The end is here!

I managed to get back to the challenge and by the deadline. I thought I would end late as I started late but.......
Visiting "WorldCat" was neat. There are a lot of libraries that carry the book I was looking for-"Last of the Mohicans". There are 1200 books at other libraries-wow! Which lead me to the author. James Fenimore Cooper also wrote "Leatherstocking Tales" and 2474 books were available with the number one library to have it at Augustana College in SD. Just listing Cooper as author led to 110,443 hits with Aberdeen Alexander Mitchell Library having it. The number one author under Cooper was Susan Cooper and there 110,443 books out of 153,557 matches. This site lists all the ways to get to the book, author, and library easily. I wish I had played with this resource sooner. I actually learned computers when you wrote the program and used a lot math. Now there is an endless amount of information out there.
The wrap up is here. I used a few of the newpaper resources, even though they are no longer active, and found old related items to my topic. I typed in war memorial and had 120 hits on the Capital Journal with 27 of the articles from 2010-obits and the Honor flight.
I requested a State Library card last week and have not received it so I could not use the LexisNexis Congressional resource. When I receive the card I will play around there.
My biggest discovery was World Book. I know the paper version of encyclopedias are not used much but all the info is there, just electronically. My biggest hope is that all the school systems are using the resources for research. Our library does not get used by the high school kids a lot for research because of the school offering time in the day to use the computers and the school is giving out computers.
I keep passing the word the library is available for free to everyone by word of mouth, the local news channel, and articles in the local paper. I am even working with the new administration at the local high school. I now have the help of the library board also passing the word. It seems baby steps work the best. My first baby step will be making sure everyone knows about Learning Express. Thanks for having me challenge myself and the librarian.