They wrote a letter and won

The Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, in partnership with Target Stores and in cooperation with affiliate state centers for the book, invites readers in grades 4 through 12 to enter Letters About Literature, a national reading-writing contest.

The Library of Congress has announced the State winners for the Letters about Literature!

Georgia:
Level I grade 4-6: Katja Martin, Atlanta, wrote to Robert Frost, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Level II grade 7-8: Sang Ho Chun, Ringgold, wrote to Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
Level III grade 9-12: Linda Fong, Alpharetta, wrote to Kate Chopin, The Awakening

Off to judge

The 2007 Georgia Student Media Festival happens today (Friday April 27.

This is a delightful opportunity to see how creative the students in Georgia really are!

POTUS Poetry

Who would have though that Presidents would be poets?

Check out Presidents as Poets: Poetry Written by United States Presidents.

Come and See

There will be an Open House tonight from 5:30 to 7:30 pm in the 400 building. Usually there is food.
Always there are tables of information about the programs at NMTC.
Stop by the library table and say "hello"!

It is a great opportunity to see what we have to offer the students!

When Google overwhelms

Sometimes using Google is like trying to drink from a fire hydrant. Too much information comes pouring out. There are portals that help narrow the search to sites that have been vetted by a person for a specific audience. Kids Click and SKS Web Select are two portals on GALILEO that limit web sites to those that are "real".

Going through Kids Click to Literature and then selecting poetry- there are 18 links to poetry sites - the reading level is noted.

To use GALILEO at home you'll need to get the current password from your Georgia librarian.

2 for 1

Just in time for vacations- or for those who make their living driving...

Trippish combines the features of MapQuest with the Weather Channel!

I read this on the Librarian in Black blog. Check out her other comments.

Not too light

You think a children's resource might be too easy, too light for your research?

Try Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia. It's an Ebsco product. The search screen is colorful. You are offered choices for limiting your search.

There is a Teachers link which takes you to a search page that has a very similar look to the standard Ebsco search pages - but it's a bit friendlier.

Instead of a publications tab there is a Title Lists link (took me a few minutes to figure out that was where to go to find the publications used in the database).

Funk and Wagnalls turns into Searchasaurus and it does search Academic Search Premier - and it looks "easier".

You'll need the password to access GALILEO at home. Your Georgia librarian can give you the current password.

Clubs

Are you a joiner?
Do you like to belong to a group that supports your goals?

At North Metro there are several student groups that are professional in nature - check them out at Clubs.

Happy Birthday, Will!

Today is William Shakespeare's birthday- well, it would be if he were 443 years old.

A Quick Search for Shakespeare in GALILEO, limited to Arts & Humanities brought up these resources:

Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition
Grove Art Online
NoveList
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Research Library
LION (the poems)
Literature Online Reference Edition (the criticisms)
MasterFILE Premier
Religion & Philosophy Collection
Academic Search Premier

What are they saying about William Shakespeare after all these years?