31 augusti 2009

Climate Wizard

Från Nature Conservancy kommer ett nytt "verktyg" Climate Wizard; "Climate Wizard that allows people to use an interactive map to explore past and projected climate change data on their computers. With Climate Wizard, users can zoom in on any location to quickly see how temperatures and precipitation may change by month, season or year under different emission scenarios. "

posted by åsa @ måndag, augusti 31, 2009

28 augusti 2009

Utheria

YouTHERIA "YouTHERIA is an interactive web portal containing data on the life-history, ecology and geography of all mammals (THERIA) Tidskriften New Scientist skriver så här: "A new database that allows users to explore the factors that predispose different mammalian species to extinction – from human encroachment to slow reproductive rate – could be useful in planning conservation schemes, its developers say. Anyone can access the online system, YouTHERIA, which allows users to manipulate parameters including habitat ecology, litter size and diet, and test their own hypotheses" YouTHERIA bygger på databasen PanTHERIA

posted by åsa @ fredag, augusti 28, 2009

UNDPCC.org

UNDP- United Nations Development Programme
har lanserat en ny informationssida: Climate Community-UNDPCC.org " ...presents information on key climate change issues including the economic and policy implications of climate change and analyses of the negotiations. It also features an extensive library with documents in multiple languages and forums to share information and resources. UNDPCC was launched under the UNDP Environment & Energy Group project, Capacity Development for Policy Makers to Address Climate Change"

posted by åsa @ fredag, augusti 28, 2009

Images from the History of Medicine (NLM)



National Library of Medicine (USA) har en ny/omgjord site för sina historiska bilder: Images from the History of Medicine (NLM) Mycket användarvänlig & lättnavigerad med hjälp av ny programvara.

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posted by åsa @ fredag, augusti 28, 2009

27 augusti 2009

Inside Google Books: Download Over a Million Public Domain Books from Google Books in the Open EPUB Format

Nytt från Google books: Inside Google Books: Download Over a Million Public Domain Books from Google Books in the Open EPUB Format. Nu finns ytterligare ett format för e-böcker i Google books; EPUB som är bättre lämpat för att läsa böckerna i te.x mobilen, e-boksläsare etc. med mindre skärmar

posted by åsa @ torsdag, augusti 27, 2009

25 augusti 2009

Springer Exemplar


Springer Exemplar Sökmotor. "Exemplar allows you to see how a particular term or phrase is used in peer-reviewed, published literature."

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posted by åsa @ tisdag, augusti 25, 2009

Google Squared

Nytt från Google Labs (Googles "playground") Google Squared En demonstration av en sökmotor som försöker ge svar istället för länkar. Google analyserar resultaten, identifierar gemesamma element och skapar en tabell av den information som finns. (Är det ett försök att efterlikna WolframAlpha...)

posted by åsa @ tisdag, augusti 25, 2009

24 augusti 2009

Rapid Research Notes

Rapid Research Notes Från NCBI & NLM "A service to support research shared through new venues for rapid communication enabled by the internet. Introduced in August 2009, the archive, called Rapid Research Notes (RRN), allows users to access and cite research that is provided through participating publisher programs designed for immediate communication"

posted by åsa @ måndag, augusti 24, 2009

20 augusti 2009

PubMed Search Strategies

PubMed Search Strategies En blogg av Cindy Schmidt, M.D., M.L.S. om sökstrategier för PubMed

posted by åsa @ torsdag, augusti 20, 2009

Encyclopedia - Online Dictionary | Encyclopedia.com: Get facts, articles, pictures, video


Encyclopedia.com - , delvis fritt tillgängligt uppslagsverk som innehåller flera andra encyklopedier "it offers the largest free collection of widely respected encyclopedias, guides and compendiums of Gale and Oxford University Press, including many Oxford dictionaries, as well as a collection of almanacs, biographies, maps and images, along with subscription-based access to magazine, journal and newspaper articles, TV transcripts and some additional ready reference sources." (från Peter Jacso review of Encyclopedia.com)

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posted by åsa @ torsdag, augusti 20, 2009

19 augusti 2009

Tag Galaxy

En fascinerande "sökmotor" Tag Galaxy för bilder. Som en rymdresa...

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posted by åsa @ onsdag, augusti 19, 2009

18 augusti 2009

Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature

Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature "Scientific names of organisms are not usually known for their entertainment value. They are indispensable for clarity in communication, but most people skip over them with barely a glance. Here I collect those names that are worth a second look"

posted by åsa @ tisdag, augusti 18, 2009

17 augusti 2009

Atlas of the Human Journey - The Genographic Project

Atlas of the Human Journey - The Genographic Project Från National Geographic.com & IBM kommer denna interaktiva atlas.

posted by åsa @ måndag, augusti 17, 2009

11 augusti 2009

uBio - Personalized RSS Alerts


Mer från uBio - Personalized RSS Alerts. ..A taxonomically intelligent feed reader...monitors hundreds of RSS feeds from academic journals, science news, and other sources. It parses any scientific name from these feeds and presents them via classifications for browsing and specific RSS feeds.

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posted by åsa @ tisdag, augusti 11, 2009

Biodiversity Heritage Library: Book of the Week: Lost and Found in the Journal de Botanique


En blogg från Biodiversity Heritage Library med nyheter och uppdateringar om Biodiversity Heritage Library

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posted by åsa @ tisdag, augusti 11, 2009

10 augusti 2009

Top Ten Most-Cited Journals (All Fields), 1999-2009 - ScienceWatch.com

De 10 mest citerade tidskrifterna: Top Ten Most-Cited Journals (All Fields), 1999-2009 - ScienceWatch.com Mest citerad är Journal of Biological Chemistry med PNAS som god 2:a

posted by åsa @ måndag, augusti 10, 2009

Framtidens artikel...

Cell Press and Elsevier have launched a project called Article of the Future that is an ongoing collaboration with the scientific community to redefine how the scientific article is presented online. The project's goal is to take full advantage of online capabilities, allowing readers individualized entry points and routes through the content, while using the latest advances in visualization techniques. We have developed prototypes for two articles from Cell to demonstrate initial concepts and get feedback from the scientific community

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posted by åsa @ måndag, augusti 10, 2009