What's New

- February 2007

95 resources added so far in February. See also What's New March 2007

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Afghanistan
Conference on the Relationship Between State and Non-State Justice Systems in Afghanistan
http://www.usip.org/ruleoflaw/projects/kabul_conference.html
December 1-14, 2006, Kabul, Afghanistan.
Project on the Role of Non-State Justice Systems in Fostering the Rule of Law in Post-Conflict Societies
"The conference brought together actors from the informal system, civil society, and the aid community, including representatives from 20 of Afghanistan's provinces."
- The Ministry of Justice of Afghanistan and the United States Institute of Peace.

Council on Foreign Relations

South Asia Analysis Group (SAAG)

  • The Raging Jihad - An Overview
    http://www.saag.org/papers21/paper2054.html
    International Terrorism Monitor, Paper No. 162.
    By B. Raman, Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India, and, presently, Director, Institute For Topical Studies.
    SAAG Paper No. 2054, 7.12.2006.
    [Re: Afghanistan, Iraq, & Thailand]

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

  • Seamless Transition Home
    http://www.seamlesstransition.va.gov/
    "...for returning Active Duty, National Guard and Reserve service members of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. We honor the opportunity to provide benefits information and assistance to eligible veterans who honorably fought and served in our Nation's armed forces."

United States Geological Service (USGS) - Publications


Africa Studies
African Child Policy Forum

BBC NEWS In Depth - Africa's Food Crisis
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/africa/2006/africa_food_crisis/default.stm
Section include: News ; Mapping the Crisis ; In Pictures ; West Africa ; Southern Africa ; East Africa ; Head-to-Head ; Race Against Time ; Key Facts and Figures.

Council on Foreign Relation

Fort Worth Star Telegram

FXB.org
"Since 1989, FXB has established 87 programs or initiatives in 17 countries to fight poverty and AIDS. All its programs aid to reduce he impact of AIDS on society and more particularly on orphans..."

  • 6 Villages 1 Global Fight Against AIDS - (dead link)
    http://www.fxb.org/www2/main_directories/6Villages.htm
    "On December 1st, 2005, World AIDS Day, FXB launched the 6 Villages 1 Fight Against Aids campaign to launch six self-sustaining FXB villages in Rwanda and Uganda."

International Crisis Group (ICG)

International Women's Health Coalition (IWHC) - (dead link)
"...IWHC works to generate health and population policies, programs, and funding that promote and protect the rights and health of girls and women worldwide, particularly in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and countries in post-socialist transition."

  • With Women Worldwide: A Compact to End HIV/AIDS
    http://www.iwhc.org/withwomenworldwide/compact.cfm
    "Outlines priority actions for making global HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and care strategies work for women. Developed by a group of women advocates for use in 2006 negotiations on HIV/AIDS and beyond."

U.N. Security Council

U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)

  • Darfur Crisis
    http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0724.pdf
    Death Estimates Demonstrate Severity of Crisis, but Their Accuracy and Credibility Could Be Enhanced, November 2006.
  • Darfur Crisis
    http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d079.pdf
    Progress in Aid and Peace Monitoring Threatened by Ongoing Violence and Operational Challenges, November 2006.


AIDS Studies
CDC - HIV/AIDS Fact Sheets

FXB.org
"Since 1989, FXB has established 87 programs or initiatives in 17 countries to fight poverty and AIDS. All its programs aid to reduce he impact of AIDS on society and more particularly on orphans..."

  • 6 Villages 1 Global Fight Against AIDS - (dead link)
    http://www.fxb.org/www2/main_directories/6Villages.htm
    "On December 1st, 2005, World AIDS Day, FXB launched the 6 Villages 1 Fight Against Aids campaign to launch six self-sustaining FXB villages in Rwanda and Uganda."

International Women's Health Coalition (IWHC) - (dead link)
"...IWHC works to generate health and population policies, programs, and funding that promote and protect the rights and health of girls and women worldwide, particularly in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and countries in post-socialist transition."

  • With Women Worldwide: A Compact to End HIV/AIDS
    http://www.iwhc.org/withwomenworldwide/compact.cfm
    "Outlines priority actions for making global HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and care strategies work for women. Developed by a group of women advocates for use in 2006 negotiations on HIV/AIDS and beyond."

U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) - HIV and AIDS
"Health has always been an essential component of development policies. In this domain, as in others, culture has a fundamental role to play."
Resources include: Contacts ; Publications ; Events ; News.

  • Youth Creating and Communicating on HIV/AIDS
    "Through this programme, you will be able to express your feelings, experiences on HIV/AIDS and exchange these unique reflections with other peers around the world by making joint digital creations."


Astronomy
PBS - Exploring Space: The Quest for Life
http://www.pbs.org/exploringspace/
Sections include: Meteorites & Life ; The Search for Aliens ; The Mars Prospect ; Essays.


Australia Studies
CAN - Collections Australia Network
http://www.collectionsaustralia.net/
Australian Cultural Heritage Collections Online
"...aims to allow the public to search collection records from libraries, galleries, museums and archives all across Australia through a single search. The search is now live and covers the CAN collection records as well as those from the Powerhouse Museum, Libraries Australia and Picture Australia."


Biological Sciences
Biological Basis of Heredity
http://anthro.palomar.edu/biobasis/default.htm
An Introduction to Basic Cell Structures Related to Genetic Inheritance
By Dr. Dennis O'Neil, Behavioral Sciences Dept., Palomar College.

PLoS Biology (ejournal)
http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=index-html&issn=1545-7885
A Peer-Reviewed Open Access Journal
"...features research articles of exceptional significance in all areas of biological science, from molecules to ecosystems. It is ranked in the top-tier of life science journals by The Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), with an impact factor of 14.7."

Reaping the Benefits of Genomic and Proteomic Research: Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation, and Public Health (etext)
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11487
Committee on Intellectual Property Rights in Genomic and Protein Research and Innovation, National Research Council, 2006.

University of Texas at Austin - Texas Natural History Collections

  • Herpetology
    http://www.utexas.edu/tmm/tnhc/herps/index.html
    "Includes 63,000 specimens of reptiles and amphibians: frogs, salamanders, caecilians, lizards, snakes, amphisbaenians, tuataras, crocodilians, and turtles (not including 12,000 recently acquired Texas Tech specimens). Database searchable online."
  • Ichthyology (Fishes)
    http://www.utexas.edu/tmm/tnhc/fish/index.html
    "More than 32,664 jars of specimens estimated to contain more than 746,900 specimens. More than half from Texas freshwaters, representing 192 counties. Database searchable online. Species distribution maps and fish pictures available."

University of Wisconsin-Madison Zoological Museum Collection

  • The Galapagos Collection
    http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/Zoology/Zoology-idx?type=browse&scope=ZOOLOGY.GALAPAGOS
    "The collection of Gal·pagos materials that includes anatomical specimens, images, and papers at the UW-Madison Zoological Museum (UWZM) is unique and rare. Since 1978, UWZM has been one of only 3 museums granted permission by the Ecuadorian Government to collect, preserve, transport, and maintain scientific anatomical specimens from the Gal·pagos Islands."


Buddhist Studies
American Public Media - Speaking of Faith

  • Brother Thây: A Radio Pilgrimage with Thich Nhat Hanh
    http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/thichnhathanh/index.shtml
    Companion website to the January 4, 2007 radio broadcast. Listen to the program online.
    "Forcibly exiled from his native country, Zen master and poet Thich Nhat Hanh recently visited Vietnam for the first time in nearly 40 years. In 2003, Speaking of Faith took a radio pilgrimage with the Buddhist monk at a Christian conference center in a lakeside setting of rural Wisconsin. Thich Nhat Hanh offers stark, gentle wisdom for living in a world of anger and violence. Here, he discusses the concepts of 'engaged Buddhism,' 'being peace,' and 'mindfulness.'"


Canadian Studies
Library and Archives Canada

  • Framing Canada: A Photographic Memory
    http://www.collectionscanada.ca/framingcanada/
    "Featuring photographs from various public and private collections, Framing Canada: A Photographic Memory presents a searchable database of digitized photographic images from 1843 to the mid-20th century. These images tell the fascinating and ever-changing story of how Canadians see themselves and their world."


Chemistry
Visualizing Chemistry (etext)
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11663
Committee on Revealing Chemistry through Advanced Chemical Imaging, National Research Council, 2006.


Christian Studies
All Catholic Church Ecumenical Councils - All the Decrees
http://www.piar.hu/councils/
Digitized collection of all Councils from Council of Nicaea to Second Vatican Council.

The Aquinas Translation Project
http://www4.desales.edu/~philtheo/loughlin/ATP/
"The Aquinas Translation Project is a web-based project which seeks to provide scholars, religious and any interested individuals with translations of St. Thomas Aquinas's works not readily available in English. The co-ordinator of the Project is Stephen Loughlin, an Associate Professor of Philosophy at DeSales University, Center Valley, Pennsylvania, USA."

The Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA)
"strives to democratize access to the best data on religion. Founded as the American Religion Data Archive in 1997 and going online in 1998, the initial archive was targeted at researchers interested in American religion. The targeted audience and the data collection have both greatly expanded since 1998, now including American and international collections and developing features for educators, journalists, religious congregations, and researchers. Data included in the ARDA are submitted by the foremost religion scholars and research centers in the world."

  • Quick Stats > U.S. Surveys
    http://www.thearda.com/Quickstats/Qsdir.asp
    Sections include: Attitudes ; Politics ; Religious Affiliation/Identification ; Religious Behaviors ; Religious Belief ; Religious Experiences.

The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon (CAL)
http://cal1.cn.huc.edu/
"This major scholarly reference work will cover all dialects and periods of ancient Aramaic, one of the principal languages of antiquity, with a literature of central importance for history and civilization, and especially for the Jewish and Christian religions."
Edited by Prof. Stephen A. Kaufamn, Hebrew Union College and Prof. Joseph A. Fitzmyer, Catholic University of America.


Communication & Media Studies
International Conference on Freedom of Expression and Media Development in Iraq
http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=22589&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
8-10 January 2007, Paris, France
"...organised by the Communications and Media Commission of Iraq (CMC) in cooperation with UNESCO and UNDP will provide a forum for debate, reflection and analysis of different issues concerning the Iraqi media landscape and its development needs..."

Los Angeles Times

PBS FRONTLINE - News War
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/newswar/
Companion website to the February - March 2007 special four-part into the future of news. Watch the full series online.
Includes: Secrets, Sources & Spin ; What's Happening to the News ; Stories From a Small Planet ; 50+ Interviews ; Teacher's Guide.


Computer Science
CiteSeer.IST - (dead link)
http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/
Computer and Information Science Papers
"...is a scientific literature digital library and search engine that focuses primarily on the literature in computer and information science. CiteSeer aims to improve the dissemination and feedback of the scientific literature and to provide improvements in functionality, usability, availability, cost, comprehensiveness, efficiency, and timeliness in the access of scientific and scholarly knowledge."


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