Editorial Cartoon Database Available at GALILEO

Clifford Baldowski donated more than 7,000 cartoons to the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies at the University of Georgia before his death. 2,500 of the cartoons are now available online at http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/baldy.html . The cartoons cover 1946-1982 and cover state, national, and international politics and issues.

The collection is searchable via many variables, including keywords, title, subject, and publication date. You may also specify whether or not the results should have images included. A search for "subsidies" found five results. If you specify images results contain a title and an image thumbnail. Click on the title of the cartoon and you'll get a full citation, including publication date and a full description. Click on the thumbnail and you'll get a larger picture. The pictures are too small in my opinion and rather distractingly watermarked. Thank goodness for the thorough description.

One nice feature of this collection is that you can save cartoons. Once you've saved a collection you can either e-mail it (looks like just the citation information is mailed) or view all the cartoons/citations on a single page for saving or printing.

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