We have a wonderful collection of online resources on our website! I have had to familiarize myself with them for when I work in the Adult Services department. You never know when a patron will ask a question that only one of these resources will answer. I have also used the online resources when I, personally, have needed information. For example, I have used the genealogical databases to do research on my family. The “Birth, Marriage & Death Records” section of Ancestry Library Edition has been helpful for a volunteer job that I do for my Temple. I use the online resources when I work in Technical Services as well. For example, I recently used Novelist Plus to help me determine subject headings for a book written in French (I had to know the title translated into English first).
Thanks to The Chicago Tribune Historical Database, I now know that, on the day I was born, there was a cold wave that gripped Chicago in the wake of a 3.6 inch snowfall that slowed morning rush hour traffic to a crawl. I wonder what the weather was like in Detroit that day?
That’s what happens when you’re born in December – snow, cold, tied-up traffic, etc. My birthdate paper had a bank robbery.
Comment by Liz — October 28, 2008 @ 7:26 pm