Ethics in Science and Engineering National Clearinghouse (Beta)

Over the past several years, the National Science Foundation's Office of Integrative Research sponsored a project at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst to create an Ethics in Science and Engineering National Clearinghouse (ESENCe). The Clearinghouse "uses state-of-the-art digital tools to preserve and widely disseminate a variety of materials on ethics and the responsible conduct of research in science and engineering disciplines." On the homepage, visitors can check out the scrolling news updates ("Research Ethics News") culled from around hundreds of different sources, or scroll down the homepage to view an interactive clickable map of related news items from around the world. On the left side of the page, visitors will notice the "Paper of the Day" feature and the "At a Glance" area, which includes the top 10 downloaded items and recent additions to the site. The site is a tremendous resource for scientists, philosophers, and students who wish to stay on top of cutting edge work in these subjects.

http://www.ethicslibrary.org/

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Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science Students

Penn State University provides a great web resource for all engineering and science students with the models, exercises, and advice that it gives for over a half dozen type of documents they will likely encounter in their schooling and eventual professions. On the left hand side of the homepage
visitors will find "Student Resources", "Instructor Resources", and links to the "Contributors", which include "Virginia Tech", "University of Illinois", and "Georgia Tech". The "Introduction" on the homepage, offers the following basics to consider when starting a paper: "Assessing the
Audience", "Selecting the Format", and "Crafting the Style". Also on the homepage the site gives links to guidance on "Presentations", "Correspondence", "Formal Reports", "Proposals", "Instructions", and "Journal Articles". The "Design of Presentation Slides", under the
"Presentations" link, demonstrates the use of the assertion-evidence structure for presentation slides, as opposed to the typical PowerPoint template, along with many resources on the left hand side of the page that tout the benefits of that structure.

http://writing.engr.psu.edu/

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International Nuclear Information System (INIS) Database

Leading open-access reference database for scientific literature published worldwide on the peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology.

• Over 3 million bibliographic citations and abstracts of journal articles, scientific and technical reports, conference papers, books, patents, theses, laws, regulations and standards, and web documents, covering publications in 63 languages; all records include keywords and most have an abstract in English
• Includes a unique online collection of over 200 000 full-text documents: scientific and technical reports, conference proceedings, patents, theses, and preprints. This “grey” non-conventional literature (NCL) is not easily available from other sources

http://inisdb2.iaea.org/

Linus Pauling Online

Pesented by the Oregon State University Libraries Special Collections

http://pauling.library.oregonstate.edu/

National Science Foundation: Tour of the Cell

A cell happens to be the smallest unit of life, but there's a tremendous amount of activity going on within this very fascinating place. The talented people at the National Science Foundation (NSF) are well aware of this fact, and they have created this illuminating and interactive visual feature to
help people learn about the cell's different components. On the homepage, visitors are presented with a clickable illustration of the cell's primary components, including the nucleus, the cell membrane, and mitochondria. Clicking on any of these various items brings up a detailed illustration, complete with a brief description of its function. Finally, visitors can also view the complete illustration by clicking on the "Full Illustration" link.

http://www.nsf.gov/news/overviews/biology/interactive.jsp

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BioChange : Biodiversity and environmental change

BioChange, sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency, is an integrated study encompassing a range of scales, taxa and habitats. The study is centred around County Clare (Ireland) including Galway Bay and the Aran Islands, and is conducted by a partnership of Irish universities. The study consists of four complementary work packages: Landscape conservation; Non-native species; Pollution; and Natural resource exploitation. The aims are to develop fundamental biodiversity research and capacity building in taxonomic skills, as well as development of biodiversity indicators and biomonitoring tools. The website gives details of each strand of the project, the personnel involved, and links to other related sites.

http://www.biochange.ie/

Copyright 2006-2009

Journal of ecology special feature : plant--soil interactions and the carbon cycle

This Special Feature published within an issue of the 'Journal of Ecology' (Volume 97 (5), September 2009) is aimed at researchers and undergraduates interested in the ways that plants influence soil carbon dynamics, and is available to all in full-text free of charge. It arose from the 2008 Annual Meeting of the British Ecological Society, London and comprises an introduction and six peer reviewed articles by experts on ecosystem carbon dynamics. The papers consider global carbon cycle models, how plant traits and attributes of plant communities influence carbon input and cycling, and decomposition processes. The Journal of Ecology is published by the British Ecological Society and made available on the Web by Wiley InterScience.

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122543439/issue

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