Stan's Bookmarks 4
Science
Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
"The Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences (IMCS) is a world-class oceanographic research institute dedicated to discovering and communicating exciting and critical science about our planet for the benefit of society. Our philosophy emphasizes the importance of understanding the processes that govern change and sustainability in the world’s oceans to best use and protect our vital marine and coastal resources."
NASA
"NASA's mission is to pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research. To do that, thousands of people have been working around the world -- and off of it -- for 50 years, trying to answer some basic questions. What's out there in space? How do we get there? What will we find? What can we learn there, or learn just by trying to get there, that will make life better here on Earth?"
NASA Quest
"NASA Quest connects K-12 classrooms with people, research, and science through mission-based interactions and activities."
Astronomy Websites
"Like the real universe, the universe of astronomical information available on the World Wide Web is expanding rapidly. No single list of astronomy- and space-related websites can be 100 percent complete. The following list, compiled and updated regularly by the editors of Sky & Telescope, is geared toward amateur astronomers and space buffs. But it also includes links to other lists of useful resources."
Virtual Frog Dissection Kit
"This award-winning interactive program is part of the "Whole Frog" project. You can interactively dissect a (digitized) frog named Fluffy, and play the Virtual Frog Builder Game. ... Click on the frog to dive into the kit."
Space Telescope Science Institute
"Welcome to the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) -- home of science program selection, grant administration, planning, scheduling, and public outreach activities for the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). STScI provides data archive and distribution for all of NASA's optical/UV missions, including HST. STScI is also the science and operations center for the 6.5m James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)."
UW N-body Shop
"This interdisciplinary group led by Tom Quinn includes faculty and students from the departments of Astronomy and Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington. With support from the NSF, we also are collaborating with the Parallel Programming Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on the development of Parallel tools for Cosmological N-body simulations."
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Civic Networks
The Meta Network
"The Meta Network is an online community dedicated to learning and creative freedom. Founded in 1983, the goal was to make rich interaction possible beyond the limits of time and space. MetaNet continues to thrive as a haven of stimulating resources and conversation in an impersonal Internet. We share deeply held values of candor, curiosity, cooperation, and creativity. We hope you'll join us."
COW Web Conferencing System
"Welcome to COW! If you are a registered user, click on the "Enter COW" icon otherwise click on the "Register" button. If you would like to tour COW, click the 'Enter COW' button and use guest as the login name and cow as the password."
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Social Work
Human Service Information Technology Applications
"HUSITA is a virtual association of human service professionals interested in promoting the ethical and effective use of IT to better serve humanity."
U of Southampton Centre for Human Services Technology
"The Centre for Human Service Technology (CHST) is an international and multi-disciplinary research centre interested in influencing the appropriate use of technology in social work practice and education and researching its implementation and impact."
Jossey-Bass
"Jossey-Bass publishes books, periodicals, and other media to inform and inspire those interested in developing themselves, their organizations and their communities. Jossey-Bass’ publications feature the work of some of the world’s best-known authors in leadership, business, education, religion and spirituality, parenting, nonprofit, public health and health administration, conflict resolution and relationships."
EASI
"EASI's commitment: Students and professionals with disabilities have the same right to access information technology as everyone else.
"EASI's mission: EASI's mission is to serve as a resource by providing information and guidance in the area of access-to-information technologies by individuals with disabilities. We stay informed about developments and advancements within the adaptive computer technology field and spread that information to colleges, universities, K-12 schools, libraries and into the workplace."
Social Disadvantage Research Centre
"The Social Disadvantage Research Centre (SDRC) is an inter-disciplinary social research group carrying out policy related research within the Department of Social Policy and Social Work at the University of Oxford.
"This site contains details of the centre's research, working papers and publications, members, and other useful information for visitors."
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Fragile Families
The Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study
"The Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study is following a nationally representative cohort of nearly 5,000 children born in large U.S. cities between 1998 and 2000. The study includes a large oversample of children born to unmarried parents, which makes it ideal for studying low-income and minority families."
CRCW and Fragile Families Publications
"Welcome to the CRCW and Fragile Families publications collection. Select the Fragile Families keyword from the drop-down menu to view Fragile Families work only. Please reference this page when citing publications and not the PDF files. Links to the PDF files may change as papers progress. Working papers with no call number are posted as abstracts only due to the restrictions of certain journals."
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Social Issues
Learning for Sustainability
"Efforts towards sustainability in any field are built on processes for communicating, learning, and sharing knowledge, engaging people in their multiple roles as individuals, and as members of communities and organizations. This portal (formerly NRM-changelinks) is designed for those wanting to improve collaboration within a range of governance initiatives. It is aimed at supporting adaptation and resilience within a decision-making environment characterised by change, complexity and uncertainty."
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Libraries and Databases
Free Library of Philadelphia
"Our Library offers you one of the country's most extensive collections - more than 6 million items, ranging from books and magazines to art, music, film, and other media. In addition, you can enjoy the richness and depth of our special collections."
Access PA POWER Libraries
"The POWER Library is available at Pennsylvania public libraries, school libraries and the State Library. ... Choose from the list of counties below to find your local POWER Library!"
Lillian F. & Milford J. Harris Library
"... advances and informs social work scholarship, research, education and practice by providing access to multiple information resources and providing information literacy programming."
Benton Foundation Virtual Library: Resources You Can Use
"A list of publications and online resources by the Benton Foundation since 1995. Please note that some of the hyperlinks within older publications may have expired over the years, but the publications themselves remain available for archival and research purposes. Most publications prior to 2000 are no longer available in hard copy, however feel free to inquire about a specific publication's availability."
Penn Libraries
"The Penn Libraries welcome visitors whose research requires use of our collections. The Library system includes many separate libraries and collections in numerous locations around campus."
Lauris Olson
"As the Penn Libraries' social sciences bibliographer since 1998, Lauris is responsible for selecting books, journals, electronic resources, and other media supporting Penn research and instruction in sociology, political science, economics, linguistics, psychology, and related fields. Lauris coordinates collection development and management activities of subject librarians for anthropology, business, criminology, education, and social policy and practice. Lauris is also the Penn Libraries' African studies bibliographer."
City of Philadelphia
Philadelphia government homepage.
Philadelphia Neighborhoods: Histories, Plans, and Futures
"The Philadelphia Neighborhoods: Histories, Plans and Futures creates a web presentation of the full content of 86 neighborhood planning surveys prepared and published by the Philadelphia City Planning Commission between 1946 and 1990. These reports contain descriptions of current conditions of housing stock; population trends; property turnover; public transportation; community activity. Recommendations are made for future action. The project will facilitate university and public research on Philadelphia's architectural and social environment by providing access to a body of material whose content is of current and future interest but whose printed format is ephemeral and subject to physical deterioration and loss."
Van Pelt Library
At the University of Pennsylvania.
RAND Corporation
"Mission: To help improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. Core Values: Quality and objectivity."
ipl2
"ipl2 is the result of a merger of the Internet Public Library (IPL) and the Librarians' Internet Index (LII)."
Library of Congress
"The Library of Congress is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution and serves as the research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world, with millions of books, recordings, photographs, maps and manuscripts in its collections."
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Personal Economics
Cash Flow Budget Worksheet Template
"The Cash Flow Budget Worksheet is used to project your business's cash inflows and outflows over a six-month period of time. It has many important uses."
Homefair
Moving tools, e.g., salary calculator, city reports, school reports, mortgage calculator, home and apartment searches, cost of living, moving companies.
Yahoo! Personal Finance
"Calculators, Money, Advice, Guides & More".
New Economics Foundation
"nef (the new economics foundation) is an independent think-and-do tank that inspires and demonstrates real economic well-being. We aim to improve quality of life by promoting innovative solutions that challenge mainstream thinking on economic, environment and social issues. We work in partnership and put people and the planet first."
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Microenterprise
USAID and Microenterprise Development
"For the past three decades, support for microenterprise development has been an important feature of U.S. foreign assistance. In this era of globalization, generating economic growth in developing countries while reducing poverty is a fundamental development challenge. To ensure that the contribution of microenterprises to key subsectors and national economies is maximized, and to ensure that the poor are not left out of market development, micro and small enterprises (MSEs) need access to finance, business services, and improved inputs; they also need a conducive enabling environment that facilitates rather than inhibits their participation in markets. Therefore, USAID focuses on three areas of strategic support: financial services, business development services, and enabling environment."
SBA Microloan Program
"The Microloan Program provides small, short-term loans to small business concerns as well as not-for-profit child-care centers. SBA makes funds available to specially designated intermediary lenders, which are nonprofit community-based organizations with experience in lending as well as management and technical assistance; these intermediaries make loans to eligible borrowers. The maximum loan amount is $35,000; the average loan is about $13,000."
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Entrepreneurialism
Business Owner's Toolkit
"With an emphasis on problem-solving dating back to 1995, Business Owner’s Toolkit™ (www.toolkit.com) offers more than 5,000 pages of free cost-cutting tips, step-by-step checklists, real-life case studies, startup advice, and business templates to small business owners and entrepreneurs. The site also offers a monthly newsletter, up-to-date news topics, and Ask Alice!, a column that closely follows industry trends and provides trusted advice to inquiring site visitors."
Michael Phillips Home Page
Organizer of MasterCard, president of the Point Foundation (Whole Earth Catalog), author of The Seven Laws of Money, Honest Business, and other books.
SBDCNet National Information Clearinghouse
"The mission of the Small Business Development Center National Information Clearinghouse (SBDCNet) is to meet the information needs of the SBDC community in the United States and its territories. SBDCNET serves as a resource providing timely, relevant research, web-based information, and training to SBDC counselors and their small business clients."
US Small Business Administration
"The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) was created in 1953 as an independent agency of the federal government to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns, to preserve free competitive enterprise and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of our nation."
Edward Lowe Foundation
"To champion the entrepreneurial spirit by providing information, research and educational experiences that support entrepreneurship and the free enterprise system, consistent with the intentions of our founders, Edward and Darlene Lowe."
AccelNOW: Resources for Entrepreneurs
"Just as we believe in being prepared, we look for entrepreneurs who are prepared to work with Accel. We have put together a set of resources to help."
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African-Americans
Forging Links: Clinical and Developmental Perspectives on
African American Children
"1999 Kent Psychology Forum Contributors, Chapter Titles and Brief Chapter Descriptions".
Correlates of Underachievement Among Gifted and Non-Gifted Black Youth
"Numerous studies and reports have examined poor achievement among Black students. However, few studies have explored factors that hinder the motivation and subsequent achievement of gifted or highly able Black students."
My Race Problem -- and Ours
"A consideration of touchy matters -- racial pride, racial solidarity, and racial loyalty -- rarely discussed."
Africa Web Links
At the African Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania.
Black/African-Related Resources
At the African Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania.
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Politics
Pennsylvania State Senate
"Welcome to the Senate of Pennsylvania!"
Progressive Policy Institute
"PPI's mission is to define and promote a new progressive politics for America in the 21st century. Through its research, policies, and perspectives, the Institute is fashioning a new governing philosophy and an agenda for public innovation geared to the Information Age."
CapWeb
"Online Tools for the Capitol Community".
The White House
Where the President lives and works.
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Library & Information Sciences
Library Science Degree
"Library Science Degree is the only non profit website dedicated to providing unbiased and straightforward information for students interested in obtaining a library science degree. It is my belief that this rewarding field often goes unconsidered for young people considering their career options, and as someone who has for years answered the question 'how do I become a librarian', I know that there is a strong need for unbiased, accessible and reliable information about this field."
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