Hi, Rickie, I'd suggest explaining how (and why) to join a listserve and check its archives. In addition to Museum-L, ALHFAM, I'd add the science center list, ISEN-ASTC-L, Association of Science-Technology Centers. State history listserves are invaluable too, both for ideas and publicizing events--state historical commission should be able to point you to yours (a good many are now part of the H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online listserve group run out of Michigan State. The range of subdisciplines represented among its listserves is amazing, and you can join for a bit, ask your question, and leave.). The webmaster for the National Coalition of Independent Scholars (HTTP://www.ncis.org/ has put together an extraordinary set of links for doing research online at: http://ncis.org/links.htm Karen Princeton Research Forum/National Coalition of Independent Scholars -- Karen Reeds, Ph.D. Guest Curator, Linnaeus & America American Swedish Historical Museum, Philadelphia http://www.americanswedish.org/linnaeus.html ============== 19 Woodland Dr Princeton NJ 08540 609--279-9420 fax: 609--279-9446 [log in to unmask] ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).