Library and Research Resources
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Critical Evaluation of Resources-The Library
Suitability Authority Other Indicators Reference Sources Links In the research process you will encounter many types of resources including books , articles and websites .
The mission of the Library of Congress is to make its resources available and useful to Congress and the American people and to sustain and preserve a universal collection of knowledge and creativity for future generations.
By the People, For the People: Posters from the WPA, 1936-1943
by Maria Popova “There’s a future in books…and a book in your future!” After yesterday’s vintage ads for iconic books , how about some vintage ads and posters for all books? Delightfully colorful and brimming with endearingly bad copywriting, these mid-century gems exude the same charming literary enthusiasm we’ve previously seen in the reading PSA posters of the WPA era . Brain Pickings has a free weekly newsletter and people say it’s cool . It comes out on Sundays and offers the week’s best articles.
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Virtual Tour: Panoramic Images: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
This comprehensive virtual tour allows visitors using a desktop computer (Windows, Mac, Linux) or a mobile device (iPhone, iPad, Android) to take a virtual, self-guided, room-by-room walking tour of the whole museum.
A. Finding Sources
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TRAILS: Tool for Real-time Assessment of Information Literacy Skills
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