Websites about Colour

This is especially for those of you who missed out on the book of colour offered on the Giveaway list no 16. Here are three websites I found listed on Librarian’s Internet Index which might interest you and make up for the fact you missed out on the book.

Color Matters

"It's all about the world of color" and its physiological and psychological effects. "This site explores how color affects appetite, vision, sexuality, energy conservation, and its relationship to architecture and interior design." A passion for color and its unique characteristics led the site's author to search for answers to some puzzling questions: Does pink make strong men weak? Can colors create accidents? What colors are predominant in different cultures? Do marketers use color to influence our decisions? Browse Resources and Interact for additional questions and issues on how color really matters. Searchable.”

Causes of Color

“Explores the "fifteen causes of color derived from a variety of physical and chemical mechanisms." Features information on vibrations and simple excitations, ligand-field-effect colors, molecular orbitals, energy bands, geometrical and physical optics, colorblindness, how the eye and brain process color, early theories of color, and what animals see. Searchable”


Pantone Color Think Tank

Pantone "is known worldwide as the standard language for accurate color communication, from designer to manufacturer to retailer to customer, across a variety of industries." Its "Color Think Tank" plans and chooses color palettes for businesses. Of interest to the general public are pages on color fundamentals such as how we see color, other ways to define color, how color is reproduced, and psychology of color. Also includes links to some color trend material.

JSTOR

Staff now have access to the full-text of many journals via JStor.

You can access this resource from link in the library page devoted to eJournals.

For a full list of all the titles currently availble just click on the Browse button on the JStor home-page.

Keeping Up with the News

NewsCred is free news service where you may sign up to get the latest news from a wide range of sources including The Australian and The Australian Financial Review

Access to New Resources

As a result of the merger with Dept. of Natural Resources and Water, we can now offer you access to two new Informit Databases:

APA-FT (Australian Public Affairs: Full Text)

AIATSIS (Indigenous Studies Bibliography)

Australian Public Affairs - Full Text (APA-FT), is an indexing and full text database that provides Internet access to the scanned images of journal articles from published material on the social sciences and humanities. The database indexes 515 journal titles, with 223+ being comprehensively indexed. The scanned images of journal articles in Australian Public Affairs - Full Text are sourced mostly from these comprehensively indexed journals. Images are provided in PDF format.

Some of the titles which are available fulltext and may be of interest include:

Aboriginal history
Australian Aboriginal studies
Australian archaeology
Australian historical studies
Australasian j. of environmental management
Australian j. of public administration
Australian zoologist
Griffith review
J. of the Royal Historical Society of Qld
Policy
Quadrant
Queensland archaeological research

The Organic Center

The Organic Center is a great website that focuses on the science behind organic agricultural production. Their mission is "to generate credible, peer reviewed scientific information and communicate the verifiable benefits of organic farming and products to society." Under the "State of Science" tab at the top of the page visitors should check out the "Hot Science" section. The articles listed here will give the visitor an idea of all the aspects of organic production there are, and why they are important. For instance, articles such as "Common Insecticide Causes Neurological Deficits in Children", "Soil Quality from Long-term Organic Management Nearly Doubles Flavonoids in Organic Tomatoes" and "Hormone Growth Promoters Feed to Beef Cattle Linked to Adverse Impacts on Male Sexual Development". The "Organic Resources" tab at the top of the homepage has links to "Consumer Resources" and "Science Resources", which are loaded with links to websites regarding all aspects of organic agriculture. The "Leaders in Organics" link, also under the "Organic Resources" tab, has articles by a food scientist and by the chief marketing executive of an organic food company. Visitors interested in receiving the Organic Center's monthly e-newsletter, The Scoop, can sign up by clicking on the "News & Media" tab, and then clicking on the "Newsletter Archive" link. After signing up, visitors should browse the archives of the newsletter, which go back to the beginning of 2007. – Scout report. Volume 15, Number 15, April 17, 2009

Periodic Tables of Videos

This site from the University of Nottingham is a periodic table with added interest as each description of an element is accompanied by an informative and interesting video clip such as the one on P (Lead) where we learn something about the camouflage of submarines in WWII.

Internet security

This week I have gathered up a couple of sites which deal with internet security

Australian Internet Security Initiative
With the rise of threats to our computers via the internet, security breaches and the continuing problems of Spam and phishing, the Australian Government has set up this initiative to help combat the problems facing all computer owners and users.

For a complete listing of Australian government site dealing with internet security
http://www.australia.gov.au/topics/it-and-communications/internet

Protecting your online Identity

With the advent of social networking there is an increasing interest in, and concerns about the identity we present on the Web. The article, “Will the real Emily please stand up” provides food for thought on this topic. It also mentions “ClaimID”, tool to help you take control of your public web face.This site contains a useful section outlining "Best practices in managing your online identity"