While taking Advanced Searching with Joe Janes at the University of Washington, I had the great pleasure of volunteering for the Internet Public Library as part of the coursework. We were trained in their very specific methodology (one I continue to use) and, once we passed their evaluation, were able to participate in their free online reference service.
I enjoyed being able to delve into a wide variety of topics while helping people with their research. I have included the 5 questions I worked on for the IPL for those who may be interested in seeing how I work with reference questions.
I enjoyed being able to delve into a wide variety of topics while helping people with their research. I have included the 5 questions I worked on for the IPL for those who may be interested in seeing how I work with reference questions.
IPL Questions
#1
I am looking for any information that is NOT wikipedia based on the Japanese female warrior Hangaku Gozen. She is also known as Itagaki, was the daughter of Jou Sukekuni and the wife of Asari Yoshitou. Or so Wikipedia tells me. I am really interested in any information that comes from a book or an article on her, and I have access to academic library and ILL privileges, so please feel free to include non free web items. I am looking for an example of a woman who used a Naginata in combat and she is supposedly the most famous.
location: Vacaville, ca
area: Biography
reason: For personal research
school: No
sources_consulted: Wikipedia. WorldCat.
Hello, and thank you for such a fascinating question!
I would very interested in looking up information on the Japanese female warrior Hangaku Gozen and her use of the naginata for you.
I located several woodblocks depicting actors portraying her at the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC). These 3 visual images can supply very interesting information of how she was viewed 700 years later. Clicking on the images themselves bring up larger versions.
Here is the AIC website with the images:
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork-search/results/%22Hangaku+Gozen%22
Since long URLs sometimes break, here is a smaller URL that will also take you to the AIC collection:
http://tinyurl.com/amcndt6
I located this information by searching in WorldCat on Hangaku Gozen and seeing the reference to the AIC in the notes. I then went straight to the AIC website and searched on her name.
The British Historian Stephen Turnbull wrote a book titled “Samurai Women 1184-1877” that discusses Hangaku Gozen. It is available as an ebook here:
http://books.google.com/books?id=oGvKpxC-4kcC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
Here is a smaller URL:
http://tinyurl.com/atfjo4e
I found Dr. Turnbull's ebook by searching on Hangaku Gozen in Google Scholar:
http://scholar.google.com/schhp?hl=en
Dr. Turnbull is a scholar of Japanese history and culture and the author of many books on the subject. His website can be found here:
http://www.stephenturnbull.com/
Hangaku Gozen is briefly discussed in the book “Heroic With Grace: Legendary Women of Japan” edited by Chieko Irie Mulhern. The story focuses on the female warrior Tomoe Gozen, but Hangaku is discussed as an additional, rare female warrior.
I was able to locate this book via Google Scholar as well.
I see in your question that you are looking for an example of a woman who used a naginata in combat. Of course Hangaku Gozen is a good example, but you may want to also look at Tomoe Gozen as she came up in many of my searches as well. Additionally, Hangaku appears to have been better known for her skill with the bow and arrow while Tomoe is frequently discussed as having used the naginata.
Given your interest in women who used the naginata, I did a search in Google on <naginata AND Gozen> to see what I could find on the 2 women and this weapon. The all-caps AND tells Google to find resources that use both terms, not just one or the other.
This search located the website Koryu.com. This is a website of practitioners and independent scholars in martial arts. In particular, the article “Women Warriors of Japan: The Role of the Arms-Bearing Women in Japanese History” by Ellis Amdur discusses both Tomoe and Hangaku Gozen.
http://www.koryu.com/Library/wwj1.html
I cannot verify the scholarly background of the writers on this website, but they do seem very involved in their topic and this website causes me to have confidence in their information.
The AMICA Library also has an image depicting Hangaku Gozen and when you scroll down to the bottom of the page, you can read a short essay on her.
http://www.davidrumsey.com/amica/amico649819-5238.html#record
The creator of this website, David Rumsey, is a man who is interested in collecting interesting and important items and sharing them. He is most well known for his large map collection that he has made high-resolution images of and posted on his website. He employs scholars in their fields and I trust his information. This particular piece is the same image from the AIC, but has the essay accompanying it.
I hope this information assists you in your research of this fascinating historical woman! Thank you for using ipl2 and please do contact us again if you have further questions.
#2
Question: I have an art piece by Francois marie isabel queverdo. I can not find any information about this artist or if the art piece has any value? Would you please direct me in the right direction? Thank you, (name and phone number)
area: Other
reason: Maybe to sell the art piece
school: No
Hello and greetings from ipl2. It looks like you need some information about the artist François Marie Isabel (Isidore) Queverdo.
She is a challenge! I did locate some websites in French, which lead me to other websites in English.
One of the sites is the Brooklyn Museum of Art:
http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/artists/2205/Fran%C3%A7ois_Marie_Isidore_Queverdo
Sometimes long URLs break, so I am supplying a shorter one as well:
http://tinyurl.com/a2cpxao
This is a good site as the Brooklyn Museum is a well-respected institution. While the 6 pieces do not have very thorough information online, I can tell you that the pieces were acquired by the museum in 1938. I know this because the accession numbers all begin with a 38 and this denotes the year of acquisition. They also have her country and birth and death dates listed as French, 1748-1797. We therefore know she was an 18th century artist working in France. The pieces are all etchings, so we know that she was a printmaker.
I located this site by locating the artist in the French version of Wikipedia:
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois-Marie-Isidore_Queverdo
Here, I learned that her middle name is Isidore rather than Isabel, and this opened up the searching and I located the Brooklyn Museum listing via a Google search on <François Marie Isabel Queverdo>.
Your question mentioned that you might be interested in selling your artwork. I located Queverdo’s work at Sotheby’s. A piece of hers sold for 3,125 Euros in 16-17 October, 2012 in Paris. According to The Money Converter.com, this translates to $4,154 in US Dollars.
http://themoneyconverter.com/USD/EUR.aspx
This piece is a pencil and wash on paper and can be seen at:
http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2012/collection-musicale-andr-meyer/lot.197.lotnum.html
Shorter URL:
http://tinyurl.com/ahl2mjo
Sotheby’s is another trustworthy site. They employ art historians and other trained art professionals and do a lot of investigating of the artworks they sell.
I located this site by searching in Google on <François Marie Isabel Queverdo>.
I liked the Money Converter’s website as they are “dedicated to providing free and accurate exchange rate information for the most traded currencies in the world” and do so in an easy-to use interface.
Another art auction site lists a Queverdo they sold in January 2008. This is Christie’s, and like Sotheby’s, is a trusted site for works of art.
http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/drawings-watercolors/francois-marie-isidore-queverdo-frise-decorative-surmontee-de-la-5039076-details.aspx
Shorter URL:
http://tinyurl.com/be25orw
Christie’s website also came up on a Google search on <François Marie Isabel Queverdo>.
One of her pieces can also be seen on David Rumsey’s site for the Amica Library:
http://www.davidrumsey.com/amica/amico202700-22057.html#record
Mr. Rumsey is a patron of the arts and hosts well-respected websites that share works of art and very high-resolution images of fascinating maps.
She also has 2 portraits in the National Portrait Gallery in London, England:
http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp65847/francois-marie-isidore-queverdo?role=art
Short URL:
http://tinyurl.com/bdaa3s8
This Gallery is the well-respected museum in London, England that contains portraits by well-known artists.
This was also found via the Google search.
There appears to be some disagreement amongst art historians as to her correct middle name (Isabel vs. Isidore). This is a frequent occurrence amongst historians about artists. Thus, I also found a citation for her in WorldCat for a listing at the Frick museum:
http://www.worldcat.org/title/francois-marie-isidore-queverdo-artist-file-study-photographs-and-reproductions-of-works-of-art-with-accompanying-documentation-1920-2000/oclc/83342199&referer=brief_results
Short URL:
http://tinyurl.com/awqfus6
WorldCat is a catalogue of many libraries’ holdings: “WorldCat is the world's largest network of library content and services.”
http://www.worldcat.org/
The Frick is a museum in New York known for its Old Masters paintings.
http://www.frick.org/
Their information on Queverdo appears to be 2 folders of information and can be found here:
http://arcade.nyarc.org/record=b250886~S6
I located this last resource by first searching WorldCat and then searching specifically for the Frick museum and then searching on < François Marie Isidore Queverdo> on their website.
I hope this information helps! Thank you for using ipl2 and please do contact us again if you have further questions.
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#3
Question: I have a long-term take-home test, and the question is, " In which war did the colonists win independence from the British?"
grade: 4th
area: History
school: No length:
Other (Multiple Choice)
sourceschecked: I have looked online for hints but it told me HOW they won.
Hello from the ipl2! It looks like you need some information about the war in which the colonists won independence from the British.
One of the wars that is most well known for colonists winning their independence from the British is the American Revolutionary war.
1) More information on this war can be found at the “U.S. History.org” website here:
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.htm
This website is run by the Independence Hall Association. They are a group of people in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania who formed a nonprofit whose “mission (is)to educate the public about the Revolutionary and Colonial eras of American history.” Nonprofit means they do not make money from their website because they are interested in education, not profit.
2) The “Library of Congress” also has a website that explains the American Revolutionary War. It can be found at:
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/revolut/jb_revolut_subj.html
This website is trustworthy because the Library of Congress is the library for the American nation. They want to educate American citizens and people around the world.
How I found the websites:
1) I found the “U.S. History.org” website by entering <American Revolutionary war> into the “Google” search engine and then looking for a website that ends with a “.org” as these sites are usually not for profit. You can find “Google” here:
http://www.google.com
2) I entered <american revolutionary war 4th graders> into “Google” and found a website made by an elementary school teacher in Tennessee. She had a list of good websites for kids and I selected the one that was from the Library of Congress. Her website is for the “A.Z. Kelley Elementary School.” Here is the link:
http://www.azkelleyes.mnps.org/Page34201.aspx
I hope this information is useful! If you have any more questions, please feel free to contact the ipl2 again. We love questions!
#4
Question: Trying to find back iss. of Easyrider from Jan 1st 1976 to dec. 31st 1976 location: Iron Mt. Mi.
area: General
Reference reason: Easyride has a picture of me in it frome 1976. I havnt had the opertunity to see it yet . Im 60 years old . And would like to see it before I pass on. Thank You (name)
school: No
sources_consulted: tryed on line and public lybr.. From Mi to Ca.
Hello and welcome to ipl2. How exciting that you were in Easyrider! It looks like you are looking for a resource or two where you could see copies of Easyrider from the entire year of 1976.
1) Old copies of magazines can be purchased from “Oldmags.com”. The year 1976 is located here: http://oldmags.com/Manufacturer.do?code=Easyriders-Magazine&&firstRow=1&noMiddleLinks=1&sortBy=codeAsc&submittedByUser=true&dateRangeFrom=1976&dateRangeTo=1976
In case that long link breaks, here is a shorter version:
http://tinyurl.com/baelv8c
2) I see that you are in Michigan, so I looked in some libraries there. The Michigan State University Libraries has a set of Easyrider in their Special Collections division. You can find the magazine information at this link:
http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b2429234~S39a
The Special Collections division’s website is:
http://specialcollections.lib.msu.edu/
They have their address and phone number on that page. If you go, you may want to call ahead to see exactly what issues they have on hand.
3) The publisher of Easyrider is Paisano Publications. They may have older versions of the magazine available. You will have to contact them directly as their website does not have earlier versions of the magazine going back to 1976. Their contact information can be found here:
http://www.paisanopub.com/contact/
4) There are several Easyriders from 1976 for sell on Ebay. You can see them at this link:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/Magazine-Back-Issues-/280/i.html?_nkw=easyriders+1976
In case that link breaks, try this shorter one:
http://tinyurl.com/bdxesct
How I found these sites:
1) I did a Google search on easyriders magazine and found the Oldmags.com website listing the copies from 1976.
2) I searched on Easyrider in Worldcat.org in the title field on the advanced search page. Here is a link for WorldCat:
http://www.worldcat.org/advancedsearch
3) While I was looking at the record for Easyrider in WorldCat, I saw that the publisher is Paisano Publications. I Googled Paisano Publications and found their website.
4) I Googled Easyrider 1976 and the Ebay website with the 1976 issues came up.
I hope these websites help you in your quest to locate your picture in Easyrider! Thank you for using ipl2 and please contact us again if you have any more questions.
#5
Question: I'm searching for a science fiction book I read when in the Marine Corps in 1980. The book was checked out from the MCAS Kaneohe Bay library. I don't remember the name or author but remember some details. It seemed to have a rocket on the front cover and was traveling skyward. I remember it was earth in the near future, but something was wrong. The power in control of the planet was not good. there were "sleeper agents" being awoken and at the end an agent was in an underground bunker while there were those outside trying to blast thier way in. I don't remember if he was trying to fire off a rocket or not. Hope you can help.
location: Lexington Park, Maryland USA
area: Literature
reason: Would like to purchase the book.
school: No
sources_consulted: I have searched Google and found a site that lists all science fiction books written by year. Have also submitted a query on a fantasy message board.
Hello and welcome to ipl2! I would be happy to try to help you locate this book. If I understand your request correctly, you are looking for a science fiction book that deals with the Earth being ruled by an evil power with sleeper agents being woken up. It also contains an agent in an underground bunker. For you to remember this book for 33 years, it must be a good read!
Unfortunately without further description of the book, I am not able to discern exactly which book you are looking for; however, I can give you some ideas on how to improve your search for the book:
1. I think the fantasy message board is a great idea and I suggest doing something similar on the website “What was that book?”
http://whatwasthatbook.livejournal.com/
This site is specifically for people who are doing what you are doing, trying to find a book they recall. People who love and are good at figuring these questions out frequent it. I have several people tell me of great success in using this website when searching for a book.
2. Wikipedia has an interesting list of science fiction books in this area:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalyptic_and_post-apocalyptic_fiction#Post-1900_works
This site is written by many individuals, and may have a link or a description of your book.
3. Your request contains a description of the cover, so it seems that you may remember what it looks like. I did a search in “Google Images” on the words “book cover rocket science fiction fantasy 1980” (without the quote marks). This search brought up several covers that match your description. You may be able to locate your book by searching in it:
https://www.google.com/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi
Try other words that you recall that describe the cover to improve your search.
4. Another good place to look is WorldCat. This is a catalogue of billions of books from thousands of libraries. Enter terms that describe your book in the keyword field, enter dates between 1900 and 1980, make the content is set to fiction, and format is set to book.
http://www.worldcat.org/advancedsearch
This is an excellent place to look for book as this allows you to search many libraries at the same time.
How I found these resources:
1. I already knew about the “What was that book?” website.
2. Google search on the words: agent AND underground AND bunker AND rocket (science fiction OR fantasy)
3. Google Image search on terms that describe the cover of the book.
4. WorldCat.org is well known amongst librarians.
I hope these suggestions help! If you would like us to work some more on locating the particular title, please feel free to contact us again with more details. The more information you can provide, the better. For example, if you can tell us what time period the book is set in, if there are any female protagonists in it, are any places on Earth mentioned, or any other details, that might help us locate it.
Thank you for using ipl2 and please contact us again if you have any more questions.
Practice question:
Question: what country's are confirmed parts of the european union? Not those that might be members in the future.
from: [email protected]
grade: 4
school: Yes
Hello, I am happy to help you with this question! It looks like you are looking for the countries that are currently members of the European Union (also known as the EU). Let me see what I can find.
The answer to your question is that there are 27 countries currently in the EU: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland France, Germany, Greece, Netherlands, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden & the United Kingdom.
I found this list on the “European Movement” website. This website can be found here:
http://www.euromove.org.uk/index.php?id=7280
I like the map on this website. The 27 members are shown in yellow and dark yellow. They have them in different shades of yellow so we can tell one country apart from the one next to it. This site is from a group in the UK, one of the member nations. It is not run by the UK’s government, but is run by a pro-European group who want to promote Europe. They are not interested in selling anything and they support all of the members. This tells me that they would have correct information and that I can trust what they say.
I also found the same information on the official “European Union's” website at:
http://europa.eu/about-eu/countries/index_en.htm
This site is the official website for the EU and would have very up-to-date information. Since this is the approved website for the EU, I can trust what they are saying because they want to give correct information about themselves.
Here is how I found these 2 websites for you:
1) I found the “European Movement” website by doing a “Google” search using the words: <what nations make up the european union>.
You can find “Google” at:
http://google.com
2) I found the “European Union’s” website by:
1.Going to the EU's” Wikipedia” page
2.Looking at the source for the sentence that tells what nations are members
3.Following that source link to get to the EU's website so I could be sure I was getting accurate information (if this is not clear, please ask an adult to show you what I did)
You can find the EU’s “Wikipedia” website at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union
I hope this is helpful! Thank you for using the ipl2 service; if you have more questions, please feel free to contact us again.
Answering one of the questions using non freely-available Web resources
Question: I have a long-term take-home test, and the question is, " In which war did the colonists win independence from the British?"
grade: 4th
area: History
school: No length:
Other (Multiple Choice)
sourceschecked: I have looked online for hints but it told me HOW they won.
Hello from the ipl2! It looks like you need some information about the war in which the colonists won independence from the British.
One of the wars that is most well known for colonists winning their independence from the British is the American Revolutionary war.
1) A book that tells the story of the war from the point of view of a man who fought in the war at the age of 15 is:
A young patriot: the American Revolution as experienced by one boy by Jim Murphy
2) Another good book is:
Fight for freedom: the American Revolutionary War by Benson Bobrick
This book has images of paintings from the time, political cartoons, and campaign and battlefield maps, all of which would be helpful in learning more about the war in which the Colonists won independence from the British!
3) A DVD that would clarify this question is:
The American Revolution for students by Yves Gérard Issembert; Andrew Schlessinger; Adam F Mellema; Schlessinger Media (Firm); Issembert Productions, 2004.
According to the summary of this DVD, “Through the use of still pictures, interviews with experts and historical re-enactments, this video series explores the struggle for power that took place between the American colonies and Great Britain.”
I am not sure where you are located, but if you were to bring this list of items to your local library or bookstore, they could help you find some, if not all of these items.
How I found these:
I found the books by looking at the University of Washington’s catalog for books on the Revolutionary War. I narrowed down the search to juvenile (kid) audiences so I would get books that are not going to be aimed at college students.
I then did the same search and narrowed it down to DVDs for juvenile audiences.
I hope this information is useful! If you have any more questions, please feel free to contact the ipl2 again. We love questions!
#1
I am looking for any information that is NOT wikipedia based on the Japanese female warrior Hangaku Gozen. She is also known as Itagaki, was the daughter of Jou Sukekuni and the wife of Asari Yoshitou. Or so Wikipedia tells me. I am really interested in any information that comes from a book or an article on her, and I have access to academic library and ILL privileges, so please feel free to include non free web items. I am looking for an example of a woman who used a Naginata in combat and she is supposedly the most famous.
location: Vacaville, ca
area: Biography
reason: For personal research
school: No
sources_consulted: Wikipedia. WorldCat.
Hello, and thank you for such a fascinating question!
I would very interested in looking up information on the Japanese female warrior Hangaku Gozen and her use of the naginata for you.
I located several woodblocks depicting actors portraying her at the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC). These 3 visual images can supply very interesting information of how she was viewed 700 years later. Clicking on the images themselves bring up larger versions.
Here is the AIC website with the images:
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork-search/results/%22Hangaku+Gozen%22
Since long URLs sometimes break, here is a smaller URL that will also take you to the AIC collection:
http://tinyurl.com/amcndt6
I located this information by searching in WorldCat on Hangaku Gozen and seeing the reference to the AIC in the notes. I then went straight to the AIC website and searched on her name.
The British Historian Stephen Turnbull wrote a book titled “Samurai Women 1184-1877” that discusses Hangaku Gozen. It is available as an ebook here:
http://books.google.com/books?id=oGvKpxC-4kcC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
Here is a smaller URL:
http://tinyurl.com/atfjo4e
I found Dr. Turnbull's ebook by searching on Hangaku Gozen in Google Scholar:
http://scholar.google.com/schhp?hl=en
Dr. Turnbull is a scholar of Japanese history and culture and the author of many books on the subject. His website can be found here:
http://www.stephenturnbull.com/
Hangaku Gozen is briefly discussed in the book “Heroic With Grace: Legendary Women of Japan” edited by Chieko Irie Mulhern. The story focuses on the female warrior Tomoe Gozen, but Hangaku is discussed as an additional, rare female warrior.
I was able to locate this book via Google Scholar as well.
I see in your question that you are looking for an example of a woman who used a naginata in combat. Of course Hangaku Gozen is a good example, but you may want to also look at Tomoe Gozen as she came up in many of my searches as well. Additionally, Hangaku appears to have been better known for her skill with the bow and arrow while Tomoe is frequently discussed as having used the naginata.
Given your interest in women who used the naginata, I did a search in Google on <naginata AND Gozen> to see what I could find on the 2 women and this weapon. The all-caps AND tells Google to find resources that use both terms, not just one or the other.
This search located the website Koryu.com. This is a website of practitioners and independent scholars in martial arts. In particular, the article “Women Warriors of Japan: The Role of the Arms-Bearing Women in Japanese History” by Ellis Amdur discusses both Tomoe and Hangaku Gozen.
http://www.koryu.com/Library/wwj1.html
I cannot verify the scholarly background of the writers on this website, but they do seem very involved in their topic and this website causes me to have confidence in their information.
The AMICA Library also has an image depicting Hangaku Gozen and when you scroll down to the bottom of the page, you can read a short essay on her.
http://www.davidrumsey.com/amica/amico649819-5238.html#record
The creator of this website, David Rumsey, is a man who is interested in collecting interesting and important items and sharing them. He is most well known for his large map collection that he has made high-resolution images of and posted on his website. He employs scholars in their fields and I trust his information. This particular piece is the same image from the AIC, but has the essay accompanying it.
I hope this information assists you in your research of this fascinating historical woman! Thank you for using ipl2 and please do contact us again if you have further questions.
#2
Question: I have an art piece by Francois marie isabel queverdo. I can not find any information about this artist or if the art piece has any value? Would you please direct me in the right direction? Thank you, (name and phone number)
area: Other
reason: Maybe to sell the art piece
school: No
Hello and greetings from ipl2. It looks like you need some information about the artist François Marie Isabel (Isidore) Queverdo.
She is a challenge! I did locate some websites in French, which lead me to other websites in English.
One of the sites is the Brooklyn Museum of Art:
http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/artists/2205/Fran%C3%A7ois_Marie_Isidore_Queverdo
Sometimes long URLs break, so I am supplying a shorter one as well:
http://tinyurl.com/a2cpxao
This is a good site as the Brooklyn Museum is a well-respected institution. While the 6 pieces do not have very thorough information online, I can tell you that the pieces were acquired by the museum in 1938. I know this because the accession numbers all begin with a 38 and this denotes the year of acquisition. They also have her country and birth and death dates listed as French, 1748-1797. We therefore know she was an 18th century artist working in France. The pieces are all etchings, so we know that she was a printmaker.
I located this site by locating the artist in the French version of Wikipedia:
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois-Marie-Isidore_Queverdo
Here, I learned that her middle name is Isidore rather than Isabel, and this opened up the searching and I located the Brooklyn Museum listing via a Google search on <François Marie Isabel Queverdo>.
Your question mentioned that you might be interested in selling your artwork. I located Queverdo’s work at Sotheby’s. A piece of hers sold for 3,125 Euros in 16-17 October, 2012 in Paris. According to The Money Converter.com, this translates to $4,154 in US Dollars.
http://themoneyconverter.com/USD/EUR.aspx
This piece is a pencil and wash on paper and can be seen at:
http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2012/collection-musicale-andr-meyer/lot.197.lotnum.html
Shorter URL:
http://tinyurl.com/ahl2mjo
Sotheby’s is another trustworthy site. They employ art historians and other trained art professionals and do a lot of investigating of the artworks they sell.
I located this site by searching in Google on <François Marie Isabel Queverdo>.
I liked the Money Converter’s website as they are “dedicated to providing free and accurate exchange rate information for the most traded currencies in the world” and do so in an easy-to use interface.
Another art auction site lists a Queverdo they sold in January 2008. This is Christie’s, and like Sotheby’s, is a trusted site for works of art.
http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/drawings-watercolors/francois-marie-isidore-queverdo-frise-decorative-surmontee-de-la-5039076-details.aspx
Shorter URL:
http://tinyurl.com/be25orw
Christie’s website also came up on a Google search on <François Marie Isabel Queverdo>.
One of her pieces can also be seen on David Rumsey’s site for the Amica Library:
http://www.davidrumsey.com/amica/amico202700-22057.html#record
Mr. Rumsey is a patron of the arts and hosts well-respected websites that share works of art and very high-resolution images of fascinating maps.
She also has 2 portraits in the National Portrait Gallery in London, England:
http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp65847/francois-marie-isidore-queverdo?role=art
Short URL:
http://tinyurl.com/bdaa3s8
This Gallery is the well-respected museum in London, England that contains portraits by well-known artists.
This was also found via the Google search.
There appears to be some disagreement amongst art historians as to her correct middle name (Isabel vs. Isidore). This is a frequent occurrence amongst historians about artists. Thus, I also found a citation for her in WorldCat for a listing at the Frick museum:
http://www.worldcat.org/title/francois-marie-isidore-queverdo-artist-file-study-photographs-and-reproductions-of-works-of-art-with-accompanying-documentation-1920-2000/oclc/83342199&referer=brief_results
Short URL:
http://tinyurl.com/awqfus6
WorldCat is a catalogue of many libraries’ holdings: “WorldCat is the world's largest network of library content and services.”
http://www.worldcat.org/
The Frick is a museum in New York known for its Old Masters paintings.
http://www.frick.org/
Their information on Queverdo appears to be 2 folders of information and can be found here:
http://arcade.nyarc.org/record=b250886~S6
I located this last resource by first searching WorldCat and then searching specifically for the Frick museum and then searching on < François Marie Isidore Queverdo> on their website.
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Question: I have a long-term take-home test, and the question is, " In which war did the colonists win independence from the British?"
grade: 4th
area: History
school: No length:
Other (Multiple Choice)
sourceschecked: I have looked online for hints but it told me HOW they won.
Hello from the ipl2! It looks like you need some information about the war in which the colonists won independence from the British.
One of the wars that is most well known for colonists winning their independence from the British is the American Revolutionary war.
1) More information on this war can be found at the “U.S. History.org” website here:
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.htm
This website is run by the Independence Hall Association. They are a group of people in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania who formed a nonprofit whose “mission (is)to educate the public about the Revolutionary and Colonial eras of American history.” Nonprofit means they do not make money from their website because they are interested in education, not profit.
2) The “Library of Congress” also has a website that explains the American Revolutionary War. It can be found at:
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/revolut/jb_revolut_subj.html
This website is trustworthy because the Library of Congress is the library for the American nation. They want to educate American citizens and people around the world.
How I found the websites:
1) I found the “U.S. History.org” website by entering <American Revolutionary war> into the “Google” search engine and then looking for a website that ends with a “.org” as these sites are usually not for profit. You can find “Google” here:
http://www.google.com
2) I entered <american revolutionary war 4th graders> into “Google” and found a website made by an elementary school teacher in Tennessee. She had a list of good websites for kids and I selected the one that was from the Library of Congress. Her website is for the “A.Z. Kelley Elementary School.” Here is the link:
http://www.azkelleyes.mnps.org/Page34201.aspx
I hope this information is useful! If you have any more questions, please feel free to contact the ipl2 again. We love questions!
#4
Question: Trying to find back iss. of Easyrider from Jan 1st 1976 to dec. 31st 1976 location: Iron Mt. Mi.
area: General
Reference reason: Easyride has a picture of me in it frome 1976. I havnt had the opertunity to see it yet . Im 60 years old . And would like to see it before I pass on. Thank You (name)
school: No
sources_consulted: tryed on line and public lybr.. From Mi to Ca.
Hello and welcome to ipl2. How exciting that you were in Easyrider! It looks like you are looking for a resource or two where you could see copies of Easyrider from the entire year of 1976.
1) Old copies of magazines can be purchased from “Oldmags.com”. The year 1976 is located here: http://oldmags.com/Manufacturer.do?code=Easyriders-Magazine&&firstRow=1&noMiddleLinks=1&sortBy=codeAsc&submittedByUser=true&dateRangeFrom=1976&dateRangeTo=1976
In case that long link breaks, here is a shorter version:
http://tinyurl.com/baelv8c
2) I see that you are in Michigan, so I looked in some libraries there. The Michigan State University Libraries has a set of Easyrider in their Special Collections division. You can find the magazine information at this link:
http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b2429234~S39a
The Special Collections division’s website is:
http://specialcollections.lib.msu.edu/
They have their address and phone number on that page. If you go, you may want to call ahead to see exactly what issues they have on hand.
3) The publisher of Easyrider is Paisano Publications. They may have older versions of the magazine available. You will have to contact them directly as their website does not have earlier versions of the magazine going back to 1976. Their contact information can be found here:
http://www.paisanopub.com/contact/
4) There are several Easyriders from 1976 for sell on Ebay. You can see them at this link:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/Magazine-Back-Issues-/280/i.html?_nkw=easyriders+1976
In case that link breaks, try this shorter one:
http://tinyurl.com/bdxesct
How I found these sites:
1) I did a Google search on easyriders magazine and found the Oldmags.com website listing the copies from 1976.
2) I searched on Easyrider in Worldcat.org in the title field on the advanced search page. Here is a link for WorldCat:
http://www.worldcat.org/advancedsearch
3) While I was looking at the record for Easyrider in WorldCat, I saw that the publisher is Paisano Publications. I Googled Paisano Publications and found their website.
4) I Googled Easyrider 1976 and the Ebay website with the 1976 issues came up.
I hope these websites help you in your quest to locate your picture in Easyrider! Thank you for using ipl2 and please contact us again if you have any more questions.
#5
Question: I'm searching for a science fiction book I read when in the Marine Corps in 1980. The book was checked out from the MCAS Kaneohe Bay library. I don't remember the name or author but remember some details. It seemed to have a rocket on the front cover and was traveling skyward. I remember it was earth in the near future, but something was wrong. The power in control of the planet was not good. there were "sleeper agents" being awoken and at the end an agent was in an underground bunker while there were those outside trying to blast thier way in. I don't remember if he was trying to fire off a rocket or not. Hope you can help.
location: Lexington Park, Maryland USA
area: Literature
reason: Would like to purchase the book.
school: No
sources_consulted: I have searched Google and found a site that lists all science fiction books written by year. Have also submitted a query on a fantasy message board.
Hello and welcome to ipl2! I would be happy to try to help you locate this book. If I understand your request correctly, you are looking for a science fiction book that deals with the Earth being ruled by an evil power with sleeper agents being woken up. It also contains an agent in an underground bunker. For you to remember this book for 33 years, it must be a good read!
Unfortunately without further description of the book, I am not able to discern exactly which book you are looking for; however, I can give you some ideas on how to improve your search for the book:
1. I think the fantasy message board is a great idea and I suggest doing something similar on the website “What was that book?”
http://whatwasthatbook.livejournal.com/
This site is specifically for people who are doing what you are doing, trying to find a book they recall. People who love and are good at figuring these questions out frequent it. I have several people tell me of great success in using this website when searching for a book.
2. Wikipedia has an interesting list of science fiction books in this area:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalyptic_and_post-apocalyptic_fiction#Post-1900_works
This site is written by many individuals, and may have a link or a description of your book.
3. Your request contains a description of the cover, so it seems that you may remember what it looks like. I did a search in “Google Images” on the words “book cover rocket science fiction fantasy 1980” (without the quote marks). This search brought up several covers that match your description. You may be able to locate your book by searching in it:
https://www.google.com/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi
Try other words that you recall that describe the cover to improve your search.
4. Another good place to look is WorldCat. This is a catalogue of billions of books from thousands of libraries. Enter terms that describe your book in the keyword field, enter dates between 1900 and 1980, make the content is set to fiction, and format is set to book.
http://www.worldcat.org/advancedsearch
This is an excellent place to look for book as this allows you to search many libraries at the same time.
How I found these resources:
1. I already knew about the “What was that book?” website.
2. Google search on the words: agent AND underground AND bunker AND rocket (science fiction OR fantasy)
3. Google Image search on terms that describe the cover of the book.
4. WorldCat.org is well known amongst librarians.
I hope these suggestions help! If you would like us to work some more on locating the particular title, please feel free to contact us again with more details. The more information you can provide, the better. For example, if you can tell us what time period the book is set in, if there are any female protagonists in it, are any places on Earth mentioned, or any other details, that might help us locate it.
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Practice question:
Question: what country's are confirmed parts of the european union? Not those that might be members in the future.
from: [email protected]
grade: 4
school: Yes
Hello, I am happy to help you with this question! It looks like you are looking for the countries that are currently members of the European Union (also known as the EU). Let me see what I can find.
The answer to your question is that there are 27 countries currently in the EU: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland France, Germany, Greece, Netherlands, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden & the United Kingdom.
I found this list on the “European Movement” website. This website can be found here:
http://www.euromove.org.uk/index.php?id=7280
I like the map on this website. The 27 members are shown in yellow and dark yellow. They have them in different shades of yellow so we can tell one country apart from the one next to it. This site is from a group in the UK, one of the member nations. It is not run by the UK’s government, but is run by a pro-European group who want to promote Europe. They are not interested in selling anything and they support all of the members. This tells me that they would have correct information and that I can trust what they say.
I also found the same information on the official “European Union's” website at:
http://europa.eu/about-eu/countries/index_en.htm
This site is the official website for the EU and would have very up-to-date information. Since this is the approved website for the EU, I can trust what they are saying because they want to give correct information about themselves.
Here is how I found these 2 websites for you:
1) I found the “European Movement” website by doing a “Google” search using the words: <what nations make up the european union>.
You can find “Google” at:
http://google.com
2) I found the “European Union’s” website by:
1.Going to the EU's” Wikipedia” page
2.Looking at the source for the sentence that tells what nations are members
3.Following that source link to get to the EU's website so I could be sure I was getting accurate information (if this is not clear, please ask an adult to show you what I did)
You can find the EU’s “Wikipedia” website at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union
I hope this is helpful! Thank you for using the ipl2 service; if you have more questions, please feel free to contact us again.
Answering one of the questions using non freely-available Web resources
Question: I have a long-term take-home test, and the question is, " In which war did the colonists win independence from the British?"
grade: 4th
area: History
school: No length:
Other (Multiple Choice)
sourceschecked: I have looked online for hints but it told me HOW they won.
Hello from the ipl2! It looks like you need some information about the war in which the colonists won independence from the British.
One of the wars that is most well known for colonists winning their independence from the British is the American Revolutionary war.
1) A book that tells the story of the war from the point of view of a man who fought in the war at the age of 15 is:
A young patriot: the American Revolution as experienced by one boy by Jim Murphy
2) Another good book is:
Fight for freedom: the American Revolutionary War by Benson Bobrick
This book has images of paintings from the time, political cartoons, and campaign and battlefield maps, all of which would be helpful in learning more about the war in which the Colonists won independence from the British!
3) A DVD that would clarify this question is:
The American Revolution for students by Yves Gérard Issembert; Andrew Schlessinger; Adam F Mellema; Schlessinger Media (Firm); Issembert Productions, 2004.
According to the summary of this DVD, “Through the use of still pictures, interviews with experts and historical re-enactments, this video series explores the struggle for power that took place between the American colonies and Great Britain.”
I am not sure where you are located, but if you were to bring this list of items to your local library or bookstore, they could help you find some, if not all of these items.
How I found these:
I found the books by looking at the University of Washington’s catalog for books on the Revolutionary War. I narrowed down the search to juvenile (kid) audiences so I would get books that are not going to be aimed at college students.
I then did the same search and narrowed it down to DVDs for juvenile audiences.
I hope this information is useful! If you have any more questions, please feel free to contact the ipl2 again. We love questions!