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Subject: Internet Resources Newsletter, Issue 85
INTERNET RESOURCES NEWSLETTER
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ISSN: 1361-9381
Heriot-Watt University Library
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Catherine Ferguson and Catherine Ure.
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ISSUE 85- CONTENTS
COMMENT
11 September
New to the Internet Resources Newsletter
Visit to China: IceCE 2001
Internet Resources Newsletter by email
A-Z NEW AND NOTABLE WEB SITES
Information and reviews of new and recent Web sites
NICE WEB SITE
This month:
Electronic Journal Miner
SciTechResources.gov
Info@UK
PRESS RELEASES
Enhancement to ISI Web of Science
Enhanced service for Ei Compendex
CSA's parent company, the Cambridge Information Group (CIG), has
acquired the R.R. Bowker publishing operations from Reed Elsevier Inc.
NETSKILLS UPDATE
An update about Netskills
BOOK REVIEW
Review of: Mr White and The Ravens, by Geoff Palmer
NETWORK NEWS
BUBL BIDS EEVL SOSIG EDINA
CHEST MIMAS RUDI BIOME ELDIS
Netskills BIZ/ed AHDS JISCmail
Data Archive TASI Chemical Database Service
RECENT INTERNET BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY
NEW LISTS
GET A LIFE! LEISURE TIME
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COMMENT
I am sure that readers of this Newsletter join with me in praying for
all those who had friends and relatives involved in the terrible events
of 11th September.
The tragedy and responses to the events have featured in many thousands
of Web pages. I have not included any in this month's issue, but instead
would point you to a tribute site which has been produced by Electric
Scotland at: http://www.electricscotland.com/usa/terror_america.htm, and
also mention the World Trade Center Disaster Fund site at
http://www.wtcfund.org.uk/ which has has been created in Britain to
provide relief of hardship or distress for the families and dependents
of victims in need.
New to the Internet Resources Newsletter?
October sees the start of the academic year for most universities in the
UK, and there are many new students and staff starting out on their
academic careers.
If you are new to the Internet Resources Newsletter, let me explain that
it is a free current awareness service which is designed to inform about
new and notable Web resources. It also contains news about existing
networked services of interest to academics, and in addition it carries
press releases and book reviews, mostly, though not exclusively, on
books about the Internet. Occasionally, it contains other features. All
subjects are covered, with an emphasis on engineering, science and the
social sciences, plus resources of interest to information
professionals.
The Newsletter is published by Heriot Watt University Library, but is
available to anyone with an interest in the Internet. As well as being
available on the Web at http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.html it is
available by email (see below). It is not supported by advertising.
There is an Internet Resources Newsletter Archive at
http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/az.html which now contains links to many
thousands of resources. The Archive is not actively maintained, so you
may find broken links in it. Previous issues of the Newsletter are
available at http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/previous.html and there is
also a Nice Web Site Archive at
http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/nicesite.html. You can find reviews of
magazines which have been reviewed in previous issues at
http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/inprint.html .
Finally, a reminder that Pinakes at
http://www.hw.ac.uk/libWWW/irn/pinakes/pinakes.html is a useful subject
launchpad where you will find links to a number of gateways to quality
and evaluated Web sites. These are ideal for finding materials for
academic work.
Visit to China: ICeCE 2001
I recently visited Xi'an in China, where I attended the International
Conference on eCommerce Engineering 2001 (ICeCE 2001). The aim of the
conference was to provide an international forum for researchers
interested in ecommerce, digital enterprises and digital economies.
The purpose of mytrip was to accompy Dr Heather Rea, Dept Mech & Chem
Eng, Heriot Watt University, who presented a paper entitled "Part-
sourcing in a global market" about ShapeSearch.net, an exciting EPSRC
funded project aiming to develop a on-line resource for design and
manufacturing to allow engineers to search the Web for similar 3D
models.
Over 100 delegates attended ICeCE 2001, which was organised by the
School of Mechanical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University with input
from the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, The
University of Hong Kong, and the School of Engineering, Leeds
Metropolitan University. A wide range of papers was presented at the
Conference - too many to describe in detail here. It is especially
significant that China was the base for this conference as that country
has a massive potential for development in this area. The economy is
expanding very rapidly, and manufacturing and engineering are particular
growth areas. Next year the conference will be held in Beijing.
Being a librarian, one thing which impressed me was the Library at Xi'an
Jiaotong University. It was an enormous, attractive modern building,
which I was told was open 24 hours a day and housed many hundreds of
thousands of volumes. In a future issue of this newsletter I will try to
include some photos of the building. In China, information is obviously
regarded as important.
Many thanks go to Professor Pingyu Jiang and Professor Kai Cheng, who
worked hard to make the conference a success.
Roddy MacLeod
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A-Z NEW & NOTABLE WEB SITES
Accretion Disk
http://www.accretiondisk.org/
"The Accretion Disk is one of the Largest Expert-Reviewed Astronomy
Directories Lists On the Internet With Over 3000 Links To Astronomy Web
Sites"
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AI on the Web
http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~russell/ai.html
This page points to other sites around the web with information on
Artificial Intelligence. It is organized according to the chapters in
the book AI: A Modern Approach.
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AlterNet.org
http://www.alternet.org/
"AlterNet.org is a project of the Independent Media Institute, a
nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening and supporting
independent and alternative journalism.
First launched in 1998, AlterNet's online magazine provides a mix of
news, opinion and investigative journalism on subjects ranging from the
environment, the drug war, technology and cultural trends to policy
debate, sexual politics and health issues. The AlterNet article database
includes more than 7,000 stories from over 200 sources."
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AMA Research
http://www.amaresearch.co.uk/
AMA Research are specialist market research providers for the UK
Building and Home Improvement products industry.
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Arabic and Islamic Books are us
http://www.arabic-islamic-books.com/
A publishing house in the Arabic and Islamic world.
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Australian Federation Full Text Database
http://setis.library.usyd.edu.au/fed/
"The Australian Federation Full Text Database contains the debates and
conventions of the 1890's leading up to Federation, including Bathurst
and Corowa, with a range of participants' accounts and other contextual
material from the time. These include the Quick and Garran "Annotated
Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia", and "Studies in
Australian Constitutional Law" by Andrew Inglis Clark, as well as a
large number of books, pamphlets and articles by Deakin, Barton,
Griffiths and others. "
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Business360 Research
http://www.business360.com/
"We're a business research service that focuses on sourcing Web-based
information. We have a new and unique way of conducting business
research with hundreds of business researchers, information
professionals and subject experts working together via the Internet to
deliver quality business research for our clients, fast and
cost-effectively."
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CDR-PORT.com
http://www.cdr-port.com/
New search engine which is dedicated to Telecom, ISP and Communications
activities in general.
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Children's Historical Literature Disseminated throughout Europe: CHILDE
http://www.bookchilde.org/
CHILDE is a project, funded under the European Commission's Culture 2000
programme, that uses web technology to allow wider and more open access
to images from collections of early children's books in Europe.
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Collaborative Digital Reference Service: CDRS
http://www.loc.gov/rr/digiref/
"The Collaborative Digital Reference Service (CDRS) provides
professional reference service to researchers any time anywhere, through
an international, digital network of libraries and related institutions.
The service uses new technologies to provide the best answers in the
best context, by taking advantage not only of the millions of Internet
resources but also of the many more millions of resources that are not
online and that are held by libraries. CDRS supports libraries by
providing them additional choices for the services they offer their end
users. Libraries can assist their users by connecting to the CDRS to
send questions that are best answered by the expert staff and
collections of CDRS member institutions from around the world. Local,
regional, national, and global: the library tradition of value-added
service will be the CDRS hallmark."
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Contaminated Land: Applications In Real Environments: CLAIRE
http://www.claire.co.uk
CL:AIRE is a public/private partnership involving the following
stakeholders:
government policy makers
regulators
industry
research organisations
technology developers
CL:AIRE provides a link between the main players in contaminated land
remediation in the UK, to catalyse the development of cost-effective
methods of investigating and remediating contaminated land in a
sustainable way.
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Cyber-CV
http://www.cyber-cv.com/
An online recruitment company
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Electronic Journal Miner
http://ejournal.coalliance.org/
This looks like a very useful listing of hundreds of e-journals.
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Engineering.com
http://www.engineering.com/engineering.htm
"ENGINEERING.com is more than a website, it is the engineer's ultimate
resource tool."
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Eshop
http://www.panasonic.co.uk/eshop
"Panasonic UK is happy to announce the launch of its newly re-designed
online shopping site Eshop"
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Ethics Updates
http://ethics.acusd.edu/index.html
Ethics Updates is designed primarily to be used by ethics instructors
and their students. It is intended to provide updates on current
literature, both popular and professional, that relates to ethics.
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Fire Find
http://www.fire-find.com/
Firefighting Search Engine
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Info@UK
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Info@UK is a monthly bulletin on Information Society developments within
the United Kingdom and around the world compiled by the Information
Management Research Institute (IMRI), University of Northumbria on
behalf of the British Council.
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Institute of Environmental Management: IEMA
http://www.iema.net/
Formed in September 1999, following the merger of the Institute of
Environmental Management, the Environmental Auditor's Registration
Association, and Institute of Environmental Assessment, the Institute is
the leading UK membership organisation dedicated to the promotion of the
goal of sustainable development and to the professional development of
individuals involved in environmental management and assessment, whether
they be in business, government, consultancy or the regulators.
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InterActive Software Concepts
http://www.intersoftconcepts.com/
"We are specially trained to conduct data mining and knowledge discovery
using our own smart Internet search software and methods. The Wide World
Web search space is growing rapidly every day. In this knowledge driven
world, let us provide your company with data and knowledge extraction
products that will save valuable time and money."
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Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship
http://www.library.ucsb.edu/istl/01-summer/
The Summer 2001 issue of Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship is
now available
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IT Construction Best Practice
http://www.itcbp.org.uk/itcbp/
A one-stop source of information and guidance on the benefits of
effective IT use for the UK construction industry.
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Ithaki
http://www.ithaki.net/
A metasearch tool
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Learning about the Holocaust through Art
http://art.holocaust-education.net/
Learning about the Holocaust through Art is an important new
contribution to Holocaust education. This free website provides
high-quality reproductions of art works produced during the Holocaust.
It also includes biographies of the artists and histories of the ghettos
and camps in which they were interned. Study resources and lesson plans
support its use in the classroom and an interactive section enables
users to choose and annotate works for their own online collection. This
resource is available in both English and Hebrew, with Russian and
Spanish versions planned. The website has been jointly produced by World
ORT (an international educational charity) and Beit Lohamei Haghetaot (a
major Holocaust museum in Israel).
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Les Classiques des sciences sociales
http://www.uqac.uquebec.ca/zone30/Classiques_des_sciences_sociales/index
.html
A collection of 92 e-books up to now available both in Word and PDF
format. Collection included books by Boukharine, Comte, Darwin,
Descartes, De Tocqueville, Durkheim, Engels, Hobbes, etc.
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Manufacturing Week 2001
http://www.manweek.co.uk/
October 30th - 1st November Hall 19, NEC Birmingham
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MathAid
http://www.mathaid.com/
Interactive online lessons include theoretical concepts, hands-on
examples featuring animated graphics and "live" formulas,
problem-solving lessons, and customizable real time tests with solutions
and evaluations covering Algebra II through Pre-Calculus.
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MessageKing
http://www.messageking.com/
MessageKing is a message board search engine. It helps you search for
specific discussion topics on message boards and forums from hundreds of
web sites on the internet.
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Nature Debates: Future e-access to the primary literature
http://www.nature.com/nature/debates/e-access/
"The main aim of this forum is to bring some of the substance of this
Brownian motion of Internet issues to a broader grassroots audience and
debate the implications for the future dissemination of scientific
information."
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now2business
http://www.andys-now2business.co.uk/n2b/n2b_index.cfm
A UK Business directory.
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Oilzine
http://www.oilzine.com/
"We offer advice on student life, student finances, careers, health,
sex, UK festivals, and reviews of the latest film, music, computer game
and book releases."
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Online CPD
http://www.onlinecpd.net/
"We provide Online Continuing Professional Development for engineers. We
offer convenient access to high quality interactive multimedia
resources, reference information and collaborative communication
systems, designed to meet the professional development requirements of
the region's engineering industry"
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Quarry Products Association
http://www.qpa.org/
The QPA represents the interests of more than 120 quarry operators who
between them produce over 90 per cent of the UK's construction materials
and, in doing so, provide livelihoods for 40,000 people.
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Quipu
http://infodome.sdsu.edu/research/guides/quipu/
New address for the Andean archaeology vortal.
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Resource Discovery Network text only format
http://www.rdn.ac.uk/text-only/parser.cgi/www.rdn.ac.uk
The Resource Discovery Network's services are now available in a text
only format
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SciTechResources.gov
http://www.scitechresources.gov/
Provides the scientist, engineer, and science aware citizen with easy
access to government resources.
"This web site is still in the data gathering stage. Please realize that
many important sources have yet to be added."
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Search for the invisible web
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,547140,00.html
An article in Guardian Unlimited.
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Simply Slides
http://www.simply-slides.co.uk/
Simply Slides provides a range of professional digitisation services,
including scanning, digital enhancement, printing, consultancy and
technical support. Digital images can be used in an almost unlimited
number of electronic applications such as Web Publishing, Catalogue
Management, PC Presentations, Digital Printing, CD-ROM Publishing,
On-line Slide Shows, Electronic Messaging, and much more.
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SOAPClient
http://soapclient.com/
SoapClient.com is a resource center for SOAP developers. We provide
product information, SOAP tools, and SOAP services such as web search
and data access.
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Spectral Lines (ejournal)
http://www.spectrallines.com
spectroscopyNOW's e-zine, written by David Bradley.
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Steel Mills
http://www.steelmills.com/
"Steelmills.com is the First Search Engine of steel related sites on the
internet. As our database grow, this site will be used by thousands of
students, engineers and professionals from the field of metallurgy."
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Student Textbooks Essential Bookshelf
http://www.amazon.co.uk/studenttextbooks
From Amazon.com
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Tecfind
http://www.tecfind.co.uk/
This purpose of this site is to be a guide for sourcing engineering
companies.
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Turnitin
http://www.turnitin.com/
"Welcome to Turnitin.com, the world's leading resource for educators and
students concerned with the deterioration of academic integrity in our
schools. Our service makes it easy to find out if any homework
assignment, essay, or research paper has been copied or paraphrased from
the Internet, and ensures that students are getting the most out of
their education. We also offer several other unique features, including
an online Peer Review service, Digital Archiving, and an upcoming Online
Grading System."
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Wikipedia
http://www.wikipedia.com/
A collaborative project to produce a complete encyclopedia from scratch.
Started in January 2001 and already there are over 11,000 articles.
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NICE WEB SITE
In the course of finding sites of interest for this Newsletter, we
sometimes come across Web sites which we feel deserve slightly more than
a passing mention. Each month we will pick out one or more such sites,
and give them a short review. The sites will normally be UK based, may
be small or large, and be of interest or potential interest to
academics. After lengthy discussions we have decided, with incredible
creativity :-), to call these: Nice Web Sites. Details of previous Nice
Web Sites are available in the Nice Web Site Archive.
This month there are three Nice Web Sites:
Electronic Journal Miner
http://ejournal.coalliance.org/
This searchable and browseable directory includes hundreds of ejournals.
It is easy to use, and allows searches to be limited to free or
peer-reviewed journals. Most useful!
SciTechResources.gov
http://www.scitechresources.gov/
This is a US government site that provides the scientist, engineer, and
technologist with easy, one-stop access to key U.S. Government
resources. The sorts of things you can find here are: Computer software,
Expertise, Federal laboratories, Information centers, Inventions for
licensing, Online databases, Sources of images and photographs, Sources
of publications, reports, and data, and Technology transfer
opportunities. You can search for resources, or browse by topic.
There's a wealth of information available from this site, even though it
is not yet fully developed.
Info@UK
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This is not a new site, but I found it very informative.
Info@UK is a monthly bulletin on Information Society developments within
the United Kingdom and around the world compiled by the Information
Management Research Institute (IMRI), University of Northumbria on
behalf of the British Council.
Roddy MacLeod
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PRESS RELEASES
**** Enhancement to ISI Web of Science ****
MIMAS are pleased to announce that following the successful completion
of testing of a new site-recognition mechanism (TGP) the ISI Web of
Science Service for UK Education will be enhanced on 17th September as
follows:
Users with personal Athens usernames will have access *off campus* to
the institution-specific facilities: - Links to full text (n.b. though
some publishers may still implement an IP check) - Local Holdings search
The mechanism will support improved communication between ISI products,
enabling direct linking between WoS and Current Contents Connect, BIOSIS
etc.
In addition TGP adds the potential to offer optional extensions, should
they be offered in the future, e.g. Back years.
Please note - on completion of the change-over users 'Saved Searches'
will need to be opened with the File-Open browser functions and
re-saved. Full instructions - linked from a prominent message on the
Service Home page will be available. MIMAS apologises for this
inconvenience.
New Training Service
In addition further to our recent announcement regarding the Training
Service, testing has now been completed and the service will be
available from the 17th September. Links to this service and
instructions for tutors will be available from the training page at:
http://wos.mimas.ac.uk/training.html
For added information the previous TGP and Training Service
announcements can be found at: http://wos.mimas.ac.uk/news.html
Bibliographic Software
The ability to link to ISI WoS from Reference Manager 9.5 and EndNote 5
bibliographic software has been tested and will be available to users
from the 17th September, full instructions will be placed in the WoS
Bibliographic Software FAQ web pages at:
http://wos.mimas.ac.uk/biblio_faq.html
New logos
ISI have recently issued revised logos for their products with a
consistent 'look & feel'. These will be introduced to on the 1st
October. For a preliminary look please see:
http://wos.mimas.ac.uk/news/newlogos.html For any additional information
or assistance in regard to the ISI WoS Service for UK Education please
contact the helpdesk at: [log in to unmask]
**** Enhanced service for Ei Compendex ****
The following is an extract from CHEST Data Messenger 07Sep2001
CHEST is pleased to announce that resulting from regular discussion
between CHEST and EEII (the licensors for Ei Compendex) and with the
full involvement of EDINA a much enhanced service will become available
from 1st October 2001.
Using the same usernames and passwords, users at subscribing
institutions will be able to go through the EDINA service to
"Engineering Village 2".
The new service is complimentary to the existing service and
cross-searchable access to EEVL will continue to be available.
**** CSA's parent company, the Cambridge Information Group (CIG), has
acquired the R.R. Bowker publishing operations from Reed Elsevier Inc.
****
The Bowker bibliographic databases, LISA: Library and Information
Science Abstracts, ANTE: Abstracts in New Technologies and Engineering,
BHI: British Humanities Index, and ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index
and Abstracts, will now be published and distributed by CSA (Cambridge
Scientific Abstracts), which will make electronic versions of the
databases available through its Internet Database Service.
CSA will also publish the following primary journals from Bowker:
*British Catalog of Music
*Business Information Review
*Business Information Testdrive
*What's New in Business Information
*European Business Intelligence Briefing
*Information Research Watch International
*Information Development
*Information Management Report
*Journal of Commonwealth Literature
*Journal of Information Science
*Journal of Librarianship and Information Science
CIG has established a new subsidiary, R.R. Bowker LLC, to operate Books
In Print, Ulrich's Guide to Periodicals and the ISBN Agency. Michael
Cairns, formerly the Executive Vice President and General Manager of
Reed's Bowker unit, will head the new company. R.R. Bowker LLC will
continue to be based in New Providence, New Jersey and maintain its
current offices in Tampa, Florida, East Grinstead, U.K., and Melbourne,
Australia.
To see the entire press release, visit:
http://www.csa.com/csa/news/csa-pressrelease.shtml
For more information, please contact [log in to unmask] or visit
www.csa.com/press
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NETSKILLS UPDATE
About Netskills:
1. Netskills is part funded by the JISC committee of the UK HE & FE
funding bodies.
* Netskills has been in the business of providing quality internet
training since 1995. Since then over 15,000 people from students to
professors, secretaries to lawyers have enhanced and developed their
internet skills by making use of one or more of the services provided by
Netskills.
* Netskills services fall broadly into three categories:
i) Delivering workshops In addition to the wide range of hands-on
workshops delivered at regional centres throughout the UK, we deliver
on-site training for institutions and organisations that have
appropriate facilities. See
http://www.netskills.ac.uk/workshops/ibw/index.html
ii) Developing training materials for use by other trainers Netskills
produces a comprehensive range of quality internet training materials,
tried and tested in their own training courses and available under
licence for you to use. These materials have been developed specifically
for the education community. See http://materials.netskills.ac.uk/
iii) Provision of the on line, self-paced tutorial - TONIC With TONIC
(The On line Netskills Interactive Course) beginners to the internet can
explore various introductory internet topics in an easily digestible
format. See http://www.netskills.ac.uk/TONIC/
2. Netskills Internet Training Materials
Much of the material used in the Netskills workshops is also available
for use under licence by other trainers. There are currently 44 Training
Modules available, covering a full range of introductory to advanced
topics.
Netskills materials provide for a very cost-effective way of delivering
Internet training to staff and students. It avoids the need for staff
across campus to develop and maintain their own materials, as Internet
training is undertaken by a wider and wider range of departments such as
Computing Services, Library, Staff Development, Learning Technology
Support Units, etc as well as individual academic staff members teaching
their students.
Format:
Each module consists of a Powerpoint presentation (with speaker's notes)
and MS Word documents containing hands-on exercises. Supplementary
materials include fact sheets, set-up instructions (if needed), details
about the module, and hardware and software requirements. Modules
typically contain material for 2-2.5 hours of training, although many
modules naturally complement each other and can easily be combined to
form longer courses. All our materials can be edited by the trainer if
required.
Topics:
Netskills Training materials cover 6 main areas:
* Introducing the Internet: Modules in this area are designed to help
the beginner get to grips with using the internet, covering the basics
of surfing, (in particular using Internet Explorer) online etiquette,
explaining the jargon and demonstrating some practical uses.
* Searching and Information Skills: With the vast array of information
available on the web it is often difficult to find the information that
you want. Netskills has a range of modules that will help users
understand, plan, implement and evaluate information searches on the web
using appropriate tools and resources.
* Communication and Collaboration: The extensive communications
facilities available on the web provide an excellent medium for
collaborative work. A range of modules has been developed that provides
an overview of the tools available and the practicalities of their use.
*Learning and Teaching These modules cover the tools available for
delivery of teaching materials and assessment online, including the use
of Managed Learning Environments (MLEs). Several modules deal
specifically with the practical use of the WebCT MLE, and still others
deal with the use of the BlackBoard MLE.
* Developing a Web Site Netskills has developed a wide range of modules
that investigate and explain the creation of web pages and sites.
Modules cover HTML, converting MS office documents, use of images and
multimedia, creating forms and some of the tools that can be used to
assist web page development including FrontPage.
* Web Technologies Although considered to be among the more advanced web
technologies ASP, CGI, Server-Side Includes, Cascading Style Sheets,
JavaScript, Java Applets and databases are increasingly used in the
development of web sites. Several modules have been developed to
describe these technologies and investigate the uses for which they are
appropriate.
Licence fees:
Netskills Training Modules are available individually or as a set under
an educational entire-site licence (covering staff and students). The
following discounted prices apply to UK HE and FE institutions.
* The licence fee for an individual Training Module is only 50 pounds
per year (plus VAT).
* The Gold Scheme licence covers use of the full and expanding set of
Netskills standard material, with new material available for use by
institutions immediately it is released. The Gold Scheme Educational
Licence is currently just 1400 pounds + VAT and there are at present 44
training modules.
The licence allows twelve months unlimited not-for-profit internal use
for training your staff and students. More information about the
materials and licence schemes is at http://materials.netskills.ac.uk/ .
3. Keeping in touch There is a mailing list
[log in to unmask] which is where we send a monthly news
bulletin which includes details of new training modules, and also
information about our regional one-day workshops.
To join send a message to: [log in to unmask]
Body of Message:
join netskills-news your name
(replacing "your name" with your name)
4. Contacting Netskills
Email: [log in to unmask]
Web: http://www.netskills.ac.uk/
Post: Netskills University Computing Service
University of Newcastle
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU UK
Telephone: +44 191 222 5000 Facsimile: +44 191 222 5001
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BOOK REVIEW
Review of:
Mr White and the Ravens
by Geoff Palmer
Gopher Publishers
ISBN 90-76953-27-9
#4.99
Web: http://www.gopherpublishers.com/
Professor Geoff Palmer is a very well-known and liked figure around
Heriot Watt University. When he walks into a room or office the
atmosphere immediately lightens as he describes his latest escapade or
experience.
So easy is he to get along with that sometimes its hard to realise that
he is one of the most respected academics in his area of expertise
(grain science and technology). Now he's turned his hand to something
quite different - a short book entitled "Mr White and The Ravens", which
has been delightfully illustrated by Jeremy Neville, and is published by
Gopher Publishers in Elgin.
The book tells the story of Mr White. Mr White is a racist and a
thoroughly unpleasant character. He has no comprehension of a single
human race that includes women and foreigners, and believes that having
fought for his country, he is entitled to believe whatever he wants and
act accordingly. Although he feeds the starlings and sparrows that come
into his garden, he hates the ravens and thinks they should migrate and
not return.
Eventually, something happens to cause his awakening.
This fable about prejudice is especially relevant in the light of recent
events. Read it yourself, or read it to someone young. As Geoff Palmer
writes "...true redemption from prejudice does not come from rules, it
comes from education or a sudden moral shock that changes human beings
for the better".
RM
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NETWORK NEWS
BIDS News Bulletins
http://www.bids.ac.uk/info/fs_whatsnew.htm
BIDS is a UK provider of networked information services for higher
education and research.
http://www.bids.ac.uk/info/fs_whatsnew.htm
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NISS News
A week-by-week listing of new information resources on the NISS
(National Information Services and Systems) Information Gateway selected
by experts in the subject area is available at:
http://www.niss.ac.uk/welcome/whatsnew.html
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BUBL News
BUBL has retained a strong library element, but now provides a
subject-based service to the academic and research community more
generally, this via the BUBL LINK Subject Tree. The latest news from
BUBL is available at:
http://bubl.ac.uk/news/
The latest updates to the BUBL LINK / 5:15 Catalogue of Internet
Resources are available at:
http://bubl.ac.uk/link/updates/current.html
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EEVL News
The latest Additions to EEVL, The Hub for Engineering, Mathematics and
Computing, are available at:
http://www.eevl.ac.uk:4321/whatsnew/
EEVL is about to release a brand new service. Watch the space
http://www.eevl.ac.uk/
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SOSIG News
The latest additions to SOSIG (Social Science Information Gateway) are
available at:
http://sosig.esrc.bris.ac.uk/roads/whats-new.html
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EDINA Newsline
The latest issue of Edina (Edinburgh Data & INformation Access) Newsline
can be found at:
http://edina.ed.ac.uk/newsline/
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CHEST News
CHEST aims to obtain quality commercial software, datasets, training
materials and other IT products for the Education and Research Community
at low prices and attractive licence terms. The latest news from CHEST
is available at:
http://www.chest.ac.uk/news.html
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MIMAS News
MIMAS is a JISC-supported national data centre run by Manchester
Computing, at the University of Manchester, to provide the following
range of services to the academic community:
Flexible on-line access to strategic research and teaching datasets.
Access to key bibliographic information.
Access to specialist support and training.
Access to software packages and large-scale computing resources.
The latest news from MIMAS can be found at:
http://www.mimas.ac.uk/news.html
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New on RUDI
RUDI (Resource for Urban Design Information) is a multimedia information
resource for research and teaching in the field of urban design in the
Western cultural context. The latest news from RUDI can be found at:
http://www.rudi.net/
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BIOME News
BIOME is a collection of gateways which provide access to evaluated,
quality Internet resources in the health and life sciences, aimed at
students, researchers, academics and practitioners. The latest news from
BIOME can be found at:
http://biome.ac.uk/whatsnew/
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Netskills: News
Netskills aims to help the UK HE community make effective use of the
Internet for teaching, research and administration. The latest news from
Netskills can be found at:
http://www.netskills.ac.uk/news/
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What's new on Eldis
Electronic Development and Environment Information System. A gateway to
information sources on development or the environment. What's new on
Eldis can be found at:
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/wnew.htm
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What's New on Biz/ed
Biz/ed is a dedicated business and economics information gateway for
students, teachers and lecturers.
http://www.bized.ac.uk/homeinfo/whatsnew.htm
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AHDS Newsletter
The latest issue of the AHDS (Arts and Humanities Data Service)
Newsletter can be found at:
http://ahds.ac.uk/newsletters.htm
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JISCmail News
JSICmail provides electronic discussion lists for the UK higher
education community.
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/news.htm
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UK Data Archive news
The UK Data Archive at the University of Essex houses the largest
collection of accessible computer-readable data in the social sciences
and humanities in the United Kingdom. It is a national resource centre,
disseminating data throughout the United Kingdom and, by arrangement
with other national archives, internationally.
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/home/archiveNews.asp
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Chemical Data Service (CDS)
CDS provides on-line access to a variety of quality databases in the
field of Chemistry, plus support, training and advice. This is available
(free of charge) to academics at UK Universities.
http://cds.dl.ac.uk/cds/
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Academic Info
Your gateway to quality educational resources. Academic Info is an
annotated subject directory tailored toward a college and university
audience and is used by students, librarians, and researchers.
http://www.academicinfo.net/new.html
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DNER News
The Distributed National Electronic Resource (DNER) is a managed
environment for accessing quality assured information resources on the
Internet which are available from many sources.
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/dner/news/
RECENT INTERNET BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY
The Mantex Information Design web site has reviews of some of the books
mentioned in previous issues of the Internet Resources Newsletter.
Recent Arrivals
658.84 CHA
e-marketing strategy
by Ian Chaston
McGraw-Hill, 2001
A complete list of new books added to Heriot-Watt University Library is
available from the Library News page.
http://www.hw.ac.uk/library/news.html
NEW LISTS
SCOT-FE-GUIDANCE
This list will support Guidance Staff in Scotland's 46 Further Education
Colleges. The mailing list will support communication and the sharing of
best practice.
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/scot-fe-guidance.html
SCOTSNOF
A list to assist in the co-ordination of NOF funded and other
digitisation projects in Scotland. Topics will include issues such as
standards, co-operation and interoperability.
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/scotsnof.html
New JISCmail Lists
A list of new JISCmail lists is available here.
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/docs/newlists-web.htm
GET A LIFE! - LEISURE TIME
Walking and Hiking
http://www.hejoly.demon.nl/
Beer Advocate
http://beeradvocate.com/
Courier Travel
http://www.couriertravel.org/
Cricket game?
http://www.bossmonster.com/e4/cricket/cricket.html
Movie Review Query Engine
http://www.mrqe.com/
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