Tuesday, September 16, 2008

BCIN

BCIN, the Bibliographic Database of the Conservation Information Network, is the Web's most complete bibliographic resource for the conservation, preservation and restoration of cultural property. A worldwide network of libraries and documentation centres contribute data on their combined holdings, including previously unavailable material from private sources, to the BCIN database.

Cited literature includes:
books, published and unpublished monographs and serials
conference proceedings
technical reports, journal articles, theses
audio-visual materials
software and machine-readable files

RSS Feeds and Podcasts

An online index which provides a list of the RSS feeds and podcasts currently being produced by agencies of the Australian Government.

Your Development

Australian website providing practical information on how to create sustainable urban residential developments and contains fact sheets, case studies and links to other useful sites.
This is a national project developed in partnership with CSIRO and the Australian Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage, and the Arts. Content has been written and reviewed by leading researchers and industry experts.
Once a user is signed in they can use the site interactively.

Thursday, August 28, 2008

ZooKeys

This is a peer-reviewed, open-access, rapidly produced journal launched to support free exchange of ideas and information in systematic zoology.

OpenSIGLE

OpenSIGLE combines the resources of major European information and document supply centres who have joined together in an association known as EAGLE : European Association for Grey Literature Exploitation.

It provides open access to SIGLE bibliographical references of reports and other grey literature (GL) produced in Europe. Examples of GL include technical or research reports, doctoral dissertations, some conference papers and pre-prints, some official publications, and other types of grey literature. OpenSIGLE covers pure and applied science and technology, economics, other sciences and humanities.

Scirus Topic Pages

This is a free, wiki-like service for the scientific community, where scientific experts summarize specific scientific topics, and where links to the latest, most relevant journal literature and web sources are presented on one page.

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Library SuperSearch

SuperSearch provides a single access point to databases, library catalogues and e-journals. You can search up to 10 resources simultaneously or link directly to an individual resource. SuperSearch then allows you to link to the fulltext if available.

Training will be available in the 1st and 2nd weeks of September. Keep an eye on the Library home page for details.