Last Updated November 6, 2009

THE MARTIN LUTHER KING Jr. MEMORIAL LIBRARY

AND INFORMATION RESOURCE CENTER

LUSAKA, ZAMBIA

 

 

 

 

OUR WEBSITE OF THE MONTH

 

Digital Research Tools (DiRT)

http://digitalresearchtools.pbworks.com/

DiRT is wiki site that collects information about tools and resources that can help scholars (particularly in the humanities and social sciences) conduct research more efficiently or creatively.  It provides a directory of tools organized by research activity

This site is excellent and is recommended by IRC Lusaka, Zambia!

 

LATEST eJOURNAL 

Find the latest America.gov eJournal here (free): The U.S. Supreme Court: Equal Justice Under Law

The U.S. Supreme Court.pdf

Access the accompanying Internet Resources here: Internet Resources on the U.S. Supreme Court.pdf

 

E-RESOURCES

 

A. New book available online: Search User Interfaces by Marti A. Hearst [with permission of Cambridge University Press that has placed the full text online free of charge]:  http://searchuserinterfaces.com/book/

 

"This book focuses on the human users of search engines and the tool they use to interact with them: the search user interface. The truly worldwide reach of the Web has brought with it a new realization among computer scientists and laypeople of the enormous importance of usability and user interface design. In the last ten years, much has become understood about what works in search interfaces from a usability perspective, and what does not. Researchers and practitioners have developed a wide range of innovative interface ideas, but only the most broadly acceptable make their way into major web search engines. This book summarizes these developments, presenting the state of the art of search interface design, both in academic research and in deployment in commercial systems. Many books describe the algorithms behind search engines and information retrieval systems, but the unique focus of this book is specifically on the user interface."  NeW

 

Digital Libraries

Digital Libraries BIB rev.pdf

 

B. Journalism Resources

Free resources for journalists: JOURNALISTS+2009+OCT+22+2009rev.pdf

 

C. Library Science Resources

Library Science Quick Links  2009.pdf

 

 

D. Access free eBooks here: 

Free eBooks9 2009[1].pdf

 

E. Mobile Book: Obama in His Own Words

Mobile books are books that can be downloaded to your mobile phone. Once saved to your mobile, you can open and read your library of mobile books as often as you like, FREE OF CHARGE and with no network signal required to access them.Download a copy of President Barack Obama: In His Own Words: http://ow.ly/jm3j new

 

 

IRC PROGRAMS

 

 

http://irclusakazam.pbworks.com/IRC-Programs

 

RESEARCHERS' RESOURCES

• 'Start your research here: Researchers' Toolkit October 4 2009rev.pdf updated October 4, 2009:  (Created by Information Resource Officer (IRO) Steve Perry from State Department, Washington, D.C.) 'New 

• Distance Learning Specific Courses.rev.pdf

• Climate Change.revlatest.pdf  

• Free Database of Journal Articles from the Directory of Open Access Journals: http://www.doaj.org 

• View a color Powerpont on Elections and Obama by Wendy Simmons.ppt

• A PowerPoint on Free Quality Online Resources For Students, Academics and Lifelong Learners: Free Quality Resources - PowerPoint.ppt .ppt (Prepared by IRO Steve Perry)' 

• A WIKI of research resources, with bibliographies in many areas of interest, as well as brand new web resources that have just been published: access this WIKI here: http://tinyurl.com/6dfaxn  (Created by IRO Steve Perry)   

• Women's Empowerment Bibliography: Women Empowerment Bibliography.doc 

• NGO Workshop Materials:NGO Resources and  NGO Workshop Bibliography.doc 

•  ESL '[English as a Second Language] Bibliographyrev.pdf 'Contains many free lesson plans for teachers''(Created byIRO Steve Perry)'

 

TEACHERS' RESOURCES

• Grammar Lessons, Free ESL activities, Curriculum Guides:

  ESL Lesson Plans 2009.doc

   

• Free Lesson Plans for Teachers.rev.pdf

 

IRC RESOURCES

 

A. IRC Book Catalog

 

Check our IRC Lusaka, Zambia library holdings through this Internet Site:

http://www.librarything.com/catalog/irclusakazam

 

B. IRC DVD Holdings

 

Check our Movie and DVD Holdings at the Lusaka, Zambia IRC here:

MLK Movie Directory.pdf   and

MLK Movie Title Idex.pdf

You can watch both latest and classic American movies and informative documentaries on our portable DVD players

 

 

Article Alerts, Polls and Think Tanks

 

Article Alerts, Polls and Think Tanks

Latest: Polls & Think Tanks October2009.doc,

Latest: Article AlertNo1209 October 2, 2009.doc

 

 

 

INTERACT WITH U.S. EMBASSY LUSAKA

• Here is our Embassy TWITTER site: 

  http://twitter.com/usembassyzambia

   

• Here is our Embassy YOUTUBE site:

  http://www.youtube.com/usembassyzambia

    

• Here is the US Embassy site on FACEBOOK:

  http://www.facebook.com/usembassyzambia?ref=ts

   

• Here is the Obama song created by our very gifted Zambian musicians: 

  http://www.zamtunes.com/index.php?act=viewProd&productid=487 

   

• Here is our official Embassy website:

  http://zambia.usembassy.gov 

• The IRC official Embassy site is at: 

  http://zambia.usembassy.gov/irc.html

• Find the latest America.gov eJournal here (free): This EJournal is titled Climate Change Perspectives http://www.america.gov/media/pdf/ejs/0909.pdf#popup

• Finally, http://www.america.gov allows you to access many free Ejournals and publications. This site has daily updates! Highly recommended by the IRC in Lusaka, Zambia