Each time we change the clocks, I hear grumbling about the hazards of sleep deprivation, the efforts to change all the clocks, the aggravation of being too late or too early for an event! Having used Facts.com several times this week, I went to check in Issues and Controversies to see if there were any arguments over the implementation of Daylight Savings time. There were three references in the Almanac but no controversies.
A search in GALILEO for daylight savings using Academic Search Complete and Research Library turned up over 1100 articles.
I was taken by this poem.
The article presents the poem "Time Change," by Jesse Mountjoy.
First Line: Daylight-saving time ended early;
Last Line: Was a light, forgetful matte color.
Which led me to wonder if the poem was noted in any of the Literature databases in GALILEO. I had no luck using
Browse by Subject
..Literature, Language and Literary Criticism
....Literature and Literary Criticism.
search for Time Change
Though a search for the author, Jesse Mountjoy, revealed 62 poems in Academic Search Complete and 17 in Literary Reference Center, all published in Legal Studies Forum.
Is he a lawyer? You know where I'm going - to Lexis Nexis. Yes, there is a Jesse T Mountjoy noted as an attorney in Kentucky! A Google search confirmed my theory.
I started out thinking about Daylight Savings time, was side tracked by a poem, then drifted off to find out if the author is an attorney.
Use the resources in GALILEO to find information.
Your Georgia librarian can give you the current password to access GALILEO at home.
-kls
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