Reference World

I like this new site. It had the origins of the phrase Gordon Bennett. What more could a reference librarian want

Phrase Finder
http://www.phrases.org.uk/index.html

Who ever thought we'd be afraid of chickens? The news about bird flu has people wanting to know more. Here are some sites that might help answer questions

The CDC's basics on Avian Flu
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/

Information from the US Dept. of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/gi/global_issues/bird_flu.html

The World Health Organizations Fact Sheet
http://www.who.int/csr/don/2004_01_15/en/

Links created by MedlinePlus
http://search.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/query?DISAMBIGUATION=true&FUNCTION=search&SERVER2=server2&SERVER1=server1&PARAMETER=bird+flu
More Medline Links including news articles
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/birdflu.html

These will be a good starting point.

I'm a couple of weeks late as Hispanic Heritage Month runs from September 15 to October 15, but better late than never. These are some sites that may be of interest.

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month
http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/chh/
The Pew Foundation does research on many social issues. They have a Hispanic Center you can check out.
http://pewhispanic.org/

This is a special report from the census bureau on Hispanics in America
http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/censr-18.pdf

Browse the Chicano Digital Image Collection
http://cemaweb.library.ucsb.edu/digitalArchives.html

Try taking the famous Hispanic Americans Quiz
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/TM/WS_hispanic.shtml

Learn Spanish online
http://www.studyspanish.com/tutorial.htm