From Cowboys to Clara Bow: A College Student's Motion Picture Autobiography
Fears about the impact of movies on youth led to the Payne Fund research project, which brought together nineteen social scientists and resulted in eleven published reports. One of the most fascinating of the studies was carried out by Herbert Blumer, a young sociologist who would later go on to a distinguished career in the field. For a volume that he called Movies and Conduct (1933), Blumer asked more than fifteen hundred college and high school students to write "autobiographies"of their expe
"Everything Was Lively": David Hickman Describes the Prosperity Late Nineteenth-Century Railroads Br
The availability of rail connections often determined whether a western community would survive or die. The rails fostered prosperity by bringing both goods and people. This trade, and the local service industries that sprouted up to capitalize on the movement of people and goods, drove many local economies. Here, David Hickman talked about the boom years that followed the arrival of the railroad in the Latah County, Idaho town of Genesee in the 1880s.
Database Systems - Advanced Database Design (ABD Workshop SQL)
This sql example forms part of the "Advanced Database Design" topic in the Database Systems module.
Database Systems - Advanced Database Design (Object-Relational Databases)
This lecture forms part of the "Advanced Database Design" topic in the Database Systems module.
Database Systems - Advanced Database Design (Distributed Databases)
This lecture forms part of the "Advanced Database Design" topic in the Database Systems module.
Database Systems - Advanced Database Design (PL/SQL 3 Triggers & Exceptions )
This lecture forms part of the "Advanced Database Design" topic in the Database Systems module.
Database Systems - Advanced Database Design (PL/SQL 2 Stored Procedures, Functions & Cursors)
This lecture forms part of the "Advanced Database Design" topic in the Database Systems module.
Database Systems - Advanced Database Design (Databases and . . . . Transactions, Transaction Process
This lecture forms part of the "Advanced Database Design" topic in the Database Systems module.
"He'll Come Home in a Box": The Spanish Influenza of 1918 Comes to Montana
In 1918 and 1919, the Spanish influenza killed 550,000 people in the United States and 20 to 40 million worldwide. In a 1982 interview with Laurie Mercier, Loretta Jarussi of Bearcreek, Montana, described how people would pass through that tiny town seemingly healthy, only to be reported dead two days later. Her father went undiagnosed for many weeks and had plans to go to a nearby hot springs to rest. She believed that her father's death was averted only because the son of the local doctor was
Distributed Web Systems - Accessing databases with JDBC
These practical answers form part of the "Accessing databases with JDBC" topic in the Distributed Web Systems module.
Database Systems - Advanced Database Design (MS SQL Server 2000 -Transact SQL - Triggers)
This lecture forms part of the "Advanced Database Design" topic in the Database Systems module.
Database Systems - Normalisation - 1st Normal Form
This zip file contains a Powerpoint lecture and audio files for the "Normalisation - 1st Normal Form" topic in the Database Systems module.
Calculus (integration) : mathematics 1 level 4
This is a presentation about Calculus (Integration) for level 4 Mathematics and forms part of the 2009/2010 Engineering (foundation degree, BEng and HN) courses from University of Wales Newport (course codes H101, H691, H620, HH37 and 001H). It is a part of the core modules for the full time 1st year undergraduate programme.
This open educational resource was released through the Higher Education Academy Engineering Subject Centre Open Engineering Resources Pilot project. The project was fund
Database Systems - Normalisation
This zip file contains a Powerpoint lecture and audio files for the "Normalisation" topic in the Database Systems module.
Soldiers Service and Pay Book
Army Book 64 Soldier's Servica and Pay Book. Maker: Army. Date: 1946 - from the The Betty Smithers Design Collection at Staffordshire University.
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence - Evolutionary Computing
This lecture forms part of the "Evolutionary Computing" topic in the Introduction to Artificial Intelligence module.
Introduction to OO Programming in Java - Mobile Phone Case Study
This lecture forms part of the "Mobile Phone Case Study" topic in the Introduction to OO Programming in Java module.
Phases of the Moon
This site contains a series of visualizations of the sun, moon and Earth System and how they relate to the changing face of the moon. Animations are in the form of Java applets, forms for field observation of the moon, and a collection of exercises and PDF versions of background material. There are practice questions and quizzes that discuss the animations.
Computer Science Concepts - Languages and grammar
This class test forms part of the "Languages and Grammar" topic of the Computer Science Concepts module.
Computer Science Concepts - Languages and grammar
This class test forms part of the "Languages and Grammar" topic of the Computer Science Concepts module.
