Databases for the Home, the Collector and the Investor! Also, RSSThose of you who walk down the digital halls of library information (i.e. look at our online databases on a regular basis) have probably noticed a few fresh faces among the usual suspects.
We are currently in the midst of a one-month trial subscription to the Home Improvement Reference Center. We have also got a one-year trial subscription to the scrappy Prices for Antiques database. Let us know what you think of these two.
However the really big news (sorry Tim Allen) is that we will soon be getting access to Morningstar online. Investors, warm up your computers. In addition to online access to mutual fund information, Morningstar online will give you information on individual stocks. And, as if that wasn't enough, you will be able to access Morningstar from both inside and outside the library.
Once the paperwork clears and all of the correct signatures are in place, you can bet you'll hear about it here first!
Attention Library Newsletter devotees - RSS is here!
Most philosophers and scholars agree that among the greatest joys of life are great food, great companionship, and getting the Rochester Public Library newsletter before anyone else does. We have thousands of books to help you with the first two, but now we also have an RSS feed set up to help you with the latter.
RSS feeds make it easy to keep up-to-date with the latest news and information on the web, and getting our newsletter has never been simpler. Either point your browswer to this page (and have it sniff out our RSS address (a simple XML file, for those of you in the know) or put this web address into your feed reader(http://www.rochesterpubliclibrary.org/rssfeed/rss_home.html)
It couldn't be simpler. Saving trees, saving time and most of all, making sure you get your digital mitts on a copy of our compelling and informative missive.
Let us know if there is anything else that you think we should offer as an RSS feed.
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