Thumbing through a reference book can be enlightening. The World Almanac (REF AY 67 N5 W7 2005) is one of those print resources where opening the book at random and glancing at a table or chart can lead to an ah-ha moment. There are lists of the tallest this and the longest that.
In GALILEO there is a World Almanac database. "The World Almanacs, first published in 1868, is a reference database that covers arts and entertainment, U.S. cities and states, people in the news, the nations of the world, sports, the environment, vital statistics, science and technology, computers, taxes and much more." This database is provided by OCLC FirstSearch.
In my opinion, it's not as much fun as thumbing through the print edition but the facts are there and you can find information on the tallest this or the longest that if you know how to search.
World Almanac does have a World Almanac for Kids web site with a bit of the information that is in the print edition- but not all of it.
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
Friday, October 07, 2005
Thursday, October 06, 2005
The more things change
...the more they stay the same. (Proverb noted in A Dictionary of American Proverbs REF PN 6426 D53 1991, pg 91)
To ignore the facts of history is to repeat them. (Proverb noted in A Dictionary of American Proverbs REF PN 6426 D53 1991, pg 302)
Learn from the Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997 (in GALILEO).
The Clifford H. Baldowski Collection at the Richard B. Russell Library contains 6,740 pen and ink drawings and 2,460 velox. The digital database opens with approximately 2,500 cartoons from the collection. Clifford H. Baldowski, known by the pen-name "Baldy," depicted the local, national, and international news of his day in the editorial pages of the Augusta Chronicle, Miami Herald, and Atlanta Constitution. His work is a rich source for those studying political reorganization in Georgia and the growth of Atlanta as well as the Civil Rights Movement, the Cold War, the Vietnam conflict, Middle East tensions, and Watergate.
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
To ignore the facts of history is to repeat them. (Proverb noted in A Dictionary of American Proverbs REF PN 6426 D53 1991, pg 302)
Learn from the Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997 (in GALILEO).
The Clifford H. Baldowski Collection at the Richard B. Russell Library contains 6,740 pen and ink drawings and 2,460 velox. The digital database opens with approximately 2,500 cartoons from the collection. Clifford H. Baldowski, known by the pen-name "Baldy," depicted the local, national, and international news of his day in the editorial pages of the Augusta Chronicle, Miami Herald, and Atlanta Constitution. His work is a rich source for those studying political reorganization in Georgia and the growth of Atlanta as well as the Civil Rights Movement, the Cold War, the Vietnam conflict, Middle East tensions, and Watergate.
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
Wednesday, October 05, 2005
Nursing Journals
Our Allied Health program is growing by leaps and bounds. Though we are a small institution (compared to UGA), GALILEO provides our students access to resources our library couldn't provide.
ProQuest Nursing Journals includes more than 280 full-text/image journals in nursing and allied health.
You can "Set up Alert" which will send the information you want to your e-mail address!
You can "Set up Alert" for a journal or a topic!
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
ProQuest Nursing Journals includes more than 280 full-text/image journals in nursing and allied health.
You can "Set up Alert" which will send the information you want to your e-mail address!
You can "Set up Alert" for a journal or a topic!
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
Lines out the door
The line for the bookstore is snaking across the lobby and out the door by the library.
First day of classes.
Students are excited.
First day of classes.
Students are excited.
Monday, October 03, 2005
Just looking
Have you ever just wandered around a library- just looking?
You weren't looking for anything in particular, just browsing.
Browsing is a wonderful way to have that serendipitous discovery. Several databases offer "browsing" as a way to let your fingers wander through the on-line collection.
Encyclopedia Britannica (#52 on the NMTC list of GALILEO resources) offers several browsing options (you can find the browse portion by scrolling down and looking on the left of the screen). World Atlas is a travel junkies delight. Click on a country- the tabs offer you choices of maps for political, physical, land use, peoples, population, precipitation, and vegetation. Within the maps there are links to articles.
A delightful way to be an armchair traveler.
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
You weren't looking for anything in particular, just browsing.
Browsing is a wonderful way to have that serendipitous discovery. Several databases offer "browsing" as a way to let your fingers wander through the on-line collection.
Encyclopedia Britannica (#52 on the NMTC list of GALILEO resources) offers several browsing options (you can find the browse portion by scrolling down and looking on the left of the screen). World Atlas is a travel junkies delight. Click on a country- the tabs offer you choices of maps for political, physical, land use, peoples, population, precipitation, and vegetation. Within the maps there are links to articles.
A delightful way to be an armchair traveler.
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
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