Chapter 8
From Pop Goes the Library
Amazon.com, list of films available on DVD, searched by keyword “American Football,” http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_d?url=search-alias%3Ddvd&field-keywords=american+football
Motion Picture Licensing Company, http://www.mplc.com
Official Super Bowl Website, http://www.superbowl.com
Super Bowl Ads Information Clearinghouse, http://www.superbowlads.com
UPDATE: ALA's website is undergoing maintenance & updating -- it's unavailable as of 8/1/08. Association for Library Services to Children (ALSC) Literary Awards, http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/literaryrelated.htm
Canadian Library Association Book Awards, http://www.cla.ca/awards/bookaw.htm
Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards, http://www.cbc.org.au/awards.htm
The CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Children’s Book Awards, http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk
Costa Book Awards (formerly Whitbread Book Awards), http://www.costabookawards.com
The Man Booker Prize, http://www.themanbookerprize.com
National Book Awards, http://www.nationalbook.org/nba.html
Nestle/Smarties Prize, http://www.booktrusted.co.uk/nestle
PEN/Faulkner Award, http://www.penfaulkner.org
The Pulitzer Prizes, http://www.pulitzer.org
Sydney Taylor Book Award, http://www.jewishlibraries.org/ajlweb/awards/st_books.htm
UPDATE: ALA's website is undergoing maintenance & updating -- it's unavailable as of 8/1/08. YALSA Booklists and Book Awards, http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists
Chinese Cultural Center of San Francisco, Celebration of the Chinese New Year, http://www.c-c-c.org/chineseculture/festival/newyear/newyear.html
Information on the Chinese New Year, Government Information Office, Republic of China (Taiwan), http://www.gio.gov.tw/info/festival_c/spring_e/spring.htm
UPDATE: ALA's website is undergoing maintenance & updating -- it's unavailable as of 8/1/08. ALA Fact Sheet Number 7, Video and Copyright, http://www.ala.org/ala/alalibrary/libraryfactsheet/alalibraryfactsheet7.htm
IMDb Movie Festivals and Events Worldwide, http://www.imdb.com/festivals
Motion Picture Licensing Corporation Umbrella License, http://www.mplc.com/umbrella.php
Movie Licensing USA—Public Libraries, http://www.movlic.com/library/index.html
Sundance Institute, http://www2.sundance.org
Renew Media, Looking At: Jazz, http://www.nvr.org/lookingatjazz
Film Movement, http://www.filmmovement.com
FL Studio (formerly Fruity Loops), http://www.flstudio.com
Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, Academy Awards, http://www.oscars.org
UPDATE: new host for this excellently snarky blog -- 8/1/08 -- Go Fug Yourself, http://gofugyourself.celebuzz.com/
Infoplease.com’s Movie Awards, http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0777584.html
Infoplease.com’s Music Awards list, http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0777597.html
StoryCorps’ DIY Guide, http://www.storycorps.net/record-yourstory/cant-come-to-us/diy-guide
Gale Free Resources on Women’s History, http://www.gale.com/free_resources/whm
Girlstart: Empowering Girls in Math, Science, and Technology, http://www.girlstart.org
National Women’s History Museum, Educational Resources, http://www.nwhm.org/Education/education_index.html
National Women’s History Project, http://www.nwhp.org
StoryCorps, http://www.storycorps.net
Time for Kids—Women’s History Month, http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/specials/whm/0,8805,101044,00.html
Wikipedia—Quizbowl, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiz_bowl
The Women’s Museum: An Institute for the Future, http://www.thewomensmuseum.org
UPDATE: In spite of the rest of ala.org being inaccessible as of 8/1/08, the ALA Store is available. ALA Store, http://www.alastore.ala.org
LANParty.com’s Small LANParty Network Setup, http://www.lanparty.com/theguide/network.shtm
LANParty.com’s So You Wanna Host a LANParty?, http://www.lanparty.com/theguide/hostingaparty.shtm
Roger Hart’s Ladder of Young People’s Participation, http://www.freechild.org/ladder.htm
UPDATE: ALA's website is undergoing maintenance & updating -- it's unavailable as of 8/1/08. YALSA’S Teen Tech Week, http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/teentechweek
UPDATE: URL needed small fix, 8/1/08 -- AARP.org Tax-Aide Locator, https://locator.aarp.org/vmis/sites/tax_aide_locator.jsp
AARP.org, Ask Your Federal Tax Questions, http://www.aarp.org/money/taxaide/taxcounseling/ask_tax_question.html
AARP.org Tax-Aide, http://www.aarp.org/money/taxaide
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, http://www.aicpa.org
CafePress.com, http://www.cafepress.com
Internal Revenue Service (IRS), http://www.irs.gov
United States Memorial Holocaust Museum: Organizing a Holocaust Remembrance Day, http://www.ushmm.org/remembrance/dor/organize
Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority, http://www.yadvashem.org
Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), Torah.org, http://www.torah.org/learning/yomtov/holocaust
Cinco de Mayo, http://holidays.kaboose.com/cinco-de-mayo
Martha Stewart—Cinco de Mayo, http://www.marthastewart.com/cinco-de-mayo?lnc=f97c442d8f35f010VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&rsc=leftnav_holiday_other-holidays
U.S. Census Bureau Fact Sheet on Cinco de Mayo, http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/009726.html
GardenWeb, http://www.gardenweb.com
National Gardening Association, http://www.garden.org
You Grow Girl, http://www.yougrowgirl.com
National Invasive Species Information Center (National Agricultural Library, U.S. Department of Agriculture), http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/plants/databases.shtml
PLANTS Database (Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture), http://plants.usda.gov
UI Plants (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), http://woodyplants.nres.uiuc.edu
Brooklyn Botanic Garden All-Region Guides, http://www.bbg.org/gar2/handbooks
Fine Gardening, http://www.taunton.com/finegardening
Horticulture Magazine, http://www.hortmag.com
The Garden Conservancy, http://www.gardenconservancy.org
The Garden Conservancy’s Open Days Program, http://www.gardenconservancy.org/opendays
North American Butterfly Association (NABA), http://www.naba.org
Raising Butterflies from Your Garden, NABA, NJ Chapter, http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabanj/bgarden.html
PBS: The Victory Garden, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/victorygarden
Canadian Heritage—Victoria Day, http://www.canadianheritage.gc.ca/progs/cpsc-ccsp/jfa-ha/victoria_e.cfm
The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive, http://diamond.boisestate.edu/gas
United States Croquet Association, http://www.croquetamerica.com
The Futon Critic, http://www.thefutoncritic.com
Internet Movie Database (IMDb), http://www.imdb.com
TV.com, http://www.tv.com
NPR: Gay Pop Music: Three Albums Reflect the Rise of Gay Civil Rights, http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1306240
PFLAG: Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, http://www.pflag.org
GLSEN: The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, http://www.glsen.org
COLAGE: Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere, http://www.colage.org
Gay Financial Network, http://www.gfn.com
UPDATED URL 07/29/08 Lesbian and Gay Aging Issues Network, http://www.asaging.org/networks/index.cfm?cg=LAIN
National Women’s History Project: History of Gay and Lesbian Pride Month, http://www.nwhp.org/news/gayandlesbian_month.php
National Archives, http://www.archives.gov
Library of Congress, http://www.loc.gov
American Bar Association: Putting on Mock Trials, http://www.abanet.org/publiced/mocktrialguide.pdf
Library of Congress—Declaration of Independence, http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/DeclarInd.html
Mock Trial Scripts, http://www.classbrain.com/artteensm/publish/cat_index_11.shtml
The National Archives Experience—The Charters of Freedom, http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/declaration.html
UPDATED URL 07/29/08 New Jersey State Bar Foundation—Mock Trial Videotapes, http://www.njsbf.org/for-the-public/public-videotapes/470.html
PBS: Liberty! The American Revolution, http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty
Supreme Court of the United States, http://www.supremecourtus.gov
French Culture: Official Website of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, http://www.frenchculture.org
White Dog Café’s Bastille Day Street Party, http://www.whitedog.com/bastille.html
Comic-Con International, San Diego, http://www.comic-con.org
ComicBookConventions.com’s Conventions Calendar, http://www.comicbookconventions.com/conventions.htm
American Academy of Pediatrics—Back to School Tips (also available in Spanish), http://www.aap.org/advocacy/releases/augschool.htm
KidsHealth—Going Back to School, http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/school/back_to_school.html
Learn in Freedom!, http://learninfreedom.org
National Center for Education Statistics—Homeschooling in the United States: 2003, http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2006042
National Home Education Network, http://www.nhen.org
U.S. Department of Education—Getting Ready for College Early, http://www.ed.gov/pubs/GettingReadyCollegeEarly/index.html
Rakhi: The Thread of Love, http://hinduism.about.com/library/weekly/aa080800a.htm
Wikipedia—Rakhi (Raksha Bhandan), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raksha_Bhandan
Defamer, http://www.defamer.com
E!Online, http://www.eonline.com
FindLaw, http://www.findlaw.com
CheapCooking.com, http://www.cheapcooking.com
Cooking for Engineers, http://www.cookingforengineers.com
Cooking Light, http://www.cookinglight.com
Epicurious, http://www.epicurious.com
Every Day with Rachael Ray, http://www.rachaelraymag.com
Food Network, http://www.foodnetwork.com
HistoryCooks.com, http://www.historycooks.com
Martha Stewart’s Everyday Food, http://www.marthastewart.com/everyday-food
Waterboro (ME) Public Library—Culinary Mysteries Booklist, http://www.waterborolibrary.org/oldsite/bklistm.htm#mystcul
UPDATED: url corrected 07/29/08 DPL Teen Service Blog—Fear Factor, http://dplteenservices.blogspot.com/2007/07/35-brave-souls-showed-up-for-fear.html
Brewing Techniques, magazine archive, http://brewingtechniques.com/index.html
Epicurious—Macaroni and Cheese recipes, http://tinyurl.com/y4xz9w
Oktoberfest in Leavenworth, WA, http://www.leavenworthoktoberfest.com
The Oktoberfest Website, http://www.oktoberfest.de/en
CBC News InDepth: Islam, http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/islam
Essentials of Ramadan, the Fasting Month, http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/pillars/fasting/tajuddin/fast_1.html
Ramadan Fast and Eid-ul-Fitr, http://www.msichicago.org/scrapbook/scrapbook_exhibits/catw2004/traditions/countries/ramadan.html
U.S Department of State—Muslim Life in America, http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/muslimlife
New York Times, “A Mexican Feast for Bodies and Souls,” http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/27/dining/27DEAD.html
Arizona Republic, Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), http://www.azcentral.com/ent/dead
Arizona Republic, Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), Teacher Packet, http://www.azcentral.com/ent/dead/teachers/teacherpacket_edited.pdf
Sugar Skull Making Instructions, http://www.mexicansugarskull.com/mexicansugarskull/recipe.htm
Sugar Skull Molds & Supplies, http://www.mexicansugarskull.com/mexicansugarskull/sugarskullmolds.htm
BritainUSA—Remembrance Day, http://www.britainusa.com/sections/articles_show_nt1.asp?d=0&i=60062&L1=41013&L2=41013&a=45235
Canadian War Museum—Armistice Day, http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/remember/armisticeday_e.html
In Flanders Fields by John McCrae (full text), http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/19464
UPDATED: url corrected 07/29/08 Library of Congress on Flickr—1930s–40s in color photoset, http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/sets/72157603671370361/
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs—Veterans Day, http://www1.va.gov/opa/vetsday
Veterans of Foreign Wars, http://www.vfw.org
Celebrating the Holidays in an Interfaith Family, http://www.babycenter.com/0_celebrating-the-holidays-in-an-interfaithfamily_9838.bc
Interfaith Calendar, http://www.interfaithcalendar.org
InterfaithFamily.com, http://www.interfaithfamily.com
Torah Tots, http://www.torahtots.com
