A web site for RESEARCHERS AND STUDENTS: ALL NEW FOR JANUARY 2012
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this web site is to present the best, free resources in those subject areas that are the focus of programming and outreach by U.S Embassies, Consulates, or American Spaces overseas. We also hope that students and academic researchers everywhere will also find these resources to be useful.
The website The website was designed by IRO Stephen Perry, a State Department Public Diplomacy Officer for fifteen years, now with the U.S. Embassy in Accra, Ghana. The complete biography for Stephen is below, at the bottom of this page.
A NEW BLACK HISTORY MONTH WEBLIOGRAPHY for 2012 WITH PROGRAMMING IDEAS IS NOW AVAILABLE IN THE ISSUES-SPECIFIC CATEGORY BELOW.
A NEW MEDICAL/HEALTH WEBLIOGRAPHY OF THE BEST FREE RESOURCES IS ALSO AVAILABLE IN THE MEDICAL SECTION BELOW, UPDATED JANUARY 18, 2011, and now used by USAID
NOTE: Many new, free tutorials and training materials are now listed on a free Tumblr site I now maintain: feel free to access these at: http://irocaf.tumblr.com
Also check out the new web resources in the appropriate section below, updated weekly!
Also, please see a related wiki constructed by the RWANDA IRC:
A new bibliography on Legal Research Strategies: Researching U.S. and International Law by the IRC Accra is also now available in the LEGAL category, below (JANUARY 2012) (Used for IRC ACCRA Outreach and Training sessions with GHANA PARLIAMENTARIANS and HIGH COURT JUDGES; also see our MAT REPORT for more information and additional handouts.) These are all newly updated for 2012
A new PowerPoint on *"How to Evaluate Web Sites"* (part of the IRC Accra's Information Literacy campaign) is now available under the PP category, below.
Another PowerPoint titled "The 15 Most Amazing FREE (!) Databases in the World, as chosen by Popular Science Magazine, and by the IRC Accra, is now available in the PP category, below (part of the IRC ACCRA's Campaign for Information Literacy in Ghana.)
For Web Research Tips and Tricks (useful in Internet Workshops IRCs or ACs might offer)
as well as the latest in Google Search Engine advances and listings of other search engines, please check out my other web site: http://googleshortcuts.pbworks.com (all updated for 2011)
A useful tool for Public Affairs Sections everywhere, including IRCs and American Spaces
is a product designed by the Seoul [Korea] IRC. It is called Digital Window on America (eWOA) and lists the most important IIP Publications by Topic: GREAT WORK, IRC SEOUL!!! http://seoul.usembassy.gov/pub_ewoa.html
NEW!!! and especially helpful for ALUMNI PROGRAMMING or for Embassy contacts:
HOW TO ACCESS =FREE OF CHARGE= THESES, DISSERTATIONS and SPECIALIZED RESEARCH STUDIES from AMERICA's TOP UNIVERSITES :THESES AND DISSERTATION RESEARCH 1 18 2012.rev.pdf (revised January 29, 2012) (this is a pioneering effort; this is the first time all these disparate resources have been identified in one place, plus, I have created a Customized Google Search Engine that covers all these resources; Alumni in Accra found this search engine to be unique, incredibly useful and a real time saver.)
LAST UPDATED JANUARY 2012 at 0200 (ACCRA, GHANA TIME)
INTERNET BASED RESEARCH MADE EASIER, WITH THE NEWEST WEB BASED RESOURCES: THE INTERNET RESOURCES IN THESE BIBLIOGRAPHIES ARE ABSOLUTELY FREE. MANY REFER TO FULL TEXT BOOKS or ARTICLES or FREE NEW DATABASES -- ALL ACCESSIBLE AND ALL FREE OF CHARGE.
All resources listed have been evaluated by outside experts.
Outside Resources:
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):
BLOG INSTRUCTIONS HOW TO START POSTING and Using Library Thing 2010rev.pdf
Access all free Powerpoints here: PowerPoints (NEWLY UPDATED FOR NOVEMBER 2011)
NEW WEB SITES NOVEMBER TO DECEMBER 2011
ACCESS TO ALL PREVIOUSLY RECOMMENDED WEB SITES OF THE MONTH MAY BE FOUND HERE:
FROM JANUARY 2008 TO THE PRESENT (through OCTOBER 2011) MAY BE FOUND HERE:
ARCHIVE OF PAST WEB SITES OF THE WEEK 2011.pdf (Updated November 2011)
WEBLIOGRAPHIES BY DISCIPLINE:
Includes Free E-Books and Free IIP Publications, all new for 2011!
ACCESS IMPORTANT RESEARCH RESOURCES FOR ANY TOPIC HERE
(A joint project of the IRC in Kinshasa, DRC (Congo) and IRO Stephen Perry)
constantly updated with 2012 Resources!
Google Shortcuts: New Search Engines and New Enhancements to Google: (includes videos and new Powerpoints) http://googleshortcuts.pbworks.com
ACCESS RESOURCES ON THE US GOVERNMENT AND THE 2008 US ELECTIONS and the ROLE OF THE PRESIDENT HERE (ALSO INCLUDES HOW TO FIND U.S. STATISTICS and RESOURCES; NOW INCLUDES THE 2010 MIDTERM ELECTIONS INTHE U.S.)
ACCESS EDUCATION RESOURCES HERE (INCLUDES SOURCES FOR FREE LESSON PLANS IN ALL DISCIPLINES)
Climate Change, the newly updated Researcher's Toolkit, Program Resources for Children, Environment Celebrations for Earth Day, Women's History Month for 2011 (NEW!), Human Rights, Library and Information Science Resources, etc HERE (This section also includes a separate bibliography on Tips and Tricks for Getting Grants and How to Find Speeches and Transcripts on the Open Internet and a new webliography of Native Americans.)
HINT: For the latest breaking research news and new Internet sites in all areas, consult http://knowbodies.blogspot.com/
SEARCH KNOWBODIES at this site: http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Search=335809
AND, NOW, JUST FOR FUN! DO YOU LOVE TO TRAVEL?
Consult WIKI TRAVEL at: http://wikitravel.org/en/Main_Page
ALSO CONSULT: 20 Best Travel Writing Blogs: http://www.onlinedegree.net/20-best-travel-writing-blogs and consult TRIPFILMS at www.tripfilms.com Tripfilms hosts more than 8,200 user-submitted videos from destinations all over the globe!
This site was LAST UPDATED: JANUARY 2012 at 0200 (WASHINGTON, D.C. TIME)
This WIKI is maintained and updated on a weekly basis by Stephen Perry, of the U.S. State Department, Washington, D.C.
Note the 2012 Journalism Webliography and the 2012 Journalism wiki *and* a new ESL 2012 wiki available in these pages.
Comments or Suggestions or Additions or Corrections are very welcome: please email: iro@sent.com
Biography:
Stephen Perry serves as Regional IRO with the U.S. Department of State, having served in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, Washington, D.C., North Africa, and the Middle East; he joined the State Department in August 1998. He speaks fluent Spanish and Portuguese, has studied Arabic, and is conversant in other European languages. Before joining the State Department, he was a University Professor from April, 1975 to August, 1998.
He studied Linguistics, and specifically Romance Linguistics, in Graduate School, with a specialty in word borrowing in the Romanian language.
(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 nor do they necessarily represent 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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