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WELCOME TO PERSONAL LEARNING COACH!

Learning Coach provides resources and information.  It brings to your finger tips a variety of tools that are only a click away.  

Always feel free to send me suggestions or addresses for sites that will improve Personal Coach.
 

MAGAZINES: 
American Woodworker;
Bon Appetite;
Discover

Ebony

Field and Stream
; Forbes
Golf Digest

Good Housekeeping
; Gourmet
Hearst Magazines
(Colonial Homes, Cosmopolitan, Country Living, Esquire, Harper's Bazaar, House Beautiful, Mr. Food, Redbook, SmartMoney, Sports Afield, Town & Country); 
House & Garden
; LIFE; Money; National Geographic; Newsweek; People
Popular Mechanics
; Popular Science; Prevention; Readers Digest
Self
(links to , Allure, Glamour, Mademoiselle, Women's Sports & Fitness, Vogue,); 
Sports Illustrated
; Time
US News & World Report

NEWSPAPERS:
Alabama newspapers; 
Anchorage Alaska Daily News; 

Atlanta Constitution
;
Boston Globe;
Chicago Tribune;
Christian Science Monitor;
Dallas Times;
Denver Post;
Kansas City Star;
LA Times;
Lexington Herald Leader;
Maui News (Hawaii);
Miami Herald;
Minneapolis Star Tribune;
New York Times;
Portland Oregonian;
San Francisco Chronicle;
Seattle Times;
USA TODAY;
Utah Standard Examiner;
Washington Post;

(See
Virtual Reference Desk for more papers)

KENTUCKY: Benton; Bowling Green; Campbellsville; Cincinnati area; Elizabethtown; Glasgow; Gleaner; Grant CountyHarrodsburg; Henderson; Louisville; Marion; Oldham; Owensboro; Paducah; Paintsville; Princeton; Shelbyville; Winchester

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REFERENCE
Virtual Reference Desk;
Meta- (Multiple EngineSearch Engines: All4One; Askjeeves;    Debriefing;  
Dogpile
;
GoHip

Find

Highway 61
InferenceFind; InfiniSearch (no ads); Locate.com; MegaWeb; MegaSpider; MultiMeta; Ms.DaChanni; MetaFind; MetaCrawler; Mamma;   MetaGopher; Husky; MetaW3; 1BlinkMonsterCrawler; MyGo;   
OneSearch

Profusion
; SavvySearchSupercrawler; LocoSeek; UseIt;
General Search Engines: Beaucoup, for listings; Search Engine Guide;
 
Information retrieval is one of the big challenges today.  The two questions that I face over and over again are:
1.  Where is that information or site that has such-and-such on it, and 
2.  Where can I find out something-or-other.  

Tip:  Once you have explored Personal Coach, you will know where a lot of certain kinds of information are located.  I recommend doing the same with Virtual Reference Desk.  Together these two WEB sites will place a lot of things at your finger tips, so that you can stay on top of answers to Question #1

To find something for the first time, I favor the Meta-search engines because the chances of  appropriate hits are increased and you save time.
I like Askjeeves because it doesn't require you to learn  Boolean operators, only to ask a question or put up key words.
Of course, if you can't find it on Askjeeves, then you will need to explore some of the other meta-search engines.  This strategy will help you with answers to Question #2.

 

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Dictionaries: English; English -> Foreign I; Foreign -> EnglishDictionary.com; Jargon; Medical Thesaurus: Thesaurus.com; Roget's
Visual thesaurus
;
Encyclopedias: 
Ask-An-Expert.com; Britannica.com; 
CIA World Factbook; Census Bureau data;
Internet encyclopedia;  Explore.com

Financial terms

Intnl Financial Encyclopedia

 Mythology/folklore/legend

National Archives
; JFK Assassination Records;  
 
 
Specialty Resources:
American Type Culture Collection;
Biology Workbench;
Life sciences

National Center For Biotechnology Information;
Genethon Human Genome Res Ctr;
Molecular Biology Tools
;
The Quite Useful MolBio Page;
Yeast Genome Database
National Library of Medicine / PubMed / Grateful Med;
National Institutes of Health;
National Academy of Science;
National Science Foundation;
Nobel Foundation;
Nuclear Receptor Resource;
Internet Zoo Library
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This font-look identifies sites that are teaching resources or especially for kids
Science:
Agriculture;
AnthropologyArcheology 
 (
Stone circles, dolmens, standing stones, cairns, barrows and hillforts, European megaliths & other ancient sites);
Biology
(Bio On Line)(birds)(Birds/Audubon, bird-watching) (Cellsalive.com) (National Center For Biotechnology Information) (National Wildlife Federation) (Sharks) (Great White) (Pelagic Shark); (Visible Human Project);
(
National Health Museum); 
Botany (GARDENING: Composting/ Garden.com/ GardenWeb.com/ VirtualGarden.com/ WindowBox.comUK Horticulture)
Chemical Engineering;
Chemistry;
Engineering;  
Entomology (arachnology/spiders)(home pests)(Butterflies);

Environmental (Environmental Defense) (EPA) (Wildlife) (World Wildlife)
Geneology;
Geology
(Ask-A-Geologist)(Bermuda Triangle[map])(More BT)(Still more BT)(Coastal Modeling)(Devil's Triangle)(Dinosaurs) (Earthquake Information) (KY Aerial & Geographic)
(Landform Atlas) (Rocks/minerals/gemstones) (Satellite Oceanography)(volcanos); 
Mathematics (Calculus)(Geometry) (Math Skills); Statistics;
Paleontology (Oceans of Kansas);
Particle Physics (Lawrence Berkeley Lab); Particle Adventure;
Weather Forecasting (FEMA);
Natl Climatic Data Ctr;
(Tornados);(World weather & what it affects);
Xplore - Science;

ExploreZone;
Fun Science
; Funology.com; Inventors (MIT Invention Dimension);
Mad Scientist Network; National Science Teachers Association; Science Learning Network;

Aeronautics: 
Ask-The-Astonomer; 
Aviation Challenge.com;
Flight safety Foundation NASA; NASA -Ask-The-Space-Scientist;  
NASA - Human space flight

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
;
NASA Johnson Space Center

NASA-POETRY
SpaceViews;

Astronomy: Amateur Astronomy - The Webb Society (Adventures in Astronomy); (Astronomy Cafe) (Info Ctr for New Star Gazers) (Naked Eye Star Gazer Links); (Astronomy.Rocks!); (Hands-On Universe); Astronomy.net;(Tonight's Sky)
Asteroids (NASA- Near Earth Asteroid Tracking) (Asteroid & Comet Impact Hazards) (The Sky Is Falling); 
Constellations & Their Stars
; Dwarf Spiral Galaxies;Earth & Sky@Worldofscience.com; NASA - Deep Space Network; NASA -Hubble - Space Telescope Science Institute;   NASA-Origins Program;

Northern Lights/aurora borealis
Planetary Society.org
(Planetary fact sheets) (The Nine Planets) (Exoplanets) (Extrasolar planets);   Solar System Live; 
Space Camp.comStar Child Learning Ctr for Young AstronomersStar Stuff; Steady State Theory of the Universe; Student's for the Exploration & Development of Space
Images: Astrophotogtraphy -Catching the Light
Best of Hubble
; Hubble- Public pictures; Comets;
The Digitized Sky
; Mars-Pathfinder/Sojourner Images; Messier Gallery;
NASA Planetary Photojournal;

Magazines:
Chemistry & Industry;
Discovery Channel;
National Geographic;
Science;
Scientific American;

Sky & Telescope;
The Why Files;

Tip: If you are interested in being part of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, you can get the SETI@HOME screen saver that processes radio-telescope data (you will need 128 MB of memory).

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Homework Helper:
Ask Eric; Dr. Internet; Exploratorium (science projects & demonstrations); HomeworkCentral at NOSWEAT.comInfoplease.com; KIDS' Infoplease.com; Kids' Click!; Kids Web; Mad Scientist Network; Schoolwork.org; This Day in History; Youcan.com
Study Helpers:
Homeschool Zone;

HowToStudy.com
;
How-to-study.com;
How to study math & science; How to study PhysicsHow to take tests; How to study & pass an exam;
Links for Kids:
Best Sites; Cool Links; Learning Place; Cyberkids; Cyberteens; FreeZone.comKids On the Web; Kid's Domain (computing); Kids' Space; Yuckiest Site On the Internet;
Challenges:
3D-Riddles; Global Adventures (GOALS.com);
Virtual School for the Gifted;
Ivy Review.com;
Junior Achievement;
Moneyopolis.com
Young Investor
; EduStock;
Investment FAQ;
Ayn Rand Essay Contest;
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College & University:
The Top 100 Schools; Link Magazine
Study Abroad (UM International Ctr); World Lecture Hall;

CollegeNet
Fishnet

Peterson's Guide

US News College & Career Ctr

American University links
;  
Embark.com (formerly CollegeEdge)
; Collegeplan.org; Collegexpress.com; Historically Black Colleges & Universities; Collegeboard.org (the SAT people); Collegeview.com; Princeton Review; 4Colleges.com;

Study Abroad;

College-Solutions.com (4 fatal errors/Are you ready?/ checklist/consulting);

Consumer Information Ctr;

College Testing:
TestPrep.com (free Web-based SAT-preparation course); 
SAT sample questions; Kaplan's On-line SAT course;
Kaplan software (SAT/ACT/GRE/GMAT/LSAT)
Princeton Review softwareEducational Testing  Service GREs (software) (practice questions); ScholarStuff.com (test preparation); College-Solutions.com;

Financial Aid: 
Access Group
;
CASHE (Sallie Mae Scholarship Service)
Educaid.com
; EstudentLoan.com;
FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)

FastWEB Scholarship Search
(student services); 
Finaid.org (Financial aid information page)
(loans); 
FRESHinfo.com (free updated scholarship seach)

NCAA

Scholarship Resource Network Express (SRN)

The Scholarship Page
Scholarship Search (College Board)
;   United Negro College Fund;  
US Department of Education financial primer

Yahoo Financial Aid
;

How to pay for college;

Affording College---MoneySense (7 Myths/College Funding Basics/Family Contribution Calculator);
Scholarship Scams;

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