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Library News & Notes —
September 16th, 2005

Internet Sites of the Week

A brief history of…semiconductors
“The development of studies in semiconductor materials is traced from its beginnings with Michael Faraday in 1833 to the production of the first silicon transistor in 1954, which heralded the age of silicon electronics and microelectronics.”
http://www.iop.org.ezp1.harvard.edu/EJ/abstract/-alert=14339/0031-9120/40/5/002

Encyclopedia of Laser Physics and Technology
An online encyclopedia with over 400 entries on topics spanning from lasers to optoelectronics, nonlinear optics and others.
http://www.rp-photonics.com/encyclopedia.html
(Source: Science Netwatch)

Google Blog Search
Google now has a utility that searches blogs and RSS feeds. Found at the URL:
http://google.com/blogsearch and http://search.blogger.com
Read more at:
http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3548411
(Sources: Search Engine Watch; Scripting News)

LibraryThing
Catalog your books and share lists with others.
http://www.librarything.com/
(Source: Daypop)

Nonlinear optical spectroscopy of chiral molecules
Rowland Junior Fellow Peer Fischer, he of “all things chiral,” has published a review article discussing “nonlinear optical processes that are specific to chiral molecules in solution and on surfaces.”
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com.ezp1.harvard.edu
/cgi-bin/abstract/110577175/ABSTRACT
Peer's lab page can be found at:
http://www.rowland.harvard.edu/rjf/fischer/index.php

Public Eye
CBS News enters the blogosophere.
http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/publiceye/main500486.shtml
(Source: be Spacific)

20 Things They Don't Want You to Know
All sorts of tips about computer hardware, cell phones, digital cameras, and how to get a person on the phone at Amazon or eBay.
http://www.pcworld.com/resource/printable/article/0,aid,122094,00.asp
(Source: Neat New Stuff on the Net)

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Received September 3 - 16, 2005