Here's a few (more) websites that might be of interest to members of the
UTC community, courtesy of the Lupton Library Reference Department (and
the resident Internet junky,  Reference/Instruction Librarian Jason
Griffey).

 

CiteULike

http://www.citeulike.org/

CiteULike is a free service to help academics to share, store, and
organise the academic papers they are reading. When you see a paper on
the web that interests you, you can click one button and have it added
to your personal library.  Because your library is stored on the server,
you can access it from any computer. You can share your library with
others, and find out who is reading the same papers as you. In turn,
this can help you discover literature which is relevant to your field
but you may not have known about.  Also supports the "tagging" of
citations with keywords, creating a hierarchy of metadata that adds
levels of searching unavailable in other databases. Very interesting
site, with a lot of possibilities.

Paper CD Case

http://www.papercdcase.com/

Tired of having to track down empty CD cases for the random CD you
burned for a colleague? This site allows you to enter the information
you want on the case, and creates a PDF for you that can be folded into
a paper case for the CD in question. Ridiculously handy once you get
used to the folding.

 

What's in that Stuff?

http://pubs.acs.org/cen/whatstuff/stuff.html

Ever wondered about what's really in hair coloring, Silly Putty, Cheese
Wiz, artificial snow, or self-tanners? C&EN presents a collection of
articles that gives you a look at the chemistry behind a wide variety of
everyday products.

 

E-machine Shop

http://www.emachineshop.com/index.html

I actually had trouble believing this was real...a site where you can
create your own CAD drawing of anything you wish (sculpture, gear, your
initials...anything) and have it machined and sent to you, in a variety
of materials. An unbelievable resource for artists and engineers
alike...how often does that happen? 

 

MIT Open CourseWare project

http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html

A free and open educational resource for faculty, students, and
self-learners around the world. This is a collection of lectures,
syllabi, and everything else needed for a class...produced by the
professors at MIT and made available to the entire world, for free, as
an effort to enhance learning. Just a remarkable collection of notes and
information for instructors.

 

Hope someone finds at least one of these useful.

 

Jason Griffey

Reference/Instruction Librarian

Lupton Library

University of Tennessee - Chattanooga