Dear LIS-Forum member, The December 2005 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) December 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Best picks from InfoWatch 2005 This issue features selected sites from recent previous issues of InfoWatch. These sites also provide an overview of the different topics covered in the newsletter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In This Issue: 1. 125 Questions - What don't we know? [Science magazine's current survey of 'scientific ignorance'] 2. AllRefer Health [A medical and health information resource] 3. Center for Biological Sequence Analysis (CBS) 4. CiteULike [A free service to help academics to build a personal library] 5. Daily rotation [Headlines from 300+ technology news feed sites] 6. Discover circuits - Free electronic circuits schematics 7. Earthquake Information Network (EQNET) 8. ElectronicsInfoline - Free electronics schematics from around the world 9. Electronic waste guide - A knowledgebase on sustainable recycling of Electronic wastes 10. Enviropedia - An encyclopedia of environment 11. Genetics home reference [National Library of Medicine's web site for information about genetic conditions] 12. InterOperability Laboratory KnowledgeBase [A resource for networking and data communications products] 13. itmWEB - Information technology management WEB 14. mindat.org - The MINeral DATabase 15. National Semiconductor - The power of analog 16. OAIster [A collection of freely available, academic digital resources] 17. Pauling File- Basic database for crystal structures 18. ProcessLibrary.com - Free process information 19. Pureperformance.com - Tweaks and tips for Windows XP/2000, Windows 9x/ME 20. ResearchChannel - A consortium of research universities and corporate research divisions 21. Reshaping scholarly communication [Alternatives for cost effective publishing] 22. Singularity Institute for artificial intelligence 23. Special Topics - Summarized publication and citation data from ISI for the analysis of research trends & performance 24. Technical compendium by Wildpackets [Essays and papers on technical issues of interest to networking professionals] 25. TechOnLine - Educational resources for electronics engineers 26. Tiempo climate cyberlibrary - Global warming and the Third world 27. Top 500 World Universities - Academic ranking of world universities 2005 [The Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China] 28. Web developers' handbook [ A reference tool for cascading style sheets, web development, search engine optimization] 29. Whole Building Design Guide (WBDG) - A building professional's gateway to design techniques and technologies 30. World Biodiversity Database (WBD) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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) ------------------------------------------------------------------------