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Monthly Archives: May 2011
Scitopia
Scitopia is a federated search portal that allows users to search over 3.5 million documents in engineering, physics and mathematics. In addition, it also searches patents from Europe, Japan and the United States. Advanced search features are available. Register for … Continue reading
Posted in Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Science, Search engines
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Sheet Music
IN Harmony: Sheet Music from Indiana http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/inharmony/welcome.do People in Indiana know a fair bit about four-part harmony. For that matter, they know about all types of harmony, and this digital collection pays homage to their musical traditions. The IN Harmony … Continue reading
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PicSearch
Image via Wikipedia PicSearch is powered by Ask.com and enables users to switch between a web search and an image search with one click. When you are in the web search mode you can still see a preview of the … Continue reading
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Big Think
Big Think could be described as an intellectual version of YouTube. It has hundreds of hours of video interviews with people who are acknowledged experts in their field. Browse by area of expertise or by name. You don’t have to … Continue reading
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Search Within Number Range
Search Tip: If you would like to search within a range of numbers the formula for doing this in some search engines such as Google and Yahoo! is, [#]…[#] Examples: Blu-Ray player $150…200 apartment portland or 1500 sq ft…2000
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USDA Census
USDA: The Census of Agriculture http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/ The United States Department of Agriculture has the results of the 2007 Census of Agriculture now available on its website. Unlike the ten-year census of all people, the census of agriculture occurs every five … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Government, Web resources
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Key Indicators Interactive Database
Pew Global Attitudes Project Key Indicators Database http://pewglobal.org/database/?src=hpgraphic The Pew Global Attitudes Project has conducted a myriad of research projects over the past decade. With their team of researchers, they have asked people around the world about their opinion of … Continue reading
Posted in Databases, International, Public opinion
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Australian Research Online
You can search Australia’s research repositories for theses, preprints, postprints, journal articles, book chapters, music recordings and pictures at Australian Research Online. It currently includes several research and government collections and there are 30 Australian colleges and universities participating in … Continue reading
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Africa Map
AfricaMap http://cga-3.hmdc.harvard.edu/africamap/ Spatial data analysis is an important tool for geographers, planners, sociologists, and others, and this well-designed site by the Center for Geographic Analysis at Harvard University will be a real boon to anyone with an interest in Africa. … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, History, Maps, Sociology, Statistics, Web resources
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WWII Articles, Videos, Photos and More
Telegraph: World War II Articles http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/world-war-2/ The seventieth anniversary of the beginning of World War II is being commemorated across the world this year, and a number of media organizations are drawing on their own historic archives to offer a … Continue reading