| December
2005: Looking for health-related information? Try the NLM
Gateway, the National Library of Medicine's single interface that searches
multiple retrieval systems at once, including PubMed®, MedlinePlus®,
the NLM Catalog, the Directory of Health Organizations and others. |
| November
2005: World War I is often overshadowed by the legacy of World War
II, but the “Great War,” as it was originally called, also had
a significant role in shaping 20th century politics and history. Brigham
Young University Libraries created the World
War I Document Archive, an archive of primary documents, where visitors
can peruse hundreds of transcribed documents. |
| October
2005: The interactive site, Your
Disease Risk, created by the Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention, allows
users to determine their potential risks for various diseases, including
diabetes, cancer, heart disease, osteoporosis, and stroke. |
| September
2005: Are you a college faculty member or student returning to campus
this September? This month's feature, Multimedia
Educational Resource for Learning and On-Line Teaching (MERLOT), is
"a free and open resource designed primarily for faculty and students
of higher education. Links to online learning materials are collected here
along with annotations such as peer reviews and assignments." |
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August 2005:
Landmark Supreme Court Cases
- This web site is an outgrowth of the demand for educational materials
regarding the most important US Supreme Court Cases such as: Dred Scott
v. Sandford (1857), Brown v. Board of Education (1954), Miranda v. Arizona
(1966 and Regents of CA v. Bakke (1978).
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| July
2005:
The New York Public Library (NYPL) Digital Gallery "provides access
to over 300,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities
in the collections of The New York Public Library, including illuminated
manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs,
illustrated books, printed ephemera, and more." |
| June
2005: Want to know more about that colorful plant sprouting up beside
your street? Or do you want to browse images and characteristics of plants
from around the continent?Get to know the Plants
Database from the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) National
Plant Data Center. |
| May
2005: The
Atlantic World: America and the Netherlands explores the Dutch presence
in America, which began in 1609 with Henry Hudson's explorations of Manhattan,
Staten Island and the Hudson River. Between then and 1664 the Dutch established
the colony of New Netherland in parts of what are now New York, New Jersey,
Delaware, and Connecticut. |
| April
2005: Nursing
Homes in New York State - The New York State Health Department is now
posting expanded information on nursing homes across the State. The expanded
data, which comes from routine annual inspections of all 673 nursing homes
statewide, will include more descriptive information about Medicare and
Medicaid certification status, available services and accommodations, occupancy
rates, and ownership and administration. |
| March
2005: Each year, Archives & Museum Informatics (Toronto) solicits
nominations from the Museum community for their
Best of the Web competition. Nominated sites are evaluated by a committee
of peers. |
| February
2005: The Promising
Practices Network Web site highlights programs and practices that credible
research indicates are effective in improving outcomes for children, youth,
and families. The information pertains to children from the prenatal period
to age 18, as well as the families and communities in which they live. |
| January
2005: The New York Public Library created A
Hudson River Portfolio to bring together rare images and texts from
the 19th century and make them available to researchers and students, as
well as lovers of Hudson River history and art. The Web site brings together
some of The Library's most celebrated materials from the heyday of the Hudson
River in the 19th century. |