Submitted by Ulrich Schrader on Sat, 2008-11-08 12:22
Wenn Sie Englisch lernen wollen, ist ein englischen Wörterbuch oft sehr hilfreich. Wiktionary, the free dictionary, ist als Begleiter der bekannten Wikipedia entwickelt worden. Natürlich ist auch hier die Nutzung kostenfrei. Über diese Seite erreichen Sie auch Wörterbücher in anderen Sprachen.
Submitted by Ulrich Schrader on Sat, 2008-11-08 12:14
Wenn Sie grammatikalisch korrektes Englisch schreiben wollen, so erhalten Sie wichtige Hinweise in dem Podcast Quick & Dirty Tips for Better Writing von Grammar Girl. In wöchentlich erscheinenden, jeweils etwa 5 Minuten andauernden Podcasts, diese können auf jeden MP3-Spieler oder auch am Rechner angehört werden, erhalten Sie auf unterhaltsame Weise Hinweise auf Tücken und Problemfälle der englischen Sprache und wie diese umgangen werden können.
Submitted by Ulrich Schrader on Sat, 2008-11-08 12:02
Eine Möglichkeit, die eigenen Englischkenntnisse etwas aufzubessern, bietet Free Classic AudioBooks. Dort können Klassiker der Weltliteratur, wie etwa Huckleberry Finn oder die Schatzinsel, als Audiobuch (natürlich in Englisch) kostenfrei heruntergeladen werden.
Submitted by Ulrich Schrader on Fri, 2008-11-07 09:10
Google did change its advanced search window. They made it a lot easier to use and it looks now much more simplified. Some search options are minimized and can be expanded if necessary. Well done. Take a look here: Google Advanced Search .

Lets hope the German version will be available soon.
Submitted by Ulrich Schrader on Thu, 2008-11-06 16:15
Submitted by Ulrich Schrader on Wed, 2008-11-05 10:58
Great advice in starpaths "My web 2.0 collection" blog.
If you want to search for a book, paper, file and your are using Google, just type:
allinurl: +(rar|chm|zip|pdf|tgz) TheTitle
Submitted by Ulrich Schrader on Wed, 2008-11-05 10:36
Quite often percentages of remembrance are assigned to activities like reading, seeing, hearing, ... These are often incorporated into graphics like Dale's pyramid.
Submitted by Ulrich Schrader on Tue, 2008-11-04 18:08
I have to give a presentation next week on how and why I am sharing the content of my courses. To gather some ideas I have created a mindmap with some links and examples. You can follow this link: "Sharing course material", or use the embedded version. You can drag the image around using the mouse.
Submitted by Ulrich Schrader on Sun, 2008-11-02 14:07
Ever wanted to be notified, if a free full text article of your research interest is newly available in the National Library of Medicine (NLM)? Well, the NLM offers to create your own RSS feeds out of your customized searches. Here are easy step by step instructions on how to do that. Click on any image to enlarge it:
1. Go to PubMed and build your search to give you the best possible results. Perform your search.
Submitted by Ulrich Schrader on Fri, 2008-10-31 18:06
Thanks to OCR (optical character recognition) technologies Google now indexes and makes available to text searches pdf-documents, that have originally been scanned. While these documents in the past appeared to be images with their content (text) hidden in the image, Google now converts them to html text and indexes their content. These are great news for everyone searching for articles in old scanned journals.
See: Official Google Blog: A picture of a thousand words?
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