Lots of specialty databases have been updated or enhanced in the past week. Here are a few highlights from ResourceShelf (resourceshelf.com).
1) UK’s Resource Discovery Network Now Known as Intute
One of the great non-commercial web directories is relaunched with a new name and new look.
resourceshelf.com/2006/07/14/u ...
The also provide the useful Virtual Training Suite for web search trainers.
vts.intute.ac.uk/
2) World Resources Institute Updates EarthTrends Dbase
resourceshelf.com/2006/07/14/w ...
3) SearchforVideo Brings Back Video Podcast Directory
resourceshelf.com/2006/07/12/s ...
4) New Look for The Gateway to Educational Materials Database
Excelent tool for teachers. Also a good demo of faceted searching.
resourceshelf.com/2006/07/14/d ...
5) ERIC Web Database Receives Update
ERIC is a database that focuses on educational materials.
resourceshelf.com/2006/07/17/e ...
6) Two New Databases will Catalog Every College Course in the U.S.
resourceshelf.com/2006/07/17/n ...
7) Worth a Look: Don’t Use Maps, Try a Schmap
resourceshelf.com/2006/07/15/w ...
8) Compilation of Specialty Databases from Art Museums (# 1)
resourceshelf.com/category/art ...
9) Real Time Database Compilation Continues to Grow
resourceshelf.com/category/rea ...
From tracking airplanes to forest fires.
In web search news:
new Smart Answer from Ask.com offers country stats directly at the top of results pages. Examples:
+ Internet Users Turkey
ask.com/web?q=Internet+Users+t ...
+ Life Expectancy
ask.com/web?q=life+expectancy+ ...
+ GDP Kenya
ask.com/web?q=gdp+kenya&qs ... |
The life expectancy at birth in
Russia
is 67.1 years (2004 est.)
Male life expectancy: 59.91 years
Female life expectancy: 73.27 years
Quite a big gap.
Gapminder has a good tool to visualize data about countries: tools.google.com/gapminder/ |
In the latest CIA World Factbook (2006 estimate), the numbers have changed, slightly.
total population: 67.08 years
male: 60.45 years
female: 74.1 years (2006 est.)
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Also, the PRB country pages:
prb.org//?Section=PRB_Country_ ...
and
the U.S. Census International Database are excellent tools for this type of research. USID is excellent for historical info.
View results online or download into spreadsheet.
census.gov/ipc/www/idbacc.html
Finally, NationMaster offers visualization tools for many statistics often with pie charts and/or bar graphs.
See:
nationmaster.com/statistics |
