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- A+ Research & Writing
- Need to write a research paper? Want to do an A+ job without going totally NUTS? Here's help! A+ Research & Writing for high school and college students was created by Kathryn L. Schwartz.
- Associations on the Net
- Guide to web sites of prominent organizations and associations.
- The Author Page
- Want to know what your favorite author looks like? Read a biography, see a photo, and look at the answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about authors like Avi, Natalie Babbitt, Matt Christopher, and Daniel Pinkwater (plus more!).
- Blogs
- A selected list of blogs on a range of topics, including how to create your own blog. Subjects include law, books, food, travel, medicine, history, politics, business, and more.
- Deaf and Hard of Hearing Resources
- Online resources for the deaf and hard of hearing.
- Election
- A selection of highly useful resources on voting and upcoming elections.
- Exhibits
- Collection of unique, multimedia presentations. From lighthouse photographs to the classics of Western music, there's something here for everyone!
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), or You Are Not Alone (Maybe)
- Answers to some of the IPL's most frequently asked reference questions.
- German Ready Reference Collection
- A collection of ready reference materials in German (with German & English descriptions of the resources).
- Goldstein Children's Collection Podcasts
- A podcast library of audio and visual children's stories, read aloud with colorful artworks from the books, from the Florida State University (FSU) College of Information Goldstein Library's amazing collection of children's books, many of which are out of copyright.
- Goldstein Lawson Collection
- Collection of art work in the Florida State University (FSU) College of Information Goldstein Library. Art work is by artist Robert Lawson who won Caldecott and Newberry Medals for writing and illustration.
- Hurricane Preparedness & Response for Florida Public Libraries
- This information portal offers best practices guidelines, training presentations, online forums for collaboration and discussion, and links to and citations for resources on hurricane preparedness for public libraries and local communities in Florida as well as any of the coastal U.S. states.
- Literary Criticism
- The IPL Literary Criticism Collection contains critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by nationality and literary period.
- Museums
- Guide to museums and related cultural institutions devoted to offering general and/or specialized exhibitions to the public. Includes links to virtual museums as well as links to the Web pages of physical museums.
- Native American Authors
- Provides information on Native North American authors with bibliographies of their published works, biographical information, and links to online resources including interviews, online texts and tribal websites.
- Pathfinders
- Pathfinders are "IPL Expert Guides" intended to help you get started doing research on a particular topic, both online and at your local library. These are our most frequently used and updated pathfinders:
- Podcasts
- A selected list of podcasts on a range of topics, including how to create your own podcast. Subjects include law, books, food, travel, medicine, history, politics, business, and more.
- POTUS
- Comprehensive site on the American presidency includes biographies, speeches and writings, election results, odd facts and presidency highlights.
- State Library Agency and State Digital Library List
- The IPL has collected a list of all state library agency homepages and a list of all digital libraries maintained or supported by states. These are all states in the United States.
- Stately Knowledge
- Facts and information for kids and adults about the American states, plus where to go to find more.
- Web Technologies
- Looking for image editors, office software suites or other applications to soup up your social networking activities? The tools you need are probably available for free on the Web. Browse this collection of web-based applications to find innovative and popular examples of Web 2.0 technology, most of which are suitable for even novice users.
What is the IPL?
The Internet Public Library is a public library for the world wide web.
Students from a consortium of colleges and universities with programs in information science develop and maintain the IPL!
Here are some of the partners in the IPL Consortium. A complete list is found on the IPL Consortium page.
The Internet Public Library is hosted by The iSchool at Drexel, College of Information Science and Technology,
with major support from the College of Information at Florida State University.
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