http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Fri, 24 May 2013 12:07:15 PDT Fri, 24 May 2013 12:07:15 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=686728 A classic book now in it's 8th ed. (2006) that tells all about books and the book industry. Originally published in 1952. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=601169 ״Description***Apple "Education App of the Year" 2011***Honorable Mention in the 2011 Knight-Batten AwardsEnter the World of Tomorrow and experience the 1939–40 New York World’s Fair through the collections of The New York Public Library! Biblion: The Boundless Library is designed to take you — all but literally — into the Library's legendary stacks, opening up hidden parts of the collections and the myriad story lines they hold and preserve. In this free app you will hold documents, images, films, audio, and essays directly from the collections right in your hands.With Biblion, you can jump from stack to stack, story to story, as you move through the infoscape of the World's Fair, created directly from NYPL's Manuscripts and Archives Division. The Fair — like the Library — has something for everyone, covering a range of topics from technological innovation, music, and pop culture, to a world dealing with the crises of war and economic hardship.Biblion: World’s Fair allows you to:•read original essays from such prominent writers as Karen Abbott, William Grimes, Henry Jenkins, Elliott Kalan, James Mauro, and others•view General Motors' famous Futurama ride, in full color, from the original carousel! •explore the development of the Fair's designs, uniforms, buildings, and exhibits, including Salvador Dalí’s then-shocking Dream of Venus extravaganza•relish the outrageous restaurant ideas that never made the cut •learn about the fate of the Czechoslovakia Pavilion after the country was invaded by Hitler•discover what was buried inside the Westinghouse Time Capsule ... not to be opened until the year 6939!•fly from story to story, charting your own journey through the stacks…״This is a free app http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=298280 BASE is the multi-disciplinary search engine to scholarly internet resources at Bielefeld University. BASE complements the current metasearch system for catalogues and databases of the Bielefeld Digital Library by allowing searches to be limited by type of document, including scholarly full text archives, digital repositories and preprint servers available on the World Wide Web. For more information about BASE see: http://www.basesearch.net/index.php?i=a. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=83606 EASE History is a rich learning environment that supports the learning of US history. Over 600 videos and photographs are currently available in EASE History. EASE History has three entry points: Historical Events, Campaign Ads, and Core Values. Learn about US History through the prism of US presidential campaign ads, better understand the complexities of campaign issues and their historical context by looking at historical events, and explore the meanings of core values by examining how these values have been applied in both historical events and campaign ads. Three learning modes, single and multiple theme searches, and resources support the comparing and contrasting of historical cases. EASE History's goal is to support experience acceleration- to help learners think more like historians. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=375651 The Photographs and Prints Division of the Schomburg Center is devoted to collecting and preserving images documenting the life and history of peoples of African descent worldwide as well as the work of photographers of African descent. The images selected for presentation in this database are drawn primarily from 21 discreet collections at the Schomburg Center: sixteen personal, organizational and photographers' collections, many of which are complemented by substantial bodies of letters, diaries, minutes and other textual documents; four collections representing examples of the various presentation formats common to nineteenth century portrait and genre photography; and a collection of wood engravings from the illustrated U.S. press of the nineteenth century. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=651578 A collaborative effort to make available digitally historic American journals dating from 1840-1900. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=267675 Open Vault provides online access to unique and historically important content produced by public television station WGBH for individual and classroom learning. The ever-expanding site contains video excerpts, searchable transcripts, a select number of complete interviews for purchase, and resource management tools. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=560486 This is a Tennessee history tutorial designed to help students taking a Tennessee history course better understand where to locate good information about Tennessee's history. Includes a short quiz at the end. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=300288 Catalogue of Unites Nations (UN) documents and publications indexed by the UN Dag Hammarskjold Library and the Library of the UN Office at Geneva. Also included are commericial publications and other non-UN sources held in the collection of the Dag Hammarskjold Library. The coverage of UNBISnet is from 1979 onward, however, older documents are being added to the catalogue on a regular basis as a result of retrospective conversion. UNBISnet also provides instant access to a growing number of full text resources in the six official languages of the UN (Arabic, Chinese, English, Frencg, Russian and Spanish), including resolutions adopted by the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and the Security Council from 1946 onward.For more information about UNBISnet see:http://unbisnet.un.org/ http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=300937 ePrints-UK aims to provide national,discipline-focused searching for access for journal articles, technical reports, and web pages in electronic institutional archives of 30 selected UK universities and colleges. For more information about ePrints see:http://eprints-uk.rdn.ac.uk/.