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iCivilEngineer - The Civil Engineering Portal

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:22.
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Engineering
  • Links
  • Modern (18th-20th Century)
  • Professional Association
  • Secondary Source
URL: 

http://www.icivilengineer.com/

Excerpt: 

   iCivilEngineer.com is a knowledge portal specially designed for civil engineering professionals and students. It has two goals in mind: 1) collect and catalog valuable civil engineering relevant Internet resources so that people can find information fast; 2) explore how to take advantage of Internet technology to serve the civil engineering community.
    Since it started as a web directory of civil engineering in 1999, iCivilEngineer.com has been growing quickly. Now it offers:

* News Center - It hosts civil engineering news, IT news, big project information and recent civil engineering failures.
* Career Center - It contains best job search sites, PE exam guide, academic department index and virtual bookshelf.
* Tools Center - It offers convenient online tools such as unit conversion, stock quote and local weather.
* Resource Center - It is a collection of valuable web resources in civil engineering. The web directory is organized by hundreds of technical topics. The search engine indexes more than 15,000 web documents in the area of civil engineering. Other resources, such as famous civil engineers and landmarks, should be of interest to users.

String Theory History

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:22.
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Early Modern (15th-18th Century)
  • Educational
  • Links
  • Mathematics
  • Modern (18th-20th Century)
  • Personal
  • Philosophy of Science
  • Physical Sciences
  • Secondary Source
URL: 

http://superstringtheory.com/history/

Author: 
Patricia Schwarz
Excerpt: 

This is a brief outline of the development of string theory, the details of which will eventually fill many large volumes written by many people directly and indirectly involved in this rich and fascinating story.

The David Sarnoff Library

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:22.
  • Biographical
  • Consumer Technology
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Images
  • Library/Archive
  • Links
  • Modern (18th-20th Century)
  • Primary Source
  • Secondary Source
URL: 

http://www.davidsarnoff.org/

Author: 
David Sarnoff Collection
Excerpt: 

Built in 1967 by RCA, the David Sarnoff Library contains a museum, an archive, a library, and this website. Besides Mr. Sarnoff's papers and memorabilia, the Library's holdings include 25,000 photographs and thousands of notebooks, reports, publications, and artifacts related to the histories of RCA Laboratories and RCA. At this site you will find exhibits, timelines, galleries, links, and references.

Annotation: 

The David Sarnoff Library is named for the pioneering President of RCA (Radio Corporation of America), a division of General Electric and one of the earliest industry leaders in radio and television technology. The site contains timelines of Sarnoff, RCA, radio, television, and several other topics. A large number of images are also available on a range of subjects such as early television performers and equipment. The site is still under construction, but the final edition will include memoirs of former engineers and workers at the RCA labs.

History of the Clean Air Act

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:22.
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Earth Sciences
  • Images
  • Links
  • Primary Source
  • Professional Association
URL: 

http://www.ametsoc.org/AMS/sloan/cleanair/index.html

Excerpt: 

This site provides background information on clean air legislation and related efforts to enforce a reduction of pollutants in our atmosphere. It also serves as an introduction to a threaded discussion group on this subject that is being conducted by the American Meteorological Society.

Annotation: 

This site focuses on the history of environmental legislation in the United States that sought to reduce airborne pollutants from motor vehicles, utilities, factories and other industrial sources. It begins with the Air Pollution Control Act of 1955 and follows clean air initiatives, including major legislation of 1963, 1970 and 1990, to the present day. The site has useful biographies of the various acts' congressional sponsors and scientific advisors, as well as notes on those who opposed the legislation. In addition, there are photographs and satellite images of smog over major cities in the United States and worldwide, a timeline of environmental activism since the second World War, links to the EPA and other sites, and excerpts from Senator Edmund S. Muskie's Archives at Bates College. The authors of the site also wish to expand the historical record by recording the personal recollections of those involved with the debate over clean air, as well as any documents or photographs they might have.

Map History: History of Cartography

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:22.
  • Earth Sciences
  • Links
  • Personal
URL: 

http://www.maphistory.info/

Author: 
Tony Campbell (retired Map Librarian, British Library
Excerpt: 

Whether you are an academic, family historian, collector, teacher or parent - welcome! All the worthwhile information about early maps can be found here, or from here. The 135 'pages' of this carefully organised site offer comment and guidance, and many, many links - selected for relevance and quality.

The Office of the Public Health Service Historian

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:22.
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Government
  • Images
  • Links
  • Medicine/Behavioral Science
  • Modern (18th-20th Century)
  • Secondary Source
URL: 

http://lhncbc.nlm.nih.gov/apdb/phsHistory/

Author: 
Office of the Public Health Service Historian
Excerpt: 

We provide information about the history of Federal efforts devoted to public health, preserve and interpret the history of PHS, and promote historically-oriented activities across the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in partnership with the History Office of the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health Historical Office.

American Museum of the Moving Image

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:22.
  • Consumer Technology
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Engineering
  • Images
  • Links
  • Museum
  • Video
URL: 

http://www.ammi.org/site/site.php

Author: 
American Museum of the Moving Image
Excerpt: 

The American Museum of the Moving Image is dedicated to educating the public about the art, history, technique, and technology of film, television, and digital media and to examining their impact on culture and society.

It achieves these goals by maintaining the nation's largest permanent collection of moving image artifacts and by offering exhibitions, film screenings, lectures, seminars, and other education programs.

Annotation: 

The American Museum of the Moving Image is dedicated to educating the public about the art, history, technique, and technology of film, television, and digital media, and examines the impact on culture and society. This site includes information about the museum which is located in New York City, as well as information about collections and museum programming. Most notably, the site includes four online exhibits about the influence of new forms of media on elections, electronic games, the technology behind motion pictures, and an exhibit titled "The Interactive Playground."

Karolinska Institutet

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:22.
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Links
  • Medicine/Behavioral Science
  • University
URL: 

http://info.ki.se/ki/index_en.html

Excerpt: 

Karolinska Institutet is one of Europe's largest medical universities. It is also Sweden´s largest centre for medical training and research, accounting for 30 per cent of the medical training and 40 per cent of the medical academic research that is conducted nationwide.

United States Geological Survey Library

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:22.
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Earth Sciences
  • Government
  • Images
  • Library/Archive
  • Links
  • Modern (18th-20th Century)
  • Primary Source
URL: 

http://library.usgs.gov/

Author: 
USGS, U.S. Department of the Interior
Excerpt: 

Established in 1879 to build and organize a collection of scientific materials in the earth sciences, the U.S. Geological Survey Library is now the largest library for earth sciences in the world. The library system includes four libraries and is part of the Geographic Information Office of the USGS.

Annotation: 

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) Library is the largest earth science library in the world. The library serves the research needs of USGS scientists throughout the nation and provides information to other organizations and individuals in the areas of geology, hydrology, cartography, biology, and related fields. USGS libraries are located in Reston, Virginia; Denver, Colorado; Menlo Park, California; and Flagstaff, Arizona. The site provides search engines for the library catalogue, USGS and other government maps, and the USGS minerals collection. Special Collections include field notes, photographs, sketches, logs, reports and maps dating from 1879. The page is broken down into useful sub-pages and is easily navigated.

Map History/History of Cartography

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:22.
  • Artifacts
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Early Modern (15th-18th Century)
  • Earth Sciences
  • Images
  • Links
  • Middle Ages (5th-15th Century)
  • Modern (18th-20th Century)
  • Professional Association
URL: 

http://ihr.sas.ac.uk/maps/

Excerpt: 

Whether you are an academic, family historian, collector, teacher or parent - welcome! All the worthwhile information about old maps can be found here, or from here. The 100 'pages' of this carefully organised site offer comment and guidance, and many, many links - selected for relevance and quality

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