Internet Happenings, Events and Sources
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Saturday, December 31, 2005  vSocial - Upload, Watch and Share Video Clips http://www.vsocial.com/ vSocial is an online community built around the singular objective of providing the fastest, easiest way to upload, watch and share your favorite video clips. Our focus is on enabling you to work with this dynamic medium to accomplish three primary outcomes: 1) TELL STORIES: If a blog post takes a thousand words to tell a story, and a picture is worth a thousand words, then video shall become the ultimate story telling vehicle on the web. Our mission is to provide you the tools you need to tell compelling stories, 2) START CONVERSATIONS: Unlike TV and cinema, the web is a two way medium. With vSocial, you can rate, review or blog about a movie that moves you, that makes you laugh, cringe, or just think, and 3) EXTEND THE WEB: Their vision is a web that is neither bounded by walled gardens nor limited to text and pictures. It is a web of movies and sound, that can be syndicated and subscribed to, shared by email, embedded in web sites and integrated into web services. vSocial makes extending the web to video single click easy. Their inspirations are services like Flickr, which provided a canvas and palette for working with photos online; Craigslist, which proved that delivering a rich user experience was more predicated on keeping things simple and focusing on community than getting bloated up by "features" for features sake; and eBay, which elevated the lowly offline garage sale to an online marketplace that generates billions of dollars, yields many tens of millions of transactions and has created almost half a million jobs. Are you an artist with a story to tell? Are there conversations you are looking to start that can best be told with video? Are you looking to express your individuality through moving pictures? vSocial was built for you! This has been added to Social Informatics Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus Zillman | 4:15 AM  Cyber Security Bulletin 2005 Summary - 2005 Year-End Index http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/bulletins/SB2005.html Information in the US-CERT Cyber Security Bulletin is a compilation and includes information published by outside sources, so the information should not be considered the result of US-CERT analysis. Software vulnerabilities are categorized in the appropriate section reflecting the operating system on which the vulnerability was reported; however, this does not mean that the vulnerability only affects the operating system reported since this information is obtained from open-source information. This bulletin provides a year-end summary of software vulnerabilities that were identified between January 2005 and December 2005. The information is presented only as a index with links to the US-CERT Cyber Security Bulletin the information was published in. There were 5198 reported vulnerabilities: 812 Windows operating system vulnerabilities; 2328 Unix/Linux operating vulnerabilities; and 2058 Multiple operating system vulnerabilities. This has been added to Internet Alerts Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus Zillman | 4:10 AM  Finding Information On the World Wide Web: A Specialty Meta–Search Engine for the Academic Community by Yaffa Aharoni, Ariel J. Frank, and Snunith Shoham http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue10_12/aharoni/index.html Abstract The Web is continuing to grow rapidly and search engine technologies are evolving fast. Despite these developments, some problems still remain, mainly, difficulties in finding relevant, dependable information. This problem is exacerbated in the case of the academic community, which requires reliable scientific materials in various specialized research areas. We propose that a solution for the academic community might be a meta–search engine which would allow search queries to be sent to several specialty search engines that are most relevant for the information needs of the academic community. The basic premise is that since the material indexed in the repositories of specialty search engines is usually controlled, it is more reliable and of better quality. A database selection algorithm for a specialty meta–search engine was developed, taking into consideration search patterns of the academic community, features of specialty search engines and the dynamic nature of the Web. This algorithm was implemented in a prototype of a specialty meta–search engine for the medical community called AcadeME. AcadeME’s performance was compared to that of a general search engine — represented by Google, a highly regarded and widely used search engine — and to that of a single specialty search engine — represented by the medical Queryserver. From the comparison to Google it was found that AcadeME contributed to the quality of the results from the point of view of the academic user. From the comparison to the medical Queryserver it was found that AcadeMe contributed to relevancy and to the variety of the results as well. This will be added to Academic and Scholar Search Engines and Sources White Paper. posted by Marcus Zillman | 4:05 AM  Annenberg Political Fact Check http://factcheck.org/ They are a nonpartisan, nonprofit, "consumer advocate" for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. They monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases. Their goal is to apply the best practices of both journalism and scholarship, and to increase public knowledge and understanding. The Annenberg Political Fact Check is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. The APPC was established by publisher and philanthropist Walter Annenberg in 1994 to create a community of scholars within the University of Pennsylvania that would address public policy issues at the local, state, and federal levels. The APPC accepts NO funding from business corporations, labor unions, political parties, lobbying organizations or individuals. It is funded primarily by the Annenberg Foundation. This has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus Zillman | 4:00 AM Friday, December 30, 2005  Agraarteadus: Journal of Agricultural Science http://www.eau.ee/~aps/agraart.html The AAS was established in 1920 in Tartu Univesity (reopened in 1919). Members of the Society were the students (up to 449 in 1928) as well as the lecturers of the Faculty of Agronomy. The objective of the extracurricular activities of the AAS was to prepare the students for their future profession. Publishing activities were of great importance the Society¹s journal (³Agronoomia²) was published and manuals were compiled. The AAS was liquidated by Soviet power in 1940. The Academic Agricultural Society was re-established in 1989. The journal of Agricultural Science has been published since 1990, five numbers per year. Since 1996 the scientific annual conferences have been organized and two issues of the Transactions of the EAA Society have been published. To appreciate the scientific work of the members of the EAA Society three honoraria have been given and the honorary members have been elected. There are more than 250 members of the EAA Society. This has been added to Agriculture Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus Zillman | 4:15 AM  e-Preservation Science http://www.morana-rtd.com/e-preservationscience/ The mission of the journal is to publish high quality papers in materials research: review papers, original papers, short communications, but also announcements and news. Topics should be of interest in the field of preservation research and should include studies in stability, environmental studies and condition assessment of cultural heritage, and studies of materials and procedures used for its conservation and preservation. The journal aims at dissemination of information to researchers, conservators, preservation officers, and other interested audiences. This has been added to Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information blog. posted by Marcus Zillman | 4:10 AM  Applied Soft Computing http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/15684946 This is the Official Journal of the World Federation on Soft Computing (WFSC). Applied Soft Computing is an international journal promoting an integrated view of soft computing to solve real life problems. Soft computing is a collection of methodologies, which aim to exploit tolerance for imprecision, uncertainty and partial truth to achieve tractability, robustness and low solution cost. The focus is to publish the highest quality research in application and convergence of the areas of Fuzzy Logic, Neural Networks, Evolutionary Computing, Rough Sets and other similar techniques to address real world complexities. Applied Soft Computing is a rolling publication: articles are published as soon as the editor in chief has accepted them. Therefore, the web site will continuously be updated with new articles and the publication time will be short. The scope of this journal covers the following soft computing and related techniques, interactions between several soft computing techniques, and their industrial applications: * Fuzzy Computing * Neuro Computing * Evolutionary Computing * Probabilistic Computing * Immunological Computing * Hybrid Methods * Intelligent Agents and Agent Theory: * Causal Models * Case-based Reasoning * Chaos Theory * Interactive Computational Models. The application areas of interest include but are not limited to: * Decision Support * Process and System Control * System Identification and Modelling * Optimisation * Signal or Image Processing * Vision or Pattern Recognition * Condition Monitoring * Fault Diagnosis * Systems Integration * Internet Tools * Human-Machine Interface * Time Series Prediction * Robotics * Motion Control and Power Electronics * Biomedical Engineering * Virtual Reality * Reactive Distributed AI * Telecommunications * Consumer Electronics * Industrial Electronics * Manufacturing Systems * Power and Energy * Data Mining * Data Visualisation * Intelligent Information Retrieval * Bio-inspired Systems * Autonomous Reasoning * Intelligent Agents. This has been added to Artificial Intelligence Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This has been added to Bot Research Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus Zillman | 4:05 AM  Coupon Mountain http://www.couponmountain.com/ Coupon Mountain is your one-stop shop for online coupons, offering you significant savings on the products and services that you use every day. As the premier online coupon clearinghouse, Coupon Mountain provides you with direct access to the best free coupons on the internet. It's simple. With over 1000 online stores to choose from, simply log onto CouponMountain.com and select by category or use their timesaving search feature to locate the deal that you are looking for. Alternatively, you may view all of the merchants listed with Coupon Mountain in alphabetical order and browse for coupon offers for your favorite stores. Whether you are in the market for everyday items or if the holidays are right around the corner, you owe it to yourself to log onto Coupon Mountain before you make your purchase. This has been added mto ShoppingBots Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus Zillman | 4:00 AM Thursday, December 29, 2005  Podcasting 101 Podcasting 101 http://podcasting101.pbwiki.com/ Gerry McKiernan reports that Greg Schwartz of Open Stacks has created a wiki devoted to the basics of Podcasting titled " "Podcasting: An Introduction" and is available at the above URL. As Gerry stated " Wow !!!, The Best of Both Worlds [:-)" ...... posted by Marcus Zillman | 4:15 AM  Market Research Portal (MRP) http://www.marketresearchworld.net/ Market Research Portal (MRP)is an extensive resource for anyone with an interest in Market Research. You might be a research buyer, researcher or student, whichever the site will help you in a number of ways. The main resources included are: * Library of Articles: Feel free to search and use our knowledge bank of market research. In the section you will find a number of research articles written by professionals in the industry. And if you can not find what you are looking for, feel free to get in touch with us. We might be able to help. * Market Research Explained: You will also find that we have explained the main components of research (hopefully in simple terms!). These being qualitative research, quantitative research and that daunting word for some statistics. Also, if you are new to the industry our glossary of terms will help you to understand market research jargon! * Research Findings: This section is a valuable desk research tool. It is our library of survey findings sourced from around the world. If you are a client or a researcher it is an easy way to quickly find research data (for free!). For ease the information is sorted by industry sector. * Industry News & Events: Use this section to keep up-to-date with market research news and event information from around the globe. MRP has been set-up and is run by a team of market research consultants that are based in the UK: http://www.djsresearch.com/. It is run on a not for profit basis and any adverts that appear on the site just help to cover the running costs of the site. This will be added to Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations Resources 2005 InternetiniGuide. posted by Marcus Zillman | 4:10 AM  Games and Culture: A Journal of Interactive Media http://gac.sagepub.com/ Games and Culture: A Journal of Interactive Media is a new, quarterly international journal (first issue due January 2006) that aims to publish innovative theoretical and empirical research about games and culture within the context of interactive media. The journal will serve as a premiere outlet for ground-breaking and germinal work in the field of game studies. Games and Culture's scope will include the socio-cultural, political, and economic dimensions of gaming from a wide variety of perspectives, including textual analysis; political economy; cultural studies; ethnography; critical race studies; gender studies; media studies; public policy; international relations; and communication studies. Other possible arenas include: * Issues of gaming culture related to race, class, gender and sexuality; * Issues of game development; * Textual and cultural analysis of games as artifacts; * Issues of political economy and public policy in both US and international contexts. Of primary importance will be the bridging of the gap between games studies scholarship in the United States and in Europe. One of the primary goals of the journal will be to foster dialogue among the academic, design, development, and research communities that will influence both game design and research about games within various public contexts. A second goal will be to examine how gaming and interactive media are being used in contexts outside of entertainment, including in education contexts, for the purposes of training, for military simulation, and for political action. This has been added to Games Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus Zillman | 4:05 AM  Cancer Genome Atlas http://cancergenome.nih.gov/index.asp NIH Launches Comprehensive Effort to Explore Cancer Genomics. The Cancer Genome Atlas Begins With Three-Year, $100 Million Pilot The National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), both part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), today launched a comprehensive effort to accelerate our understanding of the molecular basis of cancer through the application of genome analysis technologies, especially large-scale genome sequencing. The overall effort, called The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), will begin with a pilot project to determine the feasibility of a full-scale effort to systematically explore the universe of genomic changes involved in all types of human cancer. This has been added to Biological Informatics Subject Tracer™ Infortmation Blog. posted by Marcus Zillman | 4:00 AM Wednesday, December 28, 2005  The Online Books Page http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/ The Online Books Page is a website that facilitates access to books that are freely readable over the Internet. It also aims to encourage the development of such online books, for the benefit and edification of all. Major parts of the site include: a) An index of thousands of online books freely readable on the Internet, b) Pointers to significant directories and archives of online texts, c) Special exhibits of particularly interesting classes of online books, and d) Information on how readers can help support the growth of online books. The Online Books Page was founded, and is edited, by John Mark Ockerbloom, He is a digital library planner and researcher at the University of Pennsylvania. He is solely responsible for the content of the site. The site is hosted by the University of Pennsylvania Library, who provides the server, disk space, and network bandwidth for the site. They also employ the editor, and support him in his various digital library activities (of which this is but one). The online books listed on this page have been authored, placed online, and hosted, by a wide variety of individuals and groups throughout the world (and throughout history!). This has been added to Reference Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus Zillman | 4:15 AM  Manta - Premium Sources of Business Information and Research Manta - Premium Sources of Business Information and Research http://www.manta.com/ Manta is your ultimate resource for premium business intelligence. Manta enables you to find the business information that you need - bringing it to the surface and enabling you to purchase what you truly need when you need it. This has been added to Business Intelligence Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus Zillman | 4:10 AM  FreeArcade Online Games http://www.freearcade.com/ A nice listing of free online games that is updated frequently. This has been added to Games Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus Zillman | 4:05 AM    SMIL 2.1 Is a W3C Recommendation http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/REC-SMIL2-20051213/ http://www.w3.org/2005/12/smil-pressrelease.html.en http://www.w3.org/AudioVideo/ The World Wide Web Consortium today released "Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL 2.1)" as a W3C Recommendation. With SMIL (pronounced "smile"), authors create multimedia presentations and animations integrating streaming audio and video with graphics and text. Version 2.1 features include a new Mobile Profile and an Extended Mobile Profile with enhanced timing, layout and animation capabilities. "Today, W3C makes good on the promise of first class multimedia presentations for the mobile Web," said Chris Lilley (W3C). posted by Marcus Zillman | 4:00 AM Tuesday, December 27, 2005  Awareness Watch™ Newsletter V4N1 January 2006 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter V4N1 January 2006 http://virtualprivatelibrary.blogspot.com/Awareness Watch V4N1.pdf Awareness Watch™ Newsletter Blog and Archives http://www.AwarenessWatch.com/ The January 2006 V4N1 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter is a freely available 32 page .pdf document (596KB) from the above URL. The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month features Bot Research on the Internet including resources and sites for bots, intelligent agents and related sources. 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 How Do Search Engines Handle Chinese Queries? by Haidar Moukdad and Hong Cui.   ©2006 Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. posted by Marcus Zillman | 10:00 AM  NetVibes NetVibes - Customizable Web 2.0 HomePage http://www.NetVibes.com/ Netvibes.com is a customizable web 2.0 homepage solution. This service is free and gives you the user the ability: a) to create a personalized page with the content you like, b) to put together data feeds and services from web 2.0 applications with a very simple interface, and c) to access your page anytime and from any computer. Key features of Netvibes: 1) Browse, modify, and import your RSS feeds with our integrated RSS/ATOM feedreader. You can easily import an OPML file as well., 2) Import, download and listen to podcasts without any additional software, and 3) Check your e-mail on one or many Gmail accounts; stick web notes and weather updates; and many more features to come! Netvibes is already available in French, English, Spanish, Russian and Portuguese - German, Korean and Chinese versions are on their way. This has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This has been added to my resource section of Manage Information Overload Presentation and White Paper Resource. posted by Marcus Zillman | 4:15 AM  Nutrition Noteworthy http://repositories.cdlib.org/uclabiolchem/nutritionnoteworthy/ Nutrition Noteworthy is a digital publication containing papers submitted by David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA medical students on topics pertaining to diet and nutrition. Nutrition Noteworthy was first published in 1998 by Felice Kurtzman who teaches nutrition to medical students attending the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Students are encouraged to explore a topic of personal interest or relevance. Topics have included biochemical, psycho-social, epidemiological, clinical and public health issues of nutrition. Recently, papers have also included the use of herbs and drug-nutrient interactions. Nutrition Noteworthy enhances the medical curriculum by giving the students an opportunity to investigate nutrition research. This will be added to Healthcare Resources 2005 Internet MiniGuide. posted by Marcus Zillman | 4:10 AM  UNESCO Observatory on the Information Society http://snipurl.com/kqpp The phrase “information society” may not be well-known to all, but the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has been compelled to keep member states abreast of related developments in this area since October 1998, when the Observatory was created. Their initial objective was to provide information on the following issues: access to information in public domain, electronic commerce, privacy and confidentiality in cyberspace, and violence in cyberspace. Today, their mission is much the same, and those persons with an interest in these general and specific areas will find this site quite useful. The Observatory maintains a number of regional observatories in different regions of the world, and visitors can look through each of these areas to read topical news coverage and reports generated by each of these units. Visitors can also look through a thematic list of categories on the homepage that address such topics as e-governance, internet governance, frameworks for online communication, and several dozen others. [From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2005. http://scout.wisc.edu/] posted by Marcus Zillman | 4:05 AM  Journal of Ecotourism http://www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/journals/journals_je.asp The Journal of Ecotourism (JOE) seeks to advance the field by examining the social, economic, and ecological aspects of ecotourism at a number of scales, and including regions from around the world. JOE welcomes conceptual, theoretical, and empirical research, particularly where it contributes to the dissemination of new ideas and models of ecotourism planning, development, management, and good practice. While the focus of the journal rests on a type of tourism based principally on natural history - along with other associated features of the man-land nexus - it will consider papers which investigate ecotourism as part of a broader nature based tourism, as well as those works which compare or contrast ecotourism/ists with other forms of tourism/ists. Other topics for consideration include (but are not restricted to): community development, human ecology, ecotourism typologies, parks and protected areas, impacts, policy, accreditation and certification, risk management, marketing, ethics and philosophy, interpretation, and education. posted by Marcus Zillman | 4:00 AM Monday, December 26, 2005  Statistics Education Research Journal Journal title: Statistics Education Research Journal (SERJ) http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~iase/publications.php?show=serj SERJ is a peer-reviewed electronic journal of the International Association for Statistical Education (IASE) and the International Statistical Institute (ISI). SERJ is published twice a year and is available free of charge as an Open Access journal on the Internet. SERJ aims to advance research-based knowledge that can help to improve the teaching, learning, and understanding of statistics or probability at all educational levels and in both formal (classroom-based) and informal (out-of-classroom) contexts. Such research may examine, for example, cognitive, motivational, attitudinal, curricular, teaching-related, technology-related, organizational, or societal factors and processes that are related to the development and understanding of stochastic knowledge. In addition, research may focus on how people use or apply statistical and probabilistic information and ideas, broadly viewed. The Journal encourages the submission of quality papers related to the above goals, such as reports of original research (both quantitative and qualitative), integrative and critical reviews of research literature, analyses of research-based theoretical and methodological models, and other types of papers described in full in the Guidelines for Authors. All papers are reviewed internally by an Associate Editor or Editor, and are blind-reviewed by at least two external referees. Contributions in English are recommended. Contributions in French and Spanish will also be considered. A submitted paper must not have been published before or be under consideration for publication elsewhere. This has been added to Statistics Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus Zillman | 4:15 AM  Center for Scientific Review (CSR) http://cms.csr.nih.gov/ The Center for Scientific Review (CSR) is the portal for NIH grant applications and their review for scientific merit. We organize the peer review groups or study sections that evaluate the majority (70%) of the research grant applications sent to NIH. We also receive all grant applications for NIH, as well as for some other components of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Since 1946, our mission has remained clear and timely: to see that NIH grant applications receive fair, independent, expert, and timely reviews -- free from inappropriate influences -- so NIH can fund the most promising research. CSR receives nearly 80,000 applications a year and recruits over 14,000 external experts to review its portion of them in its study sections, which often meet three times during the year. Additional scientists serve on other NIH advisory councils, which provide a second level of peer review and make funding recommendations based on priorities set by Congress, DHHS, and the public. For nearly 60 years, this peer review system has enabled NIH to fund cutting-edge research that has allowed millions to leave their doctor’s office with new drugs and cures for diseases that killed their parents or grandparents. This has been added to Healthcare Resources 2005 Internet MiniGuide. posted by Marcus Zillman | 4:10 AM  Eurekster Swicki Eurekster Swicki Search Engine http://swicki.eurekster.com/ A swicki is new kind of search engine that allows anyone to create deep, focused searches on topics you care about. Unlike other search engines, you and your community have total control over the results and it uses the wisdom of crowds to improve search results. This search engine, or swicki, can be published on your site. Your swicki presents search results that you're interested in, pulls in new relevant information as it is indexed, and organizes everything for you in a neat little customizable widget you can put on your web site or blog, complete with its very own buzz cloud that constantly updates to show you what are hot search terms in your community. How does my swicki work? Swickis are a new kind of search engine or search results aggregator. Swickis allow you to build specific searches tailored to your interests and that of your community and get constantly updated results from your web or blog page. Swickis scan all the data indexed in Yahoo Search, plus all additional sources you specify, and present the results in a dynamically updated, easy to use format that you can publish on your site - or use at swicki.com. They also collect and organize information about all public swickis in their Directory. Whether you have built a swicki or not, you can come to the swicki directory and find swicki search engines that interest you. This has been added to the search engine section of all the 2005 Internet MiniGuides. posted by Marcus Zillman | 4:05 AM  Building the Info Grid http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue45/buildinginfogrid-rpt/ The Danish Electronic Research Library (DEFF) [1] offered a two-day event, Building the Info Grid [2], focusing on the recent and upcoming developments in digital information management, more specifically on the possibilites and challenges of providing integrated access to scholarly content and communication, via distributed technological services and infrastructural software. In this report they do not cover all aspects of the conference, but rather focus on the specific topics that were the binding glue throughout the conference: Service-oriented Architecture (SOA); the Grid/Information Grid; Rights Management; Single Sign-on; and Google Scholar [3] development. The conference gave both overview and in-depth insights into terminology as well as more specific choices of solution such as Fedora [4] and Shibboleth [5]. The overall perspective of the conference bridged interests of libraries, computing centres, administration, scientific institutes, funding bodies, national research organisations and vendors, which contributed to a blend of participants and delegates from as many as nineteen countries. This has been added to Grid Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus Zillman | 4:00 AM Saturday, December 24, 2005  Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources (2005) http://www.oclc.org/reports/2005perceptions.htm Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources (2005) summarizes findings of an international study on information-seeking habits and preferences. With extensive input from hundreds of librarians and OCLC staff, the OCLC Market Research team developed a project and commissioned Harris Interactive Inc. to survey a representative sample of information consumers. In June of 2005, we collected over 3,300 responses from information consumers in Australia, Canada, India, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States. The Perceptions report provides the findings and responses from the online survey in an effort to learn more about: * Library use * Awareness and use of library electronic resources * The Internet search engine, the library and the librarian * Free vs. for-fee information * The "Library" brand The findings indicate that information consumers view libraries as places to borrow print books, but they are unaware of the rich electronic content they can access through libraries. Even though information consumers make limited use of these resources, they continue to trust libraries as reliable sources of information. posted by Marcus Zillman | 4:15 AM  Journal of Pharmaceutical and Allied Sciences (JOPHAS) https://www.ajol.info/journal_index.php?jid=249&ab=jophas The Journal of Pharmaceutical and Allied Sciences (JOPHAS) publishes original scientific and technical research works carried out on drugs and drug-related products, within and outside Nigeria in the fields of pharmacy, microbiology, biochemistry, biotechnology, pharmacology, medical sciences and veterinary medicine. The journal aims at serving professionals in these aforementioned areas. Readership scope covers the entire globe, as the journal is made available to scientists all over the world. This will be added to Healthcare Resources 2005 Internet MiniGuide. posted by Marcus Zillman | 4:10 AM  Get Safe Online Get Safe Online http://www.getsafeonline.org/ Expert advice for everyone ... Get Safe Online will help you protect yourself against internet threats. The site is sponsored by government and leading businesses working together to provide a free, public service. This will be added to Security Resources 2005 Internet MiniGuide. posted by Marcus Zillman | 4:05 AM  Codase - Source Code Search Engine http://www.codase.com/ Codase is the leading source code search company with advanced source code understanding and xml index/search technologies. Rather than treating code as text, Codase understands programming languages, and treats code as code, the way it's supposed to be. This unique and syntax-aware approach provides the most accurate and detailed search results with fine granularity levels of controls. With Codase, one can search functions, classes, strings, constants, macros, comments and other programming language constructs. Codase hosts huge amount of open source codes providing a much better coverage, as it covers codes usually hidden inside compressed files and source control repositories, where general search engines fail to find and index. In addition, Codase only indexes and searches high quality codes with every line of code literally validated and compiled by intelligent and powerful source code analysis engine. Codase is a privately held company based in silicon valley, founded by Dr. Huihong Luo and other veterans. We are a group of innovative and passionate professionals with diverse technologies, business background and proven track of records. We are committed to make Codase the world's best search engine for source codes in terms of features, quality, performance and code coverage. If you are a developer, you may find Codase useful, since improving your coding productivity is our goal. This has been added to Script Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus Zillman | 4:00 AM Friday, December 23, 2005  January 2006 Zillman Column - Artificial Intelligence Resources January 2006 Zillman Column - Artificial Intelligence Resources http://VirtualPrivateLibrary.BlogSpot.com/AIResources Jan06 Column.pdf http://www.zillmancolumns.com/ The January 2006 Zillman Column is now available and is titled Artificial Intelligence Resources. This January 2006 column is a comprehensive list of artificial intelligence resources and sites on the Internet. The subject area of Artificial Intelligence has always intrigued both individuals and corporations and today with the advent of high speed computing and processing the field is ripe for major happenings and events. Download this excellent 15 page free .pdf (493KB) column today and discover the amazing field of artificial intelligence! © 2006 Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. posted by Marcus Zillman | 4:20 AM  Clipmarks - Clip Information Found Online http://clipmarks.com/ When you find something on the web that you want to save or share, you probably bookmark the page. But you usually don't want the whole page, right? Maybe you just want a couple of paragraphs from a news article, a photo, a recipe, or an excerpt from a blog post. With Clipmarks you can clip and save just the stuff you want from any web page. Then sign in with your free account at www.clipmarks.com to search, browse and share your clipmarks. You can also search the Public Clipmarks to see what's being clipped and who's clipping it. Find information that matters to you and connect with other members of the Clipmarks community who share your interests. This has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus Zillman | 4:15 AM  blummy - Quick Access Via Bookmark Toolbar http://www.blummy.com/ blummy is a tool for quick access to your favorite web services via your bookmark toolbar. It consists of small widgets, called blummlets, which make use of Javascript to provide rich functionality (such as bookmarklets). It works on almost every page on the web. This is established by loading a small piece of Javascript to the currently loaded page. blummy was created by Alexander Kirk in 2005. This has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus Zillman | 4:10 AM   W3C to Internationalize and Secure Voice Browsing http://www.w3.org/2005/12/ssml-pressrelease http://www.w3.org/Voice/ Following the Workshop on Internationalizing the Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML), W3C announces new work to extend SSML to Asian and other languages and to add speaker verification. Speaker verification is "the best biometric for securing telephone transactions and communications," said Ken Rehor (Vocalocity) Chairman of the VoiceXML Forum and participant in the W3C Voice Browser Working Group. Read the press release, join W3C and visit the Voice Browser Activity home page. This will be added to Security Resources 2005 Internet MiniGuide. posted by Marcus Zillman | 4:05 AM  Biological Research For Nursing http://brn.sagepub.com/ One of the greatest challenges in nursing today is how to integrate information from many basic disciplines‹biology, physiology, chemistry, health policy, business, engineering, education, communication and the social sciences‹into nursing research, theory and clinical practice. Biological Research for Nursing is the only publication that helps nurse researchers, educators, and practitioners meet this important challenge by focusing on biological and physiological changes in healthy and unhealthy populations from a nursing perspective. Published quarterly, this essential journal offers original peer-reviewed articles on: * Normal and abnormal biological phenomena, such as pain management and the effects of stress. * Improvements in health care techniques developed through biological and physiological research. * New methods, instruments, and techniques for biological and physiological health research. * Theoretical foundations that increase understanding of biological and physiological changes in health and illness. * Pathophysiology and the biological foundations of nursing practice. * Topics related to the teaching of the biological and physiological bases of nursing practice. Biological Research for Nursing features research papers, empirical and theoretical articles, editorials, abstracts of recent dissertations, and conference summaries that relate to nursing care written by scientists and researchers in nursing and the basic sciences, such as: Pathophysiology* Biochemistry* Medicinal Chemistry* Medical Physics* Microbiology* Cell Biology* Developmental Biology *Genetics* Reproductive Biology* Molecular Biology* Neuroscience* Pharmacology* Infectious Disease* Oncology* Cardiovascular Disease* Pulmonary Function and Disease* Dermatology* Wound Healing* Immunology* Anesthesiology* Endocrinology* Gastroenterology* Hematology* Neonatology* Nephrology* Pathology* Physiology* Nutrition* Pain Management* Anatomy. This has been added to Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information blog. posted by Marcus Zillman | 4:00 AM Thursday, December 22, 2005  Marketing Letters: A Journal of Research in Marketing http://www.springerlink.com/link.asp?id=100312 Marketing Letters: A Journal of Research in Marketing publishes high-quality, shorter papers (under 20 pages in length) on marketing, the emphasis being on immediacy and current interest. The journal offers a medium for the truly rapid publication of research results. The focus of Marketing Letters is on empirical findings, methodological papers, and theoretical and conceptual insights across areas of research in marketing. Marketing Letters is required reading for anyone working in marketing science, consumer research, methodology, and marketing strategy and management. The key subject areas and topics covered in Marketing Letters are: choice models, consumer behavior, consumer research, management science, market research, sales and advertising, marketing management, marketing research, marketing science, psychology, and statistics. This will be added to Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations Resources 2005 Internet MiniGuide. posted by Marcus Zillman | 4:15 AM  iPureSearch http://www.ipuresearch.com/ iPureSearch has launched a new search engine which caters to web-savvy searchers by ranking results based on what is important to the search audience. The site claims to reduce confusion over what is an organic search result and what is an advertisement. For iPureSearch, the priority is to return quality search results. Unlike linear engines that simply prioritize the sources that pay for prime spots, this new engine ranks according to importance to users, not the bottom line. PureSearch (http://www.ipuresearch.com) is a brand new website that offers users information in an easily accessible format, filling the void for a search engine adapting to changes in internet technologies and user demands. 'Highlight and Search' for example is a feature that lets users move seamlessly between different searches. By just highlighting any interesting text in a result with your mouse and clicking another information resource you get a whole new set of search results for just that text without any additional typing. At the heart of iPureSearch is a matrix of 28 distinct kinds of searchable resources, accessible by entering a search term only once. Searchers can go from web search results to news headlines to shopping and other information resources all in a single click and see what's relevant, not who's paying the most. This will be added to the search engine section of all the 2005 Internet MiniGuides. posted by Marcus Zillman | 4:10 AM  Fez http://sourceforge.net/projects/fez Fez is an open source project to produce and maintain a highly flexible web interface to FEDORA for any Library or Insituition to configure and publish or archive documents of any type sustainably. This has been added to World Wide Web Reference Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus Zillman | 4:05 AM  Computational Paleontology Computational Paleontology http://www.notam02.no/~oyvindha/compal.html Computational Paleontology is devoted to the use of mathematical models, simulation, computer graphics and computers in general in paleontology including a) Simulation of ontogeny (growth and form), b) Simulation of evolution and population genetics, c) Population dynamics, d) Simulation in functional morphology (mechanics, fluid dynamics etc.), e) Computer graphics, and f) Statistics and data management. This has been added to Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus Zillman | 4:00 AM Wednesday, December 21, 2005  Medical Image Databases On the Internet Medical Image Databases on the Internet http://www.library.uthscsa.edu/internet/ImageDatabases.cfm A comprehensive listing of Medical Image Databases on the Internet. This will be added to Healthcare Resources 2005 Internet MiniGuide. posted by Marcus Zillman | 4:15 AM  Enformatika Enformatika http://www.enformatika.org/journals/1305-5313/index.htm Enformatika, is a scholarly peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary, quarterly, international scientific and fully refereed journal focusing on theories, methods and applications in information technology. All submitted articles should report original, previously unpublished research results, experimental or theoretical, and will be peer-reviewed. Articles submitted to the journal should meet these criteria and must not be under consideration for publication elsewhere. Manuscripts should follow the style of the journal and are subject to both review and editing. Enformatika covers all areas of information technology / information sciences, publishing refereed research articles, survey articles, and technical notes. Enformatika reviews papers within approximately one month of submission and publishes accepted articles on the internet immediately upon receiving the final versions. This has been added to Reference Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus Zillman | 4:10 AM  Systematics and Biodiversity http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=SYS Systematics and Biodiversity is an international life science journal devoted to whole-organism biology, especially systematics and taxonomic biodiversity. It emphasizes the importance and multi-disciplinary significance of systematics. It records the diversity of organisms through descriptive taxonomic papers. The underlying basis of biodiversity is addressed directly and indirectly, through studies of taxonomic relationships, and of growth, form, adaptation and function, and through analysis and synthesis of biodiversity patterns in time and space, especially with respect to environmental and human factors. Coverage also includes relevant theory and methodology, and conservation biology. Each issue contains a main section devoted to formal peer-reviewed original research papers, and a shorter, more informal 'Perspectives' section. As well as taxonomic discovery, description, revision and recording, the research section carries studies of adaptation, anatomy, biodiversity patterns in time and space (including response to environmental and human factors, and to global change), biogeography, coevolution, conservation biology, development, evolutionary biology, functional morphology, growth and form, molecular science, phylogenetics, speciation, and systematic ecology. State-of-knowledge reviews, and papers on the theory and practice of systematics are also welcome. There are no restrictions on length of contributions, the geographical location of authors, their material and study areas, or on the institutional locations of their studied collections. The 'Perspectives' section covers a similar range of subjects to the main section but gives scope for news, debate and comment, through editorials and guest editorials, magazine-style articles, and reviews of books, CDs and websites. This has been added to Biological Informatics Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus Zillman | 4:05 AM  Communication Research Reports http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/08824096.asp Communication Research Reports, a scholarly, academic journal sponsored by the Eastern Communication (ECA), publishes refereed manuscripts on a wide variety of topics pertaining to human communication. Communication Research Reports is philosophically committed to publishing the highest quality brief empirical articles derived from a variety of research areas within the discipline. Manuscripts considered for publication are short empirical reports, approximately 10 pages in length (including references, tables, and appendices). Although Communication Research Reports is supported by ECA, a regional communication association, it has a national and international readership and is considered by many leaders in the field to be the best source for short research reports on communication. As such, submissions from diverse geographic areas and cultures worldwide are encouraged. This has been added to Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus Zillman | 4:00 AM Tuesday, December 20, 2005  Career.edu http://www.career.edu/ Career.edu is a nonprofit project of a Delaware-based Accrediting Commission. Launched in 2005, Career.edu aspires to provide international academic community with a dedicated, effective, and easy- to-use job board. The service is free to all participants – employers and job seekers. They are committed to building a true education-oriented community and providing superior customer service. If there is something that you don’t like about the job board and have suggestions on how to improve it, please let them know. This type of feedback is invaluable as it gives them an opportunity to keep the service in line with your current recruitment / job search needs. This has been added to Employment Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus Zillman | 4:15 AM  Field Methods http://fmx.sagepub.com/ Since 1989, Cultural Anthropology Methods (CAM) has been providing social researchers with useful tips on conducting a variety of field tasks. Now CAM has been transformed into Field Methods, a fully refereed journal containing methodologically-focused research articles, handy tips for working in the field, reviews of books and software, think pieces addressing key theoretical issues, and other important works for scholars, professionals and students who engage in fieldwork in the human sciences and the related professional fields. Field Methods is devoted to articles about the methods used by field workers in the social and behavioral sciences and humanities for the collection, management, and analysis data about human thought and/or human behavior in the natural world. Articles should focus on innovations and issues in the methods used, rather than on the reporting of research or theoretical/epistemological questions about research. High-quality articles using qualitative and quantitative methods-- from scientific or interpretative traditions-- dealing with data collection and analysis in applied and scholarly research from writers in the social sciences, humanities, and related professions are all welcome in the pages of the journal. This has been added to Social Informatics Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus Zillman | 4:10 AM |
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