The American Library Association has recognized the following as a “best free reference” site for 2008:
Starting point for beginning philosophical research. Includes overviews of the people and ideas in philosophy. Peer reviewed articles. Easy to use. (mag)
The American Library Association has noted the following sites as “best free sites” on the web:
http://school.discoveryeducation.com
For primary and secondary level educators. Lesson plans as well as games, science fairs ideas, positive learning for parents, teachers and students.
Portal to data sets and research for many aspects of child care and early education. Educators, policymakers and students of early childhood education.
Portal from U.S. government, it offers access to more than 1200 educational links. Intended audience both teachers and children K-5 and 6-8.
tuesday’s site: philosophy
Three sites recently included in ALA’s “best free reference sites” are:
Wow. This site indexes politicians into interesting categories like: who were Rhodes scholars, who had been born into slavery; former jobs they had, etc. Includes federal, state and local politicians.
Examines the big geographical picture, including the spread of democracy or religions in the world via the history of war. Highly animated.
http://europa.eu/abc/index_en.htm
All about the European Union, including its history, structure, and the diverse 27 countries that it represents. Travel information also included.
monday’s sites: early childhood edcuation (mag)
Each Fall, the American Library Association awards the best free web sites for reference. The sites can be either academic or general/popular. I will be posting three “best free sites” from 2008 each weekday over the next two weeks. Included will be award-winning sites for students in hotel/restaurant, history, education, humanities, economics, sociology, and allied health, as well as general /popular sites for news, job search, etc.
For starters, take a look at these three hospitality related sites:
A companion site to the very famous www.myrecipes.com (which now contains over 20,000 recipes), Cooking Lite includes nutrition, travel tips (i.e. healthiest cities and best places to eat), cooking tips and keeping good health.
The well-known publisher of paperback Fodor’s guides has produced this free travel site on how to plan a trip to a particular destination and what to do when you get there. Includes forums for chat and advice.
www.tsa.gov/travelers/index.shtm
The Transportation Security Administration Area for Travelers is a site from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for information regarding security related requirements on all types of public transportation in the U.S. This is one stop shopping for average wait times, baggage information, etc.
Tomorrow’s winning sites: political science (mag)
You may have seen a new librarian at the reference desk and teaching classes. Paul Proces, whose interests include gaming, nanotechnology and frisbee golf, has joined the DCCC Faculty Librarians. He has a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Philosophy from Temple and a Masters of Library and Information Science from Drexel University. Paul has already helped hundreds of DCCC students with research questions over his first few weeks of the semester. To contact any of the reference librarians, go to www.dccc.edu/library/contact.html