Historic Government Publications from World War II [.pdf]
http://worldwar2.smu.edu/
This new site from Southern Methodist University (SMU) features just over 200 government documents from World War II. Plans are to enhance the database to approximately double its size by May, when 300-500 documents will be included. Users can either view the documents in a simple list (sortable by title, author, or publication date) or perform a fielded search (title, author, subject, or keyword). Advanced searches allow for boolean operators and additional fields (series, SuDoc number, and publisher information). Results provide cataloging information, links to lists of other titles by the same subject and agency, an image of the document's cover, and a link to the document itself (.pdf). While it might be nice if the site offered more of a guided browse by subject option, this is nonetheless a nice collection of archival material that should be welcomed by historians in a variety of fields or general readers with an interest in World War II. The project documentation section, which includes, among other things, cataloging guidelines and information on catalog configuration, should be useful to users working on similar Web archives. Rounding out the site are an Other Resources section, which offers half a dozen annotated links, and a link to SMU's World War II Memorial Plaza. [TK]
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The Alfred Russel Wallace Page
http://www.wku.edu/~smithch/
Frames Version:
http://www.wku.edu/~smithch/index1.htm
This site, brought to the Web by Charles H. Smith, Associate Professor and Science Librarian at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, presents many of the writings of and thoughts about one of the nineteenth century's prominent scientists, the father of biogeography. Smith dedicates his site to clearing up misconceptions about Wallace and to restoring Wallace's ideas to prominence. The site features a hyperlinked biography; a selection of Wallace's writings, interviews, and quotes; a FAQ; and a chronology. For those looking to continue investigating Wallace off-line, Smith also supplies a reprint of Michael Shermer's "Bibliography of Wallace Archival Sources" as well as an extensive bibliography of Wallace's writings and one devoted to secondary sources. The non-frames version of the site includes, in addition, listings of obituaries, photographs, a news page, a page of misinformation about Wallace, and more. [TK]
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The ANSER Institute for Homeland Security [.pdf]
http://www.homelandsecurity.org/
The ANSER Institute, a non-profit research institute, which began its existence as a Federal Contract Research Center (FCRC) for the Air Force Director of Development Planning, offers this site devoted to "homeland security." The site provides a great deal of information and opinion, and while skeptics of the US military/ industrial complex may not find much here to answer their particular questions, this should prove a useful stop for anyone involved in defense research or analysis. Users can sign up to receive the Journal of Homeland Security and the weekly newsletter. Also on-site, they will find a page devoted to current news and one for legislative updates. The virtual library links to a large number of categorized, related resources, and the suggested reading section offers more. [TK]
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Exeter Cathedral Keystones and Carvings: A Catalogue Raisonne of the Sculptures & Their Polychromy
http://www.exetercathedral.co.uk/
Exeter Cathedral Keystones and Carvings functions as "an illustrated introduction to, and explanatory catalogue of all the figurative sculpture that is part of the original interior fabric of the medieval building." The material on the site, which is primarily geared toward art historians and medievalists, was compiled by Avril Kay Henry, former professor of English Medieval Culture at University of Exeter, and the late Anna Carson Hulbert, a well known conservator. The site does not provide a tour through the cathedral so much as it offers photos and explanations of the individual sculptural pieces: "medieval bosses, corbels, labelstops, figurative capitals (and a few other interior carvings) which are an integral part of the medieval interior construction of Exeter Cathedral, Devon, England." Users can browse or search the contents, and a nice introduction and bibliography are both useful supplements. From the homepage, users can access a page that explains navigation and layout of the site, entitled The Resource: Coverage and Use. This one is well worth a stop for medievalists. [TK]
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Digital Asia Library
http://digitalasia.library.wisc.edu/
The Digital Asia Library (DAL), a joint offering from The Ohio State University Libraries, the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Libraries, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries, consists of a catalog of Internet resources related to Asian studies. Users can browse, keyword search, or perform an advanced search for resources. The latter allows fielded searching (Subject, Title, Summary, Author, and Publisher) and the use of limits (subject categories, regions, countries, resource types, or languages). All entries are annotated, and users can save entries that most interest them and email them to themselves. DAL is not a new resource but a must-bookmark for Asian Studies scholars. [TK]
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Arsenic -- EPA Office of Ground and Drinking Water [.pdf]
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/arsenic.html
On October 31, 2001, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its decision to move forward in implementing the standard for arsenic levels in drinking water at 10 parts per billion (ppb), down from the less strict 50 ppb standard. Arsenic in drinking water has been linked to bladder and lung cancers, diabetes, and heart disease. Readers interested in learning more about the new standards, health effects, and costs should visit this EPA Web feature. Contents include a fact sheet, links to expert panel reviews including the National Academy of Science's Arsenic National Drinking Water Advisory Council, and current and past press releases on proposed standards and actions. [HCS]
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The Central Asia Caucacus Analyst [.pdf]
http://www.cacianalyst.org/
.pdf versions
http://www.cacianalyst.org/Issue_ad.htm
This biweekly journal is the product of the Central Asia-Caucacus Institute (CACI), an independent think tank, affiliated with the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at The Johns Hopkins University. The journal, which CACI has been publishing for about a year, aims to "link the business, governmental, journalistic and scholarly communities," and each issue has four or five short articles, field reports (short pieces focused on communities' assessments of a particular news event), and news bites (paragraph summaries of relevant news items). The current issue contains four articles, S. Frederick Starr's "A Federated Afghanistan?" Maria Sultan's "Avoiding Escalation in Central Asia's Southern Borderland," "Turkey's New Challenges in the Caucacus and Central Asia" by Kemal Kaya, and Miriam Lanskoy's "The Cost of the Chechen War." The journal is available online, or users can download each issue in .pdf format. Note: When we visited, the material available in .pdf format was more current than that in HTML. [TK]
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Periodical Historical Atlas of Europe
http://www.euratlas.com/
This seventh edition of the Periodical Historical Atlas of Europe, available in English and French, was posted on the Web in September. The atlas, a project of Christos Nussli, consists of maps "depicting with accuracy the states of this continent every first day of each centennial year from AD 1 to AD 1700." A legend helps users understand each of the maps, which are presented as expandable thumbnails. The site also links to a bibliography and maps from De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors. Though the site functions in part as an advertisement for Nussli's CD version of the atlas, it is nonetheless a useful stop in its own right. [TK]
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