April 2, 2015

For Today

Review of Google Research Techniques and Software Email to me (10 points)

Google Scholar

Google Books

Google Search

Wiki Assignment

April 2: Topics Due (10 points) April 7: Photo Galleries Due April 10: Preliminary Bibliography and Web Links due April 14: First Draft of Major Essay Due April 16: Home page due April 21: Presentations and Wikis due

The Public Domain Materials

The Public Domain

eBooks at Adelaide

Google Digitized Library

The original five libraries: Harvard, Michigan, Stanford, Oxford, and the New York Public Library.

The Library Project's aim is simple: make it easier for people to find relevant books – specifically, books they wouldn't find any other way such as those that are out of print – while carefully respecting authors' and publishers' copyrights. Our ultimate goal is to work with publishers and libraries to create a comprehensive, searchable, virtual card catalog of all books in all languages that helps users discover new books and publishers discover new readers.

Example of Finding Materials at Google Books

Coroners in the Middle Ages in Great Britain

In the United States, determining whether a work has entered the public domain or is still under copyright can be quite complex, primarily because copyright terms have been extended multiple times and in different ways—shifting over the course of the 20th century from a fixed-term based on first publication, with a possible renewal term, to a term extending to fifty, then seventy, years after the death of the author. The claim that "pre-1923 works are in the public domain" is correct only for published works; unpublished works are under federal copyright for at least the life of the author plus 70 years.

Previewing Works at Google Books

Destiny of the Republic

Overview of the Project American Variations

American First Amendment RightsOpportunities and Challenges in the American Economic SystemCities and DiversityCorporations (American Business—narrowed to Media/Automotive/Pharmaceutical, etc)Consumerism (variety in a particular sector)SportsEducation Cuisine

Working in Groups

Choose a topic and decide who is going to work on what.