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Linked-In Wednesday: Wordnik
A dictionary that’s fun? Yes, it’s true. If you are looking for an online dictionary or thesaurus, Wordnik is a great option. Wordnik fulfills its function as a dictionary comprehensively by giving definitions, pronunciation and etymology from several dictionaries for each word. … Continue reading
Linked-In Wednesday: nasaimages.org
NASA Images takes stargazing to the next level! Explore the universe with NASA without leaving your home. NASA Images was created through a partnership between NASA and the Internet Archive, a non-profit digital library based in San Francisco, to bring … Continue reading
Linked-In Wednesday – PoetryFoundation.org
Need to make a toast? Find poems for weddings, commitment ceremonies and other occasions. Poetryfoundation.org makes finding just the right poem easy. You can search by specific types of occasions, like weddings, or by specific holidays. There are also tools for … Continue reading
Linked-In Wednesday: Front Pages
The Newseum displays today’s front pages on its website through a special agreement with more than 800 newspapers worldwide. Keep in mind that the front pages are from all over the world and are in their original, unedited form. Can … Continue reading
Linked-In Wednesday: LIFE photo archive
“Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today. Most were never published and are now available for the first time through the joint work of LIFE and Google.” I was immediately intrigued when I read … Continue reading
