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Rockridge Branch's List: General Reference, including Search Tools, Engines, and Directories
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Jul 26, 12
A collection of links to "information you can trust" on a wide variety of topics. Use the search feature to find websites that have been vetted by librarians. Also has a site with links for kids.
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Jul 26, 12
Info about online programs and schools, started by a librarian and maintained by independent contributors
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Jul 26, 12
Find out the time all over the world, as well as what day it will be in any given number of days, moon and sun phases, and weather. Create custom tools such as a countdown clock.
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Jul 26, 12
Great collection of public domain reference texts (mostly 1922 and before). Includes The World Factbook (2008), Roget's Thesaurus, Quotations resources including John Bartlett (some from 1989), Elements of Style and other texts on writing/reading, the Bible, Bullfinch's and other Religion & Mythology, Literary History & Literature, Gray's Anatomy, Fannie Farmer's Boston Cooking-School Cook Book, Emily Post's Ettiquette, Parliamentary Procedure & Government (including texts of US Presidents' inaugural speeches from 1989)
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Jul 26, 12
Pictures of hand position for thousands of words from A-Z. Comprehensive. By Michigan State University.
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Sep 06, 12
Authors' names spoken aloud. (Need to turn on speakers!)
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Sep 05, 12
Pronounce the Names of People, Places, and Stuff in English
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Aug 29, 12
This detailed tutorial walks users step-by-step through the process necessary to download eBooks available free from the San José Public Library and read them on the Barnes and Noble NOOK. This video features the NOOK Color, but the same process works for the standard NOOK as well.
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Aug 29, 12
This detailed tutorial walks users step-by-step through the process necessary to download eBooks available free from the San José Public Library and read them on the Amazon Kindle or Kindle Touch. Video transcript available.
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Aug 15, 12
Database of the Animal Kingdom, with encyclopedia-style entries. Similar to Encylcopedia of Life.
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Aug 15, 12
Database of all living things, with encylcopedia-style information and photos. Helpful with understanding classification.
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Aug 15, 12
Identify plants found in California - database with photos. Search by plant type, elevation, geographic region, and more.
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Jul 26, 12
Sound files and pronunciation guide for more than 2200 names of people, groups, places, and things in the news around the world. Government organization.
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Jul 26, 12
List of authors from California, written by the California Association of Teachers of English
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