Internet Resources Newsletter, Issue 54, March 1999 (Section B)

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NEW WEB SITES: A - H

1st Chemical Market

http://www.1cm.com/

Global trading system dedicated to the chemical industry.

Acses

http://www.acses.com/

Find books and compare prices from 20 Internet bookshops.

Acta Chimica Slovenica (e-journal)

http://acta.chem-soc.si/

Abstracts and full text available.

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP)

http://www.achp.gov/forum.html

The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) has just launched an online forum for collecting input on the role of the Federal Government in historic preservation. "ACHP Forum invites organizations and individuals who have had experience with Federal historic preservation to share their thoughts on a number of topics such as what the Federal Government should preserve, the extent of legal protection the Federal Government should afford historic resources, and how Federal stewardship might be improved."

Alcoholism Index

http://www.alcoholismhelp.com/index/

An alcoholism search engine.

AlphaGalileo

http://www.alphagalileo.org/

The Internet Press Centre for European science, engineering and technology. "To access the full range of materials on AlphaGalileo you must register. Registration is open to journalists world-wide and to scientists, engineers, technologists and relevant public relations staff from European-based research bodies who can contribute news releases and event information."

American Journal of Botany (e-journal)

http://www.amjbot.org/

Free trial period currently available for this online journal from the Botanical Society of America, full-text content.

Association for the Conservation of Energy

http://hometown.aol.com/aceuk/home.htm

"The Association for the Conservation of Energy was formed in 1981 by a number of major companies active within the energy conservation industry, in order to encourage a positive national awareness of the need for and benefits of energy conservation, to help establish a sensible and consistent national policy and programme, and to increase investment in all appropriate energy saving measures."

Attitudes to CPD: Establishing a Culture of Life-Long Learning at Work

http://www.mcb.co.uk/services/conferen/announcements/cpd_announcement.htm

This free access discussion is open to anyone with an interest in CPD. Starts March 1st 1999 and runs until 26th March.

Bargaining for Skills London Project

http://www.bfs-london.org.uk

Aims to work with trades unions to make education and training achievable for people already in work.

BIOtech

http://www.elsevier.com:80/homepage/sah/biotech/

Complimentary gateway to information about scientific publications and databases in biotechnology and related disciplines. The BIOtech Website offers you free access to an abstracts database containing approximately 22,000 articles from 89 key biotechnology journals with new records added every two weeks.

British Institute of Architectural Technologists: BIAT

http://www.biat.org.uk/

"The British Institute of Architectural Technologists (BIAT) is the professional institute, representing over 6000 professionals working and studying in the field of Architectural Technology in the UK and overseas. As such, BIAT has become internationally recognised as the qualifying body for Architectural Technologists, by creating a standard of competence for corporate membership."

BT ClickFree

http://btclickfree.excite.co.uk/btclickfree/

BT ClickFree is the brand new free Internet access service from BT. BT ClickFree allows anyone who has a PC, modem and browser to get direct Internet access for the price of a local rate call.

Business and Accounting Software Developers Association: BASDA

http://www.basda.org/

BASDA aims to bring together people and organisations with an interest in the development, accreditation and marketing of business and accounting related software products and to provide a forum for its members to influence the direction of the industry.

Business Round Table

http://www.business-round-table.co.uk/brt-win/html/mission.html

"The Business Round Table works for groups of firms and organisations. We help these firms and whole industry sectors to identify and adopt best practice. We offer practical, soundly based and independent research. This syndicated approach brings benefits that are far beyond the resources of many individual firms. We bring together customers and suppliers in a neutral forum to improve collaboration. We offer a variety of practical techniques, including benchmarking. Our focus is on implementation rather than just research. We mount promotional campaigns. We often publish our research in the form of practical guides. Unless the research is confidential, we keep the press informed of our activities."

CATSites™ for the Oil and Gas Industry

http://www.spindletop.com/cat/ogbook.html

"...we have converted our traditional directory, Oil and Gas on the Internet to a quarterly publication, called CATSites™. All the web sites are verified and updated every 90 days, new ones are added and dead sites removed."

CCWM (e-journals)

http://www.ccwm.demon.co.uk/

The new web magazine for call centres.

CEFISITE

http://www.cri.ensmp.fr/~cefi/

Web site on Engineering education in France.

Chartered Institute of Building - Hong Kong

http://www.ciob.org.hk/

This site includes a newsletter, calendar of events, etc.

Chemical Industry Teaching Resources User Site: CITRUS

http://www.jpleav.demon.co.uk/

This site is part of a research project looking into Internet resources available for teaching those aspects of Chemistry courses which relate to the Chemical Industry. It is currently featuring a CITRUS Questionnaire for Teachers/Lecturers.

Chemistry Journals

http://www.chemconnect.com/library/journals.shtml

This list, from ChemConnect, contains over 500 links to various chemistry journals online.

City University: Department of Information Science: Internet Studies Research Group

http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~pw/is-home.html

A multidisciplinary research unit based.

Classroom Connect (e-journal)

http://www.classroom.com/

Web site for a magazine about the use of the Internet across the curriculum.

Comprehensive Guide to Teleworking

http://www.teleworker.nildram.co.uk/

You need a good browser to make the most of this site. Teleworking is the use of telecommunications to enable work-based activities outside the traditional workplace. Electronic homework is carried out at home using telecommunications to receive and forward work to clients. Homebased teleworkers can work for a single company, or freelance working for a number of clients.

Computer-Mediated Communication Magazine (e-journal)

http://www.december.com/cmc/mag/current/toc.html

This is the 57th and final issue of this e-journal.

Creation of Study Environments: COSE

http://www.staffs.ac.uk/COSE/

The COSE Project is a 2 year project funded by the JISC Technology Applications Programme (JTAP), to provide tools for the creation of Study Environments rather than "material" and to enable their development to take place in the context of a coherent pedagogy and which promote good practice.

CTI 1997/98:: A review of learning and teaching innovation in higher education

http://www.cti.ac.uk/publ/annrep.html

From the Computers in Teaching Initiative 1997/98.

Current Opinion in Molecular Therapeutics

http://www.current-drugs.com/

New bimonthly journal. This site gives information, some free samples, and a trial.

Design Selector Global

http://www.designselectorglobal.co.uk/

Design Selector Global is a large engineering database. The database contains details of mechanical, electromechanical and electronic part suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, agents, sub-contractors and service providers across the whole of UK industry. Users can specify parts using performance, size, form etc. and searches can be narrowed down to certain geographical locations within the UK as well as quality standards obtained by the vendor.

Direct Hit

http://www.directhit.com/

"Direct Hit's award-winning technology provides highly relevant results for any Internet search. Our Popularity Engine™ tracks the sites that people actually select from the search results list. By analyzing the activity of millions of previous Internet searchers, Direct Hit determines the most popular and relevant sites for your search request."

Directory of Online Resources for Information Literacy

http://www.cas.usf.edu/lis/il/

The Directory of Online Resources for Information Literacy Web site is maintained by Drew Smith, Instructor, USF School of Library and Information Science.

DocLinks U.K.

http://members.tripod.com/~doclinks/index.html

Page providing links to web sites of interest to medical professionals throughout the United Kingdom and beyond.

E-Commerce IOSIS

http://www.ecommerce.iosis.net/home/

"The Internet One-Stop Information Shop for Electronic Commerce... At the heart of the service is our database of E-Commerce resources on the web, broadly split into a Library and Suppliers Directory. All entries in the database are vetted by our full-time editorial team, so that visitors to the IOSIS know that they are being directed towards quality, informative web sites."

Edinburgh Junior Chamber of Commerce

http://www.ejcc.org.uk/

New address from the one given in issue 47 of this newsletter.

Education 2000.co.uk

http://education2000.co.uk/

News, information, and directories.

Electrical and Electronic Engineering Departments at UK Universities

http://www.fitz.cam.ac.uk/~dja25/eng/

Daniel Auger's page contains links to the web sites of electrical and electronic engineering departments at many British universities.

Electrical Engineering Circuits Archive: EECA

http://www.ee.washington.edu/eeca/

"This is a site devoted to expanding the availability of circuit designs to engineering students, and even engineering professionals. The idea for this database came from Jerry Russell's search for circuit designs for guitar sound effects. The unavailability of such a widely available database sparked his interest in creating one."

Electronic Design Online (e-journal)

http://www.penton.com/ed/

Not new, but not mentioned before. This is the online version of the printed Electronic Design journal.

Electronic Engineers' Toolbox

http://www.eg3.com/ebox.htm

New address.

Encyclopaedia of British History: 1700-1930 (Spartacus Internet Encyclopedia)

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Britain.html

A comprehensive encyclopedia being produced for the National Grid for Learning and is a completely free resource for all students of British history. The encyclopedia currently contains over 2,000 entries and is an attempt to show the history of Britain through the eyes of people from all levels of society. Each entry includes narrative, illustrations, primary sources and bibliography. The text within each entry is hyperlinked to other relevant pages in the encyclopedia. In this way it is possible to research individual people and events in great detail. The sources are also hyperlinked so the student is able to find out about the writer, artist, newspaper, organisation, etc., that produced the material."

Engineering Integrity Society

http://www.e-i-s.org.uk/

The Engineering Integrity Society offers a unique forum for industrial engineers to exchange ideas and experience. Since its foundation in 1984 the EIS has made an important contribution to engineering science, holding major National and International Conferences, organising and co-ordinating specialist task groups, and presenting technical seminars. Membership is World-wide.

ESP: Student Pages

http://www.studentpages.com/

Student Pages has been updated since it was mentioned in issue 23 of this newsletter. ESP aims to become the first stop on the web for students, serving not only as a city guide to over twenty university towns in the UK but also providing entertaining interviews, tongue-in-cheek horoscopes, A-Z of shopping and services, a co-branded site with SCOOT cinema listings and the soon-to-feature useful links section.

EULER Project

http://www.maths.soton.ac.uk/EMIS/projects/EULER/

European Libraries and Electronic Resources in Mathematical Sciences EULER is a project co-funded by the European Commission in the Telematics for Libraries sector. The aim of the project is to provide strictly user-oriented, integrated network based access to mathematical publications. The EULER service intends to offer a "one-stop shopping site" for users interested in Mathematics.

European Governments on the WWW

http://www.gksoft.com/govt/europa.html

New address from the one given in issue 14 of this newsletter. This is part of the Governments on the WWW site. "Comprehensive database of governmental institutions on the World Wide Web: parliaments, ministries, offices, law courts, embassies, city councils, public broadcasting corporations, central banks, multi-national organisations etc. Includes also political parties. Online since June 1995. Contains more than 11000 entries from 218 countries and territories as of January 1999. Frequently updated."

European Public Affairs Directory

http://www.landmarks.be/EPAD/index.htm

Information about the most recent edition of the European Public Affairs Directory (9th edition). The Public Affairs Directory 1999 is a professional tool for anyone wanting to contact 8,500 top decision-makers in Brussels and the European Union.

European Science Foundation

http://www.nfr.se/ominternationellt/internat/esf.html

ESF is the European association of national funding organisations of basic research.

Europrojects (recruitment)

http://www.europrojects.co.uk/

Technical and executive appointments.

Farmers Guardian (e-journal)

http://www.farmersguardian.co.uk/

A Miller Freeman magazine for the countryside.

Forreign Correspondent

http://www.uq.edu.au/jrn/cij/fc.html

The site has been created to serve working foreign correspondents both within Australia and abroad. There are links to country and government data as well as to other essential information and tools.

The page also aims to foster communication between journalism, educators and journalists working in the field.

Fourier Analysis Tutorial

http://mccabe.balliol.ox.ac.uk/Fourier/

An online tutorial by David McCabe, Balliol College, Oxford.

Geography

http://geography.miningco.com

From the Mining Co. site. This includes weekly articles about geography, annotated links to hundreds of the best sites for maps and geographical information, an online world atlas, a glossary, weekly quizzes, a bulletin board and chat room for those interested in geography, etc. Over 800 pages.

Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Software Directory

http://www.ggsd.com/

New address from the one given in issue 19 of this newsletter.

Glasgow Caledonian University: Centre for Innovation in Healthcare Technology

http://www.CIHT.gcal.ac.uk/

"The Centre for Innovation in Healthcare Technology (CIHT) provides a link between academics and businesses in the Healthcare Technology Industry. While there is a particular emphasis on SME's in the West of Scotland the CIHT will facilitate contract research, collaborations and technology transfer between the University and the healthcare industry as a whole. The CIHT will provide backup and support for start up and spin out companies from the University."

Hannover Messe

http://www.hannovermesse.de/

World's leading fair for industry, automation, innovation. 19-24 April.

HC Resourcing (recruitment)

http://www.hc.clara.net

IT Recruitment.

He@lth Information on the Internet (e-journal)

http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/healthinfo/

A bimonthly newsletter from the Wellcome Trust and the Royal Society of Medicine. All six issues are available at this site.

Hersh Web Site Observer (e-journal)

http://CyberJournalist.com/

An e-mail newsletter which spotlights and highlights those web sites that are new or newsworthy on the Internet. Information about the newsletter, plus archives, are available at this site.

Higher Education Digitisation Service: HEDS

http://heds.herts.ac.uk/

HEDS is a JISC Service offering expert advice with a total management package to provide complete digitisation services. This site was recently expanded.

History Journals Guide

http://www.crispinius.com/nfh2/zeitschriften/hjg-start.html

Slightly different address from the one given in issue 47 of this newsletter. The Guide intends to be a starting-point for historians. It contains at the moment links to 1365 different journals.

History of Pharmacy Museum

http://www.pharmacy.arizona.edu/museum/

From the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy. Includes a virtual tour, etc.

History On-Line

http://ihr.sas.ac.uk/search/

History On-Line is an exciting new initiative offering a unique insight into history in the UK today. You can search over 30,000 records and find information on:

Books in print published by the leading academic history publishers in the UK.
Journals and articles, many with abstracts.
All teachers of history in higher education in the UK (updated in December 1998).
Over 90 % of history theses completed in the UK this century.
Current research in history and related subjects.
All seminars and conferences held at the IHR each year (505 in 1997/98).

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