Links to Technology and Engineering, Earth and Enviromental Sc. and Develop. Resources

Technology and Engineering	Earth and Environmental Sciences	Development Resources
National Information Service for Earthquake Engineering Based at UC Berkeley, National Information Service for Earthquake Engineering (NISEE) is an online collection of abstracts, reports, books, slides and images free to access. Large selection of software programmes available for free download. Platinum Metals Review Quarterly journal of research on the platinum metals and of developments in their application in industry.	Center for International Earth Science Information Network The Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) is within the Earth Institute at Columbia University. CIESIN works at the intersection of the social, natural, and information sciences.  EPA - Environmental Protection Agency Access to scientific information that may be useful in understanding and protecting the environment including access to research publications and technical documents, test methods, data, software, models, and other scientific tools plus access to laboratories, research centres, and other EPA scientific organizations. Livestock, Environment and Development (LEAD) The work of the LEAD initiative, located within the FAO, focuses on the close and complex interactions between government policies and the environmental impact of livestock production. Resources available include documents related to livestock, the environment and development and the Livestock and Environment Toolbox, an electronic decision support tool for policy makers, planers and project leaders, to enable them to assess interactions between livestock and the environment.	Development Leadership Program (DLProg) DLProg, an Australian based globally-operated NGO partnered with the Australian Government and AusAID:  Resources include policy briefs, concept papers, research papers, and background papers, as well as publications from earlier programs. It also includes a selection of relevant external publications.  Eldis Eldis is an online information service providing free access to relevant, up-to-date and diverse research on international development issues. Eldis includes over 30,000 summaries and links to free full-text research and policy documents from over 8,000 publishers. International Development Research Centre Access to the collection of online reports and magazines from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada. The resource is also available in French. World Bank: Open Knowledge Repository The World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (OKR) is The World Bank’s official open access repository for its research outputs and knowledge products. Through the OKR, The World Bank collects, disseminates, and permanently preserves its intellectual output in digital form.