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#004: 28 July 2001
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agrawl-@uclan.ac.uk
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Jul 28, 2001 07:46 PDT
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NEW in Basic, tools and tips:
Geography
- Economist Country Briefings -- country profiles, which contain
background information
- UN Human Development Report (HDR) 2001 -- 162 countries ranked on
quality-of-life indicators
Language
- AskOxford -- English language support from the dictionary publishers
- The Glossarist -- 4,500 glossaries, 679 of which have been catalogued
in 130 categories
Maths & statistics
- MathGate -- a UK-based index of internet resources related to
mathematics
NEW in Economics, business & finance
- Economist Country Briefings -- country profiles, which contain
background information
- People Tracker -- this site claims to track more than 120,000
executives and rich and famous people
NEW in Libraries & databases
- Bibliography of Fossil Vertebrates -- a database published by the US
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP)
- crashDATABASE -- searchable database of "every" commercial airline
accident killing more than 10 since 1970
- International Comparisons in Education -- international comparative
education data
NEW in Politics & government
Central government -- Department for Education & Skills
- International Comparisons in Education -- international comparative
education data
NEW in Science & technology
- Bibliography of Fossil Vertebrates -- a database published by the US
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP)
- crashDATABASE -- searchable database of "every" commercial airline
accident killing more than 10 since 1970
- MathGate -- a UK-based index of internet resources related to
mathematics
NEW in Search engines and directories
- EpistemeLinks -- a database of links to philosophy, philosophers and
philosophical matters
- The Glossarist -- 4,500 glossaries, 679 of which have been catalogued
in 130 categories
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