LATEST LINKS! » Art http://rachslibrary.edublogs.org From Ruben A. Cirillo High School Library Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:17:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Documentaries – Online resources http://rachslibrary.edublogs.org/2009/10/02/documentaries-online-resources/ http://rachslibrary.edublogs.org/2009/10/02/documentaries-online-resources/#comments Sat, 03 Oct 2009 03:35:52 +0000 Jacquie Henry http://rachslibrary.edublogs.org/?p=226 If you have aspiring student documentarists (is there such a word?) – here are some resources.  A documentary film might be a welcome break from the ubiquitous PowerPoint.

FreeDocumentaries.org

]]> http://rachslibrary.edublogs.org/2009/10/02/documentaries-online-resources/feed/ 0 Environmental Photo Essays + Images of Protest http://rachslibrary.edublogs.org/2009/05/26/environmental-photo-essays-images-of-protest/ http://rachslibrary.edublogs.org/2009/05/26/environmental-photo-essays-images-of-protest/#comments Tue, 26 May 2009 12:47:42 +0000 Jacquie Henry http://rachslibrary.edublogs.org/?p=142 Free Technology recently posted Remarkable Images of Protest.  The post might lead to some useful resources for environmental, social studies classes & art classes.  There is at least one link of interest to math teachers – Fibonacci Sequence Illustrated by Nature

The site is blocked by BESS – but you can check it in the library or at home.  Some of the content is definitely PG-13. 10 Most Suggestive Cacti On Earth for example =)  Still – there are many interesting articles/phot essays such as:

  • 5 Deadliest Effects of Global Warming
  • 8 Incredible Green Roofs
  • Remarkable Images of Activism from the Last Fifty Years
  • Fibonacci Sequence Illustrated by Nature
  • The Birth of Stars
]]> http://rachslibrary.edublogs.org/2009/05/26/environmental-photo-essays-images-of-protest/feed/ 0 Freebies are good. http://rachslibrary.edublogs.org/2009/02/25/freebies-are-good/ http://rachslibrary.edublogs.org/2009/02/25/freebies-are-good/#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:59:29 +0000 Jacquie Henry http://rachslibrary.edublogs.org/?p=83 We have a free trial right now from Gale – a company that produces very high quality databases.  College professors will require students to use scholarly resources from databases, and not depend so heavily on websites from the free web.   If you want to know more about scholarly resources, check out this video.

I am not sure how long the trial lasts – but it will be at least a month.

This particular trial covers several subject areas.

ENGLISH – LITERARY RESEARCH

For Students Online

Literature Resource Center

Literature eBooks

OTHER SUBJECT AREAS – BOOK CENTRAL

Arts
Biography
Business
Dorling Kindersley Collections
Education/Careers
History
Law
Medicine
Religion
Science
Technology
Nation and World
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Career Information Center

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