Like the look

The Student databases through Ebsco just look and feel friendlier...try out:

Student Research Center (SRC) which is EBSCO's interface designed for students in grades 6 through 12.

Through the Student Research Center (SRC), users can pre-determine which content sources (e.g., Magazines, Newspapers, Biographies, Country Reports, Film & Video) will be included with their search. They can also search their databases by topic heading, make use of an online dictionary and encyclopedia, explore the top searches of the day, and limit their search according to appropriate Lexile reading levels.

Databases included in an SRC search are as follows:
American Heritage Dictionary
Columbia Encyclopedia
Columbia Granger's Poetry Database: School Edition
Health Source – Consumer Edition
Image Collection
MAS Ultra – School Edition
Middle Search Plus
Newspaper Source

The link to Title Lists gives you the alphabetical list of publications used to fill out the database.

To access this database at home, you go through GALILEO. Your Georgia librarian can give you the current password for GALILEO.

Terrible Twos begins

Today is the second birthday of View From the Library!

Where is the magazine?

Looking for the right magazine can be so frustrating. Magazines are thin and slippery. Stacked together they all look alike. So where is that magazine?

In Georgia there is an online resource The Georgia Libraries Journal List (GOLD) that is a title listing of periodical publications (96,405 bibliographic records / 507,606 holdings records) owned by libraries throughout the state of Georgia.

Information in this database is provided by participating libraries and "GOLD: The Georgia Online Database" produced by OCLC.

Libraries will copy articles and send them to other libraries for patrons. This is part of the Inter Library Loan system. Ask your librarian for help finding the information you need.

To access GALILEO at home you need the current password which is available from your Georgia librarian.

Fun for the Young

And the young at heart......

Britannica Learning Zone is an all new, interactive PreK-2 learning environment that is now included as part of Britannica Online School Edition. This resource teaches concepts such as geography, time, shapes, numbers, and reinforces relevant vocabulary through developmentally-appropriate activities including an interactive atlas, learning games, engaging audio and video, and effective vocabulary builders. Additional information can be found on the PDF fact sheet .

You need to get the current password to use GALILEO from your Georgia PUBLIC Librarian. This resource is NOT available through the NMTC GALILEO page.

Font colors

Yes, I've discovered color
Bear with me while I go through this phase.

Why do we do that?

Have you wondered why people do the things they do? We are curious about each others habits. The professional sociologist studies human behavior and comes up with theories (the rest of us just gossip).

Check out the Sociological Collection (through GALILEO) for the theories.

Sociological Collection is an Ebsco database with more than 475 full-text titles. It provides information on all areas of sociology, including social behavior, human tendencies, interaction, relationships, community development, culture and social structure.

Your Georgia librarian can provide you with the current password to use GALILEO at home.

Spring flowers

Horticulture has flowers for sale - If you haven’t planted your spring flowers…the horticulture program has some impatiens and zinnias for sale in the greenhouse (500 building near the interstate). They both are mixed colors and are $9.00 per flat. There are 18 plants per flat. We also have some begonias that aren’t quite as far along and will be ready in about two weeks.

If you want to know more about impatiens and zinnias, go to Ebsco's Garden Literature Index in GALILEO.

You get the current password for home use of GALILEO from your Georgia Librarian.

Here's something to celebrate on May 5th

Celebrate May 5th by going to a Comic Book store and getting a free comic book.

Yes, there are other celebrations taking place on May 5th- Cinco de Mayo and the Kentucky Derby!

You can pick up something to read between those other celebrations. Visit the Comic Book store nearest you.

Sunrise, Sunset

When will the sun rise? You can figure it out by going to the Sunrise/Sunset calculator at the NOAA Surface Radiation Research Branch

The Q&A column on pg D2 of the AJC had this information!