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Online Resources: The George Palmer Putnam Collection of Amelia Earhart Papers at Purdue University

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

This Friday (in the U.S.) a new movie opens about the life of aviator, Amelia Earhart.

At Purdue University, the George Palmer Putnam Collection is the world’s largest collection of Amelia Earhart papers, photos, memorabilia and artifacts. Several resources from the collection are available online.

1) Searchable Digital Library (Images, cards, ephemera, newspaper articles, etc.), over 2200 entries

2) Biographical Sketch

3) Map of Second World Flight Attempt, 1937

4) Medals
Note: Some medals require Quicktime to view them.

5) Timeline

6) Learn About the Collection

7) Collection of Web Resources about Amelia Earhart

8) Select Bibliography

9) Bibliography for Children

10) Amelia Earhart at Purdue (Digitized Materials, Over 400 entries)

Source: Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections

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What Did the Nobel Laureates Read When They were Young?

Monday, October 19th, 2009

What Did the Nobel Laureates Read When They were Young?

In their autobiographies, Nobel Laureates reveal their reading habits: how they got started, who spurred them to read on, and where they spent their time losing themselves between the pages of a book. Find out and compare with your own experience, or simply get inspired!

Source: Nobelprize.org

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American Presidents: Four Recently Updated Resource Guides

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

The Digital Reference Section at the Library of Congress with four new or recently updated research guides about four U.S. presidents. They were created by Kenneth Drexler, a Digital Reference Specialist at LC.

From Each Resource Guide:

… [a] resource guide compiles links to digital materials…such as manuscripts, broadsides, government documents, and images that are available throughout the Library of Congress Web site. In addition, it provides links to external Web sites focusing on [each president] and a bibliography containing selected works for both a general audience and younger readers.

+ Chester Arthur

+ James Buchanan

+ James Garfield

+ Rutherford B. Hayes

See Also: Other Resource Guides About American Presidents

Source: Virtual Services, Digital Reference Section, Library of Congress

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30 Resources to Find the Data You Need

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

30 Resources to Find the Data You Need

Let’s say you have this idea for a visualization or application, or you’re just curious about some trend. But you have a problem. You can’t find the data, and without the data, you can’t even start. This is a guide and a list of sources for where you can find that data you’re looking for. There’s a lot out there.

Source: FlowingData

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Eldercare and Aging: Online Information for Librarians and Caregivers

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

Eldercare and aging: Online information for librarians and caregivers

News of the growing elderly population can actually be viewed as good news for the academic library’s reference desk. In addition to positioning ourselves as a resource for eldercare with our teaching faculty and campus administration peers, we are also in the best position to facilitate a smooth transition of older adult students onto our campuses. The American Council on Education’s 2007 report “Framing New Terrain: Older Adults and Higher Education” suggests that older adults’ interest in “encore careers” (careers pursued and developed after retirement) will lead many of them back into higher education. Our responsibility is to ensure that we are prepared to understand and address the unique concerns of older adults that may or may not be course related.

However, the cost of lost work-related productivity due to eldercare can become economically devastating for employers. U.S. businesses lose an estimated $17.1 billion to $33.6 billion per year in lost productivity from employees with caregiving responsibilities. A large portion of this lost productivity is linked to individuals seeking eldercare information and resources during their working hours.

Some of us understand from first-hand experience how eldercare impacts our ability to perform at work. As a part of the “sandwich generation,” we share with colleagues our struggle in balancing job performance, marriages/partnerships, childcare, requirements on the tenure track, and active participation in professional associations with caring for elderly family members. On top of that, many of us are our families and friends “personal librarian” and have (or will in the future) field questions about eldercare resources. In that respect, creating this list was deeply personal.

This compilation was written and edited by Alexia Hudson, a reference and instruction librarian at the Pennsylvania State University Abington College,

Source: Association of College & Research Libraries (College & Research Library News)

Hat tip: Sloan Network

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Just in Time for the Major League Playoffs and World Series: Baseball Resources at the Library of Congress Web Guide

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

Access the Baseball Resources at the Library of Congress Web Guide

From the Introduction:

Baseball Resources at the Library of Congress is a [new] guide [released on September 25, 2009] to baseball resources available on the Library’s Web site and in its physical collections. The breadth and depth of materials highlighted will appeal to baseball researchers, while casual and diehard fans alike will find many digitized items documenting the history of baseball to fuel their passion for the game.

The guide is divided into four major sections: Library of Congress Online Resources, which presents baseball materials freely available on the Library’s Web site; Conducting Baseball Research at the Library, for researchers interested in locating baseball materials off-site through the Library’s online catalog and on-site through the Library’s subscription databases and divisional holdings; External Resources, a gateway to other baseball Web sites; and Bibliography, a selected bibliography of print resources about baseball for adults and younger readers.

This Web Guide was compiled by Peter Armenti, Digital Reference Specialist.

Access the Baseball Resources at the Library of Congress Web Guide

See Also:
Topics in Chronicling America – Baseball’s Modern World Series
The information and sample article links [in this guide] provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in the Chronicling America: American Historic Newspapers digital collection [online, at no charge]. Use the Suggested Search Terms and Dates to explore this topic further in Chronicling America.

Source: Library of Congress

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Authoritative Resources on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

Authoritative Resources on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (PDF; 129 KB)

The following list of authoritative resources is designed to assist in responding to a broad range of constituent questions and concerns about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), P.L. 111-5. Links to the full text of the act, Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates, White House fact sheets, and federal, state, and municipal government websites are included, along with other useful information. This list reflects information that is currently available on the Internet. It will be updated regularly as other relevant material becomes available.

Source: Congressional Research Service (via OpenCRS)

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Middle East Images in the Prints and Photographs Division: Subject Overview

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

From the Introduction:

The Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division (P&P) has numerous varied and unique collections of Middle East images. This visual material includes photographic prints, negatives, albums, book illustrations, posters, architectural drawings, and cartoons. The majority of images were created between 1840 and 1970, although some earlier and later materials are also available.

The images portray a broad geographic area from Algiers in North Africa to Samarqand in present-day Uzbekistan. The collections are particularly strong in coverage of Turkey, Israel, the West Bank (the Palestinian territories), Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, and Central Asia. Many images of Iran, Iraq, and North Africa, including Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya, can be found along with some images of Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf states such as Kuwait and Bahrain.

[Snip]

The Middle East visual materials came to P&P through copyright deposit, gift, and purchase, and today total about 75,000 items. [Our Emphasis] As of 2009, most of these have images or descriptive information available in the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC) Researchers can view original materials, including pictures not yet digitized, in the P&P Reading Room. We recommend that patrons first search PPOC and consult a librarian before coming on site to do research.

Sections of the overview include:
+ Subject Overview
+ Search Tips (very useful)
+ Other Places to Look for Middle East Images
+ Bibliography
+ Online Resources

Access the Complete Overview

Access the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC)
Over 1.2 digitized images (and growing) in this database. The database is not limited to only Middle East imagery. It’s very easy to spend a lot of time here. This is a resources to share with library/info center users. It’s also great for educators.

Source: Prints and Photographs Division (P&P), Library of Congress

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Women of Invention: Women Inventors and Patent Holders: A Recently Published Science Reference Guide from the Library of Congress

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

Access the Research Guide

The guide contains both print and Internet resources. You’ll find:

+ General Works

+ Early Works and Compilations

+ Journal Articles

+ Works About Individual Inventors

+ Selected Internet Resources

Source: Science Reference Section, Science, Technology, and Business Division, Library of Congress

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Physical Handicaps: A Selective Bibliography from NLS at the Library of Congress

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

From the Bibliography:

A number of efforts have been made to extend equal opportunity to people who are physically handicapped and to encourage their full participation in all aspects of society. These efforts include the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990 and other federal laws that protect the rights of disabled people with respect to access to education, employment, and public accommodations. Other efforts have involved achieving full acceptance by working to change attitudes toward people with handicaps. This bibliography explores myths and misconceptions that continue to exist about handicapped people and offers ways to interact with and write about these individuals in order to foster greater awareness and sensitivity.

The bibliography includes books, chapters in books, and periodical articles of general interest. Most of these resources have been published since 2003.

It was issued in 2009.

Access Physical Handicaps: A Selective Bibliography
A PDF version of the bibliography is also available (16 pages).

See Also: Other Bibliographies from NLS

Source: NLS (National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped)

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Professional Military Reading Lists

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Professional Military Reading Lists
Comprehensive list for all branches of the service, officers, enlisted personnel and much more.

Source: Combined Arms Research Library

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Bibliography — 40 Books About Sexuality That You Have to Read

Monday, September 28th, 2009

40 Books About Sexuality That You Have to Read

As the new school year heats up, so does the public debate about sex education. What do we teach teenagers about sex, and what do we leave them to figure out on their own? If we can agree that few teens learn about sexuality in an accurate, age-appropriate, and comprehensive way, then where does that leave adults who came through the same school systems they did? Many of us are still full of questions that we aren’t quite sure how to articulate. Few can claim that they’ve figured sex — and its social influence — out.

If you want to graduate to the next level of sexual health, pleasure, and social awareness, now’s your chance. Get yourself schooled with a crash course in sex ed for adults. From orgasms to organs, from contraceptives to court decisions, look to the reading list below for the can’t-miss books and articles about sex.

Source: AlterNet

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Read.gov Launches Today With Numerous Features

Saturday, September 26th, 2009

First publicly announced in this Library of Congress news release from September, Read.gov officially launches today.

The site comes by way of The Center for the Book at LC.

[You'll find] “resources from throughout the Library designed to encourage the reading of books and to interest users in learning about the authors and illustrators who create them.”

What follows are some Read.gov features that we noticed while reviewing the site and reading this blog post.

+ Read Classic Books (in their Entirety) Online
Move through a book page-by-page (forward or backwards) by simply clicking on the page you’re currently reading or looking at. The LC Book Reader also allows you to see facing pages, the option to go directly to a specific page, zoom (in and out), and the ability to view the book in “scroll” mode. At the moment books are available in two categories: Teens and Kids.

Some of the titles available today are: The Raven, A Christmas Carol, A Wonder-Book for Girls & Boys (Teens) and The Baby’s Own Aesop, Baseball ABC, Denslow’s Humpty Dumpty, Mother Goose Finger Plays, The Pied Piper of Hamelin, The Story of the Three Little Pigs, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and The Wonders of a Toy Shop (Kids).

+ Episodic Reading: The Exquisite Corps Adventure

Our “Exquisite Corpse Adventure” works this way: Jon Scieszka, the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, has written the first episode, which is “pieced together out of so many parts that it is not possible to describe them all here, so go ahead and just start reading!” He has passed it on to a cast of celebrated writers and illustrators, who must eventually bring the story to an end.

Every two weeks there will be a new episode [a total of 26] and a new illustration. The story will conclude a year from now…”This story starts with a train rushing through the night….” No one knows where or how it will end!

+ Author Webcasts
More than 20 webcasts are currently available including presentations by: Steven King (and Family), R.L. Stine, David Baldacci, Jan Brett, Jane Goodall, Kay Ryan, Neil Gaiman, and Sara Paretsky.

+ Suggested Reading Lists

+ The Storybook Adventure Game

+ Local and Community Resources
Information about, “Book Fairs, Storytelling Festivals and Other Literary Events Across the U.S.A. and Around the World” and One Book Projects (By State or Country). Australia, Canada, and the UK have One Book Projects.

+ A New Online Book Club: Books and Beyond
Accessible via Facebook.

+ How to Stay Current With the Site and the Exquisite Corpse Adventure
Read.gov offers two RSS feeds or e-mail update lists.

1) Center for the Book and Read.gov (Center for the Book Activities and Read.gov Updates)
RSS ||| E-Mail

2) Exquisite Corpse Adventure (Notification when New Episodes Become Available)
RSS ||| E-Mail

This blog post by Matt Raymond has more including some comments by a member of the web development team.

Kudos to everyone at LC and the Center for the Book put this site together. We’re looking forward to more content and features. Well done!

Source: LC

See Also: When discussing digitized children’s books (as we did above) it’s important to mention the non-profit International Children’s Digital Library. It’s home to digitized books that you can read (full text online) in 16 languages, a very cool search interface, an iPhone app, and iGoogle Gadget.

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New Web Resource: Selected Internet Resource Guide: Endangered Species

Friday, September 18th, 2009

This new guide includes web-based resources from:

+ The Audubon Society
+ Center for Biological Diversity
+ Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)
+ Fish & Wildlife Service
+ International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
+ National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries Service
+ World Conservation Monitoring Centre
+ World Wildlife Fund

Access Endangered Species Internet Resource Guide

Source: Science Reference Section, Science, Technology and Business Division, LC

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Bibliography — Pre-Deployment Afghanistan Reading List

Monday, September 7th, 2009

Pre-Deployment Afghanistan Reading List (PDF; 102 KB)

This reading list is broken down into three distinct levels tailored to the rank and mission role deploying members will most likely fulfill. Start at the top of your respective reading list and work your way down through the list. Based on nominal reading pace for each list (75, 125, and 200 pages per week respectively), each list is designed to be completed in approximately 5-6 months prior to deployment.

The Tactical Level list is designed for deploying E1-E3 personnel. The Small Unit Leaders list is designed for deploying E4-E6 and O1-O3 personnel. The Operational/Strategic Planners list is designed for deploying E7-E9 and O4-O6 personnel. The week numbers (in parentheses) provides the approximate week the book will be completed based upon nominal reading paces.

Note: All but two publications in these lists is hyperlinked to the document itself or Amazon.com. In MS Word, hold the CTRL key and click title to follow the hyperlink.

Source: U.S. Join Forces Command

Hat tip: Combined Arms Research Library

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EUCOM Cultural Awareness Series Reading List

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

EUCOM Cultural Awareness Series Reading List (PDF; 510 KB)
Extensive bibliography.

Via Combined Arms Research Library

Source: United States European Command

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New Bibliography — Horses in History

Friday, August 28th, 2009

New Bibliography — Horses in History

The equine related books, reports, etc. listed in this compilation are in the collection of the National Agricultural Library (NAL). They are mostly from the older materials in the collection and some are from the “rare book” collection. Most items listed are from English or American publishers. The titles chosen are in English and are from 1600s to 1980.

The authors attempted to list books on a wide variety of topics related to equines: the development of the Thoroughbred horse in England, veterinary care, horse management, horses, mules, asses, wild horses, and burros in the American West, equines in the military, various types and breeds of horses, racers, trotters, horses in competition, training horses, etc.

The citation for each published item includes the author, title, publisher, NAL call number, and descriptors. Many citations also include links to a full text version of the document available online. The descriptors provide a brief/general description of the content of the piece. Some books cover many topics and can only be described in general terms.

The compilation is not a comprehensive listing, but a sampling of a very comprehensive collection of equine related documents at NAL. Hopefully, the items referenced will satisfy those who are interested in reading about these animals from a personal interest point of view as well as those who are interested in more in-depth research.

Source: National Library of Agriculture

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2010 The New Economy Analytics, Resources and Alerts

Monday, July 20th, 2009

2010 The New Economy Analytics, Resources and Alerts (PDF; 1.07 MB)

2010 The New Economy Analytics, Resources and Alerts is a comprehensive list of resources and sites that give you the latest and most important information concerning the new economy analytics, resources and alerts that are available over the Internet including related and associated resources and sites.

Source: Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A.

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Resource of the Week: Guide — Talkin’ ‘bout my generation: Exploring age-related resources

Monday, July 20th, 2009

Resource of the Week: Guide — Talkin’ ‘bout my generation: Exploring age-related resources
By Shirl Kennedy, Senior Editor

This interesting and well annotated collection of resources showed up on ResourceShelf earlier this month, and we thought it was worthy of more attention because this is a topic of perennial interest.

Compiled by Sidney Lowe, head of research and information, University Libraries at University of Nevada-Las Vegas, and Susie Skarl, urban studies librarian at Lied Library, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, this guide appears in the July/August 2009 issue of College & Research Libraries News (C&RL News), from the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL).

From their introduction:

Generational categories are based on the time period in which a person was born, and there are variations in how they are labeled. For example, people who were born prior to World War II have been referred to as the “Silent Generation,” “Veterans,” “Radio Babies,” or “Traditionalists.” Some sources cite five separate generations, but most refer to only four. Depending upon which resource one is perusing, the generations are roughly represented as: 1) Traditionalists (born 1927–45), 2) Baby Boomers (1946–64), 3) Generation X, or Gen Xers (1965–80), and 4) Generation Y, or Millennials (1981–2000).

Regardless of the variations in generational birth dates or labels, we live in a continuously evolving world where generations of people are living and working longer than ever before. The electronic landscape is a fertile field for exploring and comparing a wide range of issues across age groups. We believe that the resources highlighted here represent a fascinating cross-section of generational themes.

The guide is divided into three sections: Generational snapshots, Learning styles, and Generations in the workplace. Everything here is useful and interesting, and scattered among these categories are some truly outstanding resources that were new to us, such as:

By the way, all of the Internet Resources webliographies from C&RL News are aggregated in one spot on the ACRL website. Browse by topic or date. Or visit the Internet Resources wiki, where the guides can be updated by their original authors or other knowledgeable folks.

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Webliography: Translation Resources on the Web

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

This guide to “accurate and free” sites was compiled and annotated by Rebecca A. Martin and Sarah McHone-Chase, both librarians at Northern Illinois University.

Direct to Article

Source: C&RL News

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