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 Web resources

American Society of Mechanical Engineers - organisation focused on technical, educational and research issues of the engineering and technology community.

Cadalyst - a gateway to information about Computer Aided Design (CAD).

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

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

Center for Polymer Studies (CPS) - develops experimental and computational materials for high school and undergraduate education.

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

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

Frank Potter's Science Gems - links to science resources.

Glasslinks - provides links to many glass-related websites.

ICI - a major paints, adhesives and specialty products business with products and ingredients developed for a wide range of markets.

Internet finite element analysis resources

Locksmithing - Answers.com provides information about locks & locksmithing.

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

Polymer Chemistry - from the About.com Chemistry site.

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

Pilkington Glass - select the Educational resources link on the top menu.

Surface Science Links - provided by the Queen Mary University, London.

TAFE Studylinks: Computer-Aided Design - access additional websites.

TAFE Studylinks: Mechanical Engineering - access additional websites.

Vinyl Council of Australia - provides great information and resources.

WWW Virtual Library: Chemical Engineering

WWW Virtual Library: Technical Ceramics  

 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.

For this program area the following forums and newsgroups may be of interest:

• GlassOnLine Forum

 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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