Etcetera, Etcetera, Etcetera: ISU News, Interesting Links and So Forth
* The Wall Street Executive Library is a portal
to over 1,450 of the Web's best business sites
and online references.
URL: www.executivelibrary.com
* College students are "early adopters and heavy
users of the Internet" according to a recent report
from Pew Internet & American Life Research Center.
The report indicates the following about college
students:
- 85% own their own computers
- 66% have at least two email addresses
- 72% check their email at least once a day
- 73% use the Internet more than the library for
information searching
- 68% subscribe to one or more academic
mailing lists related to their studies
- 46% agree that email enables them to express ideas
to a professor that they would not have expressed
in class
- 79% agree that the Internet has a positive impact
on their college academic experience
For more information, browse the online report:
"The Internet Goes to College: How Students
are Living in the Future with Today's Technology,"
Pew Internet & American Life (15 Sep 02)
Sources: www.pewinternet.org
* The Polis Center at IUPUI is an academic research
center that focuses on urban and urban-related issues.
Their site offers an abundance of materials including
research and outreach projects, including "... work
that examines the intersection between religion and urban
culture, intensive community research, and the different
support services they provide."
URL: www.polis.iupui.edu/polis/home.htm
Source: Scout Report (13 Sep 02)
* Access information on any of the 3,000 counties
in the United States on this site maintained by the
National Association of Counties. Links include
contact information for the county seat, census data,
and political information.
URL: www.naco.org/counties/counties/index.cfm
Source: ResearchBuzz #184 (May 30, 2002)
* The Internet Broadway Database is "...a searchable
database of shows produced on Broadway, including
all "title page" information about each production.
IBDB also offers historical information about
theatres and various statistics and fun facts
related to Broadway. This site is the creation of
The League of American Theatres and Producers, Inc.
in association with Theatre Development Fund and
New York City.
URL: www.ibdb.com
Source: Scout Report (May 02)
* Ads.com is a searchable database of commercial
(streamed video).
URL: www.ads.com/ads/index.jsp
Source: Scout Report (May 02)
Thought for October:
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
- Albert Einstein
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