Dear LIS-Forum member, The March-April 2006 issue of InfoWatch is now online, bringing you the 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) March-April 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In This Issue: 1. AbbreviationZ [A directory and search engine for acronyms, abbreviations and initialisms on the Internet] 2. ArrayTrack [A tool for managing gene expression data] 3. Astrophysics Visualization Archive (AVA) 4. Cell Centered Database [Internet database for cellular imaging data] 5. ChemRefer [A search engine for chemistry literature available on Internet] 6. Council for Biotechnology Information 7. developerWorks- Linux [IBM's technical resource for developers] 8. European Strong Motion Database (SESD) 9. ITJobsWatch [A perspective on the prevailing IT jobs market conditions] 10. NASA planetary photojournal 11. Natural Resources Database (NRDB) - Free GIS for developing countries 12. New Semiconductor Materials Archive 13. Platonic Realms Interactive Mathematics Encyclopedia (PRIME) 14. Portable, Extensible Toolkit for Scientific Computation (PETSc) 15. Science and Engineering Indicators (SEI) [By National Science Foundation, USA] 16. Science and Visualization Challenge 17. Structural design of concrete building components 18. Web Design Reference Site 19. WHAT IF web interface [A molecular modelling package] 20. World Wind [Windows software for Landsat satellite imagery] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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) ------------------------------------------------------------------------