Knowledge Centre : Reference Tools : Databases and Online Libraries : Page 2
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- Columbia Earthscape [Highly Recommended]
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Columbia Earthscape is an integrated, interdisciplinary resource that connects the Earth and environmental sciences with their social, political, and economic dimensions. Although it primarily serves undergraduates, it also functions as an online reference for graduate students, investigators, and professionals, as well as a core text and enrichment for high schools and continuing education.
(Added: Wed Mar 02 2005 Modified: Wed Jun 07 2006 Hits: 514)
- Source International Information Support Centre
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Source is an international information support centre designed to strengthen the management, use and impact of information on health and disability.
(Added: Thu Oct 07 2004 Modified: Fri Nov 11 2005 Hits: 248)
- ICG Conflict Histories database
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The Iinternational Crisis Group's Conflict Histories database provides a brief but detailed historical overview of conflicts covered by ICG analysts, putting major events and historical currents into a historical narrative. Conflict Histories are searchable by country. The database contains information on over 50 countries.
http://www.icg.org/home/index.cfm?id=2937&l=1#C2
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- CD 3rd World - Third World Information
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Browse 800+ online free electronic publications on all aspects of aid and development activities.Information includes instructions and illustrations on appropriate technology, e.g. simple composting toilets and river generators; practical tips on setting up small industries; online books on agriculture and much more.
http://sleekfreak.ath.cx:81/3wdev/CD3WD/INDEX.HTM
(Added: Tue Aug 17 2004 Modified: Mon Jun 26 2006 Hits: 367)
- Compendium of Sixteen Encyclopedias
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The EOLSS body of knowledge is an integrated compendium of sixteen encyclopedias. It attempts to forge pathways between disciplines in order to show their interdependence and helps foster the transdisciplinary aspects of the relationship between nature and human society. It deals in detail with interdisciplinary subjects, but it is also disciplinary as each major core subject is covered in great depth, by world experts.
(Added: Fri Jul 23 2004 Modified: Mon Jul 26 2004 Hits: 155)
- World Bank and IMF Library Network
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The World Bank and International Monetary Fund libraries work together to provide information services and resources to World Bank and IMF staff. This site provides publicly available library resources.
http://jolis.worldbankimflib.org
(Added: Fri Jul 23 2004 Modified: Tue Aug 15 2006 Hits: 141)
- GlobalEmpowerment.org
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World Vision International's website providing resources on justice and development.
http://www.globalempowerment.org/
(Added: Mon Jun 28 2004 Modified: Wed Jan 10 2007 Hits: 220)
- Policy Pointers
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Policypointers is an online facility created to enable those involved in government, academe and the media to gain rapid access to the research and conclusions of think tanks around the world. We believe that policymakers and those who influence the policymaking function can frequently learn from the research done and the results achieved in countries other than their own. This belief is the rationale for creating this website.
http://www.policypointers.org/
(Added: Thu Jun 17 2004 Hits: 181)
- Database of Successful Strategies and Tactics
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We all hear discouraging news about threats and damage to the environment, human rights, etc., but usually very little about the many people and organizations worldwide who are responding and often finding solutions. This database tells those stories. Issues addressed include peace, social justice, environmental concerns, ethnic conflict, corporate abuses, preservation of our biological and cultural heritage, and related areas.
(Added: Wed Jun 16 2004 Hits: 210)
- Eldis
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Eldis is a gateway to information on development issues, providing free and easy access to wide range of high quality online resources.
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- Community Development Library 2.1
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This Community Development Library 2.1 contains 1785 publications (160,000 pages) in various areas of community development. The final objective of this cooperative project is to provide those involved in the areas of development and basic needs with access to a free of low-cost CD-ROM library of approximately 3000 books containing mostly multidisciplinary insights and solutions they need. This humanitarian project is implemented in cooperation with numerous organizations if which GTZ-GATE, FAO Waicent, United Nations University, BOSTID, Peace Corps, Payson Center of Tulane University, University of Waikato (NZDL), World Information Transfer, UNRISD, CIVICUS, Mandat International, IAIA.
http://www.sadl.uleth.ca/gsdl/cgi-bin/library?a=p&p=about&c=cdl
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- Crystal Library
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A collection of manuals on woodworking, electrical engineering, electronics, education and vocational training, metalworking and the promotion of small scale businesses that would be of great use to organisations that are working on building local skills and enterprise development.
http://www.sadl.uleth.ca/gsdl/cgi-bin/library?a=p&p=about&c=gtz
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- Food and Nutrition Library 2.2
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This library FNL 2.2 contains 600+ publications (54,000) in the fields of food, nutrition, food processing, food policy and nutrition research. The objective of this cooperative project is to provide those involved in the areas of food, nutrition and food policy access to a comprehensive CD-ROM library containing multidisciplinary insight about solutions to problems facing the poor. This humanitarian project is implemented in cooperation with numerous organizations and agencies and includes publications of the United Nations University, United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition (SCN), the World Food Program, GTZ-GATE, NS-BOSTID, Peace Corps, IFPRI and man others.
http://www.sadl.uleth.ca/gsdl/cgi-bin/library?a=p&p=about&c=fnl2.2
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- Health Library for Disasters (HeLiD)
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"The library was developed as a result of a consultation and exchange process between the emergency and disaster programs of World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), with the participation of all WHO technical departments as well as other UN agencies, such as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), and the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR); ICRC; the SPHERE Project; non-governmental organizations such as OXFAM; and national organizations, such as the National Emergency Commission of Costa Rica, and WHO collaborating centers such as the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC-Atlanta), the Center for Research in the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED-Bruxelles) and academic institutions like Tulane University." - From the Certi Program
http://www.helid.desastres.net
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- The Collection on Critical Global Issues 2.0
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The Collection on Critical Global Issues 2.0 was developed in 1999 by United Nations University Press. It contains 210 publications (32,000 pages) in the fields of Agriculture and Land Management, Development, Environment and Sustainability, Food and Nutrition, Natural Resource Development, Science and Technology.
http://www.sadl.uleth.ca/gsdl/cgi-bin/library?a=p&p=about&c=ccgi
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- World Environment Library 1.0
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The World Environment Library 1.0 was developed in December 1999 by GTZ and the Humanity Libraries Project (now called Human Info NGO). It contains 400 publications (45,000 pages) of ideas and solutions in the fields of Agriculture, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Environmental Impact Assessment, Energy, Health, Natural Resources, Policy, Sustainable Development, Waste Management and Water.
http://www.sadl.uleth.ca/gsdl/cgi-bin/library?a=p&p=about&c=envl
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- Computerised Library and Information Clearinghouse (CLIC)
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Online library/database relating to rural development with a focus on India. Maintainted by the National Institute of Rural Development, India. Contains case studies, journals and contact details for Indian rural development organisations and government departments.
http://nird.ap.nic.in/clic/index.html
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- InfoResources
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Online information on natural resources in international cooperation focusing on agriculture, forestry and environment. InfoResources is operated jointly by three Swiss information services - InfoAgrar, Info Service CDE and Inforest. InfoResources is funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).
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- Norbert's Betterworld Links
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Over 30,000 well organized links (internet addresses) in English on the following global topics: * Peace, Disarmament, Nonviolence * The Military, Armaments * Human Rights, Environment, 3rd World * Social Justice, Women, Religion, Education * Economics, Democracy, Politics, News * And many more issues affecting our future Norbert's Bookmarks are intended to help you to inform yourself comprehensively and to make a contribution to a better world. This service is free of charge, advertising-free and readily accessible to the public. Our aim is to include only links that are: * up-to-date, informative and independent * balanced, honest and for the common good * violence-free, environment friendly and socially compatible * non-dogmatic and free of propaganda and lies * non-commercial or non-profit-making * not racist or sexist * optimistic and encouraging * preferably free of advertising
http://www.betterworldlinks.org/
(Added: Thu Jan 22 2004 Modified: Wed Jun 07 2006 Hits: 161)
- The Online Burma/Myanmar Library
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The Online Burma/Myanmar Library is a database which functions as an annotated, classified and hyperlinked index to full texts of individual Burma documents on the Internet. It also houses a growing collection of articles, conference papers, theses, books, reports, archives and directories on-site (e.g. the 17MB archive of the Burma Press Summary). The Librarian requests help from specialists to refine the structure and add content. Launched in October 2001, it is organised on a database (using MySQL software, in combination with PHP) into 60 top-level categories based on traditional library classifications, with a hierarchy of some 850 sub-categories. These hold approximately 4000 links (mostly annotated, with keywords and descriptions) to individual documents, and about 400 links to websites which in turn give access to another 100,000 or so documents.
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- Questia
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The World's Largest Online Library of Books Questia is the first online library that provides 24/7 access to the world's largest online collection of books and journal articles in the humanities and social sciences, plus magazine and newspaper articles. You can search each and every word of all of the books and journal articles in the collection. You can read every title cover to cover. This rich, scholarly content -- selected by professional collection development librarians -- is not available elsewhere on the Internet. Undergraduate, high school, graduate students, and Internet users of all ages have found Questia to be an invaluable online resource. Anyone doing research or just interested in topics that touch on the humanities and social sciences will find titles of interest in Questia.
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- Online Journal Database
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Listings of online journals maintained by the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund Libraries. Sortable by alphabetical order, country, region and sector.
http://jolis.worldbankimflib.org/Ejournals/sectors.htm
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- Takoa Rua-mano: Maori networking and linkage resource
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Takoa Rua-mano is a networking and linkage resource. It supports the needs of whanau, community organisations, Government groups and commerce. Takoa Rua-mano contains more than 2000 listings and includes information on Marae, Iwi, Social Services, Business, Justice, Education, Government, Training, Arts, Health Services and Education Scholarships.
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- Global System for Sustainable Development
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The Global System for Sustainable Development is a project of the Consortium of Global Accords for Sustainable Development, which is committed to "reducing the gap between knowledge & policy". Its founding members and collaborators consist of governmental institutions, corporations, research foundations, and academic institutions. Through innovative uses of advanced information technologies, the mission is to create new knowledge coupled with novel form of institutional synergism to facilitate transitions toward sustainability. Operationally, the Consortium focuses on enabling mechanisms and institutional innovations.
(Added: Tue Nov 04 2003 Modified: Tue May 02 2006 Hits: 231)
- The Internet Archive
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"The Internet Archive is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, we provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, and the general public." All content whether films, audio or text are able to be freely distributed or publically shown.
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