Being afraid, very, very afraid

On January 14, 2006 I discussed triskaidekaphobia (seems appropriate to revisit the topic)

The literal meaning for triskaidekaphobia is 'superstition about the number thirteen', but it is also used by extension to describe 'fear of Friday the 13th'.
....definition is from Urban Legends.

You may read more about triskaidekaphobia in the Oxford English Dictionary (in GALILEO ).

Get the password for home use of GALILEO from your librarian!

Clever prose

Looking for poetry in all the wrong places....well, looking in odd and unusual places.

Tried Hoover's Company Capsules & Profiles - interesting - I used poetry as the search term and 15 companies were pulled up. I expected publishers but several folks at Hoover's have an artistic flair for describing the companies.

The opening line describing Bard Limited caught my eye "Perhaps a sonnet would help take one's mind off being catheterized, but that's as close to poetry as Bard Limited will get. " -clever.

Check all the resources available in GALILEO- you can get the password for home use from your Georgia librarian.

A gift from AAAS

Science magazine / American Association Advancement of Science-

In conjuction with the publication of the genome sequence of the rhesus macaque in the 13 April edition of Science, we have created a special online collection. It includes an interactive poster with images, video and text, and a corresponding lesson plan for use in high school classrooms, which delves into evolutionary biology and what can be learned from the genome of the macaque -- one of biology’s most important model organisms. Access to the online extras, as well as to the genome papers themselves, is free to all visitors to www.sciencemag.org. Please share this information with anyone who might find it useful. Go to the special online collection for the macaque genome.

Who will notice when you're gone?

RIP Kurt Vonnegut- a search in Lexis Nexis that was limited to today news and selected news sources turned up 189 links with a dozen or so unique stories.

The most interesting thing is the Lexis Nexis Beta link in the upper left corner.
Go and play - it looks very different.

• Easy Search (which they have trademarked) instead of Quick Search
• Power Search instead of Guided News Search
• More white space so it feels lighter and easier to use

You can access Lexis Nexis through GALILEO. Your Georgia Librarian has the current password for you to use GALILEO at home - just ask.

Blogging is TEN

When I started blogging two years ago, I heard and read how blogs were just trash, no serious information could be found on blogs, blogs were a waste of time and bandwidth…..

Here are two reflections from the Encyclopedia Britannica on blogs as blogging reaches the age of ten The Blogosphere at ten and
The Dark Side of the Citizen-Media Revolution .

What will they say in 6 years about the Social Networking sites that abound?

MySpace is less than 4 years old and variants for social networking have arisen from Facebook to one just launched in January for folks age 25-50 called Ubi Planet.

The phone company told us to reach out and touch somebody- now we have phones clipped to our ears. We’ve become addicted to staying in touch. What technology do you use to keep connected – your cell phone, your Blackberry, your PDA, your wireless laptop with e-mail?

Poetry in theses and dissertations at UGA

You can read the papers that refer to poetry (or any topic you like) at Electronic Theses and Dissertations (University of Georgia).

GALILEO
....Jump to U
......Select University of Georgia Electronic Theses and Dissertations
........Use Precision Search (left side of screen)
........Limit your search to Publicly Available (this will pull up all the pdf files)


You will need the current password to use GALILEO at home. You may get the current password from your Georgia Librarian.

Walt wrote to Ralph

Poets have feelings about their work. Walt Whitman self published the first edition of Leaves of Grass. More than a few critics panned the volume. Yet, Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote praise. This encouraged Walt Whitman to continue.

Annals of American History by Encyclopedia Britannica has this touching Letter to Ralph Waldo Emerson from Walt Whitman.

You may access Annals of American History through GALILEO. You may get the curernt password from your Georgia librarian.

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Who would think there are that many books of poetry?

Check Book Index with Reviews in GALILEO.

Sorted by popularity - the #1 book of poetry is Beowulf : a new verse translation by Seamus Haney.

Who would have thought!