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INTERNET RESOURCES NEWSLETTER

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ISSUE 96- CONTENTS

COMMENT
News items
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:
Sapling: The Architecture, Planning & Landscape INformation Gateway


PRESS RELEASES
U.S. Department of Energy Proposes to Discontinue PubSCIENCE
IOP adopts OAI technical framework
Award-winning scientific search engine, Scirus, and Fast deliver improved
search experience for researchers
The Scientist Launches New Website

NETWORK NEWS
BUBL BIDS EEVL SOSIG EDINA
CHEST MIMAS RUDI BIOME ELDIS
Netskills BIZ/ed AHDS JISCmail
Data Archive TASI Chemical Database Service


BOOK REVIEWS
Review of: Getting and staying noticed on the web: your web promotion
questions answered by Phil Bradley

RECENT INTERNET BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY


GET A LIFE! LEISURE TIME



Comment:
Pinakes http://www.hw.ac.uk/libWWW/irn/pinakes/pinakes.html is a 'subject
launchpad'. It links to numerous subject gateways which in turn provide
access to useful Internet resources. Pinakes has become quite popular with
those seeking Internet resources, and I invite you to consider placing a
link to it from your web site.
A text only version of the Internet Resources Newsletter is now available
at:
http://www.hw.ac.uk/cgi-bin/parser.pl/0304/www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.html

News items
Here are this month's news items of interest
Joint Information Systems Committee Signs Deal With Wiley InterScience
Consortium
All further and higher educations institutions in the United Kingdom stand
to benefit from an agreement signed between the Joint Information Systems
Committee and Wiley InterScience, according to a statement issued by Wiley.
http://www.managinginformation.com/news/content_show_full.php?id=768

Education and Skills Committee Highlights British Library's Role in the
Digital World
The House of Commons Education and Skills Committee Report on Library
Resources for Higher Education has highlighted the importance of the British
Library in providing an information resource to support the expansion of UK
higher and further education.
http://www.managinginformation.com/news/content_show_full.php?id=711

Chemical Abstracts - Wiley InterScience Links now Live
CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, and John Wiley & Sons Inc.
have announced new links between their leading electronic resources for the
research community, CAS's STN. and SciFinder. and Wiley InterScience.
http://www.biblio-tech.com/UKSG/SI_PD.cfm?PID=10&ArticleID=362&XSection=Busi
ness&issueno=22

Internet Resources Newsletter by email
Over 8,000 people now subscribe to the email version of this Newsletter.
Many thanks to Free Pint who distribute the email version. To subscribe, at
no cost, go to http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.html

A-Z NEW & NOTABLE WEB SITES
1DO3
http://www.1d03.com/
1DO3 is a new kind of online directory that aims to anticipate the things
you might want to do using the web.

4th MIRA International Aerodynamics Conference
http://www.mira.co.uk/news/AeroConf/AeroConf.htm
The Heritage Motor Centre, Banbury Road, Gaydon, Warwick.
16-17 October 2002.

AbilityHub
http://www.abilityhub.com/
Assistive Technology for people with a disability who find operating a
computer difficult, maybe even impossible. This web site will direct you to
adaptive equipment and alternative methods available for accessing
computers.

Advanced Internet Search Strategies: RBA Workshop
http://www.rba.co.uk/training/searching.htm
Venue: Reading Business School, Berkshire UK, Tuesday, 15th October 2002,
9.30 - 16.30

AmphetaDesk
http://www.disobey.com/amphetadesk/
"AmphetaDesk is a free, cross platform, open-sourced, syndicated news
aggregator - it obediently sits on your desktop, downloads the latest news
that interests you, and displays them in a quick and easy to use (and
customizable!) webpage."

Answering Quick Reference Enquiries Using Google
http://www.freepint.com/issues/080802.htm#feature
An article in a recent issue of Free Pint, by Terry Kendrick.

Asian-Nation
http://www.asian-nation.org/
"Asian-Nation, your one-stop information source on the historical,
political, social, economic, and cultural elements and issues that make up
today's diverse Asian American community."

Atomica
http://www.atomica.com/
"Atomica Corporation's mission is to empower companies to fully capture and
leverage their information capital to gain and maintain a competitive edge.
Atomica's solutions quickly and easily unify data from back-end enterprise
systems and content sources across the web to deliver relevant information
on demand."

Best History Websites
http://www.besthistorysites.net/
"Best of History Web Sites is an award-winning portal created for students,
history educators, and general history enthusiasts. Here you'll find sites,
rated for usefulness and accuracy, that will help you study or teach a wide
variety of topics and periods in History."

bookgroup.info
http://www.bookgroup.info
"This site will give you recommendations for a really good read. This book
group has been going for over seven years. We get together once a month to
discuss a book that we chose at the meeting before. "

Campus Pipeline
http://www.campuspipeline.com/
"Campus Pipeline provides industry-leading software and services to help
institutions of higher education direct and build their version of a unified
digital campus."

Cheltenham Computer Training
http://www.cctglobal.com/
Courseware for computer training.

Chemsoc Timeline
http://www.chemsoc.org/timeline/pages/timeline.html
An attractively designed timeline.

Citebase
http://citebase.eprints.org/
Citebase allows researchers to search across free, full-text research
literature eprint archives, with results ranked according to many criteria
(e.g. by citation impact), and then to navigate that literature using
citation links and analysis.

Click2learn
http://home.click2learn.com/
"Click2learn (NASDAQ: CLKS), is an e-Learning industry leader with the
largest installed base of e-Learning software in the world. Founded by
Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen, the company is headquartered in Bellevue,
Washington and has offices and resellers worldwide."

Communities Scotland
http://www.communitiesscotland.gov.uk/
Works for housing and regeneration.

Construction Risk Management Portal and Library
http://www.constructionrisk.com/
A site for risk management resources and information including articles,
newsletters, including ConstructionRisk.com Report, and an arrangement of
valuable websites.

ConstructionEducation.com
http://www.constructioneducation.com/
"ConstructionEducation.com and RedVector.com, Inc. have partnered in an
effort to offer our professionals the best continuing education available.
RedVector.com is an Internet portal featuring the largest selection of
online continuing education offerings for licensed and certified
professionals in the engineering, architectural, interior design,
construction, building inspection and land surveying industries."

Copyright Directive (2001/29/EC) - UK Implementation
http://www.patent.gov.uk/about/consultations/eccopyright/index.htm
Information from the UK Patent Office.

ctionbioscience.org
http://www.actionbioscience.org/
Actionbioscience.org is a non-commercial, educational web site created and
managed by BioScience Productions, Inc. to promote bioscience literacy.

Diccionarios en internet
http://home.worldonline.es/migonzal/diccionarios/
Diccionarios en internet, directorio de obras de referencia en espaqol o en
inglis, clasificadas por materias, con mas de 400 enlaces.
A directory of reference works in English or Spanish, classified by subject,
with over 400 links.

Dotukdirectory
http://www.dotukdirectory.co.uk/
Dotukdirectory is a directory of UK web sites, listed by subject and by
location.

eBooks N' Bytes
http://www.ebooksnbytes.com/
"Your source for eBooks, contests, eBook Compiler Reviews, ePublisher list,
epublishing and promotion articles among other eBook Resources!"

eBusinessClubs
http://www.ebusinessclubs.co.uk/
"A fusion of leading technology providers and business support organisations
deliver ultimate eBusiness information solutions to the SME community."

ECDL Homepage
http://www.ecdl.ie/
ECDL is a certificate that declares your competence in computer skills.

EDNER : Formative Evaluation of the DNER
http://www.cerlim.ac.uk/edner/ip/issue-papers.html
EDNER Key Issues papers are intended to distil formative evaluation
questions on topics which are central to the development of the UK's higher
and further education Information Environment. They are presented as short
check-lists of key questions and are addressed to developers and
practitioners.

Electronic Book Web
http://12.108.175.91/ebookweb/
Quite a good site giving news and views about electronic books.

Engineering Weblines
http://www.engineeringnet.co.uk/weblines.shtml
A directory from the Engineering magazine.

Engineering, Mathematics and Computing news
http://www.eevl.ac.uk/news.htm
This is EEVL's revamped news page, offering links to the latest news
sources.

ePrints-UK
http://www.rdn.ac.uk/projects/eprints-uk/
This project plans to develop a national service through which the higher
and further education community can access the collective output of e-print
papers available from compliant Open Archive repositories provided by UK
universities and colleges.

Excite UK
http://www.excite.co.uk/
Excite UK is back. They claim to have created the most complete search
channel on the web. With a collection of 2,100,000,000 web sites and the
world's largest man-made directory.

exec-appointments.com
http://www.exec-appointments.com/main.asp
A new executive jobsite for career, interim and contract positions over
#50,000 plus non-executive and senior voluntary positions.

First International NAISO Symposium on Information Technologies in
Environmental Engineering: ITEE'2003
http://www.icsc-naiso.org/conferences/itee2003/index.html
Technical University of Gdansk, Poland, June 24 - June 27, 2003.
Call for papers.

Free Range Librarian
http://lii.org/FRL
A Monthly Meditation from Librarians' Index to the Internet.

Free-Translator.com
http://www.free-translator.com/
A selection of the best free Translators, Dictionaries and language Courses
on the web.

FS Database
http://sirsi.fs.fed.us/
180,000+ records of natural resources literature.
Over 55,000 records and links to Forest Service Research publications dating
back to 1904, etc.

Genesis Project
http://www.genesis.ac.uk/
The Genesis project is a mapping initiative, funded by the Research Support
Libraries Programme (RSLP) to identify and develop access to women's history
sources in the British Isles. The database holds descriptions of women's
history collections from libraries, archives and museums from around the
British Isles.

Gigablast
http://www.gigablast.com/
A new search engine.

Green Consumer Guide.com
http://www.greenconsumerguide.com/
The site has a wide range of environmental products and services, and
reports on the top environmental news stories every day. It also features
the option to signup and receive a weekly roundup of the news in plain text
or html email.

Groundwater
http://wlapwww.gov.bc.ca/wat/gws/
A site from the Ministry of Water Land and Air Protection, Province of
British Columbia.

Gurteen Knowledge-Website
http://www.gurteen.com/
"This website is a KM resource site aimed at knowledge professionals who
wish to transform the way that they work; the way that they manage and
interact with other people in their organization and who wish to better
leverage workgroup technology. A wealth of information exists that can help
us thrive in this new economy. "

Heriot Watt University: Registry Office
http://www.hw.ac.uk/registry/
The Academic Registry is responsible for a range of academic administrative
services in relation to students, staff and courses at both campuses of the
University.

How Academic Librarians Can Influence Students' Web-Based Information
Choices
http://www2.oclc.org/oclc/pdf/printondemand/informationhabits.pdf
A paper from OCLC.

IMMediate Transactions
http://www.transedit.co.uk/
Published on behalf of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy.

Infoshare
http://www.infoshare.org.uk/
Infoshare is the Institution of Civil Engineers' (ICE) weekly newsletter
giving the latest news and views on developments and projects within the
civil engineering profession.

Innovation Relay Centre (IRC) Gateway
http://irc.cordis.lu/
A major European source for innovative technologies or new technology
solutions.

International Conference on Fatigue Damage of Structural Materials IV
http://www.fatiguedamage-iv.com/
Sept 22-27, Hyannis, MA, USA.

International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives: ICLEI
http://www.iclei.org/
ICLEI is the international environmental agency for local governments.

International Precision Assembly Seminar: IPAS'2003
http://www.ipas2003.org
17-19 March 2003 Bad Hofgastein, (near Salzburg) Austria.
Call for papers.

Internet News Bureau
http://www.internetnewsbureau.com/
A place to send, and sign up for, press releases.

Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship
http://www.istl.org/02-summer/
The Summer 2002 issue of Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship is
now available.

JA-SIG
http://www.ja-sig.org/
"The Java in Administration Special Interest Group (JA-SIG) is an
independent organization designed to increase the flow of information
between educational institutions and companies involved in the development
of administrative applications using Java technology. "

Jenzabar
http://www.jenzabar.com/
"Our Internet enterprise software, e-learning solutions, and services
deliver a competitive edge to higher education institutions..."

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
http://www.jpgmonline.com/
"Journal of Postgraduate Medicine (Print ISSN 0022-3859, CD ISSN 0972-2823),
a multidisciplinary quarterly biomedical journal, is one of the oldest
medical journals from India. The journal is official publication of the
Staff Society of Seth G. S. Medical College and K. E. M. Hospital, Mumbai,
India. The journal is published, managed and funded by Medknow Publications,
Mumbai, India. "

Kluwer Alert
http://www.kluweralert.com/
The latest research developments in your field of interest -- including
journal tables of contents and announcements about new books, journals and
other products as soon as they become available.

Latin America Links.com
http://www.latinamericalinks.com/
Sites covering all subjects about Latin America.

Library orientated portals solutions
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/techwatch/reports/tsw_02-03.pdf
A new Technology and Standards Watch Report.

Lower Manhattan Development Corporation
http://www.renewnyc.com/index.shtml
"The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation was created in the aftermath of
September 11th by Governor Pataki and then-Mayor Giuliani to help plan and
coordinate the rebuilding and revitalization of Lower Manhattan, defined as
everything south of Houston Street. "

Manufactured Housing Institute
http://www.manufacturedhousing.org/default.asp
MHI is the national trade organization representing all segments of the
factory-built housing industry.

MedHist
http://medhist.ac.uk/
The guide to history of medicine resources on the Internet.
MedHist is a gateway to evaluated, quality Internet resources relating to
the history of medicine and allied sciences, covering all aspects of the
history of health and development of medical knowledge. MedHist is aimed
principally at students and staff working within the further and higher
education sectors, and also at anyone with a general interest in the subject
area. MedHist is affiliated to the BIOME life sciences hub and the Resource
Discovery Network (RDN), but is developed and managed by the Wellcome
Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine at the Wellcome Trust.


Michigan Teacher Network
http://mtn.merit.edu/
The Michigan Teacher Network provides easy access to quality reviewed and
selected K-12 Web resources based on their relevance, practicality, and
overall quality. The collection includes over 7,000 resources reviewed by
Michigan content area librarians as well as information and links for
upcoming educational conferences, area events, and job listings. There is a
strong focus on promoting and sharing information on Michigan resources in
addition to highlighting Michigan educational organizations, groups, and
learning opportunities.

Microwho.com.
http://microwho.com/
A World Search Engine and Portal Link Directory.

Military Book Titles
http://www.militaryink.com/
"A single source comprehensive listing of books published each month on
topics regarding the military."

National Academies
http://www.nas.edu/
A US site, this is a guide to help you find more information about the
National Academies. The National Academies consist of four organizations:
the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the
Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council.

National Geographic Photography
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/
National Geographic's new Photography Guide

New Scientist Graduate
http://www.newscientistjobs.com/graduate/
"Newscientistjobs.com is the most effective place to recruit science &
technology professionals online. At December 2000, registered users exceeded
350,000"

News Agencies on the Web
http://www.freepint.com/issues/250702.htm#feature
An article in a recent issue of Free Pint, by Sam Vaknin.

Open eBook Forum: OeB
http://www.openebook.org/
An International Trade and Standards Organization for the eBook Industry.

Proofreading by English Index
http://www.englishindex.com/
Approved University Editing Service

QuickStudy: Library Research Guide
http://tutorial.lib.umn.edu/
An interesting study guide from the University of Minnesota Libraries.

rainer eschen web.solutions
http://www.researchsuite.com/
"The approach client-side search engine allows it to create web-based search
engines without use of server software or CGI. It is possible to use the
same search engine - without any changes - online (on http-server in
Internet/Intranet) or offline (on CDROM, hard disk or disk)."

Researchers' Forum
http://www.researchersforum.gov.uk/
The Researchers' Forum has been developed by the UK Office of Science and
Technology.
If you are a researcher, registering with this free Forum allows you to take
part in online discussions on a research topic of your choice.

Resources for Methods in Evaluation and Social Research
http://gsociology.icaap.org/methods/
Links to free on line guides, books and articles about various research
methods, such as surveys, interviews, observations. Also links to research
about methods, to resources on how to present data, and to free software.

Sapling
http://www.sapling.org.uk/
The Architecture, Planning & Landscape INformation Gateway.

Scottish Council of National Training Organisations: SCONTO
http://www.sconto.org.uk/
The Scottish Council of National Training Organisations (SCONTO) provides
leadership, guidance and practical support to Sector Skills Councils and
organisations formerly recognised by Government as National Training
Organisations in Scotland.

SD Gateway
http://www.sdgateway.net/
"The SD Gateway integrates the on-line information developed by members of
the Sustainable Development Communications Network.
In addition to over 1,200 documents available in SD Topics, we provide
services such as a calendar of events, a job bank, the Sustainability Web
Ring, a roster of mailing lists (listservs) and news sites dealing with
sustainable development."

Search-22
http://www.search-22.com/
A meta-search engine, which also has a reference search facility.

SkillClear
http://www.skillclear.co.uk/
The resource for Work Permits and Visa Clearance from the Skills Shortage
Clearance Centre.

Social, Economic and Political Change
http://gsociology.icaap.org/
Links to free resources for studying long term large scale change in social,
political and economic systems. Links to data, research, theory, history
sites, etc. Also includes a review of theories and research of change, and a
review of current world demographic changes.

Software Technology Outreach
http://www.st-outreach.org.uk/
ST Outreach is a joint Department of Trade and Industry/EPSRC initiative
which gives business people a chance to hear about the latest practical
research on Software from UK Universities.

sparking reaction
http://www.sparkingreaction.info/
This website looks at the complex issues surrounding the way we generate our
electricity and at nuclear power in particular.

Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001: SENDA
http://www.ukcle.ac.uk/directions/issue4/senda.html
From the UK Centre for Legal Education, information about the Special
Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001.
" The Act introduces the right for disabled students not to be discriminated
against in education, training and any services provided wholly or mainly
for students or those enrolled on courses when this is provided by certain
'responsible bodies'. The governing bodies of further and higher education
institutions, including sixth form colleges, fall under the category of
'responsible bodies' in the Act. "

Sports Venue Technology
http://www.sportsvenue-technology.com/
A website for the sports industry.

Student centred Learning (ScL) in Construction Education (SLICE) Project.
http://home.plymouth.ac.uk/SLICE/
"Many staff have a perception that developing S-cL will take up huge amounts
of time and money. This is certainly true if you are starting from scratch,
but many staff have developed S-cL materials already sometimes without
realising it. One of the purposes of the SLICE Project is to demonstrate
that effective S-cL packages can be developed by adapting existing
materials."

Thomson NETg UK
http://www.netg.co.uk/
"NETg is a Thomson Learning Company and worldwide leader in corporate
learning solutions."

TOXINZ
http://www.toxinz.com/
"TOXINZ is an Internet database containing information regarding toxic
compounds and the management of poisoned patients. Under construction to
meet Australasian requirements the database contains some 60,000 listed
chemical products, pharmaceuticals, plants and hazardous creatures; and is
rapidly expanding to accommodate more."

TWI: The Welding Institute
http://www.twi.co.uk/
The TWI site has been redesigned.
TWI's website is the world's most extensive online source of information and
advice on welding and joining of engineering materials.

UK Government Information on the Web
http://www.freepint.com/issues/220802.htm#feature
An article in a recent issue of Free Pint, by Sarah Dillingham.

UK Sustainable Development Commission
http://www.sd-commission.gov.uk/
The Commission's main role is to advocate sustainable development across all
sectors in the UK, review progress towards it, and build consensus on the
actions needed if further progress is to be achieved.

Vinyl By Design
http://www.vinylbydesign.com/
Vinyl By Design is an online resource for building design professionals that
highlights the uses and benefits of various vinyl building materials.

Willco Limited
http://www.willco.com/
Willco supply a range of community modules covering all aspects of online
community creation and management.

World Advertising Research Center
http://www.warc.com/
"The World Advertising Research Center (WARC) is the leading supplier of
intelligence to the global marketing, advertising, media and research
communities. "

World Road Association: PIARC
http://www.piarc.lcpc.fr/
The World Road Association (PIARC) deals with road infrastructure planning,
design, construction, maintenance and operation.



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.


Sapling, the Architecture, Planning & Landscape INformation Gateway
http://www.sapling.org.uk/gateway/
The colours are rather garish, and the acronym a bit convoluted, but this
gateway to architecture, planning and landscape information works quite well
in providing news headlines, other information and links to the main
Internet resources in the subjects covered.
Roddy MacLeod


PRESS RELEASES
**** U.S. Department of Energy Proposes to Discontinue PubSCIENCE ****
Since its inception in 1999, PubSCIENCE (<http://pubsci.osti.gov/>) has
provided researchers and science-attentive citizens access to bibliographic
records of peer-reviewed journal literature relating to DOE-supported work,
addressing the need for a searchable gateway for the Department's Web
patrons. Based on an extensive public/private sector collaboration,
PubSCIENCE has covered journals of participating science publishers,
including hyperlinks to the full text on publishers' servers. PubSCIENCE was
developed by DOE's Office of Scientific and Technical Information and made
available to the American public in partnership with the U.S. Government
Printing Office (GPO).
More recently, private sector information products have emerged that freely
offer bibliographic records to Web patrons. Provider systems such as Scirus
and Infotrieve have progressively increased the availability of freely
searchable citations, and this trend is anticipated to continue. A recent
comparison of the content between PubSCIENCE and Scirus and Infotrieve
showed that 90% of the journal literature in the scope of PubSCIENCE was
covered by these two products. Taken as a whole, they provide coverage of
information for DOE Web patrons.
As a result of these findings DOE is hereby proposing to discontinue
PubSCIENCE. Comments on this proposed action will be collected using the
comment form available on this Web site for a 30-day comment period to end
September 8, 2002. Comments received will be considered in the final
decision process for the future of PubSCIENCE.
Comments may be directed to [log in to unmask]

**** IOP adopts OAI technical framework ****
On behalf of the Institute of Physics, I m pleased to announce our recent
implementation of the Open Archives Initiative technical framework for our
Electronic Journals service (http://www.iop.org/EJ).
As you may know, the Open Archives Initiative (OAI)  develops and promotes
interoperability standards that aim to facilitate the efficient
dissemination of content . The key standard promoted by the initiative
focuses on content providers making metadata records available in a common
format - the Dublin Core Element Set. We are pleased to confirm that we have
adopted this standard here at the Institute and metadata records for our
article abstracts are now available in this format. They can be harvested
from our server on request.
This news will be of interest to a range of individuals and organizations
including the E-Print community, fellow publishers and A & I service
providers. It is also relevant to you if your institution subscribes to our
journals and you wish to harvest our abstract data with a view to loading it
locally and/or adding elements of it to your OPAC.
If are interested, please contact [log in to unmask] in the first instance.
Further information on the Open Archives Initiative can be found online at
http://www.openarchives.org.
Lucy Pearce
Senior Product Manager
Institute of Physics Publishing
www.iop.org
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**** Award-winning scientific search engine, Scirus, and Fast deliver
improved search experience for researchers ****
OSLO, Norway, 21 August 2002 - Elsevier Science, the leading international
publisher of scientific information, announced in conjunction with Fast
Search & Transfer ASA (FAST), a leading developer of search and real-time
filtering technologies, a new release of Scirus, the Web search engine
dedicated to science. The new version improves the user experience with more
subject-specific content and features like expanded information types,
dynamic teasers which highlight the search terms within the search result
list, and improved relevance ranking.
The full press release is at:
http://www.fast.no/press/press_display.asp?pr_rel=150
Scirus is at: http://www.scirus.com/

**** The Scientist Launches New Website ****
The Scientist, an international news magazine for life scientists, has
launched a completely new design for its Web site, (www.the-scientist.com)
to reflect the new format and style adopted by the print publication last
January.
The site's fresh design effectively present it's bi-weekly content and
provides easy navigation for its audience of more than 425,000 registered
users. A daily news service, where reporters from London and New York report
on breaking news in the world of science, is just one new feature
implemented to encourage users to visit more frequently.
The 16-year full-text archive of The Scientist back issues has also been
completed. This electronic archive makes the earliest issues from the 1980s
available, offering a fascinating glimpse of the concerns of scientists over
the years. "We take considerable pride in being able to make our entire
archive available to anyone, free of charge," states Alexander Grimwade,
Publisher.
The newly designed site is, effectively, the fourth generation of The
Scientist on the Web. In 1992 - almost prehistoric to Internet time - The
Scientist launched an experiment with the National Science Foundation
whereby text files of each issue were provided through a Gopher site.
Nowadays, Gopher seems quaint, but in the late '80s it was the height of
Internet sophistication. Through this service, The Scientist was the first
regularly published periodical available in full text on the Internet.
In 1995, The Scientist started its own website in partnership with the
library of the University of Pennsylvania. Then in 2000, the Website was
moved to a commercial provider using the current domain name,
www.the-scientist.com.
Now the design has changed again, boasting easier navigation, daily news and
the complete, full-text archive. Unlimited access is free, with just a
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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

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

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

EEVL News
The latest Additions to EEVL, The Hub for Engineering, Mathematics and
Computing, are available at:
http://www.eevl.ac.uk/whatsnew.htm

SOSIG News
The latest additions to SOSIG (Social Science Information Gateway) are
available at:
http://sosig.esrc.bris.ac.uk/roads/whats-new.html

EDINA Newsline
The latest issue of Edina (Edinburgh Data & INformation Access) Newsline can
be found at:
http://edina.ed.ac.uk/newsline/

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

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

New additions to PSIgate
PSIgate (Physical Science Information Gateway) is the physical sciences hub
of the Resource Discovery Network (RDN).
http://www.psigate.ac.uk/ROADS/whats-new.html

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/

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/

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

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

AHDS Newsletter
The latest issue of the AHDS (Arts and Humanities Data Service) Newsletter
can be found at:
http://ahds.ac.uk/newsletters.htm

JISCmail News
JSICmail provides electronic discussion lists for the UK higher education
community.
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/news.htm

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

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/

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

RDN News
The Resource Discovery Network (RDN) is a free Internet service dedicated to
providing effective access to high quality Internet resources for the
learning, teaching and research community.
http://www.rdn.ac.uk/news/

Humbul
The latest additions to Humbul, the humanities hub of the Resource Discovery
Network (RDN).
http://www.humbul.ac.uk/output/new.php?int=30


BOOK REVIEW
Review of:
Getting and staying noticed on the web: your web promotion questions
answered
By Phil Bradley
facet publishing
2002
ISBN: 1-85604-455-6
#29.95

Who is Phil Bradley?

He's a well known independent consultant. He writes a monthly Question and
Answer column in CILIP Update (the Chartered Institute of Library and
Information Professionals), which I never fail to read.

Do you know him?

I've met him a few times. He chaired an 'Ask the experts' session at Online
2001 in which I took part.

What about this new book, then?

He has written an entire book "Getting and staying noticed on the web: your
web promotion questions answered" in a question and answer format.
Does he ever get tired of the question and answer format?

I don't know

Is the Q & A format effective for this new book?

I think it works very well.

How many pages are there in the book?

Two hundred and nineteen.

Do you mean to say that he keeps up the format for two hundred and nineteen
pages?

Just about. Even the chapter descriptions list the questions in each
section. Though I should point out that the brief index, and the Author's
introduction, are normal text.

What is the book about?

It is about how to promote web sites.

Is that all?

Well, promoting your web site is very important. What is the point of
spending time and effort producing a web site if no-one knows about it or
can find it?

I'll ask the questions, if you don't mind? What sort of topics does he
cover?

Everything from why you might want a web site, what its domain name should
be, why branding is important, what its content should include, how to
register with search engines, how to make the most of images, what features
to offer, how to use mailing lists to publicise your site, whether bulk
e-mailing is useful, how to utilise banners, how to make the most of
traditional promotion services, how to write effective press releases and
where to send them, how to deal with competition, and how to monitor
success.

Can you quote me a typical question?

If I do, it will be in the form of a question.

That's OK. You don't expect me to answer it do you?

OK, then, here's one: "Are there any types of pages that will be ignored by
a search engine?"

And what's the answer?

Its a fairly long answer in this particular case. You can find it on page
70.

Who should read this book?

I think that anyone who has produced, or is thinking of producing, a web
site should read it. Anyone who is involved, in any way, in Internet
marketing will find it invaluable.

Is it worth #29.95?

When you consider how much it can cost to produce a web site, investing less
than thirty Pounds to find out how to promote it can be seen as a bargain.

Does Phil Bradley get tired of asking and answering questions?
You can ask him yourself. His web site is http://www.philb.com/

R.M.


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 MCG

Wrestling legacy data to the Web & beyond

by P.C. McGrew and W.D. McDaniel

MC2 books, 2001


004.019 CAS

The Internet galaxy

by Manuel Castells

Oxford University Press, 2001


004.6 FOS
The Grid: Blueprint for a new computing infrastructure

by Ian Foster and Carl Kesselman

Morgan Kaufmann, 1999


005.276 CER

Web services essentials

by Ethan Cerami

O'Reilly, 2002


005.276 FIE

Web development with java server pages

by Duane K Fields, Mark A Kolb and Shawn Bayern

2nd ed, Manning, 2002


005.8 TEM

Internet and wireless security

edited by Robert Temple and John Regnault

BT Exact, 2002



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

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