SciVerse

Elsevier has created SciVerse - a new platform for science content to address the needs of researchers. SciVerse integrates the content from ScienceDirect and Scopus and targeted web content and features an increasing range of applications developed by the scientific community.

SciVerse allows a single-search using SciVerse Hub, and applications include:

• Methods section - search restricting inquiries to the methods/experimental procedures sections of full-text articles
• Matching sentences - a summary of sentences matching the search term
• Most prolific authors - locating the top ten most frequently occurring authors in a results list, with citations, article counts, and links to Scopus article profiles
  

There is also increased interoperability between SciVerse ScienceDirect and SciVerse Scopus, as well as Image searching in SciVerse ScienceDirect.

Sciverse can be accessed from the links to Scopus and Science Direct on the Library's databases page, or directly from http://www.hub.sciverse.com.elibrary.jcu.edu.au/action/home

Faculty of 1000

"The core service of Faculty of 1000 (F1000) identifies and evaluates the most important articles in biology and medical research publications. The selection process comprises a peer-nominated global 'Faculty' of the world's leading scientists and clinicians who rate the best of the articles they read and explain their importance.

Launched in 2002, F1000 was conceived as a collaboration of 1000 international Faculty Members. Although the name stuck, the remit of our service continues to grow and the Faculty now numbers more than 10,000 experts whose evaluations form a fully searchable resource identifying the best research available. Faculty Members and their evaluations are organized into over 40 Faculties (subjects), which are further subdivided into over 300 Sections.

On average, 1500 new evaluations are published each month; this corresponds to approximately the top 2% of all published articles in the biological and medical sciences"

http://f1000.com/evaluations

Global Green

http://www.globalgreen.org/

The homepage provides a few basic overviews of relevant questions, including "What makes a product green?" and "Why build green?" There is also a "Planet
Green Game", developed by Global Green and Starbucks which seeks to educate individuals and organizations about making meaningful environmentally
sound decisions. Visitors can click on the "Green Building Resources" link to find a thematically organized set of websites, lesson plans, and other items
organized into topics like "Energy-Related Resources" and "Project Certifications and Guidelines".

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University of Minnesota Physics Demonstrations Page

What can the University of Minnesota's physics department do for you? Plenty, of course! This excellent website provides interested parties with
access to some of the fine demonstrations prepared for use by educators and students as of late. On the homepage, visitors will see a number of drop-
down menus that are divided into areas like "fluid mechanics", "optics", and "modern physics". Within each of these areas, the video demonstrations are
divided into additional areas, and visitors can click on each image to view the demonstration in question. Visitors can also use the "Additional Links"
area to look through other videos, take a look at the physics department homepage, and learn more about lab safety.

http://groups.physics.umn.edu/demo/

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Structurae: International Database and Gallery of Structures

"This site offers you information on works of structural engineering, architecture or construction through time, history and from around the world. Our documentation begins at the time of the pyramids in Egypt and Roman construction, continues to Romanesque and Gothic churches and through to the Industrial Revolution all the way to today and beyond. Structurae deals mostly with bridges, tunnels, dams, skyscrapers, stadiums, towers, etc. Explore this site to discover the marvelous works of structural engineering"

http://en.structurae.de/

Census of Marine Life

http://www.coml.org/

After 10 years, it would appear that the Census of Marine Life has an excellent idea of the species residing throughout the world's oceans and seas. The project was sponsored by a host of institutions, including the Rockefeller University in New York, and the initial findings of this magnificent undertaking were announced this Monday.The project reveals that there are almost 250,000 marine species in existence, and if microscopic life were included, that number could potentially land in the hundreds of millions. The site contains a summary report and statistics.

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Carnegie Institution for Science: Multimedia content

http://carnegiescience.edu/multimedia_content

Carnegie Institution for Science's Multimedia website contains video and audio files that tell the story of recent research projects and outreach efforts from various corners of the world and outer space. The materials are arranged chronologically, and they can be explored via iTunes and YouTube as well. Recent items profiled here include tropical forests, stem cells, metallic glass, and the history of silver. The materials here date back to May 2008, and there are also "Features" which include conversations with their staff scientists on mineral evolution and earthquake research.

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