Thursday, July 24, 2008
Thurs., July 24, 2008 - Sites from Librarians' Internet Index, NEW THIS WEEK, February 7, 2008
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Websites you can trust!
NEW THIS WEEK, February 7, 2008
Read This Online : http://lii.org/cs/lii/print/news/135
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Blackwell History of Education Museum
Website for this Illinois museum "promoting interest in the history of American education." Features material about one-room schoolhouses, education artifacts (such as slates and magic lanterns), and early reading books (hornbooks and battledores). Also includes journal articles and a link to a historical collection of antique audio-visual equipment dating back to the early 1800s. From Northern Illinois University.
URL: http://www.cedu.niu.edu/blackwell/
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25341
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The Trial of Susan B. Anthony, 1873
Material about the trial of Susan B. Anthony for having illegally voted in New York in 1872. Features a brief biography, some of Anthony's writings and a speech about her right to vote, a trial record, her petition to Congress about her conviction, information about the 19th Amendment, suffrage cartoons, and related material. Includes a short bibliography. From a professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas (UMKC) School of Law.
URL: http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/anthony/sbahome.html
Shortened URL: http://tinyurl.com/4s6nb
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25344
[NOTE: Previously posted. Other trials from http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/ftrials.htm also previously posted. - Phyllis ]
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Studies in Scarlet: Marriage & Sexuality in the U.S. & U.K., 1815-1914
Images of hundreds of documents involving legal proceedings about divorce, domestic violence, homosexuality, abortion, adultery, and related topics in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Subjects include Oscar Wilde and Henry Ward Beecher. Search, or browse by subject, name, or genre. From the Harvard Law School Library.
URL: http://vc.lib.harvard.edu/vc/deliver/home?_collection=scarlet
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25371
From the site:
“These trials are especially rich sources for the study of the history of women in early modern society.”
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Memory for Justice
Collection of documents about former president of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela, including a narrative biography, chronology, bibliography, photo essay, database of speeches, tributes, and more. From the Nelson Mandela Foundation, which (among other projects) collects and curates Mandela's personal archive.
URL: http://www.nelsonmandela.org/index.php/memory/
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25356
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Mandela: An Audio History
Website for a "five-part radio series documenting the struggle against apartheid through rare sound recordings, the voice of [anti-apartheid leader] Nelson Mandela himself, as well as those who fought with him, and against him." In addition to audio and transcripts of the series, the site features interview biographies, an audio timeline, and suggestions from educators for using the program in a classroom. From Radio Diaries, a nonprofit radio production company.
URL: http://www.radiodiaries.org/mandela/
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25355
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A Computer Is Born
Special report about the creation of ENIAC, or Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, which was unveiled in February 1946 at the University of Pennsylvania. Topics include the roots of ENIAC during World War II (with the need to predict the trajectory of shells), the use of vacuum tube devices in calculating, and how programming was largely done by women. Includes sound clips and a related report on the politics invention. From CNET.
URL: http://www.news.com/2009-1006_3-6037980.html
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25348
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Exploring the Nanoworld
"Nano means one billionth. Nanotechnology is the study and design of systems at the nanometer scale -- the scale of atoms and molecules. ... The objective of this website is to introduce you to the tools that let us 'see' atoms, [and] manipulate them." Includes video, lesson plans, and lab manuals on topics such as what is the nanoscale and exploring the nano world with Lego bricks. From the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
URL: http://mrsec.wisc.edu/Edetc/
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25390
[NOTE: Previously posted. - Phyllis ]
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How Do You Fix an Undersea Cable?
Audio and text of a January 2007 article about making electrical repairs on the ocean floor. Describes the steps of how the repair takes place: discover location of damage (based on reported phone or Internet service outages or sending light pulses), send a cable repair ship that uses a robot or grapnel to pull the loose ends to the ship, repair by splicing, and lower cable back to the seabed. From Slate.
URL: http://www.slate.com/id/2156987
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25385
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Librarians' Internet Index
Websites You Can Trust!
http://lii.org/
Copyright 2008 by Librarians' Internet Index.
Librarians' Internet Index
Websites you can trust!
NEW THIS WEEK, February 7, 2008
Read This Online : http://lii.org/cs/lii/print/news/135
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Blackwell History of Education Museum
Website for this Illinois museum "promoting interest in the history of American education." Features material about one-room schoolhouses, education artifacts (such as slates and magic lanterns), and early reading books (hornbooks and battledores). Also includes journal articles and a link to a historical collection of antique audio-visual equipment dating back to the early 1800s. From Northern Illinois University.
URL: http://www.cedu.niu.edu/blackwell/
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25341
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The Trial of Susan B. Anthony, 1873
Material about the trial of Susan B. Anthony for having illegally voted in New York in 1872. Features a brief biography, some of Anthony's writings and a speech about her right to vote, a trial record, her petition to Congress about her conviction, information about the 19th Amendment, suffrage cartoons, and related material. Includes a short bibliography. From a professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas (UMKC) School of Law.
URL: http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/anthony/sbahome.html
Shortened URL: http://tinyurl.com/4s6nb
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25344
[NOTE: Previously posted. Other trials from http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/ftrials.htm also previously posted. - Phyllis ]
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Studies in Scarlet: Marriage & Sexuality in the U.S. & U.K., 1815-1914
Images of hundreds of documents involving legal proceedings about divorce, domestic violence, homosexuality, abortion, adultery, and related topics in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Subjects include Oscar Wilde and Henry Ward Beecher. Search, or browse by subject, name, or genre. From the Harvard Law School Library.
URL: http://vc.lib.harvard.edu/vc/deliver/home?_collection=scarlet
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25371
From the site:
“These trials are especially rich sources for the study of the history of women in early modern society.”
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Memory for Justice
Collection of documents about former president of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela, including a narrative biography, chronology, bibliography, photo essay, database of speeches, tributes, and more. From the Nelson Mandela Foundation, which (among other projects) collects and curates Mandela's personal archive.
URL: http://www.nelsonmandela.org/index.php/memory/
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25356
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Mandela: An Audio History
Website for a "five-part radio series documenting the struggle against apartheid through rare sound recordings, the voice of [anti-apartheid leader] Nelson Mandela himself, as well as those who fought with him, and against him." In addition to audio and transcripts of the series, the site features interview biographies, an audio timeline, and suggestions from educators for using the program in a classroom. From Radio Diaries, a nonprofit radio production company.
URL: http://www.radiodiaries.org/mandela/
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25355
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A Computer Is Born
Special report about the creation of ENIAC, or Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, which was unveiled in February 1946 at the University of Pennsylvania. Topics include the roots of ENIAC during World War II (with the need to predict the trajectory of shells), the use of vacuum tube devices in calculating, and how programming was largely done by women. Includes sound clips and a related report on the politics invention. From CNET.
URL: http://www.news.com/2009-1006_3-6037980.html
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25348
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Exploring the Nanoworld
"Nano means one billionth. Nanotechnology is the study and design of systems at the nanometer scale -- the scale of atoms and molecules. ... The objective of this website is to introduce you to the tools that let us 'see' atoms, [and] manipulate them." Includes video, lesson plans, and lab manuals on topics such as what is the nanoscale and exploring the nano world with Lego bricks. From the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
URL: http://mrsec.wisc.edu/Edetc/
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25390
[NOTE: Previously posted. - Phyllis ]
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How Do You Fix an Undersea Cable?
Audio and text of a January 2007 article about making electrical repairs on the ocean floor. Describes the steps of how the repair takes place: discover location of damage (based on reported phone or Internet service outages or sending light pulses), send a cable repair ship that uses a robot or grapnel to pull the loose ends to the ship, repair by splicing, and lower cable back to the seabed. From Slate.
URL: http://www.slate.com/id/2156987
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25385
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Librarians' Internet Index
Websites You Can Trust!
http://lii.org/
Copyright 2008 by Librarians' Internet Index.
