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Saturday, March 27, 2004

Weekend update: Other things I found last week:

For once the weekend list is small, as I posted much of the stuff I came across earlier in the week.

The links....
Reference :
  • Brown v Board of Education: 50th anniversary resources from U.S. Courts.
  • Medline Plus: Over-the-counter medications links to new FDA database, news, resources.
  • 100 most mispronounced words and phrases in English.
  • Private Schools database search from Education Dept's National Center for Education Statistics.
  • The Web-Library: building a first-class reference library with Web resources. Site for a book of same name, has links to resource lists by chapter, and a blog of new resources.
    Tools:
  • Mapquest local search: search for a business or location. This is a beta test.
  • Search Engine Features Chart from Greg Notess, recently revised to reflect new/lost engines.
    Governments, Politics:
  • National Commission on Terrorist Attacks hearing documents.
  • 2003 Report to Congress on Combating Terrorism from OMB.
  • U.S. Agency FOIA Contacts: list from Justice Dept.
    Public Records:
  • Another County locator from NETROnline, put in town or ZIP and get county name. Or use This one, from Natl Assn of Counties.
    People:
  • NameTraq: this genealogy site complies news mentioning people; you can browse by last name. (Less-common names only).
    Business, Journalism, Statistics: no links this week

    Some Interesting stories/Weblogs:
  • The Moderate Blog, by a former journalist turned ventriloquist.
    Fun/Entertaining:
  • Metele al Ordinata: have fun fixing your computer. Just click 'reparar', then click on the computer. Click a LOT.
  • Games We Play from Cornell Library, history of American pasttimes.

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