EdWeb - "With EdWeb, you can hunt down on-line
educational resources around the world, learn about trends in education
policy and information infrastructure development, examine success stories
of computers in the classroom, and much, much more."
Ethics Updates - “Updates on current literature, both popular and professional, that relate to ethics,” intended for college-level ethics instructors and their students. Includes introductions to primary issues within theoretical and applied ethics, summaries of recent literature addressing these topics.
Governments on the WWW - Comprehensive database of governmental institutions on the World Wide Web: parliaments, ministries, offices, law courts, embassies, city councils, public broadcasting corporations, central banks, multi-national organisations etc. Includes also political parties. Online since June 1995. Contains more than 11000 entries from 215 countries and territories as of October 1998. Frequently updated.
Puzz.com - site houses a large collection of mind games that include cryptograms, IQ tests, puzzles, trivia, games, contests, riddles, conundrums, and more.
EPA Grant-Writing Tutorial - this site is intended to help with the process and paperwork of applying for a grant -- especially a Federal grant. Included are a number of tips on structure, requirements, links to forms, examples, resources, and a tutorial program.
Internet Library - Phillips Nizer Benjamin Krim & Ballon LLP - contains extensive analysis of over 100 court decisions shaping the law of the web; updated regularly. Court decisions are indexed by subject. Users are provided with a brief
synopsis of the court's decision. If the decision is of interest, a
link takes the user to a more thorough analysis, and, in many cases, to the full text of the court's decision.
Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature - Search this database to locate award winning juvenile books
that fit your criteria. Many features can be specified including age,
genre, award, ethnicity of protagonist, gender of protagonist, historical
period, and more.
Roosevelt, Theodore - 1858-1919 - a timeline of events in Roosevelt's life, a biography, bibliography, and links to other resources related to this president and Rough Rider.
Public Opinion Poll Question Database - This database allows users to search for specific poll
questions by using key words and then narrow by poll and date. Included
are over 1000 Louis Harris Polls (going back to 1958) with more than
60,000 questions covering a diverse range of topics, as well as items
from the National Network of State Polls, and others.
American Sign Language Browser - QuickTime clips are used to demonstrate the signs for various words in this excellent site from Michigan State University's Comm Tech Lab. Each sign is also accompanied by a brief verbal comment.
Audubon's Birds of America - An online version of Birds of America by John James Audubon, with added value from Creative Multimedia Corporation's CD-ROM. Includes the full text, color plates, figures, U.S. state birds, and bird calls.
Health Status - basic
health calculators, calories, bmi, smoking costs, as well as the leading
causes of death. Additionally, you may take a FREE health risk assessment,
which based on your areas of risk and responses will generate a personalized
report and links to other web resources.
Cancer Statistics for 1998 - American Cancer Society site offers information on the causes, treatment and prevention, and financial costs of all types of cancer and statistics for fourteen specific cancers, including cancer in children, leukemia, breast, lung, skin, and colon / rectum cancer.
Environmental Diseases from A to Z - This presentation (one disease for each letter of the alphabet)
provides basic information on environmental diseases. It's written for
the middle and high school student and includes pronunciation. The site
also provides factsheets, pamphlets, a questions and answers section, and
an extensive library of resources on the topic.
