Database

How Stuff Works

A database of usefull and or mindless stuff and FAQs

howstuffworks.com

All but Forgotten Oldies

A searchable database of sound clips for over 4000 songs from 1960-1975 which can be browsed both by performing artist and by song title. Over 1200 bands and artists are featured.

allbutforgottenoldies.net/

What is a Database

A thorough explanation of how the database has evolved over the years and how it impacts us today.

wdvl.com/Authoring/DB/Intro/what_is_database.html

Archive.org Movie Archives

Thousands of archived films of all different genres and times.

archive.org/movies/movies.php

The Avalon Project at Yale Law School

Hundreds of very well archived treaties between the United States and Native Americans have been put onto this database developed by Yale.

yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/ntreaty/ntreaty.htm

Tropical Plant Database

The extensive Tropical Plant Database lists plants by Common name, Botanical name, Ethnic uses, and Action/disorder. Each plant has an illustration and information about family, genus, species, common names, plant description, and more.

rain-tree.com/plants.htm

The Wayback Machine

Browse through 30 billion web pages archived from 1996 to a few months ago.

archive.org/web/web.php

Database Basics

A concise and simplified explanation of databases with an interactive quiz at the end.

dotatmac.mcmaster.ca/db_basics/db_01_home.htm

American Rhetoric

A database of the text, audio, and sometimes even video of the top 100 speeches given by people in America. You can also read speeches about 9-11 and there is even a section on speeches given in movies.

americanrhetoric.com/

The British Museum: Compass

An online database developed by the British Museum featuring around 5,000 objects. From mummies to the ancient Greeks you can find a lot here. Take a tour, search the database, or look at objects of the month!

thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/compass/

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Bonus Links

Bureau of Land Managment: Historical Photographs

Search more than 3,500 historical digital images documenting the nation’s westward migration.

photos.blm.gov/hist_index.html

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