The free, monthly newsletter for academics, students, engineers, scientists and social scientists.
ISSN: 1361-9381
Other Issues
Pinakes
Subject Launchpad
About Internet Resources Newsletter
Heriot Watt University
Heriot-Watt University Library
Heriot-Watt University Library
Issue 99 - December 2002
Edited by:
Roddy MacLeod (R.A.MacLeod@hw.ac.uk),
Catherine Ure and Catherine Ferguson.
Table of Contents:
|
Random quote More Blogs News items |
A-Z New & Notable Web SitesInformation and reviews of new and recent Web sites |
||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
COPAC Web site revised |
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Review of: Journal of Internet Commerce |
||||||||||||||||||||
COMMENT
Internet Resources Newsletter by email
Over 9,000 people now subscribe to the email version of
this Newsletter! The number of subscribers has been increasing over the
past few months, and very many thanks go to Free
Pint who distribute the email version. To subscribe, at no cost, go
to http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.html
Random quote:
"In just two years, Heriot-Watt University's pioneering interactive e-learning initiative, Scholar, has attracted 98% of Scotland's senior secondary school pupils and is now being extended south of the border and beyond..." hwu Magazine
More blogs
The following Blogs were mentioned in a recent issue of UKOLUG Newsletter
ia/ news for information architects
http://www.iaslash.org/
Column Two
http://www.steptwo.com.au/columntwo/
Gurteen
Knowledge-Log
http://www.gurteen.com/gurteen/gurteen.nsf/0/E79924B9B266C48A80256B8D004BB5AD/
I also noticed the following:
Catalogablog
http://catalogablog.blogspot.com/
This is a blog for Library cataloging, classification, metadata, subject access and related topics.
Here are this month's news items of interest
What's up down under?
Australians are turning away from the Internet
http://www.nua.ie/surveys/analysis/weekly_editorial/archives/issue1no318.html
From NUA
Commission on Intellectual Property Rights and Development Policy Issue
Report
The Commission on Intellectual Property Rights and Development Policy,
established by Clare Short, Secretary of State for International Development
in the UK Government, has issued a report entitled: 'Integrating Intellectual
Property Rights and Development Policy.'
http://www.managinginformation.com/news/content_show_full.php?id=958
From Managing Information
Europeans set to adopt 'feature-rich' mobiles
By the end of 2007, over 278 million Europeans will own 'feature-
rich' smart phones, according to a new forecast from Analysys.
http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905358580&rel=true
From NUA
Text version
A text only version of the Internet Resources Newsletter is now available at: http://www.hw.ac.uk/cgi-bin/parser.pl/0304/www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.html
A-Z NEW & NOTABLE WEB SITES
http://www.1banana.com
1Banana is a no frills, "when you don't have time to monkey around" metasearch engine which searches Google, AltaVista, MSN, Lycos, Yahoo!, Overture and others.
http://shape.cs.princeton.edu/search.html
An image searcher that lets you draw the image you are looking for.
4th Annual LTSN-ICS Conference
http://www.ics.ltsn.ac.uk/events/conf2003/index.html
National University of Ireland (NUI) Galway 26 - 28 August 2003.
http://www.africanow.info/
An African travel portal.
http://www.aggregateresearch.com/
"In 1999, the world's foremost experts in aggregate production, research and specification came together to form a unique technical resource called Aggregate Research Industries (ARI)."
Altis: The guide to Internet resources in hospitality, leisure, sport and tourism.
http://www.altis.ac.uk/
Altis provides searchable access to a collection of Internet resources in hospitality, leisure, sport and tourism that have been selected for their academic quality and subject relevance. In addition, each record in the database includes a description of the web resource's key features.
American-Scientist-E-PRINT-Forum
http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/
Interesting discussion about e-print archives.
http://www.asianewsnet.net/
The Asia News Network (ANN) is a network of national daily newspapers published in Asian cities, organized to provide avenues for cooperation and to optimize coverage of major news events in the region.
Association of Town Centre Management: ATCM
http://www.atcm.org/
"The ATCM is a non-governmental organisation (NGO), with hundreds of members representing towns and cities and public and private sector organisations, with links to central and local government and professional bodies across the UK, Europe and the world."
Australian Governments' Geoscience Portal
http://www.geoscience.gov.au/
Access to geoscience information from Australian governments at state and federal levels.
http://www.authorsandexperts.com/
A place for authors, experts, and speakers to connect with members of the media and those searching for speakers.
http://www.bio.com/
"Bio.com is the most reliable and up-to-date information resource for those working in the life sciences and associated industries. Our editorial focus is on the technology of the life sciences. To that end, we publish daily news, information and research tools for life science professionals and students."
Blogging for Dollars: Giving Rise to the Professional Blogger
http://www.oreillynet.com/lpt/a/2629
An article by Meg Hourihan.
http://www.bna.com/webwatch/
Here you will find links to government, industry, and academic resources on selected topics spanning the breadth of BNA coverage.
"BNA is the foremost publisher of print and electronic news, analysis, and reference products, providing intensive coverage of legal and regulatory developments for professionals in business and government."
http://www.boxesandarrows.com/
"Boxes and Arrows is the definitive source for the complex task of bringing architecture and design to the digital landscape. There are various titles and professions associated with this undertaking-information architecture, information design, interaction design, interface design-but when we looked at the work that we were actually doing, we found a "community of practice" with similarities in outlook and approach that far outweighed our differences. Boxes and Arrows is a peer-written journal dedicated to discussing, improving and promoting the work of this community, through the sharing of exemplary technique, innovation and informed opinion."
http://www.dynamiclogic.com/Branding_101.pdf
An overview of branding and brand measurement for online marketers. A paper from a company called Dynamic Logic
British Construction Industry Awards 2002
http://www.bciawards.org.uk/
Lord Falconer and Paul Boateng announce Winners at Gala Awards Dinner on 23 October .
http://www.britglass.co.uk/
British Glass launches its new second-generation website on 1 December 2002. The new website is designed to be visually clear and easily navigable, enabling users to find the information they require fast and effortlessly.
http://www.britishpathe.com/flashintro.cfm
You can preview items from the entire 3500 hour British Pathe Film Archive which covers news, sport, social history and entertainment from 1896 to 1970.
http://www.thecareerengineer.com/
UK Engineering Jobs
Centre for Accessible Environments
http://www.cae.org.uk/
"The Centre for Accessible Environments is an information provider - not a campaigning group - and a forum for collaborative dialogue between providers and users on how the built environment can best be made or modified to achieve inclusion by design."
http://www.chemistry.org/portal/Chemistry
A 'portal' from the American Chemical Society.
http://www.civilex.co.uk
Ireland's Civil Engineering Exhibition. RDS in Dublin on 11 - 12 February 2003.
http://www.ClickandGoVideo.ac.uk/
The JISC funded Click and Go Video project aimed to provide academic and support staff with the resources and information necessary to evaluate and choose the most appropriate technology and pedagogy to use with their students.
http://www.coal.gov.uk/
"The Coal Authority was established by Parliament in 1994 to undertake
specific statutory responsibilities associated with:
licensing coal mining operations in Britain
handling subsidence damage claims which are not the responsibility of
licensed coalmine operators
dealing with property and historic liability issues, such as treatment
of minewater discharges
providing public access to information on past and present coal mining
operations."
Confederation of Construction Clients
http://www.clientsuccess.org.uk/
The Confederation of Construction Clients represents the interests of
construction clients collectively by:
encouraging clients to achieve value for money through best practice
securing major measurable and consistent improvement in performance across
the industry
promoting policies aimed at achieving a safe, stable and skilled industry
which is competitive and competent.
http://ahds.ac.uk/copyright_workshop.htm
A One Day Workshop London, 21st January 2003.
Council of Science Editors: CSE 2003 Annual Meeting
http://www.councilscienceeditors.org/events_03annualMtg.shtml
CSE Annual Meeting May 2-6, 2003 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Hilton Hotel and Towers
http://www.designajob.co.uk/
"designajob.co.uk is the one-stop shop for construction jobs, sponsorship, events and careers advice."
http://spanishdict.com/
Over 50,000 entries.
http://www.digitalmediawire.com/
"Digital Media Wire, Inc. is a strategic knowledge provider serving the digital media industry since May 2000. Our business includes publications, events & marketing and consulting services."
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/november02/11contents.html
The November issue is now available.
http://www.forbes.com/global/2002/1111/044.html
An article about Reed Elsevier, from Forbes.com
http://www.draintraderltd.demon.co.uk/
Drain Trader is the magazine for the Drainage and Trenchless Technology Industry.
http://www.eaijournal.com/
An e-Business magazine.
http://www.easywhois.com/
Easily look up the whois record for any domain ... .COM, .NET, and .ORG domains, and most country-level Top Level Domains.
ECEC'2003 10th ANNIVERSARY European Concurrent Engineering Conference
http://biomath.rug.ac.be/~scs/conf/ecec2003/index.html
April 14-16, 2003, Plymouth, UK.
http://www.egov.vic.gov.au/
Mentioned in issue 90 when it was known as 'Government Online Resource Centre' this is now the Victorian Government's respository of eGovernment resources.
http://www.stockton.lib.ca.us/ebooks.htm
This site was mentioned in a recent edition of the Librarians' Index to the Internet. It has links to many ebook sites.
Electronic Journal of Business Research Methods
http://www.ejbrm.com/
The Electronic Journal of Business Research Methods provides perspectives on topics relevant to research in the field of business and management.
Encoded Archival Description (EAD) Official Web Site
http://www.loc.gov/ead/
The EAD Document Type Definition (DTD) is a standard for encoding archival finding aids using the Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML). The standard is maintained in the Network Development and MARC Standards Office of the Library of Congress (LC) in partnership with the Society of American Archivists.
http://conferences.iee.org/ee03/
Southampton Institute Conference Center, 6/1/2003 - 7/1/2003.
http://www.examstutor.com/
"Examstutor.com combines comprehensive A level study notes written by highly experienced A level Examiners, a database of specimen Exam Paper Questions with exam board Mark Schemes, and a range of additional learning resources, to provide the ideal A level study resource, and revision foundation for exam success at A and AS level."
http://www.rdn.ac.uk/casestudies/
Ideas for using the RDN for learning and teaching in Further Education (FE).
http://www.fe-net.org/
The fundamental objective of FENET is to promote better and more effective use of finite element technology in European industry.
http://www.fetchbook.info/
"FetchBook.Info is a quick and easy way to compare prices of new and used books among dozens of bookstores. The price comparison is thorough and independent, providing you with the lowest price you can find for any book."
Over 60 bookstores can be searched.
http://www.fidicdirect.com/
The online edition of the FIDIC International Directory of Consulting Engineers.
Free engineering and technical trade publication subscriptions
http://eevl.tradepub.com/
There are no hidden or trial offers, and no purchase is necessary. These publications are absolutely free to those who qualify.
An extensive list of titles is on offer, including Advanced Packaging, Energy Markets, BioProcess International, GSE Today, Laser Focus World, Marine Log, Microwave Journal, PipeLine and Gas Technology, Solid State Technology, Test & Measurement World, World Refining, Lightwave Europe, and many more. More titles will be added over the coming weeks and months.
Freedom of Information Act 2000
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/pub02/foi_map.pdf
JISC briefing paper.
http://www.osti.gov/flc/
A DOE subject portal.
http://www.google-watch.org/
"A look at how Google's monopoly, algorithms, and privacy policies are undermining the Web."
Google's got a secret all want to know
http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/ArticleNews/gtnews/TGAM/20021121/TWGOOG
An article by Guy Dixon. Web-based businesses seek to learn how to be ranked higher by the search engine.
http://www.govengine.com/
A guide to US government information.
Guide to Finding Electronic Resources for Learning and Teaching in Engineering
http://www.ltsneng.ac.uk/downloads/resources/info_for_teaching_web.pdf
A leaflet produced by LTSN Engineering.
Guide to Helping your Students Find Online Information
http://www.ltsneng.ac.uk/downloads/resources/info_for_learning_web.pdf
A leaflet produced by LTSN Engineering.
http://www.freepint.com/issues/281102.htm#tips
An article by Catherine Ebenezer in the popular newsletter Free Pint.
http://www.hotlingo.com/
"Hot Lingo delivers form and applet spell checking directly to Microsoft(r) Internet Explorer (5.0 or higher)."
How do people evaluate a Web site's credibility
http://www.consumerwebwatch.org/news/report3_credibilityresearch/stanfordPTL.pdf
A research report.
IMechE Conferences and Events Research
http://www.imeche.org.uk/imeche_forms/events/index.html
This site lists all of the events that are currently being proposed by the IMechE but have not been confirmed.
Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences
http://www.mco.edu/lib/instr/libinsta.html
These pages contain links to Web sites which provide instructions to authors for over 3,500 journals in the health and life sciences. All links are to "primary sources," that is to publishers or organizations with editorial responsibilities for the titles.
International Frequency Sensor Association: IFSA
http://www.sensorsportal.com/
Primary Internet resource for sensors and transducers (free full pages articles, lists of manufacturers, sensors events, courses, projects, patents, tools, standardization, Sensors & Transducers e-Digest, bookstore, whish list, marketplace, forums and poll, etc.)
Internet & IT for busy nurses and therapists
http://www.carol-cooper.co.uk/book/
This e-book written and maintained by Carol Cooper, Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences University of Auckland
http://www.internet-guide.co.uk/
The Internet Guide .co.uk is dedicated to helping beginners to the Internet understand it better. The Internet Guide covers a wide variety of topics, such as html, email, tcp/ip, search engines, security, viruses, browsers, newsgroups, chat programs, file sharing, FTP, Telnet and more.
http://www.infotoday.com/online/nov02/SearchEngineUpdate.htm
By Greg R. Notess, in the Nov/Dec issue of Online.
JISC Conference 2003: Exploiting the potential of ICT through experience and innovation
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/events/03/jiscconf2003.html
4 March 2003, The International Convention Centre, Birmingham.
Job Hunting Resources On The Web
http://www.freepint.com/issues/311002.htm#tips
An article in a recent issue of Free Pint, by Veronica Bezear.
http://www.journaliststoolbox.com/
The Journalist's Toolbox features more than 16,500 web sites helpful to the media and anyone else doing research.
http://www.languagestoday.com/
The internet resource for Language Tuition and Translation: specialities are French, German and Latin.
http://search.marquiswhoswho.com
Subscription service. Search the Marquis Who's Who family of directories which includes the biographies of more than one million leaders and achievers from around the world, and from every significant field of endeavor.
http://www.mineofinfo.ac.uk/
Mine of Information is a cross-sectoral project led by the University of Wales Swansea and funded by the Research Support Libraries Programme. It aims to improve access to research resources relating to the South Wales Coalfield by creating online catalogue records for archives and printed books located in partner institutions, holding the records in EAD and MARC databases at the University of Wales Swansea, and enabling cross-searching of these by the end-user via the Web.
http://www.mipim.com/
March 4-7 2003, Cannes. MIPIM is the key international real estate event, bringing together decision-makers, investors and end-users from throughout the sector.
http://www.myway.com
MyWay.com is the new portal and search engine, launched on 28 October. There are no banners or pop-up advertisement throughout the entire site.
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics: UK mirror
http://naca.central.cranfield.ac.uk/
UK mirror of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Reports Server.
Operational between 1917 and 1958, NACA was the main research body for an assortment of federal, commercial and university interests.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/formats/internet.pdf
Provides guidance in citing the variety of types of material found on the Internet.
National Register of Access Consultants
http://www.nrac.org.uk/
The National Register of Access Consultants (NRAC) is a resource for building owners and managers seeking advice on how to make access improvements to the built environment in accordance for the benefit of disabled employees and customers.
http://www.nbseducator.co.uk/
NBS, author and publisher of the National Building Specification, has launched a free online learning resource, NBS Educator, to improve specification best practice and fill a gap in construction industry training.
The web-based service is designed to develop knowledge of contract documentation among trainee and professional construction practitioners.
It is aimed at lecturers in higher and further education, providing a flexible learning resource to benefit students. NBS Educator is also expected to become popular as a professional development tool with individual users and construction sector practices.
http://gateway.lib.ohio-state.edu/tutor/
net.TUTOR offers interactive tutorials on basic tools and techniques for becoming an effective Internet researcher.
http://www.ja.net/conferences/strategy/index.html
Networking Strategy Workshops are annual events organised by the JISC Committee on Networking (JCN) and UKERNA. The workshops, aimed at senior level management, are designed to give delegates an insight into current JCN/UKERNA networking issues and provide an opportunity to inform the debate.
The next workshop is to be held 10 - 11 December 2002.
http://www.npsoft.org/
Discounted software for schools and non-profits.
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Arson Control Forum
http://www.arsoncontrolforum.gov.uk/
A UK Government site.
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Fire
http://www.safety.odpm.gov.uk/fire/
Fire advice.
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/sbe/planbiblios/
Excellent resource The lists particularly focus on items on planning in England (and especially the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire areas) rather than other parts of the UK, although some important items from Wales and Scotland are also included.
Open Access to Scientific and Technical Information: State of the Art and Future Trends
http://www.inist.fr/openaccess/index_en.php
INSERM/CNRS-INIST/ICSTI European Seminar supported by ICSU/CODATA 23 January - 24 January 2003 PARIS
http://www.originsearch.com/
Origin Search is a new service from Origins.net, which allows searching, via a single search request, of millions of web pages containing genealogy data.
Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education
http://www.urbanedjournal.org/
A student and faculty initiated electronic journal dedicated to exploring issues of urban education.
Promoting Women in Construction
http://www.pwic.co.uk/
The project aims to increase awareness amongst women of the potential employment opportunities within the wider construction sector, and the availability of relevant education and training provision to equip them for fulfilling jobs and careers.
http://pubsci.osti.gov
An announcement.
QuestionPoint 'Ask a Librarian' service
http://www.nls.uk/info/readingrooms/askalibrarian.html
The National Library of Scotland is now taking part in this service.
http://www.refworks.com/
RefWorks users can create their own personal database by importing references from online databases. They can use these references in writing their papers and automatically format the paper and the bibliography in seconds. As a web-based product, RefWorks is available to users across various platforms including Windows, Mac, Unix, etc.
http://jobs.rigzone.com
Recruitment service for the oil and gas industry.
Selective Guide to Literature on Industrial Ergonomics
http://www.asee.org/publications/eld/ergonomics_final.pdf
An ASEE publication, by Nestor Osorio.
Subject Index to Literature on Electronic Sources of Information
http://library.usask.ca/~dworacze/SUBJIN_A.HTM
The November 1, 2002 edition of the "Subject Index to Literature on Electronic Sources of Information" is available at
Thames Valley Centre for the Built Environment: TVCBE
http://www.tvcbe.org.uk/
The Thames Valley Centre for the Built Environment in Construction is a regional centre promoting education, training and networking within the construction industry.
http://www.biobank.ac.uk/
"The UK Biobank project will be the world's biggest study of the role of nature and nurture in health and disease."
Urban Traffic Management & Control: UTMC
http://www.utmc.dft.gov.uk/
UTMC is a response to local authorities' growing need for cost-effective traffic management tools which support a wider range of policies than are served by existing Urban Traffic Control (UTC) systems.
http://www.walesontheweb.org/
'Wales on the Web' is a subject gateway to high quality websites about all aspects of Wales.
Wall Street Executive Library: The Web's best business sites
http://www.executivelibrary.com/
1450 information sources: news, newspapers, magazines, etc.
Web X: a decade of the World Wide Web
http://www.english.uga.edu/webx/
The joint conference of the Association for Computers and the Humanities and the Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing, May 29 - June 2, 2003 The University of Georgia Athens, Georgia USA., Georgia USA
http://www.weblink-services.co.uk/cv/
Weblinkcv is an online professional Electronic CV writing service.
Your guide to better searching on the Net
http://www.bbctraining.co.uk/pdfs/internet_res.pdf
By Paul Myers. Published by BBC Training & Development.
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.
Online Planning
Resources
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/sbe/planbiblios/
Any site which helps me to answer two reference enquiries in the same
week, like this one did, deserves to be regarded as a Nice Web Site. Although
aimed at students at the University of Nottingham, these bibliographies
and web site links are are available to others.
"The lists particularly focus on items on planning in England (and especially the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire areas) rather than other parts of the UK, although some important items from Wales and Scotland are also included. Several of the reading lists contain a specific section on (other) European / International material."
Roddy MacLeod
PRESS RELEASES
**** The COPAC Web site has been completely revised ****
COPAC is a union catalogue. It provides FREE access to the merged online catalogues of 22 of the largest university research libraries in the UK and Ireland, plus the British Library. The Web site provides supporting information for the COPAC catalogue service.
All Web pages have been replaced with new versions, the Web site has been given a simplified structure, and a site map has been introduced. The new web pages also incorporate a number of changes that enhance their accessibility.
If you have any comments about the new web pages, please get in touch with the COPAC Helpdesk copac@mimas.ac.uk
Shirley Cousins
COPAC Helpdesk
NETWORK NEWS
- DNER News
-
The Distributed National Electronic Resource (DNER) is a managed environment for accessing quality assured information resources on the Internet which are available from many sources.
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/dner/information/news/index.html
- NISS News
-
A week-by-week listing of new information resources on the NISS (National Information Services and Systems) Information Gateway selected by experts in the subject area is available at:
http://www.niss.ac.uk/welcome/whatsnew.html
- 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 Additions to EEVL, The Hub for Engineering, Mathematics and Computing, are available at:
- http://www.eevl.ac.uk/whatsnew.htm
We would like to invite EEVL users to subscribe, at no cost, to a number of leading industry publications. There are no hidden or trial offers, and no purchase is necessary. These publications are absolutely free to those who qualify.
An extensive list of titles is on offer, including Advanced Packaging, Energy Markets, BioProcess International, GSE Today, Laser Focus World, Marine Log, Microwave Journal, PipeLine and Gas Technology, Solid State Technology, Test & Measurement World, World Refining, Lightwave Europe, and many more. More titles will be added over the coming weeks and months. For more details, and to subscribe, go to http://eevl.tradepub.com/ or click on the graphics below.
 |
Printed Trade Publications
FREE to Qualified Professionals! ....these titles and many more top Trade Journals. |
 |
This offer is made in conjunction with Netline Corporation.
- 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/
- CHEST News
-
CHEST aims to obtain quality commercial software, datasets, training materials and other IT products for the Education and Research Community at low prices and attractive licence terms. The latest news from CHEST is available at:
http://www.chest.ac.uk/news.html
- 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
PSIgate (Physical Science Information Gateway) is the physical sciences hub of the Resource Discovery Network (RDN).
http://www.psigate.ac.uk/ROADS/whats-new.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
JSICmail provides electronic discussion lists for the UK higher education community.
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/news.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
JOURNAL REVIEW
Review of:
Title: Journal of Internet Commerce
Publisher: Internet Practice Press (IPP)
Imprint of Haworth Press
10 Alice Street
Binghamton
NY 13904-1580
ISSN: 1533-2861
This is the first issue of a new journal dedicated to Internet Commerce.
The articles are mainly academic studies, with the first issue covering areas such as: why Internet businesses fail, a comparison of privacy concerns between the US and China, consumer perception of on-line credit card theft, student perceptions of internet commerce, and the role of XML in preparing students for a career in e-commerce and data warehousing.
E-Commerce is a difficult field for an academic journal to cover, as it is hard to see who the papers would be aimed at. For example, a study on consumer perception of on-line credit card theft may be useful for a marketer, or a company considering setting up in e-commerce, but would they be willing to trawl through a heavily academic study? The subject coverage is also fairly broad. Would someone setting up an e-commerce company be interested in the role of XML for students? There are certainly some areas which are useful to study, such as why dotcoms fail. However, there is nothing new in this study, most of which could have been pieced together from common sense and reading a decent newspaper.
Overall, I found I just couldn’t get excited by the subjects or the way in which they were covered. Admittedly, not working in e-commerce, I may be missing the point. However, I can’t quite imagine anyone who is working in e-commerce having the time or patience to read academic studies either, especially as there is nothing which appears to add much to the practical understanding of the area.
To sum up, this is the kind of journal you might see cited once in a while in the business or technology pages of a newspaper, if a study produces some results which might be of interest to people working in the field. It will also undoubtedly be useful to other academics doing studies into e-commerce.
Otherwise, what with life being so short, and there being so much else to read…
CF
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
001.6441 LEU
Peer to peer : collaboration and sharing over the internet
by Bo Leuf
Addison-Wesley, 2002
001.645 GOO
Dynamic HTML: the definitive reference
2nd edition, by Danny Goodman
O'Reilly, 2002
001.645 HAR
XML in a nutshell
Elliotte R Harold and W Scott Means
O'Reilly, 2002
001.645 MUS
HTML and XHTML: the definitive guide
5th edition, by Chuck Musciano and Bill Kennedy
O'Reilly, 2002
001.645 VLI
XML sgema
by Eriv van der Vlist
O'Reilly, 2002
004.62 HUN
TCP/IP network administration
3rd edition, by Craig Hunt
O'Reilly, 2002
005.276 BER
JavaServer pages
by Hans Bergsten
O'Reilly, 2002
025.04 STE
Web metrics: proven methods for measuring web site success
by Jim Sterne
Wiley, 2002
810.61 DOR
Writing for the Internet
by Jane Dorner
Oxford University Press, 2002
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
GET A LIFE! - LEISURE TIME
About the Tao
http://www.thetao.info/
This page is: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn99/irn99.html
© 2002 Heriot-Watt University
You may pass this newsletter on to others, as long as it is sent in its entirety.