Ebsco Support Tutorials A set of tutorials about searching academic, school, and public libraries among others. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on May 4, 2005 at 11:30 a.m..
Exhibit of preserved bodies THE UNIVERSE WITHIN is an educational exhibit comprised of actual human bodies and organs that have been preserved using a method known as plastination. THE UNIVERSE WITHIN literally as well as figuratively goes "under the skin,” exposing the complexity of the human body and allowing the general public a look at what normally only doctors and scientists are allowed to see first-hand. The goal of THE UNIVERSE WITHIN is that visitors leave with a deeper understanding of the body’s form and function and a stronger appreciation for staying fit and healthy. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on May 4, 2005 at 11:30 a.m..
Refugees and People of Concern Quiz A ten question true or false quiz on Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons designed to challenge some mistaken beliefs about refugees and clarify definitions. From Recent Items on May 4, 2005 at 8:30 a.m..
A tip on educating yourself! Every week take two hours to remind yourself that you are not a total idiot devoted only to the momentary pursuits. This week consider spending time reading some of Thomas Jefferson's works. (He was the 3rd Pres of the US and author of the Declaration of Independence and the Preamble to the US Constitution.) We were wondering what kind of education he had, and came across his personal library which is now held in Washington DC. He was an avid reader--not ... From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
Congratulations - Melbourne students after UMAT. Arindam, Christopher, Tony, Darren, Ping, Kim,Peter, Jun, Shi, Michael,Yvonne, Kay, Rebecca, Atandrila, Manvinder, Abby, Luke, Natalie, Kristie, Joshua, Adam, Vivien, Chandra, Liam, Katrina, Rachel, George, James, Mohd, Nelu, Celina, Brendan, Suraya, Khai,Rashini,Emil, Yin, Adrienne, Yee, Lai, An, Christopher, Hui, Michelle, Ming, Andrew, Chien,Eton, Jing, Cheng, Yi, Tracy,Christine, David, Lucy, Sari, Marianne, Vincent, Kelly, Lisa, Erika, Shweta, Rachel, Ann, Michael, Belinda,... From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
Congratulations - UNSW students post UMAT Well done to our 2003 group now into UNSW doing first year med 2004.Rachelle, James, Anthea, Shreerupa, Paul, Puja, Sarah, Jasmine, James, Michael, Denise, Lilian, Gerard, Clara, Yewon, Judith, Amanda, Maria, Sarah, Anushka, Mark, Claudia, Michael, John, Samer, Lette, Sonali, Danielle, Karli, Andrew, Nishmi, Vikas, Tristan, Cathy, Charles, Thomas, Adam, Denise, Sara, Nicola, Amy, Gajan, Akshay, Lysandra,Mathew, Gaston, A... From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
Past ICARUS College Med students on Community work! Look! We really do get just about anyone in.Two of our Newcastle students practising CPR at voluntary CFA training ! From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
Change to be a better student not just for UMAT The key to achieving more than you currently are, no matter which area of your life or work you are focusing on now is change. The old saying rings true: If you always do what you have always done, you will always get what you've already got. If you keep reading and studying the way you currently are, you will achieve the same amount a year from now. In order to move forward, we must change. As I have worked with people, both in a professional setting and o... From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
Are you sitting the UMAT in 2005? ICARUS College believes our students have a four times better chance of "GETTING IN" with his expert UMAT preparation and interview training. Before you rush out and buy UMAT preparation software, booklets or register for a course investigate thoroughly. Right Now join the open forum talk-UMAT group and place questions for national stu... From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
Can empathy be taught? From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
A UMAT voice from the past calls! I thought you should know about my son's delayed entry into medicine. You may not remember us, but my son Anthony experienced your Medical entrance UMAT training in Oct. 2003 in Melbourne. He was offered 5-6 places around Australia at the time, but chose Science (Melb) which completely surprised everyone. WELL, in hindsight, he did this because he was not well (exhausted in fact). He began Semester one and was ultimately diagnosed with Diabetes type 1!! He managed to complete Semester 1 and g... From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
ICARUS College UMAT info book 2005 Attention all students - The new ICARUS College UMAT info book for 2005 will be available in April and we are pleased to announce modifications from UMAT 2004. These are exactly in line with our anticipations so you will find our training materials and style of Q-bank excellent in this regard. Section 2 has shown change from 2004 with an increase in the rati... From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
Conquered the UMAT with ICARUS and got multi offers - Melbourne Medicine. Dear ICARUS College, I wish to thank you for your excellent interview and UMAT training in Melbourne. Unfortunately, I had been affected by a medical condition during my exam period and received a derived ENTER score, but my brilliant UMAT results, largely thanks to you gave me an opportunity to have interviews in UWA, Uni of Adel, JCU, and Monash. Following your interview training which I had almost completely forgotten, but had taken extensive notes during the cours... From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
Med, Dent, Physio, Oral Health via UMAT Aus/NZ? You can name any Medical or Dental School in Australia and New Zealand whether or not they use the UMAT or GAMSAT test and ICARUS College has sent plenty of his students there to "Achieve Their Dreams". The UMAT test was first formulated and commenced by UMAT Pty Ltd at the University of Newcastle for their Medical School entrance. Subsequently ICARUS College decided to concentrate on specialising in Newcastle Medical School as he considers gaining entrance ther... From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
ICARUS College International Community ICARUS Community We have students from all over the world studying for self improvement and the Health Science. We recently came across one of our students affectionately named "The Expat kid" a boy currently living in Singapore. His mother is French, his father is Australian and William was born in Delhi. You flew befo... From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
How do you know? You should begin exploring your interest the moment you first consider a career in the health professions. At some point you will have to convince someone other than your mother that you are serious and educated about your career choice. You will have to convince someone that you have explored your career decision thoroughly and know why it is a good decision for you. Your decision will have to be evidence-based and you will have to be able to articulate it very well. The physic... From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
Do SUPER Preps for UMAT actually work? The UMAT test was first formulated and commenced by UMAT Pty Ltd at the University of Newcastle for their Medical School entrance screening of applicants. Subsequently many years ago ICARUS College decided to concentrate on specialising in the Newcastle model and master this before moving on to all other medical school systems in Australia and now New Zealand. The University of Newcastle selects 59 entrants each year from approximately 3000 applicants. So ... From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
Ultimate Interview training Congratulations to Dr Valerie MBBS FRANZCO on obtaining a two year Fellowship working under Mr John Dart MA DM FRCS FRCOphth one of the United Kingdoms pre-eminent eye surgeons at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London. Valerie competed against high standard international applicants and faced an interviewing panel of seven surgeons for an extremely competitive Fellowship. She elected to train with ICARUS College for several days before facing the panel. What Valerie says ... From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
The Early Bird catches the Worm for UMAT 2005! You've probably heard the saying 'The early bird catches the worm'. This applies to UMAT test preparation and ICARUS College also. Getting in early by registering for our 2005 UMAT training and jumpstart your chances of success with the UMAT and consequently entry into Medicine, Dentistry, Physiotherapy or Oral Health Science.To get into medicine you need to succeed in the UMAT, your school finals and the Medical or Dental Interview so why be stressed about the UMAT when... From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
A Brief history of medicine A brief history of medicine2000BC - 'Here eat this root...' 1000BC - 'That root is heathen, say this prayer...' 1850AD - 'This prayer is superstition, drink this potion...' 1940AD - That potion is snake oil, swallow this pill...' 1985AD - 'That pill is ineffective, take this antibiotic...' 2000AD - 'That antibiotic is artificial... here, eat this root.' From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
I knew the price of everything and the value of nothing Get focussed on the important things in life Look for the value in the product It's expensive if it doesn't work and cheap if it does! Best wishes The ICARUS College team Our work continues From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
Adelaide med school no dummies We're no dummies, says medical schoolBy Health Reporter LAURA ANDERSON THE University of Adelaide has defended its medical school, labelling as preposterous claims that it is a school "for dummies".Medical School Dean P... From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
Welcome to our psychiatric Hotline! Hello, welcome to our Psychiatric Hotline. If you are obsessive-compulsive, please press 1 repeatedly. If you are co-dependant, please ask someone to press 2. If you have multiple personalities, please press 3, 4, 5 and 6. If you are paranoid-delusional, we know who you are and what you want, so please stay on the line so we ... From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
You can do exactly what you want! Hey ICARUS, Just thought I'd let you know I got an offer for me... From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
ICARUS College chooses AAAVisas.com of Canberra ATTENTION ALL OVERSEAS STUDENTS WISHING TO STUDY IN AUSTRALIA AT ANY HIGH SCHOOL OR TERTIARY ESTABLISHMENT. (TAFE, Technical College, University) If you are an overseas student wishing to study in Australia and need a student visa under any category you will be delighted to hear that ICARUS College is now priviledged to add the professional services of AAAVisas in Canberra to their armoury of tools t... From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
Another UMAT day - another UMAT doctor at ICARUS! Dear ICARUS, I received interviews to UNSW, Adelaide and Monash (the only ones i applied to). I received offers for UNSW, Adelaide, Monash and Melbourne. Elizabeth Paratz From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
Buzzzz Look out - Here comes Josh with his drill! Hey ICARUS, Just want to let you know that I got into my first preference - Dentistry at Melbourne University.Thank you very much for all your help along the way. RegardsJosh Felman From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
Darcy soared with ICARUS - So can you! Hi, this is Darcy Hamilton from the Brisbane clinic. I got into UNSW medicine rural entry on a bonded scholarship. I am amazed, for one I never imagined I would be able to do, for another I am amazed because it is what you said would happen. Thank y... From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
Why Resilience & High Expectations are important to the ICARUS College team Why Resilience and High Expectations are important to the From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
When the saints go marching in I want to be there in that number ! I attended one of your ICARUS SuperPrep clinics in Canberra this year, and received percentiles of 96, 49, and 93 in the UMAT. Just lettin... From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
Having trouble getting through your Med studies? ICARUS College has secured the exclusive global rights to bring you an entire leading edge online medical course from day one right up to the end of your clinical years and postgraduate courses as well. Four gigabytes of leading edge learning material covering "the lot" would be a reserved statement says ICARUS College. All resources will be available to help all global English speaking medical students by late May 2005. Our heartfelt thanks to Professor Frank W Stitt MBBS (Syd)... From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
Go Rachel! Thank you for superkeeneye 2004!! I have been successful in gaining admission to UTAS to start med 2005! I found section 3 to be the most challenging of UMAT and I couldn't have achieved what I did without superkeeneye and the deluxe training put together with my life experience from working as an Occupational Therapist. My percentiles were 84, 95, 89. Thanks again ICARUS Rachel Murray From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
I Got In! Go the Kiwis! Oh, I love Otago Uni. ICARUS College, I was one of your students in Dunedin (Otago), and found out just before Christmas that I got into the med school. I also applied in Australia and received interviews for everyone I applied for, and thanks to your course I feel very confident about how I did in my Newcastle interview (the only one I attended as I was quite sure I had gotten a fair way past the grade to get into Otago) - but whether I got in or not is still yet to be seen. However it's somewhat irrelevant ... From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
Open your mind to success NOW! Why are great ideas and strategies not translated into action? Why do we not realise the potential for massive change that revolutionary ideas hold? New insights fail to get put into practice because they conflict with deeply held internal images of how the world works, images that limit us to familiar ways of thinking and acting. The human mind naturally rejects n... From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
ICARUS College Announces Crossword Challenge Winners It is with great pleasure that the team at ICARUS College would like to congratulate the following students in succesfully completing the ICARUS Crossword Challenge. Below is a list of our prize winners.
Congratulations - Monash Well done to all our 2003 UMAT students studying first year medicine in Monash this year. Jessica, Stephanie, Kevin, Dilini, James, Siobhan, Aashish, Julia, Gajananan, Rajvir, Ananth, Dhanusya, Sarah, Jonathan, Shamil, Rahul, Julia, Lauren, Jasmin, Madeline, Osama, Kristy, Vasukhi, Katherine, Friyana, Georgina, Matthew, Michael, Kristen, Krystal, Ale... From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
Victory to the Kiwis! Dearest ICARUS team. I just got my results from Auckland Med School today...and I MADE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks soooooooooooo much for everything!!! The course helped me ace umat and gave me a clear view about what the interview is about. Thanks a lot for everything... this is like the beginning of a new chapter of my life!!!!!!!!!! Really couldn't have done it without you. Hope you continue to inspire and educate. It would be grea... From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
Go Jade - Go Newcastle - Go ICARUS! Just letting you know that I got into NEWCASTLE MED! Thankyou soooo much for everything you taught me, even if sometimes I didnt follow it. Not my first choice, but now I will be one of the youngest doctors when I graduate at 21! Thanks again, Jade Enoch James Ruse Agricultural High School From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
He came - He soared - He conquered UMAT Dear ICARUS team, I attended your UMAT/Med Interview Prep Course last year, and can happily say that it greatly assisted me in my placement into medicine. My UMAT Scores were: Section 1: 79 (Percentile: 100) Section 2: 69 (Percentile: 98) Section 3: 71 (Percentile: 98) <... From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
Medical entrance UMAT and GAMSAT chat groups Students may find helpful the numerous past questions that have been asked and responded to at these UMAT and GAMSAT talk groups. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/talk-umat/ From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
Fleming, Chain and Florey Scholarship for Elizabeth Congratulations Elizabeth Paratz on winnning the ICARUS College - Fleming , Chain and Florey scholarship for Melbourne University entrants scoring in the 100th percentile in section one of the UMAT. ICARUS College is delighted to have been a small part of your success at all three interviews and of course your UMAT score. 100-98-79. "I received interviews to UNSW, Adelaide and Monash. I received offers for UNSW,Adelaide, Monash and Melbourne. I found the ICARUS course ... From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
Sagnik - Get your hands out of my mouth! Its Sagnik Sengupta here. Just dropped you an email to thank you for all your help. I got offered Dentistry this year at University of Adelaide. I was extremely happy to finally be offered a place and I could not have done it without your help. My mum cried when she heard I got in, tears of joy and relief of course. So thank you very very much for your help and most importantly your support in helping me get into Dentistry! I couldn't have done it without you. Thanks to ICARUS College... From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
Nasty ICARUS did this to Monica after UMAT! My percentiles were 99, 95, 93 (Melb liked them - go umat section I). The best thing about the course was that there is always help on hand. You get to talk to other people sitting the UMAT at anytime. Of course a lot of initiative on your part is required - it was very tempting to skip reading exercises. I was always pretty weak in section III and I think SUPERKEENEYE was really what saved me. Superprep prepared me very thoroughly for the UMAT - the course was excellent and support ... From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
I came - I soared - I conquered UMAT "Before I found the ICARUS SuperPrep course by means of a Google search, I had been particularly concerned about my potential performance in the UMAT. Usually,I spent too much time reading and analysing the passages in Section 1 or searching for the shapes in Section 3. However, the extensive practice offered by the daily reading drills and SuperKeenEye did its work, and I ended up with percentiles of 96, 49, and 93. Over the next few months I attended five interviews, and had cause to be very t... From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
Wei to go! Dear ICARUS I have got an offer from UNSW. Meanwhile I am also waiting for my Uni of Auckland offer. I am writing to you so that you can put a tick on my photo knowing that another student of yours has got into medicine again. S... From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
Interviews are not tough if you are well prepared ICARUS, Its Shruti here, dont know if you remember me, but you helped me with interview training in Sydney last November? Well, just wanted to say a huge thank you because I got into Adelaide dentistry. Thanks for all your invaluable tips and notes, all the hard work was definetely worth it. Shruti From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
Jessica soared to success with ICARUS! Hi ICARUS, Just wanted to let you know that I have been offered, and am accepting a place studying medicine at UNSW, through the rural health entry. Thanks for the interview coaching; it was a huge help. Also this was the third time I had sat the umat, and would like to apply for the Betty Cuthbert award, if you could ... From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
UMAT applications deadline 10th June 2005 - Contact ICARUS College for help! Undergraduate Medicine & Health Sciences Admission Test (UMAT) with ICARUS College here for you! The Undergraduate Medicine and Health Sciences Admission Test (UMAT) has been developed by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) on behalf of the UMAT Consortium universities. UMAT is used specifically to assist in the selection of students into medicine and some health science degree programs at undergraduate level. The purpose of UMAT i... From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
National Press on UMAT? Christopher Pearson: Doctored criteria for entryThe Weekend Australian - March 12, 2005 FINDING a fair way of rationing scarce resources is always hard. When the resource is education and the prize is a place in medical school, the rationing process needs to be far more plausible and transparent than it generally is in Australian universities.This column is primarily about the University of Adelaide, where the admissions process has been a long-run... From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
ICARUS OCCFM winner ICARUS College has recently been selected to distribute Online Medical Education's world class Online Core Curriculum for Family Medicine. After several elimination rounds including International Higher Education Institutions, ICARUS was chosen as the leading contender for the task of marketing and delivering what is considered amongst Medical Education Boffins a world class leading edge comprehensive curriculum. During the coming months over four gigab... From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
Fast Student AAA Visas ? ATTENTION ALL OVERSEAS STUDENTS WISHING TO STUDY IN AUSTRALIA AT ANY HIGH SCHOOL OR TERTIARY ESTABLISHMENT. (TAFE, Technical College, University) If you are an overseas student wishing to study in Australia and need a student visa under any category you will be delighted to hear that ICARUS College is now privileged to add the professional services of AAAVisas in Canberra to th... From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
Lateral thinking for doctors The following concerns a question in a physics degree exam at the University of Copenhagen:"Describe how to determine the height of a skyscraper with a barometer."One student replied:"You tie a long piece of string to the neck of the barometer, and then lower the barometer from the roof of the skyscraper to the ground. The length of the string plus the length of the barometer will equal the height of the building." This highly original answer so i... From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
ICARUS Monash Med 2005 Organisations may enjoy telling you how good their courses are - We enjoy showing you! Read on: Here's a toast to the hard working ICARIAN students who soared into medicine at Monash this year. Rafik Asaid , Allara Barber , Chamara Basnayake , Niroj Bastiampillai , Michael Battista, Shalini Bigwood , Stephanie Bond, Anna Brusic, Ling Chen, Stacey Cole, Kade Collins, Luke De La ... From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
Newcastle ICARUS UMAT? Organisations may enjoy telling you how good their courses are - We enjoy showing you! Read on: We told you it wasn't hard soaring to medical entrance. Soaring is an attitude, a mindset and besides it's not much fun walking around grounded with the turkeys when you can soar with the eagles. Trust us - if the turkeys could talk they would agree! So soarers stretch your wings and waft on the ... From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
No more "Um" in UMAT The UMAT can be a scary and confusing test for some people so ICARUS College has put together a brief document outlining the UMAT and how things work. You can check it out here: Read Now (PDF document) From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
ICARUS blitzes Melbourne Organisations may enjoy telling you how good their courses are - We enjoy showing you! Read on: Here's a toast to some hard working ICARIAN students who soared into medicine at Melbourne this year Magas Abdela, Kalhara Caldera, Joel Chan, Edith Chau, Jonathan Fong,Stephanie Hepworth, Ramzi Hijazi, Alice Hong, Wanchen Huo, Andrew Huynh, Andrew Jarzebowski, Aravin Jayantha, Yue... From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
Otago Uni says Sam Dear ICARUS Team, I was one of your students in Dunedin (Otago), and found out just before Christmas that I got into the med school. I also applied in Australia and recieved interviews for everyone I applied for, and thanks to your course I feel very confident about how I did in my Newcastle interview (the only one I intended as I was quite sure I had gotten a fair way past the grade to get into Otago) - but whether I got in or not is still yet to be seen.However it's somewhat irr... From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
2005 meddies at UNSW Organisations may enjoy telling you how good their courses are - We enjoy showing you! Read on: 2005 ICARIAN winners glide into med at UNSW Lisa An, Prasad Athreya, James Bao, Trudi Beck, David Bell, Vasudha Chandra, Ellen Chen, Sean Chen, Ying Gang Chen, Sarat Cheruvu, Jae Cho, Laura Christie, Pei Dai, James Dang, Sarah Davies, Chavi Fernando,Tiffany Fulde, Nikki Gillot, Jonathon Guirguis,... From Medical-Entrance News on May 4, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
Implementation Guidelines for the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting. Conveying Rights Expressions About Metadata in the OAI-PMH Framework The guidelines specify a mechanism for including rights expressions that pertain to the contents of the parts of records in OAI-PMH responses. No new rights expression language has been created. Instead, the specification provides a mechanism to include existing and future XML rights expressions. Description of rights expressions associated with set and repository aggregations is supported through manifests of rights expressions in set and repository descriptions. The design has been guided by the need for simple and clear semantics that will allow service-providers to make harvesti From EdNA Online on May 4, 2005 at 3:30 a.m..
Curriculum Leadership Journal 3: 11 International Conference on Thinking Curriculum Leadership Journal 3: 11 International Conference on Thinking. The 12th Conference will be held in Melbourne, 4-8 July 2005. Includes a range of practitioner presentations from leading schools and also provides an opportunity for educational leaders to hear from cutting-edge thinkers, researchers and practitioners. Conference strands and Presentations from educators. From EdNA Online on May 4, 2005 at 3:30 a.m..
Using Bloglines (or How to keep up with dozens of blogs everyday) A tutorial on using Bloglines - a free web-based news aggregator service. From EdNA Online on May 4, 2005 at 3:30 a.m..
How to Recognize Plagiarism This tutorial site was developed by the Instructional Systems Technology Department in the School of Education at Indiana University Bloomington to offer students a chance to learn to recognize plagiarism. Avoiding plagiarism is important - both in writing and speaking. When you properly acknowledge the contributions to knowledge made by other people, you are showing respect for their work, and you are giving credit where credit is due. You are not misleading the reader to believe that your work is solely your own. From EdNA Online on May 4, 2005 at 3:30 a.m..
10 Steps to Develop Learner Support - a Guideline Through the Key Issues A comprehensive view of learner support will include three primary functions: Support for learners' mediation with course and learning resource materials; Support to create a social environment, which encourages dialogue and interactions both between learners and staff and between learners themselves – this reinforces the view that learning is a social activity;. Support for the administrative framework, management and information necessary for learners to progress. These guidelines address all three functions while giving emphasis to the view that effective learning is a social activity From EdNA Online on May 4, 2005 at 3:30 a.m..
First Monday, Volume 10, Number 5, 2 May 2005 One of the first openly accessible, peer–reviewed journals on the Internet, solely devoted to the Internet. Virtual dissection and physical collaboration, Kenneth R. Fleischmann; Beyond markets and firms: The emergence of Open Source networks, Federico Iannacci, Eve Mitleton–Kelly; MusicGrid: A case study in broadband video collaboration, Hassan Masum, Martin Brooks, John Spence; Interdoc: The first international non–governmental computer network, Brian Martin Murphy; Evaluation of digital libraries using snowball sampling, by Elaine Peterson; WSIS: Whose vision of an information society?, From EdNA Online on May 4, 2005 at 3:30 a.m..
A Picture of Australia's Children A Picture of Australia's Children is the third national statistical report on the health, development and wellbeing of Australia's children aged 0-14 years. Childhood, particularly early childhood, has become a key priority for governments and non-government organisations across Australia. This is in response to emerging issues of concern for Australia's children in the context of rapid social change, as well as compelling evidence about the importance of the early years for laying the foundations for children's future competence and physical and mental wellbeing. This repo From EdNA Online on May 4, 2005 at 3:30 a.m..
De-unifying a Digital Library The University of Tasmania decided to explore using a unified digital library for all its research output: journal articles, conference papers, higher degree theses, and other types. This decision is in advance of the state of the Australian national indexing systems. The digital library also uses OAI–PMH protocols for harvesting, which one of the national repositories does not as yet. The paper describes the context, reasons for the University's decision, consequences and outcomes, and the development of software to talk to the Australian Digital Theses Program. From EdNA Online on May 4, 2005 at 3:30 a.m..
The search for a northwest passage Forming part of the British Library's online Americas collections, the Web site 'The Search for a Northwest Passage is an introduction to the subject that includes images and brief historical accounts related to the centuries-long search for the Northwest Passage between the North Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. The site is divided into four main sections: 'Early approaches'; 'Voyages of delusion'; 'The Admiralty takes over'; and 'The search for Franklin and the discovery of the passage'. The text begins with the late 15th century voyages of J From New Humbul Resources on May 4, 2005 at 2:30 a.m..
Newspaper pictorials : World War I rotogravures Newspaper Pictorials: World War I Rotogravures, which is part of the Library of Congress's American Memory Web site, makes available images from the pictorial sections of the New York Times and the New York Tribune. These images, which cover the years 1913 to 1919, present a vivid and compelling picture of American life and opinions during the years of the First World War. Pages of the newspapers' pictorial supplements have been digitised in full in order to present the images in their original context. The site therefore includes material on American society figures and events as we From New Humbul Resources on May 4, 2005 at 2:30 a.m..
The Canadian wartime experience : the documentary legacy of Canada at war The Canadian Wartime Experience, a Web site maintained by University of Manitoba Libraries Archives and Special Collections, makes available a wide range of valuable documents illustrating the varied wartime experiences of Canadians. The site includes material from: the Red River Resistance; the Boer War; World Wars 1; World War 2; the Korean War; and the Vietnam war. It covers the period between 1869 and 1975. The documents themselves include: photographs; correspondence; journals; military records; telegrams; newspaper clippings; sermons; and many others. The documents are all held in the Ma From New Humbul Resources on May 4, 2005 at 2:30 a.m..
Frozen ocean : search for the north-west passage Frozen Ocean: Search for the North-West Passage is an online exhibition of materials from the special collections of Toronto Public Library relating to Arctic exploration. The sources, which cover 1578 to 1907, illustrate the history of Arctic exploration, from Frobisher to Amundsen. The Web site consists of five sections, each of which contains a wide selection of images relating to early expeditions, Hudson Bay, the nineteenth century, the search for Franklin, and explorations of the farthest North in the late nineteenth century. Each section and each source is introduced by a text that outl From New Humbul Resources on May 4, 2005 at 2:30 a.m..
Kraus collection of Sir Francis Drake Part of the Library of Congress's Global Gateway, the Kraus Collection of Sir Francis Drake is a Web resource composed of important contemporary material relating to Drake and his voyages in the Americas during his circumnavigation of the globe, 1577-80. This is a fascinating Web site offering a great amount of rare and valuable material. Freely available via the site are digital images of 11 manuscripts, 29 books, 8 maps and views and 7 medals and portraits, spanning the years 1579-1765. Each item is available in full, and the collection may be searched by keyword, and browsed by author, From New Humbul Resources on May 4, 2005 at 2:30 a.m..
Oliver Lustig's text presentation of historic Holocaust photographs from the auschwitz album Oliver Lustig's Text Presentation of Historic Holocaust Photographs makes available online a series of images from The Auschwitz Album, a book of about 200 photographs taken by Auschwitz official photographers in May 1944. The images show the arrival and processing of a single Jewish transport at the Birkenau camp. On this site a selection of these images is presented with text by Oliver Lustig, a survivor of Auschwitz-Birkenau and Dachau and author of many books about the Holocaust. This commentary forms a narrative account of the events depicted from the author's personal experienc From New Humbul Resources on May 4, 2005 at 2:30 a.m..
The journals of the Lewis and Clark expedition This Web site makes available the full text of Gary E. Moulton's edition of the journals of the Lewis and Clark expedition, complete with its scholarly apparatus. These famous journals document the journey that Meriwether Lewis and William Clark undertook from 1803 to 1806 on the instructions of Thomas Jefferson. This was the first land expedition to reach the Pacific coast and to return. Jefferson instructed the explorers to study the Western Terrain, and the journals therefore include invaluable information on the geography, natural history and wildlife, and indigenous peoples of the Gr From New Humbul Resources on May 4, 2005 at 2:30 a.m..
Journal of Portuguese linguistics The Web site for the Journal of Portuguese Linguistics offers tables of contents and abstracts for all published issues since the Journal's inception in 2002. The journal covers all aspects of the linguistics of Portuguese, and also welcomes comparative studies of the different varieties of Portuguese with other languages. One volume made up of two issues is published each year, and issues have tended to focus on particular themes including: Portuguese phonology; generative approaches to Portuguese linguistics; the acquisition of Portuguese; comparative semantics of European and Brazilian From New Humbul Resources on May 4, 2005 at 2:30 a.m..
Quaderns : revista de traducció The online version of the peer-reviewed scholarly journal Quaderns (ISSN 1138-5790), which is devoted to translation studies with particular emphasis on translation to and from the languages of the Iberian peninsula, is made available here by the Universitat Autònoma of Barcelona's library services. Published annually, with the first issue appearing in 1998, Quaderns offers articles concerned with a broad range of areas. Users will find articles on such themes as: the translation of literature from Catalan into East European languages (Polish, Slovenian, Estonian, Lithuanian and so on), From New Humbul Resources on May 4, 2005 at 2:30 a.m..
Revista española de lingüÃstica The online version of the peer-reviewed scholarly journal, the Revista Española de LingüÃstica, is made available on the Web site of the Sociedad Española de LingüÃstica (SEL), or the Spanish Linguistics Society, who also publish the journal. The journal's focus is linguistics, with a particular emphasis on Spanish linguistics. At the time of cataloguing, all volumes from number 22 (1992) onwards were available as PDFs on this site. Articles tend to be in Spanish and examine such areas as: the linguistic history of Basque (Euskadi) in Navarra from 1863 to 1936; differences in the us From New Humbul Resources on May 4, 2005 at 2:30 a.m..
Filmhistoria online Filmhistoria online is a freely available Web magazine devoted to contemporary Spanish cinema. Edited by the Centre d'Investigacions Film-història at the University of Barcelona, the magazine offers critical essays; film reviews; news of forthcoming events related to Spanish cinema, such as conferences, seminars, festivals and book launches; and reviews of academic books in the field. Contributions to the magazine are in either Spanish or English. Only the latest issue of the magazine is available at any one time, although users may write to the site's publishers in order to receive From New Humbul Resources on May 4, 2005 at 2:30 a.m..
Magna Carta Through the British Library Web site, users may access a digitized image of one of the four surviving copies of Magna Carta of 1215, together with a full English translation of the original Latin text. This particular document is the manuscript with the British Library shelfmark MS Cotton Augustus II 106. The Web site therefore makes the original version of Magna Carta, one of the most pivotal documents in English history, available to all. In 1215, King John was involved in a dispute with his barons over King John's excessive impositions, which were caused by his unsuccessful military ca From New Humbul Resources on May 4, 2005 at 2:30 a.m..
UK central government web archive The UK Central Government Web Archive is a project undertaken by The National Archives that aims to preserve government Web sites, with the intention of illustrating the changing nature of interaction between the citizens of the UK and its government. This Web site collects and makes available an archive of snapshots of fifty selected government Web sites. Full background information on the project is also available. The project commenced in 2003. The chosen Web sites fall into the broad categories of: Defence and Foreign Policy; Justice and Internal Security; Health and Education; Public Inqu From New Humbul Resources on May 4, 2005 at 2:30 a.m..
The IISH list of datafiles of historical prices and wages The IISH List of Datafiles of Historical Wages and Prices is an online resoruce which is part of the International Institute of Social History Web site. These datafiles have been created by scholars, and are likely to be very valuable for researchers working on social and economic history, particularly in periods before the use of statistics became widespread. The datafiles have been selected for inclusion from scholars' submissions. The IISH hosts a substantial number of datafiles, which can be viewed through this Web site in Excel format, either Excel 2000 or Excel 4. They include data From New Humbul Resources on May 4, 2005 at 2:30 a.m..
LEADERS : linking EAD to electronically retrievable sources LEADERS is a humanities computing project attempting to facilitate online access to archives. The intention is to integrate archival descriptions (encoded according to the EAD standard) with archival authority records (encoded according to the EAC standards) with the actual electronic transcripts or digitised images of archive materials (encoded according to TEI standards). By doing this, the project will enable the combined searching of archives by various structured finding aids, by information about the creators of archives, and by the content of those archives. Project deliverables will al From New Humbul Resources on May 4, 2005 at 2:30 a.m..
Reduce, Reuse and Recycle Through the help of materials, resources, and a demonstration this lesson introduces the three "R's" reduce, reuse, and recylce. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on May 3, 2005 at 11:30 p.m..
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