Category Archives: Internet Resources

OER: Open Educational Resources

  Open Educational Resources are teaching learning and research resources released under an open license that permits their free use and repurposing by others.  OER can be full courses, course materials, lesson plans, open textbooks, learning objects, videos, games, tests and  any other tool that supports access to knowledge. In other words, free. Here’s a further explanation: What are Open Education Resources They can be a great source for both students and faculty. You may have heard of Khan Academy...

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Internet Resources, Open source Updated: May 5, 2016

Seeking Michigan!

  The Michigan Historical Center provides a unique online collection of Michigan archival material called Seeking Michigan.  Get lost browsing through state census records, death records, civil war documents, photographs, oral histories, sheet music, old maps, and old postcards.   Curious about  how great grandpa Joe died? Was he kicked in the head by his horse? Did he fall into the outhouse? Or was he shot in a shoot out? Put those family rumors to rest and find out in the...

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Internet Resources Updated: August 11, 2015

Digital Literacy – How literate are you?

What do you think of when you hear the phrase digital literacy?  Knowing how to use Google to make a restaurant reservation?   Being able to  knock out a PowerPoint presentation that won’t put your audience to sleep? Sure that’s all part of it.  It’s also knowing when the right source of information may be a print dictionary.  While there may not be a clear agreed upon definition,  the concept addresses the ability to “recognize when information is needed and have...

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Internet Resources, Research Assistance Updated: April 1, 2015

Finding health statistics

Looking for health related stats can be a daunting task. There’s so much info out there, how do you find the right fact?   The good news is lots of reliable info is freely available through various federal government sites.  Many have tutorials to help with use of the data.   A good place to start is the National Center for Health Statistics site maintained by the CDC [Center for  Disease Control]. You can find birth, death, marriage and death...

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Internet Resources, Medical Resources, Research Assistance Updated: January 21, 2015

Finding Copyright Free Images

Creating a PowerPoint presentation for a classroom project?  Adding pictures can make a slide POP!  Because it can be so easy to find images on the internet, are you thinking of grabbing one and putting it onto a slide?  Be careful.  Most pictures or images are copyrighted.  There are several websites where the images may be freely copied without seeking permission to use. However, you should still cite the original creator according to the style preferred, such as APA, MLA, Chicago, etc. Library...

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Citing, Internet Resources Updated: November 18, 2014

PubMed

PubMed is a free database created by the National Library of Medicine [NLM], a part of the National Institute of Health. It’s the best place to begin a literature search on any healthcare, medicine, nursing, dentistry or basic science topic. It is the broadest index of medical, science, and healthcare.  There are currently about 24 million citations from about 5,500 journals. Here are some short tutorials about searching PubMed. While the site is free, access to the full text of...

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Database Information, Internet Resources, Medical Resources Updated: August 6, 2014

MathVids: For College Math

Does math make sense to you? Is math that one class where you struggle? Need a little extra help? Get math help free. Learn at your own pace. Find the same lesson taught by multiple teachers giving you different explanations. You can even brush up on your high school math. Certified math teachers screen and approve all videos. MathVids is organized like a math textbook, allowing you to browse by topic and course. College math topics include calculus I, II,...

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Internet Resources Updated: June 16, 2014

African American Studies at UDM

Have you ever thought about exploring African American Studies? Curious about what that even means? Don’t know where to start looking? Well, one place to begin an exploration would b to take a look at the homepage for the African American Studies Program. Here you’ll find a complete description of the program, the certificate, links to requirements, program history, and events. “African American Studies at UDM is a multidisciplinary program that promotes the understanding of the African-American experience through scholarship,...

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Internet Resources Updated: May 28, 2014

Finding reliable drug information

It can be difficult to find reliable information in medications on the web.   As with all websites,  you need to ask yourself who created this site and what’s the intent.  Websites about specific drugs are often created by pharmaceutical companies and are for marketing purposes.  Be skeptical of site with a .com address:  Lunesta.com and Purplepill.com  [for Prilosec] are intended to sell the drug. There still could be useful information there, but you’re better off using sites intended to produce...

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Internet Resources, Research Assistance, Uncategorized Updated: May 23, 2014
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