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Naval Historical Center

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:18.

URL:

http://www.history.navy.mil/

Author:

United States Department of the Navy

Excerpt:

The Naval Historical Center is the official history program of the Department of the Navy. Its lineage dates back to 1800 with the founding of the Navy Department Library by President John Adams. The Center now includes a museum, art gallery, research library, archives, and curator as well as research and writing programs. The Center's origins form a rich history in themselves.

Annotation:

Excellent resource for historians, students, and those with a curiosity about the history of the United States Navy. The site contains numerous primary documents, bibliographies, biographies, and narrative accounts. Holdings are particularly extensive with regards to naval conflicts from the Revolutionary War to the present. Additionally, information is available on source holdings available outside the Naval Historical Center (organized by state). Easily searchable and well organized by topic and chronology.

Benjamin Franklin: A Documentary History

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:18.

URL:

http://www.english.udel.edu/lemay/franklin

Author:

J.A. Leo Lemay

Excerpt:

I began compiling Benjamin Franklin: A Documentary History as a source for a biography of Franklin. I gradually came to think that it had scholarly value of its own, though I still intend it to be the basic documentation for the biography. Since the Documentary History (DH) is arranged chronologically, the dates in the biography can be readily checked in the DH, where bibliographical references are given. The DH calendars but does not print Franklin's writings. It refers to The Papers of Benjamin Franklin far more frequently than to any other source, citing the Papers for the innumerable scholarly contributions made by that great edition. Since The Papers of Benjamin Franklin is also arranged chronologically, the date itself in the DH can serve as a reference to the Papers.

Annotation:

This site presents a 7-Volume "Documentary History" of Benjamin Franklin with content useful for researchers and educators. The content was originally compiled by historian J. A. Leo Lemay of the University of Delaware, writing a biography of Franklin. Volume One of the Documentary History abstracts all contemporary references to Franklin. Naturally the Documentary History becomes more detailed as Benjamin Franklin became older. The latter volumes are more selective, but at least for the first three volumes (until his departure from America in 1757), Lemay attempted to include all references regarding Franklin's whereabouts and his opinions. Lemay believes that the documentary history is more accessible and useful online than as a series of expensive, ponderous volumes. In essence Lemay is correct, however the site's technology is out of date, making it difficult to use and read.

U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM)

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:18.

URL:

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/

Author:

National Institutes of Health

Excerpt:

Welcome to the National Library of Medicine web site. Whether you are a health professional, a scientist, or a member of the public, I hope you will find the information you seek. Our programs range from consumer health information, to medical literature, to genetic data in support of the Human Genome Project. Our collections are the largest in the world, from 11th century manuscripts to today’s electronic journals.

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The National Library of Medicine is one of the world's largest depositories of medical information - manuscripts, published materials and digital collections. NLM publishes Medline, a massive electronic database of full text articles and abstracts that have recently been published in the various medical fields. The Library itself hosts catalogues and databases providing researchers with a wealth of material. Though the focus of the library is on modern medicine and assisting medical researchers, the collections include a wide array of historical documents and manuscripts. The easily-navigable site also provides information on the library itself, which is located near Washington, DC.

Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:18.

URL:

http://www.com.washington.edu/rccs/

Excerpt:

While still an emerging field of scholarship, the study of cyberculture flourished throughout the last half of the 1990s, as witnessed in the countless monographs and anthologies published by both academic and popular presses, and the growing number of papers and panels presented at scholarly conferences from across the disciplines and around the world. Significantly, the field of study has developed, formed, reformed, and transformed, adding new topics and theories when needed, testing new methods when applicable.

Annotation:

The RCCS site includes in introductory essay to the various facets of cyberculture scholarship, courses offered at universities worldwide, upcoming conference information, and links to other cyberculture sites. Submissions are accepted for both course and conference listings. Of note is a section of book reviews featuring multiple reviews for single books with author responses as well.

Teaching with Technology (Maryland)

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:18.

URL:

http://www.wam.umd.edu/~mlhall/teaching.html

Author:

Micheal L. Hall

Excerpt:

The World Wide Web sites collected on this page reflect the considerable variety of uses for computing and related forms of electronic technology in teaching. They are arranged in no strict order, but tend to proceed from rather general and theoretical resources to some instructive examples of specific applications of technology to teaching and learning. Like many other web sites, this one changes and grows as I find time to revise and update these links. I am grateful to those who have made suggestions, corrections, and introduced me to additional resources. [N.B. Many of these links are old, some are probably dead. Since I no longer have time to update the site as frequently as I should, I provide this warning to visitors.]

Annotation:

Concise, well-organized source page for K-12. Good starting point for further exploration.

European Archaeology: W3/VL

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:18.

URL:

http://odur.let.rug.nl/arge/

Excerpt:

The ARGE database contains links to evaluated Internet resources (mainly web pages, but also other resources such as discussion lists) concerning European archaeology.
If you are not yet familiar with ARGE, do visit our help and information section by clicking on the FAQ button at the top of each page. General background information may be obtained by clicking on the logo.

Annotation:

ARGE maintains a collection of reviewed online resources relating to European archeology. Their page is searchable, or browsable by subject, country or period. They also devote a section to newly added links. Available in Dutch and English.

Thomas A. Edison Papers

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:18.

URL:

http://edison.rutgers.edu/

Author:

Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, National Park Service, New Jersey Historical Commission, Smithsonian Institution

Excerpt:

The extensive collection of papers preserved in the archive at the Edison National Historic Site—approximately 5 million pages in all—is the product of Thomas Alva Edison's sixty-year career as inventor, manufacturer, and businessman. Until now, the sheer size and organizational complexity of the archive have deterred researchers from delving extensively into its wealth of documentary resources. With the publication of the selective microfilm and book editions, these historically significant papers are for the first time readily available to scholars and other researchers. Because the arrangement of the documents on the microfilm parallels the organizational structure of the archive itself, it is helpful to understand how the records of Edison's laboratories and companies were generated during his own lifetime and how the archivists entrusted with their guardianship have subsequently treated them.

Annotation:

This site is a vast database of Thomas Edison's papers including 71,000 pages of correspondence and 12,000 pages of technical drawings. Processes for searching the site are complicated and visitors are recommended to read a 3,000-word guide to searching it. The site may be searched by name, date, or document type, by Folder/Volume, or by Series notes. Series collect documents in groups, such as scrapbooks and legal papers. The site includes over 2,000 facsimiles of Edison patents from 1868 to 1931 for products such as the electric lamp and the phonograph. More than 7,000 clippings from 103 journals and newspapers discuss Edison's achievements. Journals range from the American Engineer to the Westminster Gazette. "Document Sampler" contains over 20 documents including Edison's wife's design for a light bulb and a list of 19 different possible names for the phonograph. A collection of photographs, maps, and prints depict Edison, his environs, and his inventions. There are two chronologies of Edison's life on the site, the longer one running 13,0000-word. The site offers an 8,000-word essay on Edison's companies and over 20 pages about Edison and the development of the motion picture industry. A 70-item bibliography and a shorter 10-item version direct visitors to books and articles about Edison. The site links to 20 Edison-related websites. Because it is somewhat difficult to search, this site will be most useful to experienced researchers.

WWW Virtual Library

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:18.

URL:

http://vlib.org/

Excerpt:

The VL is the oldest catalog of the web, started by Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of html and the web itself. Unlike commercial catalogs, it is run by a loose confederation of volunteers, who compile pages of key links for particular areas in which they are expert; even though it isn't the biggest index of the web, the VL pages are widely recognised as being amongst the highest-quality guides to particular sections of the web.

Annotation:

Collection of links to other virtual libraries which catalog sites in the following topics: Agriculture, The Arts, Business and Economics, Communications and Media, Computing and Computer Science, Education, Engineering, Humanities and Humanistic Studies, Information and Libraries, International Affairs, Law, Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Recreation, Regional Studies, Social and Behavioral Sciences, and Society. Material is well maintained and can be browsed by subject or searched, and is available in English, Spanish, French and Chinese.