Thursday, March 09, 2006

New Links on our web for the week of March 9, 2006 Arts and Humanities AskPhilosophers "This site puts the talents and knowledge of philosophers at the service of the general public. Send in a question that you think might be related to philosophy and we will do our best to respond to it. To date, there have been 907 questions posted and 1231 responses." Books and Reading Series and Sequels database provided by the Los Angeles Public Library. (LIB) Kids Books in Series from Mid-Continent Public library. "The 'Juvenile Series and Sequels' database currently contains over 20,000 books in series titles that are classified into three audiences: * Young Adult – for high school-aged readers; * Juvenile – appropriate for grade school through junior high-aged readers; * Juvenile Easy – for young readers just beginning to read." (LIB) Reference Desk Everyday Mysteries Did you ever wonder why cats purr? Or why a camel has a hump? Can you really tell the weather by listening to the chirp of a cricket? Or why our joints make popping sounds? These questions deal with everyday phenomena that we often take for granted, but each can be explained scientifically. Everyday Mysteries will help you get the answers to these and many other of life's most interesting questions through scientific inquiry. In addition, we will introduce you to the Library of Congress' rich collections in science and technology. All of the questions presented on this Web site were asked by researchers and answered by librarians from the Library's Science Reference Services. Source: USA Today Hot Site, Feb. 13, 2006. (RT) AbbreviationZ.com "Launched on 2001, AbbreviationZ.com is the largest human-edited acronyms and abbreviations directory on the internet with more than 350,000 entries classified by over 120 different categories and sub-categories. The new innovative meta-search feature allows users, who are searching for acronyms and abbreviations definitions on the local AbbreviationZ.com directory, to locate additional meanings on the internet by using a meta-search engine, which is based on proprietary natural-language-processing algorithms, that lookup and parse multiple search-engines simultaneously." Mechanical Engineering Calculations "A website which offers on-line computing in mechanical engineering and related disciplines." Teacher Resources Moodle "Moodle is a course management system (CMS) - a free, Open Source software package designed using sound pedagogical principles, to help educators create effective online learning communities. You can download and use it on any computer you have handy (including webhosts), yet it can scale from a single-teacher site to a 40,000-student University." Teen Sites Books in Series and Sequels From Bettendorf Public Library. 11:37:20 AM

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