Crime and Justice Data Online -- BJS
http://149.101.22.40/dataonline/
Researchers looking for law enforcement or crime statistics will welcome this new database from the US Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics. Visitors first choose from crime trends, homicide trends, or law enforcement management and administrative statistics. Information is available from state or local agencies, and users can choose the style of table they wish to see, such as single state or single variable trends. The tables are easy to read and can be downloaded freely as .csv (comma separated value) files. [JAB]
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Subject Index to Literature on Electronic Sources of Information
http://library.usask.ca/~dworacze/SUBJIN_A.HTM
Electronic Sources of Information: A Bibliography
http://library.usask.ca/~dworacze/BIBLIO.HTM
Updated last week, Marian Dworaczek's Subject Index to Literature on Electronic Sources of Information and the accompanying Electronic Sources of Information: A Bibliography will be a boon to anyone studying issues related to information technology or electronic publishing. Dworaczek has been publishing the index since 1997, and this latest version contains over 1,400 citations as well as an introduction that explains how to use the site. The bibliography and index reference both online and print sources, including books, articles, monographs, and chapters. Librarians in particular will want to bookmark this site. [TK]
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Report on Forum 2000: Fluid Properties for New Technologies -- Connecting Virtual Design with Physical Reality [.pdf]
http://Forum2000.Boulder.NIST.Gov/F2kSP.pdf
In June 2000, the Fourteenth Symposium on Thermophysical Properties was held to review the progress of thermophysics over the last 100 years and to look forward to the next century of research and development in thermophysics. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) provides a special publication online covering the event and including overviews of topical issues from professionals in the field and several brief, invited essays on issues raised in the forum by panelists, audience participants, and other experts in thermophysics. The topics addressed in the 113-page .pdf document include molecular modeling, nuclear waste cleanup, power plants, process and chemical manufacturing, data evaluation, simulations and sensitivity analysis, among others. [HCS]
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WTO History Project [.pdf, Excel]
http://depts.washington.edu/wtohist/index.htm
A joint project of the University of Washington's (UW's) Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies and the University Library, the WTO History Project focuses on the history-making protests of late 1999 in Seattle during the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial meetings. A particularly groovy and educational highlight of this Website is the database of fliers, posters, notes, letters, etc. that the Manuscripts, Special Collections and University Archives Division of the UW Libraries makes Internet-accessible using CONTENTdm, a multimedia database developed at the UW. "CONTENTdm allows users to create customized searches of the collection and for high-quality digital reproductions to be viewed online, enabling some research to be conducted without visiting the collection." Visitors to the WTO History Project Website will also find a timeline of events prior to and during the 1999 protests in Seattle, including locations and sponsors, and a chart of organizations (with contact information) that were vocal in their opposition to the WTO, along with a list of registered WTO meeting attendees (MS Excel). In addition, this site features a page of interview transcripts with words from more than 80 organizers of and participants in the Seattle protests (.pdf). Organizations represented here include the Industrial Workers of the World, People for Fair Trade, the AFL-CIO, and the Sierra Club, to name just a few. This is a fantastic resource for students looking for primary texts dealing with labor and globalization issues or anyone wanting to learn more about the groups and individuals involved in the WTO protests. This site is still being developed, so check back often. [HCS]
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National Academies Committee on Food Chemicals Codex, Fifth Edition
http://www.iom.edu/iom/iomhome.nsf/Pages/Codex+Fifth+Edition
The National Academies Committee on Food Chemicals has tentatively approved a series of monographs, general procedures, and solutions for its Fifth Edition Codex (projected publication date: Autumn 2003). At this Website, readers can access the manuscripts and find out where to send comments. The two proposed new monographs are on Ferrous Glycinate and Transglutaminase. Monographs under revision are those on Balsam Peru Oil, Basil Oil, European Type, Butane, Calcium Ascorbate, Gibberellic Acid, Magnesium Sulfate, Potassium Gibberellate, and Soy Protein Concentrate. Most of the texts (.pdf) include a diagram of molecular structure, common uses, identification, and assay preparation instructions for the compound discussed. Other documents available here are proposed new and general analytical procedures for Transglutaminase and proposed revisions of the Fluoride Limits Guideline and the Microbiological Attributes Policy. These online resources might be valuable to college and graduate level students or researchers in medicine, food science, nutrition, and related fields. [HCS]
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Two from NCES [.pdf, MS PowerPoint]
Dropout Rates in the United States: 2000
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2002114
The Nation's Report Card: Science 2000_
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/science/results/index.asp
These two reports were just released from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). The first presents data on dropout rates from 1972 to 2000 and finds that the progress made in the 1970s and 1980s in reducing dropout rates was not duplicated in the 1990s, when rates remained relatively stable. The report also correlates dropout rates with other variables, such as income, ethnicity, and region. Users can download the 95-page report as a .pdf file or browse it online. The second site, The Nation's Report Card: Science 2000, gives the results of a survey by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) showing, "on average, what students know and can do" in science. NAEP reports that fourth-graders' and eighth-graders' scores were largely unchanged since 1996, but that twelfth-graders' scores declined three points. The site offers links to various data: national results, state results, subgroup results, and much more. [TK]
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Science and Engineering Doctorate Awards: 2000, Detailed Statistical Tables [Excel, .pdf]
http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/nsf02305/start.htm
The National Science Foundation has released the 2000 report of science and engineering doctorate awards (last reviewed in the January 9, 1998 Scout Report ). This site offers ten tables that can be downloaded as .pdf or Excel files. Each table contains varying information such as doctorates awarded by field of study and year of doctorate, or non-US citizens awarded doctorates in the sciences and in engineering by country of citizenship, visa type, and year of doctorate. Five of the tables include data going back to 1991, and five have 2000 data only. [JAB]
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Action for World Development (AWD)
http://www.awd.org.au/
Action for World Development (AWD) is an Australian nonprofit that was started by the Australian Council of Churches and the Catholic Bishops of Australia in the 1970s with the mission to promote social and environmental justice. Resources here are grouped into categories -- Racism & Aboriginal Justice, Permaculture & Development, Agriculture & Food Group, Fair Trade, and more -- and while much of the material on the site is devoted to explaining AWD's various projects and promoting their products, some of the material should interest researchers and educators. In particular, the Links section has annotated pointers to a wealth of related resources; the Hypotheticals section provides good food for classroom thought; and there are articles interspersed throughout the site. [TK]
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