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and internet sources (with comment) new to the MELO website.
New Websites
The following
websites have been selected from review tools. These sites are
considered outstanding as far as content and presentation of subject matter
and represent different subject categories on MELO. If there are areas
that you would particularly like to see enhanced, please send your comment
to melo@colin.edu.
Meta Subject Index to Government Information
http://www.isu.edu/library/docs/Subjects1.htm
“This index is intended to direct the user to subject
indexes which have been created for the purpose of identifying government
internet resources in a given subject area.” A collaborative effort by
academic libraries and government agency libraries with a direct link to the
corresponding web page.
Government
& Law
Famous Trials
www.umkc.edu/famoustrials
Presents 33 famous trials arranged chronological from Socrates to O.J.
Simpson. Each trial includes individual segments like key personalities,
map, chronology, images, and biographies. Created by a law professor.
Government &
Law
A Biography of America
http://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica
Well designed “companion” website for a college-level history
course. It is divided into 26 segments that include a map, key events of
that time period, a transcript of the video version, and related annotated
links. It appears to be a good teaching supplement for those instructors
teaching American history. Created by Annenberb/CPB.
Social Science / American History
Guinness Book of World Records
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com
Good example of a standard reference source that is just as great
online. Reference / Fact Books
CDRI: Digital Resources for the Study of Religion
http://www.atla.com/digitalresources
An online collection of religious digital
resources by the American Theological Library Association and the
Association of Theological Schools.
Social Science / Religion
EPsych
http://epsych.msstate.edu/
An interactive teaching tool used for introducing college psychology
to students. Uses the internet to create a ‘non linear’ way of looking at
the brain. It focuses on four aspects of the brain the deliberate mind, the
biological mind, the descriptive mind and the adaptive mind. A wonderful
example of how the web can be used in teaching students in an innovative,
interesting way. Created by a professor from Mississippi State University.
Noted in the CHE. Social Sciences/Psychology
Campus Legal Information Clearinghouse
http://counsel.cua.edu/
Created for college administrators and lawyers on those issues that
administrators face in complying with federal regulations and laws. Offers
a clearinghouse on such issues copyright, religious issues, campus security,
employment, environment, and more. Abstracts pertinent laws as well as
directing the viewer to more detailed coverage on more specific issues like
hiring regulations, intellectual property, and foreign student tracking.
Created and maintained by Catholic University of America. Education/Higher Education
Einstein Archives Online
http://www.alberteinstein.info/
Includes notes, lectures, and speeches that has been digitized.
Science/Physics
Literacy.org
http://www.literacyonline.org/index.html
A gateway website to online materials pertaining to literacy. Searchable by
country or region, topic, or perspective (such as teacher).
Education / Literacy
Getty Art and
Architecture Thesaurus On Line
http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat
Reference tool that offers good online resource to definition and
description of terms relating to art and architecture.
Fine Arts/Ref
FILExt: The File
Extension Source
http://filext.com/
A database of descriptive information
about file extensions and programs that use them. It is searchable by
extension or browsed by extension name.
Internet
& Computers
Atlas of the Body: Anatomy and Medical Illustrations
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/7140.html
Can be browsed by categories of
brain,
circulatory system, muscles, respiratory system, nervous system, and more.
From the American Medical Association.
Health
& Medicine
The
Wagner Library
http://users.belgacom.net/wagnerlibrary/
Includes much of what is expected in a well designed content-filled website.
However, of special interest are the Wagner's letters both to his family and
between him and Liszt. Fine
Arts/Music
The Secret Guide to Computers
http://www.secretguide.net/read/index.php
Direct and easily understood information about
computers.
Internet & Computers
For
Faculty
"Probing for Plagiarism in
the Virtual Classroom" is an interesting article that appeared in the
publication Syllabus. It includes links relating to aspects of
plagiarism within the classroom from guidelines and teaching to
downloadable applications to help detect material that has been plagiarized.
Many college professors have started their own web blogs....a
page that tracks articles and websites of interest to a particular topic.
CHE notes that for some this is a place “where
scholars tackle serious questions in a loose-limbed, vernacular mode.” A
listing of these may be found at the following two websites,
Rhetorica and
GallowGlassBlogs. Some of your instructors may find their own
subject-specific blog to follow.
For Librarians
-As most already know, but have you looked?
ERIC
(http://www.eric.ed.gov/) has received a complete new makeover. For a
good explanation as to how to use it and the changes that have taken place
go their 'database basics' page found
here. This page looks useful in presenting any kind of library
instruction about the index.
-If you are looking for innovative new ways to do library instruction take a
look at Michael Lorenzen's
LibraryInstruction.com! A long list of such sites are included in the
page's 'Links
to other Resources'.
-Information on the U.S. Patriot Act
may be found at ALA's page
here.
DL (Distance Learning Resources)
Distance Education at a Glance
http://www.uidaho.edu/eo/distglan.html
An overview of distance education that includes a glossary. "Helpful
for teachers, facilitators, administrators, and students."
MAGNOLIA Update
MAGNOLIA has added two new resources which can be found on the
MELO
database page. The Ebscohost 'list' page now includes Academic
Search Premier, a full-text scholarly database designed specifically for
academic research. "This resource contains full text for 3,956
scholarly publications with more than 100 going back to 1975 or further."
The other new resource is the fiction reader's advisory source Novelist.
It offers guidance in the area of fiction reading through a variety of
search schemes along with book lists.
.........................................
Kathleen Hutchison
melo@colin.edu
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