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Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) The Medical Subject Headings comprise the US National Library of Medicine's (NLM) controlled vocabulary used for indexing articles, for cataloging books and other holdings, and for searching MeSH-indexed databases, including MEDLINE. MeSH terminology provides a consistent way to retrieve information that may use different terminology for the same concepts. MeSH organizes its descriptors in a hierarchical structure so that broad searches will find articles indexed more narrowly. This structure also provides an effective way for searchers to browse MeSH in order to find appropriate descript From EdNA Online on August 10, 2004 at 10:15 p.m..


Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC) The Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC) has been developed for use in both countries for the production and analysis of industry statistics. It replaces the Australian Standard Industrial Classification (ASIC) and the New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (NZSIC) which have been in use for many years. Both have been widely accepted as statistical standards in their own right. The International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC), Revision 3, has been used as the international standard for reference purposes. This will From EdNA Online on August 10, 2004 at 10:15 p.m..


ICT and Adult Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Previous studies in the UK into adult literacy, numeracy and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) suggested that further research was needed to discover more effective ways of using ICT to improve learning for learners with basic skills needs in order to support a move beyond present practice. The aim of this present study was to carry out detailed observational research in classrooms; to collect, review and analyse existing practice; examine how the use of ICT had impacted on the teaching and learning of basic skills in these classrooms; and so to begin to more closely identify the From EdNA Online on August 10, 2004 at 10:15 p.m..


National Research and Development Centre for Adult Literacy and Numeracy NRDC is a national centre in the UK dedicated to research and development on adult literacy, language and numeracy. It was established as part of Skills for Life, the national strategy for improving adult literacy and numeracy skills. The Centre aims to improve practice and inform policy through the generation of knowledge, by creating a strong research culture and by developing professional practice. This website is designed to provide a resource for all those interested in adult literacy, language and numeracy. It provides a first point of call for communicating with NRDC and links to organi From EdNA Online on August 10, 2004 at 10:15 p.m..


Scholarships for Career Teachers The Australian Government provide scholarships for school career advisers to participate in study or industry placements. The scholarships support teachers in their own professional development as well as empower them to provide high quality careers advice to students and help build links between the world of school and business. Curriculum Corporation is managing the Scholarships for School Career Advisers Project for the Australian Government Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST), in conjunction with the Career Industry Council of Australia (CICA). From EdNA Online on August 10, 2004 at 10:15 p.m..


InSkillSA InSkill SA provides recognition for businesses that provide employment and training opportunities for new and existing employees. Through government contracts, the program aims to foster an employment and training culture within industry that will meet current and emerging employment and skills needs in South Australia. This website contains further information about the program, registration details, FAQs and links to related websites. From EdNA Online on August 10, 2004 at 10:15 p.m..


a preponderance of evidence Posted By Jonas M Luster on Aug 10th 4:10PM: A personal website, blog-ish without being one. All content, the code used to maintain the site, as far as written by me, and the theme used for looks and menu management are available under a CC license. From Common Content: Newest Items on August 10, 2004 at 10:15 p.m..


Danger's Flash Blog Posted By Danger on Aug 10th 10:42AM: The first flash blog of China. From Common Content: Newest Items on August 10, 2004 at 10:15 p.m..


SPLEEN FLASH EXPERIMENTS Posted By SPLEEN on Aug 10th 7:17AM: Spleen's flash experiments collection. insanity/ actionscript/ lazyness/ math From Common Content: Newest Items on August 10, 2004 at 10:15 p.m..


Jewlicious Posted By ck on Aug 9th 4:46PM: Everything Jewlicious - Israel, Judaism, Pop and more From Common Content: Newest Items on August 10, 2004 at 10:15 p.m..


Bon appétit! : Julia Child's kitchen at the Smithsonian This online exhibition is published by the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, with funding from the museum's History American Food and Wine History Fund. The exhibition provides online access to celebrated French chef Julia Child's kitchen and its contents, now on display at the museum. The site is well designed and easy to use and requires users to have Flash 6. Users can take a virtual tour of the kitchen, find out about various kitchen utensils and the history behind them, and view an interactive biography of Julia Child. This in particular highlights her impact on t From New Humbul Resources on August 10, 2004 at 10:15 p.m..


Old operating theatre museum and herb garret web site This is the web site of the Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret, a London museum that explores the history of medicine, surgery and herbal medicine at St Thomas Hospital. On the site there are several online exhibitions tracing the history of the hospital from its medieval foundations, through the Reformation and Age of Enlightenment, to the nineteenth century. There are also panoramic tours of the operating theatre, which is the oldest one in Britain, the herb garret, and St Thomas Street. In addition to this the site provides information about the museum, such as opening hours, book From New Humbul Resources on August 10, 2004 at 10:15 p.m..


Women's life in Greece and Rome This web site is published as part of Diotima, a site that provides materials for studying women and gender in ancient history. This particular part of Diotima publishes excerpts from Mary R. Lefkowitz and Maureen B. Fant's book, Women's Life in Greece and Rome, a source book published in print by the Johns Hopkins University Press. The excerpts are arranged by theme, which cover women's voices, philosophers, legal status in the Roman world, private life, medicine and anatomy, men's opinions, legal status in the Greek world, public life, occupations and religion. They inclu From New Humbul Resources on August 10, 2004 at 10:15 p.m..


Celtic twilight : legends of Camelot This web site is authored and published by an enthusiast of Arthurian legend, and the content requires a discerning eye. Despite the advertisements for Celtic jewellery it offers an interesting collection of resources looking at both the historical facts and the creation of the legend of Camelot and King Arthur. Of most interest to those studying fifth and sixth century Britain is the collection of transcribed primary sources, which includes the Annales Cambriae and Gildas' De Excidio Brittaniae et Conquestu. There is also a glossary of events and names connected to Arthur, and background From New Humbul Resources on August 10, 2004 at 10:15 p.m..


The ruin and conquest of Britain 400 A.D. - 600 A.D. This simply designed web site is published by an academic at Griffith University. The site looks at the history of Britain in the fifth and sixth centuries, otherwise known as the Dark Ages, exploring the transition of the country from Roman rule to the medieval kingdoms of England and Wales. The author does this by examining primary source material and drawing a narrative chronology from it. Transcribed primary sources appear on the site, along with a timeline, tables, a discussion of the verifiable facts from this period, maps, illustrations and an academic article about Arthur and the battl From New Humbul Resources on August 10, 2004 at 10:15 p.m..


Traditional folk music of India Recordings of Baul, Fakir and Santal music are the heart of this site. These are folk traditions, centuries old but entirely outside the high literate ragamala tradition of North India. There is commentary and a certain amount of useful musicological material but the overwhelming strength of this site is the digital recordings of live performances. Each tradition gets a short introduction, with the page for that tradition arranged by important artists. Perhaps the best known of these non-classical performers are the Bauls, who wander all over Bengal and Bangladesh, and are the inheritors of a From New Humbul Resources on August 10, 2004 at 10:15 p.m..


Picturing women This interesting web site is published as part of a collaboration between Bryn Mawr College, Library Company of Philadelphia and Rosenbach Museum and Library. The Picturing Women project explores representations of women throughout history, and how female identity has been culturally constructed. On the site are a wide range of images, juxtaposed in groups of four under the categories figuring, fashioning, portraiting and telling. These primary source images can all be enlarged, but there is little additional narrative information. Instead the text asks questions of the viewer to encourage ana From New Humbul Resources on August 10, 2004 at 10:15 p.m..


Separate is not equal : Brown v. Board of Education Separate is not Equal is an online exhibition published by the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institution, and funded by Morgan Stanley. It was published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court judgement to remove segregation within schools with the celebrated Brown v. Board of Education case. The site provides an excellent narrative history of the educational experience of black Americans, from the end of the American Civil War to the mid 1950s. Illustrating the text is an impressive range of primary source material, including photographs, docum From New Humbul Resources on August 10, 2004 at 10:15 p.m..


Leaves From the Buddha's Grove This website contains an astonishing number of Buddhist texts in English translations, including some larger texts not easily found elsewhere. The texts are organized into four broad categories: Poetry and Stories, including everything from the Nun's Songs from the Pali Canon and some stories of the Buddha's former births to very modern poetry; Theravada Writings, including modern teachings as well as Pali material; Zen writings, Chinese as well as Japanese (but nothing from the Korean tradition); and Other Mahayana Writings, which includes the full text of several major treatises an From New Humbul Resources on August 10, 2004 at 10:15 p.m..


Australian medical pioneers index The Australian Medical Pioneers Index is an online database of medical men living and working in Australia during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Funded by the State Library of Victoria it is based largely on the print index compiled by Dr. David Roberts and is published online by Barwon Health. The database contains the records of around 3,000 medical men, including ships surgeons, colonial and military surgeons, convict doctors, general practitioners, and specialists. These records can be searched by keyword or with an advanced search. The site also provides a good background to the From New Humbul Resources on August 10, 2004 at 10:15 p.m..


Dictionary of the history of ideas This site is published as part of the University of Virginia Library's Electronic Text Center, and provides an online copy of the Dictionary of the History of Ideas, edited by Philip P. Wiener. The dictionary has been reproduced here in its entirety and can be searched by keyword or browsed alphabetically, by subject, or by author. The Dictionary of Ideas provides over 300 entries on the development of key ideas in Western thought, across a range of subjects. These are nature, humanity, art, history, politics, religion and philosophy, and math and logic. Users can also read the original p From New Humbul Resources on August 10, 2004 at 10:15 p.m..


Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, NZ This is the web site for the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, which can be accessed in either English or Maori. The site is very slick, with Flash movies and excellent graphics. It is easy to navigate and contains a wealth of information on collections, visiting, learning and events. Amongst the highlights for the online user are the searchable picture library containing some 800,000 images of pictures and artefacts in the museum and the multimedia database Tai Awatea Knowledge Net, which showcases selected artefacts from the museum and discusses their backgrounds. This is an impressiv From New Humbul Resources on August 10, 2004 at 10:15 p.m..


Fast Food, Anyone Your campus is building a new food service in the near future. Students are going to brainstorm, use the internet, research, go out and visit and talk to managers, survey the college and community, and be creative. From Maricopa Learning eXchange (MLX) Newest on August 9, 2004 at 11:47 p.m..


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