• NOVA: The Elegant Universe
• Scopus Trial to End
• Latest on Climate Change
• Programmer's Reference Shelf

NOVA: The Elegant Universe

"Eleven dimensions, parallel universes, and a world made out of strings. It's not science fiction, it's string theory"

PBS's NOVA science television program "The Elegant Universe", originally broadcasted in 2003, now has an informative and interactive site: www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant

Articles & Interviews

• A Theory of Everything?
• A Conversation with Brian Greene
• Viewpoints on String Theory
• Imagining Other Dimensions

Added 2/6/07

Scopus Trial to End

The trial subscription to Scopus officially ended on December 1, 2006. *Some Boulder Labs employees may still have temporary access to the database while our service discontinuation is being processed.

A superior alternative to Scopus is the Web of Science citation database (Details). Coverage back to the 1970's and Cited Reference Searching are two of the special features that Web of Science offers. Help on how to effectively and efficiently use this database is available by contacting one of our Reference Staff.

See also: News Archive: Trial Announcement / Scopus vs. Web of Science

If you have any questions, please contact Heather McCullough

Added 2/13/07

Latest on Climate Change

Seminars

• AMS Environmental Science Seminar Series includes online summaries and presentations of:

  • Multiple Lines of Evidence: The Scientific Case for Global Warming and its Causation (1/31/07)
  • The Divide between Values and Behavior: Exploring American Perceptions of Global Warming and the Environment (11/28/06)
  • Is Global Warming Impacting or Expected to Impact, Hurricanes? (10/20/06)
  • Drought, Water, Wildfires and Climate Change in the Western US - Historical Context and the Road Ahead (9/25/06)
  • Impact of Climate Change on Arctic Ecosystems: A Snapshot of Mammals and Forests (7/14/06)
  • Changes in Cold Places: A Look at the Greenland Ice Sheet, Arctic Sea Ice and the Antarctic Ice Sheet (5/31/06)
  • Changes in Cold Places Part II: The Role of Air Pollution on Arctic Warming (5/3/06)
  • Human Alteration of the Nitrogen Cycle: Implications for Plant Growth, Food Supply, Climate, Water Quality, and Human Health (3/21/06)
  • Thawing of Arctic Permafrost: Extent, Causation and Implications (2/21/06)
  • Surface Temperature, CO2 and Methane: The Past, Present and Likely Trajectory of Three Key Indicators of Climate Change (1/25/06)
  • More...

  February 28 Seminar: Abrupt Climate Changes: Droughts and Ocean Circulation Changes. This series is open to the public and does not require a reservation.

Reports

• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): Climate Change Report 2007

• Our Changing Planet: The U.S. Climate Change Science Program for Fiscal Year 2007
  A Report by the Climate Change Science Program and The Subcommittee on Global Change Research
  A Supplement to the President's Fiscal Year 2007 Budget

• WMO/UNEP Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2006
  Prepared by the Scientific Assessment Panel of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

• Atmosphere of Pressure: Political Interference in Federal Climate Science (pdf) - Union of Concerned Scientists, 2007

• Hurricane warning: the critical need for a national hurricane research initiative (pdf) - National Science Board, 2007

• Climate Change: The Kyoto Protocol and International Actions (pdf) - CRS, 2007

Added 2/20/07

Programmer's Reference Shelf

Want to be an efficient programmer or computing guru? Check out these sites for help and ideas.

• 46 Best-ever Freeware Utilities
  From Tech Support Alert

• AJAX
  Many resources are highlighted

• APRESS - Free Books
  Download selected titles

• Cheat Sheet Roundup
  Over 50 Cheatsheets for developers

• CompWisdom
  A new search engine to make your search for useful information on computers and the Internet easier (beta)

• Dream.In.Code
  A community of programmers and web developers that provides free tutorials, resources, and help to anyone interested in programming or web development

• krugle
  Find code

• Pilot Engineering Repository Xsearch
  Investigating resource discovery issues in engineering digital repositories

• Programming Is Hard
  Designed to save coders time, submit and share code snippets that are organized via tag clouds. Subscribe to an RSS feed of any language

• Simply Google
  A mashup for customized quick links and searches for sites and blogs

• VPN All-In-One Guide
  Learn how to install, maintain and secure your VPN. Also included are updates on VPN technologies, management, security and troubleshooting

• Web Developer's Handbook
  A list of essential web-sites, which make the life of web developers easier

See also: Computing and Internet Subject Guide - includes databases, e-journals, reference links and tutorials

Added 2/28/07

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