Faculty, graduate students, and scientists are invited to contribute to both the Going Public and New Niches forums. An archive of past Niches is also available. Users can search the site by keyword or by concept using a local Excite search engine. Users can search the collection by keywords, an inverted word index, or the BEI thesaurus, which contains hypertext connections to automatically-generated searches for broader and narrower terms, as well as the terms selected. Full text of each preprint is available and bibliographic information including number of pages, abstract, level, age group, document type, and related subjects are available for selected preprints.
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Color enhancements of selected images are available. The site also features a tour of the Queensland Fruit Fly. This excellent current-awareness resource on the topic of peacekeeping features congressional hearings and reports, US government publications, periodical and journal articles, press releases and speeches, organizations, and conferences. Contact information is provided for citations, although web addresses for citations are not hyperlinked at this time. Citation List is also available via email subscription.