- BBC News | 10 Days to War
- This multimedia site presents a British perspective on the days leading up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003. The site includes 8 broadcast videos from the self-named program that recently appeared on the BBC Two network. Along with the 8 episodes are several interviews and " In-depth analysis and coverage of the conflict" from a special BBC online section on Iraq entitled Newsnight. (Subject(s): Iraqi War, 2003- )
 Motor Trend | 2008 New York Auto Show
- "To get the best 2008 New York car show coverage and a vast 2008 New York car show photo gallery including custom auto show videos, concept cars, and more, you'll have to look no further than Motor Trend." For additional coverage of the Show, visit this site from Edmunds Inside Line 2008 New York Auto Show: "Get comprehensive news coverage of the 2008 New York Auto Show from Inside Line, including photos, videos, and the inside scoop on the latest concept cars and new models." (Subject(s): Automobiles)
 Airliners.net
- "Airliners.net is the biggest and most visited aviation interest site on the Internet, logging over 80,000,000 page-views from 900,000 distinct users every month. Our users and community include airline management, frequent air travelers, aviation photographers and enthusiasts which come from every corner of the globe. We strive to be the international center of aviation online and are continually growing the site to include better features and more content. We thank you for your support and hope you join the largest aviation community on the web." (Subject(s): Airplanes & Airlines)
- The Authentic History Center
- "The Authentic History Center is comprised of artifacts and sounds from American popular culture. It was created to teach that the everyday objects in society have authentic historical value and reflect the social consciousness of the era that produced them. Authentic also means conforming to fact, and therefore worthy of trust, reliance, or belief. To meet this definition by presenting an authentic interpretation of American history is our ultimate goal. When a collection is whole enough to be considered an authentic representation of the sources produced about an historical event, they are presented via interpretive essay. Until then, incomplete collections are presented as digital archives without comment for individual study. Additionally, a large audio archive of speeches and news broadcasts are presented for students to experience a level of historical authenticity distinct from written sources. The Authentic History Center is an ambitious work-in-progress and always will be." (Subject(s): United States--History)
 Center for the Continuing Study of the California Economy
- "The Center for Continuing Study of the California Economy (CCSCE) has become the recognized source of independent information about long-term trends in California. CCSCE was founded as an independent, private economic research organization specializing in the analysis and study of California. CCSCE focuses on long-term economic and demographic trends in the state and its major economic regions." But note, to download some of the reports you need to register with the Center and some of the major reports are not free and to read them you must purchase them directly from the Center. (Subject(s): California--Economy)
- The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake
- Edited by David V. Erdman, this Website provides visitors with the text for Blake's work. This site is part of the much larger Blake Digital Text Project, where you can find a Concordance for Blake's works as well as a graphical reproduction for Blake's Songs of Innocence and of Experience. (Subject(s): Blake, William)
- Constantine P. Cavafy
- "Cavafy, one of the most prominent Greek poets, was born on April 29, 1863 and died on the same date in 1933 in Alexandria (Egypt).... Here are a few of my favorite poems by Cavafy, translated into English. I have included the Greek original, but you will need Greek fonts to view these properly." -- George Barbanis. (Subject(s): Cavafy, Constantine P., 1863-1933)
- NYPL, Multiple Interpretations: Contemporary Prints in Portfolio at The New York Public Library
- "Prints by definition suggest multiplicity, and printmaking lends itself to projects that are best expressed through multiple images. The artists represented in this exhibition have taken advantage of printmaking’s penchant for serial imagery in order to tell a story, to take a stand on political and social concerns, to consider formal issues, and to explore the creative process.... All the portfolios in this exhibition were acquired by the Print Collection within the past ten years, and are shown here as completely as space has allowed." This is but one of many image and text exhibitions available from the New York Public Library's Digital Collections Web index. (Subject(s): New York Public Library--Collections & Prints)
 BBC NEWS | The Cost of Food: Facts and Figures
- This special page has been prepared by BBC online to highlight and report on the increasing cost of food worldwide. "Explore the facts and figures behind the rising price of food across the globe." (Subject(s): )
- MedlinePlus: Disaster Preparation and Recovery
- "Preparing for a disaster can reduce the fear, anxiety and losses that disasters cause. A disaster can be a natural disaster, like a hurricane or tornado. It might also be man-made, like a terrorist attack or chemical spill. You should know the risks and danger signs of different types of disasters. You should also have a disaster plan. Be ready to evacuate your home, and know how to treat basic medical problems. Make sure you have the insurance you need, including special types, like flood insurance. No matter what kind of disaster you experience, it causes emotional distress. After a disaster, recovery can take time. Stay connected to your family and friends during this period." This Website provides explicit details on how to prepare for an emergency and how to behave if you are unlucky enough to experience one. (Subject(s): Disasters--Prevention and Control & Emergency Management)
- Fashion-Era
- "At Fashion-Era.com we analyse two centuries of women's costume history and fashion history silhouettes in detail. Regency, Romantic, Victorian, Edwardian, Flapper,1940's Utility Rationing, Dior's New Look, 1960's Mini dress, 1970's Disco, 1980's New Romantics, Power Dressing, Haute Couture, Royal Robes, Fashion Semiotics, and Body Adornment, each retro fashion era, and future fashion trends are all defined. We've also outlined the history of Jewellery, Perfumes, Cosmetics, Corsetry and Underwear manipulation of the body silhouette. Fashion history is a rich area to explore. The effects of past and present technology, changes in work, leisure, media and homelife that affect lifestyle trends, attitudes, fashion trends and shopping trendsetters are all covered in the various eras." (Subject(s): Fashion--History)
- CNNMoney | Fed Focus
- This special page has been created by CNNMoney to provide visitors with the "Latest news and analysis of the Federal Reserve." This includes information on the decisions and interest rate changes made by Fed. In addition, this news site deals with the collateral issues of Fed actions and policies such as inflation, Wall Street and the Fed, the credit crunch and the liquidity of the investment banks. For daily stock market and investment news and info, here's the address of the homepage for CNNMoney. (Subject(s): Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) & Monetary policy--United States)
- Google Sky
- "Traveling to the stars has never been easier. To help you explore the far reaches of our universe, we have teamed up with astronomers at some of the largest observatories in the world to bring you a new view of the sky. Using Google Maps this tool provides an exciting way to browse and explore the universe. You can find the positions of the planets and constellations on the sky and even watching the birth of distant galaxies as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope. We are particularly excited about the ability to view the universe at different wavelengths, to see how it would look if our eyes worked in the x-rays or infrared. As you explore these new layers, play with the transparency to blend between the different wavelengths and see how different parts of the universe light up at different wavelengths." (Subject(s): Astronomy)
 Google Transit
- This is the newest Google Website where a traveler can "create your own transit trip, complete with itineraries and maps." This trip-maker focuses on travel in the U.S., but allows users to create a map and/or an itinerary for several major cities in Europe. It is designed to be used in conjunction with Google Maps. As the newest incarnation, there are some rough edges as this tool is still a "beta" product and as such a work-in-progress. (Subject(s): Transportation)
- Legislators | TheMiddleClass.org
- "Since 2003, the non-partisan Drum Major Institute for Public Policy (DMI) has issued annual scorecards analyzing the impact of domestic legislation on America’s current and aspiring middle class and evaluating Members of Congress based on their votes on this legislation. But once a year just isn’t enough.... On TheMiddleClass.org, you will find DMI’s analyses of bills that would have a significant impact (positive or negative) on the squeezed middle class, as well as on the aspirations of low-income Americans who want to work their way into the middle class." This particular page on their Website grades the U.S. legislators on their action on the vote and how it affected basic middle class individuals and families. For news about those Legislators and their bills, visit the group's homepage at TheMiddleClass.org. (Subject(s): United States--Legislation)
- Mostly Medieval - Exploring the Middle Ages
- This Website provides visitors with a snapshot of life in the Middle Ages: "Welcome to Exploring the Middle Ages, where flights of fancy and whimsy stand as equals among the annals of history. Here you will find information on heraldry, myths and legends, religion, medicine, and other aspects of life in Britain during the Middle Ages." (Subject(s): Middle Ages--History)
 National Annenberg Survey of Youth
- "The National Annenberg Survey of Youth (NASY) was first fielded in 2002 with 900 young people ages 14 to 22. This in-depth telephone interview with a randomly selected sample of youth (including Spanish speakers) covers a range of both risky and protective behaviors as well as potential targets of intervention. The survey provides the only nationally representative picture of trends in youth gambling. Also covered are beliefs and attitudes regarding the stigma of mental illness, uses of media for entertainment and information and knowledge about the political system. The initial results of the survey were reported in Reducing Adolescent Risk: Toward an Integrated Approach (Sage, 2003). Findings regarding stigma of mental illness were first reported in Treating and Preventing Adolescent Mental Health Disorders (Oxford Press, 2005)." This notice (February 01, 2008) releases the results of the current Survey with data collected in 2006. (February 01, 2008) (Subject(s): Teenagers--United States--Interviews & Young Adults--United States--Interviews)
- The Old Farmer's Almanac
- "Since 1792, The Old Farmer's Almanac has published useful information for people in all walks of life: tide tables for those who live near the ocean; sunrise tables and planting charts for those who live on the farm; recipes for those who live in the kitchen; and forecasts for those who don't like the question of weather left up in the air." This is their online version with information on the weather, gardening, food and astronomy. (Subject(s): Almanacs)
- PlantRight
- "Most of the plants used in gardens and landscaping do not invade or harm wildland areas. But a few vigorous species can - and do - escape from cultivation into open landscapes and cause a variety of ecological problems. They crowd out native plants, insects and animals, and can lead to increased flooding, fire and crop losses.
A few simple steps can prevent invasions before they start. We can be an environmentally responsible community - one that supports horticultural businesses and beautiful gardens!" "PlantRight is a voluntary, proactive program for the horticultural community to prevent invasive plant introductions through horticulture. PlantRight was designed by the steering committee of California Horticultural Invasives Prevention (Cal-HIP) partnership to communicate the need to transition away from invasive plants in the gardening and landscaping trade." (Subject(s): Conservation & Environment)
- Poetry Archive
- "The Poetry Archive exists to help make poetry accessible, relevant and enjoyable to a wide audience. It came into being as a result of a meeting, in a recording studio, between Andrew Motion, soon after he became U.K. Poet Laureate in 1999, and the recording producer, Richard Carrington. They agreed about how enjoyable and illuminating it is to hear poets reading their work and about how regrettable it was that, even in the recent past, many important poets had not been properly recorded." The Archive can be searched by poet or poem and contains an alphabetic Glossary of Terms used in writing or describing poetry. (Subject(s): Poetry & Poets)
- Prehistoric Time Line
- "Humans have walked the Earth for 190,000 years, a mere blip in Earth's 4.5-billion-year history. A lot has happened in that time. Earth formed and oxygen levels rose in the foundational years of the Precambrian. The productive Paleozoic era gave rise to hard-shelled organisms, vertebrates, amphibians, and reptiles. Dinosaurs ruled the Earth in the mighty Mesozoic. And 64 million years after dinosaurs went extinct, modern humans emerged in the Cenozoic era. The planet has seen an incredible series of changes—discover them for yourself." Now you can examine this online time line for these eventful changes from this site developed by National Geographic. (Subject(s): Anthropology & Prehistoric Peoples)
 Spalding Base Ball Guides, 1889-1939 - (American Memory from the Library of Congress)
- "Spalding Base Ball Guides, 1889-1939 comprises a historic selection of Spalding’s Official Base Ball Guide and the Official Indoor Base Ball Guide. The collection reproduces 35 of the guides, which were published by the Spalding Athletic Company in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Spalding’s Official Base Ball Guide was perhaps the premier publication of its day for the game of baseball. It featured editorials from baseball writers on the state of the game, statistics, photographs, and analysis of the previous season for all the Major League teams and for many of the so-called minor leagues across the nation. The 15 Spalding’s Official Base Ball Guides included in this online collection were published between 1889 and 1939. The Official Indoor Baseball Guide concerns a game unfamiliar to most contemporary baseball fans because its demise occurred almost beyond living memory. These guides, too, offer rules and “how-to’s” of the game, information on the game’s founding fathers, photographic illustrations of teams and players from across the land, and game statistics. The 20 Official Indoor Base Ball Guides included in this collection were published between 1903 and 1926." (Subject(s): Baseball--History)
- Three Mile Island: The Inside Story
- "America’s worst accident at a civilian nuclear power plant occurred on March 28, 1979. Unbeknown to anyone, half the fuel melted in one of two nuclear reactors on Three Mile Island near Harrisburg, Pa. Large quantities of radioactivity leaked from the reactor, but most of it was contained. In all probability, no one received a harmful amount of radiation. The enormous damage to the reactor was revealed only years later when TV cameras and a specially developed ultrasonic, sonar-like imaging system looked inside the reactor vessel. In recognition of the 25th anniversary of this event, the National Museum of American History devoted its History-in-the-News display case during spring 2004, to the accident in Unit 2 of the Three Mile Island nuclear power station (TMI-2). That exhibit featured the 1983 computer-controlled ultrasonic survey. It included the sonar probe and a precise topographic scale model of the upper third of the reactor’s destroyed core that was prepared to present in visual form the numerical sonar data. This Web site has been created in order to provide more information about the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant; about the course of the accident there; about the steps—extending over almost 15 years—through which the nature and extent of the damage were gradually revealed; and, especially, about the sonar survey, and the topographic maps and models that were prepared with the survey data, providing a full and detailed picture of the first and most astonishing discovery: a cavernous void in the core of the reactor, where once there had been a dense forest of fuel rods." The exhibit and the online Web site have been prepared by the National Museum of American History, which is part of the Smithsonian. (Subject(s): Nuclear Energy & Three Mile Island)
 Virtual Museum of Canada
- "The Virtual Museum of Canada celebrates the stories and treasures that have come to define Canada over the centuries. Here you will find innovative multimedia content that educates, inspires and fascinates! This groundbreaking gateway is the result of a strong partnership between Canada's vast museum community and the Department of Canadian Heritage. Spearheading the enterprise is the Canadian Heritage Information Network, a special operating agency of the Department of Canadian Heritage, that for thirty years has enabled the heritage community to benefit from cutting-edge information technologies. The VMC harnesses the power of the Internet to bring Canada's rich and diverse heritage into our homes, schools and places of work. This revolutionary medium allows for perspectives and interpretations that are both original and revealing." (Subject(s): Canada)
- United Press International
- "United Press International has a storied history. Throughout its 100 years UPI has continually maintained its independence surviving profound financial challenges, while leading journalistically and technologically in the media industry. E.W. Scripps founded United Press Association in 1907 overturning the Associated Press' worldwide monopolistic grip on U.S. news dissemination. Imbued with a "we try harder" attitude, Unipressers took on the better resourced AP with verve and ingenuity." Now in its 101st year, UPI is still publishing and this is their online Website. (Subject(s): News)
- U.S. Census Bureau: 2010 Census Redistricting Data Program Kick-off
- "The Redistricting Data Office is visiting every state capital to kick-off the 2010 Census Redistricting Data Program and share information about 2010 Census planning. We are meeting with the Offices of the Governor, Secretary of State, legislative leaders, election officials, and those with an interest in redistricting and census data." This is the homepage for this important political Program. (Subject(s): Elections & Re-Districting)
 U.S. Economy at a Glance
- The graph of economic indicators in the U.S. has been collated from information supplied to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and features values for several different area: Unemployment, Change in Payroll Employment, Average Hourly Earnings, both the Consumer and Producer Price Indexes and the U.S. Import Price Index. Results were compared for months of Sept. 2007 through February 2008. Historical results are also available here. (Subject(s): United States--Economy)
- William J. Meuer Photoart Collection
- "The William J. Meuer Photoart Collection is an outstanding visual history of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and its surrounding community. The collection was compiled by renowned local photographer William J. Meuer who with his brother, Roman, opened the Meuer Photoart House on State Street in 1916. Dating from 1888 to 1935, 25 large bound albums contain nearly 27,000 individual prints. Some are copies of photographs from other sources but the vast majority are originals taken by Mr. Meuer and, occasionally, other photographers.... The vast majority of the images in the collection relate to the University. Hundreds of portraits of faculty and administrators are featured, including Charles Van Hise, Glenn Frank, E.B. Fred, Charles Sumner Slichter, John R. Commons, George Sellery, Edward Birge, Benny Snow and many other prominent individuals.... The University Archives and the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center are proud to present the first eight albums of The William J. Meuer Photoart Collection in digital form. We intend to make every effort to continue this project and hope to eventually digitize the entire collection." (Subject(s): Meuer, William J.--Photographs & University of Wisconsin--History--Photographs)
- World Food Situation (FAO)
- "This portal offers latest information on food commodity prices, supply and demand and factors that affect world food markets. Consumers are feeling the impact of food price increases. It is the poor who are hardest hit. High prices and market uncertainties are of major concern." This site is the product of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). It contains information on world wide commodities and markets, international prices and food situation indicators as well as short-term and medium to long-term analysis and reports. (Subject(s): Food)
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