Rowland Institute Library Blog

The Scientist explores how scientists have taken to blogging and
provides an extensive list of links to science blogs.  (Requires
registration)

In the outer solar system, astronomers have detected a planet bigger than Pluto.  See also an article from Sky and Telescope.

In “thinking outside the search box,” Mary Elen Bates offers a number
of choices for searching on a topic, from news sites to weblogs. 
“Go where you think the information will be.” (Source: The Virtual
Chase)

Forbes has a “Best of the Web” directory of more than 3000 sites in
categories such as investing, blogs, health, travel and others. 
(Source: beSpacific)

A wiki lists “things you can do with RSS,” including getting weather
reports, tracking other’s bookmarks through deli.ci.ous, tracing
packages and so forth.   (Source: Internet Legal Research
Weekly)

Evidently, August 12, at around 2 AM is the best time for viewing the meteor shower, with Mars thrown in. 

Pito Salas has put together a list of links for science journal RSS
feeds, including a link to University of Saskatchewan’s impressive
alphabetical listing.  (source: Pito Salas)

ISI’s Science Citation Index access from 1900 to date is now available to Harvard users.  (Source: Kristin Stoklosa)