Database
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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.
VoiceThread
A VoiceThread is an online media album that can hold essentially any type of media (images, documents and videos) and allows people to make comments in 5 different ways - using voice (with a microphone or telephone), text, audio file, or video (with a webcam) - and share them with anyone they wish.
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.
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.
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!
Database Basics
A concise and simplified explanation of databases with an interactive quiz at the end.
The World Bird Database
An extensive database information system about all birds of the world, containing over 1.4 million records about 10,000 species and 22,000 subspecies of birds, including distribution information, taxonomy, synonyms in several languages and more.
What is a Database
A thorough explanation of how the database has evolved over the years and how it impacts us today.
Bonus Links
Free Online Collaboration Network
The Global Schoolhouse is the original virtual meeting place where educators, students, parents and community members can collaborate, interact, develop, publish and discover learning resources.
How Operating Systems Work
A thorough explanation of all the types of operating systems and how they work.
Open Video Project
Great website where there are literally thousands of videos from documentaries to historical. You can search for keywords or you can browse through genres.
