The World Wide Web Virtual Library of Geotechnical Engineering is a comprehensive collection of Internet resources that include a link catalog, and on-line peer reviewed journal, and an online magazine. The online home of the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying features licenser information, examination specifications and dates, and study guide information, as well as links to state board's of registration. The group's site, dubbed Access ITS America , includes public notices, press releases, and news. One element of Victor O. Schinonerer's site is a handful of helpful risk management articles of interest to consulting engineering firms. The Last Word is a collection of questions and answers about everyday scientific phenomena culled from the pages of New Scientist magazine.
Topics range from plants and animals to machines and the physical world.
The Bridge Engineering Software Depository offers a small selection of public domain, shareware, and freeware programs for downloading. Cadastral Survey is a privately-supported reference that provides information of interest to land surveyors involved in the preservation and retracement of the Public Land Survey System. Included is a reference page to FTP sites that post publicly available software. If you'd like to submit a site to be considered for inclusion, send the url to Richard Markuson .