Thursday is the Institute for Nanobiotechnology’s annual symposium. The meeting’s title is Environmental and Health Impacts of Engineered Nanomaterials. That basically means “nanotoxicology,” or “could nanoparticles be harmful to the […]
World Bank’s New Open Data Initiative
The World Bank has announced a new open data initiative that will bring global economic and development data to the Web for the world to use. This free site provides easy […]
Featured app: pic2shop barcode reader
Have you ever happened upon a book in a store and wondered if you could get it for free at your library? Now, with an iPhone and the free pic2shop […]
April is on the way!
APRIL is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain. -T. S. Eliot, “The Waste-Land” Poor, dour Thomas […]
Interactive Census Map
Today I filled out my census form for our household of two people in less than three minutes. As I put our form in the corner mail box, I wondered […]
Census 2010 and Counting the Student Population
The time to be counted is right around the corner. So, as a college student, often with more than one address during the year, how will you be counted? Your […]
Featured App: Naxos Music Library App
We’re pleased to alert you to the Naxos Music Library App for iPhone and iPod Touch. With access to more than 40,570 CDs and more than 581,000 tracks in genres […]
Featured App: OECD Factbook App
With an iPhone and the OECD Factbook 2009 App, you can have 100 economic, social, and environmental indicators at your finger tips. These are statistics for 30 OECD countries as […]
LexisNexis Statistical Insight improved
LexisNexis Statistical has a new name – LexisNexis Statistical Insight – and a new look. You can use this resource to search for publications containing statistics and filter your results […]
Resources for Women’s History Month
Actually, any and every month is a good time to celebrate women’s history, but in 1987, Congress designated March as Women’s History Month. The celebration originally began as a day, March […]