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RESEARCHERS WIKI: ALL NEW, REVISED CONSTANTLY for 2009
LAST UPDATED NOVEMBER 7, 2009 at 0005 (WASHINGTON, D.C. TIME)
INTERNET RESEARCH MADE EASIER WITH THE BEST AND NEWEST WEB BASED RESOURCES: THE INTERNET RESOURCES IN ALL THESE BIBLIOGRAPHIES ARE ALL
ABSOLUTELY FREE.
MANY REFER TO FULL TEXT BOOKS or ARTICLES -- ALL ACCESSIBLE FREE OF CHARGE.
NOTE: In the past few weeks, there have been recent updates to many of these bibliographies, such as Free Lesson Plans for Teachers, in the EDUCATION section, and Native Americans, and Climate Change in the Issue Specific section.
Outside Resources:
Consult the American Literature Blog created by the CAIRO IRC and Essam Fares at: http://cairoamlit.blogspot.com
Also consult the Blog for Black History Month created by the CAIRO IRC and Essam Fares at: www.cairoircbhm.blogspot.com
Blog for Women's History Month created by the CAIRO IRC and Essam Fares at: http://cairoircwhm.blogspot.com/
HOW TO CREATE YOUR OWN BLOG AND POST YOUR LIBRARY CATALOG ON THE 'NET USING "LIBRARYTHING" (by Mr. ESSAM FARES OF THE CAIRO, Egypt IRC):  BLOGS INSTRUCTIONS HOW TO START POSTING.doc
(Excellent resources here! Thanks Cairo IRC for all your innovations and hard work!
Congratulations to Essam Fares and Suzy Metry)
WHAT'S NEW: NEW FEATURE! NEW WEB SITES OF THE MONTH! ALL NEW for NOVEMBER 2009:
Access to full text resources, including theses and dissertations done at Cornell, Multimedia and Videos, and an Internet-First University Press, where one can locate free publications in fulltext format.
DMOZ: OPEN DIRECTORY PROJECT: www.dmoz.org
Best Web Sites on a variety of topics, most pointing to the best free and full text resources on the Internet
50 FASCINATING LECTURES ON THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION:
http://onlineschool.net/2009/10/25/50-fascinating-lectures-on-the-future-of-education/
UCLA Globalization Research Center for Africa http://www.globalization-africa.org/ (Many free publications and fascinating current research)
ACCESS TO FREE SCHOLARSHIP AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY: http://dash.harvard.edu/ A central, open access repository for the scholarly output of faculty and the broader research community at Harvard: Access free and full-text scholarly studies and conference papers written by Harvard University Faculty and Staff
As an example:
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES AT HARVARD (free scholarly studies, by Harvard Faculty and Staff and Students all available online): http://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/1/browse?value=African+and+African+American+Studies&type=department
LIBRARIES/MUSEUMS SCHOLARSHIP at HARVARD: http://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/1/browse?value=Libraries%2FMuseums&type=department
See --as an example-- A report on a Biodiversity Heritage Library at: http://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/2793856
LitCharts is a service that provides condensed outlines and summaries of classic literature. The outlines and summaries are far shorter than those you would find in Sparknotes or Cliffnotes. Most of the outlines and summaries are ten pages, give or take a page or two. LitCharts can be viewed online, downloaded as PDFs, or accessed through iPhone apps.
http://www.litcharts.com
ANNENBERG MEDIA FREE LESSON PLANS: http://learner.org/resources/browse.html
SCHOLARLY JOURNAL CONTENTS: http://hwlibrary.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/10-websites-to-help-you-keep-up-to-date-with-scholarly-journal-contents/
WEB GUIDES FROM THE DULCINEA BLOG: THE LIBRARIAN OF THE INTERNET: http://www.findingdulcinea.com/guides/Technology/Internet/Dulcineas-Guide-to-Searching-on-the-Web.html (Professionally compiled Librarian Blog; also has best of Spanish Language Websites)
A DIGITAL LIBRARY ON AMERICAN SLAVERY:
http://library.uncg.edu/slavery/about.aspx
EXAMPLE OF A LIBRARY THING CATALOG FROM THE IRC IN BUENOS AIRES:
http://argentina.usembassy.gov/catalog.html
(Library Thing offers a free website to catalog a library’s collections and placing the catalog on the web, where anyone anywhere in the world, with Internet access, can search the collections, all for free!)
BIBLIOGRAPHIES FROM THE AIR UNIVERSITY LIBRARY: AN AMAZING COLLECTION OF BIBLIOGRAPHIES IN ALL SUBJECTS:
http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bib97.htm
PROFESSIONALLY COMPILED BIBLIOGRAPHIES FROM THE INFORMATION RESOURCE CENTER IN BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA: (part of the U.S. EMBASSY) http://argentina.usembassy.gov/guides2.html
(Mostly in Spanish but with links to both English language and Spanish language sites)
CONVENIENT ACCESS TO ALL PREVIOUSLY RECOMMENDED WEB SITES OF THE MONTH SINCE JANUARY 2008 TO THE PRESENT MAY BE FOUND HERE:
WEBLIOGRAPHIES BY DISCIPLINE:
FREE RESOURCES TO TAP INTO FROM ANYWHERE:
(updated October 13, 2009)
ALL NEW REVISION AND THOROUGHLY OVERHAULED. USEFUL FOR Programming at Embassies Worldwide: PAOs, American Corners, and IRCs find this resource to be helpful.
NEW!!! FREE QUALITY RESOURCES: A POWERPOINT
(How to find free e-books online, all free, with the full text of the book.)
NEW! Free Book Review Sources Online 2009: FREE BOOK REVIEW SOURCES ONLINE 2009.pdf (How to find book reviews of books already published.)
FREE ONLINE VIDEO SITES AND SEARCH ENGINES FOR LOCATING VIDEOS:
NOTE: These are educational and documentary videos only, for strictly educational and academic purposes.
IMPORTANT RESEARCH RESOURCES FOR ANY TOPIC:
(updated October 5, 2008)
ARABIC SITES ON THE INTERNET JULY 7 2009rev.pdf ARABIC LANGUAGE RESOURCES ON THE INTERNET (BY THE CAIRO AND ALEXANDRIA (EGYPT) IRCs, with my profound thanks for their great work. They were a true pleasure to work with, and enormously respected throughout Egypt and the Middle East.) July 7, 2009 revisions.
COUNTRY PROFILES AND STATISTICS: WHERE TO FIND
(updated September 1, 2009)
HOW TO EVALUATE WEB SITES AND WEB CONTENT (IN ARABIC AND ENGLISH):  Evaluating Web Content Arabic trans ppt.ppt (Ms. Rania Azmi, Translator, U. of Alexandria, Egypt)
Other Information Literacy Guides and Handouts (courtesy of Barbara A. Jansen) are available at this site: http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/big6/big6list.html
NEW SEARCH ENGINES, NEW ONLINE RESEARCH TOOLS, IMPORTANT NEW FREE TEXT RESOURCES (Updated May 29, 2009): NEW SEARCH ENGINES JULY 21 2009rev.pdf (with the help and inspiration from the CAIRO [EGYPT] IRC; I thank them all for their inspiring work.)
NEW! LATEST ADVANCES IN WIKIPEDIA, YOUTUBE and the LIBRARY OF CONGRESS: WIKIPEDIA, GOOGLE, YOUTUBE, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS SITES 2009 7 23 2009rev.pdf (Advances, New Features and Spin-Offs of Youtube and Wikipedias, new developments in GOOGLE, and new Library of Congress Web Sites for Educators, Students, Teachers.)
RESOURCES IN THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES, INCLUDING JOURNALISM, BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS:
(Original concept by IRC CAIRO's (EGYPT) IRC DIRECTOR Suzy Metry, however, all 2008 and 2009 updates by Stephen Perry.)
Major American Studies Sites, including digitized collections and research sites, where one can access free online materials, including archival collections.
(updated with new resources, May 16, 2008)
See also the Economics Webliography below for more detailed resources on Economics, especially International Economics and Finance.
ECONOMIC RESEARCH RESOURCES ALL FREE:
ECONOMIC WEB SITES Sept 30 2009rev.pdf (thoroughly updated September 30, 2009) NOW INCLUDES ECONOMIC BLOGS This webliography was compiled with the advice of the Department of Economics of the American University in Cairo, and the Economics Department of Cairo University and from my contacts at the NYU School of Economics; my profound thanks and recognition go to the Graduate students and Professors at all these Universities who have selflessly contributed to the development of this bibliography and teaching resource.)
CAIRO UNIVERSITY TOOLS FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS MAY 2009rev.pdf (demonstrated to the Faculty of Arts, Cairo University, December 12, 2007, with the IRC in CAIRO, and again in April 2008 at CAIRO UNIVERSITY with Suzy Metry.) (Newly updated May 26, 2009 with new resources.)
OUTLINE FOR TOOLS FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS: THE COURSE OUTLINE: TOOLS FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS ACTUAL EXAMPLES USED May 26 2009rev.pdf(updated May 26, 2009 with new resources) (with the help and the inspiration of the CAIRO IRC and the Department of English at Cairo University; my gratitude to both.)
ECONOMIC RESEARCH RESOURCES ALL FREE:
NOW INCLUDES ECONOMIC BLOGS This webliography was compiled with the advice of the Department of Economics of the American University in Cairo, and the Economics Department of Cairo University and also contributions from my contacts at the NYU School of Economics; my profound thanks and recognition go to the Graduate students and Professors at all these Universities who have selflessly contributed to the development of this bibliography and teaching resource.)
See also the related International Economics and Trade Links (2008) above
NEW! ESL BIB OCT 10 2009rev.pdf (updated and revised with many new resources October 10, 2009) ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE -- Now, includes many new writing resources and a separate section on Lesson Plans for ESL Teachers.
(Updated October 22, 2009) Includes a new study, The Reconstruction of American Journalism.
FOR JOURNALISTS WITH ADVANCED RESEARCH SKILLS:
LAW AND LEGAL RESOURCES:
NEW! INTERNATIONAL LAW RESOURCES ON THE INTERNET: International Law May 29 2009rev.pdf (thoroughly updated May 29, 2009)
BEST NEW LEGAL RESOURCES (for both U.S. Law and International Law):
RESOURCES ON THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AND THE 2008 U.S. ELECTIONS and the ROLE OF THE PRESIDENT:
The MAKING OF U.S. FOREIGN POLICY; COURTESY OF THE U.S. EMBASSY IN BRUSSELS, BELGIUM : http://www.uspolicy.be/making/makingintro.htm (Click on link to retrieve website)
MAKING OF U.S. FOREIGN POLICY 2009.pdf (from the U.S. Consulate, Barcelona, courtesy of the BARCELONA Information Resource Center) HOW U.S. FOREIGN POLICY IS MADE 2009 version
HISTORICAL TIMELINE OF US FOREIGN POLICY, Courtesy of the IRC [Information Resource Center] in Barcelona, Spain: History of U.S. Foreign Policy 2009 IRC BARCELONA INFOPACK.pdf (Thank you IRC Barcelona!)
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES: A PRIMER: A CRS REPORT
PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITIONS: COURTESY OF THE CAIRO (EGYPT) IRC (PUBLISHED AS PART OF THEIR FOCUS SERIES):
U.S. ELECTIONS and the US PRESIDENCY AUG 14 2009.pdf THE U.S. ELECTIONS AND THE U.S. PRESIDENCY (updated August 14, 2009) NEW! NOW INCLUDES INFORMATION ON PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITIONS AND INAUGURATIONS and the Obama Administration.
Includes the latest web sites and resources, blogs and alerts, how the election and nominating process works, Presidential Succession and Transition, Biographies of the Candidates, Presidential Debates, Electoral College resources, Vice Presidents and their role, and materials for educators, among many other items. Appendices include the Electoral College, The Powers of the Presidency, Political Conventions, the Enhanced Role of the Vice President, the Role of the First Lady, How a President is Impeached, and Presidential Transitions and Inaugurations and information on the new Obama Administration.)
The U.S. Congress, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. Presidency CONGRESS, SENATE AND THE U.S. PRESIDENCY AUG 14 2009rev.pdf (thoroughly updated August 14, 2009) Includes major websites on the U.S. Congress, the U.S. Senate, and major free Internet resources on the U.S. Presidency. Includes the work of Congressional Committees, Recent Studies on the U.S. Congress, and a Glossary of Legislative Terms.
THINK TANKS A LISTING MARCH 23 2009.pdf U.S. THINK TANKS A BIBLIOGRAPHY March 23, 2009 (thoroughly updated) WHAT DO U.S. THINK TANKS SAY ABOUT THE MIDDLE EAST? THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY OFFERS A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT U.S. THINK TANKS
(updated AUGUST 14, 2009)
HOW DOES ONE START RESEARCHING THE U.S. GOVERNMENT?: CLICK HERE FOR USEFUL RESOURCES:
(updated October 20, 2009) Includes how to find U.S. Statistics, information on all the branches of the U.S. Government, where to start researching the U.S. Presidency, and the major resources of and about the U.S. Government. Great for students beginning their research.
RESOURCES IN SCIENCE AND MEDICINE AND HEALTH:
(with August 19, 2009 updates) NEW!
MEDICAL AND NURSING RESEARCH SITES ALL FREE JULY 21 2009rev.pdf (thoroughly updated July 21, 2009) (Originally presented to the Medical Faculties in Alexandria, Egypt, Tanta, Egypt and Mansoura, Egypt, all at the Alexandria IRC, Alexandria, Egypt in February 2008, by IRO Stephen Perry, now updated in July 2009 with many new sources, including new Medical and Health Search Engines, and the best Medical / Health Blogs for 2009!)
(NEW! Thoroughly updated and overhauled October 29, 2009 with new FREE SCIENCE VIDEOS and NEW materials from the Library of Congress, and the Congressional Research Service and new free Science Courses Online, and Blogs on the latest discoveries in Science, all free. Now includes Free Science Lesson Plans, including Science for Kids.)
DISTANCE EDUCATION RESOURCES: WHAT FREE, ONLINE COURSES OR TUTORIALS ARE AVAILABLE IN YOUR SUBJECT DISCIPLINE FOR GREATER UNDERSTANDING AND DEPTH? SEE HERE.
NEW UPDATES! DISTANCE EDUCATION BIB SEPTEMBER 1 2009.pdf (includes information on How to Find Financial Aid) (updated September 1, 2009)
(Updated October 12, 2009) Specific courses in all subject disciplines available freely online for the best
e-learning experience, as well as useful resources for the field of Education and Distance Education. This bibliography will help students prepare academically and understand a chosen topic more thoroughly, and perhaps help them prep for tests.
Especially useful for International Students hoping to study in the U.S.
NOW INCLUDES MORE ONLINE, FREE MATH AND SCIENCE TUTORIALS AND VIDEOS TO PROMOTE BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF MATH AND SCIENCE CONCEPTS.
DISTANCE LEARNING RESOURCES: A POWERPOINT DISTANCE EDUCATION REAC 2008.ppt (Presented at the NEA REAC CONFERENCE IN CAIRO, EGYPT, 2008)
EDUCATION RESOURCES:
(PRESENTATION ORIGINALLY SHOWN TO AMIDEAST IN JERUSALEM, DECEMBER 2007)
NEW! FREE LESSON PLANS FOR TEACHERS AND EDUCATORS AND QUALITY TEACHING MATERIALS FOR EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS IN ALL FIELDS: FREE LESSON PLANS OCTOBER 27 2009revlatest.pdf (updated October 27, 2009)
INCLUDES HOW TO TEACH WEB STRATEGIES, AND INCLUDES LESSON PLANS IN SPECIFIC FIELDS, SUCH AS AMERICAN HISTORY AND POLITICS and now SCIENCE LESSON PLANS.
ISSUE - SPECIFIC RESOURCES:
This bibliography includes many of the latest significant articles and scientific analyses, select Think Tank reports, select U.S. Government Hearings, and select U.S. Policy positions; it does include varying points of view from many different institutions, regardless of political viewpoint, and also includes the very latest research, scientific and analytical studies from a variety of institutions. Also includes the latest America.gov E-Journal on Climate Change and all the Internet Resources it cites in a separate Appendix as well as brand new articles and policy recommendations for the COP 15, coming up in Copenhagen.
ALSO SEE THE RELATED WATER RESOURCES AND WATER ISSUES:
WR RESOURCES JULY 21 2009rev.pdf This Bibliography deals with important international issues of Water Security and Water Security (updated July 21, 2009) PLEASE NOTE: Water Resources was originally published as an issue of FOCUS by the CAIRO (EGYPT) IRC, however, ALL 2009 updates were done by me.
Especially helpful for students of Library Science and those interested in Libraries and Digitization.
HUMAN RIGHTS WEBLIOGRAPHY July 21 2009rev.pdf (updated July 21, 2009) Includes new resources on Immigration and Human Rights, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and a new IIP Electronic Journal on Human Rights
My thanks to my wonderful colleagues in the Cairo [Egypt] IRC, the Alexandria IRC in Egypt, the University of Cairo Library Sciences Department, and the 6th of October Library and Information Sciences School, all in CAIRO, EGYPT, for the wonderful resources they have shared with me. I acknowledge them all with enormous gratitude. See also the Library Science Quick Links bibliography below and the Digital Libraries bibliography, also found in this WIKI.
(updated September 29, 2009; includes extensive links on Copyright, Library Fund Raising resources, as well as the Library of Congress, and their research services and virtual collections, among many other topics, incl. the WORLD DIGITAL LIBRARY.) Inspired by the courageous work of the Cairo IRC in Cairo, Egypt and our outreach efforts with Library Science schools throughout Egypt and the Middle East and North Africa.
NEW! THOROUGHLY UPDATED! NATIVE AMERICANS:
NGOs: PRACTICAL NGO WORKSHOP NGO BIBLIOGRAPHY JULY 23 2009rev.pdf (updated July 23, 2009) (Field-tested with numerous NGOs in CAIRO, EGYPT and Upper Egypt (Assiut and Minya) with the help of the Cairo (EGYPT) IRC.) Includes numerous NGO Training manuals, including one in Arabic.
 SLAVE NARRATIVES JULY 2008 rev.pdf (Thanks to the CAIRO IRC for their vision and hard work!) (thoroughly updated July 25, 2008)
(Substantial contributions by the CAIRO (EGYPT) IRC who initially began this bibliography; many thanks to them for their vision and hard work. They were a true pleasure to work with.)
NEW! Latest Edition of the Researchers Toolkit (revised October 28, 2009):
RESEARCHERS TOOLKIT 10 28 2009rev.pdf (Designed for academics, students, researchers, ESL students, and NGOs everywhere, and distributed by many U.S. Embassies in Africa to their contacts, as well as to universities and schools and American Corners. Now newly updated with an expanded ESL section for English language learners.)
HINT: For the latest breaking research news and new Internet sites in all areas, consult http://knowbodies.blogspot.com/
AND, NOW, JUST FOR FUN! DO YOU LOVE TO TRAVEL?
WIKI LAST UPDATED: ALL NEW AND REVISED November 7, 2009 at 0005 (WASHINGTON, D.C. TIME)
This WIKI is maintained and updated on a weekly basis by Stephen Perry,
U.S. State Department, Washington, D.C.
(IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions expressed in the articles, reports, or web sites cited in any of these webliographies are those of the author(s) or institution(s) involved and do not necessarily represent those of the U.S. Government or U.S. Policy. Links to other Internet sites should not be construed as an endorsement of the views contained therein.)
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STEVE PERRY said
at 12:21 pm on Jan 30, 2009
great job!
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