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Ever wonder if everyone else in the world is as happy (or unhappy) as you are? Now you can find out from the World Database of Happiness at http://www.eur.nl/fsw/research/happiness/ . Though I wouldn't refer to this site for recent information...
The British Library Gets into Internet Archiving
The British Library, reports the BBC ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_1896000/1896620.stm ) wants to expand its original project of archiving 100 UK Web sites. The project, Domain UK, could expand to 10,000 UK Web sites of "social and historical importance" depending on whether...
Continue reading "The British Library Gets into Internet Archiving" » March 26, 2002Kyodo News to Launch Photo Service on April 1
Kyodo News will launch an English-language photo service on April 1 (the Japanese-language version of the service was launched in February.) The service will allow users to search 400,000 photos with Japanese captions from the Kyodo News since 1993. There...
Continue reading "Kyodo News to Launch Photo Service on April 1" » U of C Launches Small Farm Online Resource Library
The University of California has launched the Small Farm Center Online Resource Library at http://www.sfc.ucdavis.edu/library . There are over 900 documents currently in the library but it's growing all the time. You can explore it in one of two ways:...
Continue reading "U of C Launches Small Farm Online Resource Library" » Dictionary of New Zealand Biography Online
Wired is reporting ( http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,51132,00.html ) that the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography is now online at http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/ . If you try to access the site using Opera you'll get a "you need another browser" type message, but you will...
Continue reading "Dictionary of New Zealand Biography Online" » March 25, 2002Louvre Putting Entire Collection Online
The Louvre museum ( http://www.louvre.fr/louvrea.htm for English), the home of the Mona Lisa and 35,000 other exhibits, is planning to put all its exhibits online according to a story from Reuters ( sorry, gigantic URL ) In addition to the...
Continue reading "Louvre Putting Entire Collection Online" » March 21, 2002Metasearch Engine Focuses on UK Search Engines
AllSearchEngines ( http://www.allsearchengines.co.uk ) has started a metasearch engine that offers results from six UK- focused search engines -- Overture UK, Yahoo UK, Mirago UK, AltaVista UK and MSN UK. You have the option of waiting between 2 and 25...
Continue reading "Metasearch Engine Focuses on UK Search Engines" » Directory of Irish Genealogy
Those of you with ancestors from the Emerald Isle will appreciate the directory of Irish genealogy at http://homepage.tinet.ie/~seanjmurphy/dir/index.htm . This directory has been around since 1990 -- it was published in hardcopy starting in 1990, with Internet publishing starting in...
March 19, 2002Merriam-Webster Launches Reference Service
Merriam-Webster has announced a paid reference service at http://www.merriam-websterunabridged.com/ . The centerpiece of this service, as you might expect, is Webster's Third New International Dictionary with over 470,000 entries. Also available on the site are reference works, including Merriam- Webster's...
Continue reading "Merriam-Webster Launches Reference Service" » Summer Camp Directory Online
It's that time of year again! Time to start thinking about summer camp. The American Camping Association has a database available of over 2,000 accredited summer camps at http://search.acacamps.org/ . There are tons of search options in this search; options...
March 18, 2002Directory of Art Libraries
Been looking for art libraries lately? http://iberia.vassar.edu/ifla-idal/ has a directory of about 3,000 "libraries and library departments with specialized holdings in art, architecture, and archaeology throughout the world." The database search is simple keyword; a search for "Paris" found 116...
Rock Art in Arkansas
The Arkansas Humanities Council and the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program have gotten together to create the Rock Art in Arkansas site at http://rockart.uark.edu/ . This site contains a variety of information related to rock art (works of art carved and...
Where Have All the Flowers Gone? To This Directory
The American Floral Endowment has a list of floral related links at http://www.flora-links.org . This directory is oriented toward scientific and floral industry information. Categories include bedding plants, marketing and economic, diseases, and plant breeding and genetics. Clicking on a...
Continue reading "Where Have All the Flowers Gone? To This Directory" » March 14, 2002Google Allows Special Syntax Mixing
One of my complaints about Google for the last several whatevers is how limited the special syntaxes are. In the past you could not "mix" special syntaxes -- you couldn't use more than one at a time. Apparently Google's fixed...
MyFamily Makes Plans for 1930 Census
The 1930 US Federal Census will be released on April 1. It consists of over 2,600 rolls of microfilm covering over 137 million individuals. MyFamily.com promises to have some images from the 1930 census online within "hours" of release and...
March 13, 2002Google Offers Beta News Search
Google's finally launched a news search. It's in beta at http://news.google.com/ . This news search scrapes 100 sources about once an hour, and allows you to search through almost seven days' worth of material. I liked the collection of headlines...
Editorial Cartoon Database Available at GALILEO
Clifford Baldowski donated more than 7,000 cartoons to the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies at the University of Georgia before his death. 2,500 of the cartoons are now available online at http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/baldy.html . The cartoons cover...
Continue reading "Editorial Cartoon Database Available at GALILEO" » Statistics on Singapore
The National University of Singapore Library offers Statistics on Singapore at http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/bib/ss/sscont.html . This site is set up as a frame, with a table of contents on the left (from Guides to Web Sites) and the content on the right....
March 12, 2002InterFlood Makes Flood Maps Available
InterFlood ( http://www.interflood.com ) is making available over 111,000 FEMA flood maps that cover over 99.95 percent of the nation. Subscription to the site costs $95 for 250 maps, $145 for 500 maps, and $195 for 750 maps. If you're...
Reader Response -- Math Phobia
Several readers sent general math sites, but since the aim was sites for math phobics, I haven't included every site suggested (also because this bit would end up being about 3000 words long.) Reader HG mentions ColorMathPink ( http://www.colormathpink.com/ )...
Arkansas History Commission Redesigns Site, Three New Searchable
The Arkansas History Commission ( http://www.ark-ives.com ) has redesigned its site and added three new databases: * Arkansas Newspapers, http://arkansashistory.arkansas.com/resource_types/newspapers/ -- Holdings information on about 3000 titles published in Arkansas from 1819 to today. Searchable by title, city, and county....
Continue reading "Arkansas History Commission Redesigns Site, Three New Searchable" » March 11, 2002New York Times Offers News Alerts
The New York Times is now offering a news alert service. Of course you will have to register to take advantage of this (registration is free) but if you are registered you can check it out at http://www.nytimes.com/mem/tnt.html . You...
Google Launches Microsoft Specialized Search
Google has launched a Microsoft-specialized search at http://www.google.com/microsoft.html . Dig that logo, it looks like Google went to Teletubby land. It doesn't appear to be as specialized as it could be, though. A search for "neurosurgery" found 3,610 results, "amazon.com...
Continue reading "Google Launches Microsoft Specialized Search" » Search the Physics Web
Phibot, at http://phibot.org , offers a couple of Web searches -- one is a full search of 150,000,000 Web pages, and the other is a search of five million pages devoted to physics. The search is a little different from...
March 08, 2002National Archives of Ireland Transportation Records
The National Archives of Ireland has a database of convicts transported from Ireland to Australia from 1788 to 1868. It's available at http://www.nationalarchives.ie/search01.html . The records are not complete but this database is still substantial. A search for smith found...
Continue reading "National Archives of Ireland Transportation Records" » University of Tennessee Announces Six Digital Projects
The University of Tennessee has announced the first six projects of the UT Digital Library Center. You can visit the Digital Library Center at http://diglib.lib.utk.edu/dlc ; there are pages for the projects listed below but there's not much available yet....
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