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ISSUE 88- CONTENTS
COMMENT
Inflation
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:
RAE 2001
PRESS RELEASES
psci-com relaunched
UDC Now Available Online
The Scientist and BioMed Central Come Together to Publish High-Impact
Magazine
BOOK REVIEW
Review of: The Advanced Internet Searcher's Handbook, by Phil Bradley
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
GET A LIFE! LEISURE TIME
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COMMENT
Season's Greetings
A Guid New Year to all readers of the Internet Resources Newsletter! I hope
you enjoyed the long break as much as I did. There was plenty snow where I
saw in the New Year, and also lots of other kinds of liquids.
Periodical Prices
Who says inflation is dead? Just look at the following figures which show
the increase in prices of academic periodicals in 2000 compared to 1999.
Source = 2001 L.I.S.T. (
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/dils/lisu/list01/pub01.html )
Humanities & Social Sciences
No. of titles in sample = 841
Average price #165.40
% increase over 1999, 13.47
Medicine
No. of titles in sample = 203
Average price #396.22
% increase over 1999, 14.88
Science & technology
No. of titles in sample = 963
Average price #671.77
% increase over 1999, 8.88
Internet Resources Newsletter by email
Over 4,500 people now subscribe to the email version of this Newsletter,
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A-Z NEW & NOTABLE WEB SITES
9th Europaen Conference on Information Technology Evaluation: ECITE 2002
http://www.mcil.co.uk/2f-ecite2002-callforpapers.htm
Call for papers. To be held at Universiti Dauphine, Paris, France, 15-16
July 2002
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Abacho
http://www.abacho.co.uk/
UK search engines with news, etc.
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Author Pseudonyms
http://www.trussel.com/books/pseudo.htm
Author pseudonyms, aliases, nicknames, working names, legalized names, pen
names, noms des plumes, maiden names... etc.
Over 11,000 entries.
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Azoos.Net
http://www.azoos.net/
A new search engine.
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British BioGen
http://www.britishbiogen.co.uk/
The trade association to the UK bioenergy industry.
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Common Information Service System: CISS
http://outside.cdc.gov:8000/ciss/Welcome.html
CISS is an information system provided as a public service by NIOSH Mining
Safety & Health Research (formerly the U.S. Bureau of Mines).
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Construction Products Association: CPA
http://www.constprod.org.uk/
An association for producers and suppliers of construction products.
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Cursor (ejournal)
http://www.cursor.org/
A news magazine
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Developing Nations Initiatives
http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/develop.shtml
"In the year 2001, a number of organizations began to develop or to
publicize programs designated to bring high quality, peer-reviewed sciences
journals for free or very cheaply to developing nations. This site begins to
identify such programs and to provide links where readers may learn more
about them."
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Digital Energy Atlas and Library
http://www.ukdeal.co.uk/
Data catalogue of reference information and vendor products for the United
Kingdom offshore oil & gas industry.
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Digital Resources for the Humanities: DRH 2002
http://www.drh2002.lib.ed.ac.uk/
DRH 2002 will be held at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh University
Library, George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9LJ, Scotland UK, from 8th-11th
September 2002.
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Document Security and Digital Rights Management
http://www.alpsp.org/s261001.htm
ALPSP seminar, Friday 26 October 2001, British Institute of Radiology, 36
Portland Place, London W1N 4AT
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DoubleTwist
http://www.doubletwist.com/
Involved in IT and life science research.
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Electronic Resource Preservation and Access NETwork: ERPANET
http://www.erpanet.org/
The European Commission funded ERPANET Project will establish an expandable
European Consortium, which will make viable and visible information, best
practice and skills development in the area of digital preservation of
cultural heritage and scientific objects.
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Energy from Waste Association
http://www.efw.org.uk/
"The Energy from Waste Association (EWA) is a non-profit making business
association independent of any one company or technology. EWA draws its
membership from developers, operators and other companies who play or seek
to play a role in the energy from waste (EfW) industry."
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European National Newspapers
http://www.netmasters.co.uk/european_newspapers/
A directory.
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European Search Engines, Directories and Lists
http://www.netmasters.co.uk/european_search_engines/
A nicely set out set of lists.
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European Simulation Interoperability Workshop 2002
http://www.sisostds.org/conference/index.cfm?conf=02euro
24-26 June 2002, University of Westminster, Harrow Campus, just north of
London. The 2002 Euro SIW is an event encompassing a broad range of model
and simulation issues, applications and communities.
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European Software Institute
http://www.esi.es/
"European Software Institute (ESI) has now established itself as one of the
world's major centres for software process improvement"
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Garbage Collection
http://www.cs.ukc.ac.uk/people/staff/rej/gc.html
All about garbage, with a bibliography currently containing over 1875
references.
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Gateway to Associations Online Search Directory of Association Web Sites
http://info.asaenet.org/gateway/OnlineAssocSlist.html
From the American Society of Association Executives. Over 6,500 associations
are listed.
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Great Lakes Atlas
http://www.on.ec.gc.ca/great-lakes-atlas/intro.html
Jointly produced by: Government of Canada, Toronto, Ontario and United
States Environmental Protection Agency, Great Lakes National Program Office,
Chicago, Illinois
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Health & Safety Executive: Workers Web Page
http://www.hse.gov.uk/workers/
"The law puts responsibility on employers and employees to look after health
and safety at work. Part of HSE's job is to help people understand what
these duties mean - and to ensure they are taken seriously."
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Health and Social Services Glossary of Acronyms
http://www.sochealth.co.uk/glossary/glossary.htm
New address for the site mentioned in issue 79.
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Interbuild 2002
http://www.interbuild.expocentric.com/interbuild/
Birmingham NEC on 9 - 13 June, 2002. "Interbuild is, quite simply, the
largest and most important exhibition for the UK building and construction
industry."
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INveStigating Portals for Information Resources And Learning: INSPIRAL Final
Report
http://inspiral.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/documents/documents.html
The INSPIRAL Final Report is now available from this page.
INSPIRAL's purpose is to identify and critically analyse the issues that
surround linking virtual learning environments (VLEs) and digital libraries,
focusing on institutional and end-user perspectives.
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JISC Information Environment: Development Strategy 2001-2005 (Draft)
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/dner/development/IEstrategy.html
"Access to high quality on-line information and learning resources is now
essential to all engaged in education, whether as students, teachers, or
researchers. But finding and using the right resources is not easy - for
example, exploiting multimedia materials can be particularly demanding. It
is clear also that without the enabling role of a managed environment,
information seekers cannot always be confident about the quality of the
information they encounter. The development of a coherent information
environment is an important means of helping users to maximise the value of
the Internet, by making best use of its bewildering profusion of information
resources."
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JISC Regional Support Centres (RSCs)
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/rsc/contact.html
Contact details for the various RSCs are given here.
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Library journals, newsletters, and zines
http://www.libdex.com/journals.html
A list from eCampus.com.
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Live Art Archive
http://art.ntu.ac.uk/liveart/
"The Live Art Archive holds information about existing Live Art /
Performance Art materials, records and publications primarily in England and
the UK. The audit commenced in 1994, with the support of the Arts Council of
England and has subsequently been developed as a research resource at The
Nottingham Trent University."
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MCIL Management Centre International Limited
http://www.mcil.co.uk/
Courses and conferences on a number of interesting topics.
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Media Focus Online
http://www.bufvc.ac.uk/publications/mediaonline.html
The December 2001 edition of Media Online Focus, the supplement of
Viewfinder is now available from this page.
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MentorsUK
http://www.mentorsuk.co.uk/
"Our Mentoring program is designed to steer you away from the pitfalls
suffered by many unguided Engineers. Our designated Mentors have proven
track records of success and now MentorsUK can show you how to achieve a
career success of your own."
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Midwives Online
http://www.midwivesonline.com/
Dedicated to the information needs of clinical midwives, supervisors,
researchers, managers and new parents.
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Milia 2002
http://www.milia.com/
Cannes, France, 4-8 February 2002. MILIA is the largest international
exhibition dedicated to the creation and delivery of interactive content,
combining deal making with serious networking opportunities.
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NetLab and friends
http://www.lub.lu.se/netlab/conf/
NetLab the Research and Development Department at Lund University Libraries,
celebrates its 10 years anniversary with a conference that will take place
10th - 12th of April 2002 in Lund, Sweden.
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Netsurfer Robotics (e-journal)
http://www.netsurf.com/nsr/
Netsurfer Robotics is a monthly e-zine about all things robotic.
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Open Access Forum, November 19, 2001, London
http://www.biomedcentral.com/info/blforum.asp
Papers from this meeting are available.
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Portals to the World
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html
From the Library of Congress. Portals to the World contains selective links
providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other
areas of the world.
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Pro/E (ejournal)
http://www.proe.com/
"Entering its 10th year, Pro/E: The Magazine is firmly established as the
magazine of choice for the Pro/ENGINEER user. This independent publication,
which reaches over 35,000 qualified users, provides the latest information
on cutting-edge developments in the industry"
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Question Mark
http://www.questionmark.com/uk/
Question Mark software makes it easy for educators and trainers to write,
administer and report on assessments, tests, quizzes, exams and surveys
using PCs, local area networks, the Internet and intranets.
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RAE 2001
http://www.rae.ac.uk/
"The main purpose of the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) is to enable the
higher education funding bodies to distribute public funds for research
selectively on the basis of quality. Institutions conducting the best
research receive a larger proportion of the available grant so that the
infrastructure for the top level of research in the UK is protected and
developed. The RAE assesses the quality of research in universities and
colleges in the UK. It takes place every four to five years and the next
exercise will be held in 2001. Around #5 billion of research funds will be
distributed in response to the results of the 2001 RAE."
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Register.com
http://www.register.com/
Commercial site about registering your web address, building the site, and
promoting it.
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RLG DigiNews
http://www.rlg.ac.uk/preserv/diginews/diginews5-6.html
RLG DigiNews is a bimonthly Web-based newsletter. The December issue is now
available.
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RSC East Midlands
http://www.rsc-east-midlands.ac.uk/
"The East Midlands Regional Support Centre (RSC) is a Joint Information
Systems Committee (JISC) funded project, implemented to provide an initial
base of thirty-three FE colleges in the region with web-based resource focus
and technical assistance concerning a wide range of local networking
issues."
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RSC Scotland South & West
http://www.rsc-sw-scotland.ac.uk/
"The Regional Support Centre (RSC) provides support to the twenty two
Colleges of Further Education in the South and West of Scotland in their use
of JANET, the UK academic network, and JISC services generally."
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RSC Wales Information Gateway
http://www.rsc-wales.ac.uk/
"Here you will find a wide range of information and support on using
Information and Learning Technology within Further Education."
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SafetyEd International
http://www.safetyed.org/
"SafetyEd International is a non-profit organization incorporated in the
state of California, and run by volunteers with many years experience in
Internet safety education and child advocacy."
" On our website you will find a huge amount of resources aimed at helping
librarians, parents, teachers, teens and kids enjoy cyberspace safely, both
original research and links to other useful websites and organizations."
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Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography version 40
http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.html
Version 40 of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography is now
available. This selective bibliography presents over 1,500 articles, books,
and other printed and electronic sources that are useful in understanding
scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet.
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Software Dioxide
http://www.Softwaredioxide.com/
A global portal that helps Software Engineering and Management Professionals
build software cheaper, better and faster.
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Standard Industrial Classification Search
http://www.osha.gov/oshstats/sicser.html
This page allows the user to search the 1987 version SIC manual by keyword,
to access descriptive information for a specified 4-digit SIC, and to
examine the manual structure.
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THE Group
http://www.the.co.uk/
THE Group is the UK's largest combined wholesaler and distributor of books,
audio, video, multimedia and computer games.
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The Reading Room
http://www.researchbuzz.com/newsstand.html
A ResearchBuzz page which links to various RSS news feeds.
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Tracking the Net
http://www.freepint.com/issues/131201.htm#tips
An article in Free Pint, by John Garside.
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UK Biogas Association
http://www.biogas.org.uk/
The Biogas Association is one of the UK's seven renewable energy trade
associations.
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VINITI
http://www.viniti.msk.su/Welcome.html
"VINITI the leading information centre in Russia and CIS countries has been
supplying the world community with scientific and technical information
since 1952."
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WoodCenter
http://www.woodcenter.net/
A portal for wood products, lumber, paper and packaging.
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xreferplus
http://www.xreferplus.com/
"xrefer is pleased to announce the launch of its new digital reference
library, xreferplus. Building on the unique concept and technologies behind
the web's reference engine, xreferplus offers libraries of all types and
sizes access to an unparalleled digital reference collection. Containing 100
books from more than 20 world-class publishers and offering new
functionality, check out what xreferplus can offer your library now."
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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.
RAE 2001
http://www.rae.ac.uk/
Funding for research in UK higher education is very much depenent on the
outcomes of the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE). The RAE assesses the
quality of research in universities and colleges in the UK, and takes place
every four to five years. Around #5 billion of research funds will be
distributed in response to the results of the 2001 RAE. This 2001 RAE site,
where the results of the exercise are now available, may not be a
particularly 'Nice Web Site' according to the usual criteria, but it is of
great interest to many of the readers of the Internet Resources Newsletter.
Roddy MacLeod
PRESS RELEASES
**** psci-com relaunched ****
The Wellcome Trust Library has re-launched psci-com ( http://psci-com.org.uk
) after a period of development and re-design. psci-com is a web gateway to
high-quality internet resources on science communication, public engagement
with science and the wider impact of science on society.
At its centre psci-com comprises an evaluated database of high-quality
internet resources relevant to public engagement with science. In selecting
resources for inclusion attention has been paid to items that meet defined
quality criteria and those that are of use to the target audiences.
Resources include funding sources, practical guides for science
communicators, competitions and awards, science centre information. The
gateway also covers the wider issues of science and society including public
attitudes to science, science education, science policy and science and the
arts. The database focused initially on biomedical topics such as human
genetics and society, but has expanded to include many resources outside of
the life sciences. The aim is to appeal to the wide spectrum of disciplines
represented by the public engagement of science community.
Following the redesign of the web site, the user is now able both to search
and browse the database. Browsing is achieved by clicking on a series of
related subject headings which allow the user to follow links between
broader and narrower terms. For example, clicking on Science Communication
will take you to a series of more specific topics such as Science writing,
Science festivals and Risk communication.
Other features include an electronic calendar of conferences, workshops and
other events, access to monthly digests of books, reports and articles on
science and society and access to an electronic discussion forum, also
called psci-com.
In order to reach a wider audience, psci-com has been affiliated with the
BIOME web site. BIOME is a collection of gateways which provide access to
evaluated, quality Internet resources in health and life sciences. This
means that you can access psci-com directly or through BIOME.
If you can suggest any relevant web sites or are planning an event that you
think should be included on psci-com, you can use the form on psci-com to
submit your information. Alternatively, contact me directly.
Louise Simon email: [log in to unmask]
psci-com http://www.psci-com.org.uk
BIOME http://biome.ac.uk
**** UDC Now Available Online ****
The Universal Decimal Classification (UDC), the world's foremost
classification scheme for all fields of knowledge, has been made available
online (in English) as UDC Online BS 1000. UDC Online is designed to index
and retrieve highly technical information and is well suited to indexing
traditional as well as non-traditional media. The new online product from
BSI and Technical Indexes is presented by British Standards Publishing
Limited on behalf of the UDC Consortium (www.udcc.org).
The new product can be used to index multi-media collections, motion
pictures, map collections, art collections and web-based directories of
learning resources. It is uniquely equipped to represent interrelations
between subjects. UDC Online is searchable by truncation, and offers the
option of broadening the search if it is not immediately productive. The
enhanced product now offers:
7 Complete content of the internationally owned official UDC database
7 The most up to date version always available online
7 Number building facility to help construct complex UDC numbers on screen
7 Search and view online
7 Cut and paste to save time and avoid transcription errors
7 User-friendly screens
7 Multiple search strategies e.g. string search in natural language, boolean
search, searching using summaries and shifting to greater detail or browsing
the notation, up or down the hierarchy
7 Context sensitive help
The online format offers many user benefits including a number building
facility that helps construct complex UDC numbers on screen as you watch.
Once the number is complete, cut and paste allows you to record and use it
very quickly and with no risk of transcription error. There are advantages
in using UDC online in Internet services as the UDC structure more than any
other lends itself to machine searching schemes. There has been significant
market interest in an online version of UDC for some time. Those using UDC
will find this new product fills this modern day need."
UDC Online BS 1000 is available on annual subscription at a special
introductory price of #295 p.a. for a limited period only.
Contact:
Geoffrey Robinson
BSI/DISC
Chiswick High Road
London W4 4AL
Tel 020 8996 7426
Fax 020 8996 7448
Paul Golden
BSPL
Chiswick High Road
London W4 4AL
Tel 020 8996 7085
Fax 020 8996 7553
Jackie Louth
Technical Indexes
Willoughby Road Bracknell
Berkshire RG12 8DW
Tel 01344 426311
Fax 01344 424971
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**** The Scientist and BioMed Central Come Together to Publish High-Impact
Magazine ****
The Scientist Inc. (the Philadelphia-based publisher of The Scientist
magazine) and BioMed Central Ltd. (a member of the Current Science Group in
London) have joined forces with the aim of making The Scientist the most
widely read and influential magazine in the life science community.
The Scientist is undergoing a major transformation. With the January 7, 2002
issue, The Scientist will unveil its completely redesigned print format. The
current circulation of The Scientist (50,000 copies in the U.S.) will be
immediately expanded with an additional 25,000 in Europe and Canada - making
it one of the most widely distributed life scienc emagazines in the world.
The Scientist's readers are being profoundly affected by changes in Internet
technology. These changes affect scientific research, patterns of
information exchange, employment opportunities, and collaboration options.
As a result of the partnership, all of these issues will now be covered in
further depth in The Scientist.
The editorial team of The Scientist will collaborate with editorial groups
working within BioMed Central, including the team creating the new and
innovative publication - Faculty of 1000 - an online service highlighting
the most interesting papers published in the life sciences, based on
recommendations from over 1000 leading life scientists.
Contact::
The Scientist
Amanda Addis, Marketing Director
Tel: 215-386-9601 ext. 3027
Fax: 215-386-8712
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www.the-scientist.com
BioMed Central
Gordon Fletcher, Press Officer
Tel: +44 (0)20 7323 0323
Fax: +44 (0)20 7580 1938
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www.biomedcentral.com
BOOK REVIEW
Review of:
The advanced internet searcher's handbook,
2nd edition, by Phil Bradley,
Library Association Publishing, 2002
ISBN: 1-85604-380-0
#29.95
Last month I reviewed 'The Invisible Web' by Chris Sherman and Gary Price,
and said that it was the best book I'd read about the Internet all year. As
it is now a new year, I can safely say that the second edition of Phil
Bradley's 'The advanced internet searcher's handbook' is the best book I've
read this year. Bradley's book is liable to remain the best read for some
time, and I would not like to choose between the two, as they both contain a
great deal of useful information.
The purpose of 'The advanced internet searcher's handbook' is to help people
search the Internet more effectively by giving a better understanding of how
search engines and similar tools work. It goes further than this, though,
and also looks at ways to find images, sound, multimedia and people, and in
addition gives information about numerous other resources.
The first 100 pages deal almost exclusively with search engines - free text
search engines, directory-based search engines, meta-search engines,
natural-language search engines, and resource- or site-specific search
engines. Did you know that there are over 20,000 search engines on the
Internet? Bradley explains how they work, how to make the most of them, how
to focus searches, how to use advanced search features, and when to use the
different types of search engines.
Bradley them gives an outline of other resources such as online communities,
commercially available databases and virtual libraries. Of virtual libraries
he says " they are a very useful set of resources, which are all too often
sadly ignored or badly publicized.", so I was pleased that he cited PINAKES
which is produced by Heriot Watt Library, as a good launchpad to over 40
virtual libraries and gateways.
There are helpful chapters on intelligent agents, newsgroups and mailing
lists, and these are followed by a section giving real examples of Internet
searches to show how to use the various tools discussed in the earlier
chapters. Some crystal ball gazing into the future of searching the Internet
is then followed by forty hints for better and quicker searching.
'The advanced internet searcher's handbook' is well researched and easy to
read. Jargon is avoided, and the lists of Web addresses at the end of each
chapter would make excellent bookmarks. Every information professional with
even the slightest involvement in the Internet should make sure they have
access to a copy of thisbook.
RM
NETWORK NEWS
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/information/news/index.html
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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/whatsnew.htm
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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
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
001.645 MCL
Java & XML
2nd ed., by Brett McLaughlin
O'Reilly, 2001
658.05 PED
Free business & industry information on the Web
by Paul Pedley
Aslib, 2000
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
GET A LIFE! - LEISURE TIME
Not Just Willow
http://www.notjustwillow.co.uk/
Climbing Magazine
http://www.climbing.com/
Sportsology.Net
http://www.sportsology.com
End of issue 88
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