General Interest
http://www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+Resources/Hemingway+Archive/
Ernest Hemingway was a red-blooded man of letters, and one of the 20th century's most celebrated and demonized writers. In 1968, Mary Hemingway arranged to have his papers donated to the Kennedy Library. Over the past several decades, materials related to Hemingway's long career have continued to become part of this very extensive collection. The Kennedy Library has created this specific page to provide both researchers and members of the general public with some basic information about their holdings, along with offering access to a selection of these papers. Visitors can start by clicking over to the "Online Resources" area, which includes essays on Hemingway by various scholars and a nice piece by Megan F. Desnoyers on how the collection came to the Kennedy Library. Moving on, the photograph galleries are a real treat, as they cover everything from Hemingway's youth in Oak Park all the way up to his last days in Idaho. [KMG]
There are a number of organizations working to use international law and institutions to protect the environment. The Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) is one such organization, and they work to solve environmental problems through a variety of advocacy and education programs. Visitors to the site will find that navigating the content offered here is quite simple, and that most of the sections (which include "Chemicals", Biodiversity", and "Climate Change) are organized topically. Each of these sections contains links to calendar events, full-text publications, and information about their goals for each topical area. Students and others will appreciate the fact that they also offer up information about available fellowships, internships, and potential job opportunities in their organization. [KMG]
If you could invite Christopher Hitchens and Al Sharpton into your home to talk about the existence of God, would you? That question is no longer just a hypothetical, as visitors to the FORA.tv website can do just that. Under the tagline, "The world is thinking", the site provides access to hundreds of delightful talks, conversations, conferences, debates, and more than a few stimulating arguments. Drawing on a broad range of new media experts, FORA.tv brings together content from the Hoover Institution, the Global Philanthropy Forum, the World Affairs Council, the American Jewish Committee, and dozens of other organizations. First-time visitors to the site can take a look through the "Popular Programs" section, and then maybe they might want to look over the FORA.tv blog. For users who don't find any of the programs to their liking, they should make a beeline for the "Pitch a Program" section. [KMG]
General Robert Wood Johnson (of Johnson & Johnson renown) was an adamant supporter of training for hospital administrators, and out of this interest came the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Today, the Foundation is "devoted exclusively to improving the health and health care of all Americans." From their headquarters in Princeton, the Foundation supports research into human capital, childhood obesity, health insurance coverage, substance abuse policy, and numerous other areas. Casual visitors to the Foundation's homepage will want to click on some of the "Popular Topics" so that they can quickly access recent publications and research findings. Of course, members of the public and scholars alike will benefit from the "Publications & Research" area which lists publications by type (such as webcasts, charts, and grant results) and by topic. Visitors seeking grant assistance for their research should peruse the "Grantee Resources" area, which provides nuts and bolts type information about applying for grants, and equally importantly, how to fill out grant reports and related materials accurately. [KMG]
http://www.boogiejack.com/index.html
The man behind the BoogieJack website is Dennis Gaskill, and he's been serving up compelling pieces of web design wisdom on this site since 1997. On the homepage, he invites the curious visitor to "Look around, make yourself at home". It's a fine idea, especially considering that the site contains a number of helpful HTML tutorials, cascading style sheets (CSS) tutorials, and a selection of free web graphics. While the site doesn't have an embedded search engine, visitors can scroll up and down through the homepage to locate the instructional materials they desire. In the "HTML Tutorials" area, visitors will find several dozen short overviews that cover topics like tag attributes, line breaks, headings, and of course, CSS. Additionally, visitors can sign up to receive his ezine "Almost a Newsletter", which comes out several times a month. [KMG]
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/suffrage/millerscrapbooks/
An essay on this fine American Memory collection site refers to Elizabeth Smith Miller and her daughter, Anne Fitzhugh Miller, as "Two Awesome Ladies". It's hard to contest that appellation, particularly when one considers their important role in the women's suffrage movement in the United States. Between 1897 and 1911 these two women created seven scrapbooks which contained letters, press clippings, photographs, and other items related to the suffrage movement and its conventions. Visitors to the site can browse through the seven scrapbooks here, and they are also encouraged to browse the collection by title, subject, or place name. Other features of the site include an interactive family tree and a detailed essay titled "Catch the Suffragists' Spirit". The site is rounded out by a list of further resources on the Miller's and a bibliographic note on the organization of the scrapbooks. [KMG]
http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/meded/grossanatomy/index.htm
For medical professionals, learning about the human body is crucial. A number of sites hold vast stores of knowledge about the human body, and this interactive site is one resource that persons in this field should know about. Created by Dr. Frederick Wezeman and Dr. John Santaniello of Loyola University's Stritch School of Medicine, the site contains a series of interactive dissection exercises, a cross-sectional tutorial, and some very helpful flash cards. One feature that should not be missed is the "Learn 'Em" area. Here, visitors can learn about the structure and location of various arteries, nerves, and dermatomes. The site concludes with a thematically-organized collection of external anatomy links. [KMG]
Navigating The Imagination, a Joseph Cornell interactive created by the Peabody Essex Museum, allows a visitor to open up some of this artist's boxes, shake out the objects, and play with them (at least virtually). Short on text and long on pictures, the interactive begins with a compartmentalized box holding details from Cornell's works. Cornell's magic and mystery is preserved as viewers navigate through various sections of the web site by clicking and selecting images that seem to float by, coming closer and then receding. For example, "Geographies of the Heavens" begins with what looks like a map of the constellations, and features an engraving of a gentleman wearing a ruff and gold chains, and a Cornell box with balls of cork, cordial glasses, and blue marbles. It takes some experimenting to discover that repeatedly clicking the gentleman reveals additional images of other Cornell works, and it takes consulting the illustrated Web checklist, helpfully provided in .pdf, to find out that the gentleman is likely astronomer Tycho Brahe, the box is Cornell's Soap Bubble Set, and several of the other images are from a pleated book collage that Cornell created in 1924, entitled Panorama. [DS]
