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Making the Most of Web 2.0 (Reboot): Web 2.0 Resources

Yes, you can sometimes make the sites you surf on the web part of your research. This guide explains how.

Personalities

Making the Most of Web 2.0 -- Personalities

Famous authors, politicians, public intellectuals, and other experts still publish oas columnists, at their own web sites, or in newsletters (Substacks). Though newspapers are often paywalled, you can use ProQuest News and Newspapers to break through to actual articles.

The New York Times Opinion Page is the place for quality writing on news-worthy topics. Clicking either Columnists or Guest Essays gives you a list of authors and titles to browse. Note: it takes about 24 hours for opinion pieces from the New York Times to appear in use ProQuest News and Newspapers.

Wolf Richter and TaNehisi Coates, both authors with material on the open web

Author, Ta-Nehisi Coates (On the right in the illustration), writes about race in the United States. He has an archive of articles at The Atlantic. The Atlantic is paywalled, but putting the article titles into the big, Discover box on the library web page, links you to the content. Ta-Nehsi Coates’ videos on C-Span are freely accessible and come complete with transcripts.

Wolf Richter (On the left in the illustration), an MBA with a gift for wordsmithing spins economic tales on Wolf Street . Former Labor Secretary, Robert Reich, has his own, mostly free, Substack (newsletter) with both articles and videos on politics and the economy.

Mathematician, and former New York Times columnist, Steven Strogatz , has a web site, that make math and related topics relatable. The website also has a page entitled, Fun .