Until today, Carl Hayden was the longest serving member of Congress in United States history. Originally a sheriff in Phoenix, Arizona, Hayden was elected as the first Congressman for the new state of Arizona. He represented the entire state, which at that time was still a rural state with very few people.
Hayden was later elected to the US Senate and served for over forty years. He retired in early 1969 when his last term expired and died in 1972. He lived to see his sleepy state grow into one of the fastest growing in the country.
Much of the information here was gleaned from Hayden's entry in the Biographical directory of the United States Congress, an official government resource. The photos of former members of Congress on the website are considered government property and are in the public domain, hence they are often used for Wikipedia entries.
JF
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Historical Fiction
After writing about finding book reviews for Wolf Hall, I began to think about finding other historical fiction to read. NoveList in GALILEO is a useful Readers Advisory tool.
A search in NoveList for Wolf Hall provided links to Find Similar Books, reviews, Subject headings, and the public World Cat.
When you select the Find Similar Books link, you are given a check list to limit your search to Required or Desired subject headings. I think that's a very interesting distinction- is the topic required in the story or just desired? The default setting is for desired. What would you choose as a required subject or a desired subject in your Find Similar Books choice?
You may get the password to use GALILEO at home from your Georgia librarian.
-kls
A search in NoveList for Wolf Hall provided links to Find Similar Books, reviews, Subject headings, and the public World Cat.
When you select the Find Similar Books link, you are given a check list to limit your search to Required or Desired subject headings. I think that's a very interesting distinction- is the topic required in the story or just desired? The default setting is for desired. What would you choose as a required subject or a desired subject in your Find Similar Books choice?
You may get the password to use GALILEO at home from your Georgia librarian.
-kls
Wolf Hall
One of the English instructors encourages students to read award winners. The 2009 Man Booker award winner, Wolf Hall : a novel, has arrived at the North Metro campus library.
I'm not familiar with either the book or the author. I wanted to know a bit about the book before I lept in to read it. I admit - it's almost two inches thick and I'm thinking- oh my, do I have time or energy to read this book?
To find reviews for this title, go to GALILEO
..Select Databases A-Z
.....Select P
........Scroll to ProQuest Newspapers
Here's where selecting a specific database can be more helpful then a general search.
Click on the Advanced Search tab.
...Type in Wolf Hall
.....Click on more search options
........Select Document Type - the drop down box offers me many options
........Select Book review
Search and 5 reviews came up!
If you want to know what others think about a book, movie, television show, poem, etc before you spend your time or money .... use the Advanced Search features in ProQuest and Ebsco to limit your search to a specific document type!
You can get the current password to use GALILEO from your Georgia librarian.
-kls
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Keeping up with the story
To get a mammogram or not to get a mammogram? What's a person to do when the scientists change their opinions so radically?
There are multiple medical resources in GALILEO. You can create RSS feeds or e-mail alerts to receive the latest articles posted in the professional journals.
Look in your favorite database to see if they offer alerts/RSS feeds. The Ebsco databases like Academic Search Complete and the ProQuest databases like Research Library offer fairly obvious ways to create an alert or set up an RSS feed.
Having the latest and most reliable information is the only way to make an informed decision!
Get the current password to use GALILEO at home from your Georgia librarian.
-kls
There are multiple medical resources in GALILEO. You can create RSS feeds or e-mail alerts to receive the latest articles posted in the professional journals.
Look in your favorite database to see if they offer alerts/RSS feeds. The Ebsco databases like Academic Search Complete and the ProQuest databases like Research Library offer fairly obvious ways to create an alert or set up an RSS feed.
Having the latest and most reliable information is the only way to make an informed decision!
Get the current password to use GALILEO at home from your Georgia librarian.
-kls
Nature vs. Nurture
The Psychology instructor asked me to show the students how to find peer reviewed articles on the Human Growth and Development topic, Nature vs. Nurture. The timing for this topic couldn't be better with the holidays spinning towards us. All those kin around the table - are they the way they are because of genetics or did birth order (and the improving parenting skills) define the people? Do you really act like your relatives because of your genes or because of the environment you grew up in? Something to think about as we share a meal with the people we claim as family.
Back to the initial question - how do you find those peer reviewed articles? Professional Journals with peer reviewed articles won't be on the magazine racks at the grocery store or book store. GALILEO offers a video explanation on how to find peer reviewed articles:
You may get the current password to use GALILEO at home from your Georgia librarian.
-kls
Back to the initial question - how do you find those peer reviewed articles? Professional Journals with peer reviewed articles won't be on the magazine racks at the grocery store or book store. GALILEO offers a video explanation on how to find peer reviewed articles:
You may get the current password to use GALILEO at home from your Georgia librarian.
-kls
Monday, November 16, 2009
Busy bees
A Short History of the Honey Bee [SF 523.7 .I45 2009] by E. Readicker-Henderson. History can be a recitation of facts in chronological order. This history reads like a story weaving between the authors childhood, Greek myths, Egyptian pharaohs, Medieval authors and 19th century scientists until the author comes to the current science of beekeeping. Photographs by Ilona are sprinkled liberally amidst the 160 page book.
I searched GALILEO for suburban beekeeping - peer reviewed, full text- but retrieved no hits. I tried again and used only the term beekeeping and full text. This turned up 125 articles in Academic Search Complete and 198 articles in Research Library.
I think I might like a bee hive in my back yard!
Get the current password to use GALILEO from your Georgia librarian.
-kls
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
At the Sirsi Users group meeting held at the Robert Woodruff library at Emory, we had time to explore the library a bit during breaks. Just outside the meeting room was a lovely display of new books, both fiction and non-fiction. The books were displayed in a way to entice the browser to try something just for fun.
I selected The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. I had just enough time during the breaks to get drawn into the story:
I found myself at page 90 by the end of the day. I wondered if my public library would have the book?
I went to GALILEO
...clicked on Databases A-Z
.....selected W
.......and scrolled to WorldCat
.......... I searched for Guernsey literary
The search pulled up 38 records for books by this title.
I selected the first record (over 2000 libraries hold this title).
I clicked on Libraries Worldwide that own the item. The Georgia libraries are at the top of the list in alphabetical order.
I scrolled to my public library and clicked on the link. The public library catalog opened and I could see which branches had copies on the shelf.
Voila. My local branch had the book. I went the next morning and borrowed The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.
If my public library had not owned a copy, I could have clicked on the Borrow this item from another library link and filled in the Inter Library Loan form which would have started the process to borrow the book from another library.
Get the password to use GALILEO at home from your Georgia librarian.
- kls
I selected The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. I had just enough time during the breaks to get drawn into the story:
January 1946: writer Juliet Ashton receives a letter from a stranger, a founding member of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. And so begins a remarkable tale of the island of Guernsey during the German occupation, and of a society as extraordinary as its name.
I found myself at page 90 by the end of the day. I wondered if my public library would have the book?
I went to GALILEO
...clicked on Databases A-Z
.....selected W
.......and scrolled to WorldCat
.......... I searched for Guernsey literary
The search pulled up 38 records for books by this title.
I selected the first record (over 2000 libraries hold this title).
I clicked on Libraries Worldwide that own the item. The Georgia libraries are at the top of the list in alphabetical order.
I scrolled to my public library and clicked on the link. The public library catalog opened and I could see which branches had copies on the shelf.
Voila. My local branch had the book. I went the next morning and borrowed The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.
If my public library had not owned a copy, I could have clicked on the Borrow this item from another library link and filled in the Inter Library Loan form which would have started the process to borrow the book from another library.
Get the password to use GALILEO at home from your Georgia librarian.
- kls
Louis Riel
Today is the anniversary of the death of Louis Riel. Riel was a political figure in Canada during the late 1800's. Riel was a leader of the Metis, a people of Canada who have a mix of French and First Nations (Native American) heritage.
Riel is considered the father of the Manitoba, being associated with a provisional government in that province as part of a rebellion against the Canadian government. He was later exiled to the United States, only to return and be executed for his part in a second rebellion in 1885.
The legacy of Riel is a bit complicated. He is considered a hero to French Canadians, particularly in Quebec, and has been associated with the Quebec movement for independence. Riel was actually elected to the Canadian Parliament twice for the riding (district) of Provencher, which is still a riding in southeastern Manitoba. Bills have been introduced by MP's (member of Parliament) over the years to call for an official pardon of Riel, but none have passed in the House of Commons.
There are several good articles on Riel available in Credo Reference. These articles are entries from various reference books and are considered reliable sources of information that you could use when writing a report or reference paper. If you need information to access Credo Reference off-campus, please contact your Chattahoochee Technical College campus library staff.
JWF
Links to Louis Riel, Metis, and Manitoba are from Encyclopedia Britannica in GALILEO. Get the password to use GALILEO at home from your Georgia librarian.
Riel is considered the father of the Manitoba, being associated with a provisional government in that province as part of a rebellion against the Canadian government. He was later exiled to the United States, only to return and be executed for his part in a second rebellion in 1885.
The legacy of Riel is a bit complicated. He is considered a hero to French Canadians, particularly in Quebec, and has been associated with the Quebec movement for independence. Riel was actually elected to the Canadian Parliament twice for the riding (district) of Provencher, which is still a riding in southeastern Manitoba. Bills have been introduced by MP's (member of Parliament) over the years to call for an official pardon of Riel, but none have passed in the House of Commons.
There are several good articles on Riel available in Credo Reference. These articles are entries from various reference books and are considered reliable sources of information that you could use when writing a report or reference paper. If you need information to access Credo Reference off-campus, please contact your Chattahoochee Technical College campus library staff.
JWF
Links to Louis Riel, Metis, and Manitoba are from Encyclopedia Britannica in GALILEO. Get the password to use GALILEO at home from your Georgia librarian.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Triskaidekaphobia
Today is Friday the 13th. Except in Australia, which by the time I write this it is Saturday the 14th I should think.
Triskaidekaphobia is the term given to the fear of the number 13. This is a fear common in North America and Europe. This fear has morphed into a fear of the date Friday the 13th. Fear of Friday the 13th has given rise to a slasher film franchise, which subsequently created higher sales of ice hockey goalie masks (but that's another story).
A search for triskaidekaphobia in Galileo yields 4 results in Academic Search Complete and 4 results in Research Library. The results span all the way back to 1980, and most of the articles deal with the psychological aspects associated with the number 13 and its perceived lack of luck.
And in unrelated news, the people of Sweden voted to join the European Union on this day in 1994.
JWF
Triskaidekaphobia is the term given to the fear of the number 13. This is a fear common in North America and Europe. This fear has morphed into a fear of the date Friday the 13th. Fear of Friday the 13th has given rise to a slasher film franchise, which subsequently created higher sales of ice hockey goalie masks (but that's another story).
A search for triskaidekaphobia in Galileo yields 4 results in Academic Search Complete and 4 results in Research Library. The results span all the way back to 1980, and most of the articles deal with the psychological aspects associated with the number 13 and its perceived lack of luck.
And in unrelated news, the people of Sweden voted to join the European Union on this day in 1994.
JWF
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Opening a business
I've heard pundits say real job growth is created by small businesses. How do you start your own business and grow it enough to hire a few folks who then help it grow even more?
Chattahoochee Technical College library subscribes to the ProQuest database Entrepreneurship.
The Basic (opening) page has Start-up tools links [right side toward the middle of the screen] to the tools mentioned in the description of Entrepreneurship.
The third tab [Data & Reports] offers options for searching for reports. I tried Pizza Delivery as my search term. I clicked on Articles (profiles/case studies). Over 61,000 articles were pulled up. I noticed the default Boolean term is OR. That makes the search huge. I went to advanced search. I entered pizza delivery as a general search AND Case studies as a subject term. That narrowed the field to 6 articles. I was intrigued that most of the articles are from the 1990's. Entrepreneurship suggests other search terms. One suggestion was case studies AND Pizza. This search turned up 19 articles - with three from 2006-2008.
Check Entrepreneurship out. See what ideas and lessons learned by others, you can gather to make the leap into being a small business owner who creates jobs.
The password to use Entrepreneurship at home is available through your CTC campus librarian.
-kls
Chattahoochee Technical College library subscribes to the ProQuest database Entrepreneurship.
Search worldwide publications and multi-media related to the topic of Entrepreneurship. Intended to bridge theory with practice, the Entrepreneurship database covers a wide spectrum of resources useful to educators, researchers, students and practitioners. Content ranges from the scholarly - including journals, dissertations, working papers and conference proceedings - to a full toolkit of practical guides, templates, forms, sample business plans, and tips from successful entrepreneurs.
The Basic (opening) page has Start-up tools links [right side toward the middle of the screen] to the tools mentioned in the description of Entrepreneurship.
The third tab [Data & Reports] offers options for searching for reports. I tried Pizza Delivery as my search term. I clicked on Articles (profiles/case studies). Over 61,000 articles were pulled up. I noticed the default Boolean term is OR. That makes the search huge. I went to advanced search. I entered pizza delivery as a general search AND Case studies as a subject term. That narrowed the field to 6 articles. I was intrigued that most of the articles are from the 1990's. Entrepreneurship suggests other search terms. One suggestion was case studies AND Pizza. This search turned up 19 articles - with three from 2006-2008.
Check Entrepreneurship out. See what ideas and lessons learned by others, you can gather to make the leap into being a small business owner who creates jobs.
The password to use Entrepreneurship at home is available through your CTC campus librarian.
-kls
Long distance users
At the Sirsi users group, Steven Abram noted that our military can use their public library resources from overseas! That had not occurred to me.
This morning when I was at my local library, I noticed the down loadable audio books poster. I asked how one used them? The instructions are online- you do need to create an account with the library. The books are checked out for 7, 14 or 21 days. They can be downloaded to your computer, mp3 player or i-pod!
If my local library offers this - I'll bet many others offer this great way to listen to books. Remind your military friends and family they can use their public library card even while overseas. I'll bet you could get the GALILEO password for them too....
-kls
This morning when I was at my local library, I noticed the down loadable audio books poster. I asked how one used them? The instructions are online- you do need to create an account with the library. The books are checked out for 7, 14 or 21 days. They can be downloaded to your computer, mp3 player or i-pod!
If my local library offers this - I'll bet many others offer this great way to listen to books. Remind your military friends and family they can use their public library card even while overseas. I'll bet you could get the GALILEO password for them too....
-kls
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Bob Kalsu
Bob Kalsu was the only professional football player to be killed while serving in the US Military during the Vietnam War (although not the only player to serve). Kalsu had played one year for the Buffalo Bills, then in the American Football League, before being sent to Vietnam. Kalsu's story first gained large attention in the media through a piece produced by NFL Films in 1999.
Information on Bob Kalsu is available through Galileo. Once in Galileo, click on the yellow 'search' button. Type 'Bob Kalsu' as your search term and select the full-text option. You will then get four results, two from Academic Search Premier and two from Research Library. Perhaps the best result is the one for the 2001 article from Sports Illustrated.
JF
Information on Bob Kalsu is available through Galileo. Once in Galileo, click on the yellow 'search' button. Type 'Bob Kalsu' as your search term and select the full-text option. You will then get four results, two from Academic Search Premier and two from Research Library. Perhaps the best result is the one for the 2001 article from Sports Illustrated.
JF
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Finding aids
How easy is it to find information on a web site? The Chattahoochee Technical College Library site is going through an upgrade. Check out the left column with the hints and tips on using the resources available to CTC students!
If you're a visual learner the How Do I... videos will be most helpful. They are short and sweet. Just enough information to get you on your way to successfully using a resource.
We're doing our best to help our students succeed not only in school but as life long learners!
-kls
If you're a visual learner the How Do I... videos will be most helpful. They are short and sweet. Just enough information to get you on your way to successfully using a resource.
We're doing our best to help our students succeed not only in school but as life long learners!
-kls
What's new?
Yesterday I talked about the new books arriving at the North Metro campus. How would you find out what's new in the collection if I didn't tell you?
The catalog has a link just for NEW BOOKS [upper left corner]. When you click on NEW BOOKS a list of the campus libraries is revealed. You have a choice of a specific campus, all new books and new electronic books.The system is set to run the new books report each Friday evening at 9pm.
Now you know how you can find out what is new on the shelves of the Chattahoochee Technical College libraries.
-kls
The catalog has a link just for NEW BOOKS [upper left corner]. When you click on NEW BOOKS a list of the campus libraries is revealed. You have a choice of a specific campus, all new books and new electronic books.The system is set to run the new books report each Friday evening at 9pm.
Now you know how you can find out what is new on the shelves of the Chattahoochee Technical College libraries.
-kls
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