INTERNET RESOURCES NEWSLETTER The free, monthly, newsletter for academics, students, engineers, scientists and social scientists.
Latest issue: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn121/irn121.html Edited by: Roddy MacLeod ([EMAIL PROTECTED] ), Catherine Ferguson and Catherine Ure. Heriot-Watt University Library ISSN: 1361-9381 Web: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.html ------------------------------- The Internet Resources Newsletter is only distributed to readers who have subscribed to the service. To subscribe or unsubscribe please visit the homepage at http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.html or to unsubscribe by email please reply to this email with unsubscribe in the subject field. -------------------------------- ISSUE 121- CONTENTS 1..COMMENT Random Quotes Internet Resources Newsletter by email and RSS News items of interest 2. A-Z NEW AND NOTABLE WEB SITES Information and reviews of new and recent Web sites 3. NICE WEB SITE(S) This month: new look AERADE 4. PRESS RELEASES Human Population & Natural Resource Management via CSA New search facility for Taylor & Francis Online Journals New agcensus subscription service xrefer Launches Specialist Reference Service 5. NETWORK NEWS BUBL BIDS EEVL SOSIG EDINA CHEST MIMAS RUDI BIOME ELDIS Netskills BIZ/ed AHDS JISCmail Data Archive TASI Chemical Database Service 6. RECENT INTERNET BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY Recent arrivals 7. BLOGORAMA News of Weblogs, RSS etc. 8. BOOK REVIEWS Review of: XML and PHP by Vikram Vaswani 9. GET A LIFE! LEISURE TIME After hours ------------------- 1. COMMENT ------------------- Marion Kennedy has joined the editors of the Newsletter, replacing Catherine Ferguson, who we thank for her past efforts. Marion has been working on a new design for the Newsletter website, which we hope you like. Many thanks go to Colin Lees, CML Web Design, who created the new banner. Once a year, I give PINAKES, the Subject launchpad http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/pinakes/pinakes.html a plug. Its about the only time PINAKES gets any promotion, yet despite this, its a successful site, generating well over 100,000 hits per year. Why is that? Well, many people looking for information on the Internet sometimes get a little frustrated with the thousands of hits that the popular search engines generate. Sometimes Google, etc., find exactly what you're looking for, but sometimes they don't, especially if you're looking only for substantial, quality websites. PINAKES links only to subject gateways, plus a handful of multi-disciplinary gateways. Over 50 are now listed. Use PINAKES to find a gateway for your subject, from Aerospace to Zoology, and then explore that gateway to retrieve quality sites which have been hand-selected by subject specialists. Many of the gateways also feature other useful services as well, such as EEVL's OneStep Industry News http://www.eevl.ac.uk/onestepnews/ the Sport & Leisure Index http://altis.ac.uk/sli/ from Altis and PSIgate's Subject Packs http://www.psigate.ac.uk/education/. There is also a PINAKES listing by subject, at: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libWWW/irn/pinakes/pinakes2.html Why not help spread the word, by placing a link to PINAKES from your site, or mentioning it in your Blog? Random Quotes "South Korea has the world's highest penetration of high-speed internet services, with almost a quarter of the population of 47m using broadband" Financial Times, August 2004. ----- Internet Resources Newsletter by email and RSS Over 27,000 people now subscribe to the free email version of this Newsletter. Very many thanks go to Willco who distribute the email version. To subscribe, at no cost, go to http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.html The Internet Resources Newsletter has an RSS feed. This means that you can read its 'headlines' (essentially the Table of Contents) through a feedreader or service such as Bloglines' My Blogs, and then link through to the sections of interest. The RSS feed is available at: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.rss This is a .rss file and therefore it must be processed (or 'parsed') before it can be displayed. The easiest way to do this is via Bloglines' My Blogs, or via a feedreader, such as those listed in the RSS Primer. ----- Text version A text only version of the Internet Resources Newsletter is available at: http://www.hw.ac.uk/cgi-bin/parser.pl/0304/www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.html ----- Here is this month's selection of news items of interest Academic Publishing Titles Added to SpringerLink MetaPress has extended its agreement with Springer, part of the specialist publishing group Springer Science+Business Media, to add more than 650 scientific, technical and medical (STM) journals from Kluwer Academic Publishing (KAP) to SpringerLink. http://www.managinginformation.com/news/content_show_full.php?id=3054 >From Managing Information H.W. Wilson Announces Full-Text Science Database H.W. Wilson has announced a new 100-percent, full-text science database, available exclusively on WilsonWeb.com. Science Full Text Select combines the full-text content of all the Wilson science databases, delivering articles cover to cover from 320 sources in total. http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/wnd040907.shtml >From NewsBreaks UKSG Seminar on House of Commons Enquiry UKSG has announced a day seminar on the implications of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee into Scientific Publications which reported earlier this year. The Seminar will be opened by Ian Gibson MP � the chairman of the House of Commons committee and speakers include Jan Velterop of BioMed Central and Ann Okerson of Yale University. http://www.biblio-tech.com/uksg/SI_PD.cfm?PID=10&ArticleID=1443&issueno=75&XSection=Business >From UKSG Serials e-News Patent Office Introduces New Online Patent Application Service The Patent Office's customers can now apply for their patents over the internet - thanks to a new system which came into service in August 2004. http://www.managinginformation.com/news/content_show_full.php?id=3125 >From Managing Information BioMed Central Offers Institutional Repository Service BioMed Central, an independent online publishing firm committed to open access, has launched a repository service for universities and research institutions. Open Repository offers professional help to institutions to quickly and easily build, launch, maintain, and populate their institutional repositories. BioMed Central says the service has been designed to be flexible and cost-effective. The Open Repository service makes it possible for institutions that could not otherwise afford, or lack the infrastructure or technical capacity in-house, to set up repositories. http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/wnd040920.shtml >From NewsBreaks Establishment of European Research Council urged More than fifty European scientific organisations have signed a mass petition calling for urgent action on the establishment of a European Research Council (ERC). The appeal was drafted by the Initiative for Science in Europe (ISE). http://www.biblio-tech.com/uksg/SI_PD.cfm?PID=10&ArticleID=1409&issueno=74&XSection=Business >From UKSG Serials e-News ---------------------------------------------------- 2. A-Z NEW & NOTABLE WEB SITES ---------------------------------------------------- 170 Designs http://www.170designs.com/ A new web design company for those who don�t have unlimited pockets. ------------------------------- 4 Engineering http://www.4engineering.co.uk/ A directory of Engineering related information together with company and product information. ------------------------------- 4 Engineers http://www.4engineers.co.uk Engineering job site which includes job alerts, CV uploads, etc. ------------------------------- Academic Careers Online http://www.academiccareers.com/ Academic Careers Online includes faculty, research, post doc, adjunct, administrative, and senior management positions at (community) colleges, universities, and research institutes around the world. ------------------------------- ActionBioscience.org http://www.actionbioscience.org/ ActionBioscience.org is a non-commercial, educational web site created to promote bioscience literacy. ------------------------------- Ars Technica http://arstechnica.com/ The PC enthusiast�s resource. ------------------------------- Art and Architecture http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/ The Art and Architecture web site has been funded by a grant from the New Opportunities Fund. ------------------------------- Awareness Watch Newsletter http://virtualprivatelibrary.blogspot.com/Awareness%20Watch%20V2N9.pdf The September issue is available, which covers: Information Alerts on the Internet and Anti-Virus, AntiHoax, AntiMyth, AntiFraud, AntiChain Letter and Anti-Spam sites on the Internet. ------------------------------- bConstructive.co.uk http://www.bconstructive.co.uk/ Career information for the construction industry. ------------------------------- Beeby Education http://www.beeby-education.co.uk/ Working with colleagues from all the awarding bodies in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, Beeby Education has developed a dedicated resource for the new GCSE in Applied Science, using feedback from the 2002 � 2004 cohort. ------------------------------- Career Companion http://www.careercompanion.co.uk/ Careers, training, learning, and support information online. ------------------------------- CE2005: The 12th ISPE International Conference on Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications http://www.ce2005.org/ Call for papers. CE2005 will be held at Ft. Worth/Dallas, USA, 25-29 July 2005. ------------------------------- Chandos Publishing http://www.chandospublishing.com/ Chandos Publishing has recently launched a new website covering its books aimed at libraries worldwide. ------------------------------- City of Edinburgh: Council Papers Online http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/cpol/ >From this section of our website you will be able to search for documents from >Council meetings after May 2003. ------------------------------- Curriculum Online http://www.curriculumonline.gov.uk/ Curriculum Online is central to the Government's drive to transform teaching and learning in schools by improving access to ICT and multimedia resources for all pupils. ------------------------------- Design-Build Institute of America: DBIA http://www.dbia.org/ The Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) is a membership organization founded in 1993 to advocate and advance single source project delivery within the design and construction community. ------------------------------- Digital Document Quarterly http://home.pacbell.net/hgladney/ddq_3_3.htm The current Digital Document Quarterly number, DDQ 3(3), is available. ------------------------------- Digital Rights Management Study final report. http://www.intrallect.com/drm-study/ The Final report of the Digital Rights Management Study and its Appendices are now available. ------------------------------- EDINA http://edina.ac.uk/ EDINA have redesigned their website. EDINA, based at Edinburgh University Data Library, is a JISC-funded national datacentre. It offers the UK tertiary education and research community networked access to a library of data, information and research resources. ------------------------------- Education Resources Information Center: ERIC http://www.eric.ed.gov/ The new site provides users with increased search capabilities utilizing simple, streamlined retrieval methods to access the existing ERIC bibliographic database (1966-2004). For example, users are now able to quickly refine search results through the use of keywords, publication date, publication type, or the ERIC thesaurus. In addition, the Web site provides users with the capability to save and rerun searches using the My ERIC personalization feature. ------------------------------- Educause Review http://www.educause.edu/pub/er/erm04/erm045.asp The September/October 2004 Volume 39, Number 5 issue is now available. ------------------------------- European Network for Business and Industrial Statistics: ENBIS http://www.enbis.org/ ENBIS fosters and facilitate the application and understanding of statistical methods to the benefit of European business and industry, etc. ------------------------------- European Youth Portal http://europa.eu.int/youth/ The European Youth Portal is an initiative of the European Commission. Its aim is to give as many young people as possible quick and easy access to relevant youth related information on Europe. The ultimate objective of the portal is to enhance young people's participation in public life and to contribute to their active citizenship. The target group is young people between 15 and 25 years of age. In addition, the portal will cater for the needs of those working with young people. ------------------------------- Europortfolio http://www.qwiki.info/projects/Europortfolio �We believe that use of the digital portfolio represents an opportunity to improve the quality of education, providing teachers and staff with valuable information to design individualised challenging learning experiences.� ------------------------------- ExtremeTech http://www.extremetech.com/ Published by Ziff Davis Media for deep technology enthusiasts and professionals. ------------------------------- FIATECH http://www.fiatech.org/ �The construction industry is highly fragmented and lags behind others in technology research, development and deployment. That's why FIATECH was created. We're the only non-profit consortium focused on fast-track development and deployment of technologies to substantially improve how capital projects and facilities are designed, engineered, built and maintained.� ------------------------------- Finite Elements for Flow Problems: FEF05 http://www.swan.ac.uk/fef05/ FEF05 - Thirteenth Conference on Finite Elements for Flow Problems - April 4 - 6, 2005. Civil and Computational Engineering Centre - School of Engineering, University of Wales Swansea - Swansea SA2 8PP - Wales - United Kingdom. ------------------------------- Focus on MIMAS http://www.mimas.ac.uk/focus/04sep/ Issue 21 of Focus on MIMAS, the electronic newsletter from Manchester InforMation and Associated Services is available. ------------------------------- Focus on UKOLN http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/focus/ Issue 14 of the UKOLN Newsletter is available. ------------------------------- Friend of a Friend: FOAF http://www.foaf-project.org/ The Friend of a Friend (FOAF) project is about creating a Web of machine-readable homepages describing people, the links between them and the things they create and do. ------------------------------- Global Dimension http://www.globaldimension.org.uk/ �Education Empowering Young People with the Knowledge, Skills and Understanding to Play an Active Role as Global Citizens.� ------------------------------- Grant Resources http://www.grantresources.info/ A Subject Tracer� Information Blog developed and created by Internet expert, author, keynote speaker and consultant Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. for monitoring grant resources and sites on the Internet. ------------------------------- Grid Resources http://www.gridresources.info/ Grid Resources is a Subject Tracer Information Blog developed and created by the Virtual Private Library�. ------------------------------- Gypsum Products Development Association: GPDA http://www.gpda.com/ The role of the Gypsum Products Development Association (GPDA) is to develop and encourage the understanding of gypsum based building materials and systems. ------------------------------- Hairdressing Training http://hairdressing.mimas.ac.uk/ Hairdressing Training is an interactive online training resource, designed specifically for the UK education community. ------------------------------- HigherCareers.com http://www.highercareers.com/ HigherCareers.com is a secure website dedicated to matching jobseekers seeking employment in the academic, science, research and related professions with the best employers in the quickest and most cost-effective manner possible. ------------------------------- History of Landscape Architecture http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/histland.html History of Landscape Architecture is a bibliographic research guide to UC Berkeley library and Internet resources for the history of landscape architecture. The sources listed might also be of interest to others interested in this area. ------------------------------- IEI Conference 2004 http://www.iei.ie/conference/2004/ �Achieving Competitiveness through Engineering Excellence� Institution of Engineers of Ireland conference, Radisson Hotel, Galway, 7th & 8th October 2004. ------------------------------- infoconomy http://www.infoconomy.com/ Infoconomy has created an integrated information service that combines and exploits the strengths of both print-based and Internet-based distribution models. It is the publisher of the highly regarded technology business magazine, Information Age, and M-iD, which provides best practice information to individuals responsible for the management of documents, content and records in both the public and private sectors. ------------------------------- Information Research http://informationr.net/ir/9-4/infres94.html Vol 9 No 4, July 2004 is now available. Information Research is a freely available, international, scholarly journal, dedicated to making accessible the results of research across a wide range of information-related disciplines. ------------------------------- Information Sources For Education On The Web http://www.freepint.com/issues/160904.htm#tips An article in a recent issue of FreePint by David Renfree. ------------------------------- International Alliance For Interoperability: IAI http://www.iai-na.org/ The Alliance is a global standards-setting organization representing widely diverse constituencies�from architects and engineers, to research scientists, to commercial building owners and contractors, to government officials and academia, to facility managers, and to software companies and building product manufacturers. ------------------------------- Internet Librarian International 2004 http://www.internet-librarian.com/index.shtml Access, Architecture & Action: Strategies for the New Digital World, 10-12 October 200, Millennium Gloucester Hotel, London. ------------------------------- ITJobsWatch http://www.itjobswatch.co.uk/ Provides a perspective on the IT job market. ------------------------------- JCAMP-DX http://www.jcamp.org/ The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) took over responsibility from the Joint Committee on Atomic and Molecular Physical Data (JCAMP) in 1995. Since then a IUPAC Working Party has had responsibility for the support and development of the JCAMP-DX scientific data standards. ------------------------------- KM Europe 2004 http://www.kmeurope.com/ 8-10 Nov 2004, Amsterdam. ------------------------------- LinksPlus http://www.weblinksresearch.co.uk/ LinksPlus is a commercial product with a collection of educational website and fiction directories for 5 to 19 year olds. They are designed to guide research and save time for pupils, teachers and librarians. ------------------------------- LionShare http://lionshare.its.psu.edu/main/ The LionShare P2P project is an innovative effort to facilitate legitimate file-sharing among individuals and educational institutions around the world. ------------------------------- Market Research Society http://www.mrs.org.uk/mrindustry/ Previously mentioned in issue 55 of this newsletter, the MRS have recently expanded the Market Research section of their website - providing resources and links to other sources of information, including specialist areas such as ethnic research, employee research, and using Census and geodemographic information. ------------------------------- MetaPress http://www.metapress.com/ MetaPress provides access to hundreds of thousands of articles from hundreds of journals, newsletters and other professional and academic publications. MetaPress is a service of Publisher Promotion & Fulfillment, a division of EBSCO Industries, Inc. ------------------------------- National Archives Learning Curve http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/ Learning Curve is a free online teaching and learning resource, following the History National Curriculum from Key Stages 2 to 5. ------------------------------- National Maritime Museum Publishing http://www.nmm.ac.uk/publishing The National Maritime Museum publishes a wide range of books based on its collections and relating to the sea, stars and time. ------------------------------- Newspaper Marketing Agency http://www.nmauk.co.uk �Newspapers have enormous potential for influencing customers. The NMA aims to make advertisers, agencies and media planners more aware of this power.� ------------------------------- Newstation.com http://newstation.com/ Newstation.com is a web/browser-based RSS newsreader that's free and doesn't require registration. ------------------------------- NHS Scotland e-library http://www.elib.scot.nhs.uk The NHS Scotland e-Library aims to empower NHS Scotland staff and benefit patient care by providing high quality knowledge support throughout the patient journey. It is the primary vehicle for delivery of NHS Education�s national strategy for NHS Scotland Knowledge Services Exploiting the Power of Knowledge in NHS Scotland. ------------------------------- OCKHAM http://www.ockham.org/ The OCKHAM Initiative seeks to promote the development of digital libraries via collaboration between librarians and digital library researchers. By promoting simple, open approaches and standards for digital library tools, services, and content, the gap between digital library development and the adoption of digital library systems by the traditional library community will be bridged. ------------------------------- On The Net The Changing Information Cycle http://www.infotoday.com/online/sep04/OnTheNet.shtml A recent article by Greg R. Notess in Online. ------------------------------- Periodical Historical Atlas of Europe http://www.euratlas.com/summary.htm An atlas depicting in 21 maps the states of this continent at the end of each century from AD 1 to AD 2000. ------------------------------- Planning Factory http://www.planfact.co.uk/ New address from the one mentioned in issue 20 of this newsletter, for the Planning Factory, which specialises in Retail Merchandise Planning, Financial Budgeting and Management Information Systems. ------------------------------- Quia Corporation http://www.quia.com/ �Quia Corporation was founded in 1998 to improve education through Web-based technologies. Our approach is straightforward, but surprisingly uncommon: we think about technology from our users' perspectives. What will make an educator's job easier? What will save teachers time? What will help an instructor to motivate and engage students? What will help students learn more or learn faster? We ask and answer these questions not with a theoretical world in mind, but fully aware of the realities of K-12 and higher education, as they exist today.� ------------------------------- Redgoldfish http://www.redgoldfish.co.uk/ Redgoldfish was developed to deliver a volume job recruitment concept that would assist the job seeker in finding the ideal job of choice with the minimum of hassle. ------------------------------- Regulatory Compliance Workshop Group http://www.rcwg.org/ RCWG was specifically set up to provide vocational education and training of the highest standards for the pharmaceutical, medical device, biotechnology and related industries. ------------------------------- Research Trends in Science and Technology http://www.lau.edu.lb/news-events/conferences/rtst2005/intro.html International Conference, March 7-9, 2005 � Beirut & Byblos, Lebanon. ------------------------------- RFID Journal http://www.rfidjournal.com/ Radio Frequency Identification for Business. ------------------------------- RFID News http://www.rfidnews.org �Right now, RFID technology is forever-altering the world's supply chain processes. The electronic tagging of shipments and pallets is revolutionizing the movement of products from the manufacturer to the ultimate retailer. Item level tagging promises to extend this revolution through the actual point of purchase. RFID News is an established leader in the delivery of high-quality, hard-hitting news and insight into this important and often controversial, topic.� ------------------------------- RSSCalendar http://www.rsscalendar.com/rss/ �RSSCalendar is an exciting new way for individuals and organizations to share their calendars with family, friends, and co-workers - utilizing the latest in "Really Simple Syndication" (RSS) technology, including RSS channel creation and aggregation.� ------------------------------- SciX http://www.scix.net/ Open, self organising repository for scientific information exchange � SciX. SciX is a 24 month project with an EU funding of �1.000.000. Co-ordinated by the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia), the partners include Swedish Business School of Finland, Icelandic Building Research Institute, e-business company Indra (Spain), Technical University of Vienna (Austria), FGG Institute (Slovenia) and the University of Salford (UK). ------------------------------- Scottish Building Standards Agency http://www.sbsa.gov.uk/ The Scottish Building Standards Agency was set up on 21st June 2004 as an executive agency of the Scottish Executive to undertake the national functions relating to building standards. ------------------------------- Search Engines 2 http://www.search-engines-2.com/ Search Engines 2 offers over 12,500 links to local, regional, national, and foreign internet search engines, web directories, pay per click search engines and meta search engines, many of which accept free/paid web site submissions and advertising. ------------------------------- Social Science Data Archives: creating, depositing and using data, Plymouth http://www.esds.ac.uk/news/eventdetail.asp?ID=1080 Date: 22 October 2004. Organised by: ESDS, Location: University of Plymouth ------------------------------- Social Science Online 2004-5 http://www.sosig.ac.uk/events/ A national seminar series on Internet research skills. ------------------------------- Softbitonline http://www.softbitonline.com/ �A place for engineering professionals, technical consultants & students - here you can find machine design softwares, products and services related with electric motors, transformers & control panels. Multimedia based technical training on plant / machine operation, maintenance for industry engineers and libraries of technical colleges.� ------------------------------- Spokes software http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk/arch/spokes.shtml >From the Archives Hub. The Spokes software allows an institution to maintain its own >'master copy' of its EAD archival descriptions, while still making them available >through the main Archives Hub service. ------------------------------- Technology Electronic Reviews http://www.ala.org/ala/lita/litapublications/ter/tertechnology.htm Technology Electronic Reviews (ISSN: 1533-9165) is a periodical copyright � 1995-2003 by the American Library Association. ------------------------------- The Role of Ontologies in Teaching and Learning http://www.jisc.ac.uk/uploaded_documents/tsw_04_02.doc A TechWatch report, by Ruth Wilson. ------------------------------- The Voice of the UK http://uk-voice.org.uk/ Discussion forums for matters that affect you, your family, friends, neighbours, your town/village. ------------------------------- TheCreativeForum http://www.thecreativeforum.com/ TheCreativeForum is a Web-based community for the creative professional that will allow graphic designers, art directors, commercial photographers and other commercial artists to exchange creative ideas via posting of images and work samples for discussion and critique. ------------------------------- Titan Enterprises http://www.flowmeters.co.uk/ Producers of flowmeters, etc. ------------------------------- UK Civil Engineering Directory http://www.ukcivilengineering.co.uk/ A directory of civil engineering related information. ------------------------------- UK Civil Engineering Recruitment http://www.ukcivilengineering.com/ A Civil Engineering jobs board. ------------------------------- Website Address Book http://www.websiteaddressbook.co.uk/ >From Inkwell Press Limited, this is the website of the free magazine �Website Address >Book�, a directory of relevant websites for teachers and pupils, which is sent each >term to secondary school libraries and further education colleges. ------------------------------- Write Science Right http://www.writescienceright.com/ Write Science Right is a professional editing service for scientific and medical writers to enable researchers to eloquently and effectively present their findings and ideas. ----------------------------- 3. 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. AERADE http://aerade.cranfield.ac.uk/ Cranfield University have created a super new version of their free service for anyone looking for aerospace and defence information. They started with a catchy and memorable name (AERADE), which is now widely recognised within its target community as a source of quality subject-based information. With judicious use of graphics combined with purposeful text which is never verbose, they have crafted a fully-rounded service. AERADE not only facilitates the retrieval of internet resources, it also provides access to information about technical reports, engineering design data, conference details, jobs and industry news. AERADE knows its audience, and understands that these particular types of information are what they are often looking for. It amazes me that Cranfiled have managed to produce AERADE under their own steam, without large-scale external funding. The new-style AERADE is a great example for subject-based services to follow. RM -------------------------------- 4. PRESS RELEASES -------------------------------- **** Human Population & Natural Resource Management via CSA **** Subscribers to the CSA Environmental Science and Pollution Management Database now have access to the new database Human Population & Natural Resource Management. The database deals with issues arising from the conflict between the ever-increasing population of the Earth and the Earth's limited environmental and natural resources. Human Population & Natural Resource Management explores human population and demography topics, as well as societal issues involving natural resource management. For more information about the database - see: http://www.csa.com/csa/factsheets/human_population.shtml The database is now included, at no additional charge, as a subfile of the CSA Environmental Science and Pollution Management Database. For a free 30-day trial to the CSA Environmental Science and Pollution Management Database, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** New search facility for Taylor & Francis Online Journals **** Taylor & Francis is pleased to announce the launch of its new online search facility available at http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk The improvements are designed to make the site more intuitive and easy to use. The Basic and Advanced search options have been revised and you may now perform 4 different types of search: 1. Basic Search (quick search by Journal Title, Article Title, Abstract, Author, Full text, Publication Year, All Fields or a combination of options) 2. Advanced Search (allows you to search for a very specific piece of content) 3. Citation Search (enables you to use details from a citation to locate an article by Journal Title, Article Title, Author Name or Article details) 4. CrossRef Search T&F is one of the 29 leading journal Publishers participating in the CrossRef Search Pilot. Ashleigh Bell Journals Sales Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] **** New agcensus subscription service **** The new EDINA agcensus subscription service was launched on 1 October to provide online access to data derived from UK Agricultural Censuses. EDINA agcensus offers distribution maps at 2km, 5km and 10km levels of aggregation dating from 1969 to the present. Maps and data cover England, Scotland and Wales. Data can be downloaded as ASCII files suitable for analysis and integration with other data in a GIS. Census data for the most recent year is available free of charge and can be visualised at 10km at: http://agcensus.edina.ac.uk/demo/index.html Access to the time-series data are free to members of subscribing academic institutions via the Athens authentication system. The service is also available to subscribing non-academic institutions (commercial, research, policy) and to individuals on a per-project basis. The Agricultural Census is conducted in June each year in England, Scotland and Wales by the government departments for agriculture and rural affairs. The collated data provide information on distribution and extent of crop & horticultural production and rearing of livestock and is also a useful indicator of regional change in agricultural activity over time. For further information including information on cost and site licences, contact EDINA at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit: http://edina.ac.uk/agcensus **** xrefer Launches Specialist Reference Service **** xrefer, provider of online ready-reference services to libraries worldwide, announced that it has launched a new service, xreferplus Specialist Reference. xreferplus Specialist Reference delivers in-depth, subject-specific expertise from reference works by such publishers as Blackwell Publishing and MIT Press, and includes works previously unavailable online. For more information about xreferplus Specialist Reference, go to http://www.xrefer.com/libraries/index.jsp?m=17&sr=1 or contact Becky Fishman xrefer's Head of Communications at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or call 020 7479 9201. ------------------------------ 5. NETWORK NEWS ------------------------------ Athens News Athens is an Access Management System for controlling access to web-based subscription services. The latest Athens news is available at: http://www.athensams.net/news/ 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 news from EEVL, plus the latest additions to EEVL, The Hub for Engineering, Mathematics and Computing, is available at: http://www.eevl.ac.uk/news.htm Improved OneStep Industry News and OneStep Jobs services http://www.eevl.ac.uk/pressrelease/pressrelonestepupgraded.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/ Eduserv Chest News Eduserv Chest negotiates for all forms of commercially available electronic resource (abstracts, full text, journals, software, courseware, etc) for the education and research communities in the UK and Republic of Ireland, and it manages the resultant agreements. The latest news from Eduserv Chest is available at: http://www.eduserv.org.uk/chest/news/ 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/newsite/whatsnew.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/index.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 cooperative network of independent subject-based service providers called hubs, coordinated by the Resource Discovery Network Centre (RDNC). It 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. 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 005.7565 MYS TUR MySQL and JSP Web applications by James Turner SAMS, 2002 004.678 FAR The Internet and its protocols by Adrian Farrel Morgan Kaufman, 2004 025.04 BRA The advanced searcher's handbook 3rd ed, by Phil Bradley facet publishing, 2004 658.05 GRO Mastering e-business by Jonathan Groucutt and Paul Griseri Palgrave, 2004 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 ------------------------- 7. BLOGORAMA ------------------------- News about weblogs, RSS, etc: A weblog (Blog for short) is an online diary of sorts that usually features daily or regular postings providing commentary, plus links to other sites. For more information on blogs, the article: Search Engines: Weblog search engines http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue36/search-engines/ is a good place to start. Webopedia gives a definition of RSS http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/R/RSS.html Educational Blogging http://www.educause.edu/pub/er/erm04/erm0450.asp RSSCalendar http://www.rsscalendar.com/rss/ RSSCalendar lets users quickly setup online calendars that can be syndicated as RSS feeds. Newstation.com http://newstation.com/ Newstation.com is a web/browser-based RSS newsreader that's free and doesn't require registration. Rich Site Services: Web Feeds for Extended Information and Library Services http://www.llrx.com/features/richsite.htm by Gerry McKiernan Selected interesting blog's and RSS feeds Carnets de G�ologie - Notebooks on Geology http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/feed_geology.xml Auricle http://www.bath.ac.uk/dacs/cdntl/pMachine/auricle.xml [EMAIL PROTECTED] Team Weblog A List Apart http://www.alistapart.com/ For people who make websites Sciencebase Science News http://www.sciencebase.com/sciencebase.xml >From David Bradley, freelance science writer and journalist. For more from David, see >http://www.sciencebase.com/ Greenpeace http://archive.greenpeace.org/feeds/ Five feeds to choose from Portals and KM http://billives.typepad.com/portals_and_km/ This blog shares ideas and hopes to generate discussion on the use of portals, blogs, and knowledge management to provide value to organizations through practical applications. New trends and technologies are covered with a switch to music and food on the weekends. MacNN http://www.macnn.com/xml.php Several feeds, from the Macintosh News Network Netimperactive (offers a range of services for businesses, consumers, observers and commentators interested in all aspects of digital business) launches RSS feed http://www.netimperative.com/in_depth/Netimperative_launches_RSS_feed Virtual Training Suite http://www.vts.rdn.ac.uk/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi?flav=rss10 SOSIG News http://www.sosig.ac.uk/news/wp-rdf.php Latest news from the Social Science Information Gateway Distributed Learning Object Repository Network http://www.downes.ca/dlorn.rss 4 Engineers http://www.4engineers.co.uk/cross_network/latest_jobs_rss.php Job vacancies Health Informatics Community http://www.informatics.nhs.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=838 The Health Informatics Community site now offers news and document RSS feeds: Hitting The Headlines What's New? Document Of The Week DLnet Blogspot -------------------------- 8. BOOK REVIEW --------------------------- Stop Press! Thanks to an arrangement between Pearson Education and EEVL, you can buy this month's reviewed book for only �20.14 (normal price �30.99) including postage (within UK and Europe), from: http://www.pearson-books.com/eevl That's less than at Amazon! This offer is available for a limited period only. XML and PHP by Vikram Vaswani SAMS, 2002 ISBN: 0735712271 Having dabbled with XML and PHP I felt it was time to take the plunge and go through a structured approach to learning how the two internet technologies can work with each other. After some searching and the odd recommendation I decided to go with �XML and PHP� by Vikram Vaswani. The subjects covered in the book vary from the basics of PHP and XML, to XSLT, WDDX, RPC and ending up with some useful case studies. This, however, is not an exhaustive list of subjects covered. There is also a range of good appendixes which cover some of the in-depth issues like recompiling PHP so that XML support can be added along with a decent glossary of terms. This is not a �copy and paste� type of book as there is no disk with code on it, but don't let that put you off, the code examples are commented well and allow you to follow the code logic. Based on other technical books I have read, I would rate this highly and suggest it to anyone who is looking to learn the intricacies of PHP and XML. Richard Young Portal Project Officer for Altis and EEVL You can buy the above book from http://www.pearson-books.com/eevl for �20.14 Also available are many other new and recent titles at large discounts. --------------------------------------------- 8. GET A LIFE! - LEISURE TIME --------------------------------------------- SMiLE http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B0002LI11M.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg 37 years, and worth the wait Experimental Musican Instruments Links to other Websites having to do with unusual musical instruments and instrument making. http://www.windworld.com/emi/links.htm Gigs in Scotland http://www.gigsinscotland.com/ Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator http://www.hpana.com Scottish Cycling Holidays http://www.scotcycle.co.uk/ Transcotland http://www.transcotland.com/ Walking holidays in Scotland Red Spokes Adventure Tours http://www.redspokes.co.uk/ Red Spokes Adventure Tours is a company that specializes in taking small groups of cyclists to some of the most remote and spectacular parts of the world. http://www.allbutforgottenoldies.net Rediscover your favorite songs from the sixties and early seventies. http://www.edinburghcastle.biz/the_university_of_edinburgh.html Links of interest to students in Edinburgh This page is: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn121/irn121.html � 2004 Heriot-Watt University You may pass this newsletter on to others, as long as it is sent in its entirety ________________________________________
