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March 10 - Food

Food Facts

Everything you always wanted to know about food - including all those nifty laws and labels, additives and classifications.

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March 10 - Medicine

MeSH

"MeSH is the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus."

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March 10 - Business

Business in Europe: News and Views from the European Union

"The EUbusiness web site (www.eubusiness.com) is Europe's leading independent online business information service about the European Union. It is targeted primarily at business professionals, both within and outside the EU, who need fast and easy access to information about EU legislation and policies affecting their particular industry sector."

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March 9 - Business

Trader's Lexicon

"You probably know the difference between a bull and a bear market. But what about the difference between a call and a put? A trend line and a trend break? Whisper numbers and whipsaws? Get the answers in our online glossary."

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March 9 - Ecology

Ethnobotany

"Ethnobotany is the study of the relationship between cultures and plants. The following information is a condensed extraction from a list of references on the uses of western Washington plants by a wide variety of cultures. The plants are listed by scientific name and common name."

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March 9 - Botany

Noble Foundation Plant Image Directory

"The Noble Foundation Plant Image Gallery is designed to assist botanists, ecologists, and natural resource managers with the identification of plants."

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March 8 - Architecture

National Monuments Record Thesauri

"... if everyone uses the same words to describe the same monument, archaeological object, building material, etc, then anyone using this common language can easily index, retrieve and understand these records."
And what a feast for translators looking for the right word...

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March 8 - Literature

Digital Facsimiles of Copenhagen Manuscripts

Det Kongelige Biblioteket (the Royal Library) has digitized medieval manuscripts and made them available online. Enjoy...

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March 8 - Botany

Poisonous Plants Homepage

"This is a growing reference that includes plant images, pictures of affected animals and presentations concerning the botany, chemistry, toxicology, diagnosis and prevention of poisoning of animals by plants and other natural flora (fungi, etc.)."

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March 7 - Business

The Digital Financier

"Information for Financial Professionals and Executives" – portal with good selection of financial news, references, links, etc.

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March 7 - Misc

Food Additives

"The main types of additives used in food in the UK and the typical functions they perform."

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March 7 - Botany

Dig The Net

Search engine for gardeners.

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March 6 - Economics

History of Economic Thought

From the Department of Economics at the New School University, this site features economists, schools of thought, essays, links, and more.

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March 6 - Business

Glossary of Financial Terms and Abbreviations

This glossary is specifically for financial terms and abbreviations used in the UK - good to have for those of us who have to keep things straight on both sides of the pond.

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March 6 - Legal

Researching Intellectual Property in an International Context

"This article will examine (1) the current international intellectual property regimes and (2) the accessibility of foreign laws and bilateral treaties, both in English and the vernacular."

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