| December
2006: How does the traffic look for for your drive along the roads in New York State? Are there any winter travel advisories or lane closures? Check your route at the the New York State Transportation Federation's TravelInfoNY.com Web site. |
| November
2006: The Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE) is a popular Federal education Web site offering access to many learning resources. Learn about chemicals around your house, try a jigsaw puzzle from the Library of Congress's photo collection, report an earthquake, or design a virtual mobile, or explore one of the many other resources at FREE. |
| October
2006: New York
State Historical Maps from SUNY Stony Brook - View an online collection
of scanned maps of parts of New York State dating from the 16th through
the 19th century. |
| September
2006: WorldCat.org uses the Open
WorldCat program to allow users to search for books, music, and videos
among 1.3 billion items in 18,000 library catalogs worldwide, find articles
and digital items (like audiobooks) that can be directly viewed or downloaded,
and see "Ask a Librarian" and other information about a library. |
| August
2006: FDA Consumer, the official magazine of the Food and Drug Administration, is searchable
from 1989 through the current issue. "FDA Consumer offers you a wealth
of new and in-depth information on how to get healthy and stay healthy.
It also reports on current FDA activities to ensure that the products the
agency regulates--food, human and animal drugs, medical devices, cosmetics,
radiation-emitting products, biologics--are fit to use." |
| June
2006: Biomed Central publishes over 150 open access journals covering all areas of biology and
medicine. "BioMed Central is an independent publishing house committed
to providing immediate open access to peer-reviewed biomedical research. |
| May
2006: American
Memory Timeline, from the Library of Congress, is a teacher and student
resource. Part of The
Learning Page, it provides primary sources for nine time periods of
United States history, covering 1783-1968. |
| April
2006: HomeworkNYC.org is a homework help resource produced by the New York Public Library with
the assistance of the Brooklyn Public and Queens Public Libraries. Find
online articles, browse study guides, use calculators and math textbooks. |
| March
2006: March is Women's History Month. The year 1998 marked the 150th
anniversary of the first Women's Rights Convention held in Seneca Falls,
New York. To commemorate the anniversary, the National Park Service developed
the National Register of Historic Places travel itinerary, Places
Where Women Made History. |
| February
2006: How can you find information on the thousands of pages that
comprise New York State Web sites? The best place to start is on the New
York State home page at www.ny.gov (or www.state.ny.us). |
| January
2006: How can you find out how many federal government dollars went
to your county, or your state? The Federal Assistance Award Data System (FAADS) can show you reports, by
quarter, since 1996, on government grants and assistance programs for individuals, organizations, and state and local governments. |