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360 Travel Guide: Free panoramic hand-held camera-shot footage ('virtual tours') of locations worldwide, including Andorra, Bulgaria, the Canary Islands, Finland, Gibraltar, Nepal, Tanzania and the West Bank. Also offers a Newsletter with archived issues online, travel blogs, a travel directory and competitions.
Author: Sheppard, Fiona
Subjects: world travel and tourism
DeweyClass: 910
3-D Insects: A collection of three dimensional images of insects. Includes beetle, ant, mantis, flea, and wasp. Each section contains several pointers to relevant information about the insect. VRML and QuickTime movie format is used.
Author: Alexei A Sharov, Virginia Tech Department of Entomology
Subjects: beetles, insects
DeweyClass: 595.7
Acoustics and Vibration Animations: Set of animations depicting various concepts concerning acoustics and vibration. Relevant to acoustics/sound elements of University courses.
Author: Russell, Dan
Subjects: acoustics
DeweyClass: 534
AFI: American Film Institute: Digital film archive, news and events, exhibitions, awards and educational materials about films and the film industry.
Author: American Film Institute
Subjects: film production, film studies, united states history from 1900
DeweyClass: 384.8
AirDisaster.Com: Provides information about aviation accidents and stories related to air safety. Includes crash photographs and videos, eyewitness reports, full text of investigative reports, and a glossary of specific terms. Information can be searched by keyword and an accident notification service is available.
Author: Kilroy, Chris & Morrell, Darryl
Subjects: aircraft, disasters
DeweyClass: 387.7
American Sign Language Browser: Presents a collection of Quicktime movies demonstrating ASL signs, each of which is accompanied by a textual description.
Author: Michigan State University
Subjects: sign language
DeweyClass: 419
Amphibian Embryology Tutorial: Project to aid the study of morphogenetic events during early amphibian development, using multimedia and computer-based learning materials in the university undergraduate classroom.
Author: Hardin, Jeff
Subjects: amphibians
DeweyClass: 597
ArtMuseum.Net: Gives an overview of the history and evolution of multimedia, highlighting its impact on art, technology, and culture. Intended for students, teachers, artists, and critics, the resource includes essays and sections on pioneers.
Author: Intel
Subjects: art exhibitions, art museums, multimedia - general
DeweyClass: 708
Asian Film Connections: List of contemporary films made in China, India, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan from 1998 onwards. Includes synopses, interviews, educational material, and essays from Asia's leading film journals, and contains images and video clips from selected films. Available in English, Chinese, and Korean.
Author: University of Southern California
Subjects: asian studies, chinese culture, film studies, india, japan, korean, taiwan
DeweyClass: 384.8
Auroras: Paintings in the Sky: Illustrated introduction to the creation of auroras, their appearance, and location. Includes audio and visual RealAudio and QuickTime files.
Author: Exploratorium
Subjects: atmospheric science
DeweyClass: 538.768
Battle of Britain: Documents the Royal Air Force battle fought between 10th July and 31st October 1940. Provides a diary of daily events, a calendar of reports, video footage of aircraft employed by the RAF, Luftwaffe, and the Reggia Aeronautica, and information about commanders, units, and stations.
Author: Royal Air Force
Subjects: armed forces, military history, warfare
DeweyClass: 358
BBC History: Archaeology: Resource created by the BBC providing articles, multimedia resources (virtual tours and animations, virtual archaeology, games, interactive exhibitions and picture galleries), timelines, biographies of historic figures, historical trails, and the latest news on excavations and archaeological techniques. Covers numerous historical periods and areas of interest including Prehistoric Britain, Roman Britain, the Anglo Saxons and Vikings, and Norman England to Victorian era Britain. Includes information pertaining to selected international archaeological finds and the opportunity to engage in online discussions with eminent archaeologists. Free access is also provided to numerous BBC video and audio clips. Video and audio clips require Real Player to view.
Author: BBC
Subjects: archaeology, archaeology education, archaeology links, archaeology research, british archaeology - general, british history 1100-1800
DeweyClass: 936.1
BBC History: Wars and Conflict: BBC resource offering essays, articles, multimedia resources, virtual tours of war trenches, battle animations, educational games, interactive exhibitions, picture galleries, timelines, and biographies of historic figures pertaining to war and conflict since the 10th century. Includes chapters on the Norman Conquest, the English Civil War, World War One, World War Two, the Cold War, and the Northern Ireland conflict. Also includes analysis and contextualisation of September 11th, the Iraq conflict, and various other topics. Within each chapter, users can browse material relating to a variety of war categories, each encompassing a plethora of resources and comprising numerous formats, as well as audiovisual materials culled from the BBC radio and television archive. Audiovisual materials require Real Player and interactive resources require Flash.
Author: BBC
Subjects: british history from 1800, first world war, iraq, northern ireland, second world war, warfare
DeweyClass: 355.02
British Pathe: British Pathe is one of the oldest and most notable media companies in the world, producing famous bi-weekly newsreels and cinemagazines from 1902 onwards. This resource offers access to over 3,500 hours of video footage drawn from the British Pathe newsreel collection downloadable free of charge. Users can browse the collection by themed categories or use the advanced search tools allowing searches to be conducted by film characteristics such as film type, decade of release, period, and keywords. Requires Windows Media 8.
Author: British Pathe
Subjects: british history - general, film production, film studies
DeweyClass: 791.433
Canada's Digital Collections archived at Library and Archives Canada: Lists and links to the projects included in Canada's Digital Collections (CDC). CDC was operated by Industry Canada between 1996 and 2004 to provide young Canadians with skills and experience in preparing digital Canadian content of local, regional and international interest. The project has now been archived here by Library and Archives Canada.
Author: Library and Archives Canada
Subjects: canada, canadian history
DeweyClass: 971
Chemistry Teaching and Computers: Offers examples and suggestions of how computers can be useful in teaching chemistry. Includes illustrations of graphical solutions to equations, simple atomic orbitals, structures of various organic molecules (illustrating some concepts in conformational analysis), nucleic acids (with simulation of DNA Movement) and amino acids (with simulation of Crambin Movement).
Author: Goodman, Jonathan
Subjects: chemistry education, organic chemistry
DeweyClass: 540
Democratic Vistas: Presents video, audio, and text transcripts of a series of lectures delivered at Yale University during 2001 on the condition and prospects of democracy in the United States.
Author: Yale University
Subjects: democracy, united states politics
DeweyClass: 320.9
Digital Globe: Images of sea floor topography from around the world. Includes views of Lisbon and the Philippine Trench and MPEG videos which animate topographic sea floor images.
Author: Sandwell, David T.
Subjects: oceanography education
DeweyClass: 551.46084
Digital Librarian: Audio and Video Resources: Links to a variety of online audio and video resources, including sound file archives and software.
Author: Anderson, Margaret Vail
Subjects: audio systems, video
DeweyClass: 384.54
Edison Motion Picture and Sound Recording: A collection of motion pictures, disc sound recordings, photographs, advertisements, and magazine articles made by Thomas Edison and his companies. The history of Edison's inventions is traced, as well as focusing on the life of the inventor with a timeline of significant events. Motion pictures are available in either MPEG or Quicktime format.
Author: Library of Congress
Subjects: history of science, inventions, telecommunications
DeweyClass: 608
Favorite Poem Project: Created by Robert Pinsky, the 29th Poet Laureate of the US, this resource features a series of poetry readings. Individuals are featured reciting and discussing their favourite poems, with searchable text versions also available. RealPlayer is required.
Author: New England Foundation for the Arts, Boston University, and Library of Congress
Subjects: american poetry, english poetry, poetry links
DeweyClass: 809
FishScope: Zebrafish Developmental Biology Movies: Time-lapse recordings and confocal images dealing with the developmental biology of fish. The main features are the time-lapse recordings and still image gallery of micrographs taken from scanning-laser confocal microscopy and fluorescent vital stains of developing fish embryos.
Author: Cooper, Mark
Subjects: fish, zoology
DeweyClass: 597
G8 Online: Focuses on the 2000 Okinawa Summit in Japan between Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, US, UK, and Russia. Contains videos of meetings and speeches made by world leaders on economic issues.
Author: eCollege.com
Subjects: economic development, international relations
DeweyClass: 338.9
Government's Annual Reports 1999-2000: So What Are We Doing?: Collection of ten videos made to illustrate the Labour Government's progress throughout the year. All videos represent changes within the community, with titles including a regeneration project in Silvertown, an after school class at Leeds FC, and Pensions Direct in Newcastle.
Author: HM Government
Subjects: british government
DeweyClass: 351.41
Green Flash Page: Information on the phenomena occasionally observed at sunrise and sunset when a part of the sun suddenly changes colour. Includes photographs, simulations, explanations, advice on how best to see one, and facts debunking common misconceptions about green flashes. Also contains an annotated bibliography on green flashes, mirages, and other low sun phenomena.
Author: Young, Andrew T.
Subjects: astronomy education, astronomy research, sun
DeweyClass: 523.7
Harappa: Harappa was an ancient city in the Indus Valley that flourished around 2500 BC. Resources include over 90 slides of the Indus Valley and 3D computer recreations of the city's gateway and surrounding topography, plus various audio and visual resources concerning South Asia in general before 1947.
Author: Khan, Omar
Subjects: ancient history, asian studies, india, world archaeology
DeweyClass: 934
Hinterland Who's Who: Presents online versions of the Hinterland Who's Who series of 60 second television programmes, educating the public on the importance of wildlife conservation, broadcast since the 1960s. Also features fact sheets on various species highlighted in the series, divided into birds and mammals.
Author: Canadian Wildlife Services & Canadian Wildlife Federation
Subjects: canada, wildlife
DeweyClass: 590
Hollywood.com: Movie news, previews, video guides, interviews, and games.
Author: Hollywood.com
Subjects: film news, film production, video
DeweyClass: 384.55
Internet Movie Database: Collection of freely available movie information including plot summaries, character names, movie ratings, year of release, running times, movie trivia, quotations, goofs, soundtracks, country of production, genres, production companies, distributors, special effects companies, reference literature, and filming locations.
Author: Internet Movie Database
Subjects: film news, film production, film studies
DeweyClass: 384.8
Interviews 50 Cents: Reports on a series of spontaneous interviews conducted by producer Ray Farkas and reporter Alex Chadwick who travelled around America using a handmade sign to invite people to share their stories. Footage is available as QuickTime video or in text format.
Author: Chadwick, Alex
Subjects: united states culture
DeweyClass: 305.8
Islay Info: Information about the Isle of Islay, in the southern Hebrides. Includes photographs, past and present, video clips, details of popular activities on the Island, distillery listings and a selection of tourist information for visitors. Maps of the Island are also provided, together with details of wildlife, climate and Islay's historic carved stones.
Author: Islay Info
Subjects: scottish travel and tourism
DeweyClass: 914.1
Julia Child: Lessons with Master Chefs: Extensive collection of recipes accompanied by a series of videos which follow US celebrity chef Julia Child as she demonstrates a range of cooking techniques. With ideas for all courses, she offers guidelines on food preparation, and instruction for home baking. Also includes footage of chefs such as Jacques Pepin, Carol Field, and Jasper White.
Author: Public Broadcasting Service
Subjects: recipes
DeweyClass: 641.5
Kate Chopin: A Re-Awakening: Documentary celebrating Kate Chopin's 'The Awakening', published in 1899. Now considered a valuable contribution to the women's movement in the 20th century, the novel was initially rejected and lost for over 50 years. Information includes transcripts, a chronology of events in Chopin's life, an interview with her grandson, articles about her work, and bibliographies of criticism.
Author: Public Broadcasting Service
Subjects: american literature to 1900, women in history, women writers
DeweyClass: 813
Laparoscopy.com: Provides up-to-date information about laparoscopic surgery. Includes details of conferences, and a multimedia library of pictures, movies and audio conference resources relating to laparoscopy.
Author: Gandsas, Alex
Subjects: human anatomy, physiology, surgery
DeweyClass: 617.55
Living Room Candidate: Presents a history of US Presidential election campaign commercials from 1952 to the present day. Material is offered in RealVideo format, and can be accessed chronologically, or by common advert theme such as attack ads, family man, or looking presidential.
Author: American Museum of the Moving Image
Subjects: advertising, elections, united states elections
DeweyClass: 324
Metis: QTVR Interface for Ancient Greek Archaeological Sites: A collection of QuickTime movies facilitating exploration of ancient Greek archaeological sites, including the Acropolis in Athens and the Temple of Aphaia in Aegina. A catalogue provides details of site regions, physical descriptions and information about exploration.
Author: University of Texas at Austin Department of Classics
Subjects: archaeology education, greek history
DeweyClass: 938
Millanimations: Collection of animated gifs for personal or non-profit use. Organised by category, images available include cows, frogs, lizards, birds, food, children, flowers, aliens, sports, music, and short film clips.
Author: Eriksson, Camilla Maria
Subjects: computer graphics
DeweyClass: 006.68
MoMA Online Projects: Listing of online projects which explore some of the properties and possibilities of the Web, such as interactivity, motion and sound. Includes a time capsule made for the tenth anniversary of World AIDS Day, Peter Halley's Exploding Cell, and Robert Cumming's Academic Interactive Exercise.
Author: Museum of Modern Art, New York
Subjects: computer art
DeweyClass: 700
Natural History Museum: The Museum's mission is to maintain and develop its collections and use them to promote the discovery, understanding, responsible use and enjoyment of the natural world. Its collections of over 68,000,000 specimens, gathered from across the globe, represent more than 300 years of scientific collecting and study and are at the heart of the institution's scientific research, information services, education and exhibition activities. Online displays include Life Galleries, Earth Galleries, Wildlife Garden and VR trilobites.
Author: British Museum of Natural History
Subjects: biodiversity, british museums, british natural resources, natural history, palaeontology, zoology
DeweyClass: 508
Online Classics: Collection of video footage of opera, classical music, ballet, and theatre performance. Material is organised by performance type, with Windows Media Player required to view footage.
Author: Online Classics
Subjects: classical music links
DeweyClass: 790
Origins of American Animation, 1900-1921: Collection of animated films created with several techniques, including clay, puppet, and pen drawings. Selections demonstrate the connections between newspaper comic strips and early animated films and also offer a glimpse into the social attitudes of the period. Available in RealPlayer, MPEG, and Quicktime formats, the films are searchable by keyword or browsable by title or subject.
Author: Library of Congress
Subjects: art research, film production
DeweyClass: 741.58
Parliament Live: Live Webcasts of UK Parliamentary proceedings including sessions in the House of Commons, House of Lords, Westminster Hall, and Select Committees.
Author: United Kingdom Parliament
Subjects: british government
DeweyClass: 328
Petra: the Drama of History: Text, images, and a video clip depicting the history of Petra, the 2000 year old rock-carved city of the Nabataean Arabs in South Jordan. Describes the city's growth at the time of Rome and Christ, provides images of sandstone monuments, and explains the wealth and political power of the indigenous Arab people.
Author: Shalabi, Sami
Subjects: ancient history, middle east
DeweyClass: 930
Roland Collection: Resource guide to a collection of over 600 international films and videos on art, including painting, drawing, graphics, sculpture, architecture, design, photography, video art and modern literature. Listed by period, subject, director, scriptwriter, narrator and title, with Real Video clips and the facility to order online.
Author: Roland Collection
Subjects: art education, photographs, sculpture, video
DeweyClass: 700
Royal Air Force Museum: Britain's National Museum of Aviation, opened in 1972, celebrates the story of aviation from before the Wright Brothers to the present, with an extensive collection of aircraft and associated exhibits. There are some interactive online exhibits, in QuickTime format, designed to create the immersive illusion of standing in a particular spot within a photographed environment.
Author: RAF Museum
Subjects: aircraft, aviation, military history
DeweyClass: 358
Sandia MEMS Image Gallery: A set of images of micromachines so small that they are imperceptible to the human eye, some with gears no bigger than a grain of pollen. Many of the black and white images include dust mites or spider mites to provide a sense of scale. Also some moving images, in Quicktime format.
Author: Sandia National Laboratories
Subjects: nanotechnology
DeweyClass: 620.5
Science for the Millennium: A virtual museum of science and industry aimed at students and others with an interest in science and computing. Users have access to an Information Center and three pavilions: Science and Industry, Collaboration, and Computation, as well as the Online Science Theatre.
Author: National Center for Supercomputer Applications
Subjects: science education usa, science museums
DeweyClass: 507
Sea Urchin Embryology: Information for biology teachers on the embryology of sea urchins. Comprises lab notes on gametes, fertilisation, and sperm experiments, details of anatomy and physiology, natural history, and taxonomic classification, and support lessons on using microscopes and understanding dilution. Advanced labs on topics such as artificial activation, ultraviolet light effects, and modified sea water formulations are provided, with animations illustrating lab procedures and developmental processes.
Author: Leland Stanford Junior University
Subjects: biology education, marine biology education
DeweyClass: 593.95
Skull Module: Resource describing aspects of human cranial skeletal anatomy. Information on each bone of the skull is accessible via colour images of a human skull or a list of bone names, and is described using text, illustrations and a colour photograph. A QuickTime film of a rotating human skull is also included.
Author: California State University Department of Anthropology
Subjects: bones, human anatomy
DeweyClass: 611.715
Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation: A non-profit organisation founded by Steven Spielberg in 1994 dedicated to videotaping and archiving interviews of Holocaust survivors all over the world. Interviews are catalogued and archived using digital technology and will be made available via on-line, networks to museums, educational institutions and non-profit organisations.
Author: Shoah Foundation
Subjects: holocaust, jewish history, second world war
DeweyClass: 940.5318
Talaria: The Hypermedia Assistant for Cancer Pain Management: Talaria is a resource for health care professionals which addresses the management of pain in patients with cancer. It provides a hypermedia implementation of the Clinical Practice Guideline on the Management of Cancer Pain, a publication of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. There are also supplementary tools and information. For example, the opioid calculator will assist physicians in converting dosages across drugs and routes of administration.
Author: Bradshaw, David
Subjects: cancer treatment, health care, pain
DeweyClass: 616.9
Video and Photographic Resources for Chemistry Teachers: Collection of short videos and photographs depicting scientific experiments for replication in the classroom. Topics covered include equilibria, combustion, displacement, rusting, catalysis, polymers, ammonia fountain, endothermic reaction, light, intermolecular forces and fuels, measuring reaction stoichiometry, and colour and reactions. Each has a selection of subtopics, for example, within the polymers section, video clips and accompanying text based notes and questions demonstrate and explain how to model polymers, and how to make nylon and slime. Windows media player is required.
Author: Emma Baker
Subjects: chemistry education
DeweyClass: 542
Virtual Trips to Black Holes and Neutron Stars: Descriptions and MPEG animations that simulate travel to black holes and neutron stars. These movies are scientifically accurate computer animations made with strict adherence to Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. The descriptions are written to be understandable on a variety of levels.
Author: Nemiroff, Robert
Subjects: astronomy education, black holes, relativity, space observation, stars
DeweyClass: 523.887
Volcano Watch Satellite Images: Satellite images of the world's ten most active volcanoes including Shishaldin, Etna, Popocatepetl and Guagua Pichincha. The latest images are updated every half hour and a Java animation feature splices together the last four images to show a simulation over a two-hour period.
Author: University of Wisconsin Space Science and Engineering Center
Subjects: volcanoes
DeweyClass: 551.21
Westerns.com: Collection of films viewable using Windows Media Player. Annie Oakley, 26 Men, Bonanza, The Cisco Kid, The Loan Ranger, Rage at Dawn, Cherokee Round-Up, Sky King, and Wildcat are among those available. Also offers sections on stars of western productions, film trivia, and a special feature film which changes every week.
Author: Miller, Allen & Burns, Shannon
Subjects: film studies
DeweyClass: 791.436
Wilfred Owen Multimedia Digital Archive: Searchable and browsable archive of Owen's works comprising manuscript pages, letters, interviews with First World War veterans, video footage, and photographs.
Author: Groves, Paul
Subjects: english poetry, first world war
DeweyClass: 821
World Radio Network: Collection of RealPlayer radio broadcasts providing 24 hour news on world events, and information about arts and culture, music, sports, science, and developmental issues. News can be heard live in English and video files are available on selected features.
Author: World Radio Network
Subjects: radio broadcasting
DeweyClass: 384.54