Zanesville Campus Library

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]”

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.

MedlinePlus ( provided by the National Institutes of Health and the National Library of Medicine) includes the Medical Encyclopedia. This encyclopedia is licensed from ADAM, a company providing health information to hospitals and other businesses. The encyclopedia is searchable and browseable. Additional features:

• Frequent updates
• English and Spanish versions
• 4,000+ articles covering:
  • Diseases,
  • Tests,
  • Symptoms,
  • Injuries,
  • Surgeries.

Business Writer’s Free Library

This site, designed by the Authenticity Counseling Company, offers resources useful to the beginner. Most useful resources include:

• General Resources and Advice.
• Basic Writing Skills.
• Basic Composition Skills.
• Some Types of Correspondence: includes sample–
  • memos,
  • meeting minutes,
  • business e-mails,
  • and more.

Information about Martin Luther King, the Civil Rights Movement, and Martin Luther King Day is available at 12 sites recommended by the Librarians’ Internet Index. This sites are good sites and were evaluated and rated by–you guessed it–a librarian.

Martin Luther King sites

This is cool. Make a snowflake on-line. Add a message. if you want you can e-mail it too friends. Over 5 million snowflakes have been made already. That’s a real blizzard, but one that doesn’t shut down roads or schools.

Make a Snowflake

“The Ecology Center, a Michigan-based nonprofit organization, today released the results of their testing of 1,200 popular children’s toys for toxic chemicals at www.HealthyToys.org. Working with environmental health groups across the country, the Ecology Center led the development of the site to inform consumers about products they will be purchasing this holiday season. Parents and other holiday shoppers can now easily search by product name, brand, or toy type to learn how the products rate in terms of harmful chemical content.”

Recommended by ResourceShelf

Resources of the Week: We Help You Shop!

Eight sites that will help you:

• compare prices,
• locate coupons and “best deals,”
• get recommendations from specialists,
• locate unannounced specials, sales, and other deals,
• find great deals on Amazon,
• as well as warn you about recalls and other dangers–like lead.

All at your fingertips and from the comfort of your easy chair.

List of the top 25 web hoaxes

Have you been hoaxed? Check out this selection made by Steve Bass to find out how many of these popular hoaxes you recognize.

PC World, May 3

Foodesigns.com - Articles & Tips, Food Photography, Education

http://www.foodesigns.com/

Foodesigns.com was created by Lisa Golden Schroeder, a veteran food stylist and writer, who recognized the need for a website where practicing food stylists and photographers could exchange techniques and advice, that would also provide information for those looking to enter this specialty within the food business. A few of the features at Foodesigns.com are reserved for members or available by subscription, such as the Tweezer Times, a bimonthly online magazine, but valuable information is available entirely free. For example, weekly tips ranging from how to make perfect chocolate curls to “green” food styling; interviews and links to portfolios of featured artists; FAQs about food styling; and listings of upcoming food styling events and educational opportunities. [DS]