http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/I/free.html en Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:17:58 -0400 webmaster@lib.vt.edu webmaster@lib.vt.edu http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/I/international-relations-security-network.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_irsn.jpg" alt="International Relations Security Network" height="122px" 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.isn.ethz.ch/isn/kmssearch/search/adv" title="International Relations Security Network" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/kmssearch/search/adv')" shape="rect">International Relations Security Network</a> </span></h2><p>The International Relations Security Network provides full-text ebooks, working papers, government reports, journal articles, historic and contemporary primary source material, directories, news commentary and analysis, and policy briefs on all aspects of international relations. Full text provided in HTML and PDF. 1990s-present with some material from earlier centuries.</p><p><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/I/international-relations-security-network.html">Full record</a></p> Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:42:00 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/I/international-relations-security-network.html Article searching Countries and cultures Statistics and data sets Freely accessible databases http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/I/internet-archive-open-library.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_internet-archive.jpg" alt="Internet Archive" height="141px" 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://openlibrary.org/subjects" title="Internet Archive Open Library" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://openlibrary.org/subjects')" shape="rect">Internet Archive Open Library</a> </span></h2><p>The <i>Internet Archive Open Librar</i>y is a catalog of book record, plus links to many freely available ebooks. 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Each book was originally published in a printed form; the site includes both copyrighted and public domain titles. Scanned images (JPEG) or pages or spreads are presented for each book. Ebooks cannot be downloaded. 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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. Its goal is to eliminate the need for repeated reference to primary sources for basic bibliographic information about plant names.</p><p><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/I/inpi-international-plant-name-index.html">Full record</a></p> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:42:13 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/I/inpi-international-plant-name-index.html Encyclopedias, dictionaries, and almanacs Freely accessible databases http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/I/infomine-search-engine.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_infomine.jpg" alt="Infomine" height="135px" 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://infomine.ucr.edu/" title="InfoMine Search Engine" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://infomine.ucr.edu/')" shape="rect">InfoMine Search Engine</a> </span></h2><p>Virtual library of Internet resources relevant to faculty, students, and research staff at the university level. Contains useful Internet resources such as databases, electronic journals, electronic books, bulletin boards, mailing lists, online library card catalogs, articles, directories of researchers, and many other types of information.Each entry is annotated and indexed using both Library of Congress subject headings and relevant keywords. 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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 ISI" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://webofknowledge.com/')" shape="rect">Web of Knowledge from ISI</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 http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/I/index-to-american-botanical-literature.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_iabl.jpg" alt="Index to American Botanical Literature" height="190px" 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" /> <img alt="Contents of this resource available through Summon" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_summon.gif" title="Contents of this resource available through Summon" width="20" /></div><h2><span> <a href="http://sweetgum.nybg.org/iabl/" title="Index to American Botanical Literature" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://sweetgum.nybg.org/iabl/')" shape="rect">Index to American Botanical Literature</a> </span></h2><p>The <i>Index to American Botanical Literature</i> provides book and articles citations on all aspects of botany. 1996-present; earlier in print <a href="http://addison.vt.edu/record=b1510277">1886-1966</a> and <a href="http://addison.vt.edu/record=b1511724">1967-1976</a>.</p><p><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/I/index-to-american-botanical-literature.html">Full record</a></p> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:42:13 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/I/index-to-american-botanical-literature.html Article searching Catalogs (about publications) Freely accessible databases Contents of database in Summon http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/I/index-of-speeches-from-the-united-nations.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/U/S_unbisnet.gif" alt="UN Bibliographic Information System" height="142px" 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://unbisnet.un.org:8080/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=speech&amp;menu=search&amp;submenu=" title="Index of speeches from the United Nations" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://unbisnet.un.org:8080/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=speech&amp;menu=search&amp;submenu=')" shape="rect">Index of speeches from the United Nations</a> </span></h2><p>Citations to speeches made in the General Assembly beginning with its 38th session (1983-), the Security Council beginning with its 38th year (1983-), the Economic and Social Council beginning in 1983 and the Trusteeship Council beginning with its 15th special session (1982). 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