Monday, November 19, 2007

The Carlyle Letters Online

The Carlyle Letters Online [http://carlyleletters.dukejournals.org/] - Here you will find a perspective on the 19th century like no other, through the words of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle. Browse over 10,000 of their collected letters by date, by recipient, by subject, and by volume. You are invited to explore a correspondence that features some of the most influential artistic, philosophic, and literary personalities of the day.

Monday, November 12, 2007

Miller NAWSA Suffrage Scrapbooks, 1897-1911

Miller NAWSA Suffrage Scrapbooks, 1897-1911 [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/suffrage/millerscrapbooks/] - Between 1897 and 1911 Anne Fitzhugh Miller (1865-1912) and her mother, Elizabeth Smith Miller (1822-1911), filled seven large scrapbooks with convention programs, letters, press clippings, photographs, pins, ribbons, banners, and other memorabilia. The scrapbooks were created primarily to document the activities of the Geneva Political Equality Club, which the Millers founded in Geneva, New York, in 1897. They also record some of the persistent efforts of a growing number of dedicated women and men working for woman suffrage at the state, national, and international levels. These scrapbooks capture the spirit of this suffrage struggle and provide a unique opportunity to share in the personal frustrations and niggardly victories of a cause in progress. [The information in this post is provided by Miller NAWSA Suffrage Scrapbooks, 1897-1911]

Hemingway Archives

Hemingway Archives, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum [http://www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+Resources/Hemingway+Archive/] - The Ernest Hemingway collection at the John F. Kennedy Library is the most comprehensive body of Hemingway material currently available in one place. Research in these materials is essential to anyone who attempts a definitive study of Hemingway and his writing.

There are links provided to access audiovisual materials, finding aids, research, and online resources.

All information provied in this post has been provided by the website publisher.

A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns, 1787-1825

A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns, 1787-1825 [http://elmer.lib.tufts.edu:8080/aas_portal/index.xq] - A New Nation Votes is a searchable collection of election returns from the earliest years of American democracy. The data were compiled by Philip Lampi. The American Antiquarian Society and Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives have mounted it online for you with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The data is very diverse and involves all offices from the Federal to the local levels: this includes Presidential elections, Town clerk elections and everything in between!

The Sources The bulk of the election data came from contemporary sources such as newspapers and original election ballots. Other sources include County histories that were published in the 19th century.

All information provided in this post has been taken directly from the website: http://elmer.lib.tufts.edu:8080/aas_portal/about.html

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

The Changing Racial and Ethnic Composition of U.S. Public Schools

The Changing Racial and Ethnic Composition of U.S. Public Schools [http://pewhispanic.org/reports/report.php?ReportID=79] - The 5-4 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in June to strike down school desegregation plans in Seattle and Louisville has focused public attention on the degree of racial and ethnic integration in the nation's 93,845 public schools. A new analysis of public school enrollment data by the Pew Hispanic Center finds that in the dozen years from 1993-94 to 2005-06, white students became less isolated from minority students while, at the same time, black and Hispanic students became slightly more isolated from white students.

These two seemingly contradictory trends stem mainly from the same powerful demographic shift that took place during this period: an increase of more than 55% in the Hispanic slice of the public school population. Latinos in 2005-06 accounted for 19.8% of all public school students, up from 12.7% in 1993-94. [Description provided by website provider]

Read the entire report (available as a PDF) and analysis at http://pewhispanic.org/reports/report.php?ReportID=79

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

BlackPast: Remembered and Reclaimed

BlackPast: Remembered and Reclaimed [http://www.blackpast.org/ ] - BlackPast.org, an online reference center makes available a wealth of materials on African American history in one central location on the Internet. These materials include an online encyclopedia of over 1,000 entries, the complete transcript of over 100 speeches given between 1789 and 2004, over 80 full text primary documents, bibliographies, timelines and four gateway pages with links to 50 digital archive collections, 75 major African American museums and research centers and over 400 other website resources on black history. The compilation and concentration of these diverse resources allows BlackPast.org to serve as the "Google" of African American history. >From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2007. http://scout.wisc.edu/

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Medline Plus: Herbal Medicine


Medline Plus: Herbal Medicine [http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/herbalmedicine.html#cat57] - From the world of Aloe Vera to yohimbe, this site leaves no herbal medicines unexplored. As part of the Medline Plus omnibus site which was created by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, this particular section covers many aspects of the world of herbal medicine. First-time visitors will want to start by looking over the background essays on the use of botanical dietary supplements offered from the Office of Dietary Supplements. After that, they should browse through sections that include "Basics", "Learn More", "Research", and "Reference Shelf". They can also just scroll down through the homepage, which includes overviews on the use of different herbs and supplements. Those persons looking for the latest information about research findings on herbs and topical treatments can look within the "Latest News" listings, which are updated frequently. Researchers will appreciate the inclusion of a "Clinical Trials" area which provides the latest information about ongoing clinical trials that draw on various aspects of herbal medicine. [>From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2007. http://scout.wisc.edu/ ]


The British Library: Sacred


The British Library: Sacred [http://www.bl.uk/sacred] - The homepage of this very recent online collection of sacred texts from the British Library doesn't mince any words, declaring this clutch of materials to be "The world's greatest collection of Jewish, Christian, and Muslim holy books." The subtitle to this remarkable collection is "Discover what we share", and that is certainly an apt phrase to describe this moving online collection, which is intended to complement the in situ exhibit. First off, there are the texts themselves, which can be viewed in their entirety, and examined at leisure. There is a complete chronological list, a list organized by faith, and several editors' lists, such as "Kings and Queens" and "Pictures and Portraits". In keeping with the strong online traditions of like-minded exhibits at the British Library, visitors can take in some video highlights, including the Sufi dancer Zia Azazi and they may also watch a scribe demonstrating how old sacred texts were crafted. Additionally, there are several dozen podcasts that deal with the illumination of sacred texts and discussions on the relationship between medicine and various traditions of faith. Overall, the site is powerfully moving, inclusive, and worthy of repeat visits. [From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2007. http://scout.wisc.edu/ ]

Statistics Online Computational Resource




Statistics Online Computational Resource [http://socr.stat.ucla.edu/] - What is SOCR? The goals of the Statistics Online Computational Resource (SOCR) are to design, validate and freely disseminate knowledge. This Resource specifically provides portable online aids for probability and statistics education, technology based instruction and statistical computing. SOCR tools and resources include a repository of interactive applets, computational and graphing tools, instructional and course materials. [Description provided by SOCR]

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Monday, September 24, 2007

eHistory at Ohio State University OSU

eHistory at Ohio State University OSU [http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/] - eHistory has been around in one form or another since 1995, when it was created by the budding historian Scott Laidig. These days, eHistory is operated and maintained by The Ohio State University’s history department. Dedicated to all things historical, the site contains primary sources and documents, original book reviews, digitized books, maps, and multimedia features. These multimedia features are uniformly quite good, and they cover topics such as the internment of Japanese-Americans in the United States during World War II and responses to immigration over the past 125 years. Historians will want to look through the "Primary Sources" area at length, as it contains letters and diaries from the Civil War, along with the oft-cited "The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies" in all of its 128-volume glory [Descriptive information provided From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2007. http://scout.wisc.edu/ ]

Tuesday, August 7, 2007

Identity by design: Tradition, Change and Celebration in Native Women’s Dresses

Identity by design: Tradition, Change and Celebration in Native Women’s Dresses [http://www.nmai.si.edu/exhibitions/identity_by_design/IdentityByDesign.html ] - For many generations, Native American women have crafted dresses that are both aesthetically pleasing and also tell important stories. These stories incorporate different visions about their respective tribal values and family status. This online exhibit, curated by Colleen Cutschall and Emil Her Many Horses, pays tribute to these creations. After reading a brief introduction to the site, visitors can make their way through sections that include “19th-century style”, “Indigenous Innovation”, and “Forming Cultural Identity”. Each section contains explanatory captions, primary documents (including photographs and drawings) and some very nice interactive features, such as a feature that shows how a side-fold dress was made and worn. Perhaps the most admirable aspect of this site is that it illuminates both past traditions and current practices of Native American dress making.
>From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2007. http://scout.wisc.edu/

Imagining the French Revolution


Imagining the French Revolution [http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/imaging/ ] - Any good historian knows that to create a multifaceted and thorough portrait of any historical event or process it is important to draw on a multitude of primary and secondary sources. For example, if one merely relied on Edmund Burke’s “Reflections on the French Revolution”, he or she would certainly craft a rather one-sided portrait of this monumental event in world history. For more diverse opinions, this project, created by the Center for History & New Media at George Mason University and the Department of History at UCLA, takes on the popular images of the French Revolution. Visitors to the site can read essays by various scholars that analyze differing depictions of the Revolutionary crowd. There are some real gems here, and visitors can also view the actual images themselves, which are contained on the site in the “Images” area. Additionally, the site contains an archived discussion area, which contains comments on the power of images, the relationship between text and images, and appropriately enough, the advantages and disadvantages of online collaboration - >From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2007. http://scout.wisc.edu/

Saturday, July 21, 2007

MathWorld

MathWorld
Science & Technology: Mathematics

MathWorld
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/
MathWorld is the web's most extensive mathematical resource, provided as a free service to the world's mathematics and internet communities as part of a commitment to education and educational outreach by Wolfram Research, makers of Mathematica.
Information about this site was taken directly from the MathWorld website. More information about this site can be found at http://mathworld.wolfram.com.

About Herbs, Botanicals & Other Products

About Herbs, Botanicals & Other Products
Science & Technology: Health Sciences

About Herbs, Botanicals & Other Products
http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/11570.cfm
This site provides objective information for oncologists and healthcare professionals, including a clinical summary for each agent and details about constituents, adverse effects, interactions, and potential benefits or problems. Evaluations of alternative or unproved cancer therapies, as well as products for sexual dysfunction are included. Our Integrative Medicine Service staff, led by an oncology-trained pharmacist and botanicals expert, manages this web site, which is continually updated as new information becomes available.
A consumer version of each monograph also is available to help you deal with the often confusing claims made for over-the-counter products and regimens. It is important to ask your doctor or another qualified professional about possible interactions with your specific medications before taking any supplements.

Information about this site was taken directly from the About Herbs, Botanicals & Other Products website.

ClinicalTrials.gov

ClinicalTrials.gov
Science & Technology: Health Sciences

ClinicalTrials.gov
http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/
ClinicalTrials.gov offers up-to-date information for locating federally and privately supported clinical trials for a wide range of diseases and conditions. A clinical trial (also clinical research) is a research study in human volunteers to answer specific health questions. Interventional trials determine whether experimental treatments or new ways of using known therapies are safe and effective under controlled environments. Observational trials address health issues in large groups of people or populations in natural settings.

Information about this site was taken directly from the ClinicalTrials.gov website.

PlantFacts

PlantFacts
Science & Technology: Botany

PlantFacts
http://plantfacts.osu.edu/
PlantFacts has merged several digital collections developed at Ohio State University to become an international knowledge bank and multimedia learning center.

Web - Internet search engine - Most concentrated search engine dealing strictly with plants. Over 260,000 pages of information from every land-grant university in the U.S. and several government institutions across Canada. Also includes academic information about college degree programs, requirements, scholarships, career opportunities, research projects, and online courses.

Images - (formerly Plant Dictionary) - A searchable database of high quality images featuring Ornamental plants, Turf, Plant Diseases, and Insects.

Videos - Collection of 200 short gardening how-to videos, ranging from tips on basic landscaping to lessons on deadheading roses. Hosted by Tom McNutt, gardening expert for NBC4 in Columbus.

FAQ's - Illustrated answers to over 800 commonly asked Gardening Questions, ranging from when to plant annuals to watering large shade trees.

Glossary - Illustrated definitions of commonly used horticultural terms.

Information about this site was taken directly from the PlantFacts website.

Astrobiology Magazine

Astrobiology Magazine
Science & Technology: Astronautics & Astronomy

Astrobiology Magazine
http://www.astrobio.net/
The Mars Edition of the Astrobiology Magazine, (mars.astrobio.net) is now the leading referenced website on Life on Mars, based on the number of external websites linking into it (or Google Page Rank). The rankings on google directory rate the relative popularity based on incoming links from external, third-party sites. The magazine has integrated an extensive Astrobiology and Space Calendar, including more than 10,000 events categorized by interest and spanning 2001-2004.

Description provided by the Astrobiology Magazine website.

Imperial War Museum Collections On-line

Imperial War Museum Collections On-line
Reference: Social & Behavioral Sciences

Imperial War Museum Collections On-line
http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/
Collections Online offers access to material covering all aspects of twentieth century conflict. The site now includes detailed catalogue information for over 160,000 items from the Imperial War Museum's collecting departmentsYou can also view images of over 30,000 highlights from the collection, including photographs, works of art, aircraft, vehicles and objects, and listen to selected 'soundbites' from the Sound Archive.Collections Online is a valuable resource for all - commercial users, academics, researchers and people interested in learning more about their family history.

Description provided by the Imperial War Museum Collections On-line website.

HigherEdJobs.com

HigherEdJobs.com
Reference: Social & Behavioral Sciences

HigherEdJobs.com
http://www.higheredjobs.com/
HigherEdJobs.com was founded in 1996 to list open positions at colleges and universities. Today, HigherEdJobs.com has one of the largest job databases focused exclusively on college and university positions. While some employment web sites list open positions in every industry, HigherEdJobs.com concentrates on open positions in higher education. Our goal is to provide a recruitment tool that adds value to the job seeker and recruiter by providing cost-effective, innovative, useful, and timely services in all areas of the site.

Description provided by the HigherEdJobs.com website.

Digital Library of the Commons

Digital Library of the Commons
Reference: Social & Behavioral Sciences

Digital Library of the Commons
http://dlc.dlib.indiana.edu/about.html
The Digital Library of the Commons (DLC) provides free access to an archive of international literature on the commons, common-pool resources and common property. Features for authors and readers include advanced searching; browsing by region, sector, and author name; an author submission portal for uploading a variety of document formats; and a service that uses email to alert subscribers to new documents in their area of interest.

Description provided by the Digital Library of the Commons website.

New York Metropolitan Flora Project

New York Metropolitan Flora Project
Reference: Science & Technology

New York Metropolitan Flora Project
http://www.bbg.org/sci/nymf/
In 1990 the Garden embarked on the New York Metropolitan Flora project (NYMF), a multi-year effort to document the flora in all counties within a 50-mile radius of New York City, including all of Long Island, southeastern New York State, northern New Jersey and Fairfield County, Connecticut.

Understanding the urban landscape is critical in our rapidly urbanizing world. Findings of BBG's Metropolitan Flora Project serve as vital references for those involved in environmental efforts, from preserving rare plants, to planning parks and greenways, to repairing degraded habitats, to designing home gardens in which native plant communities are preserved or restored.

Description provided by the New York Metropolitan Flora Project
website.

Medline Plus: Men’s Health Topics

Medline Plus: Men’s Health Topics
Reference: Science & Technology

Medline Plus: Men’s Health Topics
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/menshealth.html
MedlinePlus will direct you to information to help answer health questions. MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. Preformulated MEDLINE searches are included in MedlinePlus and give easy access to medical journal articles. MedlinePlus also has extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news.

Description provided by the Medline Plus website.

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln

The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/l/lincoln/] - In 1953, the Abraham Lincoln Association published The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, a multi-volume set of Lincoln's correspondence, speeches, and other writings. Roy P. Basler and his editorial staff, with the continued support of the association, spent five years transcribing and annotating Lincoln's papers. The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln represented the first major scholarly effort to collect and publish the complete writings of Abraham Lincoln, and the edition has remained an invaluable resource to Lincoln scholars. Through the efforts of the Abraham Lincoln Association, the edition is now available in electronic form.

The Collection may be searched by simple words or phrases, Boolean searches, proximity searches, and word index to find the occurence of unique words.

The information in this post is provided by the hosting website of The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln.

Saturday, July 14, 2007

Prints and Photographs Online Catalog

Prints and Photographs Online Catalog
Reference: General

Prints and Photographs Online Catalog
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/catalogabt.html
The Prints and Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC) contains catalog records and digital images representing a rich cross-section of still pictures held by the Prints & Photographs Division and other units of the Library. The Library of Congress offers broad public access to these materials as a contribution to education and scholarship.

Description provided by the Prints and Photographs Online Catalog website.

Jewish Women's Archive

Jewish Women's Archive
Social & Behavioral Sciences: North America

Jewish Women’s Archive
http://www.jwa.org/
The mission of the Jewish Women's Archive (JWA) is to uncover, chronicle, and transmit the rich history of American Jewish women.
Since its founding in 1995, the Jewish Women's Archive (JWA) has been developing innovative formats and collaborative partnerships to transmit the rich history of American Jewish women and their accomplishments to a broad public. JWA seeks to make known the contributions of outstanding Jewish women of achievement as well as the profound, but often unacknowledged impact Jewish women have had within their local communities. One of the first organizations in the Jewish community to recognize and invest in the potential of the internet for academic, cultural, archival, and educational purposes, JWA continues to innovate in its use of technology to convey and provide access to Jewish women's stories on its website.
The Jewish Women's Archive (JWA) is for scholars, for activists, for mothers and daughters, for fathers and sons, for researchers, historians, and for all who believe that everyone with a stake in history is a keeper of it and a partner in its transmission.
Description provided by the Jewish Women’s Archive (JWA) website.

The Disability and Independent Living Movement

The Disability and Independent Living Movement
Social & Behavioral Sciences:

The Disability and Independent Living Movement
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/collections/drilm/
The Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement Project was launched in 1996 to capture the history of a remarkable movement by people with disabilities to win legally defined civil rights and control over their own lives. Since then, more than 100 oral histories with leaders, participants, and observers of the movement in the 1960s and 1970s have preserved the living memory of the movement. A rich collection of personal papers and the records of key disability organizations join the oral histories in the Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley, comprising an in-depth research resource for the study of a contemporary social movement which has changed the social, cultural, and legal landscape of the nation.
Information about this site was taken directly from the Disability and Independent Living Movement website. More information about this website can be found at http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/collections/drilm/

NOAA Paleoclimatology

NOAA Paleoclimatology
Science & Technology: Earth Science

NOAA Paleoclimatology
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/paleo.html
The National Climatic Data Center's Paleoclimatology Branch is the world's largest archive of climate and paleoclimate data. The Paleoclimatology Branch operates the World Data Center for Paleoclimatology, an Applied Research Center for Paleoclimatology, and partners with national and international science initiatives around the world to expand the use of paleoclimatic data.

Information about this site was taken directly from the NOAA Paleoclimatology website. More information about this website can be found at http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/paleo.html.

Avibase

Avibase
Science & Technology: Zoology

Avibase
http://www.bsc-eoc.org/avibase/avibase.jsp
Avibase is an extensive database information system about all birds of the world, containing over 3.5 million records about 10,000 species and 22,000 subspecies of birds, including distribution information, taxonomy, synonyms in several languages and more. This site is managed by Denis Lepage and hosted by Bird Studies Canada, the Canadian copartner of Birdlife International. Avibase has been a work in progress since 1992 and I am now pleased to offer it as a service to the bird-watching and scientific community. Information about this site was taken directly from the Avibase website. More information about this website can be found at http://www.bsc-eoc.org/avibase/avibase.jsp

Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Science

Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Science
Science & Technology: Botany

Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Science
http://www.mobot.org/plantscience/
The Missouri Botanical Garden is one of the world's top botanical research and conservation institutions. The Garden's dozens of Ph.D. researchers work to strengthen scientific expertise in developing countries to protect and manage biodiversity before it's too late. With close to half the world's plants facing extinction, and less than one in six yet studied for potential benefits to humans, it's a race we must win.

Information about this site was taken directly from the Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Science website. More information about this website can be found at http://www.mobot.org/plantscience/.

Science.gov

Science.gov
Science & Technology:

Science.gov
http://www.science.gov/
Science.gov is a search engine for government science information and research results. Currently in its fourth generation, Science.gov provides search of more than 50 million pages of science information with just one query, and is a gateway to over 1,800 scientific Web sites.

Information about this site was taken directly from the Science.gov website. More information about this website can be found at http://www.science.gov/.

Digital Quaker Collection

Digital Quaker Collection
Humanities: Religion

Digital Quaker Collection
http://esr.earlham.edu/dqc
DQC is a digital library containing full text and page images of over 500 individual Quaker works from the 17th and 18th centuries. The proprietary software developed for Earlham School of Religion provides multiple search functions and an interface for viewing pages.

Information about this site was taken directly from the Digital Quaker Collection website. More information about this website can be found at http://esr.earlham.edu/dqc.

Counterbalance Interactive Library

Counterbalance Interactive Library
Humanities: Religion

Counterbalance Interactive Library
http://www.counterbalance.net/stdweb/home-body.html
The Counterbalance Interactive Library offers new views on complex issues from science, ethics, philosophy, and religion. You'll find extensive resources on the evolution/creation controversy, biomedical ethical challenges, and much more.

Information about this site was taken directly from the Counterbalance Interactive Library. More information about this website can be found at http://www.counterbalance.net/stdweb/home-body.html.

The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture

The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture
Reference: Social & Behavioral Sciences

The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture
http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/
The on-line edition of the Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture is a joint project of the Tennessee Historical Society and the University of Tennessee Press. This fully searchable version of the print edition, originally published in 1998, contains over 1,500 entries. The online version has updates to existing entries, new entries, more than five hundred additional images, plus audio and video files. This site is designed to supply general information about the state of Tennessee in a user-friendly format for students, teachers, researchers, and general information seekers.

Description provided by The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture website.

Forced Migration

Forced Migration
Reference: Social & Behavioral Sciences

Forced Migration Online
http://www.forcedmigration.org/
Forced Migration Online (FMO) provides instant access to a wide variety of online resources dealing with the situation of forced migrants worldwide. Designed for use by practitioners, policy makers, researchers, students or anyone interested in the field, FMO aims to give comprehensive information in an impartial environment and to promote increased awareness of human displacement issues to an international community of users. We have prepared an introductory guide to forced migration for visitors who are new to the subject.
FMO and the Digital Library Project were funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the European Commission between 1997 and 2004. Since January 2005, FMO has been funded by the Department for International Development (DFID).

Description provided by the Forced Migration Online website.

Thursday, June 21, 2007

De Re Militari: The Society for Medieval Military History

De Re Militari: The Society for Medieval Military History
Social & Behavioral Sciences: History, Geography & Area Studies

De Re Militari
http://www.deremilitari.org
De Re Militari is an international scholarly association established to foster and develop interest in the study of military affairs and warfare in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period. Our society publishes the Journal of Medieval Military History and organizes academic conferences focusing on medieval warfare.

Description provided by the De Re Militari website: The Society for Medieval Military History.

CSRwire

CSRwire
Social & Behavioral Sciences: Business, Management & Labor

CSRwire
http://www.csrwire.com

CSRwire is the leading source of corporate social responsibility and sustainability news, reports and information. CSRwire members are companies and NGOs, agencies and organizations interested in communicating their corporate citizenship, sustainability, and socially responsible initiatives to a global audience through CSRwire's syndication network and weekly News Alerts. CSRwire content covers issues of Diversity, Philanthropy, Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) Environment, Human Rights, Workplace Issues, Business Ethics, Community Development and Corporate Governance.
CSR is defined as the integration of business operations and values, whereby the interests of all stakeholders including investors, customers, employees, the community and the environment are reflected in the company's policies and actions.

CSRwire seeks to promote the growth of corporate responsibility and sustainability through solutions-based information and positive examples of corporate practices including:
• News Distribution
• Corporate and Independent Report Links
• CSR Events Participation and Promotion
• CSR Resources
• Open Dialogue in the CSRwire Think Tank
• The Springfield Open Exchange

Description provided by the CSRwire website.

Smart Grown Online

Smart Grown Online
Social & Behavioral Sciences:

In communities across the nation, there is a growing concern that current development patterns -- dominated by what some call "sprawl" -- are no longer in the long-term interest of our cities, existing suburbs, small towns, rural communities, or wilderness areas. Though supportive of growth, communities are questioning the economic costs of abandoning infrastructure in the city, only to rebuild it further out. Spurring the smart growth movement are demographic shifts, a strong environmental ethic, increased fiscal concerns, and more nuanced views of growth. The result is both a new demand and a new opportunity for smart growth. The features that distinguish smart growth in a community vary from place to place. In general, smart growth invests time, attention, and resources in restoring community and vitality to center cities and older suburbs. New smart growth is more town-centered, is transit and pedestrian oriented, and has a greater mix of housing, commercial and retail uses. It also preserves open space and many other environmental amenities.

Information contained in this site was taken directly from the Smart Growth Online website. A complete description can be found at http://www.smartgrowth.org/

Federation of Gay Games

Federation of Gay Games
Science & Technology: Sports & Physical Education

Federation of Gay Games
http://www.gaygames.com/en/

The Federation of Gay Games ensures that the Gay Games offers participants the opportunity to express themselves openly and to experience camaraderie and validation through sport and culture.

In 1980, Dr. Tom Waddell, a 1968 Olympic decathlete, led a group of San Francisco residents including Mark Brown and Paul Mart in conceiving the event now known as the Gay Games. Tom dreamed of a sporting event based on the philosophy that "doing one's personal best should be the paramount goal in any athletic endeavor."

San Francisco Arts & Athletics (SFAA) was incorporated and supervised the logistics of both Gay Games I and II. Tom Waddell lost his battle with AIDS and died in July 1987, less than a year after Gay Games II, but his legacy was assured as the inspiration for future Gay Games. The SFAA board of directors, which included Tom's widow Sara Waddell Lewinstein, took steps to enlarge its membership beyond the Bay Area and in 1989 changed its name to the Federation of Gay Games.
The information contained in this site was taken directly from the Federation of Gay Games website. A complete description of the site can be found at http://www.gaygames.com/en/

MetEd

MetEd
Science & Technology: Physics

MetEd
http://meted.ucar.edu/
The MetEd (Meteorology Education and Training) Website was established to provide education and training resources to benefit the operational forecaster community, university atmospheric scientists and students, and anyone interested in learning more deeply about meteorology and weather forecasting topics. The site houses online learning materials, as well as information on other training and education activities, such as classroom courses and teletraining, and links to other related resources. MetEd is populated and maintained by the COMET Program, which is part of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research's (UCAR's) Office of Programs (UOP). The MetEd Website is made possible by the sponsors of the COMET Program.

The information contained in this post was taken directly from the MetEd website. A complete description can be found at htt://meted.ucar.edu.

Monday, June 18, 2007

Eric Weisstein’s World of Science

Eric Weisstein’s World of Science
Science & Technology: Physics

Eric Weisstein's World of Science
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/

Eric Weisstein's World of Science contains budding encyclopedias of astronomy, scientific biography, chemistry, and physics.
This resource has been assembled over more than a decade by internet encyclopedist Eric W. Weisstein with assistance from the internet community.
Eric Weisstein's World of Science is written and maintained by the author as a public service for scientific knowledge and education. Although it is often difficult to find explanations for technical subjects that are both clear and accessible, this web site bridges the gap by placing an interlinked framework of mathematical exposition and illustrative examples at the fingertips of every internet user.

Description provided by the Eric Weisstein’s World of Science website.

All About Birds

All About Birds
Science & Technology: Zoology

All About Birds
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/allaboutbirds/

This site is an extensive birding resource from the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. It offers a thorough introduction to the fine art of watching birds as well as information on purchasing bird watching equipment, how to attract birds, and bird identifying techniques.

A comprehensive description of this site may be found at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/allaboutbirds/

Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance

Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance
Humanities: Religion

Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance
http://www.religioustolerance.org
We are a multi-faith agency of five volunteers in the U.S. and Canada who follow five different religious beliefs (Agnosticism, Atheism, Christianity, Wicca, and Zen Buddhism). Our group is not affiliated with any other religious organization.

We try to write accurate, balanced, clear, objective and inclusive articles about religion, morality and ethics. We often tackle tough religious questions. We don't promote a specific religious viewpoint; we don't attack anyone's theological beliefs. We don't value religious beliefs over secularism or vice-versa. However, we do criticize actions that harm people, even if those actions are religiously motivated. We are dedicated to "liberty and justice for all" (with the exception of those engaging in acts which can be shown to be criminal and hurtful). More information on our purposes, beliefs, rules of engagement etc. is available.

The information contained in this post was taken directly from the Religious Tolerance website. A complete description can be found at http://www.religioustolerance.org.

Thursday, June 14, 2007

D. Anthony Storm’s Commentary on Kierkegaard

D. Anthony Storm’s Commentary on Kierkegaard
Humanities: Philosophy

D. Anthony Storm’s Commentary on Kierkegaard
http://www.sorenkierkegaard.org/
This website is an online Commentary on the writings of the nineteenth century existentialist philosopher Søren Aabye Kierkegaard. Information on every published work and article, including many unfinished writings and journal entries, are presented here with publication data, quotes, detailed commentary, and images. There are also supplementary materials to aid in your research.

Description provided by the D. Anthony Storm’s Commentary on Kierkegaard website.

Live Music Archive

Live Music Archive
Humanities: Music

Internet Archive: Audio: Live Music Archive
http://www.archive.org/details/etree

The Live Music Archive is a community committed to providing the highest quality live concerts in a lossless, downloadable format. The Internet Archive has teamed up with etree.org to preserve and archive as many live concerts as possible for current and future generations to enjoy. All music in this Collection is from trade-friendly artists and is strictly noncommercial, both for access here and for any further distribution. Artists' commercial releases are off-limits.

Description provided by the Live Music Archive website.

Masters of Cinema

Masters of Cinema
Humanities: Film

Masters of Cinema
http://www.mastersofcinema.org

Masters of Cinema is an organic, international initiative founded in 2001 by four friends with a mutual interest in a particular type of filmmaker. Now five-strong, and living thousands of miles apart from each other in three different countries, we aim to bring pertinent information together in one place for aficionados of World Cinema. In early 2004, Masters of Cinema began working with Eureka (UK) on a Masters of Cinema Series of DVDs.

Descriptions provided by the Masters of Cinema website.

Historical Directories

Historical Directories
Reference: Social & Behavioral Sciences

Historical Directories
http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/index.asp
Historical Directories is produced and owned by the University of Leicester. It is a digital library of local and trade directories for England and Wales, from 1750 to 1919. Within the digital library you'll find high quality reproductions of comparatively rare books, essential tools for research into local and genealogical history.

Description provided by the Historical Directories website.

The Battle of Britain History Site

The Battle of Britain History Site
Reference: Social & Behavioral Sciences

The Battle of Britain History Site
http://www.raf.mod.uk/bob1940/bobhome.html
These pages catalogue the official reports of the most important event in Royal Air Force history, the Battle fought over Britain between the 10th July and 31st October 1940. For the first time, the complete Fighter Command Operational Diaries for the period have been published in full, day by day over the whole period the Battle. Supporting this official text are a series of pages detailing such facets of the Battle as the Commanders, the Aircraft and the changes in Tactics on both sides as the situation developed. Although some of the Fighter Command claims of the time (I.e. numbers of German aircraft shot down etc.) have since been proven to be greatly exaggerated on some days, it nevertheless does give a unique insight into the RAF's perspective of the Battle of Britain.

Description provided by The Battle of Britain History website.

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Plant Explorers

Plant Explorers

Reference: Science & Technology

Plant Explorers
http://www.plantexplorers.com/Welcome.htm

PlantExplorers.com is a resource for anyone who likes plants, and anyone who wants to learn more about them. And PlantExplorers.com is for the people who discovered those plants, and the people who continue to search the far corners of the globe for new plants. To help our members and visitors accomplish this, we are developing an on-line encyclopedia of plants.

The information contained in this post is taken directly from the Plant Explorers website. A complete description can be found at (http://www.plantexplorers.com/mission.htm).

Merrycoz.org: works for children & adults

Merrycoz.org: works for Children & Adults
Reference: Humanities

Merrycoz.org: works for children & adults
http://www.merrycoz.org/


This site was developed and is maintained by Pat Pflieger and offers transcriptions and images from a range of 19th-Century children’s books and magazines from her personal collection. "This is what 19th-century American citizens, voters, and politicians read in their most impressionable years. This is the stuff that still pops up in some American culture and thinking -- sometimes in ugly ways."



Some of the information about this site was taken directly from http://www.merrycoz.org/.

Monday, June 11, 2007

The Modern Language Association Language Map

Reference: General

The Modern Language Association Language Map
http://www.mla.org/census_main

The MLA Language Map is intended for use by students, teachers, and anyone interested in learning about the linguistic and cultural composition of the United States. The MLA Language Map uses data from the 2000 United States census to display the locations and numbers of speakers of thirty languages and three groups of less commonly spoken languages in the United States. The census data are based on responses to the question, "Does this person speak a language other than English at home?" The Language Map illustrates the concentration of language speakers in zip codes and counties. The Data Center provides census data about over three hundred languages spoken in the United States, including actual numbers and percentages of speakers.

Description provided by The Modern Language Association.

The Woodward and Bernstein Watergate Papers

Social & Behavioral Sciences: North America

The Woodward and Bernstein Watergate Papers
http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/online/woodstein/
Between 1972 and 1976, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein emerged as two of the most famous journalists in America and became forever identified as the reporters who broke the biggest story in American politics. Beginning with the investigation of a "third-rate burglary" of the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate complex, Woodward and Bernstein uncovered a system of political "dirty tricks" and crimes that eventually led to indictments of forty White House and administration officials, and ultimately to the resignation of President Richard Nixon.

Now available to the public for the first time are Woodward and Bernstein's notes from source interviews, drafts of newspaper stories and books, memos, letters, tape recordings, research materials, and other Watergate papers. These materials document Woodward and Bernstein's four-year partnership telling the story of Watergate in Pulitzer Prize winning articles for The Washington Post, in two best-selling books, All The President's Men and The Final Days, and in the multiple academy award-winning movie of All the President's Men. Purchased by The University of Texas at Austin in 2003, the Woodward and Bernstein Watergate Papers provide students, scholars, and other researchers a unique resource for behind the scenes insight into the journalism, politics, and humanity of Watergate.

The Harry Ransom Center's online exhibit of the Woodward and Bernstein Watergate Papers provides a small sample of the materials found in the collection. A full description of all the Woodward and Bernstein papers available at the Center is provided in the online finding aid.

Description provided by HRC Online Exhibition.

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

New Jersey Environmental Digital Library NJEDL

Science & Technology: Reference

New Jersey Environmental Digital Library NJEDL [http://njedl.rutgers.edu/njdlib/index.cfm] - The NJEDL is an online library of environmental literature and multimedia related to New Jersey. The collection includes documents and reports, scientific studies, photographs, videos, maps, and more.

Most of the items in this collection are considered "grey literature" - unavailable through common research tools like library catalogs and indexes.

The mission of NJEDL is to collect, organize, and make available digitized materials on New Jersey's environment - emanating from the state's government agencies, non-profit and non-governmental organizations, research institutes, and academic departments - for the use of students, scholars, citizens, and government officials.

Description and mission provided by NJEDL.

Monday, June 4, 2007

The Wars for Viet Nam: 1945 to 1975

Social & Behavioral Sciences: History: Asia

The Wars for Viet Nam: 1945 to 1975 [http://vietnam.vassar.edu/] - America's longest war ended more than two decades ago, yet a number of significant and important questions remain unanswered: What was the nature of the modern Vietnamese revolution? How can we explain the American intervention? Why did the war drag on so long?

Critics of the American intervention claim that the war was unnecessary and immoral and that policymakers in Washington dragged the country into an unwanted war. In contrast, a small group of scholars and military leaders offer an emotional defense of American intervention. A careful examination of the myriad sources reveals that neither view is entirely accurate and that the interplay of events was far more complicated than most accounts suggest.

This site, developed around the course materials for Robert Brigham's senior seminar on the Viet Nam War at Vassar College, offers students an opportunity to examine some of those sources, including numerous official documents. Brigham was the first American scholar given access to the Vietnamese archives on the war in Hanoi. Included here are his translations of some of the Hanoi documents, offered for examination and study.

Map History / History of Cartography: THE Gateway to the Subject


Behavioral Sciences: Geography

Map History / History of Cartography: THE Gateway to the Subject [http://www.maphistory.info/] - This site contains over 1,000 map images arranged geographically. This site is also suitable for family historians and genealogists. Links are also provided to map socities, academic journals, the latest edition of Who's Who in the History of Cartography: The International Guide to the Subject, and library map collections throughout the world.

A comprehensive description of this site may be found at http://www.maphistory.info/sum.html

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Frontline Diplomacy: The Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection of the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training

Social & Behavioral Sciences: Politcal Science

Frontline Diplomacy: The Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection of the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/diplomacy/index.html] - presents a window into the lives of American diplomats. Transcripts of interviews with U.S. diplomatic personnel capture their experiences, motivations, critiques, personal analyses, and private thoughts. These elements are crucial to understanding the full story of how a structure of stable relationships that maintained world peace and protected U.S. interests and values was built.

The interviews in the collection are mostly with Foreign Service Officers but there also are some with political appointees and other officials. While some 1920s-, 1930s-, and World-War-II-era diplomacy is covered, most of the interviews involve post-World-War-II diplomacy, from the late 1940s to the 1990s. This collection captures the post-World-War-II period in vivid terms and intimate detail, documenting the way that U.S. diplomacy defends the United States and its interests in a challenging world. The narratives span the major diplomatic crises and issues that faced the United States during the second half of the 20th century and, as new interviews are added, will include developments in the 21st century. The 1,301 transcripts of oral history interviews were donated by the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training (ADST), a private, nonprofit organization.

(Description provided by website)

Medical Dictionary

Reference: Science & Technology: Health Sciences

Medical Dictionary [http://www.medterms.com/script/main/hp.asp] - MedTerms medical dictionary is the medical reference for MedicineNet.com, containing easy-to-understand explanations of over 16,000 medical terms. Medterms online medical dictionary provides quick access to hard-to-spell and often misspelled medical definitions through an extensive alphabetical listing. (Description provided by Medical Dictionary)

International Reading Association: Web Resources

Reference: Reading

International Reading Association: Web Resources [http://www.reading.org/resources/] - IRA was founded in 1956 as a professional organization for those involved in teaching reading to learners of all ages. Whether your interest is research or practice, traditional print-based reading and writing or the “new literacies” of the Internet age, new readers or those acquiring higher level skills, this website offers something for you.

Areas covered include: Teaching tools and lesson plans; Issues in literacy; a Literacy Community that connects you with colleagues to exchange ideas and information, share your concerns, and celebrate your successes; and, a Career Center that lets you browse through a list of job openings for reading professionals, or purchase and post help wanted advertisements. (Description provided by website)

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

The Isaiah Berlin Virtual Library

Humanities: Philosophy

The Isaiah Berlin Virtual Library [http://berlin.wolf.ox.ac.uk/] - is the website of The Isaiah Berlin Literary Trust, which looks after all aspects of Berlin’s literary estate. The Trust’s main tasks are to edit and publish the best of Berlin’s unpublished writing, including his letters; to publish collections of his best uncollected work; to post other material, and relevant information, on this website; and in general to foster awareness of and access to Berlin’s intellectual, literary and personal legacy (Description provided by the Isaiah Berlin Virtual Library).

Friday, May 11, 2007

Women Working, 1870-1930

Women Working, 1870-1930
[http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/]

Social & Behavioral Sciences: History: North America

Women Working, 1800 - 1930 focuses on women's role in the United States economy and provides access to digitized historical, manuscript, and image resources selected from Harvard University's library and museum collections. The collection features approximately 500,000 digitized pages and images including:

  • 7,500 pages of manuscripts
    3,500 books and pamphlets
    1,200 photographs

(Description provided by Women Working)

Library of Congress: Voices of Civil Rights

Voices of Civil Rights
[http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/civilrights/]

Social & Behavioral Sciences: History: North America

The exhibition Voices of Civil Rights documents events during the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. This exhibition draws from the thousands of personal stories, oral histories, and photographs collected by the "Voices of Civil Rights" project, a collaborative effort of AARP, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR), and the Library of Congress, and marks the arrival of these materials in the Library's collection.

(Description provided by Voices of Civil Rights)

Wednesday, May 9, 2007

Nuer Field Notes

Nuer Field Notes
[http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/collections/nuer/]

Social & Behavioral Sciences: Anthropolgy

Fieldnotes, i.e., notes taken by scholars during their research in Africa, are important materials, comparable to primary sources. And yet typically, once the researchers have collected and recorded their information, they return home, analyze the material, and publish the analyses. The notes, once exhausted for publication, are stored and forgotten somewhere in an attic or a basement where nobody has access to them. This situation has been recognized as a problem by various individuals as well as organizations, and several initiatives to rescue those materials are currently under-way. The EVIA Digital Archive project is one such initiative. It is a joint effort of Indiana University and the University of Michigan to establish a digital archive of ethnomusicological videos for use by scholars and instructors. Ultimately, the EVIA Digital Archive intends to preserve video recordings and make them easily accessible for teaching and research, providing an alternative to physical archives whose unique materials are available only to people who travel to the archive location. It is also an effort to preserve information stored in a medium which is known to have a short life.

The Nuer Field Notes Project should be seen in this context. Its goal is to preserve and make accessible a set of linguistic field notes recorded by Eleanor Vandevort, who was a missionary in the South Sudan between 1949 and 1963.

(This description is quoted directly from the content provider Nuer Field Notes http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/collections/nuer/intro.html)

Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative (ECAI)

Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative (ECAI)
[http://www.ecai.org/]

Social & Behavioral Sciences

This Web site is developed and maintained by ECAI with support from UC Berkeley's International and Area Studies.

On this site, you may create digital maps, time enabled mapping tools, create online projects and publications in various formats, and participate in global communities.

Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science CSISS

Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science CSISS
[http://www.csiss.org/]

Social & Behavioral Sciences

CSISS is founded on the principle that analyzing social phenomena in space and time enhances our understanding of social processes. Hence, CSISS cultivates an integrated approach to social science research that recognizes the importance of location, space, spatiality, and place.

The goal of CSISS is to integrate spatial concepts into the theories and practices of the social sciences by providing infrastructure to facilitate: (1) the integration of existing spatial knowledge, making it more explicit, and (2) the generation of new spatial knowledge and understanding. (Description provided by CSISS http://www.csiss.org/aboutus/mission.htm)

This site provides free bibliographic databases and literature search features, learning resources, e-journals, bibliographies, and other spatial resources for the social sciences, spatial tools and software, bibliographies and publications related to spatial methods and their use in the social sciences, and custom search engines to find spatial analysis resources on the Internet.

Spalding Base Ball Guides, 1889-1939

Spalding Base Ball Guides, 1889-1939 [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/spaldinghtml/spaldinghome.html]

Science & Technology: Sports & Physical Education

Spalding Base Ball Guides, 1889-1939 comprises a historic selection of Spalding’s Official Base Ball Guide and the Official Indoor Base Ball Guide. The collection reproduces 35 of the guides, which were published by the Spalding Athletic Company in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Spalding’s Official Base Ball Guide was perhaps the premier publication of its day for the game of baseball. It featured editorials from baseball writers on the state of the game, statistics, photographs, and analysis of the previous season for all the Major League teams and for many of the so-called minor leagues across the nation. The 15 Spalding’s Official Base Ball Guides included in this online collection were published between 1889 and 1939. The Official Indoor Baseball Guide concerns a game unfamiliar to most contemporary baseball fans because its demise occurred almost beyond living memory. These guides, too, offer rules and “how-to’s” of the game, information on the game’s founding fathers, photographic illustrations of teams and players from across the land, and game statistics. The 20 Official Indoor Base Ball Guides included in this collection were published between 1903 and 1926. (Description provided by the Library of Congress, American Memory Project http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/spaldinghtml/spaldinghome.html)

The Wolfram Functions Site

The Wolfram Functions Site
[http://functions.wolfram.com/]

Science & Technology: Mathematics

The Wolfram Functions Site was created as a resource for the educational, mathematical, and scientific communities. It contains the world's most encyclopedic collection of information about mathematical functions. The site also details the interrelationships between the special functions of mathematical physics and the elementary functions of mathematical analysis as well as the interrelationships between the functions in each group. (Description provided by The Wolfram Functions Site http://functions.wolfram.com/About/)

Microbes.info: The Microbiology Information Portal

Microbes.info: The Microbiology Information Portal [http://www.microbes.info/]

Science & Technology: Biology

Microbes.info is an internet web site designed to bring useful and interesting microbiology informational resources to you. With literally billions of web pages out there in cyberspace, searching effectively and efficiently for any information is becoming increasingly difficult. Finding accurate and specific information on microbiology topics is much like "looking for a needle in a haystack". This web site attempts to reduce the clutter and the size of the haystack in an effort to help you filter through the information in an organized manner. (Description provided by Microbes.info at http://www.microbes.info/general/about.html)

Transistorized!: the history of the invention of the transistor

Science & Technology: History of Science & Technology

Transistorized!: the history of the invention of the transistor [http://www.pbs.org/transistor/index.html] - Everything you wanted to know about the tiny marvel that has changed our lives! This comprehensive and well-organized Public Broadcasting Service website ranges from the people that played key roles in the development of the transistor, to how the transistor was named. Video and audio clips from the television broadcasts are included as well as some clips not contained in the original program. A timeline is provided, ranging from 1898 (and you thought the origins of the transistor were more recent!) to the current era.

A teachers' guide is also included. If you get a little tired and need a break, there are interactive activities you can do. PBS has thoughtfully provided a list of additional Web resources you can explore.

The David and Lucile Packard (of Hewlett-Packard fame) Foundation, American Institute of Physics, and ScienCentral provided support for this project.

Thursday, April 12, 2007

The New Deal Stage: Selections from the Federal Theatre Project 1935-1939

Humanities: Theatre

The New Deal Stage: Selections from the Federal Theatre Project 1935-1939 [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fedtp/fthome.html] - This online presentation includes over 13,000 images of items selected from the Federal Theatre Project Collection at the Library of Congress. Featured here are stage and costume designs, still photographs, posters, and scripts for productions of Macbeth and The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus as staged by Orson Welles, and for Power, a topical drama of the period (over 3,000 images). Also included are 68 other playscripts (6,500 images) and 168 documents selected from the Federal Theatre Project Administrative Records (3,700 images). The Federal Theatre Project was one of five arts-related projects established during the first term of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt under the Works Progress Administration (WPA).

This description provided by Library of Congress at: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fedtp/fthome.html

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

EnglishClub.com

Humanities: Language & Literature

EnglishClub.com [http://www.englishclub.com/] - English Club is a "web club" for anyone learning or teaching English as a second or foreign language. English Club is specially designed for the learning of English as a second language. Access to all parts of English Club is entirely free of charge.

English Club was founded and is owned by Josef Essberger, a British-born native-speaker who has taught English in Europe and Asia since 1990. He founded English Club for ESL learners and teachers in 1997, and the following year founded TEFL.NET, a site dedicated to English teachers. With a background in publishing and photography, Josef is the author of several articles, short stories and books, including a travel guide entitled Monopoly London.

This description provided by EnglishClub at: http://www.englishclub.com/about-faq.htm#what

Freepress

Humanities: Communication

Freepress [http://www.freepress.net/] - Free Press is a national nonpartisan organization working to increase informed public participation in crucial media policy debates, and to generate policies that will produce a more competitive and public interest-oriented media system with a strong nonprofit and noncommercial sector.

This description provided by Freepress at: http://www.freepress.net/content/about

International Dada Archive

Humanities: Art

International Dada Archive [http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/dada/] - Founded in 1979 as part of the Dada Archive and Research Center, the International Dada Archive is a scholarly resource for the study of the historic Dada movement. The Archive has compiled a comprehensive collection of textual documentation relating to Dada. Its partner institution, the Fine Arts Dada Archive, emphasizes the visual documentation of Dada.

This description provided by site sponsor at: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/dada/about.html

The Mongols in world history 1000-1500 CE

Reference: Social & Behavioral Sciences

The Mongols in world history 1000-1500 CE [http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/mongols/] - Asian Topics in World History: The Mongols in World History was produced by the Asia for Educators Program at Columbia University, with consulting faculty member Professor Morris Rossabi. The unit was made possible by the generous support of The Freeman Foundation.

Mogols in history - Mongol conquests - Mongols in China - Key Figures - Chinggis Khan - Marco Polo - Pastoral Life - Bibliography - Online Readings - Related Topics - Class Materials

This description provided by the site sponsor at: Credits http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/mongols/

CCBC: Cooperative Children's Book Center

Reference: Social & Behavioral Sciences

CCBC: Cooperative Children's Book Center [http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/] - The Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) is a unique examination, study and research library of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The CCBC’s noncirculating collections include current, retrospective and historical books published for children and young adults.

The CCBC supports teaching, learning and research related to children’s and young adult literature and provides informational and educational services based on its collections to students and faculty on the UW-Madison campus and librarians, teachers, child care providers, researchers and other adults through the state of Wisconsin.

A vital gathering place for books, ideas and expertise, the CCBC is committed to identifying excellent literature for children and adolescents and bringing this literature to the attention of those adults who have an academic, professional or career interest in connecting young readers with books.

This description provided by CCBC at: http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/about/default.asp

Frogs: a chorus of colors

Reference: Science & Technology

Frogs: a chorus of colors [http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/frogs/] - A pioneer in modern frog research, the American Museum of Natural History has one of the largest frog collections in the world. AMNH expeditions to remote mountaintops, as well as surveys of local wetlands, continue to uncover new populations and species—but also reveal environmental changes that threaten frogs' existence. Many efforts are underway to reverse this downward trend globally and in our own backyards.

Description: http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/frogs/intro/

Internet Archive

Reference: General:

Internet Archive [http://www.archive.org/index.php] - The Internet Archive is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that was founded to build an Internet library, with the purpose of offering permanent access for researchers, historians, and scholars to historical collections that exist in digital format. Founded in 1996 and located in the Presidio of San Francisco, the Archive has been receiving data donations from Alexa Internet and others. In late 1999, the organization started to grow to include more well-rounded collections. Now the Internet Archive includes texts, audio, moving images, and software as well as archived web pages in our collections.

Description: http://www.archive.org/about/about.php