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 Web resources

Chemical processing

About Chemistry - includes glossary, structures, periodic table, forums.

Chemical Information Gateway (CIG) - find information about chemicals quickly.

Chemical Education Resource Shelf - from the Journal of Chemical Education.

Scott Speciality Gases - technical and safety information about a wide range of industrial and specialty gases.

WWW Virtual Library: Chemical Engineering

WWW Virtual Library: Links for Chemists

Clay & ceramics

Clay Minerals Society (CMS) - provides an Educational Resources section.

Concrete & cement

Cement Concrete & Aggregates Australia (CCAA) - technical information and links.

Cement Industry Federation (CIF) - provides technical information and links.

Portland Cement Association (PCA) - provides a Concrete Technology section.

Glass

Coloured Glass Chemistry - an article from About.com.

Corning Museum of Glass - a great source of information.

Glass Manual - provides facts about glass & glass types as well as a glossary.

Glasslinks - provides links to many glass-related websites.

Polymers

Plastics.com - provides lots of useful information

Polymer Chemistry - from the About.com Chemistry site

Vinyl Council of Australia - provides great information and resources.

Pulp & paper

Paper on Web - information and resources on pulp & paper - look under 'Paper Information' on the left menu.

pulpandpaper.net (PPN) - comprehensive information resource & electronic community

Water

Australian Water Association (AWA) - remain informed and connected within the water industry and broader water environment sector.

Water Services Association of Australia (WSAA) - the Bookshop provides a range of free, downloadable publications.

 Other information

Additional information for this area may available via the wide variety of social software (link to Wikipedia) & other Internet services where people share their knowledge and connect/collaborate/communicate with others around the world who have similar interests. Some of these services (with main links to Wikipedia articles) are: 

• Wikis where information is published online through the collaborative input of many people - this information is then available for all to access & edit.
    • wikipedia  - an encyclopaedia with versions in a number of languages
    • wikispaces - used by individuals, education & special interest groups   
   
• Blogs (or web logs) are essentially online journals or diaries presented in reverse chronological order. Groups often use them to promote informal discussion on particular topics or issues.
    • blogger - search for relevant blogs with keywords of your choice
   
• RSS - this is a way of having a summary of information (or feeds) 'delivered' to your web browser or aggregator as it becomes available from online newspapers, magazines or special interest websites.
    • bloglines - an excellent way of managing your RSS subscriptions or Feeds
    
• Social bookmarking sites where users post their list of bookmarks (or favourite websites) for others to search and view. There are specialised services for particular interest groups.
    • del.icio.us is perhaps the best known general social bookmaking service
   
• Newsgroups & mailing lists are older types of Internet services (or forums) which are mainly used these days by special interest groups.
    • tile.net allows you to do keyword searches of these services

To find out more about these and the many other online information services available, explore Wikipedia further as well as its related Wikimedia Foundation projects.

 Teaching resources

Curriculum Centres provide information and resources for TAFE NSW educational staff relating to this area on their Intranet website - this is only accessible to staff from within the TAFE NSW computer network.

Last updated: 10 January, 2008

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