Swine Flu Resources

HealthInfoIowa (provided by the State Library of Iowa)

Swine Flu Resource Guide (from the Hardin Library at the U of Iowa)

Centers for Disease Control

The Encyclopedia of Earth

Read one of these articles in honor of Earth Day!

http://www.eoearth.org/

Mirage Bookmarks

Like bookmarks? Here is a site with lots of unusual and collectible ones.

http://www.miragebookmark.ch/

Running the Numbers

An American Self-Portrait by Chris Jordan. A graphic way to understand the huge numbers of things like packing peanuts, airline plastic cups and plastic bottles used in the U.S.

http://www.chrisjordan.com/current_set2.php

Marketplace Whiteboard

From American Public Media -- Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains financial terms like "cramdowns," "toxic assets," and "quantitative easing."

http://marketplace.publicradio.org/videos/whiteboard/

Hot Topics from the Jackson Library

Selected articles on how current events (the bailouts, the Madoff scandal, "going green," etc.) affect business from the Graduate School of Business at Stanford.

http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/jacksonlibrary/articles/hottopics/

"TIME" for Kids

Time magazine's site for kids -- with news, homework helper, etc.

http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids

RAGBBRAI

Is coming to Southwest Iowa!

http://www.ragbrai.org/

Green Recovery

A Program to Create Good Jobs and Start Building a Low-Carbon Economy

http://www.peri.umass.edu/green_recovery/

artdaily.org

An online newspaper about the arts -- also features short artist bios, puzzles, etc.

http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp

Librophiliac Love Letter

Curious Expeditions' collection of photos of beautiful libraries. (Thanks to Ken Davenport at NEILSA!)

http://curiousexpeditions.org/?p=78

Dealing with Clutter

The U of Illinois Extension offers help to get organized at
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/clutter/.

The Payphone Project

A site devoted to locating those vanishing pay telephones (and also mailboxes!).

http://www.payphone-project.com/

Paper Snowflakes and Fancy Stars

Easy-to-follow instructions for making paper snowflakes, 5- and 6-pointed stars, and more.

http://highhopes.com/snowflakes.html

Paper Snowflakes and Fancy Stars

Easy-to-follow instructions for making paper snowflakes, 5- and 6-pointed stars and more.

http://highhopes.com/snowflakes.html

Visions of Christmas

from the American Antiquarian Society

http://www.americanantiquarian.org/Exhibitions/Christmas/

The History of Hanukkah

from the History Channel

http://www.history.com/minisites/hanukkah/

Image and Sentiment

Victorian Christmas Cards -- some available as e-cards.

http://www.indiana.edu/%7Eliblilly/xmas2/

Skin Deep Cosmetics Safety Database

Check your make-up and shampoo for toxins!

http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/

2008 Electopedia

from New York Magazine . . . in case you're still undecided!

http://nymag.com/news/politics/2008/electopedia/