Thumbing

Thumbing through a reference book can be enlightening. The World Almanac (REF AY 67 N5 W7 2005) is one of those print resources where opening the book at random and glancing at a table or chart can lead to an ah-ha moment. There are lists of the tallest this and the longest that.

In GALILEO there is a World Almanac database. "The World Almanacs, first published in 1868, is a reference database that covers arts and entertainment, U.S. cities and states, people in the news, the nations of the world, sports, the environment, vital statistics, science and technology, computers, taxes and much more." This database is provided by OCLC FirstSearch.

In my opinion, it's not as much fun as thumbing through the print edition but the facts are there and you can find information on the tallest this or the longest that if you know how to search.

World Almanac does have a World Almanac for Kids web site with a bit of the information that is in the print edition- but not all of it.

The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.