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_INTERNET RESOURCES_ Newsletter Issue 13 (Section C)
Information about a database of maps and related geospatial information concerning research related to the Louisiana coast and the Gulf of Mexico, plus pointers to information about the development of metadata to provide common fields for distributed searches of geographic and environmental research online. The Documents section include links to interesting GIS related documents.
URL: http://lcgisn.lsu.edu/lcgisn/lcghome.html
The French daily newspaper's Multimedia section is now available on the Web (in French).
URL: http://www.netfrance.com/Libe/
Ian Tilsed (University of Exeter) has produced a list of many useful library links under the headings:
URL: http://www.ex.ac.uk/~ijtilsed/lib/wwwlibs.html
Links to libraries and library related material.
URL: http://www.ex.ac.uk/~ijtilsed/lib/wwwlibs.html
The club for those who edit and write for journals published by MCB University Press. Includes the Literati Club Newsletter.
URL: http://www.mcb.co.uk/literati/nethome.htm
URL: http://skiddaw.elec.aca.mmu.ac.uk/welcome.html
Singularity knots, Singularity knot animations, Pictures generated by vort, Look at the part of the earth which is lit by the sun., A few 3D fractals.
URL: http://www-math.sci.kun.nl/math/knopen/art_gallery.html
A personal finance web magazine with news, advice, features, book reviews, and a directory with the headings: Accountants, Banks and Building Societies, Cash & Card Services, Derivatives, Independent Financial Advisers, Insurance, Stocks & Investments.
URL: http://www.moneyworld.co.uk/
From Springer-Verlag, an electronic journal, Nonlinear Science Today - An Electronic Adjunct to Journal of Nonlinear Science. In the electronic format as well as in its former print version, NST provides a forum for the dissemination of new results, methods and ideas in nonlinear science.
URL: http://www.springer-ny.com/nst/
Links to Web pages about Nordic countries, under helpful headings. Of particular interest to all of Heriot-Watt University's students from Scandinavia.
URL: http://www.algonet.se/~nikos/nordic.html
This is quite an interesting database of Web URLs (about 115,000 out of 300,000 known URLs) from the following countries: Denmark, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden.
URL: http://www.ub2.lu.se/wwwindex.html
Selected stories from the business section of this regional UK newspaper
URL: http://www.quay.co.uk/neon/news/norecho.htm
URL: http://www.nics.gov.uk/centgov/nio/nio.htm
NUTIS is an interdisciplinary research unit whose remit is to develop new ways of handling spatial data for the benefit of the environmental sciences. The Unit is funded by the Natural Environment Research Council, and is based at The University of Reading, England.
URL: http://www.nutis.ac.uk/
OKRA helps you find email addresses of people or organisations. The keyword searchable database currently holds 819,000 addresses, which have been collected from Usenet Newsgroups, Finger-Bombers, users, etc. Seems like a good service (Well, we found our own names in it!).
URL: http://okra.ucr.edu/okra/
Large UK Publishers
URL: http://www.oup.co.uk/
"The Polymer Liquid Crystal tutorial is an electronic textbook covering the fields of polymers, liquid crystals, polymer liquid crystals, and polymer-dispersed liquid crystals aimed at the college freshman level. This project includes interactive simulations, animations, and video clips to enhance the learning environment."
URL: http://lcwww.phys.cwru.edu
"Qualnet provides information for managers in organizations where a quality programme is already in place, as well as those which are totally new to the subject. Journals and forums contained within the network offer insights into the cost of quality and the chance to remain up to date with international legislation, customer care, team building, benchmarking, technology transfer and employee involvement."
Includes information, with contents pages, etc. to several journals:
URL: http://www.mcb.co.uk/qualnet/netserv/netinfo.htm
As part of the Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies this site allows searching for database research bibliographies. Upwards of 20,000 entries are indexed.
URL: http://www-ccs.cs.umass.edu/db/bib-search.html
URL: http://www.rgu.ac.uk/
From the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, links to resources under the following headings:
URL: http://www.sys.uea.ac.uk/Research/ResGroups/SIP/
A forum for discussion of research in biology, mathematical-biology, and mathematics applied to or motivated by biology.
URL: http://www.iam.ubc.ca/spider/spiros/smb/index.html
"SME, headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, U.S.A., is an international professional society dedicated to serving its members and the manufacturing community through the advancement of professionalism, knowledge, and learning. Founded in 1932, SME has more than 70,000 members in 70 countries. The society also sponsors some 300 chapters, districts, and regions, as well as 240 student chapters worldwide."
URL: http://www.sme.org
The SPE (Society of Petroleum Engineers) archives of petroleum engineering literature includes more than 25,000 technical papers on petroleum engineering and related topics submitted to the Society of Petroleum Engineers from 1951 through 1994. Indexed to allow searching by author, title, year, publication, or SPE paper number as well as Boolean searches. All papers listed in the Index are available from the SPE Book Order Dept.
URL: http://pumpjack.tamu.edu:80/cgi-bin/speindex?Source=spe_publications
Spectrum: The WDVL (Web Developers Virtual Library) is a new e-journal. Current articles include: Multi Browser HTML Design: Databases and the Web - Part I: Interview: Michael Doyle, PhD: Editorials, and Web Bytes.
URL: http://WWW.Stars.com/Spectrum/
URL: http://www.staffs.ac.uk/sands/engs/engineering.html
A comprehensive list of WWW-pages of Universities and University Colleges in Sweden, plus links to SUNET - Swedish University Network, etc.
URL: http://www.algonet.se/~nikos/wwwreg/univers.html
SyllabusWeb provides resources for higher education on how technology can be incorporated into instruction. It contains news, case studies, product reviews and announcements, and feature articles on technology written by educators and experts. Also included is information about Syllabus Magazine.
URL: http://www.syllabus.com/
Includes a Classified listings for UK based sites and UK interests, articles on all sorts of subjects to do with business and finance, etc. The Synchro-Net Small Business Group is managed by the partners and staff of Martin Peters & Co.
URL: http://www.demon.co.uk/eismp/
UK based Publishers of international, fully-refereed journals which are of interest to academic researchers, teacher trainers, and policy-makers. These pages feature information, plus Tables of Contents, of the following periodicals:
URL: http://www.triangle.co.uk/
Information about the bank, plus useful hints for students.
URL: http://www.tsb.co.uk/
News about current research at American Universities. Headlines and abstracts are free. In-depth articles are offered for sale.
URL: http://www.cyberstreet.com/unisci
URL: http://www.dct.ac.uk/~mismmes/mechmain.html
Includes access to ReCall Newsletter, a free Newsletter for language teachers and language centers.
URL: http://www.cti.hull.ac.uk/
URL: http://gonzo.sci.man.ac.uk/index.html
NIKEL is a joint venture between the University of Ulster and ICL, and has been supported by the EC STRIDE programme.
URL: http://www.infj.ulst.ac.uk/nikel.html
URL: http://www.swan.ac.uk/uwp/home.htm
An electronic magazine for Visual Basic(tm) programmers.
URL: http://www.calweb.com/~wahle/mag.html
A bi-weekly bulletin or executive summary that reports on the latest marketing sites to come onto the Web. Now available free on the Web.
URL: http://www.advert.com/wdfm/wdfm.html
Another directory of Internet search engines and tools.
URL: http://www.biddeford.com:80/~soaring/
Webster University is an independent, comprehensive, nondenominational, multicampus, international university situated in California, with undergraduate and graduate programs in various disciplines including the liberal arts, the fine and performing arts, teachers education, business, and management.
URL: http://www.websteru.edu
The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education is a regional US agency established in 1953 by an interstate compact among 15 western states. WICHE's activities and publications are designed to facilitate resource sharing and cost-effective services among member and affiliate states and their public and independent colleges and universities. This site includes details of publications, plus various activities of WICHE such as their Student Exchange Programs (SEP), Institute on Ethnic Diversity, etc.
URL: http://www.wiche.edu/
From the UK Shopping Centre, a service listing the latest 'Euro Web Developments' and sites.
URL: http://www.ukshops.co.uk:8000/whatsnew.html
"WHEBDO est le journal électronique de «L'Hebdo», le principal magazine d'information de Suisse romande, publié à Lausanne". Texts are available in French only.
URL: http://www.hebdo.ch/
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