We understand your library wants to post fun content to social media but that you might not have the time to dedicate to writing it, so we’d like to help!
Below you will find daily posts, all under Twitter’s 140 character limit (good for Facebook too), that you can copy/paste at your leisure, each linking to a Topic Page, which, for Credo Online Reference Services or Literati subscribers can be a gateway to all kinds of e-resources.
This content is free for the taking, no character-eating attribution to us necessary!
PS: The images below are all in the public domain, with attributions at the bottom of the page.
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2 January
It was a peachy day in US history when Georgia was the 1st southern state to ratify the Constitution this day 1788
http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/georgia_state
3 January
Party at Bag End! JRR Tolkien was born this day in 1892.
http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/tolkien_j_ohn_r_onald_r_euel_1892_1973
4 January
Isaac Newton always knew how to celebrate a birthday with the appropriate amount of gravity:
http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/newton_isaac_1642_1727
5 January
Studying Alternative Medicine on the open web can be hazardous to your research health. Use Topic Pages instead:
http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/alternative_medicine
6 January
Happy Birthday Sherlock Holmes!
http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/holmes_sherlock_fictitious_character
9 January
The first iPhone debuted 10 yrs ago today!
http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/iphone_smartphone
10 January
January is National Blood Donor month so avoid any transfusion confusion with Topic Pages like this:
http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/blood_transfusion
11 January
99 years ago today, Teddy Roosevelt made America's grandest canyon a national monument:
http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/grand_canyon
12 January
Happy Birthday Jack London! By his death at age 40, London had 200 short stories, 20 novels, 3 plays and more.
http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/london_jack_1876_1916
13 January
Topic Pages like this on Newton's Laws can move research forward when procrastination renders you a body at rest
http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/newton_s_laws_of_motion
16 January
Learn more about the inspiring life of MLK:
http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/king_martin_1929_1968
17 January
Happy birthday to the most electric of the founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin!
http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/franklin_benjamin_1706_1790
18 January
Finding good resources is never a bother with Topic Pages like this one on Winnie the Pooh author AA Milne:
http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/milne_a_lan_a_lexander_1882_1956
19 January
Edgar Allan Poe was born 208 years ago today!
http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/poe_edgar_allan_1809_1849
20 January
Donald Trump moves from gold tower to White House today. He will be inaugurated as the 45th US President.
http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/trump_donald_john_1946
23 January
Celebrate National Handwriting Day with this Topic Page on Calligraphy!
http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/calligraphy
24 January
Be mindful of the sources you use for research. Topic Pages like this on Meditation can set you on the right path:
http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/meditation
25 January
Celebrate National Opposite Day with this Yin-Yang Topic Page:
http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/yin_and_yang
26 January
Happy Australia Day! Today marks the 229th anniv of the 1st Fleet in New South Wales.
http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/australia
27 January
Tomorrow is Chinese New Year! This will be the year of the Rooster.
http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/chinese_new_year
30 January
Even complex subjects like Physics don't have to feel like rocket science. Start your research with Topic Pages:
http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/physics
31 January
Happy birthday Jackie Robinson! Learn more about this truly inspirational athlete:
http://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/robinson_jack_roosevelt_jackie_1919_1972
IMAGES:
Isaac Newton, English School, 1715-20.jpg, By attributed to 'English School' (Bonhams) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Isaac_Newton,_English_School,_1715-20.jpg
Martin Luther King Jr NYWTS 6.jpg, By New York World-Telegram and the Sun staff photographer: DeMarsico, Dick, photographer. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Martin_Luther_King_Jr_NYWTS_6.jpg
Edgar Allan Poe by Vallotton.jpg, Félix Vallotton [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edgar_Allan_Poe_by_Vallotton.jpg
Lantern Chinese, by ruthchia, [Public domain], via Pixabay, URL: https://pixabay.com/en/lantern-chinese-chinese-lantern-1168355/