Science Magazine and JoVE Scientific Videos

Announcement of Scientific Video Partnership

From the announcement: “The purpose of the partnership is to enhance scientific articles published in Science through video demonstrations of experimental techniques.”

Comparison of PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar

Comparison of PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar
An interesting paper looking at the strengths and weaknesses of these four journal article databases. This might be interesting for students to read, especially if they are prone to searching Google Scholar at the expense of these other subject specific databases.

TED talks and Data

TED: Ideas worth Spreading
If you’ve never listened to or watched a TED talk, go to the site and watch one now. These are wonderful, 18-minute, talks from some of the brightest, most creative people around. There are talks on many different subjects and themes that you can use in your classes. So go get an idea worth sharing.

TED Talks Spreadsheet
This is a great, up-to-date spreadsheet of all the TED Talks. It gives the URL to the talk, the speaker’s name, title of the talk and a short summary. This is a great way of finding a talk if you don’t want to use the searching feature on the TED site or just want to scan quickly through the talks.

NSF Report on Strategy for Digital Scientific Data
A summary of the report and link to the full report about preserving digital scientific data. Very timely and talks about one of the greatest issues in ensuring longterm access to digital data–preservation.

Biomedical, Forestry, and Module Info

Biomedical Beat
From the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH), this site says it’s “a monthly digest of research news from NIGMS.” A site with articles, news and images about biomedical research. Another handy site for keeping up with developments in the field.

Forest Encyclopedia Network
Information about Southern forests in the United States. Easy to use, with multiple hyperlinks to definitions of terms which makes it useful for scientists and non-scientists.

Science @ a Distance: e-Learning Modules
Some good information on basic science concepts; however, these are not modules in the Web 2.0 sense of the world. Instead, they are lessons presented in multiple pages of text with links to lessons and other keypoints.

BioEd Online

Hi, all. Sorry for the lack of updates. The end of the quarter frenzy has taken me body, but not soul yet. So here is a great resource. I am always happily amazed at the great resources out on the web once you start looking.

BioEd Online
This site has lots of information targeted at instructors and their students. Podcasts, videos, lesson plans, activities and more are located on this site. By Baylor College of Medicine. Don’t you just love great looking websites with reliable information?

Medicine/Health Science Resources for Friday

This is post 1 for this Friday because when it rains science resources, it pours! There are many great resources for this week so we will have 2 Friday posts. This first post is a group of resources all loosely related, in some way, to medicine/health science/human biology/etc.

Pathophysiology of the Digestive System
So this resource is a little bit older, but still a great online resource. It is an online textbook all about the digestive system. One very helpful piece of this site is the navigation among the sections and chapters which makes it very easy to keep track of where you are in the text and not feel lost.

Springer Acquires Open Access Publisher BioMed Central
This is a big move for the open access movement. Now that Springer owns BioMed Central, it will be interesting to see how this affects the open access movement in general and what it means specifically to those authors and users of BioMed Central articles. Stay tuned.

Computing Life: National Institute of General Medical Science
Great, multimedia site that demonstrates some of the ways that scientists use computers in their research. There are many links to additional resources, PDF of the Computing Life available for download and even an RSS feed if you get hooked on the site.

Animal Drugs @ FDA
The Center for Veterinary Medicine at the FDA now has a searchable database of approved animal drugs. A great resource. Pass on the information to anyone in the veterinary field if they haven’t already heard about this resource. It replaces the Database of Approved Animal Drug Products or Green Book.

Science Resources for Monday

I have three great resources for this Monday: The Internet Scout Report, The Biology Project and Profiles in Science.

Internet Scout Report
I am feeling pretty bad about not recommending this sooner, but better late than never. If you haven’t signed up for the Internet Scout Report, you really should! It is a fabulous resource. It is a weekly digest sent on Friday via email that talks about new resources found on the Internet. I use it as one of my resources for finding great resources to try out and then blog about here. Really terrific stuff, everything is vetted and it covers many different subject areas.

The Biology Project
Another great online repository of interactive modules for biology! This is out of the University of Arizona. A great way to supplement the textbook you assign for class or use some of the interactive activities as assignments or practice for tests. Again, why reinvent the wheel when you can get great online resources from another database?

Profiles in Science
This site is by the National Library of Medicine and includes biographies of many different scientists. What is especially great about this site is the fact that it links to primary source material from the archival collections. There are many digital versions of documents from the archival collections that can be accessed through this site. A great way of incorporating primary source documents from the archives into a course!

And, just an announcement, I am presenting at Back to the Bay on Thursday. Come and say hi. I’d love to meet you. I’m co-presenting Online @ Your Library: Digital Resources for Research and Teaching at 9am and Online Content for Online Learning at 4pm.

Enjoy the rest of your Monday. More science resources to come later this week.

Migration and New Media

Three new resources: two on migration and one on everyone’s favorite topic (or bane) Google!

Help Track Bird Migration
So this is not an advertisement for this charity site, only a guide to the many organizations that you and your students can volunteer with to track bird migration. I think tracking bird migration is a pretty cool task and considering we live in/near a major migration path for birds, it is definitely worth a look. Go fall migration! Can’t wait for the birding opportunities in the Central Valley, but that’s just me!

Monarch Butterfly Migration
Another timely resource from the Library of Congress. Great list of online resources to learn more about Monarchs and their long migration. This is the perfect time to learn more about the monarchs as they will be at Natural Bridges State Park soon and that sight is worth a trip to Santa Cruz to see. And, if you decide to go, this links to the Homepage of Natural Bridges State Park.

New Media World: Google, Links, and Popularity versus Authority by Seth Finkelstein
This is a chapter from the book The Hyperlinked Society: Questioning Connections in the Digital Age. New Media World’s books are available for free online and are available for purchase in paper version. This is a very relevant chapter to read, and perhaps have students read, as it dispels commonly held beliefs about Google, search engines in general and the democracy of the web. A very interesting look at the social and political ramifications of search engine results. Also underscores the need for everyone to be able to evaluate web content effectively and efficiently! Information literacy instruction, anyone?

Have a fabulous rest of your week. Again, comments welcome–especially sharing new resources!

AccessNSDL

Okay, so it has been a quiet week in online science resource-land. But fear not, I have a great new site.

AccessNSDL is a fabulous site all about accessibility on the web. Come here to get great advice and best practices for making accessible content for everyone. Sponsored in part by the Internet Scout Project.

Forensics, Open Source and Images, Oh My!

Yes, another wonderfully random assortment of great online resources related directly to science and other stuff. Enjoy.

Cooliris,Inc.
Install Cooliris and turn your computer monitor into a moving image wall. Not only does it look fabulous but it could help visualize concepts and make creative connections. Not to mention it is great fun.

Assignment Calculator from the University of Minnesota
Students will love this assignment calculator that maps out a plan based on the due date and subject of the assignment. Helpful links and tutorials that compliment the research process.

Video Tutorials for Open Source Applications
Want to learn more open source software but are intimidated? Not sure what GIMP or OpenOffice is? This link is for you. Join the Open Source Revolution (or just learn a few new tricks).

Environmental Health Perspectives
Free, peer-reviewed, online journal covering topics about environmental health. Also contains news articles.

Environmental Literacy Council
Great teaching resources for environmental science. Some of it is basic, but good overviews for students and a place to get background information for research assignments.

Forensic Chemistry Lab Manual
An entire lab manual full of ideas for forensic science labs.

E.O.Wilson: Lord of the Ants
Videos, interviews and other information about E.O.Wilson and his work.