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A little about yourself:
First year of University, fun so far. Hoping to go into Computer Science.

Favourite Academic Subject:
Computer Science

Favourite Music:
Old Stuff and anything on my Ipod at the time!

Favourite Movies:
Zoolander, Die Hard(s), Lord of the Rings.

Visual Lit: ARTstor, Flickr, Cooliris, TinEye, Google Earth
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In this section, you will be shown how to find visual aids such as plans, elevations, maps and images in E-library databases and introduced to visual-based digital images sites on the WWW:

1. E-Library
  • The over 500,000+ image database Artstor
  • The Avery Index to Architecture Periodicals and Architecture.com
  • The Winnipeg Building Index
  • and Winnipeg map sites
    2. Digital Image web sites
  • Finding images in Flickr that are for public use and meet copyright requirements
  • Information on Cooliris, a 3-D cinematic digital image viewer
  • TinEye, a reverse image search engine
  • Searching and tagging in Google Earth
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(Last Revised Jun 4, 2009)
Contact:
Liv Valmestad
liv_valmestad@umanitoba.ca
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