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Issue 175 - September 2009

Edited by: Roddy MacLeod (R.A.MacLeod@hw.ac.uk), Catherine Ure and Marion Kennedy, Heriot-Watt University Library

Internet Resources Newsletter by email and RSS

Random quotes

News items of interest

Best Book Websites

Information and reviews of new and notable Web sites

This month: Bus Tracker Edinburgh

Selected interesting blogs, RSS feeds and related news items, and also Twitter items

Recent arrivals

After hours


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COMMENT

If this is your first time here, welcome to the Internet Resources Newsletter! If you're a new student, researcher or lecturer, this newsletter will hopefully be of interest to you. Each issue contains information and reviews of new and notable websites of interest to academics, news items of interest, news about blogs, RSS, Twitter, etc, occasional book reviews, and more.

Internet Resources Newsletter by email and RSS

Over 30,000 people subscribe to the free email version of this Newsletter. Very many thanks go to FUMSI http://www.fumsi.com/ who sponsor this newsletter. FUMSI publishes articles, tools, and a monthly magazine, to give you practical help with information skills.

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A pdf of a foldable A4 leaflet about this newsletter is available. This may be useful for libraries or others who want to spread the word about the newsletter. If you do - many thanks!

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Random quotes

"...there is a widening gap between the model of learning offered by many big universities and the natural way that young people who have grown up digital best learn"
and... "Universities are finally losing their monopoly on higher learning, as the web inexorably becomes the dominant infrastructure for knowledge serving both as a container and as a global platform for knowledge exchange between people."
From: The impending demise of the university
http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/tapscott09/tapscott09_index.html

"...and so scientific life becomes geared to chasing publication in elite journals with the highest impact factor and high performances in a complex array of journal metrics."
From: A threat to scientific communication, Zoë Corbyn, TES, 13 August 2009
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=407705
"Quite honestly, if that is all journals are - a production line for the scientific community - you don't need journals in the internet age, you just need a big database." Richard Horton, editor of The Lancet, quoted in the above article.
"What we're seeing here is a spectacular expansion in the range of the blog medium. By comparison, the journals are standing still."
Michael Nielsen, quoted in the above article.

"Virtual worlds are about to plunge into a "trough of disillusionment", lecture podcasts are fast becoming obsolete, but cloud computing will soon be on the "slope of enlightenment". These are the findings of an analysis of the "hype cycle" of technology in education, published by Gartner, an IT advisory firm."
From: Second Life out as techies embrace cloud email, by Zoë Corbyn, THE 20 August
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=407839&c=2

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News items of interest.

Internet Librarian International 09
15 &16 October 2009. Workshops 14 October. Novotel London West, London, UK
Conference programme: http://www.internet-librarian.com/2009/programme.php
Internet Resources Newsletter is a media sponsor of ILI

Meet Emerald Group Publishing at the 75th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
http://info.emeraldinsight.com/about/news/story.htm?PHPSESSID=4loq77jt30ao0imr5obhnlvip4&id=1692

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Best Book Websites

On 12th July, The Sunday Times Ingear section listed 10 best book websites. They were:

DailyLit
http://dailylit.com/

Shelfari
http://www.shelfari.com/

Rare Book Room
http://rarebookroom.org/

FreeBookSpot
http://www.freebookspot.in/

Authonomy
http://authonomy.com/

Google Books
http://books.google.com/

Blurb
http://www.blurb.com/

BookCrossing
http://bookcrossing.com/

LibriVox
http://librivox.org/

Goodreads
http://www.goodreads.com/

Read the reviews of the ten sites above, at the Times Online.

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For more news items in business information products we recommend VIP: http://www.vivavip.com/

For news from Heriot-Watt University Library, see the spineless? blog.
http://hwlibrary.wordpress.com/

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A-Z NEW & NOTABLE WEB SITES

100G Ethernet and beyond: preparing for the exabyte Internet

http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/services/techwatch/reports/horizonscanning/hs0901

”This report explains why there does not appear to be a consensus for a single target and looks at the implications that may have for network managers in HE, particularly in light of JANET's recent announcement of trials into 100Gb/s transmission. It will review some of the technical implications of a move to 40Gb/s or 100Gb/s and make recommendations for how to maximise purchasing decisions at a time of flux in the industry. Finally, it will look ahead to the development of terabit Ethernet in order to put the continuing evolution of Ethernet into a longer-term context”


3 Quarks Daily

http://www.3quarksdaily.com/

Items from around the web on a daily basis, in the areas of science, design, literature, current affairs, art, and anything else.


Access to Research for Development and Innovation: aRDi

http://www.wipo.int/ardi/en/

The Access to Research for Development and Innovation (aRDi) program is coordinated by the World Intellectual Property Organization together with its partners in the publishing industry with the aim to increase the availability of scientific and technical information in developing countries.


Aircrete Products Association

http://www.aircrete.co.uk/

The Aircrete Products Association is a manufacturer organisation whose members include the major producers of Aircrete products in the UK - H+H Celcon, Quinn-Lite, Thermalite and Tarmac Topblock. It is a non-profit making organisation, dedicated to promoting the benefits of Aircrete building products and supporting the use and specification of this versatile and proven material.


Anianet

http://www.anianet.com/

Anianet is a professional network that connects Chinese scholars to their counterparts in America and Europe.


Animoto for Education

http://animoto.com/business/education/

Animoto provides tools for creating videos in the classroom.


Articulate

http://www.articulate.com/

e-learning software tools.


Arts & Letters Daily

http://www.aldaily.com/

Literature, language, trends, ideas, disputes, etc. A service of The Chronicle of Higher Education.


Assembly, CAM, and Process Planning for Today's Manufacturing Engineer: Boosting Production Productivity while Lowering Costs

http://techxtra.tradepub.com/free/w_abeb61/

Complimentary Research Report available from Aberdeen Group via Tradepub.


Association for Specialist Fire Protection

http://www.asfp.org.uk/

A UK and European Trade Association.


Association for the Conservation of Energy

http://www.ukace.org/

”The Association for the Conservation of Energy (ACE) was formed in 1981 by a number of major companies active within the energy conservation industry. Our aim is 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.”


Association of Event Organisers Limited

http://www.aeo.org.uk/

The Association of Event Organisers Ltd (AEO) is the trade body representing companies which conceive, create, develop or manage trade exhibitions and consumer events. It is run by its members for the benefit of its members through an elected council of representatives, specialist working groups and a fulltime secretariat.


Association of Play Industries

http://www.api-play.org/

The API is the lead trade body within the play sector representing the interests of manufacturers, designers and distributors of both indoor and outdoor play equipment and play area surfacing.


Association of Researchers in Construction Management

http://www.arcom.ac.uk/

“The Association of Researchers in Construction Management brings together all those interested in construction management research. Its aim is to further the advancement of knowledge in all aspects of management in construction by supporting education, dissemination and research. Our lively quarterly newsletter keeps members in touch with the latest news from members. The highly acclaimed annual conference brings together researchers from all over the world. Various research workshops provide a means to develop specific subject themes as well as general research methodology. Our publications form a very useful resource for all researchers in this field.”

This site includes a freely available Construction Management Abstracts database.


Association of Train Operating Companies

http://www.atoc.org/

The Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC) represents and supports Britain's passenger railway.


Australian Research Online

http://research.nla.gov.au/

This is the new name of the ARROW Discovery Service which was the Nice Web Site in June 2008. This database is cross-searched by Heriot-Watt’s TechXtra service.


Awareness Watch Newsletter

http://zillman.blogspot.com/2009/07/awareness-watch-newsletter-v7n8-august.html

The August 2009 V7N8 Awareness Watch Newsletter is now available. This month’s featured and special report highlights the publication “Using the Internet As a Dynamic Resource Tool for Knowledge Discovery”.


Barnes & Noble eBook Store

http://www.bn.com/ebooks

Now you can buy eBooks and read them on a wide range of platforms.


BCI Healthcare

http://www.bcihealthcare.com/

BCI Healthcare is a diversified staffing corporation that provides permanent and temporary recruiting/placement services to select industries ranging from start-up biotech companies to Fortune 100 Pharmaceutical Companies.


Best Websites for Teaching and Learning

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/aboutaasl/bestlist/bestwebsites.cfm

The Best Websites for Teaching and Learning honors websites, tools, and resources of exceptional value to inquiry-based teaching and learning as embodied in the American Association of School Librarians' Standards for the 21st-Century Learner.


Bing vs. Google

http://bing-vs-google.com/

Can't choose default search engine? Want to compare Bing & Google results? This is the right place to be.


Book Industry Study Group: BISG

http://www.bisg.org/

BISG has a new website.

The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) is the leading U.S. book trade association for supply chain standards, research, and best practices


Bus Tracker Edinburgh

http://www.mybustracker.co.uk/

Easy access to real time bus information in and around Edinburgh.


Citywire

http://www.citywire.co.uk/

A site for those with money to invest.


Conference Hound

http://conferencehound.com/

Find conferences and industry events for business, pleasure and everything in between.


Construction4.me

http://www.construction4.me/

Construction4.me has been developed to enable all construction businesses and individuals to advertise their services and gain web presence at a reasonable cost.


Digital Divide Data

http://www.digitaldividedata.org/

Digital Divide Data (DDD) bridges the divide that separates young people from opportunity in Cambodia and Laos by providing disadvantaged youth with: The education and training they need to deliver world-class, competitively priced IT services to global clients and acquire the essential business skills that help them break the cycle of poverty.


Digital Images for Education

http://imagesforeducation.org.uk/

“An unrivalled online image library, comprising over 500 hours of film and 56,000 photos, will be available free of charge for at least 25 years to UK higher and further education institutions from Summer 2010.”


Digital Look

http://www.digitallook.com/

"Operating since 1998, Digital Look is the UK's foremost research website for private investors. Covering the UK and 22 international markets, no-one gives investors more data or analytical tools for free than we do."


Earth Exchange

http://www.earthexchange.com/

UK waste minimization and exchane site. “Earth Exchange is a web-service which will reduce your landfilled construction wastes by making re-use and recycling of soils, aggregates and other building materials as easy as putting a pin in a map.”


eg magazine

http://www.globaltolocal.com/egemagazine/

For news and views on climate change issues. eg provides: a database of news items; search facilities under categories or with key words; PDF's of eg magazines with in-depth articles.


Encyclopedia of Life: EOL

http://www.eol.org/

”The Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) is an ambitious, even audacious project to organize and make available via the Internet virtually all information about life present on Earth.”


Enhancement Themes

http://www.enhancementthemes.ac.uk/

The Enhancement Themes initiative aims to enhance the student learning experience in Scottish higher education by identifying specific areas (Themes) for development. The Themes encourage academic and support staff and students to share current good practice and collectively generate ideas and models for innovation in learning and teaching.

The work of the Enhancement Themes is planned and directed by the Scottish Higher Education Enhancement Committee (SHEEC).


ESI.info

http://www.esi.info/

ESI provides an efficient way for buyers and sellers in the UK construction and industrial marketplaces to exchange information and develop business relationships.

Buyers are given free access to a comprehensive, qualified data set that allows them to search for and select the products, services and technical information they need to complete their projects. Sellers are given a wide range of advertising opportunities to help them attract and win new business.


Friends of Frontiers

http://www.friendsoffrontiers.org/

Friends of Frontiers (FoF) is a non-profit membership organization that is part of the Frontiers Research Foundation.

FoF is an attempt to build up a community network around the concept of Equal Opportunity Research Publishing also based on the Open Access Initiative movement


Future Internet

http://www.mdpi.com/journal/futureinternet

Future Internet (ISSN 1999-5903), an international, open access journal on Internet technologies and the information society. Future Internet is published by Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) online quarterly. The first issue will be released in 2009.


Getting Started in Second Life

http://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/documents/gettingstartedsecondlife

The guide has been written by representatives from several projects from within JISC’s recent Users and Innovation programme, which gave project teams the opportunity to work in emergent technology spaces that at the time were the domain of very few in higher education. These included multi user virtual environments such as Second Life.


Glasgow Web Design

http://www.glasgowwebdesign.co.uk/

Offers website design and search engine optimisation services throughout Scotland and the UK, plus there are over 100 pages of free content that academics and students may find of interest. Topics covered include website design, web accessibility and disability discrimination, advice on making websites easy to use, as well as information about how to get websites to rank well in search engines.


Global Commons Institute

http://www.gci.org.uk/

Global Commons Institute (GCI) is an independent group concerned with the protection of the global commons.

Mission: - to globally shrink and share future greenhouse gas emissions to avert dangerous rates of global climate change


Global Journal of Computer Science and Technology

http://www.computerresearch.org/indexforie.php

The Global Journal of Computer Science and Technology (GJCST) is an international platform providing facilities to researchers, scientists and engineers of computer science and technology to publish high quality, refereed papers. The journal covers original research, survey and review papers of all the aspects of computer science and technology, all over the world. The Journal spreads inside and comprehensive frontier trends of computer science and technology.


Google Search Tutorials

http://google.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/

Short, useful tutorials on how to use Google’s search engine. Everything from the basics to more advanced features will be covered.


Google SEO - Search Engine Optimisation Basics

http://www.hobo-web.co.uk/seo/

This guide is aimed at beginners who want a start point for learning the basics of Google SEO. There is also a free beginners guide to search engine optimization.


HWUSA

http://www.hwusa.org/

The Heriot-Watt University Students Association (HWUSA) website has been redesigned.


InChI

http://inchi.info/

Dedicated to the International Chemical Identifier aka InChI.

InChI was developed in cooperation of IUPAC and NIST and is the newest way of describing chemical structures in text.


Information in the Cloud:10-Point Check List for Choosing a Hosted Provider

http://web.fumsi.com/go/article/manage/3949

By Jennifer Smith, in FUMSI.


itpints

http://www.itpints.com/

itpints is a new real-time web search engine.


Jobijoba

http://www.jobijoba.co.uk/

Jobijoba is an search engine for jobs in the UK. It allows you to search a growing selection of jobs listed on recruiting agencies sites as well as job board in one go saving you the trouble of having to go to each site individually.


JobOfMine

http://www.jobofmine.com/

JobOfMine.com is an international job search web site specializing in employment and placement of experts in a variety of fields.


Jorum Update

http://www.jorum.ac.uk/docs/pdf/JulynewsletterV3_3.pdf

The July edition is available.

Jorum is a free online service providing access to teaching and learning resources, for teaching and support staff in UK Further and Higher Education.


Journal of Advances in Management Research

http://www.emeraldinsight.com/jamr.htm

Now being published by Emerald.

JAMR is published in association with the Indian Institute of Technology, a centre of excellence for higher training, research and development. This journal provides a dynamic international forum for the exchange and dissemination of the latest studies on advances in all functional areas of management, both in the service and the manufacturing sectors.


Killer Web Directory

http://www.killerdirectory.com/

A web directory with a blog.


Media Cloud

http://www.mediacloud.org/

Media Cloud is a system that lets you see the flow of the media. The Internet is fundamentally altering the way that news is produced and distributed, but there are few comprehensive approaches to understanding the nature of these changes. Media Cloud automatically builds an archive of news stories and blog posts from the web, applies language processing, and gives you ways to analyze and visualize the data.


National Centre for Text Mining newsletter

http://www.nactem.ac.uk/files/phatfile/Newsletter4.pdf

The second edition of the NaCTeM Newsletter


National Theatre

http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/

Extensive website with lots of information.


NCRI Oncology Information Exchange: ONIX

http://www.ncri-onix.org.uk/portal/

The NCRI Oncology Information Exchange (ONIX) was created to provide the cancer research community with a mechanism to easily discover and share information on the latest developments in the field. This will be achieved by bringing together biomedical data, analytical tools, research publications and new research technology to create an information network that will provide easy access to the resources needed to support research and thus accelerate knowledge generation.


OneLook

http://onelook.com/

Dictionary search. Over 1,000 dictionaries indexed.


Political Science Resources

http://www.politicsresources.net/

Previously mentioned in issue 161 of this newsletter, this now has a new address.


Prefio

http://prefio.com

Commercial Property Recruitment.


Professional Engineering Publishing

http://www.pepublishing.com/

PEP recently redesigned their website.


Public Sector Jobs1

http://publicsectorjobs1.co.uk/

Job vacancies in the UK. Public Sector.


Ranking Web of World Research Centers

http://research.webometrics.info/index.html

Part of the "Webometrics Ranking of World Universities", an initiative of the Cybermetrics Lab, a research group belonging to the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), the largest public research body in Spain.


Reading Sight

http://www.readingsight.org.uk/

Reading Sight has been created to support librarians, teachers, voluntary workers and anyone interested in helping people with sight loss get access to reading and reading services.


Reference Desk: Tips on Using Your Wits

http://web.fumsi.com/go/article/use/4023

An article in FUMSI, by Bob Duckett


Resource Finder

http://www.intellogist.com/wiki/Resource:Resource_Finder

This tool allows you to view useful search systems, databases, publications and websites grouped by technology area. Selecting your main technology area of interest will expand the sub-topics within that discipline.


Rightslink

http://www.rightslink.com/

“Rightslink is an easy-to-implement point-of-content licensing solution for publishers and content users.”


Science Books Online

http://www.sciencebooksonline.info/

Science Books Online is a directory of free science texts, e-books, monographs, lecture notes, and other science related documents. All texts are available for free access, authorized by their respective authors or publishers -- no pirated books here!


Scottish Recorder Orchestra

http://www.sro.org.uk/

The orchestra (founded in 2002) currently has about 50 members from all parts of Scotland in sections playing sopranino, descant, treble, tenor, bass, great bass and contrabass recorders.


ScottishJobs.com

http://www.scottishjobs.com/Jobsite/Index.php

“With over 1 million page impressions per month and over 120,000 visits by jobseekers every month, ScottishJobs.com is a jobsite that works! The jobsite was the proud winner of the UK's Best Regional Jobsite - NORA 2002. www.scottishjobs.com is part of MyJobGroup Ltd, the largest network of regional jobsites in the U.K.”


Share - the newsletter of the Australian National Data Service

http://ands.org.au/newsletters/newsletter-2009-07.pdf

Issue 1, July 2009 is available.


SilkWise.com

http://www.silkwise.com/

SilkWise.com is a free question answer website.


Social Networking & Web Tools

http://www.webjunction.org/technology/web-tools

A WebJunction guide to social networking in a library context.


Synthetic Biology: scope, applications and implications

http://www.raeng.org.uk/news/publications/list/reports/Synthetic_biology.pdf

A report published by The Royal Academy of Engineering


Teaching with Technology

http://ipt286.pbworks.com/Index

Tables containing links to downloadable software, "cloudware", and webservices like hosting.


The Information Standard

http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Healthcare/PatientChoice/BetterInformationChoicesHealth/Informationstandard/DH_098427

The Information Standard is a new certification scheme for health and social care information producers. Those organisations that meet the criteria of The Information Standard will then be entitled to place a quality mark on their information materials so people searching for health and social care information can easily identify it as coming from a reliable, trustworthy source.


The Rich Works

http://www.therichworks.co.uk/

Recruitment in construction, plus advice and information to both industry professionals and graduates.


The Second Pass

http://thesecondpass.com/

The Second Pass is an exclusively online publication devoted to reviews, essays, and blog posts about books new and old. It is updated every weekday.


Top Ten Internet Search Tips by Melissa Barker

http://WhitePapers.VirtualPrivateLibrary.net/SearchTips.pdf

A five page set of tips.


Travelnomics

http://images.list.cheapflights.co.uk/pdf/PDF-LPUK-travelnomicsuk_0907.pdf

Travelnomics is a PDF report detailing the latest trends and stats in British holidays and travel.


WatchKnow

http://watchknow.org/

WatchKnow a non-profit, online community that encourages everyone to collect, create, and share free, innovative, educational videos.


Web of Hope

http://www.projectflamingo.com/

Vision is that through positive action, every man, woman and child can help to repair and redefine Man’s place in Nature.

Mission is to demonstrate how new ways of thinking and acting that support sustainability in all its forms can be harnessed for the benefit of all.

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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 often 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.

Bus Tracker Edinburgh
http://www.mybustracker.co.uk/

This site will only be of interest to those who live in the Edinburgh area, where the Internet Resources Newsletter is based, but it's a very useful service for live tracking of buses and finding out when the next one is due.

RM

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BLOGORAMA AND TWITTERSPHERE

Selected interesting blogs, RSS feeds and news items, and Twitter items and feeds

You already know what blogs are, but for more information about RSS see the Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_(protocol) or Webopedia http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/R/RSS.html

The Internet Resources Newsletter has an RSS feed (essentially the Table of Contents for each issue): http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.rss
To add this RSS feed to any feedreader, go to: http://tinyurl.com/39sg5j

UX Booth Blog
http://www.uxbooth.com/blog/
The UX Booth Blog provides insightful articles on Usability and User Experience.

SPIEWorks: Current Job Postings
http://spieworks.com/feeds/jobs.xml

hueniverse
http://www.hueniverse.com/
Thoughts on technology and open standards

Ypulse blog
http://www.ypulse.com/
Youth marketing to teens

iLearn Technology
http://ilearntechnology.com/
A blog about integrating technology iton the classroom

Professional Engineering Publishing
http://acadblog.pepublishing.com/

100 Best Blogs for Librarians of the Future
http://www.bachelorsdegreeonline.com/blog/2009/100-best-blogs-for-librarians-of-the-future/
From learn-gasm

Bldg Blog
http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/
Architecture, urban speculation, etc

archiCentral
http://www.archicentral.com/

Knovel Updates
http://why.knovel.com/index.php?option=com_bca-rss-syndicator&feed_id=1

External Works
http://ewtrial.wordpress.com/
New ideas for public spaces and landscapes

Digital Revolution (working title)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/digitalrevolution/
From the BBC

Twitter

ScottishScreen
http://twitter.com/ScottishScreen
National agency for the screen industries in Scotland.

infobunny
http://twitter.com/infobunny
Make sure you follow Bunny - find out why, by following Bunny

Twitter apps
http://twitterapps.wordpress.com/

Twitter Applications List
http://ow.ly/iVER
These are 3rd party Twitter applications that are useful for teaching and learning.

liswire
http://twitter.com/liswire
The Librarian's News Wire

Google accounts on Twitter
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/google-accounts-on-twitter.html

whatsoncentral
http://twitter.com/whatsoncentral
Business Networking and Academic Events listing website for Scotland and the UK.

Twittorati
http://twittorati.com/
Twittorati tracks the tweets from high authority bloggers, e.g. the Technorati Top 100.

fedsearchblog
http://twitter.com/fedsearchblog
Links related to federated search

The IET (Institution of Engineering and Technology)
http://twitter.com/TheIET

Intellogist
http://twitter.com/Intellogist
Patent specialist

Twitter 101 for Business
http://business.twitter.com/twitter101/

Why 140 characters?
"SMS (i.e., texting on your phone) limits each message to 160 characters. Twitter takes that limit and reserves 20 characters for your username, leaving you 140 characters to play with. That's how it started and we've stuck with it!"

Smithsonian
http://www.si.edu/Twitter/
Twitter feeds from around the Smithsonian Institution

Encyclopedia of Life
http://twitter.com/eoflife

UK Universities Twitter Accounts
http://www.lizazyan.com/list-of-uk-university-twitter-accounts/

Heriot-Watt ISC
http://twitter.com/heriotwattisc

Knovel Updates
http://twitter.com/knovelupdates
Knovel is an online technical resource used by scientists and engineers around the world to quickly locate relevant and reliable technical information

Conference Hashtags
http://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/2009/07/conference-hashtags-are-not-keywords.html
Phil Bradley explains about conference hashtags

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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

302.231 ORE
The Twitter book
by Tim O'Reilly and Sarah Milstein
O'Reilly, 2009

A complete list of new books added to Heriot-Watt University Library is available at: http://hw.lib.ed.ac.uk/cgi-bin/newbooks.cgi

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GET A LIFE! - LEISURE TIME

The Jazz Bar
http://www.thejazzbar.co.uk/
On Chambers Street, Edinburgh

Sugarbeat Edinburgh
http://www.sugarbeatclub.com/sugarbeat-edinburgh.aspx

Jazz in Scotland
http://www.jazz-in-scotland.co.uk/

The gig guide
http://www.gigguide.co.uk/

Casamundo
http://www.casamundo.co.uk/
Casamundo is an online holiday rental portal with houses and apartments to rent across Great Britain and Europe. There's afree booking service with prices that include many offers aimed especially at students.

My Family Holiday Campsite Reviews
http://www.myfamilyholidays.com/campsite_holiday_park_reviews.html

Low Cost Holidays
http://www.lowcostholidays.com/
lowcostholidays.com offer a service to enable you to put together your holiday at the lowest market price available.

FunFancyDress.com
http://funfancydress.com/

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