From: Karen Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Multiple recipients of list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [LIIWEEK] September 12, 2002 Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 10:40:59 -0700
********************************************************************** lii.org: Librarians' Index to the Internet NEW THIS WEEK for September 12, 2002 ********************************************************************** To read lii.org New This Week on the Web, go to: http://lii.org/ntw To see MORE resources added this week, go to: http://lii.org/mntw To see over 10,000 other great resources, go to: http://lii.org/ ********************************************************************** THIS WEEK FROM THE LIBRARIANS' INDEX TO THE INTERNET... In New This Week (the list below, also at http://lii.org/ntw ), First, after the serious events of this week, we felt the need for a bit of levity, and indexed five sites that ranked fairly high on the "fun meter" even if they were a bit bereft of informational value. There's something for everyone: a site of dubious veracity about a weird "sport," a high-quality site about junk food, a "museum" of condiment packages, a one-of-a-kind resource for Episcopalians, and a mock-analysis of the mysterious but widely-observed relationship between family emergencies and school projects. We return to daily life with sites related to Virginia Woolf, algae, juvenile crime, chromosomal disorders, acronyms, environment, a site for the horticulturally challenged, and more. More New This Week ( http://lii.org/mntw ) -- This week "More New" is a collection of two dozen resources related to September 11, Afghanistan, national security, and related issues. You can find additional resources at September 11 and Beyond, http://lii.org/911 Thanks for reading! Karen G. Schneider, Coordinator, lii.org Martha Gifford, Wendy Hyman, Pat Fell, & Bill Moseley And over 130 indexers! ********************************************************************** lii.org (Librarians' Index to the Internet) is funded by the Library of California,www.library.ca.gov/loc with additional grant funding from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian. ********************************************************************** Five Fun Sites ********************************************************************** Junk Food News This tasty site features stories and newswires about the junk food industry. Beyond the entertainment value of the latest news about empty calories, this site shrewdly illustrates by example how the junk food industry promotes its product. A well-done hobby site by a professional writer. http://junkfoodnews.com/junkfoodnews/ Subjects: Junk food Created by: kgs Cheese Racing "Everything you need to know about this deceptively simple, yet addictive and fiercely competitive sport," which involves throwing slices of wrapped cheese on barbecue grills. The site includes history, rules of the game, information about the umbrella organization, CRASS (Cheese Racing Association), and speculation on the potential application of cheese-racing to NASA spacecraft development. http://www.apsmith.btinternet.co.uk/cheese/ Subjects: Cheese racing Created by: kgs The Archbishop Rowan Williams Baseball Card The perfect Web site to share with your favorite Episcopalian. Includes key facts and dates for Rowan Williams, elected Archbishop of Canterbury in July 2002. We were unable to locate the "entire set" of baseball cards for Anglican bishops, and suspect it does not really exist. Requires Acrobat Reader and a sense of humor. http://www.bluehighways.com/rowanwilliamsbaseballcard.pdf Subjects: Church of England -- Clergy -- Collectibles Created by: kgs The Condiment Packet Museum "The Condiment Packet Museum exists to provide documentation and display of condiments found in packets. The packets in the Museum are specifically all packets other than sugar packets, which are currently well documented by other sources." Searchable, and browsable by type of condiment (honey, ketchup, mustard, etc.). Also features special collections, such as Ramen Packets. http://www.clearfour.com/condiment/ Subjects: Condiments -- Packaging... Created by: kgs The Dead Grandmother/Exam Syndrome and the Potential Downfall Of American Society A tongue-in-cheek "academic" paper, complete with graphs and charts, based on the observation that "A student's grandmother is far more likely to die suddenly just before the student takes an exam, than at any other time of year." By a genetics professor, who reports his observations and offers some possible remedies for the problem. Originally published in The Connecticut Review, 1990, Eastern Connecticut State University. http://biology.ecsu.ctstateu.edu/People/ConnRev Subjects: Wit and humor Created by: mg ********************************************************************** We now resume regular programming: 2002 Census of Governments "A Census of Governments is taken at 5-year intervals as required by law....The census covers three major subject fields - government organization, public employment, and government finance." The census will be completed in 2003; as of this writing, it primarily includes "official counts of the number of state and local governments and tabulations of governments by state, type of government, size and county location." http://www.census.gov/govs/www/cog2002.html Subjects: Local government -- United States -- Statistics... Created by: kgs Afghanistan and the US: Selected Internet Resources Briefly annotated links in the categories of "general information, rebuilding Afghanistan, political parties and groups, government statements, voices of peace, research and analysis, effects of the US war, human rights, al-Qa'ida and Osama bin Laden, Taliban, Afghans in diaspora, news sources and online journals." From the Library, University of California, Berkeley. http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/SSEAL/SouthAsia/afghan_US.html Subjects: Afghanistan... Created by: mg AHRQ: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality News, reports, and other information from AHRQ, an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services charged with researching "health care quality, costs, outcomes, and patient safety." Topics include long term care, health plans, drugs, diseases and conditions, preventive medicine, smoking cessation, grant opportunities, and more. Information is aimed at consumers and health care providers. http://www.ahcpr.gov/ Subjects: Medical care... Created by: mg AlgaeBase A searchable database of "information on the algae of the world and includes terrestrial, marine and freshwater forms." Search by species, genera, common name, or image. The bibliography can also be searched. References, symbols, synonyms, classification, use, and distribution may be included in the information provided. http://www.algaebase.org/ Subjects: Algae Created by: dl Bernie Sloan's Digital Reference Pages "A number of Web resources," including a Digital Reference Primer, "dealing with the topic of online or virtual or digital reference services, i.e., the provision of reference services, involving collaboration between library user and librarian, in a computer-based medium" such as "e-mail, Web forms, chat, video, Web customer call center software, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), etc." See resources related to digital reference services, reference interviews, question logs, and more. From librarian Bernie Sloan. http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/~b-sloan/bernie.htm Subjects: Electronic reference services (Libraries) Created by: kgs Braille Institute This site lists the variety of free services available to blind and visually impaired residents of southern California. The institute offers "counseling services, low vision rehabilitation consultations and more than 200 classes that help people with limited vision remain independent and lead enriched lives." There are FAQs about blindness, links to vendors of adaptive equipment, and Talking Books information. http://www.brailleinstitute.org/ Subjects: Blind -- Services for... Created by: ta Chemical and Biological Arms Control Institute (CBACI) Staffed by researchers and policy experts, this site has relevant international treaties and conventions, analyses, e-books, paperbound books, and other publications. To browse, use the pull-down menus at the bottom. http://www.cbaci.org/ Subjects: Chemical weapons... Created by: rv China Painting List Comprehensive, well-organized directory of Web sites covering all aspects of the art of painting on china. You will find links to organizations, artists, potteries, magazines, schools, and businesses selling everything from kilns to brushes. International in scope and keyword searchable. http://www.china-painting-list.com/ Subjects: China painting Created by: ad Colorado Virtual Library for Kids Browse or search through thousands of Web sites for children, selected by "volunteer school library media specialists, educators, and other library professionals." Colorful and appealing. Includes resources for parents and teachers. Many of the Web sites were originally selected for the KidsClick Web project. From the Colorado State Library and the High Plains (CO) Regional Library Service System. http://kids.aclin.org/ Subjects: Children's Web sites -- Directories... Created by: kgs Duh, Plants: Getting Started with Gardening for the Black Thumbed "I know you think you can't grow anything, that plants and people do not mix, and that any plant entrusted to you has been given a death sentence. Many people feel this way. I am here to help....We won't mention any plants by name, or assume you know much of anything. This is for the botanically-challenged." http://www.gardenerspath.com/articles/blackthumb/ Subjects: Gardening Created by: wh eBookLocator "Search through a database of thousands of eBooks" by author, title, keyword, ISBN, or publisher. "Get the latest reviews, excerpts and author bios." Browse top-selling electronic books. http://www.ebooklocator.com/ Subjects: Electronic books... Created by: sf Fire and Park Resources A study of "the role of fire in park ecosystems" is presented with this collection of "papers on fire and fire management," including those that focus on the Giant Sequoias and Fire. Included are reports archived to 1995; maps, GIS information, a bibliography, glossary, and related links. The SNEP Report (Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project) is also available. http://www.nps.gov/seki/fire/fire_res.htm Subjects: Wildfires... Created by: dl FT.com: The Financial Times This Web site features three online editions, US, UK, and Global, of this international publication. It features business, investment, and economic news and reports. It also covers general, cultural, and sports news from around the world. Some articles require paid subscription. http://news.ft.com/ Subjects: Business -- Newspapers... Created by: mg International Virginia Woolf Society The site for an organization "devoted to encouraging and facilitating the scholarly study of, critical attention to, and general interest in, the work and career of Virginia Woolf, and to facilitate ways in which all people interested in her writings--scholars, critics, teachers, students, and common readers--may learn from one another, meet together, contact each other, and help one another." Includes conference and membership information, a bibliography, and related links (some broken). http://www.utoronto.ca/IVWS/ Subjects: Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941... Created by: kgs Little Criminals Focusing on the 1996 Richmond, California incident of a six year old boy nearly beating a baby to death, this site explores the causes of violence in children and ways of dealing with juvenile violence. Includes expert testimony on early predictors of violence, research on social and biological factors, and related public policy aspects. Also features information on San Francisco's 1971 Crucifixion Murder. From the PBS series, Frontline. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/little/ Subjects: Violence in children Created by: tm Plants-in-Motion A collection of time-lapse movies that demonstrate various phases of plant growth. Areas include germination, photomorphogenesis, circadian responses, flowers, cellular responses, and more. Each section provides information and movies of that particular growth phase. From a professor of biology at Indiana University. http://sunflower.bio.indiana.edu/~rhangart/plantmotion/ Subjects: Botany... Created by: dl Publications of the War This site presents examples of World War I publications such as "newspapers, propaganda material...comical gifts" and postcards. Most notable is a complete run of The Hydra, a newsletter the poet Wilfred Owen contributed to during his stay at Craiglockhart War Hospital. From Oxford University. http://www.hcu.ox.ac.uk/jtap/pubs/ Subjects: World War, 1914-1918... Created by: kgs Rainbows Down Under This page provides information on "Trisomy 18, Trisomy 13 and other related chromosomal disorders." Specific information on the individual syndromes is provided. Also included are growth charts for Trisomy 18 (Edward's Syndrome) and trisomy 13 (Patau's Syndrome) children, and a list of recommended books. There are also links to other helpful Internet sites. http://members.optushome.com.au/karens/ Subjects: Abnormalities, Human New this week Created by: knr Scientific and Technical Acronyms, Symbols, and Abbreviations A searchable and browsable "tool for the look up of acronyms and other short terms used in scientific works." Additionally, there are various reference tables, including the Greek alphabet, Roman numerals, mathematical symbols and signs, various conversion factors, periodic table of elements, ASCII codes, and more. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/stasa/ Subjects: Abbreviations... Created by: dl The Green Guide A "consumer source for practical everyday actions benefiting environmental and personal health. As an environmental lifestyle newsletter and website, the Green Guide provides an intersection between mainstream consumer service (women's, health, parenting, and shelter) and environmental advocacy publications." Lively and content-rich. http://www.thegreenguide.com/ Subjects: Environmental health... Created by: sf The Lemelson Center: Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation Created to "document, interpret, and disseminate information about invention and innovation," and "to encourage inventive creativity in young people," this site focuses on the U.S. Click on Invention at Play for learning activities and applications interspersed with Inventors' Stories and historic documents. Special resources are gathered under Short Cuts. To find more resources, go to Digging Deeper or CenterPieces. Part of the National Museum of American History. Some features do not work in Netscape. http://www.si.edu/lemelson/ Subjects: Inventions... Created by: rv The Sight and Sound Top Ten Poll 2002 "In 1952 Sight & Sound polled the world's leading film critics to compile a list of the best films of all time." The poll, repeated every ten years, includes the winning choices from critics and directors, and the top ten directors from both groups. There is also a history of the poll, a browsing list of the potential films and directors, and a way to place your own vote. From the British Film Institute (BFI). http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/topten/ Subjects: Motion pictures -- Miscellanea Created by: smb Walk to School Day "Walk to School Day is an energizing event, reminding parents and children alike of the simple joy of walking to school. But it's usually also a kickoff event. Walk to School Day becomes a catalyst for ongoing efforts to increase walking and bicycling all of the time." The site offers tips on organizing Walk to School events, provides a checklist to evaluate walking in your neighborhood, and has related links. http://www.walktoschool.org/ Subjects: Walking... Created by: ha Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars: Knowledge in the Public Service International in the scope of its interests, the center supports research and publishing by "professors, public officials, journalists, professionals and leaders." Its aim is to help public policy makers with reliable, nonpartisan information. The site provides information about and quotes from Woodrow Wilson, an online version of The Wilson Quarterly and other publications, and news articles. http://wwics.si.edu/ Subjects: International relations... 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