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Library News & Notes
October 8, 2004

Upcoming Rowland Seminars and Meetings

Oct. 12 Cynthia Volkert Forschungszentrum, Karlsruhe, Germany “Fatigue in thin metal films”

Oct. 14 Ambarish Ghosh Brown University “Using light and sound to study electron bubbles”

Internet Sites of the Week

IceRocket
IceRocket is a search engine that includes snapshots of pages included in search results, and also includes image and blog searches.
http://www.icerocket.com/
(Source: Search Engine Watch)

No-Guilt Downloads: Free Books, Music, and Movies
A PCWorld article profiles myriad media in the public domain.
http://www.pcworld.com/howto/article/0,aid,117822,00.asp
(Source: beSpacific)

Nobelprize.org
Nobel's redesigned website features announcements of the 2004 Nobel prize winners as well as links to previous recipients and information about the prizes and the Nobel Foundation.
http://nobelprize.org/

Revolutionary Minds
Seed magazine names a dozen or so scientific innovators working in climate studies, mathematics, medicine, film, and other fields.
http://www.seedmagazine.com/?p=article&n=features&id=100000033
(Source: Chris C. Mooney — the Intersection)

Science & Technology Web Awards 2004
Scientific American picks 50 websites worthy of attention, drawn from ten different categories including biology, chemistry, physics, science for kids, etc.
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=00085684-2613
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NEW BOOKS/VIDEOS

Received October 2 - 8, 2004