Ah ha!

The painters are done. I am able to get back to my regular e-mail. Here's the information about the UGA Alumni information in the Digital Library of Georgia:

The Digital Library of Georgia and the Hargrett Rare Books & Manuscripts Library are pleased to announce the availability of a new online resource:

University of Georgia Centennial Alumni Catalog, 1901.

The site is available in demo at: (notice it's in demo which explains why I couldn't find it on Tuesday!) http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/centennialcatalog/

In 1901, to celebrate 100 years of classes at the Athens campus, the University of Georgia assembled the Centennial Alumni Catalog, containing, "as far as possible, a full but concise account of the life and services of all alumni during the century." Although the word "alumni" was used, the project attempted to collect biographical data about anyone who matriculated at the university during that first century, whether or not they graduated.
A four-page questionnaire was mailed to known matriculates or their families and an impressive 1,749 completed forms were returned. These were placed in alphabetical order, bound into several volumes, and deposited with the University Libraries. Eventually they came to be housed in the University Archives unit of the Hargrett Rare Books & Manuscripts Library at the University of Georgia Libraries, where they have proved to be a valuable resource to historians and genealogists.
Included are biographies of many prominent men of 19th century Georgia and the South, sometimes written in their own hand.
In 2006 the fragile documents were removed from their bindings, at times revealing information long hidden beneath the stitching. The forms then were scanned and are presented online by the Digital Library of Georgia.
The questionnaires provide information on residence; nativity; collegiate activities and accomplishments; marriage; occupations; civic, military, religious, and other public service; writings; relatives who attended the University; and death date.

Day Three

The painters assure me- they will finish today. The library does look fresh and bright.

We'll be closed Monday and Tuesday for the 4th of July.

Hopefully, we'll be back to normal next Wednesday and I can find that announcement about the UGA Centennial Alumni database.

Digital Library of Georgia

There is a new "book" in the Digital Library of Georgia. For the centennial of the University of Georgia in the early 1900's, UGA asked the alumni to respond to a survey. The surveys were bound in books. The books have been unbound and the surveys scanned! What a treat to read what UGA alumni had to say about themselves! I found a few kin in this "book". Wonderful to read in their own hand information about their lives!

(When I can get back to my e-mail, I'll post the URL to this item...I've just searched the Digital Library and I'm not finding it- paint fumes are overwhelming me)

Paint fumes

Whew! Painters arrived to refresh the library.
We're closed till they're done- probably three days.....

It will look beautiful.
New carpet in early August.
New shelves in late August.

Sprucing up!

It's Official!

North Metro Technical College has added another level of accreditation!

We are now accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) to award associate degrees, 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097; 404-679-4501.

This is in addition to our accreditation by the Council on Occupational Education (COE), 41 Perimeter Center East, N.E., Suite 640, Atlanta, Georgia 30346; 770-396-3898.

AND

The North Metro Technical College Radiologic Technology program is accredited by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT), 20 North Wacker Drive, Suite 2850, Chicago, Illinois 60606-3182; 312-704-5300.

Hooray!
NMTC - Education that works!

And then what?

Historical events seen through the eyes of the participants (especially the eyes of regular folks) give a slightly different take. Encourage the people you know to journal, to write a diary that can be read in 150 years.

The Cornelius C. Platter Civil War Diary of Lt. (later Capt.) Cornelius C. Platter, of the 81st Ohio Infantry Volunteers, covers November, 1864 April 27, 1865. Platter's diary details Sherman's march through Georgia from Rome to Savannah and the march north through the Carolinas. He gives dates, times, and lengths of marches and describes the weather, locale, scenery, and food as well as orders, rumors, positions, troop morale, and administrative duties. The diary also includes a description of the burning of Columbia, South Carolina, the news of the Confederate surrender, and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

You can read Mr. Platter's diary either through the Digital Library of Georgia or through GALILEO

NMTC password changes on June 24. 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.

Checking that list

Feels like Christmas Eve, waiting till the students come back- so quiet, not a creature is stirring...

Lists, of materials that are checked out, are being distributed to program areas. This is our annual lets-see-what-we-own-and-then-we-can-clean-up-the-catalog time.

The library catalog lets you know what the library owns! It's a wonderful resource and we do want to make sure it accurately reflects our holdings.

Social networking

Do you move from computer to computer and wish you had your internet Favorites list at each computer?

With sites like del.icio.us you can create your personal and portable list of links that you can access from any computer. del.icio.us is not new- it was created in December of 2003.

For more information about Social Bookmarking check out Social Bookmarking Tools (I) A General Review by Tony Hammond, Tino Hannay, Ben Lund, and Joanna Scott Nature Publishing Group{t.hammond, t.hannay, b.lund, j.scott}@nature.com

Quick read

Google books is a super way to find print materials "but the aim of Google Book Search is to help you discover books and learn where to buy or borrow them, not read them from start to finish. "

But you want to read the entire book -

complete books (from start to finish) are available to you on-line through netLibrary.

NMTC has over 38,000 books available through netLibrary. Cookbooks, poetry, fiction, genealogy, science, business, jokes (yes, jokes) .....

You can access netLibrary (with full text books) several ways.

1. Through the NMTC catalog
2. Through GALILEO
3. Through the web by going directly to netLibrary

You do need to register as a netLibrary user either on campus or through GALILEO. If you need assistance - just ask the Librarian!

So quiet

First day of the three week break.
Most faculty have taken the day off.
Very quiet at North Metro Tech.

Graduation last Friday

On Friday, May 16, Graduation ceremonies were held at Woodland High School in Bartow County! Congratulations to the Class of 2006 who are prepared to enter the work force.

Missed Friday

Last Friday Southern Poly offered a day long workshop on Kick Starting Your Research! Inspirational speakers- their mantra was "read".

Latin American journals

In GALILEO is CLASE and PERIÓDICA which is an index (this is the key word- index - this database tells you who has the articles but does not provide the articles) of Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities compiled by the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. This resource combines two databases:

CLASE (Citas Latinoamericanas en Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades) includes more than 198,000 references in the humanities and social sciences, selected from more than 1,200 journals and other materials published in Latin American and Caribbean countries. The database covers topics such as accounting, anthropology, the arts, business administration, library and information science, communications, demographics, economics, education, sociology, law, political science, linguistics, management, history, philosophy, and literature.

PERIÓDICA (Índice de Revistas Latinoamericanas en Ciencias) includes more than 204,000 citations to articles and other documents from over 1,400 Latin American and Caribbean scientific and technological journals. Among the subjects covered are agricultural sciences, biology, physics, geosciences, engineering, medicine, and chemistry.

GALILEO
...Databases A-Z
......jump to C
.......Clase Periodica

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.

Celebrate!

Wave the flag! Read more about Flag Day
at the Library of Congress site.

"On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress approved the design of a national flag.

Since 1916, when President Woodrow Wilson issued a presidential proclamation declaring June 14 Flag Day, Americans have commemorated the adoption of the Stars and Stripes by celebrating June 14 as Flag Day. "

No time to spare

Quick, quick, no time to spare and you need a speedy way to make your face look gorgeous after a stressful day at work! (you know this is for the ladies...). A new book is on our shelves:

Fast Beauty: 1000 Quick Fixes (RA 778 .B4734 2005) by Rona Berg

"Indexed by problem and solution (I love extensive indexes) and packed with remedies, FAST BEAUTY is the indespensible, innovative guide to glamour on the fly."

Articles at your desktop

If you would like to receive specific subject articles or even periodicals in your e-mail, here are the directions:

1. Go to GALILEO
2. Select Databases A-Z (tab near the top far right or link at the bottom center)
3. Jump to E
4. Select EbscoHost Databases
5. click on Academic Search Premier (at EbscoHost) -
6. Click on the Publications button (second one in on thick green bar)
7. Go to Browse publications (under Publications tab)
8. Type the title you are looking for in the box
9. Click on the title
10. On the far right side of the screen, click on Journal Alert (not every magazine offers a Journal Alert)
11.On the left side of the screen there is a link for I’m a New User (if you are a New User create an acount, if you have an account log-in)
12. Fill in that screen- Submit
13. Fill in the info for the e-mail (use a header you’ll recognize)
14. Scroll down and click on Save

When the new issue is added to Ebsco, you’ll get an e-mail with the table of contents for that issue. It will have hyperlinks that you can use to go directly to the article.

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.

Summer fun!

Sometimes you can't leave home to have fun, so you sit around wondering what to do......you've played all the video games (and won), you've watched all the movies, TV is into re-runs of re-runs- so what is there to do?

Try "Searchasaurus: Primary/Elementary Search is designed for elementary school students. 55 full-text childrens' publications and 120 general publications for professionals working with students on the primary/elementary level are included. 300 full text pamphlets are also included. In additional to searchable full-text for some publications, photos are included in many articles. "

There's also "Searchasaurus: Middle Search Plus provides full text from nearly 90 general, reference, health, and science publications. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for over 130 magazines, including charts, tables, graphs, and photographs."

It is an EbscoHost product. The layout is colorful and fun to use! Encyclopedia articles, fun facts- things you never thought to ask about but there they are! It's aimed at Elemantary through Middle School students but the information is useful for any age.

GALILEO
.....DatabasesA-Z
........Jump to S
...........Searchasaurus

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.

Dissertation, thesis and more

Find out what a recent graduate from UGA's masters or doctoral program wrote for their thesis or dissertation.

The "University of Georgia Electronic Theses and Dissertations is a collection of the theses and dissertations submitted electronically to the Graduate School at the University of Georgia since the summer of 1999.

All dissertations are included, although some may not be viewable from off campus. The record for an individual document is always viewable, and will indicate the availability of the document. The author of a dissertation or thesis, in conjunction with his or her major professor, makes the determination if the work will be publicly available."

The titles are amazing!

GALILEO...Databases A-Z
......Jump to U
.........University of Georgia Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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.

Who has the book?

World Cat is a catalog of materials owned by libraries throughout the world- hence the name World Cat!

How do you tell which library holds the item?
GALILEO
...Databases A-Z
.....Jump to W
...... select WorldCat

• Type in your topic, title or author
• When the results come up- see that link - Libraries Worldwide?
• Click on the Libraries Worldwide link and voila- arranged by state - starting with Georgia-are the libraries that own the title you're looking for
• You can click on the library name link, then click on their logo link and you're at their library web site which will usually have information about the location, the hours, etc

You may ask the Librarian to borrow any title found in World Cat from another library (some things don't get loaned - brand new fiction, Reference, Genealogy, Archival materials, videos, etc).

World Cat enables small libraries to serve their patrons! We're glad to be a part of the system.

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.

1,2,3,4,5,6

Numbers.

In many parts of the world numbers tell a story. A search in Encyclopedia Britannica notes that Numerology is the "use of numbers to interpret a person's character or to divine the future. The theory behind numerology is based on the Pythagorean idea that all things can be expressed in numerical terms because they are ultimately reducible to numbers. " There is more in the Encyclopedia about numerology.

You might also use Quick Search in GALILEO to find current articles on the topic.

Numbers- fascinating - not just for math!

GALILEO
......Databases A-Z
..........Jump to E
..............Encyclopedia Britannica

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.

Remembering the heroes

The History Channel had a show recently about D-Day (June 6, 1944) when our troops landed on the Beaches of Normandy. A Google search turned up the The National D-Day Memorial Foundation .

There are two titles in netLibrary that might interest a history buff: The Comanche Code Talkers of World War II and Normandy to the Bulge : An American Infantry GI in Europe During World War II .

You can access the NMTC books in netLibrary through its link or through GALILEO or through the NMTC card catalog !

To use netLibrary off campus you must create a free account on campus (so netLibrary will recognize you as a NMTC user).

Weekend trips

When you're thinking about where to go this summer- you can tie history in with day trips touring parts of the south pictured in Barnard's Photographic Views of the Sherman Campaign, ca. 1866 : Photographic Views of Sherman's Campaign, Embracing Scenes of the Occupation of Nashville, the Great Battles around Chattanooga and Lookout Mountain, the Campaign of Atlanta, March to the Sea, and the Great Raid through the Carolinas.

The first pictures are of Kennesaw! "Compare and contrast" is a skill used in life (and emphasized in academic circles). Can you find the same location where George N. Barnard stood to take his pictures? What does the scene look like now? Take your own pictures and compare the changes.

This book is part of the Digital Library of Georgia and can be found in GALILEO.

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.

Touring colleges

Will you be visiting colleges over the summer? There are lots of factors to consider before deciding which college will offer you the best education.

Check out GAcollege411:

"GAcollege411 is a resource freely available on the Web designed to help Georgia high school students and others who are interested in attending college explore careers, prepare for college and learn about financial aid opportunities.

Resources include tools for matching students to careers; detailed information on specific careers; SAT, ACT, and GRE test preparation; tools for comparing Georgia colleges and universities; online forms for loan applications, FAFSA, and Hope Scholarship/Tuition Equalization Grant; and tools for financial planning.

Users can create a personal account that allows them to manage all their college and career information and can share their information with school counselors.

GAcollege411 is a collaboration of the GSFC, the University System of Georgia, the Department of Technical and Adult Education, the Foundation for Independent Colleges, the Department of Education, the School Counselors Association, the Office of Treasury and Fiscal Services, Georgia Public Broadcasting, the Professional Standards Commission, and the Georgia Public Library Service. "

You may also access GAcollege411 through GALILEO.

Hot to the touch

Did you notice folks around you with pink or even red skin after the holiday weekend? Did you wonder what could be done to ease the pain?

Alt Health Watch (EbscoHost) in GALILEO found 350 articles when searched using the word sunburn. The very first article that came up with the search was:

"Emergency remedies for sun holidays". Alive: Canadian Journal of Health and Nutrition, May 2006 Issue 283, p78-80, 2p

Interesting suggestions on natural ways to care for skin that has seen a bit too much sun!

GALILEO
...Databases A-Z
......AltHealth Watch

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.

Grammar Gremlins

Do you ever wonder what is the appropriate thing to write?

New on our shelf is:

The Gremlins of Grammar: A Guide to Conquering the Mischievous Myths that Plague American English by Toni Boyle and K.D. Sullivan (PE 1112 .B655 2006)

Clear writing shows clear thinking!

3 PM

Shhh...no we're not in the library but silence is suggested at 3PM. Take the opportunity to remember those who have given their all for this country.

Poem for the occasion

Do you need a poem for Memorial Day? Something to read at a family gathering to remind each person about the importance of remembering?

EbscoHost (Academic Search Premier) offers the option in advanced search to limit the search to "poem".

I did an Advanced Search for Memorial Day, limited the Document Type to Poem. Seven articles came up.

Go to GALILEO
...Databases A-Z
.....Jump to E
........select EbscoHost (Academic Search Premier)

Select Advanced search
Type in Memorial Day
Scroll down to Document type- select Poem

Decoration Day

Do you have family old enough to remember when Memorial Day was referred to as Decoration Day?

Read an 1892 description of Decoration Day in our netLibrary collection through GALILEO.
"Decoration Day" by Sarah Orne Jewett from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, June 1892, pg 84-90.

This title is not in our card catalog but can be accessed through GALILEO.
GALILEO
....Databases A-Z
.......Jump to N
..........Scroll to netLibrary
Type in Memorial Day and two titles come up

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.

No class

We have class but classes are canceled today for early registration and new student orientation. The library is open.

Speaking of the library being open - we'll be closed on Saturdays for the summer starting with this Saturday. We'll revisit opening on Saturdays after Labor Day.

More to read!

We downloaded the records for another 1000 electronic books into the card catalog for North Metro. You can also access the entire collection of NMTC e-books (38,000+) through GALILEO.

With the picnicing and cookout season about to begin, you might be looking for some new recipes to WOW your friends. Here's one title available through netLibrary:

The Book Club Cookbook : Recipes and Food From Your Book Club's Favorite Books and Authors (eBook)
by Gelman, Judy.; Krupp, Vicki Levy
Publication: New York Penguin, 2004.

There is a chapter on the DaVinci Code - one recipe they use to illustrate the DaVinci Code is Rosemary Spaghetti. Each chapter talks about a specific book, the recipes selected and how the recipes tie to the story.

To use netLibrary at home through the NMTC card catalog, one needs to create a free netLibrary account on campus.
To use netLibrary at home through GALILEO, you can register through GALILEO for the free netLibrary account.

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.

Indians of the Southeast

Some stories portray the Native American population as ignorant savages. This database sets that story to rest. Read how the Cherokee created a written language and created a government similar to the United States in Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842.

Go to GALILEO
...Select Databases A-Z
....Jump to S
.......Select Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842

"This database contains approximately 2,000 documents and images relating to the Native American population of the Southeastern United States from the collections of the University of Georgia Libraries, the University of Tennessee at Knoxville Library, the Frank H. McClung Museum, the Tennessee State Library and Archives, the Tennessee State Museum and the Museum of the Cherokee Indian. The documents are comprised of letters, legal proceedings, military orders, financial papers, and archaeological images relating to Native Americans in the Southeast.
The project was funded by a grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services (use the browser's BACK button to return to GALILEO). The first 18 months of the Cherokee Phoenix, the first newspaper published in a Native American language, is also available through the Georgia Historic Newspapers database. "

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.

Registration begins

This is the week for early registration for Summer quarter.

Time flies when you're having fun!

NMTC offers Education that Works!

Where is the truth?

The DaVinci Code opens to fanfare, mystery, and agitation. What are people saying about the movie no one has seen? Using QuickSearch on the Home page of GALILEO turned up 125 articles in LexisNexis- including transcripts from CNN, 256 articles from Research Libraries, 836 articles from MasterFILE, 259 articles from ProQuest, and 660 articles from Academic Search Premier.

Wait till they see the movie. What will they say then?

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.

Heavy Searching

It's not quick or easy but you can use a database called Article First to search for a specific article. All they list is the citation- which is handy for your bibliography. You'll have to order a copy of the article through InterLibrary Loan or search through the other databases to see if that periodical is listed. Definitely for those who don't mind a bit of delayed gratification.

"Article First contains bibliographic citations that describe items listed on the table of contents pages of journals in science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture. Each record describes one article, news story, letter, or other item.
The database, formerly know as ContentsFirst, is now included the ArticleFirst database. It is now possible to search for and view both journals' tables of contents and individual article citations in the ArticleFirst database.

OCLC provides title lists of periodicals included in their many databases. (Not all FirstSearch databases are included in GALILEO.) Once at their Periodical Titles in OCLC FirstSearch page, select the name of the database of interest then click the "List Titles" button. Other options are also available, such as "Search by Title," to discover in which database a publication is included. NOTE: Use the browser's BACK button to return to GALILEO."

The big databases in GALILEO are ProQuest, EbscoHost, and LexisNexis. ProQuest and EbscoHost have a publications list that you can browse through.

GALILEO
....Databases A-Z
.......Scroll to ArticleFirst

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.

Business Intelligence

Half page advertisement for Hoovers.com in Tuesday's AJC. Touting that Hoover's "is the best and truly ultimate source for business intelligence". They're offering a free trial.

You can use the information from Hoover's through GALILEO at ProQuest. The site won't look like Hoover's Business but you will get company information like Hoover's Business!

GALILEO
...Select Databases A-Z
........Jump to H
............Select Hoover's- (it will say ProQuest Databases and work like ProQuest but the information is from Hoover's)

OR

You can go to the Find a Database by Name box in the middle lower part of GALILEO Home Screen and type in Hoover's.

Check out that company before you apply for a job.

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.

Sighting sources then Citing sources

Sighting sources - what do you see?
Citing sources - what did you use?

They sound alike but are quite different.

Sighting a source means looking for something and finding it.
Citing a source means telling your reader where you found the information.

How do you tell your reader where you found the information you used in your paper? Some instructors want you to use MLA (Modern Language Association). Some want you to use APA (American Psychological Association). Then some instructors like Turabian. What is a student to do?

On the home page of GALILEO, on the far left under Quick Help! is a How Do I... drop down box. Way down on the list is "cite articles". This will lead you to a page of examples for APA, MLA, and Turabian.

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.

Planting, growing, etc

There is a resource that we added to GALILEO, National Agricultural Library. The NAL catalog lets you know what is available. Materials must be borrowed through the NMTC library (and there is a fee). The NAL site includes some free web sites.

"The National Agricultural Library is one of four national libraries of the United States, with locations in Beltsville, Maryland and Washington, D.C. It houses one of the world's largest and most accessible agricultural information collections and serves as the nexus for a national network of state land-grant and U.S. Department of Agriculture field libraries. In fiscal year 2005 (Oct 2004 through Sept 2005) NAL delivered more than 80 million direct customer service transactions."

We can use the titles they suggest to search WorldCat and see if there are other libraries that hold these items. We might be able to borrow the item for free!

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.

Welcome Librarians!

The Department of Technical and Adult Education Library Council members are meeting at NMTC today!

What to take next

Advisement for Summer quarter at NMTC begins next week.

1. Make your appointment with your faculty advisor
2. Keep that appointment
3. Get your PIN #
4. Register on-line the next week
5. Pay your fees before June 2. You can pay by credit card on-line.

Finish your program! Your route to success.

Beach reading

Memorial Day weekend is coming up. The beginning of summer festivities! Will you be heading to the beach for a long weekend of resting, relaxing and mindless reading? The "beach novel" is a staple for many beach goers. How do you find the best "beach novel" or the latest "beach novel"?

Use NoveList as your guide. They have Readers Advisory, search boxes, and multiple lists prepared. There are icons to help you narrow your search. You can search by author, topic, and title!

GALILEO
...Databases A-Z
.....Jump to N
......Select NoveList

OR

GALILEO
...Scroll down to Find A Database by Name
......Type in NoveList
........Select NoveList

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.

A rose by any other name

....is still a rose. Are you looking at your garden and thinking of the blooms that might brighten your home? Check out Garden Literature Index, an EbscoHost database found in GALILEO , for ideas! No pictures but wonderful articles by experts in the Horticulture field.

GALILEO
...Databases A-Z
.....Jump to G
........Select Garden Literature Index

OR

Scroll to Find a Database by Name (bottom center of the GALILEO Home page)
....Type in garden
.........Three items come up
...............Select Garden Literature Index

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.

Where shall we go?

Are you beginning to think about summer trips? Maybe you'll be taking short trips around Georgia that won't use a whole lot of gas.

Browse through the Sanborn Insurance maps on GALILEO. The University of Georgia Libraries Map Collection holds Sanborn® maps of Georgia towns published between 1884 and 1935, and it holds microfilm copies for maps dated 1935-1985. For a complete list of the University of Georgia Libraries' Sanborn® map holdings, see the Sanborn® Maps at the University of Georgia Libraries page.

And what are the Sanborn maps? The Sanborn® maps are large-scale maps of U.S. cities and towns. Originally designed for purposes of fire insurance assessment, the maps are highly detailed, showing not only the location and size of buildings and streets, but also the placement of water mains, fire walls, and other urban features.

Each city or town is mapped on one or more sheet that includes the downtown region, some housing areas, and local mills. Outlying mill sites and small populated centers in the country near a town are sometimes included as insets.

Compare what was, with what is, as you wander through some of the lovely small towns of Georgia! You could even do that comparison from your desktop (and save on gas!)

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.

Here comes the Judge!

Today, the Librarian will be at the Georgia Public Broadcasting System participating in the 30th Georgia Student Media Festival. The purpose of the Georgia Student Media Festival is to stimulate student interest and involvement in all types of media production. This is accomplished by providing an opportunity for students to show their work to an interested audience, to have the work critiqued by a panel of expert judges, and to be stimulated by the work of other students.

How many databases can you search?

Have you tried the Quick Search function on GALILEO? This new feature was activated, after several months of trials, at the end of March. Enter your subject and notice that Quick Search will look through 5 databases in a General search. If you limit your search to one of the Subject areas - it will search through the databases that are listed under the tabs across the top!

You can do an Advanced Search and pick and choose the databases you want the search to utilize.

Happy searching!

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.

Happy Anniversary!

One year ago, this blogger began sharing the View From the Library with the announcement that the new glass doors had been installed!

Happy first anniversary- may more information be shared.

Lunch n' Learn

Please join us for a Lunch & Learn on Wed, May 3 from 11:50am to 12:30pm in the Auditorium. Free Chick-fil-A sandwiches, brownies, and drinks will be served after the talk. Catherine Balance of the Advocates for Children will be speaking on “Benefits of Giving Back to Your Community” and will be accompanied by QUACKY THE DUCK to kick off the Duck Derby Drive. And come see the HONDA ELEMENT that you could win if you sponsor a duck.

Spring

Wonderful days, sunny, not too cold, not too hot, just right Spring days. Perfect for sitting under a tree and losing oneself in a novel. We have a paperback trade rack by the front door. You bring in a paperback and then take away a paperback! Our book budget is geared to purchasing materials that support the programs at NMTC- no money to purchase fiction for fun. We are providing an opportunity for our patrons to have a selection of fun reading!

May Day, May Day

May Day can be a signal that assistance is needed immediately.
May Day is also a holiday through much of the world celebrating a number of things - Spring, work, the Revolution.

Read more about May Day by using GALILEO.

A Quick Search pulled up various articles from ProQuest talking about the party season that begins with May 1st to articles in LexisNexis reporting the events happening around the world this very day!

And of course The Oxford English Dictionary gives this definition:
1. The first day of May, traditionally an occasion for springtime festivities, and later also designated a holiday in honour of working people in many countries (also known outside North America as Labour Day: see LABOUR n. 8). Also: any other day near the start of May designated a public holiday (in the United Kingdom the first Monday in May).

The Spider and the Fly

this cautionary tale by Mary Howitt has been illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi (EASY collection PR 4809 .H2 S64 2002)

"Will you walk into my parlour?"
said the Spider to the Fly,

and the story continues until.....

He dragged her up his winding stair,
into his dismal den,
Within his little parlour -
but she ne-er came out again!

...and so ends our celebration of April as Poetry month. Did you find a poem or poet that dragged you in?

Do You Like Green Eggs and Ham?

"I do not like them Sam-I-Am!"

Poetry is used to create a rhythm in a story. Green Eggs and Ham (PZ8.3 .G276 GR) by Dr. Seuss rolics along with rhyming verse that closes with "Thank you! Thank you, Sam-I-Am."

Our childrens literature section has several authors who have written their stories in rhyming verse. It does help a child remember the story.

Why?

Have you ever wondered why people write poetry?

The Columbia History of British Poetry by Carl Woodring (PR 502 C62 1994) might help you understand.

"Literature in the shapeless galaxy of Indo-European languages has no brighter constellation than that of British poetry." There are 26 chapters each written by a different expert "...they remind us that poetry is a social record of the kinds of events ordinarily excluded from the histories written of various nations and peoples." (from the Introduction)

Mother Goose Matters

How many Mother Goose rhymes do you remember? Children should be able to recite 5 Mother Goose rhymes before they enter Kindergarten. Saying Mother Goose rhymes builds the brain, enhances vocabulary, enables your child to get a 2400 on the SAT (well, that may not be true).

Let's see what you remember....
Hickory Dickory Dock......
Little Miss Muffett sat on a tuffett....
Little Jack Horner, sat in a corner......
Jack and Jill went up the hill.........
Hey Diddle, diddle, thecat and the fiddle......

If you'd like to see the full texts (and more) check out this site ISLMC Poetry for Children

Lyrics

April is poetry month.

Songs are poetry set to music!
Look up your favorite songs at:
Lyrics.com
A-Z Lyrics Universe

The Complete Poems

of Emily Dickinson
edited by Thomas H. Johnson (PS 1541 .A1 1960 c.1)

#563 (pg 274)

I could not prove the Years had feet -
Yet confident they run
Am I, from symptoms that are past
And series that are done -

I find my feet have further Goals -
I smile upon the Aims
That felt so ample - Yesterday -
Today's - have vaster claims -

I do not dount the self I was
Was competent to me -
But something awkward in the fit -
Proves that - outgrown - I see

Selected Poems

by Rita Dove, 1993 Poet Laureate of the United States (PS 3554 O884 A6 1993B)

Geometry (pg 17)

I prove a theorem and the house expands:
the windows jerk free to hover near the ceiling,
the ceiling floats away with a sigh.

As the walls clear themselves of everything
but transparency, the scent of carnations
leaves with them. I am out in the open

and above the windows have hinged into butterflies,
sunlight glinting where they've intersected.
They are going to some point true and unproven.

The Old Dog Barks Backwards

by Ogden Nash (PS 3527 .A637 O4 1972)

The Bird Lover (pg 16)

Keep your cat inside your house,
And I'll stroke his fur and give him a mouse,
But let him loose on my feeding birds
And I'll beat out of him whey and curds.
If into an ornithophile you probe
You'll rouse the sleeping aelurophobe.


If you need to use the dictionary to look up ornithophile or aelurophobe- try GALILEO.
Select Databases A-Z
......Jump to E to find the Encyclopedia Britannica
......or Jump to O to find the Oxford English Dictionary.

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.

From Totems to Hip-Hop

:a Multicultural Anthology of Poetry Across the Americas, 1900-2002
edited by Ishmael Reed (PS 613 .F76 2003)

#8 from The Past

8

long ago black bears
sang around our lodge fires
tonight they dance
alive through our dreams

by William Oandasan, pg 43

SMILE!

Picture ID's are being made this week in Admissions. Your current picture ID allows you to borrow materials from any other DTAE school library (Chattahoochee Tech & Coosa Valley, for example), Kennesaw State library and Southern Poly library.

The Psalms

For many Christians, today is a solemn fast day. There is book in NetLibrary that might help you understand the Psalms as poetry. You can access this title through the NMTC card catalog or through GALILEO.

Gillingham, S. E. (Susan E.)The poems and psalms of the Hebrew Bible[computer file] / S.E. Gillingham. Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.xiii, 311 p. ; 21 cm.

"Poetry was a key art-form for the ancient Jews, the most distinctive way in which they tried to depict the relationship between God and his people. The Poems and Psalms of the Hebrew Bible introduces the reader to the full range of the poetry of the Old Testament, both outside the Psalter and within it. After considering the essential elements of Hebrew verse, it looks at the most familiar poems--the Psalms, the Songs of Solomon, and the poetry of Job and Proverbs--as well as at less familiar examples of poems which by contrast are embedded in narrative, such as war poetry, harvest hymns, elegies, prayers of protest, and thanksgiving songs. The book is addressed to both specialists and non-specialists; no knowledge of Hebrew is presumed, and a bibliography following each chapter offers suggestions for further study. "

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.

Because

i wrote a poem
for you because
you are
my little boy

i wrote a poem
for you because
you are
my darling daughter

and in this poem
i sang a song
that says
as time goes on
i am you
and you are me
and that's how life
goes on

from The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni, pg 253
PS 3557 .I55 A17 2003


You can learn about Nikki Giovanni at her web site.

The Owl and the Pussycat

Edward Lear wrote The Owl and the Pussycat in 1871.

When searching World Cat (accessed through GALILEO ) for The Owl and the Pussycat by Lear, up came 65 different books, 17 visual, 12 sound, and 4 scores available at libraries that have contributed their catalog to OCLC.

We have the The Owl and the Pussycat illustrated by Anne Wilson in our Early Childhood collection.

Poetry is for all ages!

Find your favorite poet through World Cat - see what library owns a copy!
Go to GALILEO
...Select Databases A-Z
.....Jump to W
........Select World Cat

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.

Poetry on your desktop

We have over 35,000 electronic books in our netLibrary collection! Among them are various books of poetry.
Go to the NMTC card catalog
...select Advanced search
....use poem or poetry as the keyword
......scroll down and select Material type - EBK-Electronic book

Click on the title, then scroll to the URL and click.
You will be taken to netLibrary where you may View This Book!

You may also access netLibrary through GALILEO.
GALILEO
...Databases A-Z
....Jump to N
......select netLibrary

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.

Quick Search for Poets

The new Quick Search feature in GALILEOis delightful!
Try a search for poem, poetry, poet in the General section and then try in the Arts & Humanities! Fascinating what GALILEO turns up.

The New Georgia Encyclopedia comes up in the Arts & Humanities search.
Who would have thought there were so many poets in Georgia?


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.
The password for NMTC users changed on March 27.

Wireless arrives!

NMTC now has wireless access for students and visitors (as of April 7, 2006). Tech Services installed an access point (AP) near the Café North Metro. This location was decided on because the coverage area would encompass the Library, Café, Auditorium, and the common area in front of the Admissions Office.

The AP can be utilized by the students as well as faculty and staff without having to enter a username and password. They will have access to the Internet, but not the NMTC network shares (P, H, and I). Also their Internet traffic will still be monitored/filtered by WebSense.

Please let your students know that this new service is available, but also remind them of a few things…

· Students and employees utilizing Technical College-provided Internet access are responsible for good behavior on-line just as they are in a classroom or other area of the college.

· The purpose of Technical College-provided Internet access is to facilitate communications in support of research and education. To remain eligible as users, students' use must be in support of and consistent with the educational objectives of the Department. Access is a privilege, not a right. Access entails responsibility. (Abuse could lead to removal of this privilege!)

· All information created, stored or transmitted by Department or Technical College computers or networks is subject to monitoring for compliance with applicable laws and policies.

Poems of Love

We're on a roll with love poems! William Shakespeare wrote The Sonnets: Poems of Love. Sonnets are 14 lines usually in iambic pentameter and usually rhymed.

"Some glory in their birth, some in their skill,
Some in their wealth, some in their body's force,
Some in their garments, though new fangled ill,
Some in their hawks and hounds, some in their horse;
And every humor hath his adjunct pleasure,
Wherein it finds a joy above the rest,
But these particulars are not my measure;
All these I better in one general best.
Thy love is better than high birth to me,
Richer than wealth, prouder than garment's cost,
Of more delight than hawks or horses be;
And having thee, of all men's pride I boast:
---Wretched in this alone, that thou mayst take
---All this away, and me most wretched make."

William Shakespeare
The Sonnets: Poems of Love , pg 91

(PR2848 A2 B837 1980 )

The People's Poet

Pablo Neruda (1904-1973), born Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto, took the name of the Czech poet Jan Neruda because he knew his family would not approve of a man writing poetry.

Pablo went on to write more than 35 books and win the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Love poems begin this collection. These poems are something to take along on a picnic and regale your sweetheart.

The Poetry of Pablo Neruda, edited and with an introduction by Ilan Stavans (PQ 8097 .N4 A2 2003)

P is for Poetry

The Library of Congress cataloging system uses 21 letters of the alphabet to designate subject areas. Coincidentally - P is the Literature, Language Arts, and Poetry section!

Poetry for Dummies: A reference for the rest of us can be found at PN 1042.P579 2001.

I'm a poet, my feet show it,

They're Longfellows
(more poetry from the schoolyard)

April is National Poetry month.
Do you consider yourself a poet?
Do you wish you could write flowing, flowering,rhyming verse?

The Rhyming Dictionary can help you!
There are several Rhyming Dictionary sites on the web. There is also a print version in the Reference section.

Fun fact

The Atlanta Journal Constitution noted it and an e-mail is making the rounds with this fun fact!

At one AM in the morning, actually at two minutes and three seconds past one AM on the 5th of April in 2006 - for that one second - the time, date stamp will be:

01:02:03 04/05/06

April showers bring May flowers

And you know what Mayflowers bring...... (answer at the bottom)

To begin celebrating National Poetry Month:
Check out LION in GALILEO (and notice the new search system in GALILEO)

Kilmer, Joyce, 1886-1918:
TREES [from [Poems, in] Joyce Kilmer [1918]]
(For Mrs. Henry Mills Alden)

1 I think that I shall never see
2 A poem lovely as a tree.
3 A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
4 Against the earth's sweet flowing breast;
5 A tree that looks at God all day,
6 And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
7 A tree that may in Summer wear
8 A nest of robins in her hair;
9 Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
10 Who intimately lives with rain.
11 Poems are made by fools like me,
12 But only God can make a tree.

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.

From an old children's joke- Mayflowers bring......Pilgrims!

The work piles up

When a person takes a break from work, the work doesn't stop. When the person returns to the desk- the stacks await.... Stacks are being diminished as the Librarian returns to the fold.

Students are on campus getting oriented to NMTC, meeting with advisors, and registering for classes.

Spring quarter begins on Wednesday.

Free time

Spring break for NMTC!
The Library will be closed this Saturday, March 25.
The Library will be open next week (regular hours) as Georgia Highlands returns from their Spring break.
The Librarian will be taking a break next week- no Blogging till April 3 (which is Open Registration Day for NMTC).

Go Hort!

Students and faculty in the Environmental Horticulture program have left for Utah to participate in the annual competition for Horticulture programs!

NMTC has done very well against the "big boys". Our students are well prepared to tackle all parts of a landscaping project from design development to installation.

Just in case

If you'd like to explore during the break....We added Scirus to GALILEO. Scirus is the most comprehensive science-specific search engine on the Internet. Driven by the latest search engine technology, Scirus searches over 250 million science-specific Web pages, enabling you to quickly:

•Pinpoint scientific, scholarly, technical and medical data on the Web.
•Find the latest reports, peer-reviewed articles, patents, pre prints and journals that other search engines miss.
•Offer unique functionalities designed for scientists and researchers.

Scirus has proved so successful at locating science-specific results on the Web that the Search Engine Watch Awards voted Scirus 'Best Specialty Search Engine' in 2001 and 2002 and 'Best Directory or Search Engine Website' WebAward from Web Marketing Association in 2004.

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.

Wednesday

Spring break begins today for NMTC students.

Faculty will be attending an all day conference on The Technical College of the Future.

Library hours

We noticed that both North Metro and Georgia Highlands (we share the library) have overlapping Spring Break for the next few days. The library will close tonight and tomorrow (Wednesday March 22 and Thursday March 23) at 5PM. We will be closed on Saturday.

Back to regular hours on Monday when Georgia Highlands comes back for the rest of their semester.

How Tall Is It?

The World Almanac is a delightful resource for finding the tallest, the longest, the deepest geographic feature!

"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.
The database is made up of:
The World Almanac and Book of Facts
The World Almanac of the U.S.A.
The World Almanac of U.S. Politics
The World Almanac for Kids
The World Almanac Knowledge Source

The default search on the Basic Search screen searches all 5 of the almanacs. If you wish to search them individually, go to the Advanced or Expert Search screens. Use the "Limit to" pull-down menu to restrict your search to only one the almanacs listed above. "

GALILEO
....Databases A-Z
......Jump tp W
..........World Almanac

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.

Spring is in the air

Nature is painting the earth with a wide brush of color. Daffodils are almost finished, Red buds are beginning, Cherry trees are bursting forth, all abloom after the monochrome winter.

Garden, Landscape & Horticulture Index™ (GLHI) is the premier resource for access to articles about plants and gardens. Topics include horticulture, garden and landscape design and history, botany, ecology, plant and garden conservation, garden management, and horticultural therapy. This index and abstract product is designed for gardening enthusiasts, professionals, and students of horticulture and of garden and landscape design and history. Indexed and abstracted are more than 300 core titles, the majority of which are published in English.

GALILEO
....Databases A-Z
.......Jump to G
.........Garden Literature Index

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.

Quarter is almost over!

The library is humming as students study for finals and work on projects. We will be open on Saturday (March 18) from 10AM to 2PM.

Getting ready for St. Paddy's Day!

If you're wondering how many Americans claim Irish heritage...where would you look for a number?

In GALILEO there is a link to Census Data at "The U.S. Census Bureau which offers the most comprehensive demographic data for the United States. The site includes information and statistics on the nation's population, housing, business and manufacturing activity, international trade, farming, and state and local governments." In their search box I typed Irish and lo and behold there is a frequently asked questions link to St. Patrick's Day and the Irish!

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.

The Red Planet

This is a fun picture of Mars.

Beware the Ides

I used Google to find information on the Ides of March. It quickly offered me InfoPlease (the first site among 7,250,000 others) where I read all about the middle of the month and Julius Caeser and Shakespeare.

I did then search through GALILEO. I looked at Encyclopedia Britannica, Funk & Wagnalls, Searchasaurus, Oxford English Dictionary.

Google gave me the quickest response for this bit of fact finding.

Knowing what to use as the best resource for finding information is the key to information literacy.

Breakfast in the morning!

Nutritionists tell us that "breakfast is the most important meal of the day"! To help everyone at North Metro get off to a good start.....Chick-Fil-A from Woodstock is selling breakfast chicken biscuits for $2.00 from 8:30 till they run out! They are in the lobby right outside the library in the 100 building!

We have a great view.

Testing, 1, 2, 3...Testing

Check out the Sneak Preview at GALILEO (Quick Search Beta). You can search multiple databases from the Home page search box.

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.

How many words?

If a picture is worth a thousand words - how many words is a moving picture worth?

Check out Auto Repair Reference Center - "ARRC now features the audio/visual learning aid AutoIQ. This supplemental resource provides detailed content such as full-motion video and animated technical diagrams. Through this detailed and easy-to-understand interactive content, AutoIQ helps to visually demonstrate the purpose, functionality and service requirements of any vehicle system. This additional content has been added to all existing ARRC subscriptions at no additional cost.

Included information is organized into seven main automotive areas consisting of Fuel Management, Engine Management, Heating & Air Conditioning, Ignition System, Brakes, Suspension & Steering, and Engine Mechanical. Each of these categories is then further divided into detailed subcategories where individual users can obtain the specific interactive information that is of interest to them."

GALILEO

...Databases A-Z

..........Scroll to Auto Repair Reference Center

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.

It's done

The Book Fair is packed away. Lots of delightful choices, there were even adult best sellers! The library is richer for having hosted the Scholastic Book Fair.

7 months

Diaries are important. They document from a single persons perspective what was happening in the world around them. "The Samuel Hugh Hawkins Diary, January - July 1877, donated by Georgia State Senator George Hooks to the Lake Blackshear Regional Library System, chronicles Americus, Georgia entrepreneur, lawyer, and banker Samuel Hawkins' financial, agricultural, civic, and religious activities in Sumter County during the final months of Reconstruction. Diary entries briefly illustrate Hawkins' work at the Bank of Americus and his real estate interests in the county. Having an interest in agriculture and horticulture, Hawkins describes his participation in the Sumter County Agricultural Society and Horticulture Society, attendance at the 1877 Georgia State Agricultural Society meeting in Milledgeville, entrepreneurial interest in the Bell Cultivator, and role in the founding of the Americus Fair Association. While later known for his role as president of the Savannah, Americus and Montgomery Railroad Company, Hawkins mentions railroad issues only in passing. An active member of Bethel Baptist Church (later Americus Baptist Church), Hawkins records his religious observances throughout the journal. On a national level, Hawkins comments on the contested presidential election of 1876 and the resulting presidency of Republican candidate, Rutherford B. Hayes. Locally, he chronicles city and county elections and appointments to the constitutional convention, the efforts of an emigrant agent to lure local African Americans to Louisiana as contract laborers as well as events surrounding the murder of a white woman by an African American man."

In a hundred and twenty nine years will someone read your perspective on life in the 21st century? Keep a diary- seven months can make a difference!

GALILEO
....Databases A-Z
......Jump to S
.........Select Samuel Hugh Hawkins Diary

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.

Too many choices

Google brings up a tsunami of web sites. It can be overwhelming to select just the right internet source.

"SKS WebSelect is an online database of Internet resources providing access to quality Web sites on almost any subject. WebSelect is continually updated to include new sites and dynamically changing data. Summaries provide a concise overview of site content and authority. Keyword, Subject Heading, and Topic Browse searches can be performed. Topics are assigned based on site content and mission. WebSelect is dynamically updated and offers Internet resources from around the globe, including those of leading universities, government agencies and respected organizations. "

GALILEO
..Databases A-Z
...Jump to S
.....Select SKS Web Select

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.

Gold Rush season

Gold Rush days in Dahlonega are held the third weekend of October (Oct 21-22, 2006). Lots of lovely Autumn color. Spring is another gorgeous time to head for the hills.

Before you head out for an educational day trip check out the Digital Library of Georgia's "Thar's Gold in Them Thar Hills": Gold and Gold Mining in Georgia, 1830s-1940s consists of selected legal, financial, and promotional documents as well as photographs and picture postcards that represent episodes of renewed interest in gold mining in Lumpkin County during Reconstruction, at the turn of the century, and during the Depression. Culled from three archival collections at the Lumpkin County Library of the Chestatee Regional Library System, the selected textual materials cover the late 1830s through the early 1940s, but focus primarily on the period between Reconstruction and the turn of the twentieth century. By contrast, the photographs and postcards depict mining methods employed from the 1900s through the 1940s along the Chestatee River, at the Findley Mill, and at the Lockhart Mine. Correspondence to Dahlonega attorney Weir Boyd documents the activities of the Rider Mine (1868-1883), the Yahoola and Cane Creek Hydraulic Mining Company (1868-1883), the Consolidated Mines (1879-1882), and the Phoenix Gold Mining company (1891-1892). In-depth descriptions of mining operations and techniques are found within the prospectuses of the Dahlonega Consolidated Gold Mining Company, the Dahlonega Gold Mining and Milling Company, and the Findley Gold Mining Company of Georgia. In addition, Memoranda of deposit from 1838 to 1905 document the Branch Mints in Dahlonega and Charlotte

GALILEO
.....Databases A-Z
.......Jump to T
............. Select Thar's Gold

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.

Current events- now!

Someone in the house must have a current event article - right now!

Monday morning and the Social Studies teacher said everyone had to bring in a current event article. The family is trying to get out the door - where does one get a current event article - right now?

"TOPICsearch is a current events database covering social, political, and economic issues, scientific discoveries, and other popular topics. The database contains full text for over 66,000 articles from more than 2,700 diverse sources including international and regional newspapers, periodicals, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information. From the Advanced Search screen, users can select preselected current events and popular topics from drop-down menus."

GALILEO
....Databases A-Z
.......Jump to T
..........Select TOPICsearch

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.

Book Fair delight

The cases for the Scholastic Book Fair were delivered this morning!

Oh boy!

Monday we set up and start selling books from8:30AM to 6PM, Monday through Thursday.

The money we raise is for the Early Childhood Education program.
The books we earn supplement the Children's collection (used by all but selected for the Early Childhood Education Literature class).

I do not like them, Sam-I-am

What famous author penned that memorable line? (Answer at the bottom of this blog) His birthday is celebrated today in schools across the country as students read and listen to stories for Read Across America.

In GALILEO , you can find information about this author in:

• Book Index with Reviews (492 results)
• Encyclopedia Britannica (19 results)
• Literature Online (6 results) I was surprised he is in Literature Online!
• NoveList (50 results)

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.

Answer: Dr. Seuss, aka Theodore Seuss Geisel

Good ideas

Linus Pauling "was once asked by a high school student ,
"How can I have great ideas?"
Pauling's answer was, "The important thing is to have many ideas."

from The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation- a biography of Linus Pauling.
http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/ci/1992/Pauling.html

Spring Quarter Registration

Early registration for Spring Quarter is going on this week for current students.
Current students can register on-line after meeting with their advisor and getting their pin number.

Open registration with orientation and advisement for new students is this Thursday, March 2

Spring Quarter will begin on April 5.

Do you remember?

Remembering is a funny thing- pictures help us "see" what life was like.

"Community Art in Atlanta, 1977-1987: Jim Alexander's Photographs of the Neighborhood Arts Center from the Auburn Avenue Research Library consists of fifty-five documentary photographs of the Neighborhood Arts Center (1975-1989) that capture significant African American-centered cultural and community events in and around the Atlanta-based organization, a brainchild of the late mayor Maynard Jackson. This body of images documents a visit to the Center from the legendary Romare Bearden, as well as Atlanta-area outreach projects, arts festivals, and social demonstrations that took place during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Taken by photographer, community activist, and Neighborhood Arts Center staff member Jim Alexander, these photographs demonstrate the Center's service commitment and its promotion of urban community arts."

GALILEO
....Jump to C
......Select Community Art in Atlanta

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.

No more lines

The NMTC Bookstore has a web site for student and faculty convenience. Lines have been notorious on the first day of class as students try to purchase books before class. Now students can order their textbooks online and receive them at home! No more lines. Students will be able to have their books with them on the first day without standing in line at the bookstore.

Check out the NMTC Bookstore on-line at www.nmetrobookstore.com.

Payment for books purchased on-line will be by credit card only (no scholarship/grant money can be used on-line). The NMTC Bookstore accepts- Master Card, Visa, American Express, Discover.

The Spring 2006 books should be on the Web Site by March 1. (Early registration for Spring quarter is March 2 - so you could register on-line then purchase your books on-line.)

A picture is worth 1000 words

The collection is primarily what we would call snapshots of life. There are a few formal portraits. My favorite snapshot is the "woman with her hands on her hips" (page 2, right hand column).

"Robert E. Williams Photographic Collection: African-Americans in the Augusta, Ga. Vicinity (Richmond Co.) consists of 86 Glass plate negatives and positive prints of African-Americans in the Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia area. Robert E. Williams, an African-American photographer, operated a studio, R. Williams and Son, in Augusta, Georgia, from 1888 until around 1908. The photographs depict dwellings and domestic chores, rituals of baptism, harvesting and transporting cotton, vehicles and transportation, and children and family life. 84 of the images are presented online, as two of the negatives are copies. "

GALILEO
....Jump to R
.......Robert E. Williams

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.

Civil Rights

And you thought the Civil Rights movement blossomed in the 1960's. Read these letters from the 1860's to see how freed black people were striving to be a part of the political process.

"The Civil Unrest in Camilla, Georgia, 1868 collection, located at the DeSoto Trail Library and comprised of photostatic copies from the Freedman's Bureau records held by the National Archives, consists of letters, affidavits, reports and a newspaper clipping relating to a violent episode in Camilla, Georgia. The incident occurred on September 19, 1868 when freedmen, together with Republicans W.P. Pierce, John Murphy and F.F. Putney attempted to hold a political rally, and were met with opposition from the white townspeople of Camilla. The dates of the documents largely span from September 19 through October of 1868 and include correspondence between Caleb Chase Sibley, assistant commissioner for the Freedmen’s Bureau in the state of Georgia, the Commissioner, Oliver Otis Howard, the Secretary of War John M. Schofield, and George Gordon Meade, military commander of the Third Military District in Georgia, as well as lesser-known Bureau agents’ correspondence, reports and affidavits containing first hand accounts of the incident from freedmen and others. "

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.....Civil Unrest in Camilla

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.

I'm bored

Some school districts are taking a winter break this week. What do you do with the children when they are home day after day?

Our Early Childhood Education program has a collection of resources for planning activities. One item is: The Complete Resource Book: An Early Childhood Curriculum by Pam Schiller (LB 1140.4 .S35 1998). The book offers "a complete plan for every day of every week of the year, this book can also be an excellent reference book for responding to children's specific interests."

When the child says, "I'm bored, there's nothing to do" - the resources in the LB section may offer you ideas for activities and projects to keep those idle hands busy.

Hail to the Chief!

Presidents Day is not another sales event. Really. Today we honor all presidents but especially we remember the two born in February - George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.

In GALILEO you can read the 39th Presidents diary. "The Jimmy Carter Presidential Daily Diary Online presents an online version of the diary of Jimmy Carter, former Governor of Georgia from 1971-1975 and the Thirty-Ninth President of the United States from 1977-1981. The diary is the official log of the president's activities during his administration and is from the Carter Presidential Library and Museum."


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........Jimmy Carter

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.