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Why Buy the Cow?
Milk These Information Resources for Free!
Bill Meltzer- Worthington Libraries Chris May- Mansfield/Richland County Public
Library
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Why look for alternatives?
• Shrinking reference collections
• Pricing model for databases is different
• Shrinking budgets
• OPLIN provides fantastic databases but usage is down
• Can we supplement those resources?
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But it can’t be just anything!
• Remember the basics in evaluating websites
– Coverage
– Objectivity
– Author/Publisher/Organization
– Currency
– Accuracy
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Literary Criticism
IPL Literary Criticism PAL: Perspectives in American Literature
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History, Geography, Cultures
CIA World Factbook
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Careers & Self-Education
Khan Academy GCFLearnFree
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Genealogy
Ancestry (Two-Week Trial)