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International Resources
The following
is a compilation of links of interest to scientists and engineers
around the world pertaining to research and education. Unless
noted, all Web sites listed are free access and in English.
Most recent update of this site: 20 September 2005.
ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR COMPUTERS
- AbilityHub
http://www.abilityhub.com/index.htm
assistive technology for people with a disability who find operating a computer difficult,
maybe even impossible; directs you to adaptive equipment and alternative methods available
for accessing computers
- AbilityNet
http://www.abilitynet.org.uk
provides free information and advice, individual assessment of technology needs, the supply of
assistive technology with free support, a programme of awareness education, and consultancy
for employers on system and workstation adaptations
- Apple's Accessibility Site
http://www.apple.com/accessibility
information about accessiblity technologies that are compatible with Macintosh operating
systems
- Assistive Technology Centre
http://www.nsnet.org/atc/
information, resources, organizations, articles, tutorials, links, products, hardware and
software related to technology solutions for citizens with a disability and or health
challenge
- BBC - My Web My Way
http://www.bbc.co.uk/accessibility/
provides accessibility help, enabling computer users to make the most of the internet whatever their ability or disability
- European Assistive Technology Information Network
http://www.eastin.info
project to create a comprehensive information network on assistive technology (AT) serving
older and disabled people, their families and careers across the globe
- European Design for All e-Accessibility Network (EDeAN)
http://www.eaccessibility.org/
created to provide input for European Curricula in Design for All, a forum for Design for All
issues and idea sharing through joint activities such as conferences, symposia and exchanges
of students and scholars
- Guide to Low-Cost/No-Cost Online Tools for People with Disabilities 2005 (PDF)
http://www.ataccess.org/pdf/LowCostNoCostATAguide.pdf
written to provide technology resources that increase access to computers for people with
disabilities; focus is on low-cost and no-cost on-line resources, organized by category
- Linux Accessibility Resource Site
http://larswiki.atrc.utoronto.ca/wiki/Software
links to Linux/Unix Accessibility Software
- Microsoft's Accessibility Site
http://www.microsoft.com/enable
information about accessiblity technologies that are compatible with Microsoft operating
systems
- Rehabilitation Engineering Society of Japan
http://www.resja.or.jp/eng/
organization concerned with application of science and technology in the rehabilitation
process; membership includes rehabilitation professionals (engineers, medical staff, teachers
of handicapped children, etc.), providers (makers and dealers), and consumers (disabled
persons)
- Trace Center’s Listing of Available Software
http://trace.wisc.edu/world/computer_access/multi/sharewar.htm
free and low-cost software for DOS, Linux, Macintosh, UNIX and Windows platforms
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BOOK/JOURNAL DONATION PROGRAMS
Lists of programs
Individual Donation Programs
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CAREER
- Career InfoNet
http://www.acinet.org
a comprehensive US government site detailing occupational requirements, wages, trends, and an
extensive career resource library
- Careers & Transitions
http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/career_development/
from Australia's Department of Engineering, Science and Training; geared toward multiple
audiences, from students to professionals
- Carreras.co.cr
http://www.carreras.co.cr
gives career descriptions, tips for choosing a career and some universities in Costa Rica
where you can study those fields; in Spanish
- Enginuity
http://www.enginuity.org.uk
an engineering career site for students from the UK's Sector Skills Council for Science,
Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies (SEMTA)
- EURES
http://europa.eu.int/eures
the European Job Mobility Portal; information on jobs and learning opportunities in Europe;
in all EU languages
- Jobs, Workers, Training & Careers
http://www.jobsetc.ca
Canadian government page listing many resources for jobs, training and all stages of career
exploration; in English & French
- LesMetiers.net
http://www.lesmetiers.net
extensive multimedia site covering more than 400 different professions; created by the
Regional Council of Ile-de-France for students 12-25 years old; requires Flash 7 plug-in; in
French
- Next Wave
http://nextwave.sciencemag.org
career development resource for scientists from Science with portals specific to
Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK and the US
- O*NET OnLine
http://online.onetcenter.org
the US Department of Labor's Occupational Information Network; can find job titles either by
keyword or by matching with the required skills; lists very thorough profiles on each
profession
- Onisep
http://www.onisep.fr
career planning site for students from France's National Office of Information on Education
and Professions; in French
- Sloan Career Cornerstone Center
http://www.careercornerstone.org
geared toward US students but contains a lot of generally applicable information on job
descriptions, personal profiles, and networking for science, mathematics and engineering
- Studien- & Berufswahl (STUB)
http://www.studienwahl.de
federal German career-planning site with decision-making aids, courses of study and
occupational descriptions; in English, French and German
- Teaching Resources - Careers
http://science.uniserve.edu.au/school/resource/careers.html
compilation of links by UniServe Science (University of Sydney) for a multitude of different
science-related careers
- Universaria.net
http://www.universia.net
portal connecting more than 800 universities in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico,
Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Spain and Venezuela; in Portuguese and Spanish
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COLLABORATION/EXPERTISE DATABASES
- Colleges and Universities Partnering for International Development (CUPID)
http://www.aascu.org/alo/CUPID/Cupid.htm
a database of institutional postings to connect institutions of higher education for
international development cooperation; provided by the Association Liaison Office for
University Cooperation in Development (ALO)
- CORDIS Partners Service
http://partners-service.cordis.lu/
helps identify suitable partners for collaboration or participation in European Union
projects; in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish
- Dutch Research Database (NOD)
http://www.niwi.knaw.nl/us/nod/nod.htm
searchable database containing information on research in the Netherlands and Flanders,
addresses and descriptions of Dutch institutes, and expertise and names of researchers; in
Dutch and English
- National Research Council of Canada Expertise Database
http://www.nrc.ca/expertise/index.html
database searchable by keyword, expertise, job title, qualifications, first name, last name,
NRC institute, NRC group, city, address, and language; in English and French
- Roster of African Professionals
http://www.aau.org/roap/src/login.php
multidisciplinary database launched by the Association of African Universities
- SINAPSE Yellow Pages
http://snipurl.com/g4k8
the European Commission repository of organizations and individuals who play, or could play, a
useful role in scientific advice processes
- United Nations Development Program Web of Information for Development
http://tcdc.undp.org/widenew/aboutWIDE.asp
an online Web-enabled system gathering
information on experts and institutions of the South
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COMMUNICATION OF REGIONAL SCIENCE
Available by subscription only (not free)
- Australasian Science
http://www.control.com.au
monthly magazine for the general public dedicated to science in Australia and New Zealand
- Interciencia
http://www.interciencia.org
journal of science and technology of the Americas; a multidisciplinary journal published
monthly by the nonprofit Interciencia Association; in English, Portuguese and Spanish
- Science in Russia
http://makeashorterlink.com/?S2F211E83
an illustrated science and information bimonthly magazine devoted to new studies and
discoveries by Russian researchers and engineers in the field of natural and exact
sciences
Freely available
- Ciencia Hoje
http://www.uol.com.br/cienciahoje/index.htm
the magazine Science Today acts as channel between the scientific community and Brazilian
society; the publication supplies a general panorama of the intellectual and technological
production of the universities, national research centers and institutes, as well as the
advances of international science; in Portuguese
- News in science
http://abc.net.au/science/news/
a service of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that highlights science news in
Australia
- Science in Africa
http://www.scienceinafrica.co.za/
the first popular science magazine for Africa
- SciDev.Net
http://www.scidev.net/
a free-access, Internet-based network devoted to reporting on and discussing those aspects of
modern science and technology that are relevant to sustainable development and the social and
economic needs of developing countries; has several regional gateways; in Chinese, English,
French, Portuguese and Spanish
- Science.ca
http://www.science.ca/newsandevents.php
educational site that describes Canada's scientists and their achievements
- Swiss Science
http://www.myscience.ch
An overview of sciences, employment, funding, research area, universities and other research institutions in Switzerland. It provides also practical information about research mobility and living in Switzerland including immigration, taxes and legal issues. It is intended for researchers (PhD candidates, postdocs, professors, researchers in private labs, etc.) and students, and all those who are interested in sciences in Switzerland and abroad.
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EDUCATION
Distance Education Initiatives (Multi-Country)
- African Virtual University (AVU)
http://www.avu.org
a "university without walls" that uses modern information and communication technologies to
give the countries of sub-Saharan Africa direct access to some of the highest quality learning
resources throughout the world
- Arab Open University
http://www.arabou.org
a pan-Arab institution of higher education, based on the concepts and themes of Open Learning;
a tutored system of independent study; in Arabic and English
- Avicenna Virtual Campus
http://www.unesco.org/pao/avicenna
a network of 15 AVICENNA Knowledge Centers (AKCs) formed by UNESCO to provide Information and
Communication Technology (ICT)-assisted Open Distance Learning in 11 Mediterranean countries
that are not European Union
- Commonwealth of Learning (COL)
http://www.col.org
created by Commonwealth Heads of Government to encourage the development and sharing of open
learning/distance education knowledge, resources and technologies; is helping developing
nations improve access to quality education and training
- Globewide Network Academy
http://www.gnacademy.org
non-profit whose purpose is the research and development of open source tools that promote
distance learning and online communities; site has a collection of resources for distance
education, including a catalog containing courses from more than 6000 distance education
programs
Partnership
- Higher Education Systems
http://www.unesco.org/iau/onlinedatabases/index.html
data on the higher education systems of more than 100 countries
- International Association of Universities (IAU)
http://www.unesco.org/iau/
the UNESCO-based worldwide association of universities
- International Education and Resource Network (iEARN)
http://www.iearn.org
a non-profit global network that enables young people to use the Internet and other new
technologies to engage in collaborative educational projects that both enhance learning and
make a difference in the world; has resources in more than 30 languages
- Universities Worldwide
http://univ.cc
searchable database of universities around the world maintained by Klaus Förster at the
University of Innsbruck; users can add links
- Worldwide Universities Network
http://www.wun.ac.uk/
a world-wide alliance of research-led universities of international standing who are committed
to working together to take advantage of research and educational opportunities emerging in
rapidly moving interdisciplinary areas of global significance
Teaching
- Connexions
http://cnx.rice.edu
provides an environment for collaboratively developing, freely sharing, and rapidly publishing
scholarly content on the Web
- Free Scientific Images
http://www.sci7.com/cms/15
lists several sources of free, online scientific images
- Moodle
http://moodle.org
a course management system (free, Open Source software package) designed using sound
pedagogical principles, to help educators create effective online learning communities
- Teaching Science Portal
http://www.icsu.org/8_teachscience/icsu-iap/
aims to link education decision makers and scientists to projects and resources supporting
quality science education, to collect and share information on ICSU and Interacademy Panel
(IAP) educational and training activities, and to provide examples of best practices in
science education and training
- Xplora
http://www.xplora.org
the European gateway to science education, aimed at teachers, pupils, scientists, science
communicators and science educators
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EQUIPMENT DONATION, GRANTS OR REFURBISHMENT
- Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS)
http://www.ictp.trieste.it/~twas/Activities.html#capacity
under the umbrella of capacity building for research, TWAS offers funding for equipment via
Research Grants, Research Units in Least Developed Countries, and Spare Parts for Scientific
Equipment
- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
http://www.avh.de/en/programme/stip_aus/stp_03_04.htm
grants for the purchase of equipment by Humboldt Fellowship recipients in countries with
limited foreign currency reserves to continue research projects started in Germany at an
institute abroad
- Carelift International
http://www.carelift.org
a nonprofit, tax-exempt health care development organization that collects surplus medical
equipment, supplies and pharmaceuticals from US hospitals and health care institutions and
distributes them to developing countries worldwide
- Direct Relief International
http://www.directrelief.org/index.html
has provided medical support with new and used medical equipment, pharmaceuticals and supplies
to over 3,000 charitable health facilities worldwide
- Federation of European Biochemical Societies Scientific Apparatus Recycling
Scheme
http://www.febs.org/Activities/SARS.htm
takes reliable, donated scientific equipment and journals and transfers it to laboratories in
countries that are less well equipped and that face problems in acquiring research materials
at current prices
- Humatem
http://www.humatem.org
bank of medical equipment for humanitarian aid; in English and French
- International Aid
http://www.gospelcom.net/ia/
medical equipment services section provides new and refurbished medical equipment, technical
support, literature, training and advice, serves a global network of mission hospitals and
clinics around the world
- International Brain Research Organization Centre for Equipment Donation
http://www.ibro.info/Pub_Main_Display.asp?Main_ID=233
helps identify and facilitate the delivery of used donated equipment to interested labs in the
economically underprivileged countries
- International Organization for Medical Physics
http://www.iomp.org/equipmentprog.htm
the Equipment Donation Programme was established to help developing countries aquire used
equipment in good working condition
- Jefferson Ultrasound Research and Education Institute
http://www.jefferson.edu/jurei/about/equipment.cfm
accepts donations of used ultrasound scanners for its affiliated teaching centers in more than
35 countries around the world
- Rockwell Automation's Global Equipment Donation Program
http://makeashorterlink.com/?Q62913E83
Rockwell Automation donates equipment to educational institutions
- Sustainable Sciences Institute
http://www.ssilink.org/materialaid.html
helps channel used/surplus equipment and reagents to research laboratories in third world
countries
- TechSoup.org Recycled and Refurbished Hardware
http://makeashorterlink.com/?G44912E83
listing of hardware manufacturers which sell used hardware to nonprofit organizations
- World Computer Exchange (WCE)
http://www.worldcomputerexchange.org
an international educational nonprofit focused on helping the world's poorest youth to bridge
the digital divide; WCE keeps donated computers out of landfills and gives them new life
connecting youth to the Internet in developing countries
- World Wide Lab Improvement
http://www.wwlab.org
specializing in equipping medical laboratory facilities in mission hospitals and clinics in
developing countries
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ETHICS
Free Online Publications
Gateways/Directories
Listings of National Ethics Commissions
Organizations
Teaching Resources
- Professional Ethics for Scientists
http://snipurl.com/g3rr
outline from Dr. Linda M. Sweeting's course at Towson University
- Reasonable Conduct in Science
http://snipurl.com/52c2
materials from a one-week class available on MIT's OpenCourseWare site
- Resources for Teaching Research Ethics
http://poynter.indiana.edu/tre/resources.shtml
from a workshop at Indiana University's Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American
Institutions
- The Teaching of Ethics
http://snipurl.com/4yj6
2003 report from the COMEST Working Group on the Teaching of Ethics that includes a survey of
existing programs, an analysis of their structure and content, and detailed curriculum advice
on how to integrate ethics in scientific education (276 KB pdf)
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FULL-TEXT ONLINE PUBLICATIONS (free)
Books
- Cyberthèses
http://www.cybertheses.org
indexed digital repository of theses; cooperative project between l'Université de Montréal
et l'Université Lumière, Lyon 2; in French
- DiVA, the Digital Scientific Archive (Digitala Vetenskapliga Arkivet)
http://www.diva-portal.se
theses, dissertations and other publications in full-text from a number of Nordic
universities; in Danish, English, Norwegian and Swedish
- FreeBooks4Doctors
http://fb4d.com
dedicated to the promotion of free access to medical books over the Internet
- NCBI Bookshelf
http://snipurl.com/goe3
growing collection of biomedical books that can be searched and read online free of
charge
- Networked Digital Library of Theses & Dissertations (NDLTD)
http://www.ndltd.org
can browse or search digital library of electronic theses and dissertations from more than 100
universities in over 30 different countries; contains information about the initiative, how to
set up Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) programs, how to create and locate ETDs and
current research in digital libraries related to NDLTD and ETDs
- The European Library
http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org
a portal which offers access to the combined resources (books, magazines, journals--both
digital and non-digital) of the 43 national libraries of Europe; it offers free searching and
delivers digital objects (some free, some priced); in Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German,
Italian, Portuguese and Slovak
Journals, Pre-prints and E-prints
- Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture (AGORA)
http://www.aginternetwork.org
provides access to journals from major scientific publishers in the fields of food,
agriculture, environmental science and related social sciences for students and researchers in
qualifying, not-for-profit institutions in eligible developing countries; in Arabic, English,
French and Spanish
- AgZines
http://usain.org/agzines.html
a compilation of agricultural journals that are available free on the Web
- arXiv.org E-print Archive
http://www.arxiv.org
e-print archive for physics, mathematics, nonlinear sciences and computer science
- BioMed Central
http://www.biomedcentral.com
free access to peer reviewed research across all areas of biology and medicine
- CERN Document Server
http://weblib.cern.ch/weblib2/
searchable Web interface to a database of preprints, photographs, books, reports and other
types of documents kept by the CERN Library and various CERN Divisions and Experiments; in
Czech, English, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak and Spanish
- CogPrints - Cognitive Sciences E-print Archive
http://cogprints.org
an electronic archive for papers in any area of psychology, neuroscience and linguistics,
including many areas of computer science, philosophy, biology, medicine, anthropology and any
other portions of the physical, social and mathematical sciences that are pertinent to the
study of cognition
- Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
http://www.doaj.org
covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals in all subjects
and all languages
- Directory of Mathematics Preprint and e-Print Servers
http://www.ams.org/global-preprints/
comprehensive listing of umbrella servers, special subject servers and
institute/department
- eJournals Delivery Service
http://www.ejds.org
a program of the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics and the Third World
Academy of Sciences geared to facilitate the access to current scientific literature;
scientific articles can be delivered to scientists in institutions in third world countries
via email upon request
- E-print Network: Research Communications for Scientists and Engineers
http://www.osti.gov/eprints/
a gateway to over 14,880 Web sites and databases worldwide, containing e-prints in basic and
applied sciences, primarily in physics but also including subject areas such as chemistry,
biology and life sciences, materials science, nuclear sciences and engineering, energy
research, computer and information technologies, and other disciplines of interest to the U.S.
Department of Energy
- FreeForAll
http://www.geocities.com/wfb_2/freeforall.html
an international collaboration of libraries that provides free journal articles to patrons and
librarians in developing and less-developed nations
- Free Medical Journals.com
http://www.freemedicaljournals.com
a site dedicated to dedicated to the promotion of free access to medical journals over the
Internet
- Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative (HINARI)
http://www.healthinternetwork.org/scipub.php
an initiative to provide free or nearly free access to the major journals in biomedical and
related social sciences, to public institutions in developing countries; part of the Health
InterNetwork
- Highwire (mostly back issues)
http://highwire.stanford.edu/lists/freeart.dtl
free online full-text articles from journals published online with the assistance of HighWire
Press
- Highwire - Free Access to Developing Economies (includes current issues)
http://highwire.stanford.edu/lists/devecon.dtl
free online full-text articles from journals published online with the assistance of HighWire
Press
- InformationR.net
http://informationr.net/fr/freejnls.html
listing of electronic journals and newsletters in the Information Research field that all
include at least a sample of freely accessible papers or news items; compiled by Tom Wilson at
the University of Sheffield; mostly in English, but some in French and Spanish
- Latin America and the Caribbean Social Science Virtual Libraries Network (Biblioteca
Virtual de CLACSO)
http://www.clacso.org.ar/biblioteca
a virtual library of full-text social science publications in Spanish and Portuguese
maintained by the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (Consejo Latinoamericano de
Ciencias Sociales, CLACSO); in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish
- LIBLICENSE List of Developing Nations Initiatives
http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/develop.shtml
a site offered identifying and linking to programs designated to bring high quality,
peer-reviewed sciences journals for free or very cheaply to developing nations
- Polyglot Paleontologist
http://ravenel.si.edu/paleo/paleoglot/index.cfm
English translations of non-English paleontological literature; from SUNY Stonybrook
- Program for the Enhancement of Research Information (PERI)
http://www.inasp.info/peri/resources.html
listing of sites with free online journals and databases compiled by the International Network
for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP)
- Ptolemy Project
http://www.ptolemy.ca
project from the University of Toronto exploring a novel way to provide a group of doctors and
medical students in East Africa with electronic access to information resources by designating
them research affiliates
- Public Library of Science
http://www.plos.org
nonprofit scientific publishing venture that will provide scientists with high-quality,
high-profile journals in which to publish their most important work, while making the full
contents freely available for anyone to read, distribute, or use for their own research
- PubMed Central
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/
a digital archive of life sciences journal literature managed by the National Center for
Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM)
- Research Papers in Economics (RePEc)
http://www.repec.org
a collaborative effort volunteers around the world to enhance the dissemination of research in
economics; the heart of the project is a decentralized database of working papers, journal
articles and software components, and all materials are freely available
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GATEWAYS/DIRECTORIES
- AstroWeb
http://www.stsci.edu/astroweb/astronomy.html
a collection of pointers to astronomy-related information available on the Internet maintained
by the AstroWeb Consortium
- BIOME
http://biome.ac.uk/
a collection of gateways which provide access to evaluated, quality Internet resources in the
health and life sciences; a part of the Resource Discovery Network (RDN)
- Bio-Web
http://cellbiol.com
cell and molecular biology news, tools and resources
- BUBL Information Service
http://bubl.ac.uk
a catalogue of over 11,000 selected Internet resources covering all academic subject areas
where the aim is to list 5-15 relevant resources for every subject included
- Catalog and Index of French-language Health Resources (Catalogue et Index des Sites
Médicaux Francophones, CISMeF)
http://www.chu-rouen.fr/cismef/
describes and indexes the main French-language health resources to assist health
professionals and patients in their search for electronic information available on the
Internet; a quality-controlled subject gateway initiated by the Rouen University Hospital;
introduction in English and French, database in French
- Centre for Scientific Research (CIRS)
http://www.cirs.net
a free service open to all, providing scientific information at the international level; in
Arabic, English, French and Spanish
- Community Research and Development Information Service (CORDIS)
http://www.cordis.lu
a service provided by the European Commission's Innovation/SMEs program which offers access to
a wide range of information on EU research and innovation development activities; in English,
French, German, Italian, Polish and Spanish
- Development Gateway
http://www.developmentgateway.org
an Internet portal for sharing knowledge, tools and resources for development practitioners;
includes databases on development projects as well as country gateways; the central program of
the Development Gateway Foundation; in English, French and Spanish
- EEVL: the internet guide to engineering, mathematics and computing
http://www.eevl.ac.uk/
the Enhanced and Evaluated
Virtual Library, part of the Resource Discovery Network; includes e-journals, databases,
training materials, professional societies, university and college departments, research
projects, bibliographic databases, software, information services and recruitment
agencies
- EMIS - The European Mathematical Information Service
http://www.emis.de/
contains sections on projects, searchable databases and electronic library; offered by the
European Mathematical Society (EMS)
- iCivilEngineer
http://www.icivilengineer.com
a knowledge portal specially designed for civil engineering professionals and students
- Infocyt
http://www.infocyt.cl/
the network of science and technology information for Latin America and the Caribbean; in
Spanish
- Internet Resources for Geographers
http://makeashorterlink.com/?B239262E
a comprehensive site maintained by Lance Christian and Kenneth Foote of the Department of
Geography at the University of Colorado at Boulder
- Librarians' Index to the Internet (lii)
http://lii.org/search/file/scitech
a searchable, annotated subject directory of more than 11,000 Internet resources selected and
evaluated by librarians for their usefulness to users of public libraries; a program of the
Library of California
- Links for Chemists
http://www.liv.ac.uk/Chemistry/Links/links.html
the chemistry section of the WWW Virtual Library, grouped by broad headings such as Chemistry
departments, companies, organizations, chemical literature, and employment; organized by the
Department of Chemistry at the University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
- Math-Net
http://www.math-net.org
a worldwide electronic information and communication system for mathematics; provides tools
and services that collect local information, e.g., about preprints and faculty members, made
globally available via specialized search engines
- National Science Digital Library
http://nsdl.org
created by the US National Science Foundation to provide organized access to high quality
resources and tools that support innovations in teaching and learning at all levels of
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education
- Open Directory Project (ODP)
http://dmoz.org/Science/
a human-edited directory of the Web compiled by a global community of volunteer editors; this
specific link is to their "science" category, which includes links to sites dealing with
science in more than 50 languages
- PhysNet
http://physics-network.org/PhysNet/
this worldwide network of physics departments and documents provides a set of information
services for physicists; a distributed information service, it features searchable databases
of physics departments, documents and jobs in addition to listings of conferences, jobs,
journals and links; developed by the Institute for Science Networking at the Carl von
Ossietzky University Oldenburg
- PSIgate
http://www.psigate.ac.uk/homenew.htm
the physical sciences hub of the Resource Discovery Network (RDN)
- SciDevNet
http://www.scidev.net/
a comprehensive site devoted to science, technology and development; features news, regional
gateways, notices, dossiers, links and archives
- Science.gov
http://www.science.gov/
a gateway to authoritative selected science information including research and development
results provided by U.S. Government agencies
- Source
http://www.asksource.info
international information support center designed to meet the information needs of individuals
and organisations working in health, disability and development worldwide; has a unique
collection of ~25,000 health and disability information resources
- STDev: Science & Technology for Development
http://stdev.unctad.org
gateway to information on science and technology within the United Nations system
- University of Delaware Library Subject Guide
http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/index.htm
comprehensive, alphabetical lists of resources arranged by subject, including databases,
electronic journals and Internet resources; more than 20 science and engineering subject
guides
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INTERNET ACCESS
- Bellanet Web-to-Email
http://snipurl.com/frd7
free Web-to-Email gateway service that delivers web pages via email
- Freedomlist
http://www.freedomlist.com/find.php3
a listing of more than 700 free or inexpensive internet service providers around the
world
- GetWeb
http://www.healthnet.org/getweb.php
a service for health professionals who only have e-mail so that they can access information on
the World Wide Web, including PDF files
- pm2mail
http://pm2mail.krot.org
free software that allows access to PUBMED and to some full-text articles of scientific and
medical journals over plain email; provided by the West African Doctors Network
- www4mail
http://www4mail.org
www4mail is an open source application from the Abdus Salam International Centre for
Theoretical Physics (ICTP) that allows you to navigate off-line and search the whole Internet
via electronic mail (e-mail) by using any standard Web browser and a MIME (Multipurpose
Internet Mail Exchange) aware e-mail program
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ORGANIZATIONS
Which act globally
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Directorate for
International Programs
http://www.aaas.org/international/index.shtml
AAAS International Initiatives support three strategic goals, which serve to promote:
international scientific cooperation; capacity-building and workforce enhancements; and
sustainable development
- British Council
http://www.britishcouncil.org/science.htm
science network operates across 60 countries encouraging collaboration and forming new
partnerships in science around the world
- Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South
(COMSATS)
http://www.comsats.org.pk/
an international organization aiming at socio-economic uplift of the third world through
useful applications of science and technology
- Department for International Development (DFID)
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/
the UK Government department working to promote sustainable development and eliminate world
poverty
- Engineers for a Sustainable World
http://www.esustainableworld.org
nonprofit organization with a network of more than 3000 professionals and students working to
reduce poverty and improve global sustainability
- Engineers Without Borders/Ingénieurs Sans Frontières
http://www.ewb-international.org
a charitable organization dedicated to improving the quality of life in developing communities
by focusing on the role of technology in the areas of water, food availability, health, energy
and communications
- International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED)
http://www.iasted.org
a non-profit organization founded in Zurich, Switzerland to promote economic development
through science and technology by organizing conferences to bring top scholars and members of
industry together to develop and share new ideas, facilitate cultural exchange and encourage
international unity
- International Council for Innovation in Higher Education (ICIE)
http://www.icie.net/
an international network of universities, administrators, scholars and organizations concerned
with new developments in higher education; was founded in 1980 as the University Without Walls
International Council (UWWIC)
- International Council for Science (ICSU)
http://www.icsu.org
a non-governmental organization representing a global membership that includes both national
scientific bodies (103 members) and international scientific unions
- International Council for Scientific and
Technical Information (ICSTI)
http://www.icsti.org
an organization serving to increase accessibility to and awareness of scientific and technical
information
- International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
http://www.idrc.ca/
a public corporation created by the Canadian government to help communities in the developing
world find solutions to social, economic, and environmental problems through research; in
English and French
- International Foundation for Science (IFS)
http://www.ifs.se/
an NGO based in Sweden providing support to developing country scientists to conduct, in a
developing country, relevant and high quality research on the management, use, and
conservation of biological resources and their environment
- International Women in Science and Engineering (IWISE)
http://www.iwiseonline.net/
works to enhance the status of women scientists and engineers from developing countries and
emerging democracies and assist their efforts to improve conditions in their communities and
countries; includes African Women in Science and Engineering (AWSE) and European-Eurasian
Network of Woman Scientists and Engineers (E-WISE)
- South Centre
http://www.southcentre.org
an intergovernmental organization of the developing countries and as such, an instrument of
South-South co-operation; a think tank which focuses on the principal challenges that
developing countries face in the multilateral arena and in their national development; the
Centre undertakes policy-oriented analytical work on issues of common interest to the
countries and peoples of the South, within the broad areas of development, international
economic relations and aspects of North-South relations
- Special Unit for South-South Cooperation (SU/SSC)
http://tcdc.undp.org/
a program of the United Nations Development Programme that focuses on the execution and
management of developmental activities and projects by institutions of developing countries in
which they share one another's experience and technical capacities and utilize, whenever
necessary, advice and financial support from external sources including organizations of the
United Nations development system; a cost effective modality for South-South technical
cooperation
- Swiss Commission for Research Partnerships with Developing Countries (Kommission
für Forschungspartnerschaften mit Entwicklungsländern, KFPE)
http://www.kfpe.ch/
the organization's overall aim is to contribute to sustainable development at the global level
through research partnerships; in English, French and German
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
http://www.unesco.org/science/
the main objective of UNESCO is to contribute to peace and security in the world by promoting
collaboration among nations through education, science, culture and communication in order to
further universal respect for justice, for the rule of law and for the human rights and
fundamental freedoms which are affirmed for the peoples of the world, without distinction of
race, sex, language or religion, by the Charter of the United Nations
- U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
http://www.usaid.gov/
an independent agency that provides economic, development and humanitarian assistance around
the world in support of the foreign policy goals of the United States
- Women in Global Science and Technology (WIGSAT)
http://www.wigsat.org
supports global networking on critical issues in science and technology for development
- World Academy of Young Scientists (WAYS)
http://ways.glia.hu
"the permanent network of young researchers," established to be a forum for communicating the
opinion of young scientists to decision-makers in science policy
- World Association of Industrial and Technological Research Organizations
(WAITRO)
http://www.waitro.org
aims to provide a voice for technological research and development, a global clearing-house
for technological information, and an agency for promoting co-operation between research
establishments from developed and developing countries
- World Health Organization (WHO)
http://www.who.int/
a specialized agency of the United Nations with 191 Member States, WHO promotes technical
cooperation for health among nations, carries out programmes to control and eradicate disease
and strives to improve the quality of human life; WHO has four main functions: to give
worldwide guidance in the field of health, to set global standards for health, to cooperate
with governments in strengthening national health programmes, and to develop and transfer
appropriate health technology, information and standards; in English, French and Spanish
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Which act regionally
- African Forum on Science and Technology for Development (AFSTD)
http://www.nepadst.org
established by the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) to promote the application
of science and technology for economic growth and poverty reduction
- EURODOC
http://www.eurodoc.net
the council for postgraduate students and junior researchers in Europe
- European Science Foundation
http://www.esf.org
acts as a catalyst for the development of science by bringing together leading scientists and
funding agencies to debate, plan and implement pan-European initiatives; in English and
French
- Ibero American Science & Technology Education Consortium (ISTEC)
http://www.istec.org
a a non-profit organization comprised of educational, research, industrial, and multilateral
organizations throughout the Americas and the Iberian Peninsula that was established to foster
scientific, engineering, and technology education, joint international research and
development efforts among its members and to provide a cost-effective vehicle for the
application and transfer of technology; in English, Portuguese and Spanish
- International Association for the Promotion of Co-operation with Scientists from the
New Independent States of the Former Soviet Union (INTAS)
http://www.intas.be/
an independent international association formed by the European Community, European Union's
Member States and like minded countries acting to preserve and promote the valuable scientific
potential of the NIS partner countries through East-West Scientific cooperation
- International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX)
http://www.irex.org
an international nonprofit organization specializing in education, independent media, Internet
development and civil society programs in the U.S., Europe, Eurasia, the Middle East and North
Africa and Asia
- Kabissa
http://www.kabissa.org
an organization whose mission is to help African civil society organizations put information
and communication technologies to work for the benefit of the people they serve
- Networks and Development Foundation (Fundación Redes y Desarrollo, FUNREDES)
http://www.funredes.org
a non-governmental organization, dedicated to the dissemination of new Information and
Communication Technologies (ICT) in developing countries, especially in Latin America and the
Caribbean, in collaboration with international organizations, NGOs, the states,
administrations and public or private institutions, with the objective of contributing to
regional development and integration; in English, French and Spanish
- Office of Education, Science and Technology - Organization of American States
http://www.oest.oas.org/
a division of the Executive Secretariat for Integral Development (SEDI) created to support
current efforts to increase human capital (educational, cultural, labor) and scientific and
technological capacity of the member states in the framework of increased social cohesion and
respect for cultural diversity; in English and Spanish
- Organization of Iberoamerican States for Education, Science and Culture
(Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos Para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura,
OEI)
http://www.oei.es/
an international governmental organization for the cooperation between the Latin American
countries in the fields of education, science, technology and culture in the context of the
integral development, democracy and regional integration; in Portuguese or Spanish
- U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation (CRDF)
http://www.crdf.org
a nonprofit, public-private partnership promoting international scientific and technical
collaboration, primarily between the United States and Eurasia, through grants, technical
resources, and training; in English and Russian
- United States - Mexico Foundation for Science (Fundación México-Estados
Unidos para la Ciencia, FUMEC)
http://www.fumec.org
a bi-national non governmental foundation whose mission is to foster innovative cooperation in
science and technology that contributes to solving issues of bi-national interest; in English
and Spanish
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International Scientific & Engineering Academies
Regional networks of academies
- All European Academies (ALLEA): European Federation of National Academies of Sciences
and Humanities
http://www.allea.org
federation of 52 academies of sciences and humanities in 39 European countries, whose member
academies are self-governing communities of scientists and scholars
- Association of Academies of Sciences in Asia (AASA)
http://www.aasa-net.org
non-profit international organization of the Asian and Australasian region, comprising
eighteen academies with science and technology interests; main objectives are to provide a
forum for scientists and technologists to discuss and provide advice on issues related to
science and technology, research and development, and the application of technology for
national development
- Comunidad Científica del Caribe (CCC)/Caribbean Scientific Union
http://www.accefyn.org.co/CCC/CCC.html
membership is open to established scientific academies in the region or scientific
institutions with common interest in the case of a country without an academy and also to
recognized international non-governmental scientific organizations
- European Academies' Science Advisory Council (EASAC)
http://www.easac.org
provides a means for the national Academies of Europe to work together to inject high quality
science into EU policy-making
- European Council of Applied Sciences, Technologies and Engineering (Euro-CASE)
http://www.euro-case.org
European non-profit-making organization of national Academies from nineteen European
countries
- Federation of Asian Scientific Academies (FASAS)
http://www.akademisains.gov.my/fasas
promotes science and technology for the specific purpose of meeting the common developmental
needs of the various countries in Asia
- InterAcademy Council (IAC)
http://www.interacademycouncil.net/
established by the world's national scientific academies to make the best of the world's
science available for such decision-making
- Interacademy Panel on International Issues (IAP)
http://www4.nationalacademies.org/iap/iaphome.nsf?opendatabase
global network of the world's science academies whose primary goal is to help member academies
work together to advise citizens and public officials on the scientific aspects of critical
global issues; particularly interested in assisting young and small academies achieve these
goals
- InterAmerican Network of Academies of Sciences (IANAS)
http://www.ianas.org
regional network of Academies of Sciences created to support scientific and technological
development in the Americas by increased interaction among its Academies, searching for the
strengthening of science as a tool for promoting development, prosperity and equity in the
Hemisphere
- International Association of Academies of Science (IAAS)
http://www.icfcst.kiev.ua/SYMPOSIUM/SPONSORS.html#iAAs
international nongovernmental organization established to combine the efforts of the academies
of sciences aimed at solving important scientific problems on a multilateral basis and to
contribute to maintaining the historically established relations and developing new relations
between scientists, to the free exchange of information between research workers of academies
of sciences of various countries and solving the questions of raising their social status, to
the interaction in training highly qualified scientific personnel and to the joint use of
unique and expensive equipment
- International Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences
(CAETS)
http://www.caets.org
independent nonpolitical, non-governmental international organization of engineering and
technological sciences academies
- Network of Academies of Sciences in the countries of the Organization of the Islamic
Conference (NASIC)
http://snipurl.com/gd03
non-governmental, non-political and non-profit scientific organization whose general objective
is to encourage and enhance collaboration and cooperation amongst members of the network and
the scientific communities within the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)
countries
- Network of African Science Academies (NASAC)
aas@africaonline.co.ke
independent African forum that brings together the nine merit-based academies of science in
the continent to discuss the scientific aspects of problems of common concern, to make common
statements on major issues relevant to Africa and to provide mutual support to member
academies
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Transnational academies
- Academia de Ciencias de América Latina (ACAL)
http://www.acal-scientia.org
regional scientific academy based in Venezuela whose function is to promote and to contribute
to the advance of mathematics, physics, chemistry, earth and life sciences and their
applications in order to support the development and the integration of Latin America and the
Caribbean
- Academia Europaea
http://www.acadeuro.org
European, non-governmental association acting as an academy whose members are scientists and
scholars who collectively aim to promote learning, education and research
- Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS)
http://www.twas.org
an autonomous international organization, founded in Trieste, Italy in 1983 by a distinguished
group of scientists from the South; TWAS represents the best of science in the developing
world, and its principal aim is to promote scientific capacity and excellence for sustainable
development in the South
- African Academy of Sciences
http://www.aasciences.org
an autonomous Africa-wide professional, non-political and non-profit making organization which
addresses four principal areas: mobilization and strengthening of the African scientific
community, publication and dissemination of scientific materials, research development and
policy, and capacity building in science and technology
- Caribbean Academy of Sciences (CAS)
http://www.cariscience.org/cas/
has over 150 members drawn from the agricultural, engineering, medical, natural and social
sciences
- Islamic Academy of Sciences (IAS)
http://www.ias-worldwide.org
independent, non-political, non-governmental and non-profit making organization of
distinguished scientists and technologists dedicated to the promotion of all aspects of
science and technology in the Islamic world, for the benefit of mankind
- Pacific Academy of Sciences (PAS)
http://www.drhuang.com/pas/
autonomous international organization founded in Sydney, Australia in 1997 as a bridge between
Chinese and Pacific academics, scientists and engineers
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RELATED TO ONLINE PUBLICATIONS
- African Journals Online
http://www.ajol.info/
a database of African-published journals in a range of academic disciplines designed to give
greater visibility to the participating journals and the research they convey; in English and
French
- African Publishers Network (APNET)
http://www.apnet.org
a pan-African, non-profit network that brings together national publishers associations and
publishing communities to strengthen indigenous publishing throughout Africa
- Association of Learned and Professional
Society Publishers (ALPSP)
http://www.alpsp.org
its mission is to serve, represent
and strengthen the community of not-for-profit publishers and those who work with them to
disseminate academic and professional information
- Bioline International
http://www.bioline.org.br/
a not-for-profit electronic publishing service committed to providing open access to quality
research journals published in developing countries
- BioMed Central
http://www.biomedcentral.com
makes their online submission and peer-review technology available without charge to groups of
scientists who wish to run open access, online journals under their own editorial control
- Budapest Open Access Initiative
http://www.soros.org/openaccess/
arose from an Open Society Institute (OSI) meeting in Budapest in December 2001 that was
convened to accelerate progress in the international effort to make research articles in all
academic fields freely available on the internet; offers grants for institutional memberships
to BioMed Central and Public Library of Science; in English, French, German and Russian
- CrossRef: The Central Source for Reference Linking
http://www.crossref.org
an independent membership association, founded and directed by publishers, operating a
cross-publisher citation linking system that allows a researcher to click on a reference
citation on one publisher’s platform and link directly to the cited content on another
publisher’s platform, subject to the target publisher’s access control practices
- Electronic Publishing Trust for Development
http://www.epublishingtrust.org
established to facilitate open access to the world's scholarly literature and to support the
electronic publication of reviewed bioscience journals from countries experiencing
difficulties with traditional publication
- German Medical Science
http://www.egms.de/en/gms/publicationApply.shtml#set
has developed a web-based Manuscript Operating System (MOPS) that makes it possible for any
interested specialist group to operate an own scientific publication organ free of charge
- International Consortium for the Advancement of Academic Publication
http://www.icaap.org
a research and development organization devoted to the advancement of electronic scholarly
communication which provides technological support, publication, and enhancement of scholarly
journals and educational resources; ICAAP specializes in developing technology for the
delivery of scholarly content
- Japan Science and Technology Information Aggregator, Electronic (J-STAGE)
http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp
an electronic journal site operated by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) that
makes electronic journals issued by Japanese academic institutions available to the public via
the Internet
- LATINDEX
http://www.latindex.unam.mx
seeks to provide a comprehensive directory and catalogue of all scientific periodicals
produced in Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal and an index containing
bibliographic material pertaining to the titles included in the catalogue; in English,
Portuguese and Spanish
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC)
http://www.oclc.org/home/
a nonprofit, membership, computer library service and research organization dedicated to the
public purposes of furthering access to the world's information and reducing information
costs; its services are used by more than 50,000 libraries around the world to locate,
acquire, catalog, lend and preserve library materials
- Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources
Coalition (SPARC)
http://www.arl.org/sparc
an alliance of academic and research libraries and organizations working to correct market
dysfunction in the scholarly publishing system
- Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO)
http://www.scielo.org
a model for cooperative electronic publishing of scientific journals on the Internet
especially conceived to meet the scientific communication needs of developing countries,
particularly Latin America and the Caribbean countries; provides an efficient way to assure
universal visibility and accessibility to their scientific literature; in English, Portuguese
and Spanish
- Scientists for Health And Research for
Development (SHARED)
http://www.shared-global.org
an organization whose objective is to share essential information on health research and
development for developing countries; maintains a user-friendly, searchable database on health
projects around the world; in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish
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SOFTWARE/INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (ICT)
- Acceso
http://www.acceso.or.cr
a private, nonprofit technical assistance organization active throughout Central America
providing training, technical assistance and other institution-building services for local,
national, regional and international organizations
- APC-Africa-Women
http://www.apcafricawomen.org
a network of organizations and individuals that work to empower African women's organizations
to access and use Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for equality and
development; in English and French
- GNU Project
http://www.gnu.org
repository of free software programs; in more than 35 different languages
- ICT Volunteering Knowledge Base
http://www.unites.org/Html/Resource/knowledge/index.htm
a resourced prepared for ICT volunteers working in developing countries; from the United
Nations Information Technology Service (UNITeS)
- International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP)
Directories
http://www.inasp.info/pubs/index.shtml#1
three separate international directories of networks and organizations involved in:
library/information/book development, access to healthcare information, and rural
development
- Open Science Project
http://www.openscience.org/index.php
dedicated to writing and releasing free and Open Source scientific software
- SourceForge.net
http://sourceforge.net
development and download repository of Open Source code and applications
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SPECIALIZED SEARCH ENGINES
- Biology Browser
http://www.biologybrowser.org
free web site offering resources for the life sciences information community
- Exalead
http://www.exalead.com
innovative search engine providing extra features such as geographic navigation and document
type selection
- INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections
http://infomine.ucr.edu/
a Web resource featuring well organized access to important university level research and
educational tools on the Internet; the virtual library is notable for its collection of
annotated and indexed links
- International Search Engines
http://allsearchengines.com/foreign.html
a listing of search engines specific to certain countries/regions
- my.OAI Search Engine
http://www.myoai.com
a full-featured search engine to a selected list of metadata databases from the Open Archives
Initiative project
- OAIster
http://oaister.umdl.umich.edu/
searches free, useful, previously difficult-to-access digital resources
- PubCrawler
http://www.pubcrawler.ie/
a free "alerting" service that scans daily updates to the NCBI Medline (PubMed) and GenBank
databases; keeps scientists informed of the current contents of Medline and GenBank by listing
new database entries that match their research interests
- Scirus
http://www.scirus.com
"the most comprehensive science-specific search engine available on the Internet"; allows
full-text searching of free access and commercially-available texts
- SearchLight
http://searchlight.cdlib.org/cgi-bin/searchlight?Science
search publicly-available databases and other resources available to Internet users--all at
the same time
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STUDYING/RESEARCHING ABROAD
Australia
- IDP Student Portal - Study in Australia (IDP)
http://students.idp.com/
in Arabic, English, Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Thai and
Vietnamese
- Study in Australia
http://studyinaustralia.gov.au/ (Flash 6 plug-in
required)
official Australian Government Web site for international students; in more than 20
languages
Austria
- Austrian Exchange Service (Österreichischen Austauschdienst, ÖAD)
http://www.oead.ac.at/
in English and German
Belgium
Canada
Denmark
Finland
France
- EduFrance
http://www.edufrance.fr/
in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Greek, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian,
Spanish, Thai, Turkish and Vietnamese
Germany
Iceland
India
Italy
Japan
Korea
New Zealand
Norway
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
- Rectors' Conference of the Swiss Universities
http://www.crus.ch/engl/
brief outline of information on studying in Switzerland in English and Italian; more complete
information available in French and German
The Netherlands
United Kingdom
United States
Multi-Country Resources
- EastChance
http://www.eastchance.com
a site developed by Costin Uzun and Ovidiu Petreaca providing information about scholarships
and grants specifically targeted to students from Central and Eastern Europe
- International Funding Sources
http://makeashorterlink.com/?E2CE52A83
an extensive listing of fellowships and awards for studying/researching in many different
countries compiled by the University of Iowa's Division of Sponsored Programs
- Study Abroad 2000+
http://makeashorterlink.com/?S1DA12E83
UNESCO international guide to higher-education study opportunities and scholarships offered by
higher education institutions and international organizations in more than 100 countries; in
English, French and Spanish (NOTE: very large pdf file containing the entire 640-page
directory)
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TRAINING/SKILLS
- Connexions
http://cnx.rice.edu/content/
contains educational materials on a variety of topics organized in small modules and larger
courses; this site also provides an environment for collaboratively developing, freely
sharing, and rapidly publishing scholarly content on the Web
- Internet Guide
http://www.internet-guide.co.uk
a site that includes a comprehensive glossary of terms with additional features such as a
discussion forum for answering questions
- ItrainOnline
http://www.itrainonline.org
a joint initiative of seven organizations with expertise in computer and Internet training in
the South; contains a selection of the best and most relevant computer and training resources
for development and social change; in English, French and Spanish; smaller sets of resources
listed in Albanian, Bosnian, Czech, Hungarian, Portuguese and Serbian
- Japan OpenCourseWare (OCW) Alliance
http://www.jocw.jp/index.htm
free online access to the content of courses from Osaka University, Kyoto University, Keio
University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, University of Tokyo and Waseda University
- JHSPH OpenCourseWare
http://ocw.jhsph.edu
OpenCourseWare (OCW) project from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
providing access to content of the School's most popular courses
- Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT)
http://www.merlot.org
a continually growing, freely available catalog of online learning materials, peer reviews,
learning assignments and user comments, organized by discipline into specific communities and
created to help faculty enhance their instruction
- MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
http://ocw.mit.edu
provides on the Web the course materials that are used in the teaching of MIT's courses free
of charge to any user anywhere in the world
- Net.TUTOR
http://gateway.lib.ohio-state.edu/tutor/
a guide with tutorials to explain the Internet
- RDN Virtual Training Suite
http://www.vts.rdn.ac.uk/
a set of online tutorials designed to help students, lecturers and researchers improve their
Internet literacy and information technology skills
- SciDev.Net's "How Do I?" Archives
http://www.scidev.net/ms/howdoi/
short guides to many skills for scientific researchers, including writing scientific papers,
applying for research grants, and submitting papers to scientific journals
- Utah State University's (USU) OpenCourseWare
http://ocw.usu.edu
open access to materials used in a variety of USU courses
- World Lecture Hall
http://www.utexas.edu/world/lecture/
free online university-level course materials on a wide variety of topics
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MISCELLANEOUS LINKS OF INTEREST
- Forum on Science and Technology for Sustainability
http://sustsci.harvard.edu/
seeks to facilitate information exchange and discussion among the growing and diverse group of
individuals, institutions, and networks engaged in the field of science and technology for
sustainability; part of the Initiative on Science and Technology for Sustainability
- Omniglot's list of free online translators
http://www.omniglot.com/links/translation.htm
Lists several sites providing free multilingual and bilingual online translation
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