SEARCH & RESEARCH -- Contacts/Networks/Referrals

Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement(ALRM)                                                                               21 December 2008
independent Aboriginal community controlled organisation governed by an all Aboriginal Board of 10 appointed from metropolitan & country Aboriginal community centres across South Australia; promotes legal, cultural, economic, political & social rights for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples as dispossessed peoples within South Australia; comprehensive legal advice & assistance; lobby group; support programs;

About time: South Australia's history festival, 1-31 May 2012 
Full program organised by region which lists events alphatically by name of organisation(contact details & websites) presenting; location & organisation indexes;

Academia.edu Tree of Academics around the world                                                                   12 December 2008
graduate students & academics create academic webpages & find other academics worldwide with the same research interests in a “tree” format, displayed according to departmental & institutional affiliations;  news on latest research, latest people, papers, & talks; free for now; will eventually list faculty members, postdocs, graduate students, & independent researchers; 15000+ academic listing in past 2 months;

Academy of Technological Sciences & Engineering(ATSE) Australia                                          11 November 2010
driving technological solutions for a better Australia; national forum for discussion & debate of issues critical to Australia's future, especially the impact of technology, science & engineering on our quality of life;

Actorama.com                                                                                                                           6 March 2010
place to find acting parts, database of monologues & scenes; search for types of monologues, browsed by whether role is for man or woman, is comic, dramatic, or serio-comic; search by Film, Play, Television or Book; or time period; subscribe free to Upload Scene or Monologue, summaries, comments, & videos for scene or monologue; Casting Calls link  to view casting calls or to post one (US, UK, Australia, Canada); contact pages are given for each casting call

AIP: UniPHY Physicist's research network; American Institute of Physics(AIP) free                                20 October 2009
pre-populated with data from AIP databases, 180000 profiles & 1m connections showing who researchers have published with & in which parts of  world; based on Collexis technology as is BioMedExperts(1.5m profiles extracted from Pubmed  at launch in 2008);  search for researchers, by research areas (display as a map)to be extended to other physics societies; will include personal details including photographs of physicists & data about research grants;

American Geosciences Institute(AGI) nonprofit federation founded in 1948                                    10 October 2011
50 geoscientific & professional associations that represents 250000+ geologists, geophysicists, & earth scientists provides information services to geoscientists, a voice of shared interests in the profession, plays a major role in strengthening geoscience education, & strives to increase public awareness of the vital role the geosciences play in society's use of resources, resilience to natural hazards, & health of the environment; Publications; Information services;

ANZ MapS: Australian & New Zealand Map Society Incorporated                                                   5 April 2012
created from merger in March 2009, of Australian Map Circle(formed 1973) & New Zealand Map Society(formed 1977) To promote communication between producers, users & curators of maps, mprove skills & status of persons working with map collections, & promote development & effective exploitation of map collections throughout Australia; ANZMapS Annual Conference is held in a different city each year & proceedings of the conference are published as part of the journal of ANZMapS, The Globe (Back issues @ Aus$15); The Globe Index to Issues 1-50; The Globe General Index nos.1-50; The Globe Incomplete Illustrations Index nos.1-50;

ARROW: Australian Research Repositories Online to the World                                                  8 February 2004

artessimo.com portal for authors & publishers wanting to negotiate book rights                            28 February 2004

ASCLA/OLOS/RUSA Directory of Peer Consultants & Speakers                                              23 May 2006
Association of Specialized & Cooperative Library Agencies(ASCLA), Reference & User Services Association(RUSA), divisions of American Library Association (ALA), & ALA members affiliated with Office for Literacy & Outreach Services(OLOS) members provide brief consultation via phone, correspondence, or e-mail. ASCLA/OLOS members questions: serving people with disabilities, outreach services, literacy programs, library services to prisoners, state library services, multitype library cooperative services, independent librarianship. RUSA member questions: any aspect of reference service, collection development, reader's advisory services, genealogical & historic research, business reference, interlibrary loan, digital reference, management of reference & user services; 

ASAE Gateway to Associations Online(American Society of Association Executives) 6589+ listed  10 March 2002

Ask a Color Scientist  question & answer FAQ                                                                            23 August 2005

Ask A Linguist                                                                                                                           12 January 2003
students, educators submit question to panel of linguists including faculty members from Oxford University, University of Arizona, University of Michigan; FAQ with a section devoted to Arabic; archived with message threads dating back to May 1997.

Ask An Expert Sites                                                                                                                   22 November 2005

Ask a Scientist                                                                                                                           13 August 2005

Ask Jeeves - Ask.com                                                                                                               25 July 2001
natural language search engine; inclusion based on currency, reliability & content; post questions/provide answers in their ‘Ask other people’ section

AskPhilosophers                                                                                                                       10 March 2006
links to Philosophy Talk radio show & podcast, RSS feeds by concept, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy & archives, & Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Association for Qualitative Research (UK)                                                                                13 May 2007
Founded early 1980s; 1000+ members; A5 format, 500 p, free directory of practitioners & suppliers of services includes articles, references, membership list.

Association of Independent Information Professionals free referral program                                2 August 2005

Association of Internet Researchers                                                                                           7 May 2004
international academic association for advancement of cross-disciplinary field of Internet studies; resource & support network promoting critical & scholarly Internet research independent from traditional disciplines & existing across academic borders; See AOIR Wiki; 

Association of Learned & Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP)                                          5 March 2005
formed in 1972 with 24 society members today ALPSP has 340+ member organisations in 41 countries & is the largest international trade association for scholarly & professional publishers; Research, Publications & Communications;

Associations on the Net                                                                                                            10 March 2002
2000+ sites; professional & trade associations, cultural organizations, political parties & advocacy groups, labor unions, academic societies & research institutions.

AusHeritage network of Australian cultural heritage management organisations                            28 May 2007
established by Australian Government in 1996 to facilitate engagement of practitioners & organisations for Australian heritage industry in overseas arena

Australian Aboriginal Community Councils, Corporations & Land Trusts                                    7 October 2003

Australian Academic & Research Library Network                                                                    18 December 2007
consortium of Australian University Libraries formed to provide a collaborative research information infrastructure;

Australian Agriculture & Natural Resources Online(AANRO) publicly funded, open access research
collaboration between 14 rural research & development corporations, Primary Industries Standing Committee & Natural Resource Management Standing Committee members involving 36+ partner organisations; considerable investment by Climate Change Research Strategy for Primary Industries(CCRSPI) partners; 3 major databases linked: research in progress, researcher profile(enables person to person contact), & final research report database;

Australian & international booktrade resources                                                                           21 September 2009

Australian & New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers Ltd(ANZAAB)                      23 November 2010
Book Search & secure online ordering facility; Member Search for a particular dealer or member details & specialities; mailing list for details of ANZAAB's bookfairs & other activities; ANZAAB Code of Ethics; ilab-lila International League of Antiquarian Booksellers;   

Australian & New Zealand Society of Indexers (ANZSI)   Indexers Available                          28 January 2009

Australian Communications Consumer Action Network(ACCAN)                                            20 October 2011
peak body representing consumers on issues including telecommunications, broadband & emerging services; a strong, unified voice to industry & government working towards availability, accessibility & affordability of communications services for all Australians; Member groups include community legal centres, disability advocates, indigenous organisations, financial counsellors, regional organisations, farmers’ federations, parents groups, seniors organisations & individuals;

Australian Community Indicators Network (ACIN)                                                                    21 June 2011
established by a professionals working in this field to assist people using or developing community indicators to share ideas & information, & to foster collaboration; aspires to build a national dialogue & knowledge base across community indicator policy, research & practice; regular, reliable measures of progress of communities are crucial for informed democracy & good governance; Community indicators, developed through an open & inclusive process, promote citizen engagement & government accountability, improve evidence- based planning & policy making, generate new ideas & relationships tocontribute to the well-being of our communities & our people; web based discussion Forum; Reports & Publications for members; Links for members; Become an ACIN member; Code of Conduct;

Australian Council for Private Education & Training(ACPET)                                                    13 April 2011
national industry association for independent providers of post-compulsory education & training, for Australian & international students; Higher Education; Vocational Education & Training; English Language Courses; Senior Secondary Studies; Foundation Studies;

Australian Council of Professional Historians Associations Inc                                                    7 November 2002

Australian Council of Professions                                                                                                   20 October 2010
29 member associations representing 350000 professionals across Australia in the broad areas of built environment, business services, human & animal health, resources;

Australian Federal, State, Territory & Local Governments gateway                                            10 December 2008

Australian Financial Integrity Network(AusFIN)                                                            3 March 2011
made up of the Australian Council of Trade Unions(ACTU), Australian Financial Counselling & Credit Reform Association(AFCCRA), CHOICE, Consumer Action Law Centre, Consumer Credit Legal Centre(NSW), Council of Small Business of Australia(COSBOA), Finance Sector Union of Australia(FSU), Industry Super Network, Per Capita & The Australia Institute; Media contacts: Amanda Nguyen, ACTU, 0418 479 455; Eileen Kerrigan, Consumer Action Law Centre, 0413 299 567; Leanne Shingles, FSU, 0423 821 773; Serena Rogers, The Australia Institute, 0421 759 262; Charter to guide Government & industry in implementing changes to banking & finance to make sure the industry delivers to consumers, workers & the broader community;

Australian Indigenous Community Groups                                                                                  29 September 2002

Australian IT directory                                                                                                               20 March 2004

Australian library-related discussion lists                                                                                    29 October 2004

australian public intellectual network                                                                                          8 August 2006
independently published Journals-Australia gateway to Australian-content scholarly journals profiles basic info including cover visuals, blurbs, tables of contents, subscriptions, guidelines for contributors, links to homepages, ordering instructions, contact details; 

Australian Records.com                                                                                                           30 April 2009
subscription access to 120m+ records from 400+ government agencies throughout US & Territories, Canada, UK, Australia; from public information, census records, government offices, data brokers & confidential sources;

Australian research centres in industrial relations                                                                         26 June 2003

Australian Science Media Centre (AusSMC)                                                                          13 November 2010
independent, non-profit service for news media, giving journalists direct access to evidence-based science & expertise; For media including Journalist registration, Online briefings & Resource library; Useful links for scientists distributing media releases;

Australian Women's History Forum                                                                                            3 September 2007

Authoratory.com                                                                                                                      19 April 2007
data-mined last 6 years of PubMed for prolific writers by topic; author records include: subject headings most frequently applied to his writing; co-authors of articles; email address(es) in articles; organizations affiliated; grants from US National Institutes of Health; based on bibliographic records & keywords(MeSH subject headings) rather than fulltext; no mention of company or individuals behind site, no telephone number or address listed on site, domain registered through a private registry but support@authoratory.com provides details; paid subscription for non-academics priced case-by-case; premium content for subscribers; See also BioMedExperts; (March 09) year 2004 now open for full unrestricted access; 2005-2009 is FREE for educational, non-commercial use or by subscription;

Background Checks on Experts                                                                                                 4 August 2007

Beyond; the Black Stump Australian interests, hobbies, clubs, associations;                                7 April 2002

Big Think                                                                                                                                  25 January 2008
searchable archive of direct, unfiltered interviews with today's leading thinkers, movers and shakers; Browsable by experts' names, by categories like science & technology, truth & justice, faith & beliefs, media & the press;

Bioenergy Network of Excellence (NoE)
pan-European group of 8 leading bioenergy institute activities to build a Virtual Bioenergy R&D Centre for development of a competitive market in Europe

BioMedExperts  See also Authoratory.com                                                                                24 March 2008

Black Book Online  (print copy for A$55 incl. GST & postage)                                                  24 August 2005 
2700+ listings of people & organisations in Australia's indigenous media, arts & cultural industries. 2000 works by indigenous writers, musicians, filmmakers, 1890-

BrainTrack online directory of universities & colleges                                                                  10 December 2008
links and free information for 10000+ higher education institutions in 194 countries;

British Library Research Service                                                                                                 8 February 2004
patents, biology, medicine, chemistry, engineering & technology, companies & markets, official publications

British Services UK (Infoactive Media Ltd)                                                                                18 December 2008
comprehensive directory for governing bodies, government departments, associations, organisations & resources for 100+ UK industries; & database of non-profit organisations, charities, groups, clubs & businesses in each industry; list of trade associations & regulatory bodies not as comprehensive as Trade Association Forum 
   
Business networking sites                                                                                                       4 August 2007
LinkedIn - members post information about their careers & connections, share mutual recommendations, Ziggs, Ryze, & Orkut;

Center for Asia-Pacific Women in Politics: CAPWIP                                                                    25 July 2009
non-partisan, non-profit & non-governmental regional organization(NGO) dedicated to promoting equal participation of women in politics & decision-making;

Centre for Antimatter-Matter Studies (CAMS)                                                                            13 December 2008
collaboration of Australian universities & research institutions performing research on positron & electron interactions with matter, from single atoms to biological molecules, surfaces & materials bringing together Australia's top scientists from a broad range of disciplines;

ChaCha.com Search                                                                                                                   7 September 2006
3000 guides paid $5 - $10 an hour; college students, retirees & stay-at-home parents compete for rankings; higher scores earn up to $20/hour;

Chatham House(Royal Institute of International Affairs) founded, 1920, granted Royal Charter, 1926   27 June 2009
'Our mission is to be a world-leading source of independent analysis, informed debate and influential ideas on how to build a prosperous and secure world for all'; drawing on membership to promote open as well as confidential debates about significant developments in international affairs & about context & content of policy responses; producing independent & rigorous analysis of critical global, regional & country-specific challenges;offering new ideas to decision-makers & -shapers from near to long term approaches;

China Vitae   3000+ Chinese leaders                                                                                          8 September 2006
 government, politics, military, economics & business, media; Advanced Search; photo with brief bio & hyperlinked career info; Tracking service: VIP Appearances of 200+ senior Chinese officials daily activities; Browse Date, Official, Location of Activity, Topic

Citizendium                                                                                                                                 5 November 2006
citizens' compendium; experimental wiki project combines public participation with gentle expert guidance; non-profit, open content; (3 July 2007)Citizendium changes in  governance & scope warrant the label Citizendium 2.0;

Citizen-media sites: Slashdot, Backfence.com, Ourmedia                                                      19 June 2005

Collections Australia Network                                                                                                  28 January 2007
cultural heritage collections - federated search, discussion lists, exhibitions, venues; See also Collecting Organisations – South Australia (Collections Council of Australia);       

Complore - research collaboration                                                                                             26 January 2007

Computer User Groups on the Web                                                                                           19 October 2003

Confederation of Open Access Repositories(COAR) launched in October 2009                                12 November 2011
uniting 59 institutions in 23 countries from throughout Europe, Latin America, Asia, & North America; promotes infrastructure interoperability& joint global data store of Open Access repositories to enable & support re-use of data by service & portal providers; 

Conference Hound the conference search engine (review)                                                           24 July 2009

Consumers' Health Forum of Australia Inc(CHF)                                                                       6 November 2008
national voice for health consumers. Independent member-based non-government organisation which help shape Australia ’s health system;

Council for the Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences                                                            20 April 2009
Build community recognition & resources so they contribute fully to a prosperous, innovative, creative & inclusive Australia; Support member organisations in building Australian knowledge, skills & talent, particularly through R&D; 100+ members include universities, individual faculties, research centres, professional associations, arts training institutions & creative industry groups;

Crowdsourcing using wisdom & efforts of crowd to produce many results instead of one    21 February 2007
See SitePoint - companies needing graphic design services post a cash prize contest; Cambrian House - post ideas for software; best selected for 16-idea tournaments voting system; Cambrian House - Digg for Software Development?; Robhinhood Fund "web2.0 charity" website; Designoutpost.com - set price & interact with designers as concepts are presented; pajamanation.com - post jobs & workers bid using price & statement of skills; online design community Australianinfront.com.au project Visual Response - participate in project creating an illustration in Photoshop or Illustrator; See also RItaliaCamp -- March 21, 2007; Jay Rosen’s NewAssignment.net; TechCrunch40: Crowd Sourcing(20 Sept 07);  Google Maps Starts Crowdsourcing; CrowdSourcing: tracking the rise of the amateur; Kluster breaks down products into chunks (or "phase"), people submit proposed solutions for that phase "sparks", participants submit "amps" - improvements, Users assign "watts" to sparks & amps; Your Guide to the Crowdsourced Workforce(Read/WriteWeb, 12 may 2008); 19 Aug 2010: Small business guide to crowdsourcing a design project; Survey of Crowdsourcing Systems on Web; 5 May 2012: What’s the score at the Bodleian? is first crowd-sourcing project undertaken by Bodleian Libraries; 4000 pieces of popular piano music from mid-Victorian period digitized & online for domestic entertainment, many scores have illustrated or decorative covers & advertisements; 5 May 2012: US Copyright Office(Library of Congress) has posted 2 Requests For Information(RFI); first to learn about utilizing crowdsourcing to capture data from historical catalog cards dating from 1870 to 1977, second to learn about purchasing or developing software for a  “virtual card catalog” to access digitized historical records; 

Cultural discussion lists                                                                                                                29 October 2004

Culture & Recreation Portal! (renamed Culture Portal)  Australia         closed on 1 July 2010       13 January 2002
1900+ websites and 850000+ pages; by category or location. Event finder; discussion lists; Grants & Services Finder & Training Course Finder; OzIndigenous search of online Indigenous collections uses OpenSearch protocol for parallel searches of agencies including National Film & Sound Archive, Australian Institute of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Island Studies, Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Northern Territory Library, State Library of Queensland, Libraries Australia, Picture Australia & Collections Australia Network; The Culture Portal will close from 1 July 2010 as part of Mid-year Economic & Fiscal Outlook 2009-10 announced on 2 November 2009. Enquiries regarding this closure process should be addressed through the Comments and Feedback page, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage & the Arts;

Desert Knowledge Australia: harmony, sustainability & prosperity for desert Australia               18 October 2009
connecting small & and medium sized businesses(SMEs) businesses across Outback Australia; know-how, ideas, innovations and perspectives that Aboriginal &  non-Aboriginal people of the desert have developed to thrive; Current projects include: Outback Business Networks Project; Desert Knowledge Australia Solar Centre; Desert Knowledge Precinct; Indigenous Education & Employment Taskforce; Our Outback Tourism Partnership; remoteFOCUS; Virtual Meeting Place; Alice Springs Desert Leadership Program; Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre (DKCRC) media releases: concludes businessMay/June 2010(7 year funding cycle for CRCs); CRC for Remote Economic Participation (CRC-REP) launch 1 July 2010; Desert Knowledge Australia Outback Business Networks connect & create opportunities for small businesses across desert Australia;  900+ outback businesses & support organisations; 495 in online member database; 

Directory of Associations                                                                                                          7 June 2003
free searching displays up to 25 results by name, city, state, & URL of an organization; on- line & CD-ROM format on a yearly subscription

Directory of Information & Market Research Specialists (DIMARS)                                         5 November 2002
free searchable directory of information specialists world-wide. Search by name, organisation, subject, country, services & working language.

Directory of Published Proceedings (DoPP) Database                                                               1 June 2006
free: Science/Engineering/Technology, Medical/Life Sciences, Pollution Control/Ecology, Social Sciences/Humanities; 50000+ author & paper title; See also InterDok's MInd: The Meetings Index - free access to future conferences, congresses, meetings & symposia

Directory of [South Australian] Consultant Historians & Researchers for 2008                           9 April 2008

Disability Advocacy & Complaints Service of South Australia Inc.                                             26 October 2008

Disinfopedia sponsored by Center for Media & Democracy.                                                     9 June 2004
collaborative directory of PR firms, think tanks, industry organizations & industry-friendly work to influence public opinion & public policy for corporations, governments & special interests; people, issues & groups shaping public agenda; articles & reference resources; 

Earth's Environmental Experts (3E) Database                                                                            23 March 2003
Aquatic Environmental Consultants of UK; experts & specialists worldwide; search individuals by name, nationality, country of residence; or by keyword, language, & location; searches can be fairly slow (even with broadband connection)

Economists Online                                                                                                                     6 February 2010
world's leading institutions, scholars & academic publications & datasets; 900000+ bibliographic references, many with links to open access fulltext; combines content with RePEc(Research Papers in Economics) archives to provide a new information service to economist;

EduWizards online live tutoring  free 1/2 hour trial sessions                                                       29 November 2008

Eidos Institute Australian public policy think tank                                                                         25 May 2010
10 member universities,  government agencies, 100+ research & policy centres, 500+ active senior & early career researchers; maximize their contribution to state, national & global education & social research, policy & practice

EmbassyWorld list of contact resources for all of the world’s diplomatic offices                         7 December 2008

Electronic Frontier Foundation                                                                                                    19 October 2003
nonprofit group of  lawyers, volunteers, visionaries working to protect your digital rights; blogs, online intellectual property, white papers;

Environmental News Network                                                                                                  12 January 2003
articles, latest news & stories from environmental organizations; upcoming events; listen to EarthNews Radio; subscribe for email delivery of ENN articles.

European Network of Excellence in Open Cultural Heritage(EPOCH)                                        11 December 2010
network of 100+ European cultural institutions created to improve quality & effectiveness of use of information & community technology for cultural heritage; Highlights section includes materials from conferences on digital heritage activities & new interactive exhibits from member institutions; Multimedia section includes 3D downloadable models of various cities & pictures created with ARC 3D WebService tool; research papers that document work in social media & digital distributive technologies;

European Research Infrastrucure(RIS) portal                                                                           17 October 2008
access survey data on European infrastructure undertaken by EC & ESF(European Science Foundation); Search by discipline, by country or by infrastucture type; scientific community looking for services offered by these infrastructures;

European Trade Associations                                                                                                   3 February 2003
EU federations & committees in various industry & service sectors & individual member associations; keyword searchable database

ExCalendar                                                                                                                             31 July 2003
Exhibition Calendar of World's Art Museums; keyword search; city name, exhibition title, artist name; powersearch by city, museum, run dates, keyword

Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification: World Taxonomist Database                                 13 November 2004
directory for taxonomists & users of taxonomic expertise; 3,969 taxonomists/specialists searched by Name, Institute, Country, Specialization.

ExpertGuide(Australia)                                                                                                            15 November 2004
consultants, board members, expert witnesses, PR contacts; black book of journalistic sources; free search, paid listings;

Experts Exchange(IT)                                                                                                              22 July 2003
free registration; Premier Services in 3 plans; 550000 searchable IT solutions articles, 150000 IT experts, 1m+ IT professional members; protonic.com online community provides free technical support to computer users worldwide;

Faculty of 1000 (Association of Learned & Professional Society Publishers)                          5 October 2002
most innovative publication of 2002; evaluation of research articles in biological sciences based on opinions of 1400+ international life science researchers; systematic & comprehensive scheme for identifying & evaluating important papers directly by researchers who provide qualitative judgement & reasons for making choices; daily updates; trial subscriptions by email(gordon@biomedcentral.com); Faculty of 1000 Biology literature awareness tool comprehensively & systematically highlights & reviews the most interesting papers published in biological sciences, based on recommendations of 2300+ selected leading researchers; Faculty of 1000 Medicine online service to stay informed of high impact articles & access opinions of global leaders in medicine; 

Finding & Researching Experts, Testimony                                                                              30 August 2007
comprehensive guide to conducting research on expert witnesses; online resources used to find experts, gather information about them, & assess the admissibility of their testimony - tips on how the information uncovered might be utilized; Finding experts by semantic matching of user profiles;

Finding Business Experts Online by Robert Brody et al, Online Magazine (May/Jun 2008)    15 July 2008

Finding Experts  constantly updated with Subject Tracer(TM) bots                                        30 September 2004
Finding experts by using the Internet(September 2011 Zillman Column);

Flinders Institute of Public Policy & Management(Flinders U, Australia)                                    26 May 2010

Flinders Ranges Research
researches, evaluates information, reports & publishes South Australian History; particularly its Outback & Flinders Ranges, Mining & Family History

Finding experts in Twitter                                                                                                        8 August 2010

Food Allergy & Anaphlyaxis Network                                                                                    5 October 2008

FORA.tv                                                                                                                                 10 November 2007
talks, conversations, conferences, debates, arguments on political, social & cultural issues from media experts including Hoover Institution, Global Philanthropy Forum, World Affairs Council, American Jewish Committee; FORA.tv blog; join the conversation;

Foreign Think Tanks, Part One                                                                                                 2 December 2005

Fraser Institute - independent Canadian non-partisan research & educational organization             28 February 2012
conducts peer-reviewed research into critical economic & public policy issues including taxation, government spending, health care, school performance, & trade; "Our vision is a free & prosperous world where individuals benefit from greater choice, competitive markets, & personal responsibility. Our mission is to measure, study, & communicate the impact of competitive markets & government interventions on the welfare of individuals";

Free Pint Bar                                                                                                                            20 November 2003
post web-related questions & discuss issues in Free Pint newsletter; Free Pint Student Bar information-related courses; projects, recruitment & placements; chat to students worldwide; Free Pint VIP monthly subscription publication on information products & information people; product reviews & comparisons, interviews with senior information industry figures & monitoring of research to identify future trends

Gateway to Associations                                                                                                           25 January 2003
searchable database with links to 6,500+ associations worldwide; search by name, 100+ categories, city and state; link to each organizations home page

GCN: The Green Chemistry Network                                                                                       20 March 2004
promote awareness, facilitate education, training, & practice of Green Chemistry in industry, academia, & schools; new & past conferences & meetings; award winners,educational opportunities & course offerings; success stories & issues, journal issues & discussion board

GeoScienceWorld(GSW) nonprofit corporation of geoscientific organizations                           10 October 2011
making geoscience research & related information easily and economically available via the Internet; Founding Organizations: American Association of Petroleum Geologists(AAPG), American Geological Institute(AGI), Geological Society of America(GSA), Geological Society of London(GSL), Mineralogical Society of America(MSA), Society for Sedimentary Geology(SEPM), & Society of Exploration Geophysicists(SEG); core database aggregation of peer-reviewed journals indexed, linked, & inter-operable with GeoRef;

Global directory of fee-based researchers, information brokers & competitive intelligence(CI) Professionals 2 March 2003

Global Health Organizations                                                                                                       19 January 2005

Global Collaborative Search                                                                                                      7 November 2007

Global Think Tank Directory  (U of Pennsylvania)                                                                     28 January 2012
65000+ think tanks devoted to public policy issue listed by region& country;

Global Voices community of 300+ bloggers & translators                                                             8 May 2010
reports from blogs & citizen media with emphasis on voices not ordinarily heard in international mainstream media; seeks to aggregate, curate, & amplify global conversation online, develop tools, institutions & relationships to help all voices, everywhere, to be heard;

Goethe Institut & Germany on the Net: 2500 Selected links                                                         19/3/2010

Google Answers  ceased February 2007  check Yahoo! Answers                                             11 May 2002
registered users ask paid researchers questions; users set price (between US$4 & US$50), with 75% for researcher, 25% to Google 

Google Groups - GoogleGroup Tip: Modifying Group Views                                                     11 June 2008

Government Information Online: Ask a Librarian (GIO)                                                             22 February 2008
A primary strategy of GIO service is to promote its existence through dot-gov sites such as USA.gov & Thomas; depository library participants, led by University of Illinois at Chicago(UIC) & managed by Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) provide free chat- & email-based virtual reference; librarians from 20 academic, state, & public depository libraries direct users to information from federal, state, regional, & local government agencies; all are federal depositories but coverage of state & local collections & expertise varies;

GreenXchange(GX)                                                                                                                18 April 2010
innovative partnership brings together companies, people & ideas to create sustainable change affecting all; creating efficient, profitable business opportunities/models;

GreyNet: Grey Literature Network Service                                                                                6 August 2003
facilitates dialog & communication between persons & organisations; identify & distribute information on & about grey literature in networked environments;  International Conference Series on Grey Literature; a moderated Listserv

Gurteen Knowlege Community                                                                                                  27 February 2002
knowledge professionals who wish to transform the way they work; the way they manage & interact with others in their organization & better leverage workgroup technology; gateway to topics (business & spiritually oriented) including Knowledge Management, Learning, Thinking,Creativity Personal Mastery; Personal Knowledge Management & effective use of Technology.

GuruStorms: brainstorm with the world's experts crowdsourced Q&A service; US$295 fee      25 September 2009
post question along with monetary reward(up to US$2000) for answers; 30% of reward divided equally by first 10 responders; after 30 day brainstorm questioner decides top 3 answers for 40/20/10% split of remaining reward; experts vetted & credentials checked;

Health Communication Network(Australia)                                                                                 27 July 2008
leading provider of clinical & practice management software for Australian GPs & Specialists;

HealthEngine free online directory of Australian General Practitioners & Specialists                     17 July 2008

Health on the Net Foundation (HON)                                                                                           7 May 2011
based in Switzerland, endorsed by Economic & Social Council of United Nations; accurate & useful health information on the web for medical professionals, patients, & web publishers, in English, French, German, Spanish, Polish & Chinese; HONcode of conduct offers a multi-stakeholder consensus on standards to protect citizens from misleading health information; HONsearch only reliable & trustworthy medical websites; HONtools free services enhance & improve online experience; HONtopics access to reliable medical/health topics;

Highlight HEALTH Network promotes health literacy through reliable credible medical & health sources  13 August 2010
aggregating different sources of reliable health information for health consumers, medical professionals & general public; consists of three websites: Highlight HEALTH: Discover the science of health; Highlight HEALTH 2.0: Following use of Web 2.0 in health & medicine; Highlight HEALTH Web Directory: Manually reviewing & cataloging health-related web resources;

History Council of South Australia                                                                                              7 August 2008
representative voice on major historical issues affecting community in South Australia, & on issues affecting historical community; forum for information sharing

History SA: History Trust of South Australia                                                                                5 July 2006
manages museums & encourages community to enjoy, understand, preserve & benefit from South Australia's rich & distinctive history; intrastate, interstate, national & international links to government agencies, arts organisations travel & tourism; Photographic Collection - Glass Negatives, Department of Lands official photographic record of South Australia, 1890 - 1960; 14000 images available include ceremonial events, day to day progress of major public works, growth of ports, industry, trade, townships, people at work & at play; History Resource Centre book & journal collection specialising in all aspects of South Australian history, as well as museum management; local & community histories, political history, Adelaide’s history, women’s history, museology & cultural tourism,  ready-reference material, slides, photographs, Sands & McDougall’s Directories, & extensive research, newspaper clippings & exhibition files; South Australia's Community History Network; Consultants & Designers' Register;

H-Net Internet networks                                                                                                            15 September 2007
international consortium of scholars &  teachers advancing teaching & research in arts, humanities, & social sciences pioneering use of new communication technology

Human Services Finder                                                                                                              7 June 2007
information about health, housing, family & community services from the private, public & community sectors in South Australia.

iBreadCrumbs                                                                                                                           3 July 2008
Social Network for Researchers to share recorded URLs, track websites, review notes online, & encourage online collaborative rResearch

IFLA Membership Directory(2007-2009) (International Federation of Library Associations)       22 February 2008
information about International & National Association Members, Institutional Members, Institutional sub-units, One-person Library Centres, School Libraries, Personal Affiliates & Students, Gold/Silver/Bronze Corporate Partners; 1700 members in over 140 countries representing 690000 librarians working in 1m libraries serving 1.1b registered library users – one sixth of the worlds population; 

I help you free search engine forums friendly, informal, moderated by experts in search engine marketing  12 January 2003

Impact Lists                                                                                                                                 16 October 2005
access to thousands of marketing contact lists from Australia & worldwide; deliver Microsoft Excel or ASCII Text files, self adhesive labels; hardcopy telemarketing reports; See also The Prospect Shop direct marketing lists for Australia & New Zealand; 

InfoEyes  virtual reference & information community for visually impaired                                      12 March 2004

Info>>fast human search engines use 2-3000 business databases unavailable to web surfers          16 March 2003
Questions put by phone or email -no answer, no charge - customer decides payment; General question -£1.00, Business question £5.00,detailed  research gets a 'no-obligation' estimate; Credit card, or £15+/month.

InnoCentive open innovation community                                                                                        24 July 2008
Open Innovation Marketplace for solutions to tough problems in business, science, product development; winning solution earns cash awards from $5000 to $1000000; visit one of our Pavilions to search for Challenges based on areas of interest;

Institute for Information Management (Australia)                                                                           1 May 2011
aims to drive development of value-for-money services for members within Asia/Pacific & have a major influence on directions & education requirements for information management internationally;

Institute for Strategic Dialogue(ISD), 1996-  independent thinktank                                               20 November 2010
working with leaders in government, media & private sector to challenge longrange threats to international & communal peace & enhance Europe's capacity to act strategically in the global arena; newly creagted network of Muslim professionals across Europe; sponsoring scholarships & leadership conferences;  Scholarly &  policy-type Publications; list of recent events sponsored; media from their talks & conference gatherings;

International Association of Fairs & Expositions (IAFE)                                                               10 July 2004
locates fairs by date, region, association; county, state, & other agricultural fairs in US, Australia, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand; history of fairs.

International Association of Music Information Centres mission statements, visions & bylaws         31 July 2003

International Child & Youth Care Network                                                                                    11 December 2010
aimed at people who work with children & youth with  information of interest to parents or others who care for children; opportunity for child care workers, including foster parents, to take free online courses, & listen to podcasts for further training or education in their field; Network tab shows statisticssuch as recent top queries & average number of daily visitors;

International Dictionary of Performing Arts Collections & Institutions                                            29 April 2002
Societe Internationale des Bibliotheques et des Musees des Arts du Spectacle(SIBMAS; International Association of Libraries & Museums of Performing Arts);  7,000+ international institutions; theatre, opera, music, ballet, film, circus, radio, television, cabaret, pantomime; search by institution name, collection, location; 

International Directory of Investigative Journalists (Investigative Reporters & Editors, Inc(IRE))    9 June 2005
nonprofit organization dedicated to improving quality of investigative reporting - members from around world organized regionally; Index of Interests.

International Rivers Network
halt & reverse degradation of river systems & foster greater understanding, awareness & respect for rivers; news articles, information, publications; World Rivers Review devoted to river issues & appropriate freshwater management; River Revival Bulletin summarizes developments in dam decommissioning & river restoration; Water & Power Pipeline offers a list of new water & energy project proposals

Internet Experts Resources & Sites                                                                                              5 November 2004
See also Finding People Resources & Sites(Zillman V6N2 Awareness Watch Newsletter, February 2008 );

Internet Public Library's Ask a Question Service                                                                          9 May 2003

Interpreting & Translation Centre(South Australia)                                                                      8 June 2007

ISI Highly Cited Researchers                                                                                                      30 April 2005
free, identifies individuals, departments & laboratories: fundamental contributors to advancement of science & technology in 21 categories in life sciences, medicine, physical sciences, engineering & social sciences

IST World                                                                                                                                 23 January 2007
portal information about European experts, research groups, centers & companies involved in creating technologies for information society;

IT History Society(ITHS)                                                                                                                 30 January 2011
international group of 600+ working to document, preserve, catalog, & research the history of Information Technolog (IT comprises individuals, academicians, corporate archivists, curators of public institutions, hobbyists; online resources include: Global network of IT historians & archivists; International Database of Historical & Archival Sites; IT Honor Roll of people who have made a noteworthy contribution to the industry; Research links & tools; Technology Quotes; Calendar of upcoming events; An active blog;

Jyve ask engine plug-in for Skype peer-to-peer Internet telephony network                                 4 March 2007
live chat, instant message or phone call from a person with expertise in search topic; how-to advice & tips; notices sent to desktops of logged-in members who identify as knowledgeable on topic; Searchers evaluate profile of person before interacting privately; users rate  answers; members arrange payment for professional services using Jyve's online metering system; free until members make money; then 10% commission/transaction; manufacturers refer customers to Jyve for live help with consumer products & services;

Ketupa.net media profiles Australia                                                                                              7 September 2005
Australian media landscape, highlighting ownership, regulatory regime, advocacy groups & major research bodies

Kolabora.com  public online meeting place for web conferencing & online collaboration               16 February 2004     

LibGig                                                                                                                                        4 September 2008
Professional networking website dedicated to bringing together everyone who accesses, organizes, creates, manages, produces or distributes information for a living; job listings,; American Library Association accredited schools (specialties, degrees, certificates, doctoral programs, admissions & financial aid contact); career development resources; blog.

Librarian's World network of Librarians & Information Scientists                                                  30 March 2007
Social bookmarking , Expertise Exchange , Discussion Forums , Librarians Webpages;

LinkedIn networking for business professionals     See LinkedIn’s Data Infrastructure                   17 August 2010
75m+ members in 200+ countries; Executives from all Fortune 500 companies are LinkedIn members;

Live and professional expert advice on the web                                                                            12 July 2003

Lockergnome Helpshare community-based technology-support answer-service                            9 January 2006
post a technical question in exchange for monetary compensation; simple registration. Askers and people providing answers can all be rated according to number of questions submitted, useful answers provided and successful payments made;

Management Research Network (MRN)                                                                                     2 December 2005
Corporate Strategy & Business Policy Network, Information Systems & eBusiness Network, International Business Network, Management Network,Marketing Network, Negotiations & Dispute Resolution Network, Organizational Behavior Research Network, Production & Operations Research Network; 

Mathematics Genealogy Project                                                                                                  15 February 2008
 traces 116000+ mathematicians along with their "descendants" -- students mentored, supervised, advisor to;

Media Institute nonprofit research foundation specializing in communications policy issues             25 November 2010
goals: "freedom of speech, a competitive media & communications industry, & excellence in journalism"; they publish books & monographs, convene conferences, prepare regulatory filings & court briefs; links to Media Coalition & Society of Professional Journalists;

Medical Expert Witness Database: Green MedicoLegal Ltd.                                                       12 November 2003
screened medical experts worldwide; verify information; .Search by country, practice or name for expert's name, affiliation, membership, phone, address, email address, Web site & expertise.

Megasources: Version 2012 (January 2012) online since 1994                                                 9 April 2012

Mentor directory & resources(Peer Resources Network)                                                            28 August 2007

MESA - Meta-Email-Search-Agent                                                                                            1 August 2001
Name (last name required, first name optional) searches in parallel sources of email addresses on Internet; searches Yahoo, Bigfoot, IAF, Populus, Suchen.de, & WhoWhere.

Mineral Industry Consultants Association                                                                                    19 December 2008
MICA Industry Information Library contains useful industry information, including codes & guidelines, as well as technical documents; abstracts of articles & white papers on industry & technical subjects; fulltext free to members or purchase; Mica Link Library;

MoOM (Museum of Online Museums)                                                                                             17 May 2009
See also Museum Sites Online links to 1700+ international museum & museum-related WWW sites;

myExperiment Virtual Research Environment                                                                                 29 November 2011
find, use & share scientific workflows & Research Objects, & build communities; share digital items associated with your research; share & execute scientific workflows;

National & State Libraries Australasia(NSLA)                                                                            7 January 2008
information on projects, priorities, working groups, & links to submissions, discussion papers, statistics, member libraries & other organisations;

National Bureau of Economic Research(NBER) researchers (US)                                               21 January 2008

National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine(NCCAM), National Institutes of Health  29 April 2011

National Centre for Text Mining(UK academic community)                                                         28 November 2010
text mining services provided by NaCTeM; software tools, both those developed by NaCTeM & other text mining groups; seminars, general events, conferences & workshops; tutorials & demonstrations; text mining publications;

National Indigenous Knowledge Centre (Australia)                                                                    10 February 2010
National IKC Project grew out of 2020 Summit, Canberra, April 2008;  Delegates from all walks of life gathered to exchange ideas and develop options across core areas identified by Government including options for future of Indigenous Australians; Prime Minister released Responding to Australia 2020 Summit Report in April 2009 stating that Indigenous culture is a critical part of Australia’s identity & strengthening it is a core element in sustaining a strong Indigenous community.  The Government considered that the celebration of Indigenous cultures will play a significant role in the development of policies and programs for Indigenous Australians. Specifically, the Government supported an examination of the concept of an Indigenous Knowledge Centre; Minister's press release;

National Institute of Informatics (NII, Japan)                                                                               13 December 2008
integrated research & development activities in information-related fields, including networking, software, and content; summaries of research projects, working papers, & information about international partnerships; links to additional informatics databases;

Nation Directory from the progressive magazine                                                                          10 March 2002
Annotated links to organizations, agencies,think-tanks, non-profits, political parties, NGOs, groups in 13 categories incl. foreign affairs; gender,human rights; labor; peace, disarmament,ethnicity, & religion; youth & education

NGO Global Network Non-governmental organizations associated with UN                                10 March 2002

Non-governmental Organizations Research Guide                                                                        14 February 2003
extensive database of  larger & more influential international NGOs

OECD Environment Directorate

Online Research Collections Australia registry & support network for OA repositories in Australia  3 May 2007
ORCA collections register; ORCA experts register prototype 

OnlineSocialNetworks Majordomo List                                                                                         21 January 2008

Open Access Directory (wiki)                                                                                                       3 May 2008
compendium of simple factual lists about open access (OA) to science & scholarship, maintained by the OA community at large; discussion forums, events, jobs, OA declarations from journals & learned socities, research;  

Organizations - Librarian's index to the Internet                                                                              10 March 2002

Oxford Internet Institute                                                                                                                 15 December 2007
how the Internet has reshaped human interaction, governance, industry; academic degrees, latest research findings, research initiatives, publications; webcasts including programs on how e-research collaboration across sciences & humanities; blogosphere;

OzLance(Support & marketplace for Australian freelancers)                                                          8 September 2007
Web; Graphics; Programmers; Writers; Media; Support

People Searching via Social Networks                                                                                        11 May 2007
find people too young for a public records trail; Wink metasearch engine queries social networks; ZoomInfo metasearch engine /social network distinguishes itself from popular networks, such as MySpace & Facebook by focusing on business people; Spock; Twellow.com, Twitter Yellow Pages 2.4m+ listings; 

Petherick Research Register & Publication List                                                                              17 February 2004
Advanced, longterm researchers in National Library of Australia's Petherick Reading Room…areas of research & publications. Some prefer not to be contacted directly - email  them care of Petherick Librarian at peth@nla.gov.au. Please include person's name.

PhData.org: the Universal Index of Doctoral Dissertations in Progress                                         31 January 2003
open academic community effort; meeting place for researchers to interact & avoid duplications in doctoral dissertations.

Philanthropy Australia                                                                                                                 29 July 2003
national membership organisation for grantmaking trusts & foundations; Australian & international online resources

PhotoHistorians                                                                                                                          3 October 2003

Pitsco's Ask an Expert                                                                                                               1 September 2002

PIUG/PATMG Patent Information Discussion List                                                                      22 August 2005

PMA, the Independent Book Publishers Association                                                                   6 August 2007
trade association of independent publishers founded in 1983 serves book, audio, & video publishers in the US & around the world;

The Pool online environment  for collaboration                                                                             29 May 2008
experiment in sharing art, text, & code, sharing process of making them to stimulate & documents collaboration in a variety of forms, including multi-author, asynchronous, & cross-medium projects; Art Creation, Art Reference, Code Creation, & Code Reference Pools are currently active, with Text, Theme, Application under development;

Progressive Librarians Around the World                                                                                      21 October 2001
beginning worldwide network - equality of access to & inclusiveness of information services, especially extending to the poor, marginalized & discriminated against; active solidarity-based provision of information to these groups & advocates in their struggles;

Project Wombat                                                                                                                           10 March 2006
e-mail discussion list for difficult reference questions. Membership is free, & non-members may submit questions for discussion; continues tradition of  Stumpers list once offered by Dominican University with some helpful new options; 3 versions: main list follows off-beat, eclectic tone set by Stumpers, & will be “moderated in retrospect” like that list; Project Wombat FM is a heavily filtered version in which only questions & answers are distributed, as frequently requested by busy readers; Project Wombat Open has minimal filtering to keep out spam, all posts from subscribers are accepted. Messages are sent to all 3 lists; only difference between lists is which messages make it through;

Pronetos: The Social Network For Scholars                                                                                   24 March 2008
Share a paper; Find scholars in your field; Post course materials; Network & collaborate; Find research; Post an announcement; See the message board in your discipline;

Publish2, for journalists only,sharing links & curating real-time web                                               24 February 2010
join groups, save tweets & YouTube videos

Q&A: Reference services online                                                                                                 9 June 2007
ChaCha combines best search engines with a community of skilled search experts; Answer Searching & Answer Search Engines(Search Engine Watch, 15 Sept 05); Fluther; Who's Asking? A Roundup of Q&A Sites; 

Qunu community                                                                                                                            23 June 2006
real time support for tech-related issues connecting with experts; requests through IM client software; free, no registration; 

RAND is a Federally Funded Research & Development Center(FFRDC)                                        3 August 2009
For more than 60 years, the RAND Corporation has pursued its nonprofit mission by conducting research on important & complicated problems. Initially, RAND (name  derived from a contraction of term research & development) focused on issues of national security. Eventually, RAND expanded its intellectual reserves to offer insight into other areas, such as business, education, health, law, & science. No other institution tackles tough policy problems across so broad a spectrum; RAND Review(1994- ) nonprofit journalism in the public interest, published three times a year, the magazine synthesizes RAND research on timely issues facing the world;

Rechners Researchers                                                                                                                   12 November 2006
Cultural heritage research, Local history, Heritage tours, Compiling bibliographies, Land tenure, Property provenance;

Records & Information Management Professionals Australasia(RIM Professionals Australasia)            1 May 2011
supporting the profession of records & information management with activities including courses, conventions, seminars, specialised studies, projects, workshops, field trips, & publications;

Register of South Australian business consultants                                                                            14 June 2004

World Repository of Manufactured Items(ROMFI)                                                                        14 January 2006
tracks artifacts so people involved in research, restoration, interest groups, clubs, archives, etc. can locate, price & view surviving examples; for Manufacturers, Artists, Creators, Museums, Collectors, Archivists, Organizations; free registration; Find an expert;

Research at the University of Adelaide                                                                                            29 March 2007

Research Centers (worldwide)                                                                                                       1 August 2002

Researchers' Forum                                                                                                                       21 September 2002
UK Office of Science & Technology; free forum for science researchers' online discussions; free registration; new publications, links to field-specific web sites, questions & answers about funding, requests for collaboration & partnerships

Research Finder                                                                                                                            27 September 2002
gateway to researchers, research capability & emerging technologies in Australia's research organisations

ResearcherID.com (Thomson Scientific)                                                                                         6 February 2008
a digital calling card for institutional pages, personal homepages, resumes, articles, blogs; researchers establish their identities & writings; registrants must have authorized access to Thomson Scientific’s Web of Knowledge; free search by ResearcherID, last name and first initial combination, keywords, or institution;

ResearchTrail                                                                                                                                 28 February 2008
community & meeting-place for interaction, collaboration, & info exchange with clients; marketplace where businesses & individuals can find professional searchers, info-pros can advertise; free-access, global;

ResPool Research Network~ Take Your Research Deeper(SM)                                                     1 August 2001
e-mail list for reference resources-topical web guides, databases, search engines, directories, portals, metasites, indices, bibliographies, electronic texts, mailing lists; free network for researchers, information specialists & others interested in sharing resources on the Internet

SA-NT DataLink                                                                                                                             13 November 2010
supporting health, social & economic research, education & policy in South Australia & the Northern Territory; Administrative, clinical & service datasets are linked using a minimum number of variables. De-identified, linked variables are then made available to researchers by Data Custodians(the agency from which the data originates) for ethically approved statistical linkage projects; Useful resources; Consumer Reference Group provides independent advice on issues of consumer & communiity interest; SA-NT Data Linkage Anmimation;

Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition(SPARC) See SPARC below

Scholarly Societies Project directory of 3100+ world scholarly organizations                                    25 January 2003

Science Media Centre                                                                                                                     2 April 2005
for journalists; science information and interviews with scientists in the news; database of contacts and information; proactive in putting scientists in touch with the media; offer news desks a list of scientists available to comment on a given story, a summary of the main scientific points and details of where they should look for further information. In this way, the Centre aims to indirectly provide the public with up-to-date scientific information.

Sciencia - A scientist’s social network with 1.2m articles                                                            19 October 2011
latest news headlines, references & resources from science journals, books & websites worldwide; 1.2m articles in 75 categories, 64000+ users & 8200 journals from all areas of sciences; 3000 articles shared /day; peer-reviewed scientific news & less scientific sources;

SciTechNet(sm): Science & Technology Social Neworking Services                                                3 November 2007

Search for Research & Reference Experts                                                                                       25 March 2006

Searching for Call for Papers, Journals & Conferences                                                               16 May 2009
Papers Invited  database charges for information (searching free); Conference Alerts drill down by country; ConfSearch on General, Keywords, Related Conferences & Authors; timeline/bar view matching conferences in a gant chart like view; switch to  textual/table view which just shows dates; WikiCFP;  AllConferences.com also shows past events; EasyChair conference management system allows you workflow after receiving papers; sending of the paper to reviewers, rating & communication/notification of authors with list of EC events;

Search Portfolio                                                                                                                              7 February 2005
aims to optimise searcher’s time, channelling searches through pre-selected, evaluated websites(maximum 100); grouped links in directory format; Access based on institutional subscription - sliding scale of moderate fees(US$349 - $749 depending on size of institution), preferential rates for smaller organisations; web based; no client software required; set up using IP address &/or password/number; value added features; users receive SITELINES email newsletter with updates on new & revised resources & advice for web searching

Semantic Universe NetRAND Corporation: joint venture of Wilshire Conferences, Semantic Arts & Cerebra          6 February 2009
educating the world about semantic technologies & applications; editorial contributors & industry bloggers, prominent industry analysts & commentators; technical articles, case studies & research from organizations including: Microsoft, SAP, Oracle, Metatomix, Expert System, Ontos, Collibra, NetBase, IQser, General Electric; blogs, webcasts, slide decks, video recordings, executive interviews, audio recordings, company profiles, new product releases & vendor announcements;

Sociable Media Group (MIT)[pdf]                                                                                                   14 June 2004
society & identity in networked world; recent research projects; blog; Scale, Form, & Time: Creating Connected Sociable Spaces & A Semantic Approach to Visualizing Online Conversations

Social graph miners                                                                                                                    13 February 2010
Name 3 people you admire, despise, work with or otherwise pay attention to & HiveMind, Follower Wonk & Twiangulate will calculate who those people are following in common on Twitter & they'll show identify you aren't  following yourself;

Social network sites for scientists                                                                                                14 December 2009
Blog collections: Nature Network, ScienceBlogs, Scientific Blogging, Wordpress, Blogspot, (OpenWetWare); Blog aggregators: Postgenomic, ChemicalBlogspace, ResearchBlogging; Social Networks: Laboratree, Ologeez, Research Gate, Epernicus, LabMeeting, Graduate Junction (Nature Network), SciBog, SciMeet, SciSpace, WAYS; Protocol sharing: Scivee, Bioscreencast, OpenWetWare, YouTube, Protocolsonline, MyExperiment; Literature sharing: citeulike, connotea, delicious, Bibsonomy, 2collab, Zotero (upcoming 2.0 version); Others: Friendfeed, Twitter, GoogleDocs, GoogleGroups, Upcoming, Seesmic, eventseer.net; 2 July 2011: Social networking sites & our lives(Pew Internet & American Life Project);

Social Science Research Network(SSRN)                                                                                        2 December 2005
world wide scholars disseminating research; specialized research networks, reviewing & publishing abstracts; Abstract Database contains information on 104100+ working papers & forthcoming papers; The Electronic Paper collection of 76600 downloadable PDF documents. Sub-networks:
Accounting Research Network(ARN) -- research in accounting topics including financial accounting, managerial accounting & audit, tax & litigation
Economics Research Network(ERN) -- publishes quality research in economics currently covering 44 subject areas
Financial Economics Network(FEN) -- financial economics including corporate finance, banking & financial institutions, capital markets, derivatives & real estate
Information Systems Network(ISN) -- online access to working papers, tables of contents of journals, professional announcements to eBusiness & eCommerce
Legal Scholarship Network(LSN) -- publishes quality research related to law, economics, & business in 61 subject areas
Marketing Research Network(MKTG) --working papers, tables of contents of journals, professional announcements of interest to Marketing community
Negotiations Research Network(NEG) -- working papers & professional announcements of interest to Negotiation & Dispute Resolution community
Social Insurance Research Network(SIRN) -- social insurance: disability income & work injury compensation; health care delivery & financing; poverty, income distribution & income assistance; social security, pensions, & retirement issues; unemployment insurance work with publishers of 700+ scholarly journals & 140 research institutions; search Abstract Database by keyword (in title, abstract or both) or author, & limit by date range; fulltext PDF downloads ; Top Downloads in each specialized network; free & fee-based journals; FAQ

South Australian Premier's Women's Directory                                                                            20 October 2009
700+ South Australian women ready to contribute and serve on boards and committees; directory established to improve gender balance & achieve goals set out in South Australia 's Strategic Plan, including 50% representation of women on State boards & committees;
Access available to all government & non-government agencies with a legitimate interest in filling board vacancies with women;

South Australian Research Capability Directory                                                                           14 September 2009
Science & Innovation in SA; Bio Innovation SA; Royal Institution of Australia; Australian Science Media Centre; SA Centre for Innovation; South Australia's Strategic Plan; 

SPARC (Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition)                                                17 December 2009
SPARC in collaboration with stakeholders – including authors, publishers, & libraries – builds on unprecedented opportunities created by networked digital environment to advance conduct of scholarship; Publications brochures for campus distribution, position & discussion papers, guides, newsletters, moste freely available under Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License for download in PDF format; Resources for Publishers; SPARC-ACRL Forum; provides a full suite of resources for librarians, authors, publishers, editors to educate themselves & help create change in scholarly communication system; Advocacy for policy changes at local, national & international levels to support use of technology to advance scholarly communication, & explicitly recognize dissemination of results of research is an essential, inseparable component of research process; actively supports policies for public access to publicly funded research; SPARC Open Access Newsletter by Peter Suber;

Spire Project: Personal Information                                                                                               14 September 2001
locate someone, email & phone directories; trace internet communication, find silent numbers, business & asset ownership, newspaper articles; 

STARnet, the NATO Science, Technology & Research Network                                                 4 September 2004
science, technology, research network; emphasis on topics of collective international security within NATO area of interest

Stumpers-L Listserv (See Project Wombat )

Support Group 2.0: Ten Places to Find (Medical) Help Online                                                      12 April 2008

Think tanks                                                                                                                                    12 February 2009
Hillwatch.com: Think Tanks(directory of Canadian & International Think Tanks);  KSG Directory of Think Tanks(Kennedy School of Government, Harvard U);  NIRA's World Directory of Think Tanks(National Institute for Research Advancement in Japan. Printed triennialy; 2002 ed. online); Political Resources: Think Tanks(Project VoteSmart); Political Resources: Think Tanks(U of Michigan Documents Center); Worldpress.org: Think Tanks & NGOs; Brookings Institution nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, DC to conduct high-quality, independent research &, based on that research, to provide innovative, practical recommendations that advance three broad goals: Strengthen American democracy,  Foster economic & social welfare, security & opportunity of all Americans, Secure a more open, safe, prosperous & cooperative international system; RAND Corporation nonprofit mission conducting research on important & complicated problems, national security, business, education, health, law, & science. No other institution tackles tough policy problems across so broad a spectrum; a Federally Funded Research & Development Center(FFRDC); Fraser Institute an independent international research & educational organization with offices in Canada & US & active research ties with similar independent organizations in 70+ countries; raising the level of understanding about the effects of economics & public policy, ideas contributing directly to improving the quality of life for people of all ages & income levels; Chatham House (Royal Institute of International Affairs) independent & rigorous analysis with aim of setting agenda & shaping policy, encouraging new ideas & forward thinking in international affairs; Research in Energy, Environment & Resource Governance, incorporating work on energy, environment & development policy & food supply; International Economics; Regional & Security Studies which include work on Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, International Law, International Security, Middle East & North Africa, Russia, Eurasia; 4 Apr 2012: annual online Global Go To Think Tanks Report from Think Tanks & Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) at U of Pennsylvania, with help of a panel of 1500+ peer institutions & experts from print & electronic media, academia, public & private donor institutions & policymakers, using crowd-sourcing methodology produces ranked lists of most respected think tanks; for 2011 report, 202 think tanks selected from 6545 identified in 182 countries;

Threddie simple, post-&-comment system for quick brainstorms                                                    15 August 2010

Tour the Collectives of Cyberspace                                                                                                19 June 2005
blog software, peer-to-peer networks, open-source software, & wikis (group-edited Web sites)

Trade Association Forum Directory                                                                                                25 January 2003
searchable database of UK trade associations, guilds & federations 

Truffls free experts search - anyone can sign up & share knowledge on a subject                             17 August 2009
get results recommended by an anonymous majority by selecting experts that fit your needs & preferences; save bookmarks as private; users FAQ; experts FAQ;

UK eInformation Group(UKeiG, formerly UKOLUG)                                                                    3 April 2010
professional body for users & developers of electronic information resources; Blog; e-journal eLucidate focuses on popular and emerging topics in electronic information; free Factsheets regularly updated by experts; LIS-UKEIG Discussion List members forum to exchange information on developments in information resources online, CD-ROM or Internet;

UK Think Tanks                                                                                                                           11 December 2003

Umovement: a mashable Wikipedia for social good                                                                        26 September 2010
global grass roots movement to accelerate achievement of Millennium Development Goals(MDGs) by developing/leveraging advanced social network technologies; have developed innovative technologies such as UKIs™ (Widgets with Wiki capability) & UKIPEDIA™ (Mega Matrix of compassionate projects on web) to empower individuals, NGOs, & governmental agencies, to generate awareness, find volunteers, & receive funding for their MDG related projects;

Union of International Associations (UIA) 1910-                                                                            9 June 2004
nonprofit info clearing house for 40000+ international organizations; databases - paper, on-line & CD-ROM; Free Databases (World Problems, Global Strategies , Human Development, Human Values, Issues Bibliography, Integrative Concepts, Patterns & Metaphors)

Upcoming.org collaborative event calendar                                                                                     16 October 2005

Urbanization Knowledge Platform(World Bank) announcement                                            27 March 2011
for policy makers, academics, World Bank & groups struggling to address rapid increase in size & importance of world cities; rapid exchange of information in urbanization field to leverage power of conversation to solve policy questions; knowledge exchanges on core themes: Economic Development, Social Inclusion & Mobility, Environmental Sustainability, & Governance; fora, real-time conversation, live online meetings & presentations;

Web Museum Network                                                                                                                 10 March 2002

WHOIS in the field of Grey Literature                                                                                            18 March 2006

WikiAudio                                                                                                                                     8 June 2008
database of information pertaining to the art & science of anything audio or sound related; blog, post in forums; upload audio, video & other media;

WikiLeaks electronic dead drop for highly sensitive, or secret information. No filters, no rewriting, no spin.   23 May 2010
online network of dissidents, journalists, academics, technology experts & mathematicians worldwide with similar political views & values uses technology that makes the original sources untraceable; Keeper of secrets, The Age(Melbourne), May 22, 2010;

World Directory of Environmental Organizations  descriptive directory                                            27 November 2003
350+ web pages; subject & geographic sections, background pages; expanded online version of book produced since 1973 by Inter- Environment (California Institute of Public Affairs), in cooperation with IUCN - The World Conservation Union & the Sierra Club

World Directory of Think Tanks (Web Version)                                                                             6 March 2003
National Institute for Research Advancement in Japan directory; world's prominent & innovative public policy research institutes; 320 selected think tanks from 77 countries & regions; index of institutes by English names, acronyms & non-English names; 4th ed. 2002

World Information Society: Grassroots Media Access & Press Clearinghouse                      10 November 2005
free, up-to-date resources, news & debate on information society from i-Witness website; online discussion forum for journalists; consult selected experts;

World Press Freedom Committee                                                                                                 19 April 2008
monitoring press freedom issues at UN; basic international documents related to various press freedoms worldwide; Censorship & Internet press freedom; 2007 report It's a Crime: How Insult Laws Stifle Press Freedom; RSS feed & news media center releases;

World Resources Institute(WRI) environmental think tank                                                              21 April 2010
research to find practical ways to protect the earth & improve people’s lives; 4 key programmatic goals: Climate Protection; Governance; Markets & Enterprise; People & Ecosystems

World Ship Society international organisation dedicated to maritime & naval history                      8 July 2007 

World Wide Web Virtual Library: Museums: a distributed directory of on-line museums                10 March 2002

Yahoo! Answers                                                                                                                         19 March 2006
questions answered on any topic by sharing facts, opinions, personal experiences; grouped as OpenQ's; Undecided Q's & Resolved Q's;

Yahoo! Clubs

Yahoo! Government                                                                                                                  10 March 2002

Yahoo! Search Developers Network(YSDN)                                                                            7 March 2005
contains documentation, mailing lists, a weblog, a Wiki (a discussion forum), FAQ ..

Yearbook of Experts, Authorities & Spokespersons(US)                                                          31 July  2003
print, web & via LexisNexis® since 1984; free download of print version; .handbook download; hot-links to all experts' pages embedded in PDF; 20 Apr 2012: 34th Yearbook of Experts, Authorities & Spokespersons includes free use of NewsReleaseWire.com & Google News, ExpertClick.com Press Room Page with link to your Website, Profile in printed Yearbook of Experts, Authorities & Spokespersons;

Zillman(Marcus)                                                                                                                                         27 November 2011
White papers, online streaming tutorial videos, columns & newsletters, LinkSeries publications - your eReference digital companion by Internet expert, author, keynote speaker & consultant Marcus Zillman;