Speak your mind…opinions welcome, wanted, and appreciated

SuDocQueen@evpl — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:11:00 GMT

Hello out there to everyone in EVPL blogland,

I have a dilemma that I could use your help with. Every year I sit down to plan a workshop on useful government documents and websites (more websites than actual documents now-a-days) and every year I get overwhelmed with the glut of information I could offer… Do I focus on how to find useful health and nutrition information? Or on how to find those interesting statistics you always hear quoted from the Census and Labor Departments? Or what about consumer safety information? Or how to navigate Social Security’s website? Or how about following legislation? The list can go on and on. So, I’m opening the floor to all of you, the people that the government is trying to reach with all of this information. What do you most want to know about? What do you need help discovering? Let me know how best to help you.

Historic 'Life' Magazine photos on Google

librarianinheels@evpl — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:33:00 GMT

I just discovered a really nifty tool for anyone interested in using, or just browsing, some of the iconic photos from Life magazine. Google has an online photo archive of millions of photos that are part of the Life photo archive:

"Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today. Most were never published and are now available for the first time through the joint work of LIFE and Google." (from the Google/Life photo archive website).

This resource is perfect for school projects, or for any research project that requires photographic documentation. As a bonus, framed images can be purchased if you just like old photos, and you want something interesting to hang on your wall. The images are tagged so that searching within a subject is made easier. Here's an interesting blog post about the archive.

The photos are searchable and organized by decade. To search and view the collection, go to http://images.google.com/hosted/life

Research Blog : google, useful web sites

Speak your mind…opinions welcome, wanted, and appreciated

Historic 'Life' Magazine photos on Google