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Blogs and RSS
A blog is short for "web log". It contains brief entries
arranged chronologically. There are currently 15-50 million blogs now. A new blog is born every second. RSS stands for "Rich Site Summary or "Really Simple Syndication". RSS provides a way to get the latest information sent to your computer. RSS requires a reader to read and manage it. RSS feeds can save you time because there is no need to go to each blog to see what's new. When you subscribe to an RSS feed, it means you can keep up on what is new in blogs you like.
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Bloglines (www.bloglines.com)
Offers one of the best RSS readers (free).
Browse Bloglines for feeds (www.bloglines.com/myblogs)
Search Bloglines for feeds (www.bloglines.com/search)
Although it says you are searching blogs, they are really RSS feeds.
Google Blogsearch (blogsearch.google.com)
Searches feeds, not full text of blogs.
Feedster Feedfinder (http://feedfinder.feedster.com)
Search for feeds with a word for topic.
Information on blogs and RSS feed provided by Joe Barker for the Infopeople Project, supported by U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services.
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Encyclopedias and Almanacs
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Columbia Encyclopedia (http://bartleby.com/65/)
The Sixth Edition of this free online encyclopedia contains nearly 51,000 entries.
Encyclopedia Mythica (www.pantheon.org)
This encyclopedia contains over 7000 articles on mythology, folklore and religion. This is an excellent site to begin a search on Greek, Norse, Roman and Celtic mythology.
Encyclopedia Smithsonian  (www.si.edu/resource/faq/start.htm)
"Encyclopedia Smithsonian helps answer frequently asked questions about the Smithsonian with links to resources on subjects from Art to Zoology."
Infoplease (www.infoplease.com/index.html)
Use Infoplease to search a number of almanacs at once. Contains a wealth of helpful information on countries, current events, disasters, sports, biographies, to name just a few. Also includes an RSS Daily Almanac link to bring fresh individualized content (such as daily features) to your desktop. (www.infoplease.com/rss).
Old Farmer's Almanac (www.almanac.com/)
Since 1792, the Old Farmer's Almanac is North America's oldest continuously published periodical. It is filled with practical information, useful tips, recipes and the famous long-range weather forecast.
Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org)
Wikipedia is a free-content online encyclopedia that was developed as the first wiki in 2001. A wiki allows a group of people to create a website and edit it. All community members can add to or edit the work of others. A history of all versions is maintained so that users can follow how information was changed and edited. Accuracy of the information contained on Wikipedia must be verified through the use of other authoritative sources.
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ibiblio
Also known as the Public's Library and Digital Archive, ibiblio is "Home to one of the largest 'collections of collections' on the Internet. This site is a conservency of freely
available information including software, music, literature, art, history, science, politics and cultural studies. It is a collaboration
of the Center for the Public Domain and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill."
Calisphere
A free public gateway to a world of digitized primary sources, Calisphere offers more than 150,000 photographs, documents, works of art and other primary source materials covering the diverse history and culture of California and its role in national and world history. Created by the University of California and the California Digital Library.
High School Ace: The Academic Homepage for High School Students
This site offers free quality educational resources for teens. It features subject guides, reference tools, news, puzzles, quizzes and college information.
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Thesaurus and Acronymn Finder |
Handbooks, Manuals and Directories |
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
Tenth edition of John Bartlett's Original collection of passages, phrases and proverbs (first published in 1919) are traced to their in ancient and modern literature. Quotations from the Bible, Shakespeare, and British and American authors can be found. Contains over 11,000 searchable items.
CIA World Factbook
Excellent resource for information on countries compiled by the U.S. Department of State and made available through the Library of Congress. See also the maps and flags link at the bottom of the index for additional country information.
Country Studies
"This website contains the online versions of books previously published in hard copy by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress as part of the Country Studies/Area Handbook series by the U.S. Department of the Army. Each study offers a comprehensive description and analysis of the country or region's historical setting, geography, society, economy, political system, and foreign policy."
Occupational Outlook Handbook 2006-07 Edition (www.bls.gov)
This handbook provides essential information about job outlook in a wide range of occupations. It profiles hundreds of different types of jobs. For each career, it describes the nature of the work, working conditions, types of education and training required, job outlook, earnings and related occupations.
Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com)
Movies, television series, and made-for-video movies can be searched by title, people, characters, quotes, biographies and plots. Movies that are in production can also be searched. Other features include entertainment trivia, box office data, and an "Ask a Filmmaker" column.
Filmspotting (http://cinecastshow.com) podcast
A weekly film podcast from Chicago with Adam Kempenaar and Sam Hallgren. This is an Ebert and Roeber-type show in which two young gentlemen review movies. See podcasting link on the left for more information about subscribing to free podcasts.
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