RESOUR> [NetGold] DATABASES : LIBRARIES: ELECTRONIC RESOURCES: Countless Levels of Data on Libraries' Web Sites

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Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 12:38:08 -0500 (EST)
From: David P. Dillard <jwne@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [NetGold] DATABASES : LIBRARIES: ELECTRONIC RESOURCES: Countless
     Levels of Data on Libraries' Web Sites

DATABASES : LIBRARIES: ELECTRONIC RESOURCES: Countless Levels of Data on
Libraries' Web Sites

Saturday, March 27, 2004 - Page updated at 12:00 A.M.
Getting Started / Linda Knapp
Countless Levels of Data on Libraries' Web Sites
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/
personaltechnology/2001889203_ptgett27.html>

A shorter URL for the link above:

<http://snipurl.com/5cnj>

Google, the No. 1 search engine, can't offer all the information we might
want from the Internet. In fact, we can't get to some extremely useful
information that's on the Net simply by asking Google.

I'm talking about those information-rich databases that are generally
expensive and require membership for access.

Public libraries, for example, subscribe to several of these databases and
make them freely available to patrons. The databases include full-text
newspaper and magazine articles, congressional documents, "Books in
Print," genealogy records and other resources. Some are accessible only
from library computers, but most are searchable by library-card holders
from wherever they have Net access.

As I write, I have the King Country Library System Web site (www.kcls.org)
open to its database directory and note 18 categories that include
literature, biography, periodicals, e-books, encyclopedias, government,
law, health, science, technology, history and more.

When I select Arts & Literature, there's a list of databases that include
the AP (Associated Press) archive of images, congressional records, the
New York Times (1857 to the present), articles from more than 4,000
magazines and special databases for kids with age-appropriate articles and
other materials.

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David Dillard
Temple University
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