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The Library of Congress has updated its online ephemera collection, An American Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Other Printed Ephemera. In its first release it contained more than 7,000 items, and an additional 3,000 items have been added....
November 26, 2002Finding Censuses (Censii?)
I knew there was a lot of census information online, but I did not know there were over ten thousand links to free census information online. Census Finder ( http://www.censusfinder.com/ ) has found 'em and brings 'em to you. .....
November 25, 2002New York Foundation for the Arts Announces Funding Resource
The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) has begun offering NYFA Source at http://www.nyfa.org/nyfa_source.asp?id=47&fid=1 . This site is a search source providing information on over 2,600 awards programs, 2,100 service programs, and over 700 publications aimed at performing artists....
Continue reading "New York Foundation for the Arts Announces Funding Resource" » Surname Information At All-Surnames
Researching a particular surname? All Surnames ( http://all-surnames.com/ ) offers over 1900 links to various surname pages around the Web. The front page has several alphabetized links -- Aa - Ae, Gp - Gt, Mp - Mz, etc. Click on...
November 22, 2002Donate Your Spam To A Good Cause
Always wanted to do something useful with the Spam that shows up in your mailbox? News.com is reporting ( http://news.com.com/2100-1023-966768.html ) on a new effort from CipherTrust called Spamarchive.org. Spamarchive.org ( http://www.spamarchive.org ) isn't too populated yet. Apparently the site...
November 20, 2002Pencils of Light -- Early Scotland Photography Collection
You know, I've always liked Scotland, but suddenly it's become really cool. First the New York Times announces that you can get vegetarian haggis (apologies to haggis purists), and now the N*tional Library of Scotland (name slightly altered as the...
Continue reading "Pencils of Light -- Early Scotland Photography Collection" » Computer Science Resources Page
Well-crafted single-page link lists are things of beauty and joys forever. And such it is with the University at Albany Library's Computer Science Link List at http://library.albany.edu/subject/csci.htm . This page covers computer science links in a variety of categories, including...
November 19, 2002British Pathe Adds Sixty Years of Newsreels To Their Site
British Plathe has put up sixty years worth of "newsreels" -- news bulletins which played in theatres -- on its Web site. The newsreels date from 1910 to 1970 and total over 3,500 hours. You can access them at http://www.britishpathe.com/...
Continue reading "British Pathe Adds Sixty Years of Newsreels To Their Site" » Directory of Desalination Institutions
The Online Desalination Directory, at http://www.desline.com/ , is an international listing of institutions and individuals who are working to remove salt from water so that it can be used for drinking, agriculture and other activities. The Directory includes more than...
November 18, 2002A Pun Search Engine
There are subject indexes for everything else. Why not puns? Puns Galore, at http://www.punsgalore.com/ , allows you to search or browse for puns under a variety of topics, including Shaggy Dog Stories, Groaners, and Tom Swifties. If you have a...
Database of Web Robots and 'Bots
Sometimes in the course of reviewing your Web site's access logs you'll find occasionally weird entries. They're not browsers, and they're not search engine spiders that you recognize -- what are they? The robot and spider database at http://joseluis.pellicer.org/ua/ will...
Site Lists Australians Who Served in WWII
The Australian War Memorial has launched a site which allows you to search for people who were enlisted in Australian services in World War II. The site, which is available at http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/ , lists information on over one million people....
Continue reading "Site Lists Australians Who Served in WWII" » November 13, 2002Who's Who And What's What
The Marquis Who's Who is now available online at http://search.marquiswhoswho.com . This database contains over a million profiles, with more added daily. It's a paid service. Once you've logged in, you'll have the option to search the database by last...
November 07, 2002Google Adds Two Country-Specific Domains
Google's added two country-specific domains: Poland ( http://www.google.pl ) and Thailand ( http://www.google.co.th/ ). That brings the number of country-specific domains that Google offers to 36....
Continue reading "Google Adds Two Country-Specific Domains" » Looking Ahead to 2004 US Elections
If you just can't wait until the next major elections in the US, check out this new service from E-Democracy.us. They've started a new press release and announcement service, which they say will contain announcements from "substantial presidential campaigns" (which...
November 06, 2002Oh Canada 1901 Census
Wow, it's been a great couple of weeks for online census data, hasn't it? And it's only getting better. The National Archives of Canada have announced an online version of the 1901 census. The snag is that you can't search...
Google Turns the Corner to Three Billion Pages
A hundred years ago when I was young, I boggled at Google's claim of a billion pages. But now I will be blasé. Google is now claiming an index of over three billion pages on their Web site. Yawn. FAST,...
Continue reading "Google Turns the Corner to Three Billion Pages" » November 05, 2002National Library of Scotland Offers Ask-A-Librarian Service
After a six-month test run, the National Library of Scotland has started offering a new electronic reference service. Fill out the online form at http://www .nls.uk/info/readingrooms/askalibrarian.html and the librarians of the NLS will either get back to you or pass...
Continue reading "National Library of Scotland Offers Ask-A-Librarian Service" » Minnesota Historical Society Expands Death Cert Search
The Minnesota Historical Society has expanded its death certificate search ( http://people.mnhs.org/dci/ Search.cfm ) to cover the years 1908-1996. (That was not a typo. 1996.) Though not every bit of information from the death certificate is available on this site,...
Continue reading "Minnesota Historical Society Expands Death Cert Search" » November 04, 2002Project Underway To Create Database of Canadian War Dead Graves
The Maple Leaf Legacy Project ( http://www.mapleleaflegacy.ca/ ) is an immense project to "photograph or obtain a photograph of every Canadian War Grave of the 20th Century." This includes Canadians who served in British units and Americans who served in...
Continue reading "Project Underway To Create Database of Canadian War Dead Graves" » Florida State Archives Completes Confederate Pension Collection
The Florida State Archives has completed scanning its Confederate Pension Collection and made it available online at http://dlis.do s.state.fl.us/barm/Pensionfiles.html . Records of about 14,000 pensions are available. Confederate pension requirements and qualifications changed over time, but the pension itself was...
Continue reading "Florida State Archives Completes Confederate Pension Collection" » November 02, 2002Skins from AlltheWeb
Search engine AlltheWeb ( http://www.alltheweb.com ) has gotten in on the act of changing their search engine on holidays. But instead of altering their logo as Google does, they've started creating "skins." A "skin" is a CSS (cascading style sheet)...
Christian Science Monitor Offers Dozen RSS Feeds
Today is happy dance day here at ResearchBuzz; the Christian Science Monitor has announced a dozen freely-available RSS feeds at http://www.csmonitor.com/rss/ . Categories for the feeds include Work & Money, Sci / Tech, and The Home Forum. There's also one...
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