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The Pyramids

December 31st, 2004

National Geographic: Egypt Pyramids
National Geographic consistently makes some of the best sites to share with kids. Here they offer an online exploration of the Eqyptian pyramids. The site provides photographs, facts, a time line, and diagrams.


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December 31st, 2004 05:25:23

Ask Listen Learn

December 31st, 2004

Ask Listen Learn is a site to help parents talk to their children about alcohol. It has a special page for kids, vidoes, resources, and a pledge to sign.
Via Librarians’ Index to the Internet.


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December 31st, 2004 05:17:42

Clean Software

December 30th, 2004

CleanSoftware provides a collection of Windows software that is free of adware, spyware, and privacy threats. Categories include internet, multimedia, office, security and utilities.


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December 30th, 2004 06:14:37

Muslim WakeUp

December 30th, 2004

Muslim WakeUp fights to provide a balanced view of the Muslim faith separate from the extremist factions.


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December 30th, 2004 06:07:39

Free Site Content

December 29th, 2004

Freesticky offers free and low cost content for websites. The content on the site includes cartoons, competitions, games, news headlines, tickers and weather.


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December 29th, 2004 09:13:55

Online Computer Magazine

December 28th, 2004

Home Computer Magazine from the UK is available free online via pdf. It is funded entirely by ad revenue rather than subscription fees.


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December 28th, 2004 05:50:42

Wikipedia Demonstrates Its Depth

December 27th, 2004

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There have been librarians who scoffed at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that is contributed to by its users. But there is absolutely nothing to scoff at with their coverage of the earthquake and its following tsunamis. It is incredibly comprehensive and well done.


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December 27th, 2004 18:32:38

Imaginary Lit

December 23rd, 2004

Invisible Library “is a collection of books that only appear in other books.” For book lovers this is a fascinating and wonderful walk down a literary memory lane.


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December 23rd, 2004 07:04:16

ManyBooks

December 22nd, 2004

manybooks.net
A site offering over 10,000 free eBooks to be read on your PDA. Users can browse by author, title, category or language. The site also has recommendations.


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December 22nd, 2004 06:14:11

Legal Online Music

December 21st, 2004

The Red Ferret Journal offers this collection of 1 Million Free & Legal Music Tracks filled with portals, links, review sites, streaming music, net labels and band sites. This is the site to go to if you want access to legal online music of almost any kind.


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December 21st, 2004 09:09:23