Table of contents: issue43

Planet-SOSIG

editor — Fri, 29 Apr 2005 23:00:00 +0000

Paul Ayres examines how the SOSIG Subject News blog is keeping users up to date and providing reusable site content at the same time.

ESRC Launches Unique Online Research Resource for Social Sciences

A major new Web site offering unrivalled access to high-quality social and economic research is soon to be launched in the UK. Created by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), ESRC Society Today [1] will provide academics, students and researchers with a valuable free digest of social sciences research currently available, planned and in progress.

EEVL: New Hot Topic In-depth Reports Now Available

editor — Fri, 29 Apr 2005 23:00:00 +0000

Roddy MacLeod looks at some recent developments to the EEVL service.

Hot Topics

EEVL, the Internet guide to engineering, mathematics and computing, provides access to a wide range of information on the three subjects covered through its Internet Resource Catalogue and various additional services. Hot Topics [1], a new feature added recently, gives access to in-depth reports on topical engineering and technology issues.

News from BIOME

editor — Fri, 29 Apr 2005 23:00:00 +0000

Jenny Hall reports on recent news form BIOME, the Health and Life Sciences hub of the Resource Discovery Network.

BIOME Hot Topics

New Hot Topics [1] are proving of interest to our users and the number of hits continues to increase. Check out what is new in April and May.

BIOME as Resource of the Month

BIOME was chosen to be shown as a key Resource of the Month by Information Services, University of Nottingham. Introduced in January 2005 the 'Resource of the Month' programme promotes and publicises key electronic resources to target audiences in the academic and student community at the University of Nottingham.

Search Engines: Using the Right Search Engine at the Right Time

editor — Fri, 29 Apr 2005 23:00:00 +0000

Phil Bradley takes a look at which search engines to use depending on what you need to find..

My recent articles for Ariadne have tended to focus on specific developments in the field of Internet search, so I thought that it was about time to get back to some basics and have a look at which search engine to use for particular types of query you may have. The idea for this column arose out of my own bookmarks, which I arrange according to particular criteria, and I created a simple Web page on my own site to list them [1]. This obviously struck something of a chord, as I have days when this particular page has been viewed over 7,000 times.