Looking for a way to get a general overview of some issues relating to science? Try this directory from Google.com. Does the number of entries online surprise you? Why or why not?
Let's say you want to do some research on the topic of entropy, but you don't know where to start. This great collection of links, "Entropy of the World Wide Web," will get you going.
An interesting way to see the scope of Cole's work is to browse through the list of her citations at the Library of Congress. Did you find anything there that surprised you?
Here is the table of contents for Cole's book Mind Over Matter: Conversations with the Cosmos. What can you learn about the book from reading the TOC? Are you interested in reading the book based on what you've learned?