Diaries are a delightful peek at the issues, events, and ordinary activities of another human. Just in time for President's Day take a look at Jimmy Carter's Diary. It's not what I call a personal diary. It is the "official log of the president's activities during his administration". There are columns for start time and end time of the event, a column for placed or received a phone call, then a column describing who was involved and what happened.
GALILEO has a link to the Jimmy Carter Library where you can do a site search for the Diary Online. There are many other items of interest at the Jimmy Carter Library through the web site.
Do you keep a diary? Is it personal reflections or a document of events? My Grandpa journaled daily when he and my Grandma traveled. His diary was both personal reflection and the logging of events.
-kss
You don't need the GALILEO password to access the Jimmy Carter Library and the Diary Online
Friday, February 11, 2011
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Adding pizazz
Last weekend the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of our 40th President, Ronald Reagan began. You can find a variety of original documents about him through Ancestry.com Library Edition.
A search for Ronald Reagan in Ancestry.com Library Edition pulled up both the 1920 and 1930 census where he is listed with his parents and brother in Illinois. The Stars and Stripes articles aren't considered primary sources but they do pinpoint his marriage to Nancy Davis in 1952.
The TV show Who do you think you are illustrates the excitement one feels when a bit of family history is discovered. You can use Ancestry.com Library Edition on campus to flesh out your family story or add pizazz to your research paper on a person or time period!
-kss
Ancestry.com Library Edition is only available on campus through GALILEO.
A search for Ronald Reagan in Ancestry.com Library Edition pulled up both the 1920 and 1930 census where he is listed with his parents and brother in Illinois. The Stars and Stripes articles aren't considered primary sources but they do pinpoint his marriage to Nancy Davis in 1952.
The TV show Who do you think you are illustrates the excitement one feels when a bit of family history is discovered. You can use Ancestry.com Library Edition on campus to flesh out your family story or add pizazz to your research paper on a person or time period!
-kss
Ancestry.com Library Edition is only available on campus through GALILEO.
Wednesday, February 09, 2011
1000 words
Ebsco has an Images database. Ebsco Imagesconsists of over 100,000 images from Academic Search Premier, Academic Search Elite, MasterFILE Premier, and Middle Search Plus.
As I play with the search features, I am intrigued how I can limit my search to Black & White or Color photos. Advanced search can alter the results dramatically!
Clicking on the thumbnail size photo brings up a large version of the photo with information. I find the "How do I cite this image" and the "What am I allowed to do with this image" links most helpful.
Go to GALILEO
---Select Databases A-Z
-----Select I
-------Select Images
and look for the picture that best describes an event.
Get the password to use GALILEO at home from your Georgia librarian.
-kss
As I play with the search features, I am intrigued how I can limit my search to Black & White or Color photos. Advanced search can alter the results dramatically!
Clicking on the thumbnail size photo brings up a large version of the photo with information. I find the "How do I cite this image" and the "What am I allowed to do with this image" links most helpful.
Go to GALILEO
---Select Databases A-Z
-----Select I
-------Select Images
and look for the picture that best describes an event.
Get the password to use GALILEO at home from your Georgia librarian.
-kss
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