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| Thursday, April 03, 2008 |
The National Museum of Health and Medicine has an unofficial weblog with the best title ever: A Repository for Bottled Monsters. And it's really interesting, too!
Some new twists on old research favorites: Northern Light now has a free business search engine available, and Worldcat lets you create tailored lists, which are not only useful but also a great way to browse subjects, like history. (There's even one for steampunk!)
Some brand new library bits: document the insanity at your library and win a prize! Also, there are a zillion library-related Facebook apps out there, and if you don't see one you use, add it to the list. I have finally caved in and joined Facebook, albeit at a very minimal level, so this is all new to me.
The Doe Network is a volunteer-driven project that helps track down missing people and solve cold cases. Put your spare time to work for a good cause! Another spare-time project is going on at Brijit, where you can summarize articles in under 100 words and get paid for it.
And lastly, it's not just professional athletes and musicians who go for artificial "enhancements" - researchers use pills to help their performance, too! I can't vouch for the effectiveness of this method, but I will say that I got a lot more efficient at reference once I took up drinking coffee...
Tomorrow: links from others!
Jinnet @
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