Breathing Space

The pollen count is at the ridiculous level in the Atlanta area. Yesterday it was over 9000, today it is over 5000 and we're grateful for the decrease.

Breathing space [electronic resource] : how allergies shape our lives and landscapes by Gregg Mittman offers an intimate portrait of how allergic disease has shaped American culture, landscape, and life. Drawing on environmental, medical, and cultural history and the life stories of people, plants, and insects, Mitman traces how America's changing environment from the late 1800s to the present day has led to the epidemic growth of allergic disease.

The nice thing about this book is, it is available online in both Ebsco and Ebrary. You don't have to go outside and breath the yellow air. Ebsco and ebrary offer downloadable options for many e-readers.

You will need the login to use either vendor off campus. Current CTC students may get the off campus access information by opening My Acount after logging into Find Books.

-kss

Pollen

Red cars look orange, white cars look yellow, black cars look golden. The pollen is settling on everything, changing the color of our world. Why?

Garden, Landscape & Horticulture Index 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.

The Garden, Landscape & Horticulture Index is not just an index. One can limit the search to full text. There are plenty of articles to be found. A search for 'pollen' pulled up 1500+ articles. Limiting the search to 'pollen management' retrieved 8 article. Admittedly, those eight articles were aimed at the professional horticulturist not the average urban pollen sufferer.

If you neglect to click Full text and find the perfect article but all you can access is the abstract. You may borrow the article from another library by clicking on the purple Find It button. Select the OCLC World Cat link. Click on the hyperlink for the title. Look to the bottom right in teeny tiny print for the 'Borrow/Obtain a copy' link. Fill in the request form. Because you're logged into GALILEO through CTC, the article will be sent to the Marietta campus. You may request that it be sent to your home campus by noting in the comments box where you'd like the article delivered.

Hopefully the rains will come soon to clear the skies.

-kss

The off campus access information is now available to current CTC students through My Account after they login to Find Books.