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Title: Provider: Subject Heading/s: LC Class: Reference Category: Description:

Title: Center for Biosecurity Provider: University of Pittsburgh College of Medicine Subject Heading/s: Biological Warfare - - Prevention; Biological Terrorism - - Prevention; Bioterrorism; Public health LC Class: UG447.8 Reference Category: Compendiums Description: "The Center for Biosecurity is an independent, nonprofit organization of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). The Center works to affect policy and practice in ways that lessen the illness, death, and civil disruption that would follow large-scale epidemics, whether they occur naturally or result from the use of a biological weapon." Areas of focus that are covered include BioAgents and Epidemic Diseases, Avian/Pandemic Influenza, Business and Biosecurity, Community Engagement, Countermeasure Development, Government Policy and Programs, Hospital Preparedness, International Biosecurity, Public Health Preparedness and Science of Biodefense. Among the Special Topics addressed are Alliance for Biosecurity, Global Disease Surveillance, and Protecting Building Occupants. Added 4/11/2009

Title: Illuminated Books: A Free Access Digital Library of Illuminated and Illustrated Books Provider: Illuminated Books Project Subject Heading/s: Illustration of books; Illustrated children's books; Illumination of books and manuscripts LC Class: NC965 Reference Category: Compendiums Description: "The Illuminated Books Project is a collection of illuminated and illustrated books from private libraries fully presented in their integrity and in reasonably high resolution." Among the illustrators represented are Owen Jones, Walter Crane, Evelyn Paul, William Morris, Alberto Sangorski and Kate Greenaway. "Most books included are from the Victorian period, the Arts and Crafts Movementand] the Pre-Raphaelites." Provides profiles of and examples from the Rycroft Shop and a range of private presses in England and America. Added 4/11/2009

Title: Portals to the World: Links to Electronic Resources from Around the World Provider: Library of Congress Subject Heading/s: World Governments LC Class: JZ Reference Category: Compendiums Description: "Portals to the World contains selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world. They are arranged by country or area with the links for each sorted into a wide range of broad categories." Categories covered include: General Resources; Business, Commerce, Economy; Culture; Education; Embassies; Geography and Environment; Government; Politics and Law; Health; History; Language, Literature; Libraries, Archives; Listservs, Newsgroups Media and Communications; National Security; Organizations; Recreation and Travel; Religion and Philosophy; Science and Technology; Search Engines; and Society. Added 4/11/2009

Title: The Medieval Stained Glass Photographic Archive Provider: Painton Cowen Subject Heading/s: Glass painting and staining--Medieval; Rose windows LC Class: NK5308 Reference Category: Handbooks Description: This site includes thousands of photographs of early medieval stained glass panels, primarily from England and France accompanied by basic identification details. Most predate 1320 but select later windows are also included. A separtate link presents over 1,000 illustrations of rose windows. Windows are searchable by subject. Added 11/17/2008

Title: Nationalism Project Provider: Eric G. E. Zuelow/Association for research on Ethnicity and Nationalism in the Americas Subject Heading/s: Nationalism LC Class: JC311 Reference Category: Compendiums Description: The Nationalism Project serves as a clearinghouse of scholarly nationalism information including: leading definitions of nationalism, book reviews, web links, subject bibliographies, a bibliography of more than 2,000 journal articles, conferences, and H-Net, an internet discussion group. Added 11/11/2008

Title: Victorian Research Web Provider: Patrick Leary Subject Heading/s: Great Britain--History--Victoria, 1837-1901 LC Class: DA550 Reference Category: Guides Description: VRW is a guide to research resources for the scholarly study of nineteenth-century Britain. The site is maintained by Patrick Leary of Indiana University. Links provide access to information about such sources as archives, libraries, bibliographies, biographies, book reviews, other Victorian-focused web sites, and conferences. Includes details on planning a research trip and on using the British Library. Added 11/11/2008

Title: VADS: the online resource for visual arts Provider: University for the Creative Arts, Farnham Campus Subject Heading/s: Architecture; Art; Decorative arts; Design; Painting; Sculpture; LC Class: ND Reference Category: Catalogs Description: Provides access to "a portfolio of visual arts collections comprising over 100,000 images . . . for use in teaching, learning and research". Each collection has two access points: Info, which profiles the collection, provides copyright and contact information and credit details; and Images, which provides the digitized images themselves with titles. In addition to the collections of images, includes links to a broad range of resources and services. Added 11/07/2008

Title: Center for Black Music Research Provider: Center for Black Music Research: Columbia College, Chicago Subject Heading/s: African Americans--Music; Blacks--Africa--Music LC Class: ML128 Reference Category: Compendiums Description: "The CBMR offers a variety of online resources for researching black music, including definitions and information on styles and genres, bibliographies and music lists, a discography of music of black composers, resources for teachers, the CBMR Style Guide, and a list of current jobs in the field." Added 11/07/2008

Title: Presidential TImeline of the Twentieth Century Provider: Learning Technology Center in The University of Texas at Austin College of Education Subject Heading/s: Presidents--United States--history--20th century--Sources; LC Class: E176.1 Reference Category: Histories Description: "The Presidential Timeline provides a single point of access to an ever-growing selection of digitized assets from the collections of the twelve Presidential Libraries of the National Archives. Among these assets you’ll find documents, photographs, audio recordings, and video relating to the events of the presidents’ lives." Added 11/07/2008

Title: Everything International Provider: Lloyd C. Russow, University of Philadelphia Subject Heading/s: International business enterprises--Statistics; International education; Marketing research LC Class: HD6917 Reference Category: Compendiums Description: Everything International provides hyperlinks to a wide variety of public and private international business, education, and research internet sites. Added 11/06/2008

Title: USGenWeb Provider: USGenWeb Project Subject Heading/s: Genealogy LC Class: CS21 Reference Category: Handbooks Description: The USGenWeb is maintained by "a group of volunteers working together to provide free genealogy websites for genealogical research in every county and every state of the United States." From the homepage, links are provided to every state, from which organization is by county with supplemental links to a range of specialized sources(family reunions, family societies, state genealogical oganizations, state archives, etc.). Added 10/10/08

Title: Speech Accent Archive Provider: Program in Linguistics, Department of English, George Mason University Subject Heading/s: English language --Accents and accentuation. LC Class: PE1128 Reference Category: Compendiums Description: Presents almost 900 speech samples from a variety of language backgrounds. Native and non-native speakers of English read the same paragraph and are carefully transcribed. The archive is used by people who wish to compare and analyze the accents of different English speakers. Added 5/9/2008

Title: MERLOT - Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching Provider: Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching Subject Heading/s: Teaching--Aids and devices; LC Class: LB1027 Reference Category: Compendiums Description: MERLOT is a "searchable collection of peer reviewed and selected higher education, online learning materials" that are organized into twelve learning material types: simulation, animation tutorial, drill and practice, quiz/test, lecture/presentation, case study, collection, reference material, learning object repository, online course, and workshop and training material. Includes links to assignments, a virtual speakers bureau and personal collections of resources from participants. Materials can be accessed by discipline. Free membership extends privileges. Added 3/3/2008

Title: Middle Englsh Compendium Provider: University of Michigan Subject Heading/s: English language--Middle English, 1100-1500--Dictionaries; English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500 LC Class: PR1119 Reference Category: Compendiums Description: "The Middle English Compendium has been designed to offer easy access to and interconnectivity between three major Middle English electronic resources: an electronic version of the Middle English Dictionary, a HyperBibliography of Middle English prose and verse, based on the MED bibliographies, and a Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse, as well as links to an associated network of electronic resources." Added 3/3/2008

Title: A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825 Provider: American Antiquarian Society and the Digital Collections and Archives of Tufts University Subject Heading/s: Elections--United States--Statistics; LC Class: JK1967 Reference Category: Compendiums Description: A New Naiton Votes is searechable by candidate, by office, by year and by state. Datasets can be downloaded for easier offline analysis. The site is a collaborative effort of the American Antiquarian Society and the Digital Collections and Archives of Tufts University and is still under development. As of 12/2007, DE KY ME MD MS RI SC were not yet available. Added 12/10/2007

Title: American Soccer History Archives Provider: Dave Litterer Subject Heading/s: Soccer--United States LC Class: GV944 Reference Category: Histories Description: A repository for a broad range of information about American soccer. Includes statistices, history and a collection of essays. The year-by-year coverage "gives detailed summaries of league action, tournament results, major competitions, and significant news." Added 11/15/2007

Title: Open Source Shakespeare Provider: Bernini Communications LLC Subject Heading/s: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 LC Class: PR2754 Reference Category: Compendiums Description: Presents "the 1864 Globe edition of the complete works" (plays, sonnets, other poems) as well as a concordance. Searching options include the text, characters and the concordance. Provides links to other Shakespeare-related sites. Added 10/11/2007

Title: OFFSTATS: Official Statistics on the Web Provider: University of Aukland Library Subject Heading/s: Statistics LC Class: HA12.5 Reference Category: Compendiums Description: A collection of freely available, official statistical sources arranged by country, region and subject. Includes statistics compiled by organizations as well as local, national, regional and international entities. Added 10/2/07