Folks who do serious research want to look at the original document. They don't want to read bits and pieces in an article about the document. They want to read the original work. How do they find where the primary source might be?
"ArchivesUSA® is a current directory of 5,596 repositories and 154,678 collections of primary source material across the United States. Using ArchivesUSA®, researchers are able to read descriptions of a repository's holdings to determine whether a collection contains material useful to their work as well as find the information they need to contact the repository directly.
Repository records provide detailed information including phone and fax numbers, hours of service, materials solicited, email and home page URLs when available. Each collection record links to its corresponding repository record, simplifying the research process.
ArchivesUSA® integrates the following information into comprehensive collection records:
The entire collection of NUCMC from 1959 to the present. The National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC) includes information gathered and indexed by the Library of Congress, covering more than 103,000 collections. Only ArchivesUSA® makes all of NUCMC fully searchable in electronic form.
Names and detailed subject indexing of over 62,000 collections whose finding aids have been published separately in ProQuest UMI's microfiche series, National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the United States (NIDS).
Collection descriptions submitted directly to us from repositories.
A growing number of more than 5,000 links to online finding aids.
Detailed indexing of collections allows powerful searching across eight combinable fields. Users can zero in on material relevant to their research. "
Go to GALILEO
...Databases A-Z
......Scroll down to Archives USA
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, February 10, 2006
Thursday, February 09, 2006
Death and taxes
Benjamin Franklin (who would have turned 300 this year) said "but in this world nothing can be certain, except death and taxes."
The full quote is in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 17th edition pg 321, v 3.
It is tax season. Banks, insurance companies, mortgage companies, employers and other financial institutions are providing the neccessary documents to fill out your tax form. Where can you get a paper tax form? Your public library has the forms for both federal and state taxes.
Bartow County Public Library in Cartersville http://www.bartowlibraryonline.org/
Cobb County Public Library has a branch in Acworth http://www.cobbcat.org
Sequoyah Regional Library System has a branch near Town Lake http://www.sequoyahregionallibrary.org
The forms, which can be printed out, are available at the Internal Revenue Service site <http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/>. At NMTC we have access to the internet so you can print out the IRS forms but we do not have the paper forms available.
The full quote is in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 17th edition pg 321, v 3.
It is tax season. Banks, insurance companies, mortgage companies, employers and other financial institutions are providing the neccessary documents to fill out your tax form. Where can you get a paper tax form? Your public library has the forms for both federal and state taxes.
Bartow County Public Library in Cartersville http://www.bartowlibraryonline.org/
Cobb County Public Library has a branch in Acworth http://www.cobbcat.org
Sequoyah Regional Library System has a branch near Town Lake http://www.sequoyahregionallibrary.org
The forms, which can be printed out, are available at the Internal Revenue Service site <http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/>. At NMTC we have access to the internet so you can print out the IRS forms but we do not have the paper forms available.
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Where did they come from?
Black History month inspires some people to look for their great grandparents and great-great grandparents. "The Ancestry Library Edition collection has approximately 4,000 databases including key collections such as U.S. federal census images and indexes from 1790 to 1930; the Map Center containing more than 1,000 historical maps; American Genealogical Biographical Index (over 200 volumes), Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage (over 150 volumes), The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1630, Social Security Death Index, WWI Draft Registration Cards, Federal Slave Narratives, and a strong Civil War collection. All materials may be searched at once (using a basic or advanced search screen), or various databases and indexes may be searched individually. "
Start with what you know (yourself, your parents, your grandparents) and work your way back in time. Your grandparents are probably listed in the 1930 Federal census. They might still be living with their parents, which would give you one more generation back.
Ancestry.com is only available at school.
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.
Start with what you know (yourself, your parents, your grandparents) and work your way back in time. Your grandparents are probably listed in the 1930 Federal census. They might still be living with their parents, which would give you one more generation back.
Ancestry.com is only available at school.
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, February 07, 2006
Welcome COC / SACS team!
We are having honored guests for the next few days!
North Metro Technical College is a Candidate for Accreditation with the Commission of the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award Associate of Applied Technology degrees, 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097; 404-679-4501.
The team is arriving on campus this afternoon to begin our accreditation visit.
North Metro Technical College is accredited by the Council on Occupational Education, 41 Perimeter Center East, N.E., Suite 640, Atlanta, Georgia 30346; 770-396-3898.
North Metro Technical College is a Candidate for Accreditation with the Commission of the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award Associate of Applied Technology degrees, 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097; 404-679-4501.
The team is arriving on campus this afternoon to begin our accreditation visit.
North Metro Technical College is accredited by the Council on Occupational Education, 41 Perimeter Center East, N.E., Suite 640, Atlanta, Georgia 30346; 770-396-3898.
Monday, February 06, 2006
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!
On February 5th the weather folks were predicting snow in North Georgia for Monday February 6th. In the middle of the night they changed their prediction.
Where do you go to get information about snow?
....For forecasts try http://www.weather.com, the Weather Channel.
....For facts about snow try Access Science @ McGraw Hill in GALILEO.
...........Go to Databases A-Z, select Access Science.
AccessScience provides the finest collection of science reference materials—online and fully searchable. We offer easy accessibility to the information you need to make research easy—with access to all the articles, fully illustrated, from the latest edition of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, Research Updates from the McGraw-Hill Yearbooks, thousands of illustrations, and the latest Science News® headlines, biographies, and more. This online encyclopedia is tailored to researchers and students looking for the most relevant, readable, and trusted sources of information available. We maintain content of the highest standards, and readers may be assured that our authors are the top experts in the field, including a number of Nobel Prize and Fields Medals winners.
Access Science defines snow as:
[ELECTRONICS] Small, random, white spots produced on a television or radar screen by inherent noise signals originating in the receiver.
[METEOROLOGY] The most common form of frozen precipitation, usually flakes of starlike crystals, matted ice needles, or combinations, and often rime-coated.
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.
Where do you go to get information about snow?
....For forecasts try http://www.weather.com, the Weather Channel.
....For facts about snow try Access Science @ McGraw Hill in GALILEO.
...........Go to Databases A-Z, select Access Science.
AccessScience provides the finest collection of science reference materials—online and fully searchable. We offer easy accessibility to the information you need to make research easy—with access to all the articles, fully illustrated, from the latest edition of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, Research Updates from the McGraw-Hill Yearbooks, thousands of illustrations, and the latest Science News® headlines, biographies, and more. This online encyclopedia is tailored to researchers and students looking for the most relevant, readable, and trusted sources of information available. We maintain content of the highest standards, and readers may be assured that our authors are the top experts in the field, including a number of Nobel Prize and Fields Medals winners.
Access Science defines snow as:
[ELECTRONICS] Small, random, white spots produced on a television or radar screen by inherent noise signals originating in the receiver.
[METEOROLOGY] The most common form of frozen precipitation, usually flakes of starlike crystals, matted ice needles, or combinations, and often rime-coated.
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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