Note: Don’t Forget, the National Library of Australia Also Provides a Wonderful “Must See” Metasearch Service named Trove. From a Marketing Vox Article: The Washington Post Co. is getting ready to roll out a website in which readers can customize the type of news they want to see. Called Trove, users will be able to build [...]
"Students Scan Textbooks to Skirt Cost"
Filed by on February 13, 2011
From a Daily Oklahoman Article (University of Oklahoma): Bizzell Memorial Library owns two scanners — called Knowledge Imaging Centers — that allow students to scan pages and save them directly to an external hard drive, costing the user nothing. Some have been abusing the privilege though, scanning whole chapters and textbooks instead of buying them. [...]
"The Pitfalls of E-Book Buying: What to Look Out for Before You Purchase"
Filed by on February 13, 2011
From a PC World Article: Buying e-books sounds so easy, and using them seems so effortless. The books are a breeze to purchase, and you can easily store great numbers of them, especially if your e-reader has a removable storage card. Not surprisingly, e-book sales are jumping. In fact, a report by Forrester Research predicts [...]
Online Database: The Law Practice of Abraham Lincoln (2nd Edition)
Filed by on February 13, 2011
Wow! The Lincoln Legal Papers documents Lincoln’s active and successful professional life as a lawyer before he moved to Washington, D.C. in 1861. The site’s editors [have selected], annotate[d], and transcribe[d] material from 96,386 documents related to the 5,669 legal cases and activities of Lincoln’s varied legal career (Description via FREE). Learn Much More Here [...]
"New ELI 7 Things… Brief Explores iPad Apps for Learning"
Filed by on February 13, 2011
From the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative: Applications designed for the iPad offer interactive content that takes advantage of touch-screen navigation. The iPad combines robust computational functionality with a screen large enough to serve as a legitimate replacement for printed textbooks and other course materials. Where the iPad applications have led, other tablets and their attendant applications can be [...]
Open Language Archives Community (OLAC) Language Resources
Filed by on February 13, 2011
From the OLAC Language Resource Page: [The] catalog, developed by the Open Language Archives Community (OLAC), provides access to a wealth of information about thousands of languages, including details of text collections, audio recordings, dictionaries, and software, sourced from dozens of digital and traditional archives. (via Twitter)
"See How Newspapers Around The World Celebrated Egypt's Freedom"
Filed by on February 13, 2011
Ujala Sehgal from Business Insider has compiled images of the front pages from 17 newspapers and has made them available on the BI web site. The collection includes newspapers from several countries. Sehgal writes: The front pages of newspapers in moments like this become part of history itself, so we went through the world’s newspapers today [...]
