
Dear LIS-Forum member, The January 2004 issue of InfoWatch is now online, bringing you details of new Internet sites related to Science and Engineering. You can access the complete issue on the NCSI Web server at the URL : http://www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/infowatch/iw.php You will also find earlier issues of InfoWatch here. For your convenience, the table of contents is given below. If you wish to be on the mailing list of InfoWatch to receive the complete issue by e-mail, let us know. Also mention your format preference - html or text. Regards -Lalitha M.R lalitha@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in (lalitha@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ InfoWatch Tracking Networked Scientific Information Sources and Services (An electronic update service brought to you by NCSI) Jan 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In This Issue: 1. Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture (AGORA) 2. ARKIVOC - Free online journal of organic chemistry 3. Biocomplexity Thesaurus 4. CircuitMaker 2000 5. Code Beach - A guide to free and open source codes & tutorials 6. Dali Server [A service for comparing protein structures in 3D] 7. Digital Laboratory [A source for electrical and electronics engineering resources] 8. Dspace Federation [A digital repository software system] 9. History of the robots in Victorian era 10. Interactions.org - A resource for communicators of particle physics 11. Inventors' Handbook 12. KnowItAll Academic - A set of free educational software tools 13. Mars Exploration Rover Mission 14. Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization (MALDI) Mass Spectrometry Recipes Page 15. Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) [A resource for fuel additive] 16. NetBSD - A redistributable UNIX-like operating system 17. Probability Abstract Service 18. Science for all Americans [A book about science literacy] 19. Virtual DR - A community where computing problems get solved 20. XtremWeb [A free software platform to explore scientific issues and applications] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ About InfoWatch : InfoWatch is a monthly electronic newsletter, brought out by the National Centre for Science Information (NCSI) Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore - 560 012, INDIA. Information in the newsletter is collected and verified by NCSI staff.The newsletter aims to raise awareness of new sources of information on the Internet, particularly those which are relevant for higher education and research. Some items may be of relevance only to the IISc community.Resources reported here have been taken from various discussion lists and other network tools and no special claims are made for accuracy or originality. Most of the sources cited in the newsletter were checked at the time of publication, however it is possible that some of the resources are no longer available. We welcome comments about the newsletter and suggestions for resources to be featured. Please e-mail your comments to Infowatch editors: Ms. K. Thulasi (thulasi@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in) & Ms. M. R. Lalitha (lalitha@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in) ------------------------------------------------------------------------