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Ridiculously Useful Websites

Sun, 07 Oct 2007 17:07:59 GMT

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15 Ridiculously Useful Websites

Web MD

Provides a reference for anyone looking to diagnose his or her symptoms or research medical issues. It is a good place to visit before making that, oh so expensive, trip to the doctor.

E-How

A reference site for just about everything else. Want to k now how to wax snow skis? Make pizza dough? Install a bathtub? This is the place.

Bartleby

One of the better academic research websites I've come across.

How Stuff Works

A very cool website that contains explanations of those mysteries in life that you just can't figure out. A few examples are Murphy's Law, Pickpockets, and Light Sabers (Yes, light sabers).

Seriously, the coolest music-related site I've seen. You choose the mood, intensity, and genres of the music you would like to hear and the site will provide you with a virtual web of music to explore. The web evolves with each choice you make. You can click on any song in the web at anytime.

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The Best Online Research Apps/Sites You've Never Heard Of

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:26:16 GMT

clipped by: Newfman

Clip Source: oedb.org

Research can be a time consuming and sometimes tedious task. How can you make it easier for yourself? While there is no complete substitute for a good old-fashioned trip to the library, you can find a wide variety of information with many research tools. Here are a few sites listed in alphabetical order. You might not be familiar with some of the resources, but they can help supplement and improve your research.

Artcyclopedia

BioMedCentral

Digital History

FindArticles.com

Internet History Sourcebooks

Internet Public Library

Librarians Internet Index

Library of Congress

Perseus Digital Library

Project Gutenberg

Research Guide for Students -

U.S. Government Manual

Tags: research

Best Free Reference Websites

Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:43:42 GMT

clipped by: bunnicula
clipper's remarks: There are SO many good resources listed on this website (I only clipped a few of them). I really suggest checking it out.

Clip Source: www.ala.org

Best Free Reference Web Sites

All-Music Guide (http://www.allmusic.com/)
Matrix Software, Inc.
Reviewed: Mars Best 1999.

AMDOCS: Documents for the Study of American History (http://www.vlib.us/amdocs/).
Lynn Nelson and Kendall Simmons.
Reviewed: Mars Best 2002.

Bureau of Labor Statistics (http://stats.bls.gov/).
Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Reviewed: Mars Best 2001.

Cyberschoolbus (http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/).
United Nations Statistics Division

Reviewed: Mars Best 2004

Economist Country Briefings (http://www.economist.com/countries/).
Economist Newspaper, Ltd.
Reviewed: Mars Best 2002.

Fact Monster^TM (http://www.factmonster.com/).
Family Education Network Inc.
Reviewed: Mars Best 2003.

50 States and Capitals (http://www.50states.com/).
Ray Weber; Weber Publications.
Reviewed: Mars Best 1999

Foreign Government Resources on the Web
(http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/foreign.html).
U.S. General Services Administration.
Reviewed: Mars Best 1999

GrayLit Network: A Science Portal of Technical Reports (http://graylit.osti.gov/index.html).
Department of Energy's Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI).
Reviewed: Mars Best 2005.

The Merck Manual Home Edition (http://www.merckhomeedition.com/).
Merck & Company, Inc.
Reviewed: Mars Best 2002.

NoodleTools: Smart Tools for Smart Research (http://www.noodletools.com/).
Debbie Abilock, Librarian/Curriculum Coordinator, Damon Abilock, NoodleTools Web site design and development.
Reviewed: Mars Best 2001.

Occupational Outlook Handbook (http://www.bls.gov/oco/).
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Reviewed: Mars Best 1999.

Online! Citation Styles (http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/citex.html).
Bedford/St. Martin's.
Reviewed: Mars Best 2001.

WebMD Health (http://www.webmd.com/)
WebMD, Inc.
Reviewed: Mars Best 2006.

World Factbook (http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/).
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.
Reviewed: Mars Best 1999.

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Beyond Wikipedia...reference sites you can''t do without

Sat, 15 Sep 2007 20:08:04 GMT

clipped by: Newfman

Clip Source: dailyrevolver.com

Encylopedia Britannica

Scholarpedia

JSTOR

Oxford English Dictionary

Wikiseek

WikiMindMap

Online Education Database - This is a strange site, and I’m not quite sure what to make of it - but this link lists over 100 specific search and research tools, often relevant to specific subjects.

MathWorld - if you have the great misfortune of having to take math, then this site can be of great help. Everything mathematics from Geometry to Calculus is covered by this site in great detail.

GeoHive and Fedstats - These are both statistics sites, so if you need to know how many people. Fedstats allows public access to public agency statistics. Geohive is a bit cooler, primarily providing global statistics (gender populations, coal reserves, etc). I know, it’s so exciting I can’t stand it.

Theoi and Encyclopedia of Mythology - Both excellent resources on the subject of mythology and ancient religions. This is useful information all across the humanities.

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Did we cure cancer, but no one cares?

Tue, 30 Jan 2007 06:38:12 GMT

clipped by: B Rosen
clipper's remarks: While this may not be the miracle drug this article seems to make it out to be, it seems the this is something that deserves a lot more research.

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Scientists cure cancer, but no one takes notice

Scientists cured cancer last week.

Here's the deal. Researchers at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada found a cheap and easy to produce drug that kills almost all cancers. The drug is dichloroacetate, and since it is already used to treat metabolic disorders, we know it should be no problem to use it for other purposes.

The drug also has no patent, which means it could be produced for bargain basement prices in comparison to what drug companies research and develop.

Scientists tested DCA on human cells cultured outside the body where it killed lung, breast and brain cancer cells, but left healthy cells alone. Rats plump with tumors shrank when they were fed water supplemented with DCA.

The side effect of this is it also reactivates a process called apoptosis. You see, mitochondria contain an all-too-important self-destruct button that can't be pressed in cancer cells. Without it, tumors grow larger as cells refuse to be extinguished. Fully functioning mitochondria, thanks to DCA, can once again die.

Here's the big catch. Pharmaceutical companies probably won't invest in research into DCA because they won't profit from it. It's easy to make, unpatented and could be added to drinking water. Imagine, Gatorade with cancer control.

Cancer cells don't use the little power stations found in most human cells - the mitochondria. Instead, they use glycolysis, which is less effective and more wasteful.

Tags: cancer cure, cancer, science, drug

Know where to search, No where to hide

Mon, 08 Jan 2007 12:34:13 GMT

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Clip Source: bhandler.spaces.live.com

Know Where to Search, No Where to Hide

We all have our favorite search engines tips, and use Google, MSN, and Yahoo! – but there are times when these search engines don't have the information you're looking for, so you'll need to venture down the road to know where!

STANDARD SEARCH

About – Comminity Help Search

Accoona – artificial intelligence for “better” searches

AddAll – book search

AltaVista

Answers – searches for answers (aka Guru)

AOL

Ask Jeeves

BookFinder – Book Search

Brainboost – searches for answers using “natural” language

dmoz – Open Directory Project (ODP)

Exalead – still in Beta

Excite

Kazazz! – Combines Search Engine and Social Networking

Lycos

Microsoft Search Result Clustering – still a research project, uses "clustering" to group results.

Snap

METASEARCH - Metasearch engines gather information from many other search engines and provide consolidated search results. Most metasearch engines combine the results from: Ask Jeeves, Google, MSN, & Yahoo! and more.

Clusty – uses "clustering" to group results

Dog Pile

gada.be – My new favorite

Gigablast

Kartoo

MyriadSearch

QKsearch

Walhello

WebCrawler

GENERAL RESEARCH

Apple’s Advanced Computation Group

AT&T Labs – Research

Google Tools and some not ready for prime time.

IBM Research

Intel Technology & Research

Lucent Technologies (Bell Labs)

Macromedia Labs

Microsoft Research and Sandbox Prototypes.

Sony-Kihara Research Center

Sun Research

Xerox – Palo Alto Research Center

Yahoo! Research

ACADEMIC & SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

ArXiv – Scientific Journal Archive

CiteSeer – Scientific Literature Library

Google Scholar Search

Scirus – Scientific Information

SmealSearch – Academic Business Literature

NEWS

All Headline News

FeedsFarm

Plazoo – still in Beta

BLOGS

Bloglines

Feedster

Google Blog Search

Pubsub

NEW! Talk Digger

Technorati

NOTE: I didn’t include many search engines like A9, AllTheWeb, Teoma etc because they have too close ties to commercial entities!

Tags: search, tips, links

Librarian Chick Wiki: hundreds of free learning resources

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 02:37:09 GMT

clipped by: enbar
clipper's remarks: Very cool. I haven't had a chance to dig into more than a few of the links, but looks to be a tremendous resource.

Clip Source: librarianchick.pbwiki.com

Hello, and welcome to Librarian Chick!

This a list of free resources for students and educators... and anyone else who's hip to learning. Feel free to click away! Though many of these resources could be listed under multiple categories, I've only added them once so you can CTRL+Click all links to open in tabs and never open the same page twice.

Librarian Chick's Learning Center - Search for more free educational information, sites, games and software!
Librarian Chick's Free Book Search - Quickly search for free audio books, text books and eBooks!

Tags: via:donationcoder, library, links, cool, research

Education Goes Online: 25 Free Online Education Resources

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:30:04 GMT

clipped by: Tinybellows
clipper's remarks: Hundreds of free online college courses.

Clip Source: mashable.com

Education Goes Online: 25 Free Online Education Resources

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The Hormone That Helps You Read Minds

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:12:22 GMT

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Clip Source: blog.sciam.com

We've long accepted that hormones can make you amorous, aggressive, or erratic. But lately neuroscience has been abuzz with evidence that the hormone oxytocin -- which also acts as a neuromodulator -- can enhance at least one cognitive power: the ability to understand the gist of what others are thinking.

Oxytocin is a peptide hormone composed of nine amino acids. It is produced in the brain (specifically, in the magnocellular neurosecretory cells within the supraoptic nucleus and paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus) and is released into the blood stream

Research with rodents and non-human primates has shown that oxytocin, as well as the structurally similar peptide vasopressin, plays an important role in attachment and affiliative behaviors including pair-bond formation, maternal behavior, sexual behavior and separation distress.

researchers

have suggested that oxytocin

may be involved in autism's etiology -- and that oxytocin may have potential in treating it.

Tags: medicine, mind, autism, science, research

25 Unexpectedly Useful Websites for the Uncommonly Curious

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 02:19:40 GMT

clipped by: Socratoad
clipper's remarks: The rest are on the site

Clip Source: www.webupon.com

25 Unexpectedly Useful Websites for the Uncommonly Curious

Guerrilla Mail

Get a temporary email address that expires after 15 minutes. During those 15 minutes you can read and reply to any messages.

Chain of Thoughts

A seriously cool concept…you type in a subject you would like to research and this generates a list (you choose its length) of related keywords and topics. You can visit a Wikipedia page at any time or continue navigating through the related keywords until you find what you want. It is a very cool way of diversifying a research effort.

Fix It Club

Learn how to repair or recycle household items that you might otherwise throw away.

Simple Help

This site promises to, “help beginner-to-intermediate computer users learn how to do various things with their computers.” It is free.

Full Books

An index of thousands of books, free for you to read.

Study Guides and Strategies

A huge database of study guides for a number of subjects published in many different languages.

Awesome research/ Homework resource

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 01:06:30 GMT

clipped by: cosmic_kitten1
clipper's remarks: I only found this the other day and mostly I'm clipping it for my own uses; however, it's a great resource and I thought I'd share. The site itself has pretty cool info too. 'Hope you guys like the clip.

Clip Source: www.crf-usa.org

Research Links

Subject Matter

Click for instructions on how to make CRF's Research Links your homepage.

CRF: Constitutional Rights Foundation

Programs

Publications

Free Lessons

Tags: resource, homework, research, info, links

Evolution’s Secret Weapon: Grandma

Sun, 14 Oct 2007 04:32:36 GMT

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Women are not being helped along by others. The flow of help is going into the other direction.

Is there a woman alive, who did not know this already?

Clip Source: well.blogs.nytimes.com

Evolution’s Secret Weapon: Grandma

Are grandmothers an evolutionary necessity?

In the animal world, females often don’t live much past their reproductive years. But in our world, women live into their 80s and beyond — a fact that may be explained, in part, by evolutionary forces.

research suggests that far from being a burden to societies, grandmothers have played an important role in the evolution of human longevity. Studies of modern hunter-gatherers in Tanzania, Venezuela and Eastern Paraguay — societies that offer insights into how humans evolved — consistently show that Grandma is doing much of the work.

It’s the women over 40 who are carrying the heavy loads

The research is the basis for the grandmother hypothesis that may help explain why menopause occurs. The basic idea is that an end to a woman’s reproductive years allows her to channel her energy and resources into caring for her children and grandchildren, thereby providing her descendants with a survival advantage.

Tags: women, evolution, work, longevity, menopause, survival

Parasite "Turns Women into Sex Kittens"

Tue, 26 Dec 2006 18:31:58 GMT

clipped by: nohobot
clipper's remarks: The sexy side of parasitism? (Shudder!)

Clip Source: www.news.com.au

A COMMON parasite can increase a women's attractiveness to the opposite sex but also make men more stupid, an Australian researcher says.

Human infection generally occurs when people eat raw or undercooked meat that has cysts containing the parasite, or accidentally ingest some of the parasite's eggs excreted by an infected cat.

About 40 per cent of the world's population is infected with Toxoplasma gondii, including about eight million Australians.

Until recently it was thought to be an insignificant disease in healthy people, Sydney University of Technology infectious disease researcher Nicky Boulter said, but new research has revealed its mind-altering properties.

"Infected men have lower IQs, achieve a lower level of education and have shorter attention spans. They are also more likely to break rules and take risks, be more independent, more anti-social, suspicious, jealous and morose, and are deemed less attractive to women.

"On the other hand, infected women tend to be more outgoing, friendly, more promiscuous, and are considered more attractive to men compared with non-infected controls.

"In short, it can make men behave like alley cats and women behave like sex kittens''.

The mice were more likely to take risks that increased their chance of being eaten by cats, which would allow the parasite to continue its life cycle.

Rodents treated with drugs that killed the parasites reversed their behaviour, Dr Boulter said.

Another study showed people who were infected but not showing symptoms were 2.7 times more likely than uninfected people to be involved in a car accident as a driver or pedestrian, while other research has linked the parasite to higher incidences of schizophrenia.

Tags: science, research, parasite, australia, cat, cats, mice, mouse, sexuality, sex, personality, men, women

Guides for Writing Papers

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:06:59 GMT

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Clip Source: www.uga.edu

Guides for Writing Papers

Elements of Style by William Strunk is the classic writer's guide. This edition has been formatted for the Web. Students should pay particular attention to the sections on the paragraph and topic sentence.

How to Write a Paper, by P. Halsall, discusses the basic steps involved in writing a paper.

MLA Manuscript Format (in html) and MLA Based Guide for Writing Research Papers (PDF document, link fixed 25 Nov., 2005). This will answer most questions concerning the proper formatting of a research paper. The basis steps in writing such papers are also discussed.

How to Write a Thesis Statement

Paragraphs and Topic Sentences

How Do I Write a Coherent Paragraph and Make Transitions? from the Academic Resource Center, Wheeling Jesuit University. The section on "topic sentences" is particularly useful.

Rhodes College Writing Center Guide to Writing Papers

The Writing Guide, developed by Prof. Carolyn Schriber of Rhodes College, is an excellent guide to the basics of constructing an expository essay (also, it is here as an MS Word doc.)

Chicago Manual of Style Online I recommend this as a guideline for properly formatting the documentation of a paper.

Tags: people, writing, web sites, technology

Photographer Captures America's Best-Kept Secrets

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 06:12:37 GMT

clipped by: alanocu
clipper's remarks: - some disturbing and interesting images. It took Taryn Simon 4 years to photograph some of the most top-secret, highly restricted areas in the world.

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