If puzzles, brainteasers, and other games stimulate your thinking process, go to Mindgames for an array of interactive free games and others to purchase. Visit their Head Shed for more techniques, inspiring profiles and other resources. As is often the case, the Web is only a starting point for finding out about creativity. Much work is being done on the subject in the literature of management, education, psychology, and other fields. Online, a searchable bibliographic database including information on articles, dissertations, books, videos, and much more, produced by the Center for Studies in Creativity at Buffalo State College.
Most sites devoted to creativity also list links and articles of further interest.
If you want to locate a creativity guru or explore a training program, the Web offers links to authors like Roger Von Oech and companies like Creativity Engineering. Visit the Patent Cafe to join a community of fellow inventors once your efforts begin to bear fruit. For help locating more information about creativity, in print or online, call or stop in at the Renne Library reference desk. Jan Zauha is the reference team leader at the MSU Libraries.