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Essential Links

Links with useful information. The Internet is continually changing, so you may need to use a search engine to track down a "dead" link.
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Environmental sciences

Mainly Water

SASAqS: Southern African Society of Aquatic Scientists
Careers in Aquatic Science (by Water Research Commission)
WRC: Water Research Commission
IAHS: International Association of Hydrological Sciences
AAH: African Association of Hydrology
Albany Museum, Grahamstown
SIL: International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology
Hydrological definitions (US accent!)
The Water Page (includes African Water Page)
The World's Water: up-to-date water information and data
Water on the Web - use the aquatic environment and real lake data to explore basic science concepts
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Drinking Water Risk Assessment and Management IAHS Publication no. 260 (published January 2000)
Former CCWR (Computing Centre for Water Research) data - can't find it...

General

CIPAC (Collaborative International Pesticides Analytical Council)
Elsevier Science
IUPAC table of the elements
SABS: South African Bureau of Standards - South African National Standards (SANS)
SANAS: South African National Accreditation System
The NSDL Scout Report Internet Searches
Science in Africa for the latest in science from across the continent
LabVelocity - resource for biotechnology and life science

GIS and spatial science

Sources of South African data for use with the ArcHydro model
Exploratory cartographic visualisation in Computers & Geosciences
ESRI discussion list archives searchable at Directions Magazine or ESRI
ESRI: All about ArcView and Arc/Info
GIMS: Geographic Information Management Systems (Pty) Ltd
AGIS: GIS for Agriculture
South African National Spatial Information Framework
South African Satellite Applications Centre
Demarcation Board municipal boundaries in 2000

Tutorials

Learning HTML 3.2 by Examples Jukka Korpela
Office 2000 Tutorials Florida Gulf Coast University

Hints for writing

Better writing skills - free tips.
How to stay out of trouble when writing email Shirley Taylor
The Elements of Style William Strunk, Jr.
European Commission Translation Service English Style Guide
"Fight the Fog": how to write clearly
Creating Effective Poster Presentations (Oregon State University).
How to Make a Great Poster (Society of Plant Physiologists).

Data analysis

Visual Basic for Applications (tutorial)
StatSoft "Electronic Textbook" on statistics

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