Global Gateway: World Culture & Resources (Library of Congress)

Global Gateway: World Culture & Resources (Library of Congress) 

The Library of Congress Global Gateway: World Culture & Resources Digital Collections Collaborative Digital Libraries Digital Collections Centers for International Research The Library's 21 reading rooms provide access to unparalleled global information About the International Collections Information about comprehensive international print and electronic resources available at the Library Featured Presentations Selected items of international, cultural or historic importance from the Library's collections International Exhibitions Many exhibits on international themes are accessible through the Library's Exhibitions Web site Portals to the World Electronic resources on the nations of the world selected by Library of Congress subject experts Research Guides and Databases Search country studies, foreign law materials, specialized catalogs, digitized books and journals Research Opportunities Fellowships to pursue research in the collections of the Library of Congress administered by the Kluge Center International Cybercasts Videos of many public programs on international issues are available through the Cyber LC Web site

Global Gateway: World Culture & Resources (Library of Congress)

Home | ACToR | US EPA

Home | ACToR | US EPA 

ACToR (Aggregated Computational Toxicology Resource) is a collection of databases collated or developed by the US EPA National Center for Computational Toxicology (NCCT). More than 200 sources of publicly available data on environmental chemicals have been brought together and made searchable by chemical name and other identifiers, and by chemical structure. Data includes chemical structure, physico-chemical values, in vitro assay data and in vivo toxicology data. Chemicals include, but are not limited to, high and medium production volume industrial chemicals, pesticides (active and inert ingredients), and potential ground and drinking water contaminants.

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Wired for Books: poems, stories, plays, essays, lectures, and interviews for children and adults

Wired for Books: poems, stories, plays, essays, lectures, and interviews for children and adults 

Wired for Books: poems, stories, plays, essays, lectures, and interviews for children and adults.

Wired for Books: poems, stories, plays, essays, lectures, and interviews for children and adults

Phrasefinder

The meanings and origins of sayings and phrases | List of sayings | English sayings | Idiom definitions | Idiom examples | Idiom origins | List of idioms | Idiom dictionary | Meaning of idioms

A brief history of phrase finding...

The Phrasefinder site was founded in 1997 by Gary Martin, who writes the Meanings and Origins section of the site and the Phrase A Week posts. It grew out of an interest in computational linguistics that was developed during his post-graduate research in 1985 and later while working in an IBM-financed research project at Sheffield Hallam University. That project, headed by Prof. Asher Cashdan, investigated the use of artificial intelligence techniques to aid the teaching of writing.

The site initially hosted a searchable database of phrases and idioms. Its search algorithm also uses artificial intelligence methods to provide pertinent search results.

Note: That database, called The Phrase Thesaurus found an audience amongst professional writers like journalists and copywriters. It is now available commercially, hosted by an independent site. Details, including more information on how it works, are available at that site.

The meanings and origins of sayings and phrases | List of sayings | English sayings | Idiom definitions | Idiom examples | Idiom origins | List of idioms | Idiom dictionary | Meaning of idioms

The Education Podcast Network | A Landmark Project

The Education Podcast Network | A Landmark Project
 

The Education Podcast Network is an effort to bring together into one place, the wide range of podcast programming that may be helpful to teachers looking for content to teach with and about, and to explore issues of teaching and learning in the 21st century.

Recently Added

•Last Chance For Justice- The History Of The Supreme Court

•Suzhou,China--A Paradise on the Earth

•Dose of Motivation

•The History Faculty

•Pritzker Podcast

Most of the producers of these programs are educators, who have found an avenue through which they can share their knowledge, insights, and passions for teaching and learning and for the stories that they relish and teach. The directory will grow as more people come forward with their stories and ideas, and we hope that you will start to share your ideas with the larger education community by producing your own program.

The Education Podcast Network | A Landmark Project

digitalresearchtools / FrontPage

digitalresearchtools / FrontPage 

Digital Research Tools (DiRT) This wiki collects information about tools and resources that can help scholars (particularly in the humanities and social sciences) conduct research more efficiently or creatively. Whether you need software to help you manage citations, author a multimedia work, or analyze texts, Digital Research Tools will help you find what you're looking for. We provide a directory of tools organized by research activity, as well as reviews of select tools in which we not only describe the tool's features, but also explore how it might be employed most effectively by researchers.

digitalresearchtools / FrontPage

Seeking Michigan

Seeking Michigan

Seeking Michigan is about…Michigan of course!  Our name is derived from the state motto: “Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice,”  ”If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you.”

Mission

To enrich quality of life by providing access to unique historical information that promotes Michigan’s cultural heritage.  We define cultural heritage as the stories of Michigan’s families, homes, businesses, communities and landscapes as told by unique source documents, maps, films, images, oral histories and artifacts.

Goal

Simple.  Seeking Michigan connects you to the stories of this great state.

Seeking Michigan