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Loser Jays

learning2.0 — Thu, 10 May 2007 14:22:32 CDT

Why do we continue to follow a sports team with no hopes of doing 500 ball? Why would we pay a lot of money to watch bad ball, or lots of home runs for the OTHER team??? Well, why are there Maple Leaf fans??? When they start winning again, we'll still be here! but it is painful to watch/listen to just now. Thankfully, the Detroit Tigers are doing better and fun to follow. all is not lost.

Test 8

learning2.0 — Thu, 10 May 2007 12:06:16 CDT

Wetpaint is so easy to use. I have read that you can now add YouTube and Google Video players, Vizu polls, Google Calendars, Photobucket slideshows, Meebo IM widgets, Gabbly chat and RSS feeds to your wiki. Additionally, you can add any widget that uses the “embed” or “iframe” tags. You can also upload attachments like Microsoft Word and Excel files. Now isn't this cool!!

E-reserves

learning2.0 — Wed, 09 May 2007 20:46:30 CDT

Procedures

New lists

Edits

Tolstoy

learning2.0 — Wed, 09 May 2007 20:42:38 CDT

Anna Karenina
War and Peace
War and Peace

Music

gaskinno — Tue, 08 May 2007 16:15:33 CDT

Online Audio Files
- Naxos music library
- Smithsonian global sound for libraries

Digital Reference Shelf

gaskinno — Tue, 08 May 2007 16:14:07 CDT

Vacation Destinations

learning2.0 — Tue, 08 May 2007 15:44:24 CDT

Italy, Barcelona, Britain, Koln (Germany)

Encyclopedias

learning2.0 — Mon, 07 May 2007 19:39:40 CDT

Artcyclopedia -

Encyclopedia of Philosophy (MAC ID) - "Among the many topics covered are African, Islamic, Jewish, Russian, Chinese, and Buddhist philosophies; bioethics and biomedical ethics; art and aesthetics; epistemology; metaphysics; peace and war; social and political philosophy; the Holocaust; feminist thought; and much more."
Encylopedia of Psychology

Encyclopedia of sports medicine (MAC ID) -
Grove Music Online (MAC ID) - "Comprises the full text with ongoing updates of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians 2nd ed., The New Grove Dictionary of Opera 2nd ed., and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd ed." Number of simultaneous users allowed: 1
Grove Dictionary of Art (MAC ID) - "Includes 41,000 articles covering art and artists worldwide; a comprehensive art reference work covering all forms of the visual arts: painting, sculpture, architecture, graphic and decorative arts, and photography, from prehistory to the 1990s."

Oxford reference online (MAC ID) -

Wikipedia - Online, editable encyclopedia

Dictionaries

learning2.0 — Mon, 07 May 2007 19:39:00 CDT

Dictionary of Canadian biography Online -
Dictionary.com -
A Dictionary of Ecology (MAC ID) -
A Dictionary of Psychology (MAC ID) -
Grove Music Online (MAC ID) - "Comprises the full text with ongoing updates of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians 2nd ed., The New Grove Dictionary of Opera 2nd ed., and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd ed." Number of simultaneous users allowed: 1
ODLIS - Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Britain)(MAC ID)
Oxford English dictionary (MAC ID) -
Oxford Reference Online (MAC ID) -
Roget's thesaurus [electronic resource] / by Roget.
Visual Thesaurus

Business Sources

learning2.0 — Sun, 06 May 2007 12:32:23 CDT

BizWiki

McMaster Resources

Innis Library Homepage

Movie I favour

learning2.0 — Wed, 02 May 2007 17:35:33 CDT

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Literary Travel

learning2.0 — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 19:34:12 CDT

Enjoy travelling in the comfort of your own home with the following good reads:

Honeymoon in Purdah : an Iranian journey
- Alison Wearing

Warm and funny travel stories of a young Canadian woman travelling in Iran. Her experiences reveal insights into the lives of the ordinary and generous people of Iran.

Crete on the half shell : a story about an island, good friends, and food
- Byron Ayanoglu

An amusing story of the local life in Crete as a Canadian chef tries to find the perfect location for a restaurant/retirement house.

The sex lives of cannibals : adrift in the Equatorial Pacific
- J. Maarten Troost

The funny experiences of a couple who spend two years living on a Pacific island in the middle of nowhere.

Have I Got a Book for You!

learning2.0 — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 16:48:06 CDT

Terry Pratchett’s Discworld. There are at least 36 books in the series involving different groups of characters (the Witches, the Wizards, the City Watch, and the ever-popular DEATH). They are all fun but my favourite titles involve The Witches. Titles include:

Equal Rites (1987)
Wyrd Sisters (1988)
Witches Abroad (1991)
Lords and Ladies (1992)
Maskerade (1998)
Carpe Jugulum (2000)

For anyone interested in plunging into the Discworld, you might want to take a look at the Wikipedia article on Discworld (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discworld). It gives a great overview of this amazing world.

The Meg Lanslow mystery series by Donna Andrews This is a very funny mystery series revolving around Meg Lanslow, a decorative blacksmith with a passion for murder and mayhem. A quirky family and over-the-top situations make for a fun read.

Murder with Peacocks
Murder with Puffins
Owls Well That Endls Well
Revenge of the Wrought-Iron Flamingos
We'll Always Have Parrots
Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon

Genealogy

learning2.0 — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 14:20:44 CDT

OntarioGenWeb
Archives of Ontario -
Internet Public Library Genealogical listings

LTs links

learning2.0 — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 15:04:49 CDT

WATCH

A database of copyright contacts for writers, artists, and prominent figures in other creative fields.

EuroDocs

Online sources for European history.

Guide to Grammar and Writing

National Archives

Great Britain
guides to searching

Virtual Travel

learning2.0 — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 09:27:48 CDT

Vicarious Wanderings

I would like to use this space to provide some 'air time' for some of my favourite travel writers. Armchair travel is one of the few remaining planet friendly activities left to frustrated adventurers and explorers.
My interpretation of what constitutes a 'travel' book is very inclusive. Not many others would include James Harriot's novels about a Yorkshire Vet in this category, but I love to imagine that part of England when I am reading his descriptions of the people and surroundings.
I guess it was Peter Mayle who first got me hooked on this type of reading. A Year in Provence transported me to France.
I definitely lean toward the more humourous accounts and therefore have demolished all of Bill Bryson's books.
Nick Middleton and Harry Pearson are two other authors that have a sharp wit and a knack for sharing humourous insights.

Another New Page-Calendar

learning2.0 — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 08:36:17 CDT

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Test 1

learning2.0 — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 08:33:56 CDT

Wikis are fun. I agree.

Ann's Favourite Sites

learning2.0 — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 09:52:15 CDT

These are sites I visit on a daily basis:

eBay Canada - I spend far too much time and money here!

The Grid: The Who Fan Forum - I co-run/co-moderate a forum for fans of the Who.

Chapters - Another place where my money ends up!

Pete Townshend's Blog - One of my favourite singers is now into blogging!

blogger's books

learning2.0 — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 13:30:51 CDT

Diana Gabaldon - Diana Gabaldon is the New York Times bestselling author of the Outlander Series, which tells the story of Jasmie Fraser, a Scottish Highlander from the 18fth century, and his time-travelling wife, Claire.