http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/I/encyclopedias-dictionaries-almanacs.html en Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:41:36 -0400 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/I/international-studies-encyclopedia-from-wiley.html <div style=" float: left; width: 200px;"><div class="vt_img_left vt_small_img"> <span class="top"> </span> <span class="bottom"> </span> <img src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/databases/I/S_ise.jpg" alt="International Studies Encyclopedia" height="116px" width="185px" /> </div><img alt="This resource is restricted to Virginia Tech users only" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/icons/L_vtonly.gif" title="This resource is restricted to Virginia Tech users only" width="15" /></div><h2><span> <a href="http://www.isacompendium.com/subscriber/uid=4234/advanced_search" title="International Studies Encyclopedia from Wiley" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://www.isacompendium.com/subscriber/uid=4234/advanced_search')" shape="rect">International Studies Encyclopedia from Wiley</a> </span></h2><p>The <i>International Studies Encyclopedia</i> provides full-text essays in HTML on the social and environmental aspects of international studies and international relations. 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Promotes the comprehension and accurate pronunciation of foreign language texts in art song and opera in order that the singer may imbue each syllable with the appropriate emotional content. At present, IPA Source offers works in Latin, Italian, German, and French. Transcriptions presented as PDFs. Includes mp3 recordings of some pronunciations. 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Use the links on the left to search or browse for women who practiced architecture and related design professions. The <i>IAWA</i> collects information to fill serious gaps in the availability of primary research materials for architectural, women's, and social history research.</p><p><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/I/international-archive-of-women-in-architecture-biographical-database-iawa.html">Full record</a></p> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:42:13 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/I/international-archive-of-women-in-architecture-biographical-database-iawa.html Catalogs (about publications) Encyclopedias, dictionaries, and almanacs Virginia Tech Freely accessible databases http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/I/inpi-international-plant-name-index.html <div style=" width: 200px; float: left;"><div class="vt_img_left vt_small_img"> <span class="top"> </span> <span class="bottom"> </span> <img src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/databases/I/S_ipni.jpg" alt="International Plant Names Index" height="106px" width="185px" /> </div><img alt="This resource is freely accessible" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_free-database.gif" title="This resource is freely accessible" width="20" /></div><h2><span> <a href="http://www.ipni.org/ipni/plantnamesearchpage.do" title="INPI: International Plant Name Index" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://www.ipni.org/ipni/plantnamesearchpage.do')" shape="rect">INPI: International Plant Name Index</a> </span></h2><p>The <i>International Plant Names Index</i> (IPNI) is a database of the names and associated basic bibliographical details of seed plants, ferns and fern allies. 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Viruses, bacteria and plant names will be added soon. Search results include basic nomenclatural and hierarchical information, original description reference and related articles from Thomson Reuters databases with links to citations via <span> <a href="http://webofknowledge.com/" title="Web of Knowledge from Thomson Reuters" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://webofknowledge.com/')" shape="rect">Web of Knowledge from Thomson Reuters</a> </span> , and related, evaluated veb resources.</p><p><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/I/index-to-organism-names-ion-from-isi.html">Full record</a></p> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:42:13 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/I/index-to-organism-names-ion-from-isi.html Encyclopedias, dictionaries, and almanacs Freely accessible databases