Thursday, February 01, 2007

New Links on our web for the week of February 2, 2007 Arts and Humanities Icking Music Archive Sheet Music Archive listing Free Sheet music from Vocalist.org Free Sheet Music Books and Reading Monster Librarian "Collection of horror fiction reading lists for adults and teens. Topics include vampires werewolves, zombies, horror-themed romance, and more. Also includes suggestions for scary books for children, and reviews of horror podcasts. From librarian Dylan Kowalewski." (LII) Business Small Business Administration Podcasts "The SBA offers podcast feeds to you on a range of small business topics. Podcast feeds deliver audio broadcasts to your desktop. You can listen to these files on your computer or download them to your MP3 player and take them with you." (DS) Genealogy and History Genealogy Guide "...where you can find useful advice regarding family history and ancestry in the UK." Government, Elections, and Law P2008: Race for the White House "Coverage of the 2008 U.S. presidential elections, including candidates and their campaigns, media coverage, political parties, interest groups, and voting. Features background and analysis for the pre-campaign and pre-primary periods, primaries in specific states, conventions, debates, and other topics related to the elections. From Democracy in Action, a "nonpartisan, nonprofit effort dedicated to educating citizens about the political process and their role in making it work." "(LII) The Presidential Field: Full Coverage of the 2008 Candidates "Profiles of candidates for the 2008 presidential elections, "expected to be the first [election] in decades that won't include a sitting president or vice president in the field of candidates vying for the White House." Includes personal data, education, experience, books, and links to websites and news articles about the candidates. From the Washington Post." (LII) Health MedlinePlus: African-American Health "Collection of links to sites about health issues of importance to African-Americans. Topics include prevention and screening, nutrition, genetics, research, statistics (suicide, cancer, heart disease, HIV/AIDS, and more), and material for men, women, and children. From the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH)." (LII) Natural Health Information Centre "The Natural Health Information Centre is a resource dedicated to bringing the latest and most important information on natural health to everyday people. It is our aim to clarify many of the controversies currently raging in the world of natural health care and to ensure that everyone has access to the natural health information that is essential in order to prevent, treat and even recover from many common diseases." Michigan Go Local "Michigan Go Local is a statewide directory of health services developed by the Wayne State University Shiffman Medical Library". Electronic Orange Book: Approved Drug Products With Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations "Wondering if your prescription or over-the-counter drug has an approved generic counterpart? This U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) resources provides consumer information about federally approved generic equivalents of drugs. Searchable by active ingredient, proprietary name, applicant holder, application number, and patent. Includes an FAQ. From the FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research." (LII) Holidays Chinese New Year "This site provides information on how the Chinese New Year's Day is determined, the Chinese solar/lunar calendar, the animals of the Chinese zodiac, significance of Chinese dragons, calligraphy, and Chinese graphics." (LII) Today in History: February 14 "Collection of resources for Valentine's Day, including brief history of the holiday and valentine cards, images, historic love songs, and other material from the collections of the Library of Congress. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress." (LII) Leisure Ochef "Questions and answers about food and cooking. Search, or brows by topic such as dairy and eggs, equipment, safety, sauces and dressing, and seafood. Includes material about the history of ingredients and holiday menu ideas. Also includes links to items for sale. "A daily publication of Food News Service, which syndicates food news and articles to newspapers, magazine publishers, and Internet sites." "(LII) 3-D Papercraft free origami projects from Canon. Midomi "Search for music by singing or humming part of a song. All you need is a microphone." (DS) Reference Desk Best Free Reference Web Sites ""This is an index of the web sites included in the 1999-2006 annual lists issued by the Mars Best of Free Reference Web Sites Committee of the Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS) of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) of ALA to recognize outstanding reference sites on the World Wide Web." Browsable by title. Includes links to annotations and to selection criteria. LII is listed. From the American Library Association (ALA)" (LII). 12:07:22 PM

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