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********************************************************************** lii.org: Librarians' Index to the Internet NEW THIS WEEK for October 10, 2002 ********************************************************************** Still need Web resources for the California-wide reading program? See The Grapes of Web: http://lii.org/TGOW ********************************************************************** 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... THE RETURN OF HUMOR! Once again, we provide temporary relief from the events of the day with fun sites for your reading pleasure. Forget your worries with Web resources related to snipe hunting, things sold in vending machines, cats, literal answers to rhetorical questions, and a great humor collection. We have also woven a little humor into one or two other new records in our database--so read carefully. In New This Week (also at http://lii.org/ntw ), Light up your world with fluorescence, hobnob with Buckminster Fuller, then explore vintage music, modern drug problems, money laundering, cats quotations, climate change, ice fishing, fuel cells, Chicago gangs, World War II, SUVs, and the FBI. California-specific resources focus on California elections and transportation in Sacramento. In More New This Week ( http://lii.org/mntw ) -- Find out why the 60's were such a riot, explore a rather graphic dermatology atlas, then browse fashion, British police, inline skating, Indian folk painting, law, games, vegetables, the Garden State, and a possible solution to a classic math problem. Bon appetit! 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 ********************************************************************** Mr. Gradgrind's Literal Answers to Rhetorical Questions This page gives us somewhat serious comments on whether anyone really is afraid of Virginia Woolf, who wrote The Book of Love, why the ivy twines, the possibility of swinging on a star, and other tough, never-meant-to-be-answered questions from song and literature. http://www.wsu.edu/%7Ebrians/gradgrind.html Subjects: Questions and answers Created by: mg LaughLab What is the world's funniest joke? This site claims to know. You'll also find a breakdown of popular jokes by country, and short essays on the brain and why we laugh in the first place. http://web.psy.herts.ac.uk/ Subjects: Wit and humor Created by: smb Snipe Hunter's Association of America (SHAA) While disclaiming any intent to harm the birds, the association shares history and techniques of the esoteric sport of snipe hunting, plus basic information about the common snipe, Gallinago gallinago, "also known as the woobidah bird (for a noise it makes while plummeting)." Information includes snipe population density, night photos, and sounds of other snipe species, as well as snipe hunt simulators and a spy cam. Tally-ho! http://www.snipehunter.com/ Subjects: Hunting... Created by: wh The CAT User's Manual: User Installation and Maintenance Documentation Explicit instructions for living with a perfectly evolved system. Includes specs. http://www.andreas.com/catman.html Subjects: Cats... Created by: wh Things That Have Been Sold In Vending Machines Beach balls, blue jeans, emu jerky, holy water, and rocks are just a few of the odd things documented here. Each item has a brief note of when and where the item was offered in a vending machine. There is also some vending machine lore. http://www.chaparraltree.com/vending/ Subjects: Vending machines Created by: mg ********************************************************************** NEW THIS WEEK ********************************************************************** Afro-Americans in New Jersey: A Short History A history of blacks in New Jersey from the Colonial Period through the 1980s. Originally published by New Jersey Historical Commission in 1989 and published on the Web by the New Jersey State Library. http://www.njstatelib.org/cyberdesk/digidox/digidox9.htm Subjects: African Americans -- History... Created by: mg Thomas S. Warren Museum of Fluorescence This site has a brief explanation of fluorescence and phosphorescence, some striking close-up photographs of specimens of fluorescent minerals under ultraviolet light, and a collection of annotated links to related resources. The section for teachers is a tour of the museum's exhibits, with photographs and brief notes. The museum is in Ogdensburg, NJ. http://www.sterlinghill.org/warren/ Subjects: Fluorescence... Created by: mg 1943 Detroit Race Riots Overview of how overcrowding and competition for defense jobs during World War II in the "Arsenal of Democracy" erupted in "36 hours of rioting [that] claimed 34 lives, 25 of them black. More than 1,800 were arrested for looting and other incidents," most were African Americans. From The Detroit News. http://www.detnews.com/history/riot/riot.htm Subjects: African Americans -- History... Created by: tm A Comprehensive Glossary of Weather Terms for Storm Spotters Written in layman's terms, this "spotter glossary" serves as a reference to help standardize weather-related terms used by storm spotters and forecasters to communicate effectively during storm warnings. NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Technical Memorandum NWS SR-145, from the National Weather Service, Norman, OK. http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/severewx/glossary.html Subjects: Weather -- Dictionaries... Created by: jh African American Literature Book Club (AALBC) Authors, books, events, reviews, writers' resources, "fun stuff," and discussion groups--all with the goal of increasing "everyone's knowledge of the diversity of African American literature." Author section has information and links to Web pages for African American and other black authors. http://aalbc.com/ Subjects: American literature -- African American authors... Created by: mg Buckminster Fuller Institute This site is devoted to the "principles articulated by Buckminster Fuller," creator of the geodesic dome and design science. Full text articles and books on alternative living structures, natural resources conservation, and sustainable development are available. There are links to related Web resources on Fuller, design science, domes, energy, hunger, synergetics, international conferences on global ecological issues, and more. http://www.bfi.org/ Subjects: Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-... Created by: ta Cal-Access "Who gives money, and how much, in California's elections? Who receives the money and how do they spend it? It's all here on the Secretary of State's web site to assist California voters with critically important election decisions....Cal-Access provides financial information supplied by state candidates, donors, lobbyists, and others." http://cal-access.ss.ca.gov/ Subjects: Elections -- California... Created by: kgs Cat Talk Several dozen quotes about and in praise of cats. http://www.catanna.com/catquote.htm Subjects: Cats... Created by: wh Dismuke's Virtual Talking Machine: Vintage Phonograph Recordings, 1900-1939 "This site is devoted to vintage music from the early decades of the 20th Century. All recordings have been transcribed into streaming Real Audio from the original 78 rpm discs in my personal collection." Includes Radio Dismuke, an online radio station; Hit of the Week; and a browsable collection of recordings. http://dismuke.org/ Subjects: Music... Created by: kgs Facts About Sexual Orientation "An overview of social science theory and empirical research concerning sexual orientation." Contains information on homosexuality and mental health, changing sexual orientation, and homosexuality and child molestation. Includes bibliography, and abstracts of selected publications. By Gregory Herek, Professor of Psychology, University of California, Davis. http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/rainbow/html/facts.html Subjects: Sexual orientation... Created by: tm Facts for Families This is a collection of over eighty brief fact sheets developed by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry on various issues of childhood and adolescence. Some of topics included are child abuse, child and adolescent development, medical health and disease, mental health and disorders, media issues, parenting and family problems, and sexuality issues. Reports are available in English, Spanish, French, German, and Polish. http://www.aacap.org/web/aacap/publications/factsfam/ Subjects: Parenting... Created by: ttk From Flowers to Heroin This Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) site provides a brief overview of "how the byproduct of a simple flower is converted into one of the most addictive drugs known to man." Includes information on poppy cultivation; the hill tribe people of Southeast Asia; producing, harvesting, and refining raw opium; and the conversion of opium to heroin. http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/heroin/flowers_to_heroin.htm Subjects: Heroin... Created by: tm Fuel Cells: Green Power A report in Acrobat (PDF) format on the science and technology of fuel cells and the possible environmental benefits of their applications in automobiles and electrical power generation. From the Los Alamos National Laboratory and the U.S. Dept. of Energy. http://education.lanl.gov/resources/fuelcells/fuelcells.pdf Subjects: Fuel cells... Created by: blw Global Climate Change "At this Web site, you can explore scientific data relating to the atmosphere, the oceans, the areas covered by ice and snow, and the living organisms in all these domains. You'll also get a sense of how scientists study natural phenomena--how researchers gather evidence, test theories, and come to conclusions." http://www.exploratorium.edu/climate/ Subjects: Climatic changes Created by: sf History of the FBI A history of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from its origins in 1908 through the present. Provided by the FBI. http://www.fbi.gov/libref/historic/history/historymain.htm Subjects: United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation... Created by: tm kaisernetwork.org "This free and comprehensive multimedia service connects users to the events, people, information, and research that shape health policy." Includes news and reports on such subjects as health policy, HIV/AIDS, and reproductive issues. Users may subscribe to free daily e-mail updates. Also includes an archive of Americans' responses to health-related opinion polls (arranged by topic) and a calendar of health policy events (with links to sponsoring organizations). http://www.kaisernetwork.org Subjects: Medical policy -- United States... Created by: lcw Live Larger, Drive Smaller: Not Everyone Needs an SUV This resource from the Web site for the popular radio show, Car Talk, provides information on the "downsides" of Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs). Includes recommendations for alternatives to SUVs, a discussion area, and a place to write for a free "Live Larger, Drive Smaller" bumper sticker. http://cartalk.cars.com/info/suv/ Subjects: Automobiles... Publisher: Dewey, Cheetham and Howe Created by: kgs MedHist: The Guide to History of Medicine Resources on the Internet This annotated directory of Web sites includes such topics as biographies of physicians and scientists, specific diseases, phrenology, witchcraft, smallpox-infected blankets, 4,000 years of women in science, and Islamic medical arts. It also has a timeline of medical history. Searchable by category (diseases, geographical areas, historical periods, etc.) or keyword. From the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine, London, England. http://www.medhist.ac.uk/ Subjects: Medicine -- History Created by: bb National Labor Committee (NLC): In Support of Human and Worker Rights This organization sees "worker rights in a global economy as human rights. The Committee undertakes public education, research and social activism to support worker movements in Asia, Africa and the Americas." The Resources and Reports are categorized by company or country. There are links organizations and other relevant Web sites. Searchable. http://www.nlcnet.org/ Subjects: Human rights... Created by: rv Net Archive Silences Scientology Critic This short article from News.Com reports how "buckling under pressure from the Church of Scientology, the Internet Archive has removed a church critic's Web site from its system." http://news.com.com/2100-1023-959236.html Subjects: Freedom of speech... Created by: kgs Plagiarism An annotated directory of articles, case studies, examples of paper mills, plagiarism detection tools, essays on ethics and copyright, and related links. Includes resources directed specifically at instructors and students. By librarian Sharon Stoerger. http://www.web-miner.com/plagiarism Subjects: Plagiarism... Created by: kgs Sacramento History Online "A digital library of rare and primary source materials, Sacramento History Online is a joint project of four Sacramento County institutions: the California State Library's California History Room, the California State Railroad Museum Library, the Sacramento Archives and Museum Collection Center, and the Sacramento Public Library's Sacramento Room. From photographs to dance cards, Sacramento History Online's first year tells the story of transportation in Sacramento County from the mid 19th to early 20th century." http://www.sachistoryonline.org/ Subjects: Transportation -- History... Created by: kgs Springfield Race Riot of 1908 An overview of the 1908 Springfield, Illinois race riot, including "its connection with the creation of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)." A ThinkQuest site. http://www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum_outside.html?tname=2986&u rl=2986/index.html Subjects: African Americans -- History... Created by: tm The Complete Morris's British Birds 1891 A collection of hundreds of high quality scanned images of birds painted in 1891 by Reverend Francis Orphen Morris. Some of the images contain descriptive information. Browsable alphabetically, and searchable. http://www.birdcheck.co.uk/ Subjects: Birds... Created by: dl The Hawala Alternative Remittance System and its Role in Money Laundering Describes the hawala or hundi remittance system used to transfer funds, outside the banking bureaucracy, between individuals or businesses in different countries. Used for its cost efficiency, convenience, and reliability by many immigrants to the U.S. to send money home, the hawala is also relatively undocumented and anonymous which makes it attractive for money laundering and tax evasion. From Interpol. http://www.interpol.int/Public/FinancialCrime/MoneyLaundering/hawala/ Subjects: Emigrant remittances... Created by: pf The Ice Fishing Home Page A nicely-organized directory for resources related to this "cool" sport. Improve your techniques, build an ice house, find ice-fishing locations, and more. http://hickorytech.net/~jbusby/iceangler.html Subjects: Fishing... Created by: kgs The Journalist's Toolbox: Online Resources for Reporters and Editors This directory links to "more than 15,000 web sites helpful to the media and anyone else doing research. Use the pulldown menu or search engine to locate information from a variety of beats and news industry-related topics." Includes resources for crime, current events, entertainment, government, sports, women's issues, and much more. There are also "how to" type resources covering the mechanics of writing and editing. http://www.journaliststoolbox.com/ Subjects: Journalism... Created by: sf The Young Lords and Early Chicago Puerto Rican Gangs An interview with historian Mervin Mendez, exploring "the context for the development of Puerto Rican gangs in Chicago." From the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation, a part of Gang research.net. http://www.uic.edu/orgs/kbc/latinkings/lkhistory.html Subjects: Gangs -- Illinois -- Chicago... Created by: tm Trails to Utah and the Pacific: Diaries and Letters, 1846-1869 A collection of "49 diaries, in 59 volumes, of pioneers trekking westward across America to Utah, Montana, and the Pacific between 1847 and the meeting of the rails in 1869. In addition to the diaries, the collection includes 43 maps, 82 photographs and illustrations, and 7 published guides for immigrants." From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award99/upbhtml/ Subjects: West (U.S.) -- History... Created by: dlm World War II Timeline A timeline for World War II, including events leading up to the conflict as far back as 1917. Includes images, posters, maps, political cartoons, newspaper clippings, and diagrams. Browse by date, topic, picture, and map. There is a bibliography and related links. Brief information accompanies events. From a professor of history at the University of San Diego. http://history.acusd.edu/gen/WW2Timeline/start.html Subjects: World War, 1939-1945... . 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