Massimo Nespolo's recommended links

 

	Crystallography
	Mineralogy
	About Nancy
	Studying in Japan
	Software

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ALB Crystallography

Atlas of crystallographic forms (in French)

Bilbao Crystallographic Server

Chemical Crystallography Laboratory, University of Nijgem

Crystallographic Computer Programs by Prof. Mario Nardelli

Crystallographic programs in Visual Basic and Java Applets (in French)

Crystal Twinning Server

Space groups (in French)

Shelx Home Page

Software from Chemical Crystallography, University of Glasgow

Structures of Simple Inorganic Solids

CIF - IUCr Crystallographic Information File

 

Crystallographic Societies

IUCr - International Union of Crystallography

CIMS - Commission on Inorganic and Mineral Structures

ECA - European Crystallographic Association

ECA SIG#5 - ECA Special Interest Group on Mineralogical Crystallography

BCA - British Crystallographic Association

DGK - German Crystallographic Association

CSCA - Czech and Slovak Crystallographic Association

ACA - American Crystallographic Association

Swiss Society of Crystallography

CrSJ - Crystallographic Society of Japan

Egyptian Society of Crystallography

Association Française de Cristallographie (in French)

AIC - Italian Crystallographic Association (in Italian)

ISIS Symmetry - International Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Symmetry

Journals

Acta Crystallographica Section A

Acta Crystallographica Section B

Acta Crystallographica Section C

Acta Crystallographica Section D

Acta Crystallographica Section E

Applied Crystallography Online

Berichte aus Arbeitskreisen der DGK

Crystallography Reports

Crystallography Reviews

Crystal Research and Technology

Forma

Journal of Crystal Growth

Powder Diffraction Journal

Synchrotron Radiation Online

Zeitschrift für Kristallographie

Zeitschrift für Kristallographie - New Crystal Structures

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Mineralogy

Athena Mineralogy

Journals of Earth Sciences - an impressive collection of links for all earth-science related journals

Mineral Reference

The IMA Nomenclature of Minerals

The Twinned Minerals

Mineralogy and Petrology Research on the WEB

Minerals under the microscope

Optical mineralogy (Prof. Gregg Finn at Brock University)

TerraSearch at MineralCollecting.org

 

Mineralogical Societies

IMA - International Mineralogical Association

EMU - European Mineralogical Union

EUG - European Union of Geosciences

International Council for Applied Mineralogy

Mineralogical Association of Canada

MSA - Mineralogical Society of America

Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland

CMS - Clay Minerals Society

RMS - Russian Mineralogical Society

Swiss Society of Mineralogy and Petrology

MSJ - Mineralogical Society of Japan

Mineralogical Society of Poland

Bulgarian Mineralogical Society

Mineralogy Society of Romania

SFMC - Société Française de Minéalogie et de Cristallographie (in French)

SIMP - Italian Society of Mineralogy and Petrology (in Italian)

DMG - Deutsche Mineralogische Gesellschaft (in German)

Österreichische Mineralogische Gesellschaft(in German)

Sociedad Española de Mineralogía (in Spanish)

Sociedad Mexicana de Mineralogia (in Spanish)

 

Journals

American Mineralogist

Applied Clay Science

Archiwum Mineralogiczne

Boletín de la Sociedad Españla de Mineralogía

Canadian Mineralogist

Clay Minerals

Clays and Clay Minerals

Clay Science

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

European Journal of Mineralogy

Journal of the Clay Science Society of Japan

Japanese Magazine of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences

Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences

Lithos

Mineralogia Polonica

Mineralogica et Petrographica Acta

Mineralogical Abstracts

Mineralogical Magazine

Mineralogical Society Bulletin

Mineralogy & Petrology

Mitteilungen der österreichischen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft

Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie Monatshefte and Abhandlungen

Periodico di Mineralogia

Physics and Chemistry of Minerals

Plinius

Proceedings of the Russian Mineralogical Society

Swiss Bulletin of Mineralogy and Petrology

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Tourism and culture

Map of the town

Nancy Tourist Office

Communauté Urbaine Grand-Nancy

Nancy - virtual visit

Tout Nancy

Historical Nancy

The History of Iron Museum (Musée de l'Histoire du Fer)

My wife's page about Nancy (in Japanese, but with several photos)

Transportation

French Railway (SNCF)

Stan - transportation in Nancy

Nancy Airport

Universities and Student Life

Université Henri Poincaré Nancy 1 (Science, Techniques, Medicine and Sport)

Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine (Engineering)

Université Nancy 2 (Humanities)

University Hospital

Département Français Langue Etrangére (DeLFE) (for foreign students wishing to learn French)

IUT Nancy - Charlemagne International Office (for foreign students)

CROUS Nancy/Metz - Student services (restaurants, university dormitories etc.)

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Undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate study in Japan can be a gratifying experience. Here you can find some (hopefully up-to-date) links about long-term study program in Japan. Feel free of contacting me if you need more focused information based on my past experience in Japan

Scholarships / Fellowships to study in Japan

• MEXT: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
• International Exchange and Cooperation: post-doctoral fellowships
• MOFA: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Foreign Students Exchange: fellowships to get Ph.D. in Japan
• JST: Japan Science and Technology Corporation
• Science and Technology Agency (STA): post-doctoral fellowships
• Science and Technology Fellowship (STF): post-doctoral fellowships
• Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS): post-doctoral fellowships, exchange programs etc.
• Association of International Education, Japan (AIEJ): a rich source of information
• European researchers winner of a STF, STA or JSPS fellowship can apply for membership of SDSK

Science exchange program

• Japan International Science and Technology Exchange Center (JISTEC)
• The Joint Japan / World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program
• JICE - Japan International Cooperation Center
• JDS scholarship for nationals of Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Mongolia, Uzbekistan and Vietnam
• Nigel's rich page about Studying in Japan

Sources of Scientific Information in Japan

• National Institute of Informatics: a rich source of scientific information
• WEBCAT: the search engine for books and journals in Japanese Institutions
• Academic Society Home Village: a complete list of societies and associations in Japan
• International Research Center for Japanese Studies, with a rich database

 

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Some links introducing my favourite (non-crystallographic) software. For crystallographic software, see the CRM² web site.

 

	Opera browser - slim, fast and secure
	K2 Editor - Japanese text editor
	SuperEdi Unicode Text Editor
	ConTEXT - text editor
	AVG antivirus
	SpamPal - get rid of junk mail!
	Ad-aware - remove spywares from your PC
	Startup monitor - blocks undesired programs from self-registering