Website Categories:
ARTS
Arts, Journalism, Literature, Music, and Theater
BOSTON
Boston and New England
COMPUTERS
Computers, Internet, Networks, and Software
DATABASE/AI
Database Technologies, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, and Data Science
EMPLOY
Employment, Jobs, Labor, Management, and Unions
ENTERTAINMENT
Entertainment, Fashion, Games, Gossip, People, Sex, Social Media, and Television
HISTORY
History, Anthropology, Archaeology, Culture, Geography, Humanities, and Sociology
KIDS
Kids, Education, Families, Parenting, Pediatrics, and Pregnancy
MONEY
Money, Business, Cars, Economics, Finance, and Real Estate
PHILOSOPHY
Philosophy, Ethics, Religion, and Theology
POLITICS
Politics, Activism, Government, Law, Legal Issues, and Military
REFERENCE
Reference, Dictionaries, Encyclopedia, Genealogy, Maps, Public Records, and Research
SCIENCE
Science, Engineering, Math, Medicine, Neuroscience, Psychology, and Technology
SPORTS
Sports, Health, Nutrition, and Outdoors
TRAVEL
Travel, Hotels, Lodging, Transportation, Travel Insurance, and Travel Medicine
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- “Knowledge is no longer an immobile solid; it has been liquefied. It is actively moving in all the currents of society itself.” – John Dewey. “The School and Social Progress.” 1907
- “Libraries store the energy that fuels the imagination. They open up windows to the world and inspire us to explore and achieve, and contribute to improving our quality of life.” Sidney Sheldon
- “Information is the oil of the 21st century, and analytics is the combustion engine.” Peter Sondergaard (1965 – ), senior vice president and global head of Research at Gartner, Inc. Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in October, 2011, Orlando, Florida
- “I have found the most valuable thing in my wallet is my library card.” Laura Bush, First Lady of United States of America 2001-2009, and First Lady of Texas 1995-2000
- “Many highly schooled people are uneducated, and many highly “educated” people are unschooled.” Milton Friedman
- “We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” Walt Disney. 2007