Dear LIS-Forum member, The January 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) January 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In This Issue: 1. 12manage - Management, methods, models and theory 2. AC/UNU Millennium Project - Global Challenges Facing Humanity: Challenges in science and technology 3. Best freeware downloads [System utilities and tips] 4. ChemAxon's free academic package 5. Chemistry of Isaac Newton [A website for Newton's alchemical work] 6. DataSheet4U.com [A free electronic engineering tool] 7. DrugBank database [A bioinformatics and cheminformatics resource] 8. Earth Science World ImageBank [Geoscience images by American Geological Institute] 9. Flash animations for physics 10. MATLAB central file exchange 11. Nanotechnology Whitepaper library 12. NOAA Paleoclimatology [Study of past climate for the understanding of environmental variability] 13. OAses - The open access toolbar 14. Problem solving with Computational Infrastructure for Operations Research (COIN) [An open source project for optimization software by IBM] 15. Softpedia - Free downloads encyclopedia 16. Sol-Gel gateway [A interdisciplinary resource for scientists and engineers] 17. Study skills online - An electronic guide to some of the best ways to study 18. Towards Best Practices (TBP) - Best practices in biocomplexity and sustainability 19. TutorialsWeb.com [Tutorials for professionals] 20. Windows memory diagnostic [A tool by Microsoft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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) ------------------------------------------------------------------------