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Greater Access to the NTIS Collection Now Available Search NTIS.GOV for titles from 1964 to present
http://www.ntis.gov/search/index.aspx

NTIS is pleased to launch its improved search engine with features such as: Enhanced retrieval with search functionality for categories, collections, and source agencies.

The NTIS search engine now more powerfully finds the information you need.

The Advanced Searching capabilities allows for an even greater
focus on appropriate content for your search.

Expanded access to the NTIS collection now includes the ability to
search, retrieve and select from over 3.0 million products.

==Improved access with new NTIS titles added each week.
==Customers are provided a Product File of related purchased titles
==Now you can find virtually any item in the NTIS collection and order many in your choice of format (downloads, printed copy, CD ROM or microfiche).
==Search Help has step by step instructions and graphics: http://www.ntis.gov/search/index.aspx
==All search results include a brief product description and easy access to place your order online, quickly, easily and securely.

Information for this posting came from the STS-L LIstserv posted on 12-12-2007

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Science.gov Celebrates 5th Anniversary
Making Science More Accessible and Useful

Oak Ridge, TN---The science gateway that makes science information more accessible and useful to researchers, teachers, and learners wherever they are located commemorated its 5th Anniversary today.

"Science.gov has made the nation's research and development easier to find and more useful and fun to explore," said Eleanor Frierson, Deputy Director of the National Agricultural Library and co-chair of the Science.gov Alliance, the interagency group that created Science.gov.

Founded December 5, 2002, in response to the profound effect of the World Wide Web on science communications, Science.gov (www.science.gov) connected citizens to science as never before. Today, Science.gov Version 4.0 is available and searches more than 50 million pages of science information from thousands of Web sites as well as from deep Web databases inaccessible by Google and other popular search engines.

Information for this posting is quoted from the Science.gov press release
Media Contact
Cathey Daniels
865-576-9539
danielsc@osti.gov

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The Thompson ISI Nobel Prize site is projecting possible winners of the Nobel Prize. Quoting the website, "Thomson Scientific has developed a list of likely winners in medicine, chemistry, physics and economics. Those chosen are named Thomson Scientific Laureates — in recognition of the significant contribution their citations make to the navigation within the Web of Science".

How Citation Laureates are chosen http://scientific.thomson.com/nobel/essay/

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The Changing Climates @ CSU colloquium provides programs on the Climate Change Problem: A High-Level Primer. Topics include Climate Change at Pingree Park, Biological and Ecological Effects, and the Human Costs.

The Changing Climates website includes a list of network participants, teaching resources, and CSU courses that include climate change information. http://changingclimates.colostate.edu/Home.html

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The National Agriculture Library is seeking comments on the "concept design" for the NDLA. http://www.nal.usda.gov/ndla/

The goals of the design are:

To establish the NDLA as a collaborative partnership-based initiative;
*To provide easy and quick searching of databases as well as Websites relevant to agriculture
* To highlight information available from an array of partnering institutions
*To provide access to a wide variety of information types and resources such as Web sites, databases, weather information, genetic data, images and photographs, citation information, statistics, advice, and the full texts of digital publications.

We are interested in your opinions on ease of use, content, and overall design.

Please take a few minutes to comment and make suggestions through the "Contact Us" tab on the page!

Information from this posting quoted from the AgNIC-L Listserv

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Put the research resources you most need at your fingertips with the CSU Libraries Toolbar. This easily downloaded browser plug-in, similar to the Google toolbar, provides links to frequently used library resources.

One part of the toolbar includes links to:
CSU Libraries Research Tools
Library Catalog, Regional Catalog, Research Databases, Metalib, Electronic Journals, InterLibrary Loan, Reserves, Research Guides

More information and downloading instructions are available from: http://lib.colostate.edu/help/plugins/toolbar.html .

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"Plant Management Network (PMN)has recently developed a new online seminar technology that allows presenters to include actual audio of their talks along with their slides. Three seminars are currently available that feature recognized experts speaking on aspects of soybean cyst nematode, corn rootworms, and Xylella diseases. Future seminars are in development and are intended to increase PMN’s educational benefit to subscribers. Seminars are available through the “Education Center” link under the “Resources” tab on the navigation bar ."

The database PMN can be found off the CSU Libraries Databases page.

Text for this posting quoted from the PMN #67 Update

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The start of school is upon us. The Library has customized some pages, take a look and bookmark pages of interest: http://lib.colostate.edu/users/.

Remember you can tailor your desktop with the Library Research Toolbar, it puts links to research databases, interlibrary loan, and other services a click or two away.
Toolbar information:http://lib.colostate.edu/help/plugins/toolbar.html

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Evaluation Guidelines for Intute: Health and Life Sciences (including the former BIOME gateways - OMNI, AGRIFOR & VETGATE)

"INTUTE < http://www.intute.ac.uk/healthandlifesciences/ >is a free online service providing you with access to the very best web resources for education and research. The service is created by a network of UK universities and partners. Subject specialists select and evaluate the websites in our database and write high quality descriptions of the resources.

Intute: Health and Life Sciences applies strict evaluation procedures when assessing internet resources for possible inclusion. These procedures cover criteria reflecting the quality of a resource, such as authority and reputation; currency, scope and accuracy of content; and accessibility, design and ease of use. Detailed guidelines explaining these procedures have recently been revised and can be found in full at (click on Evaluation Guidelines):

http://www.intute.ac.uk/healthandlifesciences/policy.html

Included in the same document you will find:

- a step by step guide to help you evaluate an internet based resource;
- a discussion of quality issues pertaining specifically to the individual gateways (Agriculture, Veterinary Medicine, Natural History,
etc.) that make up Intute: Health and Life Sciences.

For further information about these guidelines please contact Laurian Williamson at laurian.williamson@nottingham.ac.uk

Peter Hoare, Service Officer, Intute Health & Life Sciences University of Nottingham. UK"

Information for this post is quoted from the IAALD-L Listserv

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PMN Adds Proceedings Link

"Plant Management Network has now published seven proceedings from various symposia and meetings. To locate them, see "Proceedings" under the Resources tab on the PMN homepage. Proceedings may be published either as a collection of materials (posters, PowerPoint presentations, etc.) from the event, like the 2007 National Plant Diagnostic Network Meeting, or written and published within a peer-reviewed journal, as were papers from the Organic Agriculture Symposium. For more information, contact the PMN editorial office. "

http://plantmanagementnetwork.org/

Information for this posting is quoted from USAIN-L

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Introducing The Imaging Gateway
From The Scientist and Invitrogen

"The Imaging Gateway is a free, comprehensive resource from The Scientist. This first Gateway, focusing on the topic of Imaging, is a collaboration with Invitrogen, the leader in imaging products.

Access the in-depth information and resources you require to make the best imaging decisions by visiting www.the-scientist.com/imaging.

In The Imaging Gateway you'll find:

'How it Works' articles, best practices and tips from The Scientist archives
A compilation of the best features on imaging from 20 years of archives.

Antibody Search Database
Select the antibody to your protein of interest and filter by validated application, reactivity, conjugate, or host."

Posting quoted from an email by The Scientist
http://www.the-scientist.com/imaging/

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"Encyclopedia of Earth (http://www.eoearth.org/) seeks to become the world's largest and most authoritative electronic source of information about the environments of Earth and their interactions with society.

The EoE is an Open Source project that uses a modified version of MediaWiki as its authoring platform. The EoE's author wiki is restricted to individuals judged to be expert in their field by an editorial board, and articles are reviewed and approved by a subject-specific editor prior to publication.

The editor is a faculty member at Boston University and the library has had some input into this project."

Information above is quoted from a posting to the STS-L Listserv.

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Home Gardening AgNIC site

Information quoted from a posting to AgNIC-L Listserv:

"From Penn State:

Just in time for the 2007 gardening season, the new Home Gardening AgNIC site is ready to use. With links to the most important gardening sites from extension and business, this site will provide information to the academic audience and general public.

Major sections include: vegetables; flowers; lawn and turfgrass; gardening sites by state; large gardening sites; statistics and Federal sites; associations; Extension County agents "Ask a Question" and "Fun and other". Please feel free to recommend related sites so that we can evaluate them and add them if they are appropriate.

This summer we will add sections for books for "garden reading". Those will focus on books to read to children, in the garden, and books that are set in garden settings. We plan to add a section on garden newsletters. Any recommendations for these sections would also be helpful.

Please visit: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/agnic/homegardening/"

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Quoted from the SPARC press release,

"CERN, Geneva, Switzerland - As part of OAI5 - the 5th Workshop on Innovations in Scholarly Communication, held at the CERN Laboratories in Geneva, Switzerland, the SHERPA partnership was presented with the 2007 SPARC Europe Award for Outstanding Achievements in Scholarly Communications.

SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) Europe initiated the Award in 2006 to recognise the work of an individual or group within Europe that has made significant advances in our understanding of the issues surrounding scholarly communications and/or in developing practical means to address the problems with the current systems. In making the Award to SHERPA (Securing a Hybrid Environment for Research Preservation and Access) the judging panel noted their advocacy for the adoption of institutional repositories and their development of a suite of tools in support of Open Access, including OpenDOAR (a world-wide directory of repositories hosting freely available peer-reviewed publications), JULIET (a listing of funding bodies' policies regarding deposit mandates) and RoMEO (listing publishers' copyright policies in relation to articles deposit)."

http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/

For more information, contact: David Prosser, david.prosser@bodley.ox.ac.uk

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A Blog Carnival is a compilation of blog entries from several sources on a particular theme. The Carnival host usually relies on readers to submit relevant entries and summarizes a list of links. A list of Blog Carnivals in the Sciences can be found at Blog Carnival - this website lists Carnivals by subject and lists the date of the next issue.

Some of the Carnival topics include Ecology, Neuroscience, and Genetics.

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Agriculture can be fun for big kids and small kids. The ARS Sci4Kids page, "Bridging the gap between science, agriculture and you." Sci4Kids

"You don't have to live on a farm or even have a garden to do an agricultural science project. You just have to be interested in what goes into growing plants and animals or how this affects the world around you." from: http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/fair/story.htm

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"In view of the current situation concerning contaminated foods prepared for companion animals, we have made the following article free-access on our web site. This link will open the table of contents for the issue in which the article appears; scroll down to the article on page 1686 ("Timely Topics in Nutrition: Aflatoxicosis in dogs and dealing with suspected contaminated commercial foods"). The appendix on page 1691 offers procedures to follow. Please distribute this as widely as you wish."

June 1, 2006 (Vol 228; No. 11: pp. 1686-1693)
http://avmajournals.avma.org/toc/javma/228/11

Diane A Fagen, Librarian
American Veterinary Medical Association

Information for this posting is quoted from a listerv message from USAIN-L

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Internet as a Resource for News and Information about Science (Report)
A PEW Internet and American Life Project Report
http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Exploratorium_Science.pdf

The Internet as a Resource for News and Information about Science:
The convenience of getting scientific material on the web opens doors to better attitudes and understanding of science
November 20, 2006
John B. Horrigan, Associate Director

"Summary of Findings:

--When asked where they get most of their news and information about science, 20% of all Americans say they turn to the internet for most of their science news. That translates to 40 million adults.

--This is second only to television, which is cited by 41% of Americans as the place where they get most of their science news and information.

--Newspapers and magazines are each cited by 14% as their main sources for news and information about science. "

View the report online: http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Exploratorium_Science.pdf

Information for this posting is quoted from the report homepage and summary of findings.

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RACHEL CARSON ONLINE BOOK CLUB BEGINS IN MARCH
http://rcbookclub.blogspot.com

Rachel Carson is considered by many to be the mother of modern-day ecology.
This year, to mark the 100th anniversary of Rachel Carson's birth, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, working with the Friends of the National Conservation Training Center, will celebrate the achievements of its most notable employee by launching the Rachel Carson Online Book Club.

Beginning in March and continuing through November 2007, the online book club will focus on the life and work of Rachel Carson including her role as a female leader in science and government. Through the study of her writing, the Book Club will provide an opportunity for dialogue and discussion of current environmental issues in light of Carson’s legacy

Several distinguished moderators will participate in the online discussions. Author and Carson biographer, Linda Lear will launch the first session on March 1. Among other moderators in the line-up are: marine biologist and Director of Duke Marine Laboratory, Cindy Van Dover; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service historian Mark Madison; Houghton Mifflin Executive Editor Deanne Urmy; author and professor of Environmental Studies at Middlebury College, John Elder.

Information for this post is quoted from a press release by Anne Roy, Fish and Wildlife Service

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Answerlink is a great Web-based resources for easy access to Cooperative Extension information--online 24 hours a day/seven days a week.

The information is designed for Colorado situations. The site provides a way for people to search for frequently asked questions, ask a question, or just browse helpful information on a variety of topics. With the "my info" part of the site users can log in and check the status of a question.

Do you want to know...
How to prune roses?
How to prepare your soil for a perennial garden?
How to find out more information about Colorado noxious weeds?

Answerlink can help.

Colorado Cooperative Extension Home
Cooperative Extension--Your front door to the research, information and expertise of your land-grant university.

Information for the blog entree comes from the Answerlink homepage and the Colorado Cooperative Extension site.

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The National Agricultural Library (NAL) is pleased to announce the launch of a design concept Web site - www.nal.usda.gov/ndla - for the National Digital Library for Agriculture (NDLA). NAL would appreciate receiving your comments and suggestions concerning the site, which will be available for the next several months, as NAL continues to work closely with our customers, partners, and stakeholders to collectively develop the National Digital Library for Agriculture. Please visit www.nal.usda.gov/ndla and share your comments with us via the Contact Us button.

The design concept Web site was developed to demonstrate the following major NDLA goals:

- To establish the NDLA as a collaborative partnership-based initiative;
- To provide easy and quick searching of databases as well as Web sites relevant to agriculture
- To highlight information available from an array of partnering institutions
- To provide access to a wide variety of information types and resources such as Web sites, databases, weather information, genetic data, images and photographs, citation information, statistics, advice, and the full texts of digital publications

Many thanks go to those partnering with NAL in the launch of this NDLA design concept site, including the AgNIC Alliance, the Science.gov Alliance, the Digital Library of Georgia, the American Distance Education Consortium (ADEC), the Library of Congress, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and Agricultural Research Service colleagues responsible for the ARS Image Gallery, GRIN, and other databases.

The site search uses the Explorit search technology from Deep Web Technologies, the search technology for www.science.gov.

PETER R. YOUNG
Director
National Agricultural Library

Information for this posting is quoted from a listserv posting to USAIN-L

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San Francisco---The latest version of Science.gov, launched February 16,2007 deploys "DeepRank" which allows search and relevancy ranking across full text of documents, when full text is available. In addition, Science.gov 4.0 adds a "refine results" option to narrow returns within a search, as well as an "email results" feature so that individuals may email important science information to themselves, friends and family, or colleagues. Version 4.0 offers more ways to view search results: by title, author or date, as well as by relevancy rank or source, as in earlier versions.

"Once again, Science.gov has brought new features and new technology to the forefront for those who need science information quickly," said Eleanor Frierson, Deputy Director, National Agricultural Library and co-chair of the Science.gov Alliance. "You get a lot of search with just one query, and your results are more relevant than ever."

Tom Lahr, Deputy Associate Chief Biologist for Information, U.S. Geological Survey, and co-chair of the Science.gov Alliance, noted that Version 4.0 will help citizens find the science information they need. "Already, Science.gov searches authoritative science information from 30 federal scientific databases and more than 1,800 science Web sites," said Lahr. "Now DeepRank, a more sophisticated ranking tool, will help return even more targeted results from these resources."

At Science.gov, a single query can be launched across more than 50 million pages of science information and research results. Science.gov allows users to search the surface Web as well as the deep Web, where traditional search engines typically cannot go. The information is free and no registration is required.

Hosted by the DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI, www.osti.gov), Science.gov is the gateway to reliable science and technology information from 16 organizations within 12 federal science agencies.

Science.gov is made possible by members of the Science.gov Alliance: the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, and the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Government Printing Office, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Science Foundation, with support from the National Archives and Records Administration.

Science.gov is supported by CENDI (www.cendi.gov) an interagency working group of senior scientific and technical information managers from 12 U.S. federal agencies.

Information for this blog posting quoted directly from the press release send from:
NEWS MEDIA CONTACT:
Cathey Daniels, (865) 576-9539

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"ANN ARBOR, Mich. - OAIster Reaches 10 Million Records.

We live in an information-driven world-- one in which access to good information defines success. OAIster's growth to 10 million records takes us one step closer to that goal.

Developed at the University of Michigan's Library, OAIster is a collection of digital scholarly resources. OAIster is also a service that continually gathers these digital resources to remain complete and fresh. As global digital repositories grow, so do OAIster's holdings.

Popular search engines don't have the holdings OAIster does. They crawl web pages and index the words on those pages. It's an outstanding technique for fast, broad information from public websites. But scholarly information, the kind researchers use to enrich their work, is generally hidden from these search engines."

Information for this posting is quoted from a Web4Lib posting

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Google has launched a new tool that allows users to customize the google search engine and select a collection of websites that they want to search. This allows you to handpick a collection of reliable websites to search for scientific information. This tool may be customized for a class topic or to specify when you are searching for a pic where you are lokely to receive false hits based on homonyms. You can specify if the sites you choose ar ethe only ones you want Google to search or if you want them to have the highest ranking in a normal Google search. You can also exclude sites from your customized search engine.

Some interesting examples include Mrs. Gray's Research Sites for Kids

Useful ChemProject

Google Co-op Featured Examples http://www.google.com/coop/cse/examples/GooglePicks

Instructions for setting up your own custom search engine are available here http://google.com/coop/cse/. Users must register with Google

Information for this blog posting provided by Joanna Blair.

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Blogging has taken some disciplines by storm - most notably journalism. But where does blogging fit into the realm of scientific communication? Like most professionals, scientists are using blogs to comment on the new, notable and less notable developments in their fields. ScienceBlogs http://www.scienceblogs.com/ is a collection of 40 Science Blogs hosted by Seed Magazine and authored primarily by scientists in academia. A couple notable blogs in this collection are:

Aetiology http://scienceblogs.com/aetiology/ - written by Tara C Smith, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology. This blog "discuss[es] causes, origins, evolution and implications of disease and other phenomena"

Pharyngula http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/- written by PZ Myers, an Associate Professor in Biology at the University of Minnesota, Morris. This blog critiques Intelligent Design and averages 13,000 hits a day.

The first Science Blogging Conference http://wiki.blogtogether.org/blogtogether/show/HomePage was held at the University of North Carolina, CH January 18-20, 2007.

Information for this posting provided by Joanna Blair and uploaded by Allison Level

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A new website is now available that has the full-text of Charles Darwin's original works. The first six editions of The Origins of the Species has been scanned in and is available for viewing at http://darwin-online.org.uk/. This site also has the transcribed notes from Darwin's Beagle notebook as well as a comprehensive collection of his manuscripts. Many of the works are also available as mp3 files broken into 50kb parts.

via Science News: The library blog for science faculty and students at Georgia State University

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The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research has produced real time animations of cellular and molecular processes. These include titles such as Recombinant DNA, DNA Chromosome Wrapping, Malaria, and The Science of Cancer. One animation that is particularly impressive is of DNA replication shown from several angles. You will require QuickTime on your computer in order to view the animations, it is available for free download here.

Another particularly impressive cell biology animation comes from the President and Fellows of Harvard College and is available at http://aimediaserver.com/studiodaily/harvard/harvard.swf. This animation requires Flash Player, available for free here.

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First electron micrograph of an intact cell (1945)

The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) has launched an Image and Video Library of peer-reviewed micrographs and videos related to cell biology. "Access to the library is free and open for non-commercial educational and research uses. Users can download any and all images and videos for non-commercial purposes" (ASCB About Us). The Image and Video Library is also accepting submission for the library.

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If you are looking for reliable sources for information at three in the morning or on a snowy day while working at home, there are several resources available online to help. Try searching our online catalog for electronic books by limiting the Material Type to either "E-Books" or "E-Resources." One particularly rich resource available at CSU Libraries is the Knovel Library collection of online books covering a variety of scientific disciplines ranging from Biochemistry & Biology to Environment & Environmental Engineering.

Online books in Biomedicine are available through the NCBI Bookshelf. This is a freely available collection of 60 online books that are searchable through the PubMed database.

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One of my all-time favorite internet tools is the Wayback Machine. This website provides access to an archive of webpages dating back to 1996. The goal of the site is to preserve digital data and currently, they store 2 petabytes of data. The next time you find a dead link, try copying the URL into the Wayback Machine, you will often find an archived version of the webpage you were trying to find. You can also use the Wayback Machine to look at old iterations of a current website. For example, searching for http://president.colostate.edu in the Wayback Machine will link you to the CSU President’s website from 2003, 2004, 2005.

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Around the same time as the Nobel Prizes are announced - the lesser known Ig Nobel prizes are awarded. The Ig Nobel prizes are bestowed on scientists who research unusual and improbable topics. Unlike the Nobel Prizes, the Ig Nobel has award categories for both Biology and Agriculture.

The 2005 award for Biology went to Benjamin Smith, Michael Tyler, Brian Williams of the University of Adelaide, Australia; Craig Williams of James Cook University and the University of South Australia; and Yoji Hayasaka of the Australian Wine Research Institute "for painstakingly smelling and cataloging the peculiar odors produced by 131 different species of frogs when the frogs were feeling stressed.
REFERENCES: "A Survey of Frog Odorous Secretions, Their Possible Functions and Phylogenetic Significance," Benjamin P.C. Smith, Craig R. Williams, Michael J. Tyler, and Brian D. Williams, Applied Herpetology, vol. 2, no. 1-2, February 1, 2004, pp. 47-82. and "Chemical and Olfactory Characterization of Odorous Compounds and Their Precursors in the Parotoid Gland Secretion of the Green Tree Frog, Litoria caerulea," Benjamin P.C. Smith, Michael J. Tyler, Brian D. Williams, and Yoji Hayasaka, Journal of Chemical Ecology, vol. 29, no. 9, September 2003." From the Nobel website.

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The National Science Digital Library (NSDL) is sponsoring a workshop for undergraduate educators in the Biological Sciences. Participants will receive training in integrating the use of digital libraries into classrooms. The workshop will take place from December 7-10, 2006 in Washington, D.C. and participants will receive travel support as well as a small stipend.

"The National Science Digital Library (NSDL) Biological Sciences Pathway invites undergraduate faculty in the biological sciences to apply to become BiosciEdNet (BEN) Scholars. The BEN Scholars Program is one of the grassroots outreach activities of the BEN Collaborative. BEN Scholars will promote the use of digital libraries and inquiry-based learning in higher education biological sciences lecture and laboratory courses." quoted from BEN "

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The newly updated Colorado State Forest Service Website is now available to researchers, students, and the public. The Website provides a weath of information including:
- forest health conditions in Colorado
- native tree identification
- planting and caring for trees
- buying conservation seedlings for your property
- common insect and diseases of Colorado's forests
- how to celebrate Arbor Day
- protecting homes and communities from wildfire
- how wildfire protection, response suppression works in Colorado, and much, much more!

Forestry and wildfire technical information is available, as are educational materials and job opportunities.

For more information contact:
Contact: Judy Elizabeth Serby
Email: Judy.Serby@colostate.edu
Phone Number: (970) 491-7559

Information for this blog entree is from the information posting to Today@Colorado State for October 2, 2006

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Get instant access to research on agriculture, hunger, poverty, and the environment using a valuable new resource--the CGIAR Virtual Library. From just one search engine, tap into leading agricultural information databases, including the online libraries of all the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) centers. Use the CGVlibrary to discover resources, go directly to the full text of thousands of publications, and stay current on CGIAR research.

Custom-select databases you want to search or use the topic-based QuickSets preselected by CGIAR information specialists. The CGIAR is a strategic alliance of members, partners, and international agricultural research centers that mobilizes science to reduce poverty, foster human well being, promote agricultural growth, and protect the environment.

Website address: http://vlibrary.cgiar.org/

Information for this post is quoted from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). For more information contact:
Luz Marina Alvaré
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
2033 K Street, N.W.
Washington D.C. 20006, USA
Email: l.alvare@cgiar.org

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"The new AGRIS search application gives the user the possibility to search the entire AGRIS data, comprising 2.3 millions bibliographic references, stored in the AGRIS XML format. This completely new interface exploits the advantages of both open-source full text search engine APIs (Lucene), and structured XML. The result is an extremely fast application, as with a Google query language but with the potential to formulate highly complex queries.

AGRIS is the international information system for the agricultural sciences and technology. It was created by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 1974, to facilitate information exchange and to bring together world literature dealing with all aspects of agriculture. AGRIS is a cooperative system in which participating countries input references to the literature produced within their boundaries and, in return, draw on the information provided by the other participants. To date, 240 national, international and intergovernmental centres participate."

Information for this posting was compiled from an AGRIS listserv announcement and the AGRIS Website

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The National Agricultural Law Center at the University of Arkansas School of Law announces two new reading rooms with access to numerous online resources.

The Conservation Programs site includes information about programs managed by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and the Farm Service Agency (FSA), along with other information.

The Sustainable Agriculture site provides information about the goals, applications, and processes which combine for sustainabiligy.

Both reading rooms provide links to statutes, CRS reports, AgLaw Center Publications, reference resources, and other information of interest.

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News@nature.com has an article covering the Top Five Science Blogs. The scope of the blogs range from climate change to evolution and are written primarily by academic researchers. Nature has also compiled a list of the 50 most popular science blogs. The Panda's Thumb is ranked second and is worthwhile reading. This blog's scope is to "discuss evolutionary theory, critique the claims of the antievolution movement, defend the integrity of both science and science education, and share good conversation."

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Some fantastic online resources exist for learning human anatomical structures.

Net Anatomy - labeled photographs of human gross anatomical structures as well as cross-sectional anatomy and radiographs - includes a self-test option.

Visible Human Server - cross-sections of humans. The user can choose the viewing plane. Labels are available but the user must first register.

The Whole Brain Atlas - MRI images of the brain including labels. The user can choose the viewing plane.

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The AgNIC Alliance is happy to announce the launch of a new topic site at Kansas State University (KSU). The Website on Grain Milling and Processing is a collaborative effort by the Kansas State University Libraries and the K-State Grain Science & Industry Department. More information about the site is available from http://www.grainmilling.org/aboutus.html.

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The CSU Cooperative Extension Library Research Information Web Resources (http://lib.colostate.edu/research/coopext/) have been updated. The page includes links to information about accessing journals and research information from databases and online journals. Other sections include links to statistical information and other related websites.
The CSU Cooperative Extension Home Page can be found at (http://www.ext.colostate.edu/index.html). "Cooperative Extension is your front door to the research, information and expertise of your land-grant university. "

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Science educators and editors are increasingly producing podcasts for free download. The podcasts may include news items, interviews or lectures. Some notable science podcasters include:

American Society for Microbiology
NPR Science Friday
New York Times Science Podcast
Science Podcast
Scientific American

For an updated subject list of science podcasters go to Educational Podcast Network

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Oak Ridge, TN===The nation's "go to" Web portal for government science information recently added the National Science Digital Library (NSDL) to its collection. This means that users can search all the science databases and more than 1,800 science Web sites at Science.gov, plus the 1.1 million records of science, technology, engineering and mathematics education resources at NSDL, with just one click.

This one-stop search is free of charge, free of ads, and returns only reliable science information.

"I think teachers and students are going to be especially pleased," said Eleanor Frierson, Science.gov Alliance co-chair and deputy director of the National Agricultural Library. "Science.gov already is widely used by the education sector; the NSDL addition expands and enhances our science education emphasis."

In addition to science education, the Science.gov collection includes approximately 50 million pages of research and development results from a wide range of categories. These include agriculture and food, applied sciences and technologies, astronomy and space, biology and nature, computers and communications, earth and ocean sciences, energy and energy conservation, environment and environmental quality, health and medicine, math, physics and chemistry, and natural resources and conservation.

Information for this post is quoted from the Science.gov communications webpage

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