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Internet Resources Newsletter, Issue 33, June 1997 (Section D)
The list will be for all engineering managers within Universities ie chief/superintendent technicians of Engineering departments
URL: http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/eng-managers/
Discussion about the use of the computer algebra system 'GAP'. Announcements of new releases, user-provided packages, data libraries. Reports of usage. Not intended for requesting help with technical problems.
URL: http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/gap-forum/
For information on how to subscribe to Mailbase lists, please see Issue 1 of Internet Resources Newsletter. More detailed information about Mailbase lists is always available from the Mailbase WWW Server ( URL: http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/ ).
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WASTENOT on listserv@maelstrom.stjohns.edu
WASTENOT on listserv@maelstrom.stjohns.edu WASTENOT is an unmoderated discussion and forum for the professional exchange of information and communication among those in the research of, management, design, implementation, processing, treatment, analysis, regulation, marketing and distribution, or usage of organic wastes and the compostable materials whether from industrial, commercial, municipal, or agricultural sources. To subscribe send the following command in the BODY of an email with no subject to LISTSERV@maelstrom.stjohns.edu SUBSCRIBE WASTENOT firstname lastname
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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 try to 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.
URL: http://www.wsatkins.co.uk/wsa/home.htm
I come across many company web sites in the course of checking out new resources for this Newsletter, but few of the UK ones are as informative as the WS Atkins site. This large company (7,000 employees) provides various professional, technology-based consultancy and support services, especially in engineering and construction.
This site provides quite a large amount of information about the company, including current projects and financial information. Details are available for some of the company's software products for finite element analysis, hydrodynamic analysis, and linear and non-linear structural assessments. Demos of some software programs are available.
I liked the way that brief information is offered initially, followed by more details, and if appropriate a downloadable brochure, demo, or press release. The site is well structured and the menu and navigational bar makes it easy to find your way around. There is also a Search page and a Contents page, so some though has gone into its production.
Roddy MacLeod
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Last month I mentioned several journals which feature sections about the Internet. Here are some more:
Publisher: IIE, 25 Technology Park, Atlanta, Norcross, GA 30092
Frequency: Monthly
Subscription: £23.75 (members), $77 (outside USA)
Email: cs@www.iienet.org
Web: http://www.iienet.org/
This has a monthly Netsolutions section where new sites are reported on and which also gives news about the IIE Web.
Publisher: MCB University Press, 60/62 Toller Lane, Bradford, West
Yorkshire
Frequency: 5 issues per year
Subscription: UK Pounds Sterling 329.00, Plus Vat UK Pounds Sterling 33.59
ISSN: 0960-2712
Web: http://www.mcb.co.uk/liblink/jpvi/jourhome.htm
This journal has just started a regular Internet update briefing, written by Scarlett Palmer, Department of Land Management and Development, University of Reading.
If you know of other journals which have a significant section on Internet resources, please let me know at: R.A.MacLeod@hw.ac.uk
RM
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The Latest BIDS News Bulletin (Christmas 1996) is available at:
URL: http://www.bids.ac.uk/news.html
A user guide to the BIDS RSC databases is available at:
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:
URL: http://www.niss.ac.uk/welcome/whatsnew.html
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:
URL: http://bubl.ac.uk/news/
The latest Additions and Updates to EEVL (Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library), The Gateway to UK Engineering Information on the Internet, are available at:
URL: http://www.eevl.ac.uk:4321/whatsnew/
The latest additions to SOSIG (Social Science Information Gateway) are available at:
URL: http://sosig.esrc.bris.ac.uk/Subjects/new.html
The latest issue of Edina (Edinburgh Data & INformation Access) Newsline (Spring/Summer 1997) can be found at:
URL: http://edina.ed.ac.uk/newsline/
MIDAS (Manchester Information Datasets and Associated Services) is a National Datasets Service based at Manchester Computing and funded by JISC, the ESRC and the University of Manchester. It provides UK academics with online access to strategic datasets such as UK Population Censuses, large government and other surveys (including the GHS, LFS, FES, BHPS), macroeconomic time-series databanks, spatial data including satellite images and digital map data, and scientific databases including the Beilstein Crossfire System.
The latest news from MIDAS can be found at:
URL: http://midas.ac.uk/news.html
RUDI (Resource for Urban Design Information) is a multimedia information resource for research and teaching in the field of urban design in the Western cultural context.
The latest news from RUDI can be found at:
URL: http://rudi.herts.ac.uk/new.html
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:
URL: http://www.chest.ac.uk/news.html
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001.6424 JAV CAM The Java Tutorial by Mary Campione and Kathy Walrath Addison-Wesley, 1996 Quick Reference 011.05 FUL Fulltext sources online Edited by Ruth M Orenstein Bibliodata, 1997
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Independent music and lifestyle magazines
URL: http://www.bigwig.co.uk/index.html
Central 4x4 Outdoor Leisure is located in Scotland - 12 miles west of Edinburgh
URL: http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/central4x4/
Colinton lies in the South West corner of Edinburgh
URL: http://wkweb4.cableinet.co.uk/andy_collin/
URL: http://www.mcnab.demon.co.uk/ehbs/
URL: http://www.geek.co.uk/
Napiers Dispensary is the United Kingdom's oldest herbal house and has branches in Edinburgh and Glasgow, Scotland.
URL: http://www.napiers.demon.co.uk
This site includes the rather amazing Search the Living Collections of the RBGE database
URL: http://www.rbge.org.uk/
URL: http://www.kemponet.demon.co.uk/
A Hebridean Journal
URL: http://www.hebrides.com/radiance/rad.htp
Uncut is a new magazine that brings together Music and Movies.
URL: http://www.uncut.net/
URL: http://www.witb.co.uk/
Roddy MacLeod
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URL: http://opac97.bl.uk/
Free Web access is now available to the British Library catalogue. The following is from a BL press release:
"The system contains information on over 8.5 million books and other items covering every aspect of human thought from 1450 to the present day, making OPAC 97 one of the most important reference sources to be searchable free on the Web.
OPAC 97 opens up simple online access to the Library's catalogues to the vast Internet user community worldwide. Experts in any field will be able to find out about publications that will help them in their research. Users of the Library's reading rooms will be able to discover what is in stock before visiting. Registered customers of the Library's Document Supply Centre will be able to check the Centre's holdings, then send orders for material they want. "
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