Monday, February 06, 2006

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

On February 5th the weather folks were predicting snow in North Georgia for Monday February 6th. In the middle of the night they changed their prediction.
Where do you go to get information about snow?
....For forecasts try http://www.weather.com, the Weather Channel.
....For facts about snow try Access Science @ McGraw Hill in GALILEO.
...........Go to Databases A-Z, select Access Science.

AccessScience provides the finest collection of science reference materials—online and fully searchable. We offer easy accessibility to the information you need to make research easy—with access to all the articles, fully illustrated, from the latest edition of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, Research Updates from the McGraw-Hill Yearbooks, thousands of illustrations, and the latest Science News® headlines, biographies, and more. This online encyclopedia is tailored to researchers and students looking for the most relevant, readable, and trusted sources of information available. We maintain content of the highest standards, and readers may be assured that our authors are the top experts in the field, including a number of Nobel Prize and Fields Medals winners.

Access Science defines snow as:
[ELECTRONICS] Small, random, white spots produced on a television or radar screen by inherent noise signals originating in the receiver.
[METEOROLOGY] The most common form of frozen precipitation, usually flakes of starlike crystals, matted ice needles, or combinations, and often rime-coated.

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.

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