Big and little

Jonathan Swift wrote Gulliver's Travels (his 340th birthday is celebrated today).

If you'd like to refresh your memory on what happened to whom and when - check out Gullivers Travels as an e-book available through our catalog.

We even have Bloom's Notes if you'd like to delve a little deeper!

Twist and Shout

Twisting an ankle can lead to days of discomfort. Is there a fast way to recover?

Using Quick Search for twisted ankle in the current GALILEO and selecting the category Medicine and Health Sciences - turned up a few articles that look helpful.

This article in MasterFile Premier(Ebsco) Treating a twisted ankle published in Parenting magazine has a simple formula for treatment. RICE - rest, ice, compress, elevate.

It is intriguing the lack of current articles on treating a twisted ankles.

World Cat in NMTC catalog!

We upgraded our online catalog. Surpass developers have added the option for a message telling you to try WorldCat if nothing appears in your search.

It is a very helpful option if you're looking for a specific title or specific author!

Rainy Monday

It was delightful to drive through the watery mist this morning. It's not really rain but it is damp and it does accumulate in modest puddles. With the drought, this area can use all the mist it can get!

The Encyclopedia Britannica Thesaurus has no options for the word rain.

The Oxford English Dictionary offers a plethora of quotations with the noun rain but no synonym.

(ren) Forms: 1 ren, ræn, 1-2 rén, 2 rien, 2-4 rein, (3 -e), 3 ren, 3-5, rayn, (4-6 -e), 3-6 reyn, (4-6 -e, ? 5 reynne), 4 rene, 4-5, 6 Sc. rane, 4-7 raine, 3- rain. [Comm. Teut.: OE. ren, rén = OFris. rein (mod. reijn), OS. regan, -in (Du. regen), OHG. regan (MHG., G. regen), ON. (Sw., Da.) regn, Goth. rign. There are no certain cognates outside of Teut.]

1. a. The condensed vapour of the atmosphere, falling in drops large enough to attain a sensible velocity; the fall of such drops.

It seems that rain stands alone. Either it rains or it doesn't......

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