Frost was again on the roof (and yard) this morning. People who like to garden are curling up with seed catalogs. They are preparing for the spring planting!
What if you aren't sure what you might be able to do with your garden? Garden, Landscape & Horticulture Index in GALILEO provides access to articles about gardens and plants, including topics such as horticulture, botany, garden and landscape design & history, ecology, plant and garden conservation, garden management, and horticultural therapy. A highlight of the database is its focus on environmentally sustainable horticultural and design practices. This index and abstract product is designed for gardening enthusiasts, professionals, and students of horticulture and of garden and landscape design & history. It covers more than 300 core serial titles that include general gardening titles of national, international, and regional interest, and titles devoted to specialty gardens and plant groups.
Because Garden, Landscape & Horticulture Index is an index - you'll mostly pull up citations with a Find It button to let you know which library has the journal. If you select Linked Full Text- this will limit your search to those articles available in the database full text. PDF files have full color pictures.
Curl up with your lap top and peruse the articles. You can beginning planning your spring garden while enjoying the warmth of the fireplace!
-kls
The password to use GALILEO at home is available from your Georgia librarian.
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
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