Dear LIS-Forum member, The March 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ InfoWatch Tracking Networked Scientific Information Sources and Services (An electronic update service brought to you by NCSI) Mar 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In This Issue: 1. Amethyst galleries - Mineral gallery 2. Aqua Data Studio - Database query tool 3. Crystal structure database 4. Earth Observing System (EOS) Aura [NASA mission to study the Earth's ozone, air quality and climate] 5. Electronics zone [A source of reference to engineers] 6. FOLDOC - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing 7. GeneTests [Medical genetics information resource] 8. Handbook of User-Centred Design 9. ITPRC.COM - The Information Technology Professional's Resource Center 10. KillerInfo - A meta search engine with clustering 11. libquantum - The C library for quantum computing 12. NetRexx programming language 13. PEERS - Physics Encyclopedia of Email Records 14. ProTherm - Thermodynamic database for proteins and mutants 15. Sedna [A new planet in the solar system discovered by astronomers from Caltech, Gemini Observatory and Yale University] 16. Silent PC Review.Com 17. SIMBAD Astronomical database 18. TOP500 Supercomputer sites 19. Topix.net - Pick your topic, get the news 20. VNC - Virtual Network Computing software ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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) ------------------------------------------------------------------------