Saturday, July 02, 2005

Recipes

Fourth of July weekend! Cooking out, going on picnics, sharing meals! What do you fix? You've got a shelf full of cookbooks but you'd like to try something new.

Go to GALILEO- both EbscoHost and ProQuest offer the search limiter for recipes!

GALILEO
----EbscoHost (it's on the front page of GALILEO- on the left side)
-------Advanced Search (that's the key- select the Advanced Search tab)
-----------Fill in your search term (I looked for potato salad)
--------------Limit your results to "full text"
-----------------Scroll down to document type- select recipes
-------------------Click search

VOILA! 31 recipes for potato salad appear on the screen.

Happy cooking-

Georgia citizens can get the current password for GALILEO home use from their public or school librarian.

Friday, July 01, 2005

Supreme Court Justices

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has retired.

Do you want to read what everyone has to say about her decision?

Lexis-Nexis in GALILEO has current news stories. Type in her name "Sandra Day O'Connor" and 125 stories immediately pop up, many from CNN and U.S.Newswire.

You can read some of her work by using:
LexisNexis
....selecting Legal Research
........selecting Federal Case Law
............searching for "Justice O'Connor"
................selecting either Supreme Court Cases or Supreme Court Briefs

Georgia residents may use GALILEO at home! Your public librarian or your school librarian can give you the password

Thursday, June 30, 2005

Pencils

Listening to NPR this morning on the way to work, there was a story about the General Pencil Company in New Jersey. They make pencils- not just those no.2 pencils you use for tests but pencils used by artists! It was fascinating to hear how an American manufacturer has moved with the times to stay competitive and productive and keep their factory open in America!

I looked in GALILEO for transcripts of the story. I didn't find this particular story- though Lexis-Nexis has NPR radio transcripts.

You can read the story at the NPR site http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4724377 Pencil Company Sharpens Marketing Approach

Check out General Pencil http://www.generalpencil.com/

Coming up on the 4th of July, it was nice to hear a positive story about American manufacturing.

Wednesday, June 29, 2005

Vacation pictures

What do you do with those pictures that are stacking up every where in your huose?

In GALILEO, there is a link to Vanishing Georgia which comprises nearly 18,000 photographs. Ranging from daguerreotypes to Kodachrome prints, the images span over 100 years of Georgia history. The broad subject matter of these photographs, shot by both amateurs and professionals, includes, but is not limited to, family and business life, street scenes and architecture, agriculture, school and civic activities, important individuals and events in Georgia history, and landscapes. The wide variety of the collected visual images results from efforts by archivists from the Georgia Division of Archives and History who sought, between 1975 and 1996, to preserve Georgia's endangered historical photographs. Designed primarily for preservation, the project located, selected, and copied historically significant photographs held by individuals who wanted to share their pieces of the past with future generations.The Georgia Archives joins with the Digital Library of Georgia to present the Vanishing Georgia images as a digital resource. Support for the project is provided by a Library Services and Technology Act grant administered through Georgia HomePLACE.

Maybe your pictures could end up in an archives and be enjoyed by others for generations to come!

The password for Georgia Citizens to use GALILEO at home is available from your librarian.

Tuesday, June 28, 2005

Pet care

Dogs are considered mans' best friend. (Ogden Nash said that in An Introduction to Dogs) Do you know how to take care of your best friend? Merck's provides a manual for Veterinarians!

Yesterday I mentioned the Merck Manual for people- today the one for animals! It's in the same place on GALILEO.

You can go to Databases A-Z and jump to M and then the Merck Manual link.
You can also type in Merck in the Find a database by name search block.

The password for home use of GALILEO by Georgia citizens is available through your librarian- just ask.

Monday, June 27, 2005

Summer ills

You went to a party and you don't feel so good.
How can you figure out if it's food poisoning or the flu?

You went to the beach and you have a terrible sunburn.
What can you do to cool down your skin?

GALILEO offers information under the Medicine and Health tab, Consumer Health, The Merck Manual!

You can also go to MedWeb@Emory or WebMD

Password changes today for NMTC users of GALILEO. Stop by the library to get the new password for home use.