Friday, May 23, 2008

What was its name?

Do you ever wonder what a poem or story was called?

You can describe the plot, the characters - even come up with the ending...but you can't think of the title or the author so how can you find the book (or poem) at your library?

The Library of Congress has created a tip sheet with suggestions for finding that elusive title.

Fortunately, several of the resources they suggest are available to you through GALILEO. This list may help you remember the name of that favorite story!

- Book Collection Non-Fiction a cross-curricular research database that contains abstracts and searchable full text for more than 3,800 popular nonfiction books for youth on core subject areas, as well as information on careers, health, sports, adventure, technology, life skills, and more.
- Book Index with Reviews is a comprehensive database that provides information on over 3.8 million book titles in a wide range of formats, including large print and books on tape.
- Georgia Cat a customized, union catalog of Georgia Public Library System's bibliographic records. GeorgiaCat includes the records from the collections of all Georgia public libraries that have added their holdings to WorldCat.
-LION full-text library of over 330,000 works of British and American poetry, drama and prose.
- NoveList an online readers' advisory tool that helps readers find new books based on books they've read or on topics in which they are interested.

There are tools to help you "remember" that title!

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