy" by Shinya Inoue, 1986, third printing, Plenum Press, New York.

SciCentral, Index. Go to: Microscopy.

University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri: Other Microscopy/Interesting Sites Around the World.

Molecular Expressions (in collaboration with Optical Microscopy at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University): Exploring the World of Optics and Microscopy, and Microscopy Primer, Introduction to Microscopy. This treatise on Microscopy is divided into several sections, e.g. specialized microscopy techniques, anatomy of the microscope, the 50 most commonly asked questions about microscopy and photomicrography, web resources etc. Visit the Interactive Java Tutorials. These virtual microscopes explore specimen focus, illumination intensity, magnification, and translation, operating essentially in a manner that is identical to real-life microscopes. Excellent!

School of Construction and Earth Sciences, Oxford Brookes University: Scanning Electron Microscopy. A series of geologically inclined electron microscopy and microanalysis links, and: An Introduction to Electron Microscopy & Microanalysis.

Susanne Pignolet Brandom, MicroWorld Resources and News: An Annotated Guide to On-line Resources for Microscopists and Other Scientists.

Wallace Marshall, Laboratory of John Sedat, Structural Biology Group in the Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics at UCSF - UC, San Francisco: Links to Microscopy, Computer Vision, and Image Processing Related Web Sites.

SCANNING. Scanning provides an international and interdisciplinary medium for the rapid exchange of information among all scientists interested in scanning electron, scanning probe, and scanning optical microscopies.

Richard Tyson, Fossil Fuels and Environmental Geochemistry, Newcastle Research Group (NRG), Newcastle: An introduction to palynological fluorescence microscopy.

Wim van Egmond, Micscape Magazine, U.K.: An Introduction to Microscopy. In the following pages you will get information about the microscope and about the subjects you can study with. Further links direct you to many articles that appeared in the monthly web magazine Micscape.

Duncan Waddell, Centre for Microscopy and Microanlaysis CCMM), University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia: The Nanoworld Home Page. The CMM is an interdisciplinary research and service facility dedicated to an understanding of the structure and composition of all materials at atomic, molecular, cellular and macromolecular scales. Visit the Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) and Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) sites and the Nanoworld´s Hotlist of General WWW Sites.

The Wilson Group, University of California, San Diego: The World of Physical Chemistry, Spectroscopy. Go to Introduction to Spectroscopy and Polarization.

The WWW-Virtual Library: Microscopy.

Stephen M. Wolniak, Department of Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland: Principles of Microscopy.

YAHOO: Science > Engineering > Optical Engineering Microscopy, or Regional > Countries > United Kingdom > Science > Engineering > Optical Engineering Microscopy.

Carl Zeiss: Mikroskopie (in German).

Hans Dieter Zimmermann, Geologisk Institut, Aarhus Universitet, Århus, Denmark: Polarisationsmikroskopi. In Danish.