New databases

OCLC expanded FirstSearch by adding three databases:

• OAIster: union catalog of over 19 million digital resources from more than 1,00 orgs, developed by U Michigan; it's accessed using Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH).

• CAMIO - Catalog of Art Museum Images Online: high quality art images from around the globe.

• Archive Grid: online access to descriptions of archival collections. Seems a very useful resource for particular uses.

I put in the term Tunney, Gene and one of the results is

[Portrait of Gene Tunney] Author: Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964, photographer. Publication: 1934 Resource Type: image; image; image; Data Contributor: Library of Congress Digitized Historical Collections;

Clicking on the hyperlink shows details, including Access: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/van.5a52892
Clicking on that hyperlink shows the thumbnail of this picture

Amazing. This technological advance is impressive.