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Added on October 8, 2009

Elizabeth Thomsen — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:09:45 +0000

Added to the Halloween page:

Halloween: Eat, Drink and Be Scary — Recipes and ideas for celebration from the Food Network

Added to the Columbus Day page:

Columbus Day in New England — From the New England TravelPlanner website
Massachusetts Fall Foliage Guide — Recommended foliage drives from the MassTravelJournal website

Added on May 21, 2009

Elizabeth Thomsen — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:13:04 +0000

Added to the Art and Architecture Page:

ArtBabble — This site developed by the Indianapolis Museum of Art shares high-quality art videos from its museum partners.
Institute of Contemporary Art — Boston’s museum of modern art

Added on May 9, 2009

Elizabeth Thomsen — Sat, 09 May 2009 04:21:24 +0000

Added to the Science and Math Page :

Understanding Science: How Science Really Works — The mission of this site is “to provide a fun, accessible, and free resource that accurately communicates what science is and how it really works.” It is produced by the UC Museum of Paleontology of the University of California at Berkeley, funded by the National Science Foundation.
Scitable — “Scitable is an open online teaching/learning portal combining high quality educational articles authored by editors at NPG with technology-based community features to fuel a global exchange of scientific insights, teaching practices, and study resources. Scitable currently contains articles in the field of genetics, and is intended for college undergraduate faculty and students.”
Science News — News from the New Scientist journal
Yahoo Science News — A collection of science news stories, videos and slideshows
ScienceNOW — Science news from Science, the journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Science and Technology News — “News about science and technology, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.”

Added on February 28, 2009

Elizabeth Thomsen — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 21:52:33 +0000

Added to the Women’s History Month page:

Women of Influence — “21 notable American women who broke new ground, some by championing equal rights for all and others by their accomplishments in fields such as government, literature, and even in war.”

Added on January 13, 2009

Elizabeth Thomsen — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:41:02 +0000

Added to the Martin Luther King, Jr., Day page :

Martin Luther King Day — History, crafts, coloring pages and more for kids from the Kaboose website

Added to the Presidential Inauguration page :

The Inauguration — A guide to the Inauguration from the Change.gov, the official website of the Office of the President-Elect
The Presidential Inauguration — Coverage and resources from the New York Times
U.S. Presidential Inauguration — News and features from CNN
2009 Presidential Inauguration — The District of Columbia government websites has essential information for anyone who hopes to be in the Capital for Inauguration Day
A Brief History of Presidential Inaugurations — Learn more about past inaugurations at this White House Historical Society website
U.S. Presidential Inaugurations: Firsts and Photos — Who was the first President inaugurated in Washington? Which President delivered the longest Inaugural Address? Which inauguration was the first to be televised? These are some of the facts you’ll find on this National Geographic site
“I Do Solemnly Swear…” : Presidential Inaugurations — The Library of Congress put together this extensive collection of photographs, documents and other resources related to Presidential inaugurations from 1789 – 2001. These primary source materials are from their own collection and those of other institutions, and include tickets, programs, sheet music, letters, diaries and much more.

Added on October 23, 2008

Elizabeth Thomsen — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:22:14 +0000

Added to the Science and Math Page :

Public Library of Science — “PLoS is a nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world’s scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource.” The Public Library of Science publishes several peer-reviewed open access science journals.
SciVee — This site describe itself : “As the first Web 2.0 site that enables researchers to combine video with documentation and data in a media rich format, we enable scientists to make their research more visible, shareable, and accessible throughout the research cycle.”
JOVE : Journal of Visualized Experiments — “Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) is a peer reviewed, free access, online journal devoted to the publication of biological research in a video format.”

Added on September 4, 2008

Elizabeth Thomsen — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:37:07 +0000

Added to the Environment Page :

Green Living: Environmental News and Resources — News, features, forums, energy calculators and more from Boston.com
Daily Environmental News — News stories, features and videos from National Geographic
Environmental News Network — Daily feature stories, a free press release service, and publications of environmental news
Green Building — Information and news from the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Buildings program

Added to the NOBLE for Kids page:

America’s Story — Meet famous Americans, Jump back in time, explore the states and more at this fun site from the Library of Congress
MathCats — This site really does make math fun, with quizzes, logic puzzles and more. Mouse over the magic blackboard to see the answers appear!
Destination Modern Art — Explore some famous artworks at this interactive site from the Museum of Modern Art
Time for Kids — Keep up with current events at this site from Time magazine. There are some games and homework links here, too!

Added August 10, 2008

Elizabeth Thomsen — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:44:33 +0000

Added to the Home and Family Page :

AllRecipes.com — This popular site has a large collection of recipes, articles and special features on food, cooking and entertaining
FoodNetwork — Recipes, articles, videos and other features
New York Times: Dining and Wine — Articles, reviews, recipes and features on food, nutrition, entertaining and more.

Added August 6, 2008

Elizabeth Thomsen — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:34:28 +0000

Added to the Search Tools Page:

SearchMe — This new search engine has a visual interface that makes it easy to quickly flip through stacks of screenshots, images or videos.
Cuil — Pronounced “Cool,” the site is named for the Irish Gaelic word for “knowledge,” and it claims to index more pages than any other search engine.
GoodSearch — This search engine, powered by Yahoo, donates half of its advertising revenue to the charities, libraries and schools designated by the user.

Added on August 5, 2008

Elizabeth Thomsen — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:52:08 +0000

Added to the Health Page :

National Institute of Mental Health — “The mission of NIMH is to transform the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses through basic and clinical research, paving the way for prevention, recovery and cure.”
Psych Central — “Psych Central is the Internet’s largest and oldest independent mental health social network created and run by mental health professionals to guarantee reliable, trusted information and support communities to consumers, for over 13 years.”
Health.com — This site from Time, Inc., includes news stories, features, and health tools, and is written by a staff of professional journalists. According the this site, they “…focus on problem-solving content to help you make decisions during complicated, stressful times. We write in plain English, using real-life examples.”
Health News — The New York Times health site includes news stories, features, guides for many different issues and conditions, and healthy recipes.

Added to the Home and Family Page :

Zeer — This site displays the nutritional information for over 100,000 different kinds of prepared and packaged food from the grocery store. Members can join group discussions, rate and review products, create shopping lists and more.

Added to the Genealogy Page :

Geni — This social networking site for genealogy allows users to collaborate with family members to create family trees in a secure and private environment, importing and exporting data in the standard GEDCOM format

Added to the NOBLE for Kids Books Page :

Lookybook — Click the pages to read whole picture books online