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Library

Information Access and Delivery

A. Library specific search tools:

  1. School Library OPAC – UAS Online Library: https://uaslibrary.follettdestiny.com
    The UAS Online Library helps you find books and websites that is a gateway to a wealth of information resources. The Open Public Access (OPAC) system provides greater visibility to online resources that enhance your knowledge, and is available anywhere, anytime.

  2. Links to other libraries / OPACS
    i. http://www.ipl.org/ - The IPL is the first public library of and for the Internet community and the World Wide Web. It started as an experiment to try to discover and promote the most effective roles and contributions libraries can have to the Internet and vice versa. The Internet Public Library is managed and updated by students from a consortium of colleges and universities

  3. Other schools in Kuwait
  4. Local university
    1. www.auk.edu.kw – The American University of Kuwait (AUK) is an independent, private, equal opportunity, and co-educational liberal arts institution of higher education. The educational, cultural, and administrative structure, methods and standards of AUK are based on the American model of higher learning. The language of instruction is English.
    2. www.gust.edu.kw – Gulf University for Science and Technology commonly known by its abbreviated acronym "GUST" is the first private university established in Kuwait. Being a university with a progressive and innovative outlook, GUST is envisaged to grow as a modern center of excellence for education and research in the fields of arts, sciences and business administration. The essence underlying the foundation of GUST revolves around spectral combination of world class instruction, infrastructure and management with the aim to offer the highest academic quality and spirit of excellence epitomizing its cherished objectives.
    3. www.kuniv.edu.kw - University of Kuwait offers a profound learning experience, symbolizing the students hope for tomorrow. Its programs are diverse and competitive, challenging minds, inducing critical thinking and encouraging creativity through a multitude of exposures, interactions and experiences that are unique, and intellectually stimulating.
    4. www.aou.edu.kw/ - The Arab Open University (AOU) adopts an innovative open system of higher education. The AOU promotes equal opportunities for life-long learning. The AOU fosters modern IT resources to support the learning process. To the AOU, building your future is a serious business.

B. Subscription databases:

    1. Library purchased EBSCO
    2. http://search.ebscohost.com - accessible anywhere on UAS campus; remotely via password
      • Subscription e-book collections - (for future use)

C. Links to free (age-appropriate) Web search tools

  • www.google.com – Google is an American public corporation, earning revenue from advertising related to its Internet search, e-mail, online mapping, office productivity, social networking, and video sharing services as well as selling advertising-free versions of the same technologies.
  • www.Yahoo.com - is an American public corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, (in Silicon Valley), that provides Internet services worldwide. The company is perhaps best known for its web portal, search engine (Yahoo! Search), Yahoo! Directory, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! News, advertising, online mapping (Yahoo! Maps), video sharing (Yahoo! Video), and social media websites and services.
  • www.Search.com - a media company based in San Francisco, California, United States. The company was co-founded in 1993 by Halsey Minor and Shelby Bonnie. It was acquired by CBS Corporation in 2008 and its properties were merged into CBS Interactive. CNET was also originally an acronym that originally stood for Computer Networks, but the name was later changed to CNET Networks, and CNET was no longer an acronym.
  • www.Lycos.com - is a search engine and web portal with broadband entertainment content.\
    • www.AltaVista.com - is a web search engine owned by Yahoo!. AltaVista was once one of the most popular search engines but its popularity has waned with the rise of Google.
  • www.MSN.com- is a collection of Internet sites and services provided by Microsoft. The Microsoft Network debuted as an online service and Internet service provider on August 24, 1995, to coincide with the release of the Windows 95 operating system. Microsoft used the MSN brand name to promote numerous popular web-based services in the late 1990s, most notably Hotmail and Messenger, before reorganizing many of them in 2005 and 2006 under another brand name, Windows Live. MSN's Internet portal, MSN.com, still offers a wealth of content and is currently the 6th most visited domain name on the Internet
  • www.AOL.com – is an American global Internet services and media company operated by Time Warner. It's headquarters are at 770 Broadway in New York, NY. Founded in 1983 as Quantum Computer Services, it has franchised its services to companies in several nations around the world and has set up international versions of its services.
  • www.WebCrawler.com - is a metasearch engine that blends the top search results from Google, Yahoo!, Bing Search (formerly MSN Search and Live Search), Ask.com, About.com, MIVA, LookSmart and other popular search engines. WebCrawler also provides users the option to search for images, audio, video, news, yellow pages and white pages. WebCrawler is a registered trademark of InfoSpace, Inc.
  • www.Excite.com - is an Internet portal, and as one of the major "dotcom" "portals" of the 1990s (along with Yahoo!, Lycos and Netscape), it was once one of the most recognized brands on the Internet. Today it offers a variety of services, including search, web-based email, instant messaging, stock quotes, and a customizable user homepage. The content is collated from over 100 different sources.

D. Links to Web reference sources and portals (free Web, subscription, e-book)

1. Links to online dictionaries

  • http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ - The world's most comprehensive dictionary: English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Chinese, Portuguese, Dutch, Norwegian, Greek, Arabic, Polish, Turkish, Russian, Medical, Legal, and Financial Dictionaries, Thesaurus, Acronyms and Abbreviations, Idioms, Encyclopedia, a Literature Reference Library, and a Search Engine all in one!http://www.merriam-webster.com/ - Free online dictionary, thesaurus, Spanish-English and medical dictionaries, audio pronunciations, Word of the Day, word games, and many more high-quality language sources of information.
  • http://biology-online.org/dictionary - This is a completely open and editable dictionary which utilizes a WiKi concept, so that everybody can contribute. Everyone is free to add and update content, so now you have a chance to add to the 60,000 terms already existing in our free dictionary.
  • http://www.thesciencedictionary.com/ - The Science Dictionary is a customized online web service, which provides highly refined science information through a specialized Google CSE search engine
  • http://dictionary.cambridge.org/ - Free Online English Dictionary, Thesaurus, Word of the Day and other language resources from Cambridge University Press
  • www.askoxford.com/ - Search the Compact Oxford English Dictionary online; get answers to questions on English, language, grammar, spelling, quotations, and usage
  • http://www.ldoceonline.com/ - Longman English Dictionary is the leading dictionary for learners of English of all ages and levels who want to learn more about English
  • www.alphadictionary.com - Free online English dictionary, dictionaries and grammars for 350 languages, crossword puzzles, word games, language jokes, and a daily Good Word.

2. Links to online encyclopedia

  • www.encyclopedia.com/ - Encyclopedia.com features more than 100 trusted sources, including encyclopedias, dictionaries and thesauruses with facts, definitions, biographies, synonyms, pronunciation keys, word origins, abbreviations, and more.
  • www.britannica.com - Explore the updated online encyclopedia from Encyclopaedia Britannica with hundreds of thousands of articles, biographies, videos, images, and web sites
  • www.encarta.msn.com- Encarta offers 4,500 articles from their CD-ROM encyclopedia, hundreds of related multimedia clips, a talking dictionary, and a world atlas.
  • http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_si/ - Although not strictly a general purpose encyclopedia, the Encyclopedia Smithsonian "features answers to frequently asked questions about the Smithsonian and links to Smithsonian resources on subjects from Art to Zoology."
  • www.infoplease.com - Infoplease.com is a free, authoritative, and respected reference for Internet users. It provides a comprehensive encyclopedia, almanac, atlas, and dictionary.

3. Links to biographical reference

  • http://www.biography.com/ - Read biographies, play games, watch interviews, and video clips at Biography.com
  • http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/ - This website is an index on the presidents of the United States and contains information and documents of their speeches, writings, biographies and anything else related to their person or the office they are holding.
  • http://www.infoplease.com/spot/womenhistbios.html- a biographical reference site specializing in famous and notable women who have shaped the world.
  • http://www.short-biographies.com/ - a reference sources that covers the biographies of famous people. Divided into categories, this site includes quotes, philosophies, photos and games.


4. Links to online atlases, maps, geographical tools

  • www.atlapedia.com - Atlapedia Online contains full color physical maps, political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.
  • www.maps.nationalgeographic.com/ - Satellite, street maps and more in our online atlas. ... No one does atlases like National Geographic. Shop the award-winning selection from our legendary ...
  • www.worldatlas.com/ - this website is a world atlas of facts and flags and maps including every continent, country, dependency, exotic destination, island, major city, ocean, and province. It includes information on continents, countries, dependencies, islands, territories, lakes, rivers, seas, oceans, mountains, and the highest, lowest, biggest, smallest, tallest, deepest, oldest, youngest, richest, poorest places on the planet
  • www.multimap.com/world - This World map is provided by Multimap. Navigate by clicking and dragging on the map or use the pan and zoom controls.
  • www.mapsofworld.com - This useful resource provides all the maps of the world, continents and countries, latest news maps and information on sport events and world maps along with engaging online activities and games.

E. Links to news sources (in all media formats--print, audio, video)

1. Local news

  • www.alqabas.com
    Established in 1972, Al Qabas is a leading Kuwaiti newspaper, headed by Mr.Jasim Ahmed Al-Nesef. Known for its forthcoming news coverage and independent research analysis, Al Qabas stands out as an outspoken newspaper relaying the news with integrity and efficiency.
  • www.alwatan.com
    Al Watan Newspaper is one of the older newspapers in Kuwait. It has a large custormer base with the expatriate population and has a number of subsidiary newspapers published along with the Arabic copy. This includes the Middle Eastern version of the International Herald Tribune.
  • www.alanba.com
    Established in 1975, Al Anba newspaper is located on Press Street in Shuwaikh. Being one of the older newspapers in the country, Al Anba has succeeded in making its mark in the media arena in Kuwait by gaining a large readership base.

2. National news

  • www.kuna.com
    The Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) was founded according to an Amiri Decree issued on 6th October 1979. The goals of the agency are to gather news and distribute it to individuals and media institutions to provide them with objective news services, and to focus on Kuwait's causes regionally and internationally.

3. International news, news in multiple languages

  • www.cnn.com
    CNN.com is among the world's leaders in online news and information delivery. Staffed 24 hours, seven days a week by a dedicated staff in CNN's world headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, and in bureaus worldwide, CNN.com relies heavily on CNN's global team of almost 4,000 news professionals. CNN.com features the latest multimedia technologies, from live video streaming to audio packages to searchable archives of news features and background information. The site is updated continuously throughout the day.
  • www.bbc.com
    The BBC is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world. Its mission is to enrich people's lives with programmes that inform, educate and entertain. It is a public service broadcaster, established by a Royal Charter and funded by the licence fee that is paid by UK households. The BBC uses the income from the licence fee to provide services including 8 national TV channels plus regional programming, 10 national radio stations, 40 local radio stations and an extensive website, bbc.co.uk. BBC World Service broadcasts to the world on radio, on TV and online, providing news and information in 32 languages.
  • www.reuteurs.com
    Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, providing investing news, world news, business news, technology news, headline news, small business news, news alerts, personal finance, stock market, and mutual funds information available on Reuters.com, video, mobile, and interactive television platforms. Thomson Reuters journalists are subject to an Editorial Handbook which requires fair presentation and disclosure of relevant interests.