Medicine
"The New England Journal of Medicine"
http://www.nejm.org/
This weekly online journal, published by the Massachusetts Medical Society, reports on the results of important medical research worldwide. It is a valuable resource for everybody involved and/or interested in the medical field. The Journal includes the complete texts of many features from the printed version as well as selections from other articles. The Web edition comes out every Thursday of the week. The site also provides access to abstracts from original clinical research reports and health policy research reports, along with the names and institutional affiliations of the authors.
(Vol. 1 No. 10, February '97)
Meteorology
"The Daily Planet"
http://www.atmos.uiuc.edu /
The Department of Atmospheric Sciences (DAS) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has created "The Daily Planet," an educational resource for the study of meteorology. The online planet features "Weather World 2010" and "The Weather Visualizer," as well as the "Online Meteorology Guide." The latter is a collection of Web-based instructional modules that incorporate text, diagrams, animations, computer simulations, audio and video to introduce fundamental concepts of the atmospheric sciences. The target audience for the "Online Meteorology Guide" are high school and undergraduate level students but the resources have also been used by instructors throughout K-12. (Vol. 2 No. 1, Fall '97)
Music
"The American Music Center"
http://www.amc.net/index.html
Maintained by "The American Music Center," this site provides valuable information on organizations for musicians, grants to support people in the field, and on future musical
competitions. The Center maintains a circulating collection of concert music and jazz scores by composers from the USA, and a non-circulating collection of recordings. The site's 'Scores' section--a helpful guide to finding published and unpublished scores and librettos--features lists of musical works, and allows users to search the scores listed by instrumentation or the composer's last name.
(Vol. 1 No. 2, May '96)
Mythology
"Classical Myth: The Ancient Sources"
http://web.uvic.ca/athena/bowman/myth/index.html
This site, maintained by Laurel Bowman at the University of Victoria, is devoted to the major figures of Greek and Roman mythology as represented in ancient texts and images that are accessible online. "Classical Myth" primarily draws together the ancient sources and illustrations available on the Web but also includes some Renaissance images. For each figure, the texts are grouped by topic, while the images are presented in roughly chronological order. By allowing visitors to see how the portrayal of the mythological figures changed over time, the site creates a "history of representation." (Vol. 2 No. 1, Fall '97)
"Encyclopedia Mythica"
http://www.pantheon.org/myth
If you're looking for information on "Excalibur" or "Mjollnir," this is the site you should visit. The "Encyclopedia Mythica" contains over 1800 definitions of gods and goddesses--from various cultures, including Greek, Japanese and Etruscan--supernatural beings and mythical objects from all over the world. A small part of the encyclopedia is devoted to mysticism and the occult. Visitors to the site may browse through the encyclopedia or search the sources used to compile the database. Considering the range of its subject, the site is fairly inclusive as well as frequently updated. (Vol. 1 No. 7, November '96)
Oceanography
"Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute"
http://www.mbari.org/
This site by the non-profit Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), a private oceanographic center, provides information on the institute and its projects as well as on current oceanographic research. The impressive amount of data collected here ranges from 'Midwater Ecology' and 'Sea Surface Chemical Mapping' to 'Tectonic & Hydrological Studies' and 'Bay Mapping.' Visitors can also listen to Dolphin, fish or whale sounds.(Vol. 1 No. 2, May '96)