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publication in a Springer journal beginning in 2009 will be published
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25,000+ Educational Resources & Subject Guides with Degree Information
Academic Info is an independent online subject directory of over 25,000 hand-picked educational resources for high school and college students. Academic Info also features subject guides with information about distance education and online degree options, as well as admissions test preparation resources (SAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT, GMAT, USMLE, TOEFL).
CWIS (pronounced see-wis) is software to assemble, organize, and share collections of data about resources, like Yahoo! or Google Directory but conforming to international and academic standards for metadata. CWIS was specifically created to help build collections of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) resources and connect them into NSF's National Science Digital Library, but can be (and is being) used for a wide variety of other purposes.
Some of the features of CWIS include:
* resource annotations and ratings (a la Amazon)
* keyword searching (with phrase and exclusion support a la Google)
* fielded searching
* recommender system (a la Amazon)
* OAI 2.0 export (with oai_dc and nsdl_dc schemas)
* RSS feed support
* integrated metadata editing tool
* user-definable schema (comes with full qualified Dublin Core)
* prepackaged taxonomies (includes GEM Subject taxonomy)
* user interface themes
* turnkey installation
CWIS also has functionality (PHP) separated from appearance (HTML), making it relatively easy to customize for your own site.
Knowledge Discovery Resources and Sites
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Knowledge Discovery (KnowledgeDiscovery.info) is a Subject Tracer™ Information Blog developed and created by the Virtual Private Library™. It is designed to bring together the latest resources and sources on an ongoing basis from the Internet for knowledge discovery research which are listed below. We always welcome suggestions of additional sites and resources to be added to this comprehensive listing and please submit by clicking here. This site has been developed and maintained by Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A.; Internet expert, author, keynote speaker, and consultant. His latest white papers include Searching the Internet, Academic and Scholar Search Engines and Sources, and Knowledge Discovery Resources 2008. All of his Subject Tracer™ Information Blogs and his white papers are available from WhitePapers.us.