European Patent Office (EPO) provides access to the European and International patents.
See: European Patent Office – Advanced Search option to find International patents. See ‘What does each of the patent databases included in the EPO database contain’ and ‘Search tips’ for more information.

Other International Patent sites:

Australian Patents
Canadian Patents
International Patent and Intellectual Property Offices
UK Patent Office

Antibody Search Engine
Search and find antibodies from 220 antibody suppliers online catalog worldwide.

See Antibody& beyond for more information on antibodies. Cells Alive has a nice section on How Lymphocytes Produce Antibody . AccessScience provides encyclopedic and detailed informatio about antibody.

ThermoDex contains records for selected printed and web-based compilations of thermochemical and thermophysical data for chemical compounds and other substances. You can select one or more compound types and link them to one or more property terms, and ThermoDex will return a list of handbooks that could contain these data. Due to copyright and technical considerations, the actual data are not contained in ThermoDex. ThermoDex is based primarily on the holdings of the Mallet Chemistry Library at the University of Texas at Austin. Links are provided to identify library holdings in your area. Click on the link ‘Find in a Library’ , enter location information for example, zip-code 19104, and click on ‘Go’ to see if local libraries have the item you are looking for.

Air Now
The U.S. EPA, NOAA, NPS, tribal, state, and local agencies developed the AIRNow Web site to provide the public with easy access to national air quality information.

Envirofacts
Envirofacts is a single point of access to select U.S. EPA environmental data. This website provides access to several EPA databases to provide you with information about environmental activities that may affect air, water, and land anywhere in the United States. With Envirofacts, you can learn more about these environmental activities in your area or you can generate maps of environmental information.

Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)
The ESI is a composite index tracking a diverse set of socioeconomic, environmental, and institutional indicators that characterize and influence environmental sustainability at the national scale.

Fedstats: The gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies
FedStats is the new window on the full range of official statistical information available to the public from the Federal Government. Use the Internet’s powerful linking and searching capabilities to track economic and population trends, education, health care costs, aviation safety, foreign trade, energy use, farm production, and more. Access official statistics collected and published by more than 100 Federal agencies without having to know in advance which agency produces them.

Water Quality Standards Database
This Web site provides access to several WQS reports with information about designated uses, waterbody names, state numeric water quality criteria, and EPA recommended numeric water quality criteria. Using standard reports, you can compare WQS information across the nation.

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Statistical Resources on the Web from the University of Michigan provides access to different types of data.
These include: American Fact Finder, Bridges, Transportation, Accidents,, City Rankings, Construction, Construction Costs, Construction Industry, and Demographics.

The Bureau of Transportation site provides access to various modes of data related to transportation such as aviation, maritime, rail, transit, traffic and highway among various other types.

To access, go to The Intermodal Transportation Database.
RSS feeds related information is available at BTS RSS feeds.

Compilation of data on a variety of topics such as health, labor, census, geospatial and tranportation among many others.
To access, go to: Data and Statistics – General Reference Resources

Our blog has ‘Search this blog’ box on the top right corner. Use this box to find out if information about a topic of your interest had been posted earlier. For example, to find out whether any tips about ’standards’ were posted, type ’standards’ in the search box.

You will find two entries: ILI Standards Infobase and Architectural Graphic Standards Online

Resouceshelf’s Fast Facts section recently reported NSF’s statistical compilation on Characteristics of Recent S&E Graduates: 2003
Excerpt: ‘This report presents data from the National Survey of Recent College Graduates (NSRCG) on the characteristics of men and women who received a bachelor’s or master’s degree in a science, engineering, or health field from U.S. academic institutions during the 2000-2001 and 2001-2002 academic years.’

Using Library’s online catalog and using ‘International Bulding Code’ in the title field, we can locate print version of the code at International Building Code.

MAD CAD is the electronic database where you can find online version of this code. It contains building codes, knowledge-based design solutions, and guidelines to meet the codes. MAD CAD will provide you access to cross-referenced collections of building, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, fire, and maintenance codes from BOCA, SBCCI, ICBO, ICC, and NFPA.

To access MAD CAD, go to Building Codes and click on MAD CAD. Notice that International Bulding Code – BC 2006 is also available online through MAD CAD. You will see it on your left column after you enter MAD CAD.