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 Web resources

Virtual Libraries - WWW (main index)   Agriculture            Australian Farming  
                         Livestock                  Poultry Science     Sustainable Agriculture

ABC Rural Online - news and information.

Australian Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) - provides news & other information.

Australasian Regional Association of Zoological Parks and Aquaria (ARAZPA) - the peak zoo and aquarium organisation in the Australasian region.

Breeds of Livestock - from Oklahoma State University - an educational and informational resource on breeds of livestock throughout the world, it includes comprehensive information on:
    • goats      • horses      • swine (ie. pigs)     • other species (including poultry)

Cyberhorse - directory of horse related products & services.

Harness Racing in Australia - links to all aspects of harness racing.

HoneyBee Australis - beekeepers information site.

Honeybee Research Program - aims to improve the productivity and profitability of the Australian beekeeping industry. (Many links at bottom of the page.)

Horse Directory Australia - links to all aspects of the horse industry.

Farrier and Hoofcare Resource Center - a range of information and resources.

Martindale's Veterinary Center - an extensive range of information.

Rural Women's Network - a statewide government program within the NSW Department of Primary Industries.

TheHorse.com - focuses on equine health care.

Taronga and Western Plains Zoos - information about these NSW zoos.

 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 forum may be of interest:

• Equine World UK - participation requires free registration

 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: 13 April, 2007

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