The more things change!

As the saying goes...the more things change, the more they stay the same. This is the time of year for political leaders to give their "state-of-the-political-institution" address. You can read what the Mayor of Savannah had to say in his annual reports. "The annual reports of the Mayor of the city of Savannah Georgia for the years 1855-1917 include information on city activities and finances, commercial statistics, health, death, and illness statistics, and information on trade, public schools, weather, charitable institutions and city ordinances. The documents also include reports of the City Attorney, the Police Department (including crime statistics), the City Engineer, the Fire Department (including statistics on fires and property losses), and the Board of Trade, among others."

You won't be surprised to read how nothing has really changed. There is some comfort to the notion that things stay the same- of course, there is some distress to the notion, too!

GALILEO
....Databases A-Z
...... Annual Reports of the Mayor of Savannah, Georgia, 1855-1917

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.

Phil vs. Beau

Weather discussions are fun. Today is a superb weather forecasting day- Groundhog Day. In Pennsylvania, Punxsutawney Phil has seen his shadow. there will be six more weeks of winter. Yet in Georgia, General Beau Lee did not see his shadow so Spring is just around the corner!

History is for everyone

Annals of American History Online includes the full text of over 2000 primary documents in American history, including historical accounts, speeches, memoirs, poems, editorials, landmark court decisions, and cultural criticism. The resource also has multimedia files, including more than 500 pictures and hundreds of video and audio clips of famous speeches. This chronicle may be explored year by year using a timeline dating from 1493 to 2002, browsed by author or topic, or searched by keyword.

You can search by timeline, by author or by topic. The topic Discrimination & Diversity notes, "Equality has from the beginning been a promise of American life, though it is nowhere laid down as a governing principle. In the Declaration of Independence equality is defined as a “self-evident” truth, though this so-called natural truth has undergone several centuries of refinement. Relive the debates on freedom of religion, the abolition of slavery, immigration, the treatment of Native Americans, woman suffrage, fair wages, and other civil issues."

Read all about it in Annals of American History.

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.

Who's on first?

The classic comedy sketch "Who's on first?" still brings laughs! But when you're looking for a book and can't figure out who has it...there is very little laughing going on....look in World Cat to find out what library has the title you are looking for. Your librarian can then request that title through InterLibrary Loan. The process takes about two weeks.

"The WorldCat database is the world's most comprehensive bibliography with bibliographic records representing information spanning 4,000 years of knowledge. It is the OCLC Online Union Catalog of information contributed by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) member libraries worldwide. "

NMTC has entered the books in our collection into WorldCat. WorldCat serves as another card catalog for our library. Our symbol is FQ9 if you'd like to limit your search in WorldCat to the materials we own.

GALILEO
...Databases A-Z
.....Jump to W
........select WorldCat

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.

And what did they do?

You hear rumors and rumors of rumors from your friends but you'd like another source for business news.

ABI/INFORM Dateline "is a full-text database that focuses on local and regional business news coverage of large corporations, privately held companies, local start-ups, executive profiles, marketing, finance, and industry news. It provides information not typically found in the national press sources. Topics cover subjects such as agriculture, company profiles, corporate strategies, executive profiles, financial services, high technology, manufacturing, marketing, regional business environments, retailing, and service industries.

Direct access to specific company information via Hoover's Company Capsules and Profiles can be found within full-text articles in ABI Inform Complete and ABI Inform Dateline. Links are indicated with an information icon followed by a company name. "

GALILEO
.....ABI/Inform (it's part of the Proquest databases)

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.