What's New at the Library:

Information comes in many different packages!

Sandi Meeker did a great  job giving us a grand tour of information sources available on the internet.  In addition she showed us shortcuts that are available when using Google to search for information.  Below are rough outlines of her presentation along with links to pages that we explored at the meeting.

• Lenawee County Library

http://www.lenawee.lib.mi.us/

Mel Databases

www.mel.org Choose databases

MelCat - Interlibrary loan catalog

Chiltons – Car repair manual

Health and Wellness center – Diseases and prescriptions

Heritage Quest online - Genealogy

NoveList-What do I read next

• Search engines – Use different ones for different searches http://thesearchenginelist.com/

Windows7 Tutorial http://www.top-windows-tutorials.com/

• Pandora – Internet radio – Enter a song or artist, and Pandora creates an Internet radio station with similar songs. http://www.pandora.com/

• Slate – Washington Post’s online current affairs magazine – founded by Microsoft – more than politics (cartoons entertainment and tech coverage especially good) http://www.slate.com/
• Engadget – Covers the world of tech gadgets http://www.engadget.com/
• Shorpy- Photo site retro photographs taken between 1850 and 1950. Pictures before camera phones http://www.shorpy.com/
• WorldWide Telescope – See the universe on your computer – travel around earth, space and other planets, sight-seeing by photos from the ground and space based telescopes http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/Home.aspx
• You should have Seen this – 100 web memes should have seen by now. http://youshouldhaveseenthis.com/
• MeeHive – Build a customized online newspaper based on your personal interest http://youshouldhaveseenthis.com/
• Smart History – Interactive, multi-media art history book http://smarthistory.org/
• Still Tasty – Lets you know whether to keep or toss food – rot or not http://stilltasty.com/
• Tributes – extensive listing of deceased persons. Both celebrities and regular folks. Pay tribute to a friend or loved one. http://www.tributes.com/
• Giveaway a day – Gives away free licensed software every day – not trials or limited releases. http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/
• Thomas House Bill Legislation info – Health Bill http://thomas.loc.gov/
• DestinationRX – Online tools for prescription drugs http://www.destinationrx.com/
• Promedica – Baby picture http://www.promedica.org/
• Bing – Search engine http://www.bing.com/