Pensacola Junior College Library Blog

2010-08-26T16:28:00.005-05:00

Happy 90th Birthday, 19th Amendment!

The 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote, became law on August 26th, 1920.

Some books you might want to read on the subject include:

The process of securing the right to vote for women was an important phase in feminism. Suffrage was first proposed as a part of a general declaration of the rights of women signed at Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848. Chapters in this anthology discuss the roots of the movement, its tactics and disagreements, opposition to the suffragists, and the impact of the Nineteenth Amendment on American society. (Pensacola Campus JK1896 .H54 2006)

They forever changed America: Lucy Stone, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Frances Willard, Alice Paul. At their revolution's start in the 1840s, a woman's right to speak in public was questioned. By its conclusion in 1920, the victory in woman's suffrage had also encompassed the most fundamental rights of citizenship: the right to control wages, hold property, to contract, to sue, to testify in court. Their struggle was confrontational (women were the first to picket the White House for a political cause) and violent (women were arrested, jailed, and force-fed in prisons). And like every revolutionary before them, their struggle was personal. (Milton and Pensacola Campus JK1896 .B35 2005)

In Votes For Women, Jean H. Baker has assembled an impressive collection of new scholarship on the struggle of American women for the suffrage. Each of the eleven essays illuminates some aspect of the long battle that lasted from the 1850s to the passage of the suffrage amendment in 1920. (Milton Campus JK1896 .V67 2002)

2010-08-23T10:00:00.002-05:00

Welcome to Pensacola State College! On this first day of the new term, please let me remind you of the many materials and services that the libraries offer to Pensacola State College students:

FREE computer use – the Pensacola campus library has over 40 computers available for student use. Students present their student ID cards to use a computer for a 2 hour period.

FREE study rooms – the Pensacola campus library has 8 study rooms available for student use. Students present their student ID cards to use a study room for a 2 hour period.

FREE books – not textbooks , unfortunately! The libraries have more than 50,000 titles available for checking out. Books that the libraries do not own can usually be borrowed from another library – free! Students present their student ID cards to check out books. Most books are checked out for 4 weeks, but there are some exceptions.

FREE DVDs – many popular and recent titles, such as Precious, 2012, and Alice in Wonderland. Students present their student ID cards to check out DVDs for a 7 day checkout.

FREE Research Help – a Reference Librarian is available on each campus every day, all day. The librarian can help you find information for your class assignments, research papers, or just because you want to know more about something.

FREE magazine, journal, and newspaper articles – these are available by using one of the many databases available to students. Begin by going to the library’s homepage at http://lrc.pjc.edu. (Please remember that this web address will be changing as everything changes to Pensacola State URLs.)

The student ID required to use these materials and services is also FREE! IDs can be obtained in Bldg. 5 on the Pensacola campus, Bldg. 4200 on the Milton campus, and Bldg. 3300 on the Warrington campus.

Hope you have a great semester of learning!

2010-06-14T11:45:00.003-05:00

Did you know that today is Flag Day? Flag Day commemorates the official adoption of the flag by the Second Continental Congress in 1777. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation that officially established June 14 as Flag Day; in August 1949, National Flag Day was established by an Act of Congress.

In 1814, at Fort McHenry in Maryland, a flag flying there inspired Francis Scott Key to write a poem “Defence of Fort McHenry” which was later set to music and renamed “The Star-Spangled Banner.” By Congressional resolution, "The Star Spangled Banner" became the national athem in 1931.

• The United States flag is often referred to as the "Stars and Stripes" or "Old Glory," and is a symbol of freedom.

• The American flag was (possibly) made by Betsy Ross in 1776, and adopted as the official U.S. flag in 1777.

• The original flag featured 13 stars to represent the 13 original colonies.

• The current U.S. flag, which was adopted in 1960 when Hawaii became a state, features 50 stars to represent the 50 states, and 13 stripes to represent the 13 original colonies.

• The red in the flag is a symbol of valor and hardiness; white is for innocence and purity; and blue is for vigilance, perseverance and justice.

• The original Pledge of Allegiance was much shorter than the modern version: "I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands - one nation indivisible - with liberty and justice for all."

2010-05-26T09:46:00.004-05:00

Oil Spill in the Gulf

Several sources provide background and updates on the BP Deepwater Horizon drilling disaster. These include:

wuwf.org – Pensacola’s local National Public Radio station
Pensacola News Journal – local Pensacola newspaper
nola.com – the New Orleans, LA newspaper
NOAA - National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce
Environmental Protection Agency – the EPA’s Deepwater Horizon Incident Joint Information Center

The library subscribes to several databases that contain the text of articles from academic journals, magazines and newspapers. One of these databases, Academic Search Complete, provides daily indexing of articles from print publications under the subject “BP oil spill, Gulf of Mexico, 2010.” To access these and other library databases, click here.

PJC faculty, staff and students can access all databases from offsite by logging in with the 14 digit barcode number from the PJC picture ID as the borrower ID, and the last 4 of the Social Security number as the PIN.

2010-05-25T11:25:00.004-05:00

RAYMOND CARVER WAS BORN ON THIS DATE

American short story writer and poet Raymond Carver was born on this date in 1938. Carver is considered a major late 20th century American writer. He is also credited with being a major influence in the revitalization of the short story in the 1980s.

Carver was born in Clatskanie, Oregon, on May 25, 1938, to laborer Clevie Raymond Carver and homemaker Ella Beatrice Carver. At an early age, Carver moved with his family to the working-class town of Yakima, Washington. Throughout his life, he drew on his experiences in the Pacific Northwest as settings for his stories.

Carver graduated from high school in 1956 and took a job working at a sawmill. In 1957, he married Maryann Burk, who was pregnant with their first child. By the time he was twenty, Carver was the father of two children. He and his wife worked menial jobs in order to pay their bills. Like many of the couples in Carver's short stories, he and his wife lived a hand-to-mouth existence, always in fear of some catastrophe that would upset their fragile solvency.

Carver, who wanted to write, studied under novelist John Gardner at Chico State in California. Still working low-paying jobs to support the family, he managed to take enough classes to graduate from Humboldt State University in 1963. After briefly attending the Iowa Writers' Workshop, he moved to Sacramento, California, where he became a hospital custodian for three years. During this time, he began writing seriously and publishing his stories.

Carver suffered personal turmoil in 1967, both losing his father and filing for bankruptcy. However, in the same year, his story "Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?" was chosen for The Best American Short Stories, 1967. Carver met with increasing success publishing his stories during the next few years. As a result, he was offered a number of teaching positions at universities. At the same time, alcohol increasingly began to affect his life. In 1976, unemployed and bankrupt, he began to drink very heavily. Carver and his wife separated and he underwent repeated hospitalizations for alcoholism.

In 1977, Carver met poet Tess Gallagher, and by 1979, the two were living together and teaching creative writing at Syracuse University. Carver's well-received collection What We Talk About When We Talk About Love appeared in 1981. With his writing flourishing and his personal life with Gallagher happy, Carver brought his drinking under control. He and his wife Maryann finally divorced in 1983.

In September of 1983, Carver published the collection Cathedral. The book marked a shift in Carver's fiction away from the bare minimalist prose of his earlier work toward a fuller, more detailed style. Critics hailed the book as a transition in Carver's work, singling out several stories, including the title story, "Cathedral," for praise.

Carver began battling cancer in 1987. Nevertheless, he continued to write, publishing his last major collection, Where I'm Calling From, in 1988. He married Gallagher in June, 1988, and died at their home in Port Angeles, Washington, on August 2, 1988.

The inscription on his grave reads:

LATE FRAGMENT

And did you get what

you wanted from this life, even so?

I did.

And what did you want?

To call myself beloved, to feel myself

beloved on the earth.

Source Citation
"Raymond Carver." LitFinder Contemporary Collection. Detroit: Gale, 2007. Literature Resources from Gale. Web. 25 May 2010.
Document URL
http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CLTF0000011308BI&v=2.1&u=lincclin_pjc&it=r&p=LitRG&sw=w

2010-05-19T10:57:00.002-05:00

STUDENT BOOK GROUP MEETS

The Chadbourne Library Student Book Group met and discussed May's selection The Secret Life of Bees. For the June book discussion, the students have chosen suspense for the genre and have picked Cell: a novel by Stephen King for June’s meeting. The book group will meet on June 21st at 6pm in Room 2003 of the Chadbourne Library. Please contact Linda Broyles at 484-1107 for more information.

2010-05-17T13:53:00.004-05:00

Summertime and the Living is Easy

Summer Schedule and Off-Campus Access

The College is now working under the Summer schedule, which means we are closed on Fridays. The Pensacola campus library hours are as follows:

Monday-Thursday: 7:00 AM – 8:30 PM
Friday: 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Milton and Warrington campus libraries follow a similar schedule but close at 4:00 PM on Mondays and are closed on Sundays.

The libraries provide off campus access to the catalog, which links to electronic books. Instructions are located here.

Articles in journals, magazines and newspapers are also available from off campus. Instructions are located here.

For research guides that provide assistance for specific research projects assigned at PJC, click here.

Questions? Email libraryreference@pjc.edu or call 484-2006.

2010-05-11T10:05:00.002-05:00

Last week, May 2 - 8, 2010 was Choose Privacy Week. You may have missed it because of final exams. The American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom has created a video addressing issues of privacy in today's "Let me Google you," Facebook and YouTube world. No longer is it solely celebrities worrying about keeping their personal lives private. In addition to "man on the street" interviews, the film features individuals like Neil Gaiman, Cory Doctorow, Geoffrey Stone, and ALA President Camila Alire discussing privacy. Click here to view the video.

2010-04-23T09:58:00.001-05:00

Suicide Machine

Liberate your newbie friends with a Web2.0 suicide! This machine lets you delete all your energy sucking social-networking profiles, kill your fake virtual friends, and completely do away with your Web2.0 alterego. Our service currently runs with Facebook, Myspace, Twitter and LinkedIn! Commit NOW!

2010-04-23T09:53:00.001-05:00

Safe Web Surfing

'Infotopia is an academic search engine accessing only trusted websites previously selected by librarians, teachers and library and educational consortia. Infotopia is recommended for students, teachers, and, especially, homeschoolers. Infotopia was created by,
and is maintained by, Dr. Michael Bell, former chair, Texas Association of School Librarians.

2010-04-23T09:40:00.001-05:00

Original Alice in Wonderland Digitized

This manuscript - one of the British Library's best - loved treasures - is the original version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, the pen-name of Charles Dodgson, an Oxford mathematician.
Dodgson was fond of children and became friends with Lorina, Alice and Edith Liddell, the young daughters of the Dean of his college, Christ Church. One summer's day in 1862 he entertained them on a boat trip with a story of Alice's adventures in a magical world entered through a rabbit-hole. The ten-year-old Alice was so entranced that she begged him to write it down for her. It took him some time to write out the tale - in a tiny, neat hand - and complete the 37 illustrations. Alice finally received the 90-page book, dedicated to 'a dear child, in memory of a summer day', in November 1864.

2010-04-15T11:11:00.003-05:00

You are invited to attend this evening’s book signing and reception for local authors Mr. Charlie Davis, Dr. Addie June Hall, Ms. Diane Gaines Jackson, and Dr. Betsy Smith. All of these authors have connections to Pensacola Junior College.

Mr. Charlie Davis, Growing Up in Pensacola, is the husband of retired District Department Head, Learning Resources Centers, Dr. Sandra Lockney Davis. Read more

Dr. Addie June Hall, The Wife/The Other Woman and Must I Tell It? I Gotta Tell It!, is a retired professor of Behavioral Sciences, Department Head of Adult Basic Education, and Director of Minority Recruitment at Pensacola Junior College.

Diane Gaines, The Tan Yard, taught English literature, creative writing and poetry for twenty years at Pensacola Junior College. Read more

Dr. Betsy Smith, Second Blooming for Women, had a long career at Pensacola Junior College, including serving as Provost of the Warrington campus and as Associate Vice President for Institutional Advancement. Read more

Tonight’s program begins at 6pm at the Pensacola campus Edward M. Chadbourne Library. Books will be available for purchase and for signing by the authors. This event is free and open to the public. Reception following the program.

2010-04-13T09:46:00.002-05:00

2010 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Announced

The Pulitzer Prize for fiction was awarded to "Tinkers," by Paul Harding (Bellevue Literary Press), a powerful celebration of life in which a New England father and son, through suffering and joy, transcend their imprisoning lives and offer new ways of perceiving the world and mortality.

See all 2010 Pulitzer Prize Winners.

2010-04-12T17:23:00.003-05:00

Books are Fun! Book Fair on Tuesday, April 13th.
Books Are Fun!, an affiliate of Reader’s Digest, is renowned for offering the world's best hardcover books, gifts, and educational products at savings of up to 80% off retail prices. Make a selection from the hundreds of titles available - classics, cookbooks, general interest, self help, how-to, reference, sports, coffee table books, some best sellers, and children’s favorites.

VISA, Mastercard, checks post-dated up to 21 days, and cash accepted. A percentage of all sales will be placed in the Library’s account at the PJC Foundation. The Books Are Fun! Book Fair will be located in the Chadbourne Library main lobby.

2010-03-23T12:06:00.002-05:00

KidZui web browser for kids

KidZui is a safe, fun, kids’ search engine, filter, and online web browser with over 2.5 million parent and teacher approved websites, videos and games. KidZui Basic is free with KidZui Plus subscription rates running from $3.33 a month.

Also check out ZuiTube: Videos for Kids

2010-03-23T11:45:00.004-05:00

Free, Unlimited Texting with textPlus

textPlus is committed to providing free texting through our ad sponsored app. Texts are entirely free and there’s no limit to how many messages you can send or receive. Though there are ads, they are not obtrusive.

2010-03-18T10:07:00.001-05:00

Wired Reviews of 10 E-Readers

The iPad won't be out for a few weeks, but that doesn't have to stop you from getting on the e-book train today. In fact, there are a ton of e-book readers and proto-tablets that you can buy now, and some of them are pretty good. Come to think of it, who even needs an iPad?

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2010-03-17T11:31:00.001-05:00

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2010-03-03T09:06:00.002-06:00

Mississippi Author Barry Hannah dead at 67

Barry Hannah, a writer who found wide acclaim with wild, darkly comic short stories and novels set in a phantasmagoric South moving at warp speed, died on Monday at his home in Oxford, Miss. He was 67.

Read recent article about Hannah in Garden and Gun magazine.
Read Water Liars a short story by Barry Hannah.

2010-02-17T10:18:00.002-06:00

UStream.TV: Live video streaming

Ustream.TV is the live interactive video broadcast platform that enables anyone with a camera and an Internet connection to quickly and easily broadcast to a global audience of unlimited size. In less than two minutes, anyone can become a broadcaster by creating their own channel on Ustream or by broadcasting through their own site, empowering them to engage with their audience and further build their brand.

2010-02-01T13:54:00.003-06:00

February is Black History Month

Some good sites for information on Black History and Black History Month are:

The History channel
Library of Congress
Florida Black History (focus on African American Art)
InfoPlease.com
EducationWorld
BlackHistory.com

2010-01-28T14:09:00.001-06:00

Free Online Articles

FindArticles.com contains articles from the back issues of over 900 magazines, journals, trade publications and newspapers.

2010-01-28T13:59:00.001-06:00

Free Online Articles

ArticlesBase is a free online article directory where you can submit and find articles. You can publish your articles for free or find content for your website, ezine, or newsletter.

2010-01-28T13:53:00.001-06:00

J. D. Salinger Dead at 91

American novelist and short story writer J D Salinger, author of The Catcher In The Rye, died of natural causes at his home on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010. He was 91.

2010-01-21T12:13:00.002-06:00

Booklife

Your favorite authors - interviews - thousands of book reviews - videos - publisher news - insider information - book signings and tour dates - and, most importantly, communities of people like you who love books.

2010-01-21T12:06:00.002-06:00

Gamers Helping Haiti

Donate $20 and get over a thousand dollars worth RPG titles. Funds raised will go to Doctors Without Borders Haiti Earthquake Response.

2010-01-11T11:52:00.001-06:00

Best and Worst Jobs of 2010

The 200 best and worst jobs in the U.S. in 2009 based on five criteria -- environment, income, employment outlook, physical demands and stress -- according to a newly released study from job site CareerCast.com. Read about the methodology. -- WSJ

2010-01-11T09:24:00.002-06:00

Office 2010: the Movie

Official trailer for Microsofte Office 2010: The Movie. Very funny film clip.

2010-01-07T09:43:00.001-06:00

Musipedia

Musipedia uses the "Melodyhound" melody search engine. You can find and identify a tune even if the melody is all you know. You can play it on a piano keyboard, whistle it to the computer, simply tap the rhythm on the computer keyboard or use the Parsons code.

2010-01-07T09:39:00.001-06:00

Wat Zat Song?

Do you have a song stuck in your head but wonder "what's that song"? Record a short sample of the tune online anonymously on WatZatSong. The WatZatSong Community will listen and tell you what song it is!

2009-12-15T14:08:00.001-06:00

Top 50 Free Software Programs for Windows

Global Thoughtz lists the top 50 free software apps available for Windows.

2009-12-07T10:59:00.002-06:00

Twinity -- Virtual Worlds

Twinity is a 3-D virtual world based on real cities and real people. Visit London or Singapore or other world cities, meet real people, design your own apartment, explore this mirror world.

2009-12-01T09:20:00.001-06:00

Mypictr: create your social picture

"mypictr provides a free picture resizing service, which allows you to create a custom profile avatar for your favorite social network. You don't need to install any programs, plug-ins or any other software, just upload your picture, resize it online and download it from our server."

2009-11-18T11:39:00.002-06:00

Paul McCartney to be honored by Library of Congress

Paul McCartney is to be awarded the Gershwin Prize For Popular Music in Washington in spring 2010.

2009-11-16T10:48:00.002-06:00

Google Fast Flip

Google Fast Flip is a web application that lets users discover and share news articles. It combines qualities of print and the Web, with the ability to "flip" through pages online as quickly as flipping through a magazine. It also enables users to follow friends and topics, discover new content and create their own custom magazines around searches.

2009-11-04T10:46:00.002-06:00

National Weather Service Calculator

Use this site by the National Weather Service to calculate wind chill, heat index, convert Fahrenheit to Celsius, and more

2009-11-04T09:26:00.001-06:00

GrooveShark: Listen to Free Music Online

From the GrooveShark website: "Grooveshark is a revolutionary music community that rewards users for sharing their music. Grooveshark was founded by three University of Florida students hell-bent on changing the music industry, and the world, forever. Grooveshark's goal is to compensate everyone in the value chain – from users to rights' holders."
Listen to music, share your music, free on GrooveShark.

2009-11-02T09:45:00.003-06:00

National Novel Writing Month

National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing November 1. The goal is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30.

You can sign up anytime to add your name to the roster and browse the forums. Writing begins November 1. To be added to the official list of winners, you must reach the 50,000-word mark by November 30 at midnight. Once your novel has been verified by a web-based team of robotic word counters, the partying begins.

2009-11-02T09:34:00.002-06:00

What was Ireland like in 1911?

The National Archives of Ireland are making available online the Irish Census of 1911. This includes census data, photographs and contextual materials about Ireland in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. See photos of the Titanic being constructed and read about the Belfast shipbuilders, see a tram timetable from 1911, photos of the Irish people and their environment at the time and much more. A good resource and excellent educational site about Ireland.

2009-11-02T08:39:00.002-06:00

Newsy: the news with more views

Newsy.com is a multiperspective online video news site that monitors, synthesizes and presents the world's news coverage.

Newsy.com takes a step back to show how the world's news organizations are reporting a story - providing an unprecedented global and macro point of view. You'll find CNN right next to Al Jazeera, the BBC right next to ABC. Newsy.com also covers major newspapers, news magazines as well as top blogs from around the world.

2009-10-30T13:26:00.002-05:00

Amazon.com Announces Kindle for PC

Amazon.com today announced "Kindle for PC," the free application that lets readers around the world enjoy Kindle books on their personal computers (PC).

Kindle for PC takes advantage of capabilities in the new Windows 7, including Windows Touch technology. In addition to Windows 7, Kindle for PC will also be compatible with Windows XP and Windows Vista. Kindle for PC will be available to customers around the world as a free download next month. Sign up to receive an email when Kindle for PC is available for download at http://www.amazon.com/KindleforPC.

2009-10-29T10:07:00.002-05:00

The Open Library

A catalog of every book ever published. This is the goal of the Open Library.
Search for books and get links to online booksellers, your local library or even read online if it is available.

2009-10-26T11:49:00.002-05:00

Windows 7 Upgrade for Students: $29.99

Students with a .edu email address can purchase the Windows 7 operating system upgrade for only $29.99.

2009-10-20T09:29:00.001-05:00

Barnes and Nobles Announces "Nook" ebook Reader Today

The reader, named the “Nook,” looks a lot like Amazon’s white plastic e-book, only instead of the chiclet-keyboard there is a color multi-touch screen, to be used as both a keyboard or to browse books, cover-flow style. The machine runs Google’s Android OS, will have wireless capability from an unspecified carrier and comes in at the same $260 as the now rather old-fashioned-looking Kindle.

2009-10-08T08:48:00.002-05:00

Herta Muller Wins 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature

The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2009 is awarded to the German author Herta Müller "who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed".

New York Times article.

2009-10-06T10:34:00.002-05:00

White House Twitter Feed

Keep up with President Obama with the official White House twitter feed.

2009-10-06T10:29:00.001-05:00

The World Factbook Online

The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 266 world entities. Our Reference tab includes: maps of the major world regions, as well as Flags of the World, a Physical Map of the World, a Political Map of the World, and a Standard Time Zones of the World map.

2009-10-06T10:18:00.003-05:00

WolframAlpha Homework Day

Oct 21, 2009, beginning at noon CDT WolframAlpha presents the first Homework Day.This groundbreaking, live interactive web event brings together students and educators from across the country to solve your toughest assignments and explore the power of using WolframAlpha for school, college, and beyond.

2009-10-06T10:15:00.001-05:00

Google Flu Trends

Google Flu Trends uses aggregated Google search data to estimate flu activity up to two weeks faster than traditional systems.

2009-10-06T10:09:00.001-05:00

Jamendo: Free and Legal Music Downloads

Jamendo is a community of free, legal and unlimited music published under Creative Commons licenses. Share your music, download your favorite artists!

2009-10-06T09:59:00.001-05:00

Mendeley

Organize, share, and discover research papers! Mendeley is a research management tool for desktop & web. You can also explore research trends and connect to other academics in your discipline.
Mendeley is used at, and endorsed by, some of the world's leading research institutions.

2009-10-05T10:21:00.002-05:00

ePodunk: City and County Information

ePodunk provides in-depth information about more than 46,000 communities around the country, from Manhattan to Los Angeles, Pottstown to Podunk. Our listings also include geocoded information about thousands of parks, museums, historic sites, colleges, schools and other places across America.

2009-09-24T11:27:00.000-05:00

Google Introduces Google Sidewiki

What if everyone, from a local expert to a renowned doctor, had an easy way of sharing their insights with you about any page on the web? What if you could add your own insights for others who are passing through?Now you can. Today, [Google is] launching Google Sidewiki, which allows you to contribute helpful information next to any webpage. Google Sidewiki appears as a browser sidebar, where you can read and write entries along the side of the page.

2009-09-24T10:24:00.002-05:00

Free Software Giveaway

Giveaway of the day is a win-win solution for both publishers and clients. The idea behind this initiative is that many sites and publishers offer trial downloads; but only we offer giveaway downloads. What does that mean?
Basically, every day we nominate one software title that will be a Giveaway title of that day. The software will be available for download for 24 hours (or more, if agreed by software publisher) and that software will be absolutely free. That means – not a trial, not a limited version – but a registered and legal version of the software will be free for our visitors.
For game giveaways check out Game Giveaway of the Day.

2009-09-15T10:18:00.001-05:00

Lifemee: Your Life Online

Record, manage and share your life online. LIFEmee not only creates an accurate timeline for your important life events, but also provides organizational tools and support in all aspects of your life.

2009-09-15T10:14:00.002-05:00

Free Conference Calls

Freeconferencecall.com lets you make, record, playback conference calls for your business or organization for free. It is available 24/7 for teleconferencing.

2009-09-15T10:04:00.002-05:00

Hard Times Resource Guide

The Washington State Library has a good website for help in this economic downturn. The Hard Times Resource Guide gives quick access to resources to help you get through these hard times.

2009-09-15T09:57:00.002-05:00

BBC Languages

Learn a foreign language for free at BBC Languages. Languages include French, German, Spanish, Italian, Greek, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese and others.

2009-09-08T08:28:00.002-05:00

Scratch Programming Language

Scratch is designed to help young people (ages 8 and up) develop 21st century learning skills. As they create and share Scratch projects, young people learn important mathematical and computational ideas, while also learning to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively.

Scratch is available free of charge: go to Download.Currently available for Mac OSX and Windows (see system requirements)

2009-09-08T08:15:00.001-05:00

Historical Voices: voices from the past

A substantial portion of our cultural heritage from the 20th century is recorded in enormous collections of spoken-word materials. Yet much of it may be lost or remain hidden away in archives and private collections, making the voices inaccessible to students, teachers, scholars, and the general public. The purpose of Historical Voices is to create a significant, fully searchable online database of spoken word collections spanning the 20th century - the first large-scale repository of its kind.

2009-09-08T08:07:00.001-05:00

WorldImages

The internationally recognized WorldImages database provides access to the California State University IMAGE Project. It contains almost 75,000 images, is global in coverage and includes all areas of visual imagery. WorldImages is accessible anywhere and its images may be freely used for non-profit educational purposes. The images can be located using many search techniques, and for convenience they are organized into over 800 portfolios which are then organized into subject groupings.

2009-09-04T10:03:00.002-05:00

Google News Timeline

Google News Timeline is a web application that organizes search results chronologically. It allows users to view news and other data sources on a browsable, graphical timeline. Available data sources include recent and historical news, scanned newspapers and magazines, blog posts, sports scores, and information about various types of media, like music albums and movies.

2009-09-04T09:44:00.002-05:00

Google Hot Trends

Google Hot Trends shows what people are currently searching for on Google. Google Trends provides insights into broad search patterns on Google and can help show what people are interested in on an hourly basis. (Google Trends are updated hourly)

2009-09-03T09:59:00.001-05:00

Learn to Type for Free

TypingWeb is a free online typing tutor & keyboarding tutorial for typists of all ages. All skill levels will benefit from TypingWeb's free keyboarding lessons.

2009-09-03T09:36:00.002-05:00

Atlas Obscura : a Compendium of the World's Wonders, Curiosities and Esoterica

The Atlas Obscura is a collaborative project with the goal of cataloging all of the singular, eccentric, bizarre, fantastical, and strange out-of-the-way places that get left out of traditional travel guidebooks and are ignored by the average tourist. If you're looking for miniature cities, glass flowers, books bound in human skin, gigantic flaming holes in the ground, phallological museums, bone churches, balancing pagodas, or homes built entirely out of paper, the Atlas Obscura is where you'll find them.

2009-09-03T08:57:00.002-05:00

The Mannahatta Project

Have you ever wondered what New York was like before it was a city? The Mannahatta Project lets you explore New York in the year 1609.

It turns out that the concrete jungle of New York City was once a vast deciduous forest, home to bears, wolves, songbirds, and salamanders, with clear, clean waters jumping with fish. In fact, with over 55 different ecological communities, Mannahatta’s biodiversity per acre rivaled that of national parks like Yellowstone, Yosemite and the Great Smoky Mountains!

2009-09-02T12:32:00.004-05:00

id this

id•this is human powered identification of anything or anyone. Just snap a photo of something you'd like identified (like a breed of dog, a type of car, that weird gelatinous blob sitting on your plate, or even that celebrity sitting next to you that you can't remember their name, etc...) and then send it to be identified.

2009-09-02T12:07:00.002-05:00

Public Library of Science (PLoS)

PLoS is a nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource.

Also check out PLoS Currents, a new and experimental website for the rapid communication of research results and ideas. The first PLoS Currents topic is Influenza in response to the H1N1 flu outbreak

2009-08-27T07:56:00.002-05:00

Tinychat: Free Chat Rooms and Audio Video Conferencing

This free, easy-to-use site allows you to set up disposable chat rooms and video conference with your friends.

2009-08-27T07:40:00.002-05:00

Google Books Debuts

Search and preview millions of books from libraries and publishers worldwide using Google Book Search. Discover a new favorite or unearth an old classic. Over a million public domain titles available in full text for free downloads.

2009-08-27T07:36:00.002-05:00

Wordnik: a new way to learn about words

An ongoing project devoted to discovering all the words and everything about them. More than 1.7 million words, and more than 130 million examples! Check it out, it's free and gives examples of words used in context.

2009-08-26T11:59:00.001-05:00

Healthfinder.gov

"When making decisions about your health, it’s important to know where to go to get the latest, most reliable information. healthfinder.gov has resources on a wide range of health topics selected from over 1,600 government and non-profit organizations to bring you the best, most reliable health information on the Internet. ... healthfinder.gov is coordinated by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) and its health information referral service, the National Health Information Center.
healthfinder.gov is supported solely by U.S. government funds and does not accept paid advertisements, content, or links in any form."

Take the tour to learn how to use the site.

2009-05-04T11:19:00.002-05:00

WolframAlpha Coming May 2009

WoframAlpha, the computational knowledge engine is slated to go online in May 2009. This enhanced search engine, the brainchild of physicist Stephen Wolfram will not just deliver documents like Google but will answer questions that users submit.
WolfmanAlpha is being touted as revolutionary as Google was when it first emerged.

Other sites about WolframAlpha:
Wolfram Blog
A sneak preview of WolframAlpha (video)
Stephen Wolfram discusses WolframAlpha (video)
Review of WolframAlpha by Danny Sullivan (Search Engine Land)

2009-05-04T10:49:00.002-05:00

The Commons on Flickr

The key goal of The Commons on Flickr is to allow public access to the world's greatest photographic collections. Participating institutions include: The Library of Congress, Powerhouse Museum Collection, Brooklyn Museum, Bibliotheque de Toulouse, George Eastman House, The Field Museum, and many more.

2009-04-29T09:22:00.002-05:00

Get help with shopping

IMshopping presents itself as the first human-assisted shopping site on the internet. Ask a question about a product, etc and they will answer you via email. The site will also display previous answers to similar questions. Check it out.

2009-04-29T08:24:00.001-05:00

Copyright Basics: The Video

A good video produced by the Copyright Clearance Center explaining the basics of copyright law.

2009-04-22T11:51:00.002-05:00

Map My Run

Plot your running routes over mountains (view elevation), through the woods (topo maps), and speeding through the city (street level views) with just a few mouse clicks. Once your running map is complete you can quickly view it in 3D, satellite maps, or share it with friends. Check out the running maps for Pensacola.

Also check out:
Map My Ride for cyclists
Map My Walk for walkers
Map My Tri for triatheletes
Map My Hike for hikers

2009-04-22T11:40:00.002-05:00

Know Your Disease Risk

The Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Siteman Cancer Center operates this web site where you can find out your risk of developing five of the most important diseases in the United States and get personalized tips for preventing them. Check out your risk level for various types of cancer, diabetes, heart disease, osteoporosis, and stroke.

2009-04-22T11:28:00.003-05:00

Know What You Eat

NutritionData.com lets you see the nutritional values of foods that you consume. It also offers a variety of nutritional services such as recipe analysis which allows you to enter your personal recipes and receive a nutritional analysis of it. A great source for nutritional information.

2009-04-22T11:11:00.001-05:00

Manage Your Family's Health Online

Mayo Clinic Health Manager is an online tool that helps you organize health information for you and your family. While it can't replace the care you receive from a physician or other health care provider, Mayo Clinic Health Manager can provide personalized health guidance for every member of your family based on their specific life stage and health status.

Mayo Clinic Health Manager's health guidance is designed by a team of Mayo experts and reflects Mayo Clinic's model of care.

2009-04-13T09:33:00.003-05:00

e-Books for e-Kids

The New York Public Library's animated e-book site for children. Requires the free Adobe Flash player.

2009-04-06T13:25:00.002-05:00

View Government Printing Office videos on You Tube

You can watch U. S. Government Printing Office videos on the GPO You Tube Channel.

2009-04-06T13:20:00.002-05:00

Find local public libraries via text message

You can located the address/phone number of local public libraries using the text messaging feature on your cell phone.

Text the word library and a zip code to 41411

Example: "Library 32501" brings up the Pensacola Public Library in Pensacola Florida.

2009-03-30T12:18:00.001-05:00

Frontera Collection of Mexican-American Music

The Arhoolie Foundation's Strachwitz Frontera Collection of commercially produced Mexican and Mexican-American Recordings (the Frontera Collection) is the largest repository of Mexican and Mexican-American vernacular recordings in existence. To preserve this unique heritage, the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center is now digitizing the first section of the collection, consisting of 78 rpm phonograph recordings. Once in digital format, this vast collection of approximately 30,000 performances, primarily in Spanish, recorded during the first half of the twentieth century, predominantly in the United States and Mexico, will be available to researchers and the general public.

2009-03-30T07:37:00.002-05:00

YouTube EDU

More than 100 colleges and universities have set up channels on YouTube and beginning this week they are all available on the new YouTube EDU. Lectures for more than 200 college courses are available. Subjects range from computer science to literature, biology to philosophy, history, political science, psychology, law and much more.

2009-03-30T07:34:00.001-05:00

Top 10 Surf Colleges

Check it out dude! Surfline ranks the top 10 surf colleges.

2009-03-20T10:28:00.002-05:00

Internet Explorer 8 Released

Internet Explorer 8 has been released in 25 languages. It contains many new enhancements and additions including more privacy protection with InPrivate Searching, faster net access from within web pages with Accelerators, and more.

Download the new Internet Explorer 8.

2009-03-16T12:33:00.002-05:00

TRF Policy Map: Demographic Mapping Service

PolicyMap is an innovative geographic information system which allows you to easily create custom maps, tables, and charts. Though they offer a paid premium service their free service includes datasets such as Census, Postal Service, FBI Crime, Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, County Business Patterns, HUD, HHS and much more. PolicyMap is a revolutionary, easy, new way to explore geographic data through maps, tables and reports.

2009-03-16T12:24:00.002-05:00

The Top 18 New Money Mangement Sites

Wall$treet Fighter blog offers a list of the top 18 new web 2.0 money management sites. This list covers new sites offering services in a variety of specialized fields ranging from online banking, personal finance, investing, business tools, shared bills and housing prices.

2009-02-25T09:11:00.002-06:00

Library Value Calculator

In dollars, how much is the library worth to you? Use this library value calculator at the Denver Public Library to find out.

2009-02-25T08:43:00.001-06:00

Free PDF to WORD Converter

Using this PDF-to-Word conversion technology, you can quickly and easily create editable DOC/RTF files, making it a cinch to re-use PDF content in applications like Microsoft Word, Excel, OpenOffice, and WordPerfect.Best of all, it's entirely free!

2009-02-25T08:31:00.001-06:00

Top 10 Social Sites for Finding a Job

Some of these sites allow you to craft a resume, while others are networking platforms that contain job listings. By signing up for all ten, you increase your chances of getting a job and decrease the amount of time you’ll spend searching for a new one.

2009-02-25T08:24:00.002-06:00

AllMusic

The allmusic website was created in 1995 as a place for music fans to indulge their passion. Whether you’re visiting allmusic to look up an out-of-print recording, to get their take on a new release, or simply to explore the world of music and see where it may lead, you’ve come to the right spot.

2009-02-25T07:49:00.001-06:00

WhoDitty: Find a Tune You Heard Somewhere

Search for a tune by lyrics, tags, artist or where you heard it. Download the mp3 or buy the CD.

2009-02-25T07:37:00.003-06:00

Financial Stability

Track the Obama Administration's financial stability plan at FinancialStability.gov. The site says coming soon, but is already being advertised so I expect it will be updated soon.

2009-02-17T08:22:00.002-06:00

Crap, I Missed It!

A free email notification service Crap, I Missed It! sends email notifications before a new episode of your favorite show comes back on TV, or when your favorite artist releases a new CD. You can keep track of new books, when a concert is coming, sports scores and games, and more.

2009-02-17T08:17:00.002-06:00

Top 10 Twitter Tips for Beginners

Ready to jump into Twitter, but don't know how to get started? Follow these 10 tips from PC Magazine and you'll fit right in.

2009-02-17T08:08:00.002-06:00

TweetDeck

For all of you Twitter addicts TweetDeck makes managing your Twitter feeds easier. TweetDeck enables users to split their main feed (All Tweets) into topic or group specific columns allowing a broader overview of tweets. The default columns can contain All Tweets from your timeline, @replies directed to you and direct messages. The GROUP, SEARCH and REPLIES buttons then allow the user to make up additional columns populated from the live tweet information. Once created these additional columns will automatically update allowing the user to keep track of a twitter threads far easier.

Other Twitter clients include twhirl and TwitterFox for Firefox users.

2009-02-17T07:45:00.002-06:00

True Crime Library

Archive of true crime stories from today and going back to the Victorian era. The stories come from the pages of the crime magazines: True Detective, Master Detective, True Crime and Murder Most Foul.

2009-02-16T13:34:00.001-06:00

Open Source Living

Open Source Living is a dynamic archive of Open Source software (OSS) spanning all major platforms, inclusive of small to large scale projects. It aims to introduce and inform new users about viable OSS alternatives to corporate, closed source software.