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Internet Resources Newsletter, Issue 42, March 1998 (Section B)
This site includes information about and links to more than 1,000 national and international agricultural conferences, meetings, and seminars, with emphasis on those of scientific significance. It is aggressively maintained by the National Agricultural Library as a component of AgNIC (Agriculture Network Information Center). AgNIC, which was mentioned in issue 14 of this newsletter, is a distributed network established and maintained by the National Agricultural Library in collaboration with Cornell University, Iowa State University, the University of Arizona, and the University of Nebraska--Lincoln.
URL: http://www.agnic.org/mtg/
Here are reports on work in the history of physics (and allied fields such as astronomy and geophysics), carried out at the American Institute of Physics and elsewhere. Also reports on archival materials, bibliographies, photos, and more. Issued each spring and fall.
URL: http://www.aip.org/history/web-news.htm
A peer reviewed academic journal.
URL: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/ahi
ASM News is a monthly electronic version of the print magazine of the same title published by the American Society for Microbiology.
URL: http://www.asmusa.org/jnlsrc/news/asmnews2.htm
The Association of Computer Professionals formed in 1984, is a non-profit making body offering a complete range of courses leading to recognised qualifications.
URL: http://www.btinternet.com/~acp/
BUILDER is a 'hybrid library' development project at the University of Birmingham, Information Services. "The BUILDER project will develop a working model of the hybrid library. This will support teaching and research, seamlessly integrating access to a wide range of printed and electronic information sources, local and remote, using a Web-based interface, and in a way which will be universally applicable."
URL: http://builder.bham.ac.uk
This is the new web searchable version of the library catalogue and journal articles database of the British Library for Development Studies at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), UK.
URL: http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/dbases/bldsdb0.htm
URL: http://www.technology.bolton.ac.uk/civil.htm
For the latest books in science, technology and medicine, from a variety of publishers.
URL: http://www.booknews.co.uk/
Business Psychology Conference and Exhibition 16-17 September 1998. University of Westminster.
URL: http://www.lgu.ac.uk/psychology/event.html
The main objective of BASA is to increase the market for sprinklers by making sure that as many people as possible know how sprinklers can play a major role in saving life and property in a fire.
URL: http://www.basa.org.uk/
UK magazine store
URL: http://www.britishmagazines.com/
The data is drawn from the extensive Ford Collection of British Official Publications at Southampton University.
URL: http://www.soton.ac.uk/~bopcas/
The BuyinGuide allows you to search or browse for computer product information. This site gives away some hardware and software!
URL: http://www.buyinguide.com/
"The Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) is an independent centre right think tank which develops and publishes public policy proposals and arranges seminars and lectures on topical policy issues, as part of its mission to influence policy around the world. It also maintains a range of informal contacts with politicians, policymakers, civil servants and the press, in Britain and abroad."
URL: http://www.cps.org.uk/
An article by Charles F. Huber, University of California, Santa Barbara.
URL: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/istl/98-winter/interne1.html
An Australian site. "The cn.net.au Research Site. Community Networking creates, organizes and distributes research guidance for people involved in serious research. Here we link to Internet resources, library references and appraisals of commercial information."
URL: http://cn.net.au/
COS operates in three business areas:COS Memberships, Bibliographic Database Publishing, and Electronic Journal and Society Publishing. Community of Science, Inc. (COS) links researchers worldwide through information products available on the World Wide Web. The Company's products and services are designed to meet the information needs of the scientific R&D community.
URL: http://cos.gdb.org/
New address from that given in issue 19.
URL: http://www.p3p.com/
CETEC has been formed by major air conditioning companies to contribute to education, training and motivation of all concerned in handling and using refrigerants safely. It is an independent, non-profit making provident society.
URL: http://www.cetec.org.uk/
"The Datagold UK Search Engine now contains Web pages from over 14,000 UK companies, making it the largest Search Engine of its kind on the Web. If you are searching the Internet for products, services or information relating to British companies, the Datagold UK Search Engine has the answers." Also available are searchable Datagold Directories of management consultants, accountants, etc.
URL: http://www.datagold.com/
Devline has not been mentioned in this newsletter before. From the Institute of Development Studies and the British Library for Development Studies, Devline provides information services and systems for development professionals ... and for everyone else working on issues of economic, social and sustainable development.
URL: http://www.ids.ac.uk/
From SMR Cable, manufacturers of handmade, precision audiophile, coaxial electrical digital interconnect cables.
URL: http://www.smr-cable.co.uk/noframes/glossary/index.html
A US directory, with job postings, etc. Quite an active site.
URL: http://www.iversonsoftware.com/service.html
"Newsletters are the great new entrepreneurial opportunity of this information age. Our goal for this website is to develop a easy access to the information that is high in demand and hard to find."
URL: http://bizx.com/newsletter.html
Details about the summer school, which lasts from 13 July to 21 August.
URL: http://www.eca.ac.uk/conted/summer98/
Electronic publishing R&D news and resources. This site is sponsored by the European Union Telematics Application Programme Information Engineering sector of DG XIII E, and is all about information engineering. "The Information Engineering web site, El.Pub, is a focus for information about R&D in large scale electronic publishing. The idea that the creation and circulation of information content requires engineering skills is new, but the explosive expansion of the Internet and the growing digitisation of all forms of information is generating a need for agreement on 'best practice' guidelines and standards. Information Engineering is of importance to all who are enagaged in the information business, whether they are traditional publishers on paper or on-line, 'new media' publishers, information providers within companies to customers or internal staff or suppliers of related systems and services."
URL: http://inf2.pira.co.uk/
New address for this resource guide.
URL: http://electrochem.cwru.edu/estir/
Hans Zell Publishing Consultants, who publish some excellent books and journals on Africa and Developing Countries, have made available this Electronic African Bookworm: A Web Navigator. Its a directory of well over 400 links and Internet resources which has been designed especially for use by the book professions in Africa and by African writers and scholars, particularly those who may be new to the Web.
URL: http://www.hanszell.co.uk/navtitle.htm
This excellent resource features a comprehensive list of links to hundreds of sites and resources on the World Wide Web devoted to the evolving electronic commerce industry. The Library section offers users an extensive compilation of electronic commerce-related articles and reading lists. The Services section connects users to professional and financial companies and organizations that play a pivotal role in the emerging e-commerce marketplace.
URL: http://e-comm.internet.com/
ENWWEB has been created by Sustainability North West and its partners to help disseminate facts and figures on the region's environment. It is intended that this site will become the definitive gateway for environmental information in the region.
URL: http://www.u-net.com/northwest/enwweb/
Activities, publications, partner finding, etc.
URL: http://www.aede.org/
URL: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Underground/6382/index.html
FLOTI is an initiative by Bell College of Technology that allows you to undertake courses of study in the most flexible manner possible whilst maintaining academic quality.
URL: http://floti.bell.ac.uk/floti/welcome_to_floti.htm
Web site devoted to the management of facilities and services in the further and higher education sector.
URL: http://www.fmed.org.uk/
This is the successor to Tower Magazine, a UK's international affairs review. Free service.
URL: http://www.foreignwire.com
Directory of Financial Courses. "The Foresight programme aims to improve the competitiveness of the UK economy, and enhance the quality of life, by bringing together business, the science base and Government to identify and respond to emerging opportunities in markets and technologies."
URL: http://www.foresight.gov.uk/panels/panel6/directory.html
An interactive guide and Web resource for students and teachers of introductory college chemistry.
URL: http://antoine.fsu.umd.edu/chem/senese/101/index.shtml
There are links to the sites that focus on Software Engineering, Standards, Networking, Good Programming resources for C/C++ / Perl / Pascal / Delphi / Assembly / Java, CORBA, World Wide Web (WWW).
URL: http://members.tripod.com/~cp_more/
In an attempt to make Scots Law accessible to all, this site presents basic knowledge about it that ranges from what the sources of Scots Law are to practical solutions to common everyday legal problems.
URL: http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~athanasp/GUIDE.HTML
Provided by James & James (Science Publishers) Ltd.
URL: http://www.jxj.com/usr/etsu/cover.html
New address for this humanities gateway.
URL: http://users.ox.ac.uk/~humbul/
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