Tuesday, February 24, 2009

New Database: OAIster (FirstSearch)

OAIster is has been added to the A to Z list of all databases and the FirstSearch infopage. This resource is now included in our annual subscription to the First Search base package (at no additional cost). A link has also been added on the library website navigational menu at Search & Find-Other Catalogs.

OAIster is a catalog
of more than 19 million digital resources from over 1,000 organizations. For example, it contains a link to the digital version of the book Dear Dorothy Dix from the internet Archive (search for Dorothy Dix).

OAIster also contains a link to a scanned postcard of Dunbar Lake (1941) from the Digital Past Local History Repository (search for Clarksville, TN). I have discovered that the URL for this postcard must be copied a pasted into the address bar before the image can be seen--
http://www.digitalpast.org/u?/lakecoun106,1842


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