Add to this page useful resources for finding Rochester Wiki info.
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Google Archive Search allows you to search collected news article from the past 200 years, including both pay and free materials.
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LIBRAWeb is incredible. Use the Change Database option to select Rochester Photo Images. This will allow you to search an index of all the photo archives they have available for our city. The images cover an incredible range of our history through to modern times. Images are presented alongside useful summary information which often includes great contextual and anecdotal information that makes for great content to consider when fleshing out pages.
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www.rochester.lib.ny.us has tons of great info. Navigating through the site itself is a headache, but using Google's 'site:' search option makes finding the info you want effortless. Example: If looking for info on our Abandoned Subway entering 'site:www.rochester.lib.ny.us subway' returns these useful pages.
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NewspaperAbstracts.com is a treasure trove of old newspaper articles1 and (more often than not) contains full text. Site navigation isn't great, so consider searching Google instead using: site:http://newspaperabstracts.com rochester
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Search Google using:
site:http://home.rochester.rr.com rochester. It will return all Rochester Roadrunner (Time Warner) home pages. 152,000 results are returned, and by browsing and narrowing your search further, you're bound to stumble on odd, interesting, and useful information. Who knew Rochester is home to a world traveling slinky? Familiar with Rochester Piobaireachd? Need to flesh out a page on the Irondequoit Bay Bridge?
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Want to contribute a page, but don't have any ideas for a useful page to create? Visit area Online Communities and see what questions are being asked. See if the wiki answers those questions. If not, create a page. Responses to questions in local forums very often include useful information worth considering adding to the wiki alongside links to great resources to find more. Responding yourself with a link to one of our wiki pages is also a great wait to help promote our site.
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Search Yahoo! or google for "Rochester" and some random word. Troll through the links, and if you see something nifty, add it!
- 1We all love microfiche, but you can't access the library 24/7, perform full text searches, or walk around naked.
