SELECTED WEBSITES
November 2007

BUSINESS

The Livingston Survey
www.philadelphiafed.org/econ/liv
Started in 1946 by the columnist Joseph Livingston, it is the oldest continuous survey of economists’ expectations. It summarizes the forecasts of economists from industry, government, banking, and academia. The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia took responsibility for the survey in 1990. Published twice a year (June and December), this site maintains an archive from 1998.

EDUCATION

KidsClick!
www.kidsclick.org
This website is a project created by a group of librarians at the Ramapo Catskill Library System. Its aim is to direct school age children (K-7) to age-appropriate web sites covering over 600 subjects. The subjects include the arts, science, history, religion, reading, and many more. The sites are non-commercial and free. They are to be entertaining and enlightening while offering a balanced treatment of social issues.

HUMANITIES

WordNet
http://wordnet.princeton.edu
WordNet is a large lexical database of the English language. The site was developed by a group led by George Miller at the Cognitive Science Laboratory of Princeton University. Nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs are grouped into sets of cognitive synonyms (synsets) each expressing a distinct concept. This is an excellent dictionary/thesaurus.

NATURAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS

How Volcanoes Work
www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work
Dr. Vic Camp of San Diego State University constructed and maintains this award winning site. It is sponsored by NASA and is intended for use by college level students and teachers of earth science and geology. Some of the sections covered are eruption dynamics, volcanic landforms, historical eruptions, and planetary volcanism. The site has 400 images and many links.

SOCIAL SCIENCES

A New Nation Votes
http://dca.tufts.edu/features/aas
American Election Returns 1787-1825 is the subtitle of this site which is funded by the American Antiquarian Society and the National Endowment for the Humanities and brought together by the Tufts Digital Library. One person, Philip J. Lampi of the American Antiquarian Society, compiled the data after a 40-year effort. The user will find information by candidate, year, office and state. The advanced search option has two drop down menus for search by party affiliation and by office. Both are quite detailed and extensive. This site and its creator are mentioned within a book review of a recent September issue of The New Yorker. Lampi searched through primary resources such as newspapers, original election ballots and County histories that were published in the 19th century. This is an invaluable labor of love by Mr. Lampi.