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The Critical Thinking Web is recommended by the Scout Report.

“Teaching critical thinking can be difficult, and it is nice to know that Professors Joe Lau and Jonathan Chan at the University of Hong Kong have created this site to help both teachers and students in this endeavor. Working with a grant from the government of Hong Kong’s University Grants Committee, the two have created this website to provide access to over 100 free online tutorials on critical thinking, logic, scientific reasoning, and creativity. The homepage includes a brief introduction to critical thinking and access to the main modules, which are divided into thematic areas such as values and morality, strategic thinking, and basic logic. Visitors can also view the Chinese version of this site, download class exercises, and even take on “the hardest logic puzzle in the world.” [KMG]”

On-line resources for art and architecture include collections of images, indexes to research articles (some to full text articles), and on-line reference dictionaries and encyclopedias.

Image resources:

Art and Architecture images from the following sources:

• The ART Collection from AMICO: images from museums and other art collections around the world.
• The Saskia– a collection of digital art images with a special emphasis on the core images required for teaching the history of Western Art.
• Images from the Akron Art Museum
• Art and architecture from the University of Cincinnati
• WPA prints by Cleveland artists, from the Special Collections, Case Western Reserve University Library.

The ART Collection

• Provides high-quality, digital images of works of art from museums around the world.
• Focuses on the creative output of cultures around the world, from prehistoric to contemporary times, and covers the complete range of expressive forms.
• Genres included: painting, sculpture, photography, print, drawing, ceramic, textiles, metalwork, furniture, books and scrolls, architecture, and archeological finds.
• Cultures and time periods represented range from contemporary art, Native American and Inuit art, to ancient Greek, Roman, and Egyptian works, along with Japanese and Chinese works.

Great Buildings Online

• Images of great buildings from around the world.
• Searchable by place, name of architec, or type of architecture.
• Includes:
  • Photographs,
  • Information on architects,
  • Architectural drawings,
  • Discussion,
  • Bibliography,
  • Architect information,
  • Live 3D walkthrough computer models.

   

   

   

   

  Journal articles:

  Art Full Text

  • Indexes over 400 international art publications, including periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins.
  • Entries in the database also cite any art reproductions used to illustrate articles and advertisements, under the artists’ names and covers titles published in European languages, as well as English-language sources.

  Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals

   

  • A comprehensive index of journal articles published worldwide on architecture and design, archaeology, city planning, interior design and historic preservation.
  • Offers access to 2,500 international journals, most of which are not indexed elsewhere, and nearly 600,000 citations dating to the mid-18th century.
  • Indexes the international scholarly and popular periodical literature as well as the publications of professional associations, US state and regional periodicals, and the major serial publications on architecture and design of Europe, Asia, Latin America and Australia.

  On-line reference books:

Art and Architecture (Oxford Reference On-line)

• Full text access to some of the essential reference works in Art and Architecture, published by the Oxford University Press.
• Titles include:
  • A Dictionary of Architecture
  • The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists
  • The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Art
  • A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art

  Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture

  • Contains over 1000 entries, featuring “an abundance of in-depth articles on this field of enduring importance–from biographies to thematic entries on architecture, ceramics, metalwork, mosaics, painting and sculpture.”

Physlets

“Understanding how various concepts and processes in physics can be an exasperating experience for students beginning to study the field, so finding sites like this one can be quite a delight. These Java-based applets were developed at Davidson University by Wolfgang Christian, and they are a real delight. First-time visitors may wish to read through the introduction on using these physlets, and then move on to look through the different sections on the site. In total, there are over 100 physlets here, and they include those that illustrate (or animate) such processes as linear momentum, elastic linear collisions, and the movement of sound waves.” [KMG]

Java needed to play demos.

From the Library Journal–this annual list of their favorite mysteries from 2007:

A Treasury of Regrets

• Alleyn, Susanne
• Set in post-revolutionary Paris, freelance inspector Aristide Ravel investigates the poisoning of the patriarch of the wealthy Duponts. Good attention to historical detail.

Tahoe Silence

• Borg, Todd
• PI McKenna embarks on a voyage of self-discovery as he tries to find a kidnapped 17 year old who is also mute and autistic. One of a few good novels about autism.

Nefertiti: The Book of the Dead

• Drake, Nick
• This debut novel introduces a Theban policeman who is ordered to find the missing Nefertiti. If he doesn’t, he’s dead. Lots of historical detail plus well-drawn characters.

A Beautiful Blue Death

• Finch, Charles
• Another debut novel. This time set in Victorian England. A complex mystery detailing the developing relationship of Charles Lenox and Lady Jane as they attempt to solve the murder of a maid who learned too much.

Fresh Kills: An Artie Cohen Mystery

• Nadelson, Reggie
• PI Cohen struggles to identify a serial killer targeting little girls in New York City and deal with the needs of a troubled nephew and solve his own personal problems. The best so far of Nadleson’s “Archipelago Trilogy.”

America’s youth

• Carroll, Jamuna
• HQ 796 .A6818 2008M

Coal

• Logan, Michael
• TN 800 .C63 2008M

Dance, turn, hop, learn!: enriching movement activities for preschoolers

• Dow, Connie Bergstein
• GV 452 .D69 2006M

Divorce

• Willis, Laurie
• HQ 814 D58 2008M

Easy daily plans: over 250 plans for preschool teachers

• Fleischmann, Sue
• LB 1140.35 .C74 F537 2007M

Education

• Winters, Robert
• KF 4150 .Z9 E38 2008M

Family

• Miller, Karen
• HQ 536 .F33817 2008M

Field guide to wild mushrooms of Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic

• Russell, Bill
• QK 605.5 .P4 R87 2006M

Food safety: a reference handbook

• Redman, Nina
• TX 531 .R44 2007M

Free speech

• Engdahl, Sylvia
• KF 4772 .F737 2008M

I love a cop: what police families need to know

• Kirschman, Ellen
• HV 7936 .J63 K57 2007M

Jackpot nation: rambling and gambling across our landscape of luck

• Hoffer, Richard
• HV 6715 .H57 2007M

Labor unions

• HD 6483.5 .L33 2008M

Legal system

• Hanrahan, Clare
• KF 8700 .Z9 L43 2008M

Medical assistant exam review

• Martin, Diann L.
• R 728.8 .M323 2007M

Personal nutrition

• Boyle, Marie A.
• RA 784 .B65 2007M

Physician assistant: a guide to clinical practice

• Ballweg/Stolberg/Sullivan
• R 697 .P45 P48 2003M

Religion and sexuality

• Hillstrom, Kevin
• HQ 63 .R45 2008M

Self -mutilation

• Williams, Mary E.
• RC 552 .S4 S457 2008M

Street and runaway teens

• Bily, Cynthia
• HV 1431 .S83 2008M

The voice of authority:10 communication strategies every leader needs to know

• Dianna Booher
• HD 30.3 .B664 2007M

Violence

• Gerdes, Louise
• HM 1116 .V52 2008M

Watching wildlife

• Chris, Cynthia
• PN 1995.9 .A5 C47 2006M

Water for food, water for life; a comprehensive assessment of water management in agriculture

• Molden, David
• S 494.5 .W3 W38 2007M

Anthropology Plus

• A database of bibliographic materials from the late 1800’s to today in the fields of anthropology, archaeology, and interdisciplinary studies, which combines in one source Harvard University’s Anthropological Literature database and the United Kingdom’s Anthropological Index (Royal Anthropological Institute).

• Includes materials in all languages, particularly English, Germanic, Slavic, Romance, and selected Scandinavian languages. Citations include journal articles, reports, commentaries, and obituaries from over 2,500 journals and edited works.

• Please note most entries are citation only; full text access is limited.

• Journals indexed in Anthropology Plus

Anthropology Journals from JSTOR

• Full text

• Searchable full-text journals, from their first year until about 5 years ago. The most recent issues are not available because of licensing restrictions.
• The link goes to a browseable list of available anthropology journals. You can also use JSTOR Search feature to do keyword searching of their contents.

Anthropology Journals (from the OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center)

• Full text

• Searchable full-text journals covering various years from the 1990s to the present.

• The link goes to a browseable list of available journals. You can also use the Search feature to do keyword searching of their contents.

Electronic Journals for Anthropology available via ALICE

• Link is to a listing in ALICE for electronic journals in the field of Anthropology. Please note that access to most of these is limited to Ohio University only; some to the Athens campus only and others to all campuses.

Encyclopedia of Religion and Society

• Contains hundreds of articles which provide a “summary of the insights gained by the principal social sciences of religion: anthropology, psychology, and sociology. “

• Produced by the Hartford Institute for Religion Research, Hartford Seminary.

Public Anthropology: Anthropology Journal Archive Project

• Article database with abstracts.Contains e-journal, book series, writings by distinguished anthropologists, and a photo gallery that depicts arresting images of people from a variety of cultures.

• An interesting feature of the site is the inclusion of written summaries of journal articles by graduate and undergraduate students from North America. The summaries allow for comparision of historical and theoretical perspectives within anthropology, in addition to providing information on the particular article covered. The articles are also rated for their clarity. Summaries of articles in the American Anthropologist (1888-2000) are available and Current Anthropology and Human Organization are in progress.

• The journal archive can be searched by keyword to pull up pertinent articles.

• Provided by Robert Borofsky.

If you like to read and own your copies of books, the author of this article has 10 good suggestions for helping you stretch your book budget. Using your local library is one way, but he also includes internet resources that allow you to download copies of the classics or sites for trading or selling books you no longer want.

Ten Ways to Save Money on Books

99 Classroom calamities…and how to avoid them: or how to survive in teaching beyond your training

• Rayment, Tabatha
• LB 1025.3 R385 2006z

A guide to qualitaitive field research

• Bailey, Carol A.
• H 62 B275 2007z

Boys and writing

• Bowkett, Stephen
• PE 1404 B68 2006z

Caring for the older person: practical care in hospital, care home or at home

• Bradshaw, Ann
• RA 564,8 C374 2007z

Children’s personal and social development

• Ding, Sharon
• HQ 783 C5425 2005z

Designing effective instructional tasks for physical education and sports

• Griffey, David C.
• GV 365 G75 2007Z

Edward Hopper: an intimate biography

• Levin, Gail
• N 6537 H6 L48 2007z

Family theories

• White, James M.
• HQ 728 W52 2008z

Feminism

• Hannam, June
• HQ 1154 H25 2007z

Feminism in development: contradictions, contestations, and challenges

• Cornwall, Andrea
• HQ 1240 F463 2007z

Fundamentals of development: the psychology of childhood

• Mitchell, Peter
• BF 713 M582 2007z

Gender communication theories & anayses: from silence to perfromance

• Krolokke, Charlotte
• P 96 S48 K76 2006z

Good germs, bad germs: health and survival in a bacterail world

• Sachs, Jessica Snyder
• QR 57 S24 2007z

How to speak your spouse’s language: ten easy steps to great communication from one of America’s foremost counselors

• Wright, H. Norman
• HQ 734 W94919 2006z

Influence: the psychology of persuasion

• Cialdini, Robert B.
• BF 774 C533 2007z

Key concepts in developmantal psychology

• Schaffer, H. Rudolph
• BF 713 S32 2006z

Methods of family research

• Greenstein, Theodore N.
• HQ 10 G724 2006z

Money for nothing: a history of the music video from the Beatles to the White Stripes

• Austerlitz, Saul
• PN 1992. 8 M87 A97 2007Z

More picture-perfrect science lessons: using children’s books to guide inquiry

• Ansberry, Karen Rohrich
• LB 5185 A57 2007z

Plato’s republic: a biography

• Blackburn, Simon
• JC 71 P6 B57 2007z

Racism: a very short introduction

• Rattansi, Ali
• HT 1521 R4244 2007z

Readings in family theory

• Chibucos, Thomas R.
• HQ 728 R37 2005z

Religon in the age Shakespeare

• Baker, Christopher Paul
• PR 3011 B35 2007z

The Cambridige introduction to tragedy

• Wallace, Jennifer
• PN 1892 W28 2007z

The electronic front porch: an oral history of the arrrival of modern media in rural Appalachia and the Melgungeon community

• Podber, Jacob J.
• HN 79 A127 P63 2007z

The politics of the veil

• Scott, Joan Wallch
• DC 34.5 M87 S36 2007z

Women in politics, and power: a global perspective

• Paxton, Pamela Marie
• HQ 1236 P39 2007 z

Women in the middle east: past and present

• Keddie, Nikki R.
• HQ 1726.5 K43 2007z

Find out what it means and pick your own favorite from the list of runner ups. Provided by The Resource Shelf–the Oxford “Word of 2007.”

Oxford Top Word of 2007

Say “I love you” to someone special –choose your language. Maybe Swahili or Icelandic will do the trick.