INTERNET DOLL RESEARCH
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Liberty of London | Norah Wellings | More Information | Works Cited
Liberty of London | Norah Wellings | More Information | Works Cited
Google and Bing search engines are NOT the end all and be all of internet research. Google provides amazing access to books and scholarly articles. Google Books and Google Scholar provide access in the following ways:
Let's see what happens when we search for a certain published author amongst our doll club members! GOOGLE BOOKS.
- Full Text - The full text is indexed. You can read the entire book online and even download it to your ereader. It also provides links to online stores to purchase the print edition, and best of all - a link to where you can find it in a library to save your wallet.
- Preview - The full text is indexed, and a percentage of the book is available to read online, but not download. Also, links are provided to purchase the book and find in a library.
- No preview available - the text is indexed. Also, links are provided to purchase the book and find in a library.
Let's see what happens when we search for a certain published author amongst our doll club members! GOOGLE BOOKS.
Right now, this is of somewhat limited use for doll research. If the doll publications would get on the bandwagon and allow their contents to be indexed, it would be a different story. You will find some pretty esoteric stuff here - and much of it is limited to articles that can be purchased - at a great price. No handy links to finding articles in a library are provided...but keep in mind that you can always get your local public librarian on the hunt for you to borrow articles for free, or perhaps a small fee, via interlibrary loan.
It is particularly interesting to explore for patent registrations, which include the diagrams as well as information.
Lets's search for "cloth dolls" on GOOGLE SCHOLAR.
It is particularly interesting to explore for patent registrations, which include the diagrams as well as information.
Lets's search for "cloth dolls" on GOOGLE SCHOLAR.
This amazing project has been around almost from the beginning of the internet as we know it. They run on donations, so they can't compete with the Google Behemoth - but they are persistent. And a smaller database can sometimes make serendipitous finds easier to come by.
Their ebooks are downloadable in a multitude of formats and all are free.
Let's search for dolls and see what we find. PROJECT GUTENBERG
The two best I found for this project were:
Their ebooks are downloadable in a multitude of formats and all are free.
Let's search for dolls and see what we find. PROJECT GUTENBERG
The two best I found for this project were:
- RACKETTY-PACKETTY HOUSE As told by Queen Crosspatch By Frances Hodgson Burnett
- The Adventure of Two Dutch Dolls and a 'Golliwogg', by Bertha Upton