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Online Libraries |
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Memory
15
million U.S. historical records, including recorded interviews with former slaves,
the first moving pictures and the Declaration of Independence. By the Library
of congress.
- Bibliotheca
Alexandria is dedicated to recapture the spirit of openness and scholarship
of the original Bibliotheca Alexandrina. It is much more than a library. It contains
a library that can hold millions of books. Six specialized libraries for (i) Arts,
multimedia and audio-visual materials, (ii) the visually impaired, (iii) children,
(iv) the young, (v) microforms, and (vi) rare books and special collections. Three
Museums for (i) Antiquities, (ii) Manuscripts, and (iii) the History of Science.
A Planetarium. Nine permanent exhibitions covering (i) Impressions of Alexandria:
The Awad Collection, (ii) The World of Shadi Abdel Salam, (iii) Arabic Calligraphy,
(iv) The History of Printing, (v) The Artist’s Book, (vi) Arab-Muslim Medieval
Instruments of Astronomy and Science, (vii) Mohie El Din Hussein: A Creative Journey,
(viii) Abdel Salam Eid, and (ix) Raaya El-Nimr and Abdel-Ghani Abou El-Enein.
AND more.
- Huntington
Library Huntington, Calif. Library, Art collection,
Botonical Gardens.
- Library
of Congress the
world's largest library.
- National
Diet Library of Japan provides reading and printout services for electronic
resources such as CD-ROMs/DVD-ROMs and electronic journals in each Special Materials
Room in the Tokyo Main Library.
- National
Archives and Records Administration houses U.S. history thourgh records, documents,
photos; online store; many regional offices
- National
Archives Great Lakes Region documents created by Federal Agneies in Great
Lakes Region; online store; located at 7358 South Pulaski Road, Chicago, IL 60629-5898
- National
Library of China (English version)
- The
British Library 14 million books, 920,000 journal and newspaper titles, 58
million patents, 3 million sound recordings, and so much more.
- World
Digital Library Launched April 21, 2009 at Paris headquarters of UNESCO, the
U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, has started small, with
about 1,200 documents and their explanations from scholars in Arabic, Chinese,
English, French, Portuguese, Spanish and Russian. But it is designed to accommodate
an unlimited number of such texts, charts and illustrations from as many countries
and libraries as want to contribute.
- World
Public Library Free Repository of eBooks and eDocuments by Worldlibrary.net
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24
Live streaming TV from France
- Frontline
episodes online
- Live
Station links to several global news stations including
Al Jazeera, BBC radio, France 24,
Frontline, United Nations TV, NASA TV, and
more. - Live
Online TV and Radio
List of readio and TV channels
- Hulu
TV online video service lisint many TV shows
- RT
TV from Russia RT is a 24/7 English-language news channel. We are set to show
you how any story can be another story altogether. Broadcasting over six continents
and 100 countries, our coverage focuses on international headlines, giving an
innovative angle set to challenge viewers worldwide.The
channel is government-funded but shapes its editorial policy free from political
and commercial influence.
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Channels Free The largest resource available on the web for viewing Free Internet
Television. Live streaming TV, News, broadband internet TV stations, and video
from all over the world. About 3,552 Online TV Channels from 60+ countries in
Europe, North America, Africa, Asia, The Caribbean, Latin America, Middle East
all in one website.
- World
Wide Internet Television
(WWITV) 2324 Online TV channels listed.
GENERAL
SITES
- British
Museum London,
one of world's 5 greatest museums
- Chicago
(city government) This site provides a wealth of information about the City
of Chicago from the City Government, including summer festival schedules, bus
schedules, a map of the Loop, the CAPS program.
- Chicago
History Museum President Abe Lincoln Bicentenial
- Chicago
Museums
The great diversified museums of the Chicago area.
- Chicago
Farmers Markets Great fresh produce.
- Climate
Change Links to
many climate websits
- CNN
News CNN news reports current news from around the world.
- Computer
Magazines List of nearly all computer magazines online.
- DePaul
Ethics 101 Manual A common ethics language for dialogue
- Energy:
What's
wasting energy in your home Oct 2008
- Energy:
Engery
vampires: Fac vs Fiction Feb 2009
- Epinions
Opinions of people using different products. Fabulous !
- Hermitage
Museum St. Petersburg,
one of world's 5 greatest museums
- Human
Rights Links to many human rights websites
- Internet
News News on all aspects of the internet.
- Lewis
and Clark home page http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/
- Lewis
and Clark - PBS: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery: A Film by Ken Burns
- Louvre
Museum Paris, one of world's 5 greatest museums
- Millennium
Developmen Goals
Links to websites on MDGs
- Kim
Komando Computer news on her radio show, website, newsletter.
- Metropolitian
Museum of Art, New York City, one of world's 5 greatest museums
- Microsoft
Office User Specialist Exam Exam details
for different programs/levels.
- Press
Display Links to 450 newspapers in 70 countries in 37 languages.
- Smithsonian
Museum Complex 16 different museums/centers
- TED
- Ideas Worth Spreading - fabulous speeches by the world's leading thinkers;
headquarterd in Calif an with "small TED" gatherings around the world
- United
Nations 192 countries
come together to work on global issues
- UN
Climate Change Conference at Copenhagen Dec. 7 -18, 2009
- Climate
Change - Mar. 10-12, 2009. Copenhagen, International scientific congress on
climate change
- UN
Global Compact World's largest organzation promoting labor rights, human rights,
environmental care and anti-corruption
- Weather
The Weather Channel provides up-to-the-minute forecasting.
- Yahoo
Green: Home Tips, Global Warming, Living Green, etc.
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- Evite
Online invitations.
- Doodle
online easy scheduling and free of charge and without registration
- e-CARD
sites (small sample of available sites)
- Pintable
cards (small sample of available sites)
- Lulu.com
create your own book, photo book, e-book.
- Online
Surveys by Zoomerang 1) Create unlimited surverys and polls, 2) Send via email,
facebook, twitter or web, 3) View real-time results. Basic free and complex surverys/plls
for a fee.
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information on the Internet is frequently a challenge and once found, it is essential
to evaluate its authenticity, accuracy and biases. DePaul University's library
provides a number of "private" search engines that search professional journals.
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Selected Search Engines
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| - Walt's
Navigating the Net Forum An excellent description of websites.
- AltaVista
Popular with librarians because it returns more academic information.
- Ask.com
Seach by topics; city maps.
- HighBeam
Library Research More
than 6,500 credible publications; 80 million articles – all in one online
library. 7-day free trial.
- Excite
Single search engine and current news.
- Google
Hot new engine from Stanford.
- Google
Scholar Excellent for more academic sites.
- Web
Crawler Searches
Google,
Yahoo, Ask Jeeves About, LookSmart, Overture
FindWhat. Search web pages, photos, news.
- Yahoo
Both a search engine and a directory listing of Web sites.
- DogPile
Searches Google,
Yahoo, Ask Jeeves, About, LookSmart, Overture, FindWhat. Search web pages, images,
audio, multimedia, news, shopping.
- Internet
Sleuth
Search
tools and web directory.
- Search.com
SearchesGoogle, Ask.com, LookSmart and dozens of other leading search engines.
- Search
Engine Resources Search 60 engines and search by 33 categories.
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Reference
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| - AskOxford
Definitions, writing tips, etc.
- Ask
the Expert Send an email query to experts from 62 categories.
- B.J.
Pinchbeck's Homework Helper Organizes 440+ great sites into categories.
- Britanica
Online Encychopedia APA & MLA citations are given at bottom of articles
- Complete
Planet
- EINET
Galaxy Directory Services Billed as the professionals guide to information.
- Fast
Facts 2008 Lists almanacs, maps, journals, news sources, quotes, stats,
etc.
- Government
Sites Links to just about every U.S. government Web site.
- Merriam
Webster Dictionary
- National
Academies Press
2,500 books online in scientific and health policy issues.
- OneLook
Dictionary Searches 9 other dictionaries.
- One
World - Nations Online Excellent infomation on countries.
- Reference
/ Research Sites Extensive list of useful sites.
- The
Biographical Dictionary Hundreds of people from ancient to modern times.
- The
Online Books Page Links to nearly every book online.
- The
Oxford American College Dictionary
- The
Reference Desk Fabulous help for many, many areas. A must see site!
- The
World Factbook by the CIA
- The
World Factbook on Yahoo Education
country data organized into categories
- Virtual
Newspapers List of online newspapers from around the world.
- Webster's
New World Dictionay
- Wikpedia
Lists citation format: click on Cite this Page.
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Information
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- Country
Codes Two letter ISO (International Organization for Standardization) country
codes.
- Country
Codes From the RIPE Network Coordination Centre.
- U.S.
Gazetteer See maps and obtain census data
from 1990 census.
- U.S.
Postal zip code locator Locate 9 digit zip code for any area.
- U.S.
Federal Tax Forms Print Federal Tax Forms.
- U.S.
Passport Print Passport Forms, list of passport offices nationwide,
where to write for Vital Records (birth, death, marriage, divorce), Order form
to obtain Certified Birth Certificate, etc.
- UPS
Tracking, Quick Cost, Drop-off, Pick-up, Services, etc.
- FedEx
Track Packages Instantly, Ship Worldwide, Find Dropoff Locations.
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Using
the Internet to Find a Job |
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growing number of businesses are posting their job openings on the internet.
Employment seekers are posting their resumes online. While a growing number of
business and government jobs are being posted online, most internet sites list
jobs related to computers. Following is a listing of only several of the dozens
of online job sites. The Business Job Finder lists the most other job sites.
Note that job listings are not updated so many listings may no longer be
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- America's
Job Bank Job listings from state
employment service offices in U.S.
- Career
Builder Has various professional job listings.
- Government
Jobs Lists government jobs in many departments. This site provides a wealth
of information about employment opportunities in the U.S. government.
- HelpWanted
Large listing of jobs plus a good search engine.
- Monster.com
Job listings plus a tutorial for developing your online resume.
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