Tag Archives: Resources

Free Language Learning Resources

Posted on April 15, 2010 by Angel Brady

A web­site called Uni­Lang offers free lan­guage resources for a large num­ber of lan­guages. You can also view resources by the type (video, flash­cards, audio, courses, games, etc.). Some of the videos are hosted on pub­lic places like YouTube, but … Con­tinue read­ing →

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British Library 19th Century fiction on Kindle

Posted on February 10, 2010 by Ben Johnston

The British Library is plan­ning to offer 19th Cen­tury first edi­tions for free down­load tar­geted toward use on the Ama­zon Kin­dle. 65,000 rare first edi­tions of 19th Cen­tury fic­tion should be avail­able for the pub­lic this spring.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/7181012/British-Library-to-offer-19th-Century-first-editions-for-free-download-on-Amazon-Kindle.html

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ThoughtArk

Posted on January 19, 2010 by Ben Johnston

From Per­due Uni­ver­sity comes ThoughtArk, a col­lab­o­ra­tive online schol­arly bib­li­o­graphic book­mark­ing site. From their ‘About’ page: An open source, free web appli­ca­tion and col­lab­o­ra­tive space that uti­lizes the search behav­iors of the users to deter­mine the value of var­i­ous bib­li­o­graphic … Con­tinue read­ing →

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5 Card Story

Posted on January 12, 2010 by Ben Johnston

This may have been men­tioned on this blog before, but it doesn’t hurt to point it out again.  5 Card Sto­ries is an exper­i­ment on the NMC site that allows you to select a thread of five Flickr images which … Con­tinue read­ing →

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The Online Akira Kurosawa Archive

Posted on January 8, 2010 by Angel Brady

The Akira Kuro­sawa Archive is a web­site that hosts around 20,000 items that con­tain man­u­scripts, screen­plays, clip­pings, pho­tos, notes, and other items about the direc­tor. The Japan­ese direc­tor was famous for direct­ing the films Rashomon, Seven Samu­rai, and Ikiru. The … Con­tinue read­ing →

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