What's new on the Web, October, 2006
Here you will find a listing, compiled from various sources, of some of the new sites and tools available on the Web. The listings for each month are divided into categories.
Previous lists are also available. If you
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Reference Tools and
Services | Social Sciences and Humanities |
Biological and
Health Sciences | Physical Sciences and Engineering |
Electronic
Journals
Reference Tools and Services
-
An Agenda for Harnessing Globalization
Paper from the Brookings Institution on ways to use globalization to create opportunity for many of the world's people.
- County Waterford
Image Archive
A collection of 3,000 historical images that document Waterford County in Ireland and its parishes from the late 1890s to the present.
- The
Global Technology Revolution 2020
A 316-page report from the RAND Organization about the ongoing technology revolution in sectors such as biotechnology, nanotechnology, and information technology. The Executive Summary is 44 pages.
- Private Sector
Development
Blog from the World Bank on topics as varied as disaster recovery, foreign direct investment, and corporate governance.
- Smithsonian
Photography Initiative
The website provides an online repository of Smithsonian images, a gateway to exhibitions, and an online community.
Social Sciences and Humanities
- Advanced
Papyrological Information System
A digital storehouse for images of many papyri and wood tablets.
- Ancient
Greece
Includes many objects from the British Museum and a map of Greece.
- Barnard Center for
Research on Women
Includes the e-journal 'Scholar and Feminist Online', launched in 2000.
-
Building Musical Instruments
For musical instrument craftspeople.
- Chronic Poverty
Research Centre
Funded by the UK Department for International Development.
- Collaboratory for Research
on Electronic Work
The site addresses the ways emergent technologies make possible new forms of working.
- Digital Freedom Network
Information about current events that impinge on individual freedoms, particularly in journalism.
- Doing
Business
A World Bank guide to the cost of doing business in various countries.
- French
in Action
French lessons in context.
- Frontline:
Return of the Taliban
A report on how the Taliban continue to dominate the border territories between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
- Hunger in America
2006
Report from America's Second Harvest.
- J-Learning
A community journalism primer from the University of Maryland's College of Journalism.
- Journal of
Seventeenth-Century Music
Covers all aspects of music from this period, including performance.
-
Mapping Medieval Townscapes: A Digital Atlas of the New Towns of
Edward I
An atlas created by researchers from Queen's University, Belfast.
- NationMaster
Sites that aggregates statistical data from an array of sources including the CIA World Factbook and the United Nations.
- The
Paris Review: Interviews
Digitised versions of the Review's 'Writer at Work' interviews.
- Rossetti
Archive
Site dedicated to the work of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, which includes digital versions of Rossetti's works, as well as analysis, notes, and commentary.
- Small
Business Video Seminar
Includes 'how-to' seminars and podcasts on business start-ups.
- TEDTalks
TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design. The site includes talks from this annual conference in California. Presentations available include talks by Jimmy Wales (the founder of Wikipedia), Nicholas Negroponte, and Al Gore.
- Teoria
Includes tutorials on reading music, exercises, and articles about music.
Biological and Health Sciences
- Basic
Principles of Ultrasound
Covers diagnostic ultrasounds, sonography, and the field of echocardiography.
- Climate
Change: The Environment Network
A portal for resources on this topic.
- The
Grapes of Staph: Microbiology
Teaching materials in microbiology.
- Mouse Atlas
Project
The project gives researchers the ability to compare gene expression patterns with a conveniently accessible inventory of digital brain maps.
- NOVA:
Mystery of the Megavolcano
This type of volcano produces at least 240 cubic miles of magma in a single eruption.
- Online
Radiology Teaching Files and Medical Image Atlas and
Database
The database can be browsed by organ system.
Physical Sciences and Engineering
- Calculus on the
Web
Site for learning and practising problems in calculus via the Internet.
- Digital Library
for Earth Science Education
Information and teaching materials in geoscience.
- Entourage3D
The database includes building blocks, complete models, and 'finishing touches' for architectural users to download and use.
- Internet Resources for
the Mathematics Students
Covers statistics, calculus, and the history of mathematics.
- The Physics
Front
The site contains lesson plans, activities, labs, and other pedagogical tools for physics teachers.
- To Recruit and
Advance: Women Students and Faculty in Science and
Engineering
A report from the US National Academy of Sciences.
- Urban
Environment: Challenges to Sustainability
Site from the Development Gateway.
Electronic Journals
- Blackbird: An Online
Journal of Literature and the Arts
An online journal that includes poetry, fiction, and non-fiction.
- Critical Social
Work
A critical perspective on social work.
- Globalization
and Health
New, open-access, peer-reviewed journal.
- International
Journal of Not-For-Profit Law
Includes the complete text of each issue back to September 1998.
- Journal of
Seventeenth-Century Music
Covers all aspects of music from this period, including performance.
Previous listings
Lists for previous months, September,
2006 and August,
2006, are also available.
Sources
This listing is compiled monthly from a variety of sources, which generally includes the following -
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