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Internet Resources Newsletter, Issue 45, June 1998 (Section C)
"...the realistic and unbiased guide to IC."
URL: http://www.su.ic.ac.uk/ap/
Sponsored by: GMD: German National Research Center for Information Technology.
URL: http://viswiz.gmd.de/MultimediaInfo/
Full text report on an NSF Workshop.
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/1998/nsf9882/nsf9882.txt
A small independent organisation, founded in 1995, that aims to bridge the divide between the worlds of art and law.
URL: http://www.pipemedia.net/ial/index.htm
The aim of the Institute is to set and maintain the highest standards in the profession of investment analysis and fund management.
URL: http://www.iimr.org.uk/
Contact details only for the Industry Lead Body for National Vocational Qualifications in Building Maintenance and Estates Service.
URL: http://www.ukbusiness.com/imbm/
Located within the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
URL: http://www.corporate-id.com/
"The service provides a library of easy-to-scan journal article summaries (abstracts), with an archive of more than 70,000 abstracts going back to 1972, backed up by access to full-text articles through a document supply service from The British Library." Instant free trial is available.
URL: http://www.anbar.co.uk/products/icea.htm
Call for papers for INRESC `98, Tehran, Iran Amir-Kabir & Tarbiat-Modarress Universities December 12-17, 1998.
URL: http://www.uic.edu/~mansoori/INRESC.98_html
The Internet and Higher Education is a quarterly journal published by JAI Press. It is designed to reach those information professionals charged with the responsibility of enhancing productivity via the use of information technology and the Internet in their respective institutions.
URL: http://www2.gdi.net/~hidakota/JOURNAL.HTM
Some statistics, and details of ISSB publications.
URL: http://www.issb.co.uk/index.html
For biomedical information. The purpose of this website is to pull together tricks and ideas the authors have found to make information gathering and filtering efficient, cost-effective and manageable.
URL: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~biomed/workshops/kcks/
Information about the Museum, events, conferences, research, and visitor information. A Maritime Gateway is also being planned.
URL: http://www.nmm.ac.uk/
A magazine for all small and medium enterprises using the Internet.
URL: http://www.geocities.com/~netgazette/
Daily news watcher service for new media which includes job vacancies and site reviews. This site features very creative use of graphics.
URL: http://www.nma.co.uk
"The objectives of the Association shall be the improvement and diffusion of knowledge of biotechnology in New Zealand; to represent the interests of those concerned with biotechnology in New Zealand; to provide a forum for interaction among the disciplines involved in biotechnology; and to foster an environment conducive to the growth of biotechnology-based industries in New Zealand."
URL: http://www.biotech.org.nz/
The Agency provides statistics, social research and registration services, and is responsible for the census of population.
URL: http://www.nics.gov.uk/nisra/index.htm .
A US resource. "The Department of Transportation's (DOT) Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA), acting through the Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS), administers the Department's national regulatory program to assure the safe transportation of natural gas, petroleum, and other hazardous materials by pipeline. OPS develops regulations and other approaches to risk management to assure safety in design, construction, testing, operation, maintenance, and emergency response of pipeline facilities."
URL: http://ops.dot.gov/
"Official Search is designed to get you to the official or authorized web site for the entity of your choice without having to wade through hundreds or thousands of other useless links. Companies, organizations, celebrities, government, kids, education, sports, and much more!"
URL: http://officialsearch.com/
Full text, by M.J. Farabee, Ph.D., from Estrella Mountain Community College.
URL: http://gened.emc.maricopa.edu/bio/bio181/BIOBK/BioBookTOC.html
The Centre for Quantum Computation, based at Oxford University, conducts theoretical and experimental research into all aspects of quantum information processing, and into the implications of the quantum theory of computation for physics itself.
URL: http://www.qubit.org/
Specialists in resourcing engineering personnel.
URL: http://www.phds-jobs.co.uk/
An e-journal from the Society for College and University Planning.
URL: http://www.scup.org
Tables of Contents and Abstracts are freely available for issues published since 1996. Full-text articles in PDF format are available from Volume 10, Issue 1 onwards. Full-text access is restricted to current subscribers.
URL: http://www.oup.co.uk/proeng/contents/
Public Transport Information Unit is local government's 'think tank' on all aspects of transport policy which, as well as providing services to affiliates, publicises and lobbies for the role of local government in planning, co-ordinating and providing for local transport passenger services.
URL: http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~ptiultd/
A site giving information about textbooks. "PubText International allows over a million teachers and lecturers from all around the world - who are connected to the Internet and are seeking to change their current textbooks - to review titles in their specific fields of interest - ( titles that have been placed on the "PubText" Internet site by textbook publishers ) and then, request an inspection copy, which is passed on to the publisher for processing."
URL: http://www.pubtext.com/
A Queen's Award is the highest honour that can be bestowed on a UK company.
URL: http://www.queensawards.org.uk
r·cade is a resource centre providing easy access to key statistical data about Europe. This is a different address from the one given in an earlier issue of this newsletter.
URL: http://www-rcade.dur.ac.uk/
The reference for Real-Time. Keywords: real-time, realtime, embedded, RTOS, Real-Time Operating Systems, VME, VMEbus, PCI, PMC, IndustryPack, IP, mezzanines, tools, CASE, object-oriented, multiprocessing, parallel, distributed, processing, thread, task, multitask, fieldbus, architecture, software, hardware, cross-compiler, system, modules, piggyback, scheduling.
URL: http://www.realtime-info.be/encyc/home.htm
RECAL Information Services specialises in the provision of bibliographic information; that is information about published material in the scientific, technical and clinical literature of prosthetics, orthotics and related rehabilitation engineering.
URL: http://www.recal.org.uk/
Careers information.
URL: http://www.raf-careers.raf.mod.uk
"The Royal Incorporation addresses itself, firstly, to the public in its promotion of the development of Scottish architecture, secondly, to the clients of architects offering them safeguards and dealing with members; and thirdly, to its own members in the regulation of the profession and the provision of services."
URL: http://www.rias.org.uk/
Members of Heriot-Watt University now have full-text access to: Chemical Communications Chemical Society Reviews; Faraday Discussions; Journal of Materials Chemistry; Journal of the Chemical Society: Dalton Transactions; Faraday Transactions; Perkin Transactions 1.
The Royal Society of Chemistry allows free online access to the full-text of those journals that the library subscribes to in printed form.
URL: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libWWW/irc/journals/rsc.html
SATROSPHERE is an interactive exhibition of Science and Technology, the only permanent one in Scotland.
URL: http://www.ifb.co.uk/~ssphere/
Not new, but not mentioned here before, SCAD is a bibliographical database for the European Union containing references of more than 250.000 documents divided in 4 sectors. Sector A : Community legislation; Sector B : Official publications; Sector C : Articles from periodicals; Sector D : Opinions from the two sides of industry.
URL: http://europa.eu.int/scad/
Science news, jobs database, etc.
URL: http://www.scienceagogo.com/
This is part of the WWW Virtual Library. The site is not new, but has not been mentioned here before. "This Library page is an attempt to provide a single comprehensive list of every science fair accessible through the World Wide Web, whether of global or local scope."
URL: http://physics.usc.edu/~gould/ScienceFairs/
"Science Insight is prepared by the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) for the British Council and comprises of a selection of news items drawn from a wide range of periodicals, newspapers, journals and press releases. It is intended to reflect the diversity of viewpoints held within the UK."
URL: http://www.britcoun.org/science/insight/
Links to science resources.
URL: http://www.techplus.com/scipage/
Free searching of a Japanese patent database.
URL: http://210.141.236.195/index_e.html
SETNET is the Science Engineering Technology Mathematics Network, one of the outcomes of the Government initiative - Action for Engineering. SETNET is about ensuring that there is a flow of well motivated, high quality people from schools in engineering related subjects.
URL: http://www.setnet.org.uk/
"SetPoint is a "one-stop-shop" for teachers, business and industry by providing information on Science, Mathematics and Technology, Engineering, Events, News and Projects."
URL: http://www.aberdeen.setpoint.org.uk/
A Yahoo! type directory, a free Internet search and navigation service from CNET: The Computer Network.
URL: http://www.snap.com/
Clearly written paper by Debra Hiom, from the IRISS '98 conference, which gives information about Sosig, the Social Science Information Gateway.
URL: http://www.sosig.ac.uk/iriss/papers/paper54.htm
"Since its foundation in 1983, the Society has worked "... to promote for the public benefit education, study and research .. in the field of construction law and related subjects both in the UK and overseas". The Society now has over 750 members from all sectors of the construction industry."
URL: http://www.scl.org.uk/
SARU provide expert consultancy and analysis on labour supply, service accessibility and educational issues.
URL: http://www.qub.ac.uk/geosci/research/geography/saru/index.html
The Thermal Ignition Tutorial was written as a third year project for the Energy Engineering course at Leeds University. The tutorial is primarily written for students who are taking the Combustion and Explosion module at Leeds. However it can be used as a useful informative aid for anyone who is interested in thermal ignition.
URL: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/fuel/tutorial/frames.html
Commercially available Computer Aided Instruction programs.
URL: http://etcai.pair.com/
The UK Steel Association is the trade association for the UK steel industry. It represents the industry to policy and opinion formers, promotes the industry and the importance of steel to the public, and provides information and services to its members.
URL: http://www.uksteel.org.uk/index.html
Reviews web sites in the UK (mostly leisure interest).
URL: http://www.uk-2.com/
The United States Environmental Training Institute is a private, non-profit organization that promotes sustainable development by addressing the specific environmental training needs of industrially developing countries worldwide.
URL: http://www.useti.org/
"Each Winter Institute is part of a series of annual, week long, intensive programs of presentations, small group mentoring, Special Interest Group meetings (SIGs), and participant dialogue on a theme relating to some aspect of learning assistance. Limited to 60 participants, the Winter Institutes are based on a teaching/learning philosophy created by Frank L Christ. Winter Institutes are designed to provide participants with optimal learning experiences that can be translated into practical actions upon participants return to their institutions."
URL: http://www.pvc.maricopa.edu/winterinstitute/
This site provides free content and articles on many topics and sources for use on personal web pages, business web sites or personal or company newsletters. The articles available here appeared well-informed to my eye.
URL: http://certificate.net/wwio/
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