Fall leaves turning gorgeous colors.
Cool air invigorating the senses.
Falling back in time on Saturday night (Sunday morning).
All Hallows Eve on Monday.
Tricks and treats and costumes.
Friday, October 28, 2005
Thursday, October 27, 2005
Is it reliable?
When you're surfing around the web... how do you know a web site is authoritative, that the information is correct? I tell the SCT 100 classes that we could create a very good web site noting Acworth as the capital of Georgia! Some poor kid is going to find our site, happily print it out, turn it over to the teacher and fail that Social Studies assignment. There is no one to stop us or make us put the correct information on our web site. So who do you trust?
You know I'm sending you to GALILEO.
There is a database in GALILEO - SKS WebSelect that is an online database of Internet resources providing access to quality Web sites on almost any subject. WebSelect is continually updated to include new sites and dynamically changing data. Summaries provide a concise overview of site content and authority. Keyword, Subject Heading, and Topic Browse searches can be performed. Topics are assigned based on site content and mission. WebSelect is dynamically updated and offers Internet resources from around the globe, including those of leading universities, government agencies and respected organizations.
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 know I'm sending you to GALILEO.
There is a database in GALILEO - SKS WebSelect that is an online database of Internet resources providing access to quality Web sites on almost any subject. WebSelect is continually updated to include new sites and dynamically changing data. Summaries provide a concise overview of site content and authority. Keyword, Subject Heading, and Topic Browse searches can be performed. Topics are assigned based on site content and mission. WebSelect is dynamically updated and offers Internet resources from around the globe, including those of leading universities, government agencies and respected organizations.
Look at SKS Web Select and read the Encyclopedia Britannica before you go searching on the wild web. Build your foundation of knowledge, get the correct facts then you'll be able to quickly assess whether a site is accurate!
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 26, 2005
Cite your sources
Faculty regularly say "cite your sources". You must tell your reader where you got the information. GALILEO has a quick tutorial on citing sources.
At the ProQuest workshop I learnedthere is a way to create a bibliography within ProQuest - the sources will be cited using APA or MLA or several other ways of citing sources.
How can you make it do this?
Go to GALILEO
.....Select Research Library (at ProQuest) [on the left side of the screen, to the right of South America]
..........Search for your topic
................Open the document - read, decide if that's the one you'll use in your report (yesterday I wrote this is where you can translate the document)
......................If this is a "keeper" - notice the box - Mark document (center of the screen to the right of Email) click on that box
See how the last green tab (My Research) has a document in it?
Keep opening and reading the articles. When you're finished with your reading and note taking and marking the articles, the My Research tab will have quite a few documents in it.
Click on the My Research tab
The top link says Create your bibliography. Once you've selected that link note the options you have available to you!
Print- if you cancel the print job you can read the bibliography on the screen
Download offers you the opportunity to save the file as a text file on a floppy or flash drive or the hard drive.
Great way to make sure you've got the bibliography in the correct format.
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.
At the ProQuest workshop I learned
How can you make it do this?
Go to GALILEO
.....Select Research Library (at ProQuest) [on the left side of the screen, to the right of South America]
..........Search for your topic
................Open the document - read, decide if that's the one you'll use in your report (yesterday I wrote this is where you can translate the document)
......................If this is a "keeper" - notice the box - Mark document (center of the screen to the right of Email) click on that box
See how the last green tab (My Research) has a document in it?
Keep opening and reading the articles. When you're finished with your reading and note taking and marking the articles, the My Research tab will have quite a few documents in it.
Click on the My Research tab
The top link says Create your bibliography. Once you've selected that link note the options you have available to you!
Print- if you cancel the print job you can read the bibliography on the screen
Download offers you the opportunity to save the file as a text file on a floppy or flash drive or the hard drive.
Great way to make sure you've got the bibliography in the correct format.
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 25, 2005
Better late than never
Whew- it's already the end of the day.
Proquest (a database on GALILEO) offered two online workshops today. At both workshops helpful tips were offered on using the database.
The best thing I learned was - Proquest will translate the articles into a variety of languages.
Open the document and there is a Translate document into drop down screen. Voila- Chinese, French, Spanish, Italian, etc.....they do note that the translation is "on the fly" so it may be a bit rough around the edges in terms of grammar.
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 (a database on GALILEO) offered two online workshops today. At both workshops helpful tips were offered on using the database.
The best thing I learned was - Proquest will translate the articles into a variety of languages.
Open the document and there is a Translate document into drop down screen. Voila- Chinese, French, Spanish, Italian, etc.....they do note that the translation is "on the fly" so it may be a bit rough around the edges in terms of grammar.
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.
Monday, October 24, 2005
This porridge is too hot, this porridge is too cold...
and everyone knows the last line is.....
This porridge is ju-ust right!
The classic folk and fairy tales are part of our culture. Parents tell the stories or read the stories at bedtime so every child learns the basics of our literary heritage.
Mother Goose rhymes are an integral part of our literary history.
If you've forgotten some of these classic stories and poems, we have added a children's literature collection to our library for the Literature class in the Early Childhood Education program.
This porridge is ju-ust right!
The classic folk and fairy tales are part of our culture. Parents tell the stories or read the stories at bedtime so every child learns the basics of our literary heritage.
Mother Goose rhymes are an integral part of our literary history.
If you've forgotten some of these classic stories and poems, we have added a children's literature collection to our library for the Literature class in the Early Childhood Education program.
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