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Monday, October 31, 2005 International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools (IJAIT) http://ejournals.wspc.com.sg/ijait/ijait.shtml The International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools (IJAIT) provides an interdisciplinary forum in which scientists and AI professionals can share their knowledge and report new advances on AI tools. It is a medium for promoting general and/or special purpose tools, which are very important for the evolution of science and manipulation of the old and new forms of knowledge. IJAIT can also be used as a test ground for new AI tools. The topics covered by IJAIT include but are not limited to: * Expert Systems * Production Systems * Knowledge-Based System Architectures * Knowledge Bases and Environments * Artificial Intelligence for Software Engineering * Software Engineering for AI * Artificial Intelligence Languages * Natural Languages * Natural Language Translation * AI Programming Languages * Machine Learning Tools * AI Tools for CAD and VLSI Analysis/Design/Testing * AI Tools for Computer Vision and Speech (understanding/interpretation) * Tools AI Neural Networks * AI Parallel Processing Tools (hardware/software) Heuristic and AI Planning Strategies and Tools * AI Tools for Multimedia * Object-Oriented Programming for AI. IJAIT publishs high-quality papers on the-state-of-the-art surveys and original research papers on a quarterly basis. It will also publish book reviews and brief updates on AI tools. This has been added to Artificial Intelligence Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:15 AM Journal of Applied Sciences http://www.ansinet.org/c4p.php?j_id=jas Journal of Applied Sciences is an international official journal of Asian Network for Scientific Information publishing original articles, reviews and short communications of a high scientific and ethical standard in applied science. Subjects covered include: chemistry, environmental sciences, business and economics, physics, mathematics and statistics, geology, engineering, computer science, social sciences. A priority publication scheme exists for papers of outstanding merit and topicality. Journal of Applied Sciences is abstracted/indexed by: ASCI, CABI, INSPEC and PASTIC. Journal of Applied Sciences is a peer reviewed/refereed journal. A Rigorous but Constructive evaluation process exists to maintain the quality of the journal. This has been added to Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:10 AM HeritageQuest http://www.heritagequest.com/ Founded in 1983 by Bradley and Raeone Steuart, HeritageQuest is the largest genealogical data provider in the United States and a leading purveyor of data, products, supplies and equipment to consumers and institutions. On August 15, 2001 ProQuest Company purchased HeritageQuest from Sierra On-Line, Inc., a division of Vivendi Universal Publishing. Combined with ProQuest resources, HeritageQuest represents the most comprehensive collection of genealogical information available anywhere. HeritageQuest employs over 85 people and its source document holdings have soared to over 250,000 titles strong, making it America's largest genealogical information provider. The company is dedicated to producing high-use data, landmark publications, general reference books and timely, informative periodicals for genealogy enthusiasts at every level. This has been added to Genealogy Rersources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:05 AM International Journal of Robotics Research http://ijr.sagepub.com/ One of the leading journals in the field of robotics for 20 years and among the most consistently highly cited robotics publications, The International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR) provides engineers, researchers, and scientists with timely, multidisciplinary information on robotics research - from applied mathematics to artificial intelligence to computer science, to electrical and mechanical engineering. The International Journal of Robotics Research offers incisive and thought-provoking original research papers and articles, perceptive reviews, and lively editorials on ground-breaking trends issues, technical developments, and theories in robotics by the outstanding scholars and practitioners in the field. The International Journal of Robotics Research covers more than just narrow technical advances-it embraces a wide variety of topics. This has been added to Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:00 AM Saturday, October 29, 2005 Podcasting Overview posted by Marcus | 9:45 AM Windows Scripting and Windows Macro Automation Utilities http://www.mjtnet.com/ Macro Scheduler 7.4 - Windows Scripting Made Easy - Whether you need to automate your email collection and just simplify a few key clicks at home; or integrate disparate systems across your enterprise, perform automated testing, and automate your business processes, Macro Scheduler Windows Scripting technology provides the solution. With this Windows scripting tool, you can use over 200 powerful script commands to record macros and create Windows scripts. Macro Scheduler allows you to automate almost any task on your computer, and is a time-saving tool that suits business and home users alike. Works with Win9x/NT/ME/2000/XP. This has been added to Script Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:15 AM GlobalSpec - The Engineering Search Engine http://www.globalspec.com/ The specialized search engine focusing on engineering and technical information to provide you with more relevant search results. This search engine covers the engineering and related technical fields and has a number of deep web search capabilities. This has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:10 AM MorgueFile - Public Image Reference Archive MorgueFile - Public Image Reference Archive http://www.morguefile.com/ A place to keep post production materials for use of reference, an inactive job file. This morgue file contains free high resolution digital stock photography for either corporate or public use. The term "morgue file" is popular in the newspaper business to describe the file that holds past issues flats. Although the term has been used by illustrators, comic book artist, designers and teachers as well. The purpose of this site is to provide free image reference material for use in all creative pursuits. This is the world wide web's morguefile. This has been added to Reference Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:05 AM Petroleum Journals Online http://petroleumjournalsonline.com/journals/ Open access journals (free and unrestricted access to the web-based contents). Fully refereed e-journals of petroleum engineering. The publications cover the following main areas of petroleum engineering namely: petrophysics, production geology, drilling, production, reservoir engineering, and energy economics. This has been added to Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:00 AM Friday, October 28, 2005 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter V3N11 November 2005 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter V3N11 November 2005 http://virtualprivatelibrary.blogspot.com/Awareness Watch V3N11.pdf Awareness Watch™ Newsletter Blog and Archives http://www.AwarenessWatch.com/ The November 2005 V3N11 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter is a freely available 36 page .pdf document (691KB) from the above URL. The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month features a comprehensive listing of Agriculture Resources on the Internet including agricultural, commodities and related sources on the Internet. The Awareness Watch Spotters cover many excellent and newly released annotated current awareness research sources and tools as well as the latest identified Internet happenings and resources. The article review covers Geography Matters: Mapping Human Development and Digital Access by Stephanie A. Birdsall and William F. Birdsall. posted by Marcus | 7:41 AM Analyst: An International Journal of Analytical and Bioanalytical Science http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/Journals/an/index.asp The Analyst covers the latest developments in theory and application of analytical and bioanalytical techniques. The Analyst's popular i-section now publishes twice as many articles and appears in every issue. The i-section is complementary to the research appearing in the journal and contains a dynamic mix of reviews, overviews and trends articles, on carefully selected topics. Written by leading scientists, i-section articles are designed to allow the non-specialist to understand the underlying principles of a subject in an accessable way. Lively and didactic tutorials serve as excellant introductions to important topics. A special "forum" component defines challenging research problems for analytical science with multi-disciplinary interest and impact in numerous fields including: biochemistry, biotechnology, clinical chemistry, engineering, environmental science, food science, forensics, materials science, pharmacy and physics. Readership: Publishing original research and key invited articles, The Analyst is essential reading for educators, students and researchers who are interested in keeping up-to-date with the latest developments in the theory and application of analytical and bioanalytical techniques. This has been added to Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:15 AM W3C Process Document Published http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/ http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Process/ProcessChanges#changes-20051014 http://www.w3.org/Consortium/ The 14 October 2005 "W3C Process Document" is operative. Reviewed by the W3C Membership and staff and produced by the Advisory Board, the Process Document describes the structure and operations of W3C. A summary of changes from the previous version is available. posted by Marcus | 4:10 AM Image*After Image*After http://www.imageafter.com/ Image*After is a large online free photo collection. You can download and use any image or texture from our site and use it in your own work, either personal or commercial. This has been added to Reference Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:05 AM Microsoft Research Download Tools http://research.microsoft.com/research/downloads/ They offer a variety of tools, software, and presentations from their researchers for you to download and try. If you're looking for a download for a specific research area, check the group pages in that area. Note: If the network interrupts the download process, click on the title of your requested download to restart the process. All software on this site is made available for non-commercial use only. When downloading software from this site, you will be presented with a dialog box explaining the terms of use. You must agree to these terms as a condition of downloading the software. Some interesting doenloads are available .... This has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:00 AM Thursday, October 27, 2005 November 2005 Zillman Column - Elder Resources November 2005 Zillman Column - Elder Resources http://VirtualPrivateLibrary.BlogSpot.com/Elder Resources Nov05 Column.pdf http://www.zillmancolumns.com/ The November 2005 Zillman Column is now available and is titled Elder Resources. This November column is a comprehensive listing of elder and senior resources on the World Wide Web. One of the fastest growing areas of the Internet, these resources will aid seniors and elders to improve their lifetstyles with the very latest internet resources and sites! Download this excellent 15 page free .pdf (355KB) column today for your family use. © 2005 Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. posted by Marcus | 11:46 AM Online Code Charts Online Code Charts http://www.unicode.org/charts/ These charts are provided as a convenient online reference to the character contents of the Unicode Standard but do not provide all the information needed to fully support individual scripts using the Unicode Standard. Proper Unicode support requires considerably more than providing glyphs for characters, and requires consulting the Unicode Standard, including the Unicode Character Database and the Unicode Technical Reports. This has been added to Script Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:15 AM Earth Science Picture of the Day Earth Science Picture of the Day http://epod.usra.edu/ Each day a different image or photograph is featured, with an accompanying caption, that deals with various topics in Earth Science. This is a very nice site that offers an abundance of excellent pictures covering all areas of the earth sciences. This has been added to Reference Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:15 AM How To Study - A Brief Guide How To Study - A Brief Guide http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/howtostudy.html A very good guide on How To Study including the following sections: 1) Introduction, 2) Manage your time, 3) Take notes in class & rewrite them at home, 4) Study hard subjects first & study in a quiet place, 5) Read texts actively & slowly, before & after class, 6) Do your homework, 7) Study for exams, 8) Take Exams, 9) Do research & write essays, 10) Do I really have to do all this?, and 11) Are there other websites that give study hints? This has been added to Student Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:10 AM Molecular BioSystems http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/Journals/mb/index.asp Molecular BioSystems publishes high-quality chemical biology research with a particular focus on the interface between chemistry and the -omic sciences and systems biology. Main research areas include: a) Chemical biology including small molecule probes of biological structure and activity, chemical genetics, enzymology, directed evolution, protein engineering and display technologies, b) Systems biology approaches including simulation and modelling, data manipulation, integration and analysis techniques, high-throughput technologies, c) Proteomics and genomics approaches including structural and functional proteomics and genomics, spectroscopic and chromatographic techniques, chip-based technologies, array technologies and imaging techniques, d) Cellular processes including signalling pathways and mechanisms of signal transduction, molecular recognition and interactions, transport and secretion, cell-cycling and division, cell death, and e) Metabolism including bioenergetics and energy transfer, endogenous and exogenous metabolic processes, micro- and macrometabolism, metabolic control, metabonomics. This has been added to Biological Informatics Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:10 AM Wednesday, October 26, 2005 Information Visualization Journal http://www.palgrave-journals.com/ivs/index.html Information Visualization is a new, international, peer-reviewed journal publishing articles on fundamental research and applications of information visualization. The journal will act as a dedicated forum for the theories, methodologies, techniques and evaluations of information visualization and its applications. The journal will be a core vehicle for developing a generic research agenda for the field by identifying and developing the unique and significant aspects of information visualization. Emphasis will be placed on interdisciplinary material and on the close connection between theory and practice. The scope of the journal will include, but is not limited to: * Design theories and methodologies * Applications and case studies * Perception and cognitive factors * Evaluation and usability studies * Interactive data exploration * Standards and visualization languages * Multidimensional and multivariate analysis * Knowledge discovery and visual data mining * Requirement engineering and task analysis This has been added to Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:05 AM Digital Object Identifier (DOI) http://www.doi.org/ The Digital Object Identifier (DOI) is a system for identifying content objects in the digital environment. DOIs are names assigned to any entity for use on digital networks. They are used to provide current information, including where they (or information about them) can be found on the Internet. Information about a digital object may change over time, including where to find it, but its DOI will not change. The DOI system provides a framework for persistent identification, managing intellectual content, managing metadata, linking customers with content suppliers, facilitating electronic commerce, and enabling automated management of media. DOIs can be used for any form of management of any data, whether commercial or non-commercial. The system is managed by the International DOI Foundation, an open membership consortium including both commercial and non-commercial partners, and has recently been accepted for standardisation within ISO. Several million DOIs have been assigned by DOI Registration Agencies in the US, Australasia, and Europe. Using DOIs as identifiers makes managing intellectual property in a networked environment much easier and more convenient, and allows the construction of automated services and transactions. This has been added to World Wide Web Reference Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:05 AM Zimbra Zimbra™ Collaboration Suite Open Source Project http://zimbra.com/ Zimbra is an open source server and client technology for next-generation enterprise messaging and collaboration. Zimbra delivers innovation for both the administrator and the end-user as well as compatibility with existing infrastructure and applications (both open source and proprietary). Zimbra is open source in order to leverage the collective talent of the greater community, and to ensure investment protection for Zimbra partners and end-users. This has been added to the tools msection of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:00 AM Tools for Internet-Based Data Collection Tools for Internet-Based Data Collection http://psych-iscience.unizh.ch/ A collection of various tools for Internet based data collection including a number of experimental tool projects. This has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.; posted by Marcus | 4:00 AM Monday, October 24, 2005 Hurricane Wilma is now tracking directly toward Southwest Florida so my blogging activities will be resumed when power and utilities are back to normal. Currently in the final phases of boarding up and preparing to ride out the storm here on consult in Bonita Springs, Florida. posted by Marcus | 8:08 AM NuFox http://trac.nunatak.com.au/projects/nufox NuFox is a python XUL toolkit written ontop of Twisted and Nevow. The idea is that you should be able to write server-side cross platform XUL applications without writing XUL markup, with little javascript, all from the comfort of python. NuFox is 0.1 at the moment and is rapidly evolving. This has been added to World Wide Web Reference Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:15 AM The East Asian Collection The East Asian Collection http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/EastAsian/ The University of Wisconsin Digital Collections initiative continues to surprise and delight visitors to their collections. Their latest offering is certainly no different; it includes historical images that present a visual archive of 20th century East Asian cultural heritage. The collection is actually comprised of two subcollections, namely the Holmes Welch Collection and the China in the 30s Collection. Holmes Welch was a scholar of modern Chinese religions whose family donated his library of primary photographic materials of religious life in China and Hong Kong to the University of Wisconsin after he died in 1981. The China in the 1930s Collection contains a number of images connected with the military, which are mostly associated with the Japanese invasion of China and the Sino-Japanese Conflict. This has been added to Reference Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. [From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2005. http://scout.wisc.edu/] posted by Marcus | 4:10 AM Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) http://www.owasp.org The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) is dedicated to finding and fighting the causes of insecure software. Our open source projects and local chapters produce free, unbiased, open-source documentation, tools, and standards. The OWASP community also facilitates conferences, local chapters, articles, papers, and message forums. The OWASP Foundation, a not-for-profit charitable organization, ensures the ongoing availability and support for our work. Participation in OWASP is free and open to all, as are all the materials. This will be added to Security Resources 2005 Internet MiniGuide. posted by Marcus | 4:05 AM Jan Szczepanski's lists of OA-journals Jan Szczepanski's Lists of Open Access Journals http://www.his.se/templates/vanligwebbsida1.aspx?id=20709 Jan Szczepanski, a librarian at Göteborg University, has collected links and information on Open Access journals for years. His lists contain around 4000 current OA-journals and over 600 historic. This has been added to Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This will be added to Academic Resources 2005 Internet MiniGuide. posted by Marcus | 4:00 AM Saturday, October 22, 2005 The Yellow Icon The Yellow Icon - Quality Freeware Icons For You http://www.yellowicon.com/ Here you´ll find the best icons from the best artists in the world. The icons here listed at Free Community Icons belong to the individual authors or companies and are free for personal and non commercial use. If you are an icon designer and want to include your work just click on Add Icons in the main menu. This has been added to Reference Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:15 AM Desktop Sidebar http://www.desktopsidebar.com/ Breaking News... Critical Appointments... Personal Photo Gallery... Convenient Toolbars... Favorite Cartoon... Instant Web Searches... Task Tracking... Music Library... Notes to File... Weather in Tokyo... You can have it all and more at your fingertips with Desktop Sidebar! Desktop Sidebar provides you with instant access to the information you most desire by grabbing data from your PC and the internet. The result is a dynamic visual display you configure and control. How can you make this possible? Choose from among a wide selection of information conduits (e.g. MS Outlook, toolbars, newsfeeds), called "panels". Fully customizable, Desktop Sidebar allows you to dock these panels to the edge of the screen, or arrange them anywhere on your desktop as you wish. All panels are configurable with a number of specific options. With hundreds of skins available in our Extension Exchange Page and an easy to use Skin Editor, you can freely change the appearance of Desktop Sidebar to suit your tastes. This has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:10 AM Journal of Knowledge and Learning Objects Interdisciplinary Journal of Knowledge and Learning Objects http://www.ijklo.org/ The mission of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Knowledge and LearningObjects (IJKLO) is to provide readers around the world with the widestpossible coverage of developments in knowledge and Learning Objects. IJKLOis an interdisciplinary forum that publishes high quality articles ontheory, practice, innovation, and research that cover all aspects ofKnowledge and Learning Objects. In addition, IJKLO provides those who submit manuscripts for publicationwith useful, timely feedback by making the review process constructive.IJKLO will strive to be the most authoritative journal on Knowledge andLearning Objects. This has been added to Knowledge Discovery Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:05 AM Journal of Proteome Research http://pubs.acs.org/journals/jprobs/index.html The Journal of Proteome Research (JPR) provides content encompassing all aspects of systems-oriented, global protein analysis and function, emphasizing the synergy between physical and life sciences resulting in a multi-disciplinary approach to the understanding of biological processes. JPR integrates the fields of chemistry, mathematics, applied physics, biology, and medicine in order to better understand the function of proteins in biological systems. In addition to publishing original peer-reviewed research papers, JPR also publishes research highlights, current events, book and software reviews, and a calendar of upcoming short courses and symposia of interest to proteomic scientists. This has been added to Biological Informatics Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:00 AM Friday, October 21, 2005 Internet Amber Alert Center Internet Amber Alert Center - Amber Alert Information on Missing Children & Abduction Suspect http://www.projectsafekids.org/alert.html Project Safekids will disseminate an "Active AMBER ALERT" for a period of one week if no updates have been given on the details or whereabouts of the suspect and child, after that period the child's information is moved to "Missing & Endangered Children" section of their site. The authorities are still attempting to locate these children. If you have any information on a particular child, please Contact them, The FBI or the appropriate Regional Law Enforcement. This has been added to Internet Alerts Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:15 AM DNA Research http://dnaresearch.oxfordjournals.org/ DNA Research is an internationally peer-reviewed journal which aims to publish the highest quality papers on structures and function of genes and genomes. Emphasis has been made on the following subjects: 1) Sequencing and mapping of genes and genomes, 2) Comprehensive analysis of functions of genes and genomes, 3) Techniques and equipments useful for structural and functional analysis of genes and genomes, 4) Computer algorithms and/or their applications relevant to structural and functional analysis of genes and genomes. The Journal was launched in 1994 by Kazusa DNA Rsearch Institute for publication of fine research in the growing field of genomic research. The online version of the journal was launched in 2000, and the journal has ever since been proud of providing the journal open access. DNA Research continues to provide its online journal open access at a very low author charge. This has been added to Biological Informatics Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:10 AM European Management Review http://www.palgrave-journals.com/emr/index.html The European Management Review is an international journal dedicated to advancing the understanding of management in private and public sector organizations through empirical investigation and theoretical analysis. The European Management Review provides an international forum for dialogue between researchers, thereby improving the understanding of the nature of management in different settings and promoting the transfer of research results to management practice. Although one of the European Management Review's aims is to foster the general advancement of management scholarship among European scholars and/or those academics interested in European management issues, submissions are encouraged from all management scholars regardless of national origin and manuscripts should not be limited to themes dealing with European countries. The journal's international scope is reflected in its international editorial board and its sponsorship by the European Academy of Management. The European Management Review is receptive to research across a broad range of management topics such as human resource management, organization theory, strategic management, corporate governance, and managerial economics. Contributions can also be grounded in the basic social disciplines of economics, psychology, or sociology. Articles can be empirical, theoretical or measurement oriented. Conceptual articles should provide new theoretical insights that can advance our understanding of management and organizations. Empirical articles should have well-articulated and strong theoretical foundations. All types of empirical methods -quantitative, qualitative or combinations- are acceptable. The European Management Review encourages the interplay between theorizing and empirical research in the belief that they should be mutually informative. The European Management Review is especially interested in new data sources, including models that test new theory and expand sample pools by including alternative approaches to sampling and measurement and samples drawn from non-traditional or less-traditional sources (e.g., from European corporations), and the examination of the validity and reliability of such samples. This will be added to International Trade Resources 2005 Internet MiniGuide. posted by Marcus | 4:05 AM The Code Project http://www.codeproject.com/ Your place for 10,518 free C++, C# and .NET articles, code snippets, discussions, news and the best bunch of developers on the net. This has been added to Script Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:00 AM Thursday, October 20, 2005 Schmalenbach Business Review http://www.vhb.de/sbr/home.html The Schmalenbach Business Review - sbr - is the international edition of the oldest and most prestigious German journal of business, named "Schmalenbachs Zeitschrift für betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung" (zfbf). sbr's goal is to publish original and innovative research. The journal covers topics especially in accounting, finance, taxation, marketing and neo-institutionalism, but is open for further subjects. Thus, sbr attempts to bring together the most important management areas. This approach of not specializing in one specific subject, such as accounting or finance, stands in the tradition of German business research journals. The sbr is edited by an international board of editors which guarantees a high standard of published articles. Besides the managing editor, Wolfgang Ballwieser, the editorial board comprises German as well as international specialists for finance (Wolfgang Bühler, Günter Franke, Kjell Nyborg), accounting (Stephen Penman, Alfred Wagenhofer and also Wolfgang Ballwieser), marketing (Sönke Albers, Peter Leeflang, Lothar Müller-Hagedorn), taxation (Ulrich Schreiber), organization (Arnold Picot) as well as the President of the Schmalenbach-Gesellschaft (Clemens Börsig). This will be added to the Business Resources 2005 Internet MiniGuide. posted by Marcus | 4:15 AM Open Clip Art Library http://www.openclipart.org/ This project aims to create an archive of clip art that can be used for free for any use. All graphics submitted to the project should be placed into the Public Domain according to the statement by the Creative Commons. If you'd like to help out, please join the mailing list. Also, browse the archives to review the project's history. Over 5000 clips and 500 artists. This has been added to Reference Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:10 AM Strange New Products Strange New Products http://www.StrangeNewProducts.com/ An interesting site that features strange new products that are being offered in the consumer marketplace. Light and fun reading in today's hectic paced and multi-tasking world! posted by Marcus | 4:05 AM Introduction To Social Network Analysis Introduction To Social Network Analysis http://www.orgnet.com/sna.html Social network analysis [SNA] is the mapping and measuring of relationships and flows between people, groups, organizations, animals, computers or other information/knowledge processing entities. The nodes in the network are the people and groups while the links show relationships or flows between the nodes. SNA provides both a visual and a mathematical analysis of human relationships. Management consultants use this methodology with their business clients and call it Organizational Network Analysis [ONA]. This has been added to Social Informatics Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:00 AM Wednesday, October 19, 2005 Chalk - Web 2.0 Collaboration http://blog.chalk.it/ For many of us, a piece of chalk represents a time in our lives when anything was possible. A time when we were learning, building, communicating and most importantly - having fun. So when they decided to create a great collaborative web application, it seemed like the perfect name. However, like back in school, their imaginations started to run rampant with ideas. It didn't take long for them to realize what they really wanted. Something that takes us back - not to the classroom or playground, but to a world where you can create and collaborate freely, with friends, colleagues or even strangers. Designers, programmers, writers, family, friends - anyone. We all want tools that make us more productive, especially when we're working in groups. Chalk gives any team an immediate, real time collaborative environment thats accessible from any computer in the world. Do you want to share your ideas, code or graphics instantaneously with others? Chalk is already changing the way they work, and we're sure it will for you. Oh, and did we mention Web 2.0 yet? Chalk communication is in real time, powered by the excellent Ruby on Rails and AJAX, and it's fully compatible with Internet Explorer 5+, Firefox, OmniWeb and Safari. Not to mention the excellent social features we're still adding such as buddy lists, instant messaging and even entire community hub - all without a single page refresh and just a mouse click away. The end product is almost ready. They have come a long way in a short time, but they are about to graduate (hopefully with honors!). We hope you'll be there at the ceremony so you can take Chalk for a test drive. Until then, sit tight and tell your friends - after all, thats what Chalk is all about, sharing. This has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:15 AM Writely - The Web Word Processor http://www.writely.com/ Writely allows you to edit documents online with whomever you choose, and then publish and blog them online. You can: 1) Upload Word documents, HTML or text (or create documents from scratch), 2) Use our simple WSIWYG editor to format your documents, spell-check them, etc., 3) Invite others to share your documents by e-mail address, 4) Edit documents online with whomever you choose, 5) View your documents' complete revision history and roll back to any version, 6) Publish documents online to the world, or to just who you choose, 7) Download documents to your desktop as Word, HTML or zip, and 8) Post to your documents to your blog. This has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:10 AM Presentation Zen Presentation Zen http://presentationzen.blogs.com/ Garr Reynolds' blog on issues related to professional presnetation design. A nice resource for keeping up with the latest happenings and resources for an effective presentation. This has been added tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:05 AM Contributing To Open Source Projects - HOWTO Contributing To Open Source Projects - HowTo http://www.kegel.com/academy/opensource.html This page is aimed at programmers new to the Open Source / Free Software world, who want to make a contribution, but aren't sure where to start. The latest version of this document is at www.kegel.com/academy/opensource.html. This has been added to World Wide Web Reference Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:00 AM Tuesday, October 18, 2005 Ning - Social Web Applications Ning - Social Web Applications http://www.ning.com/ Ning is a free online service (or, as they like to call it, a Playground) for building and using social applications. Social apps are web applications that enable anyone to match, transact, and communicate with other people. This is an interesting site for those interested in learning more about social interaction and applications available using the Internet in a user-friendly environment. This has been added to Social Informatics Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:15 AM Time Tracker - A Personal Time Management Application Time Tracker - A Personal Time Management Application http://www.formassembly.com/time-tracker/ Time Tracker - A Personal Time Management Application. Time Tracker is a simple tool to keep track of the time you spend on any given task. Think of it as a to-do-list with a clock. You can login with your Form Assembly account if you already have one, or register for free. This has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:10 AM Sociolinguistics and CMC Sociolinguistics and CMC http://sociocmc.blogspot.com/ This is the community blog site for all those interested in the intersection of Sociolinguistics and Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC). This has been added to Social Informatics Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:05 AM Tiny Applications Tiny Applications http://www.TinyApps.org/ TinyApps.Org provides links to software available on the Internet. As defined by this website, a tiny app (application) is software weighing 1.44mb or less. This ranges from the miniscule Tiny IDEA (a mere 448 bytes), to the awe-inspiring QNX demo disk which pretty much fills a floppy. To qualify for TinyApps, a program must: 1) Not exceed 1.44mb, 2) Not be adware, 3) Not require the VB/MFC/.NET runtimes. Also, preference is given to apps which are 100% self-contained, requiring no installation, registry changes, etc., and 4) Preferably be free, and ideally offer source code. Shareware will only be listed if there is no freeware alternative. This has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:00 AM Monday, October 17, 2005 The FreeCountry Programming Resources The FreeCountry Programming Resources http://www.thefreecountry.com/ thefreecountry.com's collection of free programming resources, free webmasters' resources and free security resources. This has been added to the World Wide Web Reference Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:15 AM 10th “planet” Discovery Creates Excitement and Debate - Astronomers Space Out, Find 10th Planet http://www.yaledailynews.com/article.asp?AID=29569 Bid to solve dispute over planets http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4273424.stm ‘10th’ Planet has moon companion http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4304048.stm Information on the telescope used to discover Xena and Gabrielle http://www.astro.caltech.edu/palomarnew/sot.html Discovery of Xena’s moon http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/planetlila/moon/index.html Discovery of 2003 UB313 the 10th Planet http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/planetlila/ International Astronomical Union http://www.iau.org Kuiper Belt page http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/faculty/jewitt/kb.html The newly discovered “planet” 2003 UB313, otherwise known as Xena, now has a companion in the solar system. Originally spotted in 2003, Xena was not officially announced until July of 2005. On the heels of the publication of Xena’s existence, comes the revelation that Xena has a moon, named Gabrielle. The names Xena and Gabrielle are only temporary, used by some astronomers because they are simpler to remember than names such as 2003 UB313. To decide the official name, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) must first decide if Xena is in fact a planet, then they will decide if the discoverers’ proposed name will be used. The astronomers who discovered both Xena and Gabrielle cannot reveal their proposed name, so until then the nicknames will have to suffice. Xena was found in the Kuiper Belt, which is a huge region of icy planetary bodies that orbit beyond Neptune in the distant region of the solar system. The discovery of this new planet and its moon has reignited the debate about what properties an object must possess in order to be classed as a planet. Prior to this newest discovery, Pluto’s status as a planet was already in question by some astronomers. But while Pluto rests on 100 years of history as a planet, newly discovered bodies are not so easily defined. Until the IAU can agree on a definition of a planet, Pluto will continue to hang on tenuously to its status as one of nine planets, and its mnemonic device, My Very Excellent Mother Just Sent Us Nine Pizzas, will remain as well. While the public awaits the final definition of what constitutes a planet, both school children and adults alike can rest easy and will not yet have to ponder what else our excellent mother will send us. The first link takes users to the announcement of the discovery of Xena in August made in the Yale Daily News. The second link takes the user to an article from the BBC further discussing the planetary debate. The third link is a BBC article that includes this week’s announcement about Xena’s moon. For further knowledge about the astronomers and telescope involved with these two discoveries, among others, the fourth link will take the user to their website. The fifth and sixth link will take the user directly to the discovering astronomers’ website for the announcements about the new moon, Xena, and information on the progress of the IAU. If you are interested in the IAU, the seventh link will take you to their website. And finally the last link will take you to a website dedicated to providing more information on the Kuiper Belt and the icy bodies that make up this far region of our solar system. This has been added to Astronomy Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. [From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2005. http://scout.wisc.edu/] posted by Marcus | 4:10 AM Burma Economic Watch Burma Economic Watch http://www.econ.mq.edu.au/BurmaEconomicWatch/ Burma Economic Watch is a periodial that aims to provide up-to-date and reliable data, analysis and commentary on the economy of Burma. Information on the Burmese economy is both difficult to obtain and notoriously unreliable. Comment and analysis is often only scarcely less so. Their aim is to make a modest contribution to improving each and to encourage informed debate. BEW is produced by an editorial team of scholars devoted to the study of Burma and its economy. This will be added to International Trade Resources 2005 Internet MiniGuide. posted by Marcus | 4:05 AM Open Business OpenBusiness - Sharing Business Models http://openbusiness.cc/ This is a platform for sharing innovative Open Business ideas - entrepreneurial ideas which are built around openness, free services and free access. This has been added to Entrepreneurial Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This will be added to Business Intelligence Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:00 AM Saturday, October 15, 2005 The Yellow Icon posted by Marcus | 9:08 AM New Thinking Newsletter by Gerry McGovern http://www.gerrymcgovern.com/new_thinking.htm New Thinking is a weekly email newsletter which focuses on web content management, information architecture and writing for the Web. It has been published since 1996 and has over 10,000 subscribers. This has been added to World Wide Web Reference Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:15 AM WebLens Search Portal http://www.weblens.org/ Access almost 5,000 Internet research tools and resources! WebLens features links to thousands of popular search engines, metasearchers, guides and directories. This site has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:10 AM LearningExpress Library LearningExpress Library http://www.learnatest.com/LearningExpressLibrary/ LearningExpress Library provides a completely interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help patrons, students, and adult learners succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass. You'll get immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results. Sign in and start on your path to success right now. This has been added to Tutorial Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:05 AM SciTalk - Scientists and Writers Communicating http://scitalk.org.uk/ Scientists need to show writers — poets, playwrights, novelists – the wealth of possibilities that are opened up to fiction by using science and scientists in their work. Just as a novel with an accountant as a main character need not be about accountancy, a novel with a scientist need not be about science. Scientists need writers to show that they are 'normal people' from all backgrounds, with normal concerns. SciTalk offers a way for scientists to communicate their expertise and their enthusiasm to writers, and a way for writers to find out about science and how scientists ‘work’ — through personal contact and meeting face-to-face, not just by email or phone. Writers: you need no longer fear the apparent mystique and impenetrability of science, or worry about getting facts wrong, or having to resort to the scientist as cliché for a character. As you will discover here, there are scientists for every occasion, for every character. Science is individual or collaborative; scientists may be based in a laboratory or an office or a tent out in the wilds. The language and jargon can be exciting; the images are extraordinary; and the workplaces offer a wealth of different settings and scenarios. Enjoy discovering more and putting your discoveries to good use in your work. You will find here scientists, men and women, who range from technicians to postgraduate research assistants to research group leaders, from academics to bioethicists to those working in commercial companies. Browse the site or search for a particular expertise — then contact the scientists and arrange to meet. This has been added to Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:00 AM Friday, October 14, 2005 Communications in Information and Systems (CIS) http://www.ims.cuhk.edu.hk/~cis/ Communications in Information and Systems (CIS) is a journal sponsored by The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (IMS, CUHK), and published by International Press. It is dedicated to rapid publication of the highest quality short papers (up to 10 journal pages), regular papers (up to 20 journal pages), and expository papers (up to 30 journal pages). Manuscripts in all the following areas will be considered for publication: Information and Coding theory, Cryptology, Decision and Estimation, Control Theory, Mathematical System Theory, Signal and Image Processing, Communication theory, Image Database, Data mining, Probabilistic Reasoning, Learning Theory, Speech Recognition, Computer Vision, Discrete Event System, etc. posted by Marcus | 4:15 AM Electronic Journal for the Integration of Technology in Education Electronic Journal for the Integration of Technology in Education (EJITE) http://ejite.isu.edu/ The journal features research findings, practical articles on technology integration, book and software reviews, and commentary on topics of interest to educators (PK-16). The online format allows for the inclusion of multimedia elements such as images, sound files, and video clips. The refereed journal is produced by a team of graduate students in the Educational Leadership program as a part of their Instructional Technology doctoral classes. Students are supervised by a board of faculty, who assist students in setting and maintaining editorial standards for the journal. The journal is published electronically twice each year (Winter and Spring) in both an HTML (browser-ready) and a PDF (portable document) format. These two methods for dissemination allow readers to select their method for interface: on-screen (HTML) or printed (PDF). While the primary purpose of the online journal is to provide doctoral students a forum in which to demonstrate knowledge and skills acquired in their coursework, manuscripts from those who meet any of the above criteria will be considered for publication in the journal. This will be added to Education and Distance Learning Resources 2005. posted by Marcus | 4:10 AM Tate Collection: Carousel http://www.tate.org.uk/collection/carousel/ The Tate Gallery in London is perhaps one of the world’s finest museums of modern art, and is well-regarded for its creative online collections and galleries. Most recently they developed a rather novel way to browse through approximately 2000 of their artworks online. They are calling it “Carousel” and this website will allow the curious user to weave their way through this large collection. As their site notes, “It’s like a random walk with a subtle guiding hand”. The works are randomly generated on the site, and visitors can highlight images by clicking on them as they appear and also add them to their “favorites” list. No doubt this site will prove most efficacious for art educators, artists, and those interested in engaging in a bit of a peripatetic online artistic journey. [From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2005. http://scout.wisc.edu/] posted by Marcus | 4:05 AM Project Management Checklists and Templates http://dijest.editthispage.com/tools/pm A traditional PM aphorism: "You know you're a successful project manager when you survive the project." I've picked up a few useful tools to keep my projects organized and to help with project initiation and communication. These MS Word, Excel, and Project templates reflect some best practices and hard-earned PM lessons. Like "nail down scope clearly before starting a project;" "line up executive sponsorship;" and "define your acceptance approach up front." An ounce of prevention... This has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:00 AM Thursday, October 13, 2005 Gnod Gnod http://www.gnod.net/ Gnod is an experiment in the field of artificial intelligence. Its a self-adapting system, living on this server and 'talking' to everyone who comes along. Gnods intention is to learn about the outer world and to learn 'understanding' its visitors. This enables gnod to share all its wisdom with you in an intuitive and efficient way. You might call it a search-engine to find things you don't know about. This has been added to Artificial Intelligence Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:15 AM Tools for Thinking Tools for Thinking http://www.ms.lt/ms/projects/toolkinds/index.html Tools for thinking, and the faculties of thought they support. We all come up with new ideas every day. Executives, scientists, politicians, authors, and others who lead large projects need to take a global perspective on thousands of ideas. Minciu Sodas will help team them up with custom programmers who can creatively combine databases, word processors, Internet applications, and tools from this survey. Of special interest to: Project leaders, custom programmers. This survey is a project of ongoing importance at the Minciu Sodas laboratory's working group Thinking Powerfully and their efforts to interconnect software tools for augmenting thinking. They are collecting information on the variety of tools that can or might assist a thinker. A main goal of this survey is to classify these tools according to the faculty of thought supported by each tool. This has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog posted by Marcus | 4:10 AM COPRAS: Standardization Guidelines for Research http://www.w3.org/2004/copras/docu/D15.html COPRAS has published generic guidelines to help researchers integrate standardization into new and existing projects. Participants W3C, The Open Group, CEN, CENELEC and ETSI cooperate to help European research projects find their way through standardization and to increase standards awareness. COPRAS is funded under the European Union's Information Society Technologies (IST) program. posted by Marcus | 4:05 AM Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology http://www2.psu.ac.th/PresidentOffice/EduService/journal/ The Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology (Songklanakarin J. Sci. Technol.) aims to provide an interdisciplinary platform for the dissemination of current knowledge and advances in science and technology. The journal is published bimonthly in both hard copy and electronic format. It is listed by the ISI Web of Science and is evaluated in terms of Journal Impact Factor and Journal Immediacy Index. The journal publishes original research work, either as full length articles or short communications, technical articles, review articles, special reports and Letters to the Editor. Articles are published in either Thai or English, but authors are reminded that articles published in English will reach a wider readership. Articles should be suitably divided into sections. The editors give preference of publication to articles that are complete in themselves but not overly lengthy due to inclusion of multiple topics. This has been added to Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:00 AM Wednesday, October 12, 2005 Digital Watch Digital Watch http://www.digitalwatch.org/ Digital Watch is an Open Access online academic journal, which has been created by graduate students in the University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences to offer a forum for the discussion of issues relating to digital libraries and contemporary culture. The tone of Digital Watch reflects our intent to foster a lively and vigorous discussion of digital culture, one free of jargon and (unintentional) obfuscation. Future issues will be opened to contributions from the broader graduate and professional community of library and information science. This will be added to Academic Resources 2005 Internet MiniGuide. posted by Marcus | 4:15 AM Natural Computing: An International Journal http://www.springerlink.com/link.asp?id=108905 Natural Computing is a general term referring to computing going on in nature and computing inspired by nature. When complex phenomena going on in nature are viewed as computational processes, our understanding of these phenomena and of the essence of computation is enhanced. In this way one gains valuable insights into both natural sciences and computer science. Characteristic for man-designed computing inspired by nature is the metaphorical use of concepts, principles and mechanisms underlying natural systems. This type of computing includes evolutionary algorithms, neural networks, molecular computing and quantum computing. The research in natural computing is concerned with theory, experiments, and applications, and the journal reports on each of these research lines. Moreover, the journal will cover natural computing in a very broad scope. Thus, e.g., the subarea of evolutionary algorithms will cover also very active research on the boundary of biology and computer science which views the evolution as a computational process, and the subarea of neural networks will also cover computational trends in brain research. This has been added to Artificial Intelligence Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:10 AM Tools for Organizing Thoughts Tools for Organizing Thoughts http://www.ms.lt/ms/projects/toolkinds/organize.htm Andrius Kulikauskas has created an ever expanding page with tools for organizing thoughts. In this hectic multi-tasking life it is always good to have a source for tools that will help to organize your thinking! This has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:05 AM Ten Must-Have Bookmarklets by Gina Trapani http://www.lifehacker.com/software/feature/special-geek-to-live-129141.php A bookmarklet is a snippet of Javascript that can be bookmarked (or saved as a favorite) inside your web browser. Bookmarklets can enhance web pages, add special functionality and make your browsing experience a lot more efficient by offering one-click access to useful tools. In this special feature, I present ten useful bookmarklets that always have a place in my browser chrome. Maybe there’s room in yours, too. This has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:00 AM Tuesday, October 11, 2005 Electronic Commerce Research http://www.springerlink.com/link.asp?id=106595 The emergence of the Internet and electronic commerce raises many new research issues. The electronic commerce research journal will serve as a forum for stimulating and disseminating research into all facets of electronic commerce - from research into core enabling technologies to work on assessing and understanding the implications of these technologies on societies, economies, businesses and individuals. The journal concentrates on theoretical as well as empirical research that leads to better understanding of electronic commerce and its implications. Topics covered by the journal include, but are not restricted to the following subjects as they relate to the Internet and electronic commerce: * Dissemination of services through the Internet; * Intelligent agents technologies and their impact; * The global impact of electronic commerce; * The economics of electronic commerce; * Application of computer and communication technologies to electronic commerce; * Electronic market mechanisms and their impact; * Auctioning over the Internet; * Business models of Internet based companies; * Service creation and provisioning; * The job market created by the Internet and electronic commerce; * Security, privacy, authorization and authentication of users and transactions on the Internet; * Electronic data interchange over the Internet; * Electronic payment systems and electronic funds transfer; * The impact of electronic commerce on organizational structures and processes; * Supply chain management through the Internet; * Marketing on the Internet; * User adaptive advertisement; * Standards in electronic commerce and their analysis; * Metrics, measurement and prediction of user activity; * On-line stock markets and financial trading; * User devices for accessing the Internet and conducting electronic transactions; * Efficient search techniques and engines on the WWW; * Web based languages (e.g., HTML, XML, VRML, Java); * Multimedia storage and distribution; * Internet; * Collaborative learning, gaming and work; * Presentation page design techniques and tools; * Virtual reality on the net and 3D visualization; * Browsers and user interfaces; * Web site management techniques and tools; * Managing middleware to support electronic commerce; * Web based education, and training; * Electronic journals and publishing on the Internet; * Legal issues, taxation and property rights; * Modeling and design of networks to support Internet applications; * Modeling, design and sizing of web site servers; * Reliability of intensive on-line applications; * Pervasive devices and pervasive computing in electronic commerce; * Workflow for electronic commerce applications; * Coordination technologies for electronic commerce; * Personalization and mass customization technologies; * Marketing and customer relationship management in electronic commerce; * Service creation and provisioning. Audience: Academics and professionals involved in electronic commerce research and the application and use of the Internet. Managers, consultants, decision-makers and developers who value the use of electronic commerce research results. This has been added to Electronic Commerce Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This has been added to Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:10 AM Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.org/ Choose among our 16,000 free ebooks in the Project Gutenberg Catalog. All Project Gutenberg ebooks are free for anyone living in the United States: You may download all our ebooks for your personal use for free. Most Project Gutenberg ebooks are also free as in free speech: You may copy them, give them away and use them in any way you like. See the license page for details. If you don't live in the United States, please check the copyright laws of your country before downloading an ebook. Project Gutenberg is the oldest producer of free ebooks on the Internet. Our collection was produced by hundreds of volunteers. This has been added to Reference Resources Subject tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:05 AM Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) http://www.ahrq.gov/data/hcup/ The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP, pronounced "H-Cup") is a family of health care databases and related software tools and products developed through a Federal-State-Industry partnership and sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). HCUP databases bring together the data collection efforts of State data organizations, hospital associations, private data organizations, and the Federal government to create a national information resource of patient-level health care data (HCUP Partners). HCUP includes the largest collection of longitudinal hospital care data in the United States, with all-payer, encounter-level information beginning in 1988. These databases enable research on a broad range of health policy issues, including cost and quality of health services, medical practice patterns, access to health care programs, and outcomes of treatments at the national, State, and local market levels. This has been added to Healthcare Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This will be added to Healthcare Resources 2005 Internet MiniGuide. posted by Marcus | 4:00 AM Monday, October 10, 2005 Social Bookmarking Tool Comparison Social Bookmarking Tool Comparison http://www.consultantcommons.org/node/239 This article looks at the evolving crop of social bookmarking tools, their functionality and examples of use. The goal is to help nonprofits understand the value of using social bookmarking tools and to determine which social bookmarking tool would be serve their needs. This is directed at nonprofit uses of these tools. This has been added to Social Informatics Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:15 AM World Directory of Medical Libraries http://www.who.int/ghl/directory/en/ The WHO Library and Information Networks for Knowledge (LNK) is compiling a World Directory of Medical Libraries. This comprehensive listing of medical/health libraries worldwide will provide a unique resource to facilitate the flow of information between libraries and coordination of global efforts to improve access to health information. This has been added to Healthcare Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This will be added to Healthcare Resources 2005 Internet MiniGuide. posted by Marcus | 4:10 AM Flu Wiki http://www.fluwikie.com/ The purpose of the Flu Wiki is to help local communities prepare for and perhaps cope with a possible influenza pandemic. This is a task previously ceded to local, state and national governmental public health agencies. Their goal is to be: a) a reliable source of information, as neutral as possible, about important facts useful for a public health approach to pandemic influenza, b) a venue for anticipating the vast range of problems that may arise if a pandemic does occur, and c) a venue for thinking about implementable solutions to foreseeable problems. This has been added to Healthcare Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This will be added to Healthcare Resources 2005 Internet MiniGuide. posted by Marcus | 4:05 AM BlinkList - Personal Start Page and Social Bookmarking Engine http://www.blinklist.com/ Organize Your Web, Your Way. Organize all the web pages you find into groups of easily manageable lists of things to buy, music to download, blogs to read...you name it. It's Fun, Free and Saves You Time. Some say its across from Gmail and del.icio.us. This has been added to Social Informatics Subject Tracer™ Information Blog and to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:00 AM Saturday, October 08, 2005 LearningExpress Library posted by Marcus | 1:43 PM ConsultantCommons.org ConsultantCommons.org - Sharing Tools for Nonprofit Technology Support http://www.consultantcommons.org/ ConsultantCommons.org provides an online collaboration space and community for non-profit technical assistance providers to collaboratively build and share knowledge. The goal of ConsultantCommons.org is to provide a resource for nonprofit technology assistance providers to share and develop consulting tools and resources. The system is designed so that consultants can find, contribute and collaborate on tools and information they use to maintain a consultancy and provide services to nonprofits. This has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:15 AM BoardGameGeek http://www.boardgamegeek.com/ BoardGameGeek is a database for board game information, reviews, session reports, images, files, and links. We focus on new games you might not yet be familiar with but thousands of people around the world are playing and having a great time. We also have all the classics you are familiar with so you can enjoy a stroll down memory lane. This has been added to Games Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:10 AM Rollyo - Roll Your Own Search Engine http://rollyo.com/ Are you tired of wading though thousands of irrelevant search results to get to the information you want? Ever wish you could narrow your search to sites you already know and trust? With Rollyo, you can easily create your own custom search engines, and explore and save those created by others. Rollyo puts the power of Yahoo! Search in your hands, by giving you the tools to create your own personal search engines - with no programming required. All you have to do is pick the sites you want to search, and we'll create a custom search engine for you. This will be added to the search engines section of all the 2005 Internet MiniGuides. posted by Marcus | 4:05 AM Computers and Composition http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/87554615 Computers and Composition: An International Journal is devoted to exploring the use of computers in writing classes, writing programs, and writing research. It provides a forum for discussing issues connected with writing and computer use. It also offers information about integrating computers into writing programs on the basis of sound theoretical and pedagogical decisions, and empirical evidence. It welcomes articles, reviews, and letters to the Editors that may be of interest to readers, including descriptions of computer-aided writing and/or reading instruction, discussions of topics related to computer use of software development; explorations of controversial ethical, legal, or social issues related to the use of computers in writing programs; and to discussions of how computers affect form and content for written discourse, the process by which this discourse is produced, or the impact this discourse has on an audience. posted by Marcus | 4:00 AM Friday, October 07, 2005 Arcspace http://www.arcspace.com/ Arcspace is an architecture and design magazine that features today's most creative projects as well as the most influential of the past. They work closely with major architects around the world and keep their readers informed with weekly updates. Besides features and news items they review Books and Exhibitions and show selections of work by architecture photographers in The Camera, and sketches by architects in The Architect's Studio. In their Travel section they feature interesting hotels with a guide to architecture in the area. Access to all features and other information is free, they charge only for our larger images that are available for downloading in the Image Library. This has been added to Reference Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:15 AM Systems, Signs & Actions: An International Journal on Communication, Information Technology and Work http://www.sysiac.org/?pageId=1 The journal is defined by a particular perspective: 1) Action, communication, representation, and interpretation mediated by, 2) Information technology in, and 3) Work organizations. The emphasis may be on any of the three components, as long as the others are treated as important parts of the context. For example, technical papers are welcome as long as technology is viewed as media for action and communication. The journal aims at combined theoretical and empirical developments. Theoretical/conceptual papers should contain some practical or empirical illustrations. Papers with emphasis on empirical research must contain theoretical arguments. The journal accepts four kinds of contributions: short position statements, commentary papers (commenting on other papers in the journal), normal journal papers (15-20 pages), and longer contributions (30-40 pages). Systems, Signs & Actions is a scholarly reviewed journal with an international editorial board. The journal is university published and Open Access. Distribution is solely made through electronic media (www). posted by Marcus | 4:10 AM Renewable Energy Policy Project http://www.crest.org/ Established in 1995 with funding from the Energy Foundation and the Department of Energy, the Renewable Energy Policy Project (REPP) has spent the past decade educating the general public about renewable energies. This is accomplished by providing competent and rigorous policy analysis about the myriad of issues surrounding the viability and sustainability of such energy sources. Visitors to the site’s homepage will find clickable icons (such as those depicting wind, solar, and hydrogen), and they can discover the variety of resources associated with each type of renewable energy source. These resources generally include a brief description of the REPP’s work in each field, along with links to some of their more recent working papers and policy briefs. For persons who hope to join the discussion about some of these timely topics, the site also maintains a number of relevant listservs, such as those dealing with bioconversion and strawbale conversion. This has been added to Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. [From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2005. http://scout.wisc.edu/] posted by Marcus | 4:05 AM Social Work Selector’s Toolbox http://www.lib.msu.edu/corby/ebss/socialwork/toolbox.html Social Work Selector's Toolbox includes: a) Book Reviews (Journals, Subscription Services, Web Sites), b) Book Publisher Websites, c) Evaluating the Collection, d) Grant Sources (Guides, Directories, Additional Web Resources), e) Selecting Journals, f) Selecting Reference Books, g) Selecting Tests/Assessments (Identifying Tests, Reviews of Tests, Locating Tests), h) Selecting Statistics/Data (Gateways, Web Sites U.S. Govt. Web Sites Organizations, Web Sites International), and i) Video Vendors . This has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:00 AM Thursday, October 06, 2005 OneLook Dictionary Search http://www.onelook.com/ Think of this web site as a search engine for words and phrases: If you have a word for which you'd like a definition or translation, they will quickly shuttle you to the web-based dictionaries that define or translate that word. If you don't know how to spell the word, they will help you do that too. No word is too obscure: More than 5 million words in more than 900 online dictionaries are indexed by the OneLook® search engine. Here is what can you do at OneLook.com: a) Define words: Type a word into the search box on the front page to retrieve a list of dictionary web sites that define that word. Be sure "Find definitions" is selected, b) Translate words: Type a word into the search box and select "Find translations" to retrieve a list of dictionary web sites that have translations of that word into other languages, c) Find words: Type a pattern consisting of letters and the wildcards * and ? to retrieve a list of words matching your pattern. The asterisk (*) matches any number of letters or symbols. The question mark (?) matches exactly one letter or symbol. This has been added to Reference Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:15 AM Textile Reference Textile Reference http://hobix.com/textile/ Textile is a simple text markup. Simple symbols mark words’ emphasis. Blocks of text can be easily tagged as headers, quotes, or lists. A Textile document can then be converted to HTML for viewing on the web. You can try Textile out on the Textile home page. Textile is also available as RedCloth for Ruby or PyTextile for Python. This has been added to World Wide Web Reference Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:10 AM Dr. Dobb's Journal http://www.ddj.com/ Since 1976, DDJ has led the computer press in covering practical technology. Unlike many magazines that focus exclusively on a single platform, language, or even a single development tool, they have over twenty years of experience covering all languages, platforms, and tools. Their authors, like their readers, are professional software developers that want to revise proposed standards, explore new technologies, argue over programming style, and share tricks of the trade. This has been added to World Wide Web Reference Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:05 AM Maricopa ePortfolio http://eport.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/ An electronic portfolio is a collection of structured (templated) web pages that you can easily build and maintain without any knowledge of programming or web publishing. This software was originally developed at Chandler-Gilbert Community College and has been installed here to share with the other Maricopa Colleges (more...). Interested Maricopa students and employees are invited to submit a request and we will quickly create an account for you. Be sure to see our new getting started guides. Current ePortfolio users can edit their eP at anytime. This has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:00 AM Wednesday, October 05, 2005 SIMAC SIMAC - Foafing the Music - Semantic Interaction with Music Audio Contents http://foafing-the-music.iua.upf.edu/ SIMAC is about software tools to enhance our music enjoyment experience. The term semantic refers to well-defined representations of knowledge about music, which will improve the cooperation between people and computers. SIMAC is about bringing active involvement in the music listening process, it is about sharing views and music knowledge among music lovers. Interaction means new ways of describing, displaying, explaining, exploiting, discovering, playing and organizing music collections. SIMAC is about music metadata, about what you can say of a piece of music, on what is hidden in a music file, in a collection of music files, and in the collective knowledge of a community of music lovers. Music Audio Content can be automatically extracted with the SIMAC tools in order to open up new navigation and retrieval strategies, or in order to get suggestions for discovering potentially interesting (but unknown!) music. SIMAC will make possible to step beyond music information retrieval and move towards the realm of music content discovery. This has been added to Deep Web Research Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:15 AM Katrina Legal Aid Resource Center Katrina Legal Aid Resource Center http://www.katrinalegalaid.org/ Resources for people affected by the hurricanes, for legal aid and defender programs helping them, and for private attorney volunteers. State by state links to help you find a legal aid or pro bono lawyer, and other information for those affected by Hurricane Katrina in these areas: housing, insurance, health, financial aid and general. posted by Marcus | 4:10 AM National Centre for e-Social Science (NCeSS) http://www.ncess.ac.uk/ The National Centre for e-Social Science (NCeSS) is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to investigate and promote the use of e-science to benefit social science research. The overall goal of NCeSS is to stimulate the uptake and use of emerging e-science technologies within the social sciences. To do this, we provide information, training, advice, support and online resources. NCeSS also researches the use of e-science technologies and advises on the future strategic direction of e-social science. The Centre is made up of a co-ordinating hub, based at the University of Manchester with support from the UK Data Archive at the University of Essex, plus seven research nodes based at institutions throughout the UK. A series of smaller e-social science projects have been commissioned under the ESRC small grant scheme. This has been added to Reserach Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:05 AM APAN (Asia-Pacific Advanced Network) http://www.apan.net/ APAN (Asia-Pacific Advanced Network) is a non-profit international consortium established on 3 June 1997. APAN is designed to be a high-performance network for research and development on advanced next generation applications and services. APAN provides an advanced networking environment for the research and education community in the Asia-Pacific region, and promotes global collaboration. Its objectives are: a) to coordinate and promote network technology developments and advances innetwork-based applications and services; (b) to coordinate the development of an advanced networking environment for research and education communities in the Asia-Pacific region; and (c) to encourage and promote global cooperation to help achieve the above. This has been added to Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:00 AM Tuesday, October 04, 2005 Internet2 http://www.internet2.edu/ Internet2 is a consortium being led by 207 universities working in partnership with industry and government to develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies, accelerating the creation of tomorrow's Internet. Internet2 is recreating the partnership among academia, industry and government that fostered today´s Internet in its infancy. The primary goals of Internet2 are to: a) Create a leading edge network capability for the national research community, b) Enable revolutionary Internet applications, and c) Ensure the rapid transfer of new network services and applications to the broader Internet community. This has been added to Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:15 AM ISTweb - Information Society Technologies ISTweb - Information Society Technologies http://www.cordis.lu/ist/ European research activities are structured around consecutive four-year programmes, or so-called Framework Programmes. The Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) sets out the priorities - including the Information Society Technologies (IST) priority - for the period 2002-2006. This site provides essential information for participating in the IST priority. posted by Marcus | 4:10 AM TERENA - Trans-European Research and Education Networking Association http://www.terena.nl/ TERENA - Trans-European Research and Education Networking Association - was formed in October 1994 by the merger of RARE (Réseaux Associés pour la Recherche Européenne) and EARN (European Academic and Research Network). TERENA carries out technical activities and provides a platform for discussion to encourage the development of a high-quality computer networking infrastructure for the European research community. This has been added to Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:05 AM GÉANT Project http://www.geant.net/ The GÉANT project is a collaboration between 26 National Research and Education Networks representing 30 countries across Europe, the European Commission, and DANTE. Its principal purpose has been to develop the GÉANT network - a multi-gigabit pan-European data communications network, reserved specifically for research and education use. The project also covers a number of other activities relating to research networking. These include network testing, development of new technologies and support for some research projects with specific networking requirements. This has been added to Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:00 AM Monday, October 03, 2005 DANTE (Delivery of Advanced Network Technology to Europe) http://www.dante.net/ DANTE (Delivery of Advanced Network Technology to Europe) plans, builds and operates pan-European networks for research and education. It is owned by European NRENs (national research and education networks), and works in partnership with them and in cooperation with the European Commission. DANTE provides the data communications infrastructure essential to the success of research projects in Europe today. This has been added to Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:15 AM Dojo - The Browser Toolkit Dojo - The Browser Toolkit http://dojotoolkit.org/ Dojo is an Open Source toolkit that allows you to easily build dynamic capabilities into web pages and any other environment that supports JavaScript. Dojo provides components that let you make your sites more useable, responsive, and functional. With Dojo you can build degradeable user interfaces more easily, prototype interactive widgets quickly, animate transitions, and build AJAX-based requests simply. Dojo layers these capabilities onto a lightweight packaging system which forms the core of Dojo. When you write scripts with Dojo, you can include as few or as many of the available APIs as you need, and your app will only include what it uses. Dojo also provides application authors with a simple way of declaring and using responsive DHTML interface components. Prototype to deployment, Dojo is markup all the way, allowing you to work faster without having to learn new tools or APIs for things you already know how to do. Better yet, Dojo lets your widgets be portable between HTML, SVG, and whatever else comes down the pike. When your application is built on Dojo, you don't have to choose a technology before you choose what's best for your users. This has been added to World Wide Web Reference Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:10 AM Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean http://www.eclac.org/default.asp?idioma=IN Established in 1948, the Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA)is part of the United Nations’ broader initiative to foster coordinated economic development schemes and relationships among Latin American nations. Their web presence is quite formidable, and for persons interested in these types of policy endeavors, this site warrants several visits. First-time visitors can get an accurate sense of ECLA’s overall mission by reading the headlines on the homepage, which draw attention to their economic analyses and monitoring of the UN’s Millennium Development Goals. Visitors looking for reports and publications can take a look at some of their more recent works, such as the economic survey of Latin America and the Caribbean as well as papers on foreign investment in the region. The site is rounded out by a very helpful interactive database which provides information on trade for 33 of the region’s countries, along with 15 members of the European Union. This will be added to International Trade Resources 2005 Internet MiniGuide.[From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2005. http://scout.wisc.edu/] posted by Marcus | 4:05 AM Tag-Board.com http://www.tag-board.com/ Tag-Board.com is the original free Tag Board service that allows you to provide your visitors with real-time discussion without the complexity of forums. They offer two types of Tag-Boards: Enhanced and Basic. This has been added to World Wide Web Reference Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:00 AM Saturday, October 01, 2005 Podcasting Tools - Resources for Podcasting http://www.podcasting-tools.com/ This site is a comprehensive podcasting resource detailing everything you need to know about Podcasting. Podcasting is the process of creating an audio show of some sort available in MP3 format via an RSS 2.0 feed that supports enclosures. Podcasts are designed to include talk shows, tutorials, music, or other audio content. This has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:15 AM DataparkSearch Engine http://www.dataparksearch.org/ DataparkSearch Engine is a full-featured open sources web-based search engine released under the GNU General Public License and designed to organize search within a web-site, group of web-sites, intranet or local system. DataparkSearch consists of two parts. The first part is indexing mechanism (indexer). Indexer walks over html hypertext references and stores found words and new references into database. The second part is web CGI front-end to provide search using data collected by indexer. This will be added to the search engine section of all the 2005 Internet MiniGuides. posted by Marcus | 4:10 AM Social Bookmarking Social Bookmarking http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_bookmarking Social bookmarking is an activity performed over a computer network that allows users to save and categorize (see folksonomy) a personal collection of bookmarks and share them with others. Users may also take bookmarks saved by others and add them to their own collection, as well as to subscribe to the lists of others. - a personal knowledge management tool. Although using social bookmarking growing in popularity one should consider the threat to privacywhen using these services. This new part of the web started around late 2003, when del.icio.us was launched. It quickly gained popularity, many similar services appeared online, tagging became widespread in some other online services. In mid-2005, with the launch of My Web 1.0 BETA by Yahoo! the practice of social bookmarking moved much closer to mainstream. Drawbacks of current implementations include: single word categories, although many services allow multi-words to be enclosed in inverted commas, no mechanism to define or refine categories, no synonym/antonym control or related terms and no hierarchy. A useful feature is RSS feeds per category (tag) that you can subscribe to - alerting you to new links in your areas of interest. This has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This has been added to Social Informatics Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:05 AM wURLdBook - Free Web Based Information Aggregator http://www.wurldbook.com/ wURLdBook's mission is to help people stay connected to information on the Web. wURLdBook is a free web based information aggregator. wURLdBook offers you a new way to unobtrusively navigate, collect, categorize, annotate, clip, archive, find, publish RSS (including enclosures) and share information with others that is important to you on the web. Using wURLdBook's integrated RSS news aggregation technology you can keep up-to-date on your favorite blog, news feed or RSS search. You can also republish RSS content you find to redistribute to friends and colleagues. With wURLdBook you can capture, along with the web site location (URL), meta-information or "micro content" related to your favorite sites or archive whole news stories for later reference to search against. You can add attachments to your web references which is an auxillary URL pointing to a file such as music files, pdf (e.g. manuals, documents), text or movies to have quick reference to them or publish them as RSS enclosures to share with others. To get you started, you can even import your existing bookmarks to kick-start your web reference collection. This hyas been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:00 AM |
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