James Kibbie - Complete Bach Organ Works Free Download

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James Kibbie - Complete Bach Organ Works Free Download

Download for free the complete organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by Dr. James Kibbie, Professor of Organ at the University of Michigan.



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Free Online Academic Resources (Updated: Sep 2010)

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Looking for online academic resources (courses, lectures, etc.)? Here is a listing of useful sites for you to get started:

• Khan Academy
  The Khan Academy is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) with the mission of providing a world-class education to anyone, anywhere. Despite being the work of one man, Salman Khan, this 1600+ video library is the most-used educational video resource as measured by YouTube video views per day and unique users per month. We are complementing this ever-growing library with user-paced exercises--developed as an open-source project--allowing the Khan Academy to become the free classroom for the World.
  
  
• 150 Free Textbooks: A Meta Collection
  Free textbooks (aka open textbooks) written by knowledgable scholars are a relatively new phenomenon.
  
  
• Search Tools for OpenCourseWare Consortium Courses
  
  
• AcademicEarth


• Berkeley WebCast


• Harvard@Home


• iTunes U


• MIT OpenCourseware


• OpenYale


• YouTube EDU


• Free Online Courses from Top Universities
  


• Free Foreign Language Lessons


• Free AudioBooks

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Misusing Footnotes, Endnotes & References in Academic Writing

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An American Editor has penned a witty piece on the use and abuses of footnotes, endnotes and references in academic writing: Footnotes, Endnotes, & References: Uses and Abuses.

This is a must-read for students and academics writing academic papers. The author reminds academic writers to focus on what is really important and avoid excessive and unnecessary references that distract from the main text.

Link: Footnotes, Endnotes, & References: Uses and Abuses



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Plagiarism Resources

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Plagiarism is becoming more rampant on U.S. college campuses. To address this problem, several universities have come up with online resources to help students understand and avoid plagiarism. Here is a list of online resources that I use:

• Plagiarism Test: How to recognize Plagiarism (Indiana University Bloomington School of Education)
  
  
• Plagiarism Resource Site (Center for Educational Technology/Colby/Bates/Bowdoin)

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Decoding text Messaging and Chat Abbreviations

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Ever been stumped by an abbreviation in an e-mail, instant message, or text message that you received? You might want to consult Webopedia's Text Messaging and Chat Abbreviations: A Guide to Understanding Text Messages, Chat Abbreviations, and Twitter Messages. With more than 1,300 abbreviations defined and the list is updated and expanded regularly, you should be able to find the meaning of any e-mail, instant or text message abbreviation that you encounter.

Link: Text Messaging and Chat Abbreviations: A Guide to Understanding Text Messages, Chat Abbreviations, and Twitter Messages



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Online Stylebooks

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Needing to look up a specific style quickly?

Mary Beth Protomastro has collected a helpful list of online style manuals and guides at: OnlineStylebooks.com

You can search by keyword or even browse online stylebooks alphabetically or by subject.

Link: OnlineStylebooks.com

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Search Tools for OpenCourseWare Consortium Courses

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Looking for free/open access university courses that are published under the OpenCourseWare (OCW) Consortium initiative? Here are some tools/search engines to get you started:

• OCWSearch
  
  
• OCWFinder
  
  
• OpenCourseWare Consortium's Course Finder
  
  
• Online Education Database's OpenCourseWare Collections
  

See also my previous blog posting: Free Online Academic Resources

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Free Online Translation Tools

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Here is a list of useful, free online tools that allow you to perform on the fly translation:

• Google Translate (NB: simply the most useful free online translation tool that allows you to translate webpages, text, or upload a document for translation.)
  
  
• Free Online Translator (from Translation-Guide.com)

Free Online Academic Resources

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SEE UPDATED POST: Free Online Academic Resources (Updated: Sep 2010)

Looking for online academic resources (courses, lectures, etc.)? Here is a listing of useful sites for you to get started:

• Search Tools for OpenCourseWare Consortium Courses
  
  
• AcademicEarth


• Berkeley WebCast


• Harvard@Home


• iTunes U


• MIT OpenCourseware


• OpenYale


• YouTube EDU


• Free Online Courses from Top Universities


• Free Foreign Language Lessons


• Free AudioBooks

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UPDATED: Pew Research on the Millennials

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Who are the Millennials? How are they different from previous generations, i.e., Boomers, Gen-X? How are they transforming higher education and the workplace? More importantly, how are they reshaping the socio-cultural landscape?

In an attempt to address these questions, the Pew Research Center has conducted research on the Millennials. Here are the links to the fruits of their research:

• Take the Quiz: How Millennial Are You?
  


• [NEW] 77 Million: The Millennial Count
  
  
• Millennials: A Portrait of Generation Next
  


• A Profile of The Millennials


• Millennials: They’re Younger -- But Their Preferences Aren't That Different


• The Millennials: Confident. Connected. Open to Change
  


• Religion Among the Millennials
  Millennials are less religiously active than older Americans, but are fairly traditional in other ways. (See also: Report Summary)
  

Recommended Reading List For Black History Month (February)

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Link: A Reconciliation Reading List For Black History Month

Linda Leigh Hargrove provides a comprehensive reading list of recommended books on race relations/race reconciliation for Black History month.

Teoría: Music Theory Web

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Link: Teoría: Music Theory Web

Teoría: Music Theory Web provides a comprehensive range of resources for the study of music theory, with online tutorials, exercises, reference materials, and articles.

Choosing an E-Book Reader

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E-books are all the rage. What began with Amazon's Kindle has spread with products from Barnes and Noble, Sony, and now Apple's iPad.

Looking for an e-book reader? Here is a roundup of reviews and other resources to get you started:

• How the E-Readers Stack Up (CNNMoney.com)
  


• Curl Up With A Good E-Reader (Kiplinger.com)
  


• Apple's iPad vs Kindle DX: Which is Better for Education? (PCWorld.com)


• The iPad versus the Kindle: No Contest (PCMag.com)
  


• E-Book Readers Comparison (PCMag.com)
  


• Top 5 E-Book Readers (PCWorld.com)
  

Useful Sites for Frugal Academics & Students

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Roundup of useful sites for frugal academics and students:

• The best sites to download free movies, music, TV and books (TechRadar)


• Bigwords.com -- a search engine aggregator that crawls the web for the best deals to buy or sell your old textbooks, etc


• Amazon.com's Textbooks Trade-In
  No-hassle way of unloading unwanted textbooks and getting some money for it.

See also my previous blog post:

• Book Swap Sites

Roundup of Useful U.S. Civil Rights Resources

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Roundup of useful U.S. civil rights resources (historical, political, ethnic, religious, contemporary):

• Library of Congress' Civil Rights Resource Guide


• Reporting Civil Rights (Library of America)


• Civil Rights Meetup Groups
  


• White House's Civil Rights Resource Page


• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)


• Southern Poverty Law Center
  


• 80-20 Initiative (Asian American)


• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)


• Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
  


• Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR)


• National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
  


• Asian American Justice Center
  


• Asian Law Caucus
  

Useful Legal Research Resources

Roundup of useful legal research resources:

• US Code (hosted by OpenJurist.org)
  


• GovPulse.us: US Federal Register made more accessible and searchable


• OpenJurist.org: Search US Supreme Court and Federal Courts reports
  


• MetaJuris: Searching Free/Open Access Legal Databases


• Guide to Free/Low Cost Legal Research

Map Resources

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Looking for maps for classroom or research use? Here is a list of sites where you can download useful maps:

• Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection:
  Here you will find all kinds of maps, e.g., historical, political, sociological, local, international, etc. A very comprehensive website that I highly recommend.
  
  
  
• Israel's Story in Maps (Contemporary)
  Sponsored by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Has an excellent selection of contemporary map resources for Israel.
  
  
  
• Maps on Judaism (Historical and Contemporary):
  Produced by Routledge for their textbook, Judaism: History, Belief and Practice, this site has every conceivable map for use with the study of historical and contemporary Judaism.
  

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