New York Public Library Digital Collections - Awesome

Hi All, 

Click on the following link to explore the over 700,000 items digitized from the New York Public Library's collections.  

Users can search for free using keywords, items, collections and various divisions of the library.

Some of the various collections include New York city Directories,  National Dance Institute Video Archive, German Master Prints, The Villager, Italian Master Prints, a Collection of Photographs of New York city and New York State, Early American Manuscripts Project and Winnie-the-Pooh Stuffed Animals (seriously), Atlases of New York City, Atlases of the United States, Maps of Africa hanging New York, George Washington Papers and more.

Enjoy the archive and the links!

Regards,
Stu

Research Beyong Google - 56 Authoritative, Invisible and Comprehensive Resources

Hi All,

The title says it all - lots of great (authoritative, invisible, comprehensive) resources for the inner research geek in all of us...click here for a bit of information about evaluating resources on the web.
Click on this link to learn about how to search the invisible web...sounds mysterious - its not though...
The site is OEDb - aka the Open Education Database.

Topics covered in the article include Deep Web Search Engines, Art, Books Online, Business, Consumer, Economic and Job Data, Finance and Investing, General Research, Government Data, International, Law and Politics, Library of Congress, Medical and Health, STEM and Transportation.
Quite a wide variety of topics that's for sure. 

Next to each link there is a very brief - about 1-2 sentences - summary of the resource.  Then a direct link to the site.  Quick and easy and no muss and no fuss. 

One thing - the page was generated in 2013 so be aware that some - probably not very many though - sites are not working.  Most are...but still.  Your mileage might vary but the resources are well worth the time you'll spend finding the information elsewhere.

Now...go search and check out these great resources.

Regards,
Stu