What do you use salt for? Cooking? Here are some handy tips for that now common household product.
I went to ProQuest and did an advanced search with salt as the search term,
limiting the search to text and
scrolling down to limit the document type to recipes -
over 8900 recipes were retrieved.
We use salt in a lot of cooking!
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Monday, June 18, 2007
326
How many graduated from North Metro Technical College on Friday June 15?
The Marietta Daily Journal headline says it all : North Metro Technical College graduates 326 in spring commencement
After balancing a job, family and schoolwork, Melissa Miller of Powder Springs proudly received a licensed practical nurse degree from North Metro Technical College during spring commencement Friday morning.
Ms. Miller, 32, was one of 326 students who earned degrees or diplomas during the ceremony held under a big tent on the college's front lawn. ....
The Marietta Daily Journal headline says it all : North Metro Technical College graduates 326 in spring commencement
After balancing a job, family and schoolwork, Melissa Miller of Powder Springs proudly received a licensed practical nurse degree from North Metro Technical College during spring commencement Friday morning.
Ms. Miller, 32, was one of 326 students who earned degrees or diplomas during the ceremony held under a big tent on the college's front lawn. ....
Christmas in July
GALILEO will be adding and deleting databases in early July.
Beginning in early July 2007 a new suite of EBSCO databases will begin appearing on GALILEO menus for the following consortia: DTAE, University System of Georgia, AMPALS, GPALS, GISA (private K-12), and Public Libraries. This new suite contains the following databases, which will replace any current counterparts:
Academic Search Complete (new to us)
Advanced Placement Source (new to us)
Agricola (new to us)
Auto Repair Reference Center This we already have
Book Collection: Nonfiction (new to us)
Business Source Complete (new to us)
Consumer Health Complete (new to us)
Environment Complete (new to us)
Fuente Academica (new to us)
Garden, Landscape & Horticulture Index This we already have
History Reference Center (new to us)
Hospitality & Tourism Complete ((new to us)
Information Science & Technology Abstracts (new to us)
Insurance Periodicals Index (new to us)
International Bibliography of Theater & Dance with Full Text (new to us)
Internet & Personal Computing Abstracts (new to us)
Legal Collection (new to us)
Literary Reference Center (new to us)
Medic Latina Science & > Technology Collection (new to us)
The Serials Directory (new to us)
Vocational & Career Collection (new to us)
World History Collection (new to us)
New databases for us to explore beginning in July!
Friday, June 15, 2007
Which tool to use
When you work on a project you select the best tool to complete the task.
Ask has revamped its search engine to help distinguish itself from rivals such as Google and Microsoft.
In the revamp it has added to the traditional list of links results from a wide range of sources including videos and blogs.
The new page also lets users fine tune search terms to help them home in on the results they really want.
Read the rest here
There are several ways to search. I've collected other search sites that you might find more useful than the same old one.....
Ask has revamped its search engine to help distinguish itself from rivals such as Google and Microsoft.
In the revamp it has added to the traditional list of links results from a wide range of sources including videos and blogs.
The new page also lets users fine tune search terms to help them home in on the results they really want.
Read the rest here
There are several ways to search. I've collected other search sites that you might find more useful than the same old one.....
Endings and Beginnings
Pomp and Circumstance - today is Graduation Day, ceremony taking place under the big white tent on the lawn at 9:30 am. Students are ending one part of their lives and beginning another part.
Congratulations to each of them!
Congratulations to each of them!
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Sustainable Urban Horticulture
With the landscape of modern horticulture practices changing, officials at North Metro Technical College will soon implement a new program to meet the growing needs of industries that are "going green."
The Acworth-based college will this fall begin offering a "Sustainable Urban Horticulture" diploma and degree sequence....
From the Daily Tribune .
We are collecting print and online resources to support this new program.
The Acworth-based college will this fall begin offering a "Sustainable Urban Horticulture" diploma and degree sequence....
From the Daily Tribune .
We are collecting print and online resources to support this new program.
Fly the Flag
The Fourth of July was traditionally celebrated as America's birthday, but the idea of an annual day specifically celebrating the Flag is believed to have first originated in 1885. BJ Cigrand, a schoolteacher, arranged for the pupils in the Fredonia, Wisconsin Public School, District 6, to observe June 14 (the 108th anniversary of the official adoption of The Stars and Stripes) as 'Flag Birthday'. In numerous magazines and newspaper articles and public addresses over the following years, Cigrand continued to enthusiastically advocate the observance of June 14 as 'Flag Birthday', or 'Flag Day'.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Listening
This was an interesting take on the use of downloadable audio books (NetLibrary offers downloadable titles through some libraries)- they are not limited to your teenagers:
"Ninety percent of the people over there are listening to music, head banging, and I'm over there listening to Shelby Foote," Jim Burgin, 67 told the Tennessean in an article about the increasing popularity among seniors of downloadable audiobooks.
"It has really gone gangbusters," said Pat Thompson, special projects coordinator for the Tennessee State Library and Archives. "In library service we never know what population is going to take hold. It was an interesting anecdotal discovery to find many elderly people, or people who are a little older, were taking advantage of this program."
While you're on the road check out your local Cracker Barrel for audio books (and of course your local public library may have audio books that can be borrowed for free)---
"Ninety percent of the people over there are listening to music, head banging, and I'm over there listening to Shelby Foote," Jim Burgin, 67 told the Tennessean in an article about the increasing popularity among seniors of downloadable audiobooks.
"It has really gone gangbusters," said Pat Thompson, special projects coordinator for the Tennessee State Library and Archives. "In library service we never know what population is going to take hold. It was an interesting anecdotal discovery to find many elderly people, or people who are a little older, were taking advantage of this program."
While you're on the road check out your local Cracker Barrel for audio books (and of course your local public library may have audio books that can be borrowed for free)---
Reading on the Road
Have you gotten to the airport and realized- no book to read but lots of time to wait for the plane? USA Today Columnist, Harriett Baskas offers these thoughts.....
"Love to read but not willing to shell out full price for a book you buy at the airport?
You don't have to.
Most airport bookshops offer some of the hottest bestsellers at reduced prices and most have a table or two filled with sale-priced and remaindered titles. And, like their counterparts at the mall, many airport bookstores offer frequent-buyer bonuses, coupons, gift-with-purchase or other incentives. There are even a handful of airports where used-book lovers will find fun browsing, cut-rate titles and even a book swapping program. .....
Ms. Basak continues with interesting tidbits about airport bookstores!
If you plan ahead- NMTC has a swap cart of paperbacks by the front door of the library!
"Love to read but not willing to shell out full price for a book you buy at the airport?
You don't have to.
Most airport bookshops offer some of the hottest bestsellers at reduced prices and most have a table or two filled with sale-priced and remaindered titles. And, like their counterparts at the mall, many airport bookstores offer frequent-buyer bonuses, coupons, gift-with-purchase or other incentives. There are even a handful of airports where used-book lovers will find fun browsing, cut-rate titles and even a book swapping program. .....
Ms. Basak continues with interesting tidbits about airport bookstores!
If you plan ahead- NMTC has a swap cart of paperbacks by the front door of the library!
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
A Fathers Day Gift idea
"A lenticular is an image that appears differently depending on how you look at it. If you’ve ever seen a postcard or movie poster that changes when you look at it from the left vs. the right, you’ve seen a lenticular.
Lenticulars usually require a special plastic sheet consisting of many tiny convex lenses, but you can make a super simple one with just two photos and some paper..."
Read the rest right here.
You know that Dad would display your art project proudly! Especially if the two pictures were of you.
Lenticulars usually require a special plastic sheet consisting of many tiny convex lenses, but you can make a super simple one with just two photos and some paper..."
Read the rest right here.
You know that Dad would display your art project proudly! Especially if the two pictures were of you.
Books, books, books
Monday, June 11, 2007
And the answer is
Tests are not usually the place for creative writing. Yet, this blog has compiled some very creative answers to very black and white questions!
Amazing?
TrucstoP.com has suggested there might be a need to expand our vocabulary by using additional ways to express our amazement.
The thesaurus is a delightful tool for making sure you aren't using the same word over and over. GALILEO offers a thesaurus in Quick Search to help you think of other words to use for finding information. Microsoft Word also has a thesaurus to use.
Jazz up your writing- use words well!
The thesaurus is a delightful tool for making sure you aren't using the same word over and over. GALILEO offers a thesaurus in Quick Search to help you think of other words to use for finding information. Microsoft Word also has a thesaurus to use.
Jazz up your writing- use words well!
Saturday, June 09, 2007
A picture is worth..
a thousand words but sometimes the translation leaves a bit to be desired.
Check out this Collection of Funny Signs from Around the World .
Then wander through Grove Art Online and think about what were those artists trying to say?
Grove is accessible through GALILEO. You get the password for home use from your Georgia librarian.
Check out this Collection of Funny Signs from Around the World .
Then wander through Grove Art Online and think about what were those artists trying to say?
Grove is accessible through GALILEO. You get the password for home use from your Georgia librarian.
How does your garden grow?
Summertime and fresh veggies are appearing at the Farmers Market. How do you get your garden to grow? If you're not sure - read all about it at the Garden Literature Index in GALILEO. If you'd like a hint or two about using the GLI - just watch:
Thursday, June 07, 2007
20 more efficient search tips
From Tips for Life :
"For millions of people, Google is an indispensable search tool that they use every day, in all facets of their lives. From work or school, research, to looking up movies and celebrities to news and gossip, Google is the go-to search engine.
But instead of just typing in a phrase and wading through page after page of results, there are a number of ways to make your searches more efficient. ..."
Read all the tips here
"For millions of people, Google is an indispensable search tool that they use every day, in all facets of their lives. From work or school, research, to looking up movies and celebrities to news and gossip, Google is the go-to search engine.
But instead of just typing in a phrase and wading through page after page of results, there are a number of ways to make your searches more efficient. ..."
Read all the tips here
Selling the program
What do you do to market yourself? First impressions do count. Fourth and Fifth impressions can make a difference, too.
We have a collection of Marketing books with grand ideas for "selling" your business. You do need to start with a plan - check out The Successful Marketing Plan : A disciplined and Comprehensive Approach (HF 5415.13 .H523 2003) by Roman G. Hiebing Jr and Scott W. Cooper.
"The purpose of this book is to provide you with a practical and proven, step-by-step guide for preparing your own marketing plan."
We have a collection of Marketing books with grand ideas for "selling" your business. You do need to start with a plan - check out The Successful Marketing Plan : A disciplined and Comprehensive Approach (HF 5415.13 .H523 2003) by Roman G. Hiebing Jr and Scott W. Cooper.
"The purpose of this book is to provide you with a practical and proven, step-by-step guide for preparing your own marketing plan."
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
How do you find it?
What search engine do you go to just because you've always used it and are you getting the results you really want?
"Chris Sherman once compared Ask.com to Apple. Ask CEO Jim Lanzone remarked to me (author of this piece, Greg Sterling)that he liked the comparison because it spoke to quality and innovativeness. Indeed, among the top-tier search engines Ask has arguably been the most innovative. In one sense it has to be. Without that effort it might lose hold on the roughly 5 percent search market share it currently has".....
Read the rest here
I've compiled a list of search engines on the NMTC web links. Try them all out. See which one really finds what you're looking for quickly.
"Chris Sherman once compared Ask.com to Apple. Ask CEO Jim Lanzone remarked to me (author of this piece, Greg Sterling)that he liked the comparison because it spoke to quality and innovativeness. Indeed, among the top-tier search engines Ask has arguably been the most innovative. In one sense it has to be. Without that effort it might lose hold on the roughly 5 percent search market share it currently has".....
Read the rest here
I've compiled a list of search engines on the NMTC web links. Try them all out. See which one really finds what you're looking for quickly.
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Cars and Trucks and Things that Go
Richard Scarry would be celebrating his 88th birthday today. The 1974 book Cars and Trucks and Things That Go was a favorite at our house - looking for Goldbug was a nightly activity.
NoveList gives Cars and Trucks and Things that Go 4 stars!
A simple story with lots of details - On the way to the beach for a picnic, the Pig family encounters almost every kind of transportation vehicle imaginable--and imaginary.
Find your favorite story in NoveList through GALILEO. You can get the password for home use of GALILEO from your Georgia librarian.
NoveList gives Cars and Trucks and Things that Go 4 stars!
A simple story with lots of details - On the way to the beach for a picnic, the Pig family encounters almost every kind of transportation vehicle imaginable--and imaginary.
Find your favorite story in NoveList through GALILEO. You can get the password for home use of GALILEO from your Georgia librarian.
Aldo Leopold
If you were to take a survey of environmentalists, ecologists, or natural historians to ask which books most influenced their thinking on matters of wildlife and wildlands, three titles would appear again and again: Henry David Thoreau’s Walden (available through NMTC in NetLibrary, Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, and Aldo Leopold’s A Sand County Almanac.
Leopold’s book was published six decades ago, in 1949, and in the years since its first publication it has come to be regarded as a true classic of nature writing. It has affected the policies and methods of natural-resource management. It has been read and closely studied by countless students of conservation biology. And it has been quoted chapter and verse by environmental activists, who cite a few choice Leopoldisms, especially his land ethic, an elegantly simple declaration of rights for soil, water, wind, plants, and animals: “A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise.”....
Finish reading it here
If you'd like to know more about Aldo Leopold, we do have a biography in NetLibrary, Aldo Leopold and the Ecological Conscience.
Leopold’s book was published six decades ago, in 1949, and in the years since its first publication it has come to be regarded as a true classic of nature writing. It has affected the policies and methods of natural-resource management. It has been read and closely studied by countless students of conservation biology. And it has been quoted chapter and verse by environmental activists, who cite a few choice Leopoldisms, especially his land ethic, an elegantly simple declaration of rights for soil, water, wind, plants, and animals: “A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise.”....
Finish reading it here
If you'd like to know more about Aldo Leopold, we do have a biography in NetLibrary, Aldo Leopold and the Ecological Conscience.
Monday, June 04, 2007
Monday morning
The tune from the Mama's and the Papa's drifts through my mind on Monday mornings. Yes, it shows my age.
Doing a Quick Search in GALILEO limited to Arts and Humanities for The Mamas and the Papas did bring up some childrens titles and 51 articles in Research Library. You have to scroll through the left hand column to go through each section of the first ten articles per database. Adding Monday Morning to the search didn't pull up anything.
Wandering over to Google searching for The Mamas and the Papas "Monday Morning" did bring up Lyrics007 with the words for Monday, Monday!
I'll be humming most of the day.
Doing a Quick Search in GALILEO limited to Arts and Humanities for The Mamas and the Papas did bring up some childrens titles and 51 articles in Research Library. You have to scroll through the left hand column to go through each section of the first ten articles per database. Adding Monday Morning to the search didn't pull up anything.
Wandering over to Google searching for The Mamas and the Papas "Monday Morning" did bring up Lyrics007 with the words for Monday, Monday!
I'll be humming most of the day.
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Easy Learning
CUPERTINO, California—May 30, 2007—Apple® today announced the launch of iTunes® U, a dedicated area within the iTunes Store (www.itunes.com) featuring free content such as course lectures, language lessons, lab demonstrations, sports highlights and campus tours provided by top US colleges and universities including Stanford University, UC Berkeley, Duke University and MIT....
read all about it here
read all about it here
Did you notice?
Something new in the Sidebar - a search box for the blog. Now you can look for a post without having to remember which month/year it was posted!
Reading is social, Reading is power
The Book Expo : Reading and its well-contents
by Gregory McNamee - May 31st, 2007
Saint Ambrose did not move his lips when he read. Neither did Ambrose’s pupil and colleague Saint Augustine. The Roman chroniclers who witnessed this feat thought it only a curiosity, and the provincial missionaries’ example took generations to become the ruling style of reading in the West.....
... reading is a social act, involving a history of formal and informal accords establishing that written words have certain meanings and shapes, that they are to be used in certain ways. Reading is at the same time an intensely individual act: each reader approaches a text differently, bringing to bear experience and personality on another’s words. It is a complex mental activity, involving several areas of the brain at once. Reading is physiologically complex as well, demanding that the eyes dart around the page hundreds of times each second to take in bits and pieces of visual information....
read all of it here
Then come to the library and find something else to read!
by Gregory McNamee - May 31st, 2007
Saint Ambrose did not move his lips when he read. Neither did Ambrose’s pupil and colleague Saint Augustine. The Roman chroniclers who witnessed this feat thought it only a curiosity, and the provincial missionaries’ example took generations to become the ruling style of reading in the West.....
... reading is a social act, involving a history of formal and informal accords establishing that written words have certain meanings and shapes, that they are to be used in certain ways. Reading is at the same time an intensely individual act: each reader approaches a text differently, bringing to bear experience and personality on another’s words. It is a complex mental activity, involving several areas of the brain at once. Reading is physiologically complex as well, demanding that the eyes dart around the page hundreds of times each second to take in bits and pieces of visual information....
read all of it here
Then come to the library and find something else to read!
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
GALILEO and Vista
Have you switched to Vista on your PC? Are you waiting to see how it will work with the software you use all the time?
Here's news from GALILEO that you'll be glad to read!
We are pleased to announce that we have successfully completed Windows Vista compliance testing for the GALILEO site and features as well as the GALILEO databases. Below is a list of resources that GALILEO staff have tested to ensure compliance.
For additional information, please see the following documentation:
http://www.usg.edu/galileo/help/tech/config.phtml
GALILEO homepage including:
*Find It and Journals A-Z
*Quick Search
*About GALILEO
*GALILEO Help
*GALILEO Express Links
*GALILEO Kids Page
*OLLC and GALILEO Tutorials
GALILEO Databases including:
*ABC-CLIO databases
*Britannica databases
*CGF database
*EBSCO databases
*GaleGroup databases
*ISI databases
*LexisNexis
*McGraw-Hill database
*netLibrary
*OCLC FirstSearch databases
*Oxford University Press databases
*ProQuest CSA databases
If you have any questions or need more information, please use GALILEO's Contact Us feature or contact OIIT Customer Services at helpdesk@usg.edu.
GALILEO announcements and status updates are available at:
http://www.usg.edu/galileo/status/
Information about the GALILEO mailing list is available at:
http://www.usg.edu/galileo/about/news/list.phtml
Here's news from GALILEO that you'll be glad to read!
We are pleased to announce that we have successfully completed Windows Vista compliance testing for the GALILEO site and features as well as the GALILEO databases. Below is a list of resources that GALILEO staff have tested to ensure compliance.
For additional information, please see the following documentation:
http://www.usg.edu/galileo/help/tech/config.phtml
GALILEO homepage including:
*Find It and Journals A-Z
*Quick Search
*About GALILEO
*GALILEO Help
*GALILEO Express Links
*GALILEO Kids Page
*OLLC and GALILEO Tutorials
GALILEO Databases including:
*ABC-CLIO databases
*Britannica databases
*CGF database
*EBSCO databases
*GaleGroup databases
*ISI databases
*LexisNexis
*McGraw-Hill database
*netLibrary
*OCLC FirstSearch databases
*Oxford University Press databases
*ProQuest CSA databases
If you have any questions or need more information, please use GALILEO's Contact Us feature or contact OIIT Customer Services at helpdesk@usg.edu.
GALILEO announcements and status updates are available at:
http://www.usg.edu/galileo/status/
Information about the GALILEO mailing list is available at:
http://www.usg.edu/galileo/about/news/list.phtml
Whoop Whoop Whoop
That whooping is the sound of a helicopter parent circling their adult offspring.
Just a few years ago a successful parent was one who worked themselves out of a job. By the time the offspring was 16 and driving, the parent could begin to relax- the offspring had been raised to be independent and responsible for the choices and consequences of those choices.....not so for the Millenial Generation (those born between 1982 and 2002).
Some of these "adults" make few choices concerning school and work. Their parents are with them smoothing over any bump caused by the offsprings negligence.
NPR had a bit about this on the Morning Edition (transcript isn't in LexisNexis yet but it will be)
The Atanta Journal Constitution (you may need to log in to read the article) had a front page article concerning the situation.
Using GALILEO's Quick search limiting it to News/Facts and the phrase Boomer Parents Hover- there are very few articles in the databases but Quick Search looks through Google too - there are a ton of articles in prestigious newspapers.
Quick Search is a fascinating resource- and it's getting better.
Just a few years ago a successful parent was one who worked themselves out of a job. By the time the offspring was 16 and driving, the parent could begin to relax- the offspring had been raised to be independent and responsible for the choices and consequences of those choices.....not so for the Millenial Generation (those born between 1982 and 2002).
Some of these "adults" make few choices concerning school and work. Their parents are with them smoothing over any bump caused by the offsprings negligence.
NPR had a bit about this on the Morning Edition (transcript isn't in LexisNexis yet but it will be)
The Atanta Journal Constitution (you may need to log in to read the article) had a front page article concerning the situation.
Using GALILEO's Quick search limiting it to News/Facts and the phrase Boomer Parents Hover- there are very few articles in the databases but Quick Search looks through Google too - there are a ton of articles in prestigious newspapers.
Quick Search is a fascinating resource- and it's getting better.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Summer Blockbusters
Do you want to read what others have said about a movie before you go spend your money?
You can use Google, type in the title movie review. Voila - thousands of movie reviews will pop right up!
You can use ProQuest and Academic Search Premier at EbscoHost in GALILEO to limit a search to film reviews. I admit- it isn't easy and I didn't get what I thought I would though I tried several routes (advanced search, limiting to document text and film reviews).
ProQuest offered me suggestions for my search. I was intrigued that they pulled up the main actor and the director as options though I had just given a title and limited it to Film Review.
Lexis Nexis Academic through the Guided Search doesn't limit you to film reviews so you get business articles about the movie (how much it made or cost, etc).
For most entertainment purposes- the Google search with movie review will tell you what you want to know - should you spend your money tonight on this movie.
Happy watching!
You can use Google, type in the title movie review. Voila - thousands of movie reviews will pop right up!
You can use ProQuest and Academic Search Premier at EbscoHost in GALILEO to limit a search to film reviews. I admit- it isn't easy and I didn't get what I thought I would though I tried several routes (advanced search, limiting to document text and film reviews).
ProQuest offered me suggestions for my search. I was intrigued that they pulled up the main actor and the director as options though I had just given a title and limited it to Film Review.
Lexis Nexis Academic through the Guided Search doesn't limit you to film reviews so you get business articles about the movie (how much it made or cost, etc).
For most entertainment purposes- the Google search with movie review will tell you what you want to know - should you spend your money tonight on this movie.
Happy watching!
Monday, May 28, 2007
Remembering
Memorial Day - a time to remember those who gave their all that we might have the opportunity to gather in peace.
LION has full text poems to help us feel the importance of this day.
IN Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
(to read it all go to In Flanders Field by John McCrae.
To access LION through GALILEO you will need the current password from your Georgia librarian.
LION has full text poems to help us feel the importance of this day.
IN Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
(to read it all go to In Flanders Field by John McCrae.
To access LION through GALILEO you will need the current password from your Georgia librarian.
Saturday, May 26, 2007
May the Force be with ou
In Los Angeles there is a weekend full of activities to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the first Star Wars movie. A Quick Search in GALILEO limiting the search to News/Facts and Reference with the search terms Star Wars 30 anniversary brought up an astonishing 108 hits on First.Gov - and most of them were about the movie!
My favorite newsy database is Lexis Nexis (use the Beta version, limit your search to the General World News and the News Transcripts for the last week. 997 article are pulled!
My favorite newsy database is Lexis Nexis (use the Beta version, limit your search to the General World News and the News Transcripts for the last week. 997 article are pulled!
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Moving on up!
Femi Obanor, our GOAL winner has been selected for the top 12 in Georgia! Final competition is today (Thursday May 24). We wish him well.
Organizing nature
Librarians think Dewey was a master at organization yet Linnaeus noted that “God creates, Linnaeus arranges.” Carl Linnaeus 300th birthday is cause for celebration.
Doing a Quick Search in GALILEO limiting my search to the Science list and full text brought up hundreds of articles from the Smithsonian's Organization Man in the Ebsco MasterFile to the Economists's Leaders: Hail Linnaeus; Species inflation through Research Library at ProQuest!
The password to use GALILEO at home is available from your Georgia librarian.
Doing a Quick Search in GALILEO limiting my search to the Science list and full text brought up hundreds of articles from the Smithsonian's Organization Man in the Ebsco MasterFile to the Economists's Leaders: Hail Linnaeus; Species inflation through Research Library at ProQuest!
The password to use GALILEO at home is available from your Georgia librarian.
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Collecting books
Todays AJC (Atlanta Journal Constitution) has an article about house size. Some folks are moving from multi bedroom houses to smaller homes. For bibliophiles - downsizing could be stressful.
Where do you put all those books that you treasure being able to touch at any point in the day?
NetLibrary has a Favorites and Notes section. As you're looking for information or seeing if your favorite book is on-line you can create notes (tab in the left column). The books with notes are then listed in the Favorites and Notes section. The notes include what page you were on in the book when you decided to make a note! I was usually in the index.
It came to me that one could put a note on the books in NetLibrary that you'd find useful- then you don't have to purchase them or store them or dust them or....
There is a short video How do I find...Create a Free Account in NetLibrary if you need a refresher. NMTC has over 40,000 titles in NetLibrary. There's bound to be something you'd find useful.
Where do you put all those books that you treasure being able to touch at any point in the day?
NetLibrary has a Favorites and Notes section. As you're looking for information or seeing if your favorite book is on-line you can create notes (tab in the left column). The books with notes are then listed in the Favorites and Notes section. The notes include what page you were on in the book when you decided to make a note! I was usually in the index.
It came to me that one could put a note on the books in NetLibrary that you'd find useful- then you don't have to purchase them or store them or dust them or....
There is a short video How do I find...Create a Free Account in NetLibrary if you need a refresher. NMTC has over 40,000 titles in NetLibrary. There's bound to be something you'd find useful.
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
New words
Couple of entries ago, I wrote about the new Merriam-Webster additions. Touring around the Oxford English Dictionary today, I found the link for new words.
The OED has an
for the Word of the Day- this is the time to set up that feed reader.
To access the OED through GALILEO you need the current password (available from your Georgia Librarian)
The OED has an
for the Word of the Day- this is the time to set up that feed reader.To access the OED through GALILEO you need the current password (available from your Georgia Librarian)
Monday, May 21, 2007
Words and meaning
What does a word mean? Using the dictionary gives you the definition as set at that time and place when the dictionary was published. We can think of words that used to mean one thing but now are totally different.
The Oxford Dictionary is noted as a Historical Dictionary of the English language.
"The Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium." The OED gives definitions, etymological analysis, and quotations to demonstrate the use of words in the English language over time.
The web-based version of the OED include all information contained in the print counterpart plus at least 1,000 new and revised entries each quarter.
So what does that word mean? Or what did it mean?
You can access the Oxford Dictionary through GALILEO. The current password is available from your Geogria Librarian.
The Oxford Dictionary is noted as a Historical Dictionary of the English language.
"The Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium." The OED gives definitions, etymological analysis, and quotations to demonstrate the use of words in the English language over time.
The web-based version of the OED include all information contained in the print counterpart plus at least 1,000 new and revised entries each quarter.
So what does that word mean? Or what did it mean?
You can access the Oxford Dictionary through GALILEO. The current password is available from your Geogria Librarian.
Friday, May 18, 2007
Words mean something
“Babymoon,” “gription,” and “gustnado” – just a sampling of the creative new words and expressions submitted by the public to Merriam-Webster’s Open Dictionary this week.
Read on for their definitions…at Britannica Blog posted by Peter Sokolowski on Language.
Read on for their definitions…at Britannica Blog posted by Peter Sokolowski on Language.
Shameless plug
Now that you know what RSS is (scroll down two posts to the embedded video) and how to create an RSS feed from Academic Search Premier (see previous post) ....this blog has an RSS feed link .
On the right hand side of the screen, under links :
Syndicate the View (create RSS feed using this URL)
Copy and then paste the URL into your RSS reader
When a new post is created...in about 2-3 hours it will show up in your reader!
On the right hand side of the screen, under links :
Syndicate the View (create RSS feed using this URL)
Copy and then paste the URL into your RSS reader
When a new post is created...in about 2-3 hours it will show up in your reader!
Now that you know RSS
(see earlier post) - EBSCO has a feature which allows you to create a feed from your search!
(Thanks to David Free for sharing this hint at the Gil Users Group Meeting).
Select one of the EBSCO Databases- I'm using Academic Search Premier
-Select Advanced Search
-Do a search
-Select Search History/Alerts
-Select Save Search/Alert
-Give your search a name and description
Continue filling in the form....
When you get to the end - see the radio buttons?
No E-mail, RSS only!
Save your alert- here's where you get the URL to copy and then paste into your reader....At the bottom of the form is the Syndicated Feed URL!
Which you then copy and paste into your RSS reader.
Wonderful and almost as easy as getting an e-mail alert.
To access Academic Search Premier you'll need the current password for GALILEO that you can get from your Georgia Librarian.
(Thanks to David Free for sharing this hint at the Gil Users Group Meeting).
Select one of the EBSCO Databases- I'm using Academic Search Premier
-Select Advanced Search
-Do a search
-Select Search History/Alerts
-Select Save Search/Alert
-Give your search a name and description
Continue filling in the form....
When you get to the end - see the radio buttons?
No E-mail, RSS only!
Save your alert- here's where you get the URL to copy and then paste into your reader....At the bottom of the form is the Syndicated Feed URL!
Which you then copy and paste into your RSS reader.
Wonderful and almost as easy as getting an e-mail alert.
To access Academic Search Premier you'll need the current password for GALILEO that you can get from your Georgia Librarian.
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Turtles, again
Earlier I talked about turtles from the NPR morning show. I posted the blog about 10:30. I'd heard the show before 8:30. Before blogging I looked on LexisNexis to get the news story but it hadn't been posted yet.
The transcript is there now!
It's great to be able to read what you heard on the radio. You can get all the details.
In Lexis Nexis, select Guided News Search
Step One: select News Transcripts
Step Two: Select National Public Radio
Step Three : type in "turtle" as a keyword
Step Four : Limit your search to "Today"
Voila! Two Morning Edition stories posted at 11.
What fun! You'll need the GALILEO password, available from your Georgia librarian.
The transcript is there now!
It's great to be able to read what you heard on the radio. You can get all the details.
In Lexis Nexis, select Guided News Search
Step One: select News Transcripts
Step Two: Select National Public Radio
Step Three : type in "turtle" as a keyword
Step Four : Limit your search to "Today"
Voila! Two Morning Edition stories posted at 11.
What fun! You'll need the GALILEO password, available from your Georgia librarian.
Pets
This morning on NPR there was a discussion about those little turtles that Baby Boomers all had as pets. The turtles as pets were outlawed in the mid 70's. Now there is a law wandering through Congress to let those little turtles be pets again.
What sort of pet would be best for your household? Check out our materials on pets!
What sort of pet would be best for your household? Check out our materials on pets!
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Summer is coming
Bathing suit ads have started populating the newspaper.
Lose weight before summer articles are appearing in the popular magazines.
How do you decide what diet will work for you or even if dieting will work?
Check out our health collection for a variety of resources!
Using the simple search and typing in diet brought up over 100 items- some not at all related to health and weight loss (or gain).
Using the simple search and typing diet weight brought up 21 items (many in our e-book collection).
Summer officially starts in less than two weeks - what can you do?
Lose weight before summer articles are appearing in the popular magazines.
How do you decide what diet will work for you or even if dieting will work?
Check out our health collection for a variety of resources!
Using the simple search and typing in diet brought up over 100 items- some not at all related to health and weight loss (or gain).
Using the simple search and typing diet weight brought up 21 items (many in our e-book collection).
Summer officially starts in less than two weeks - what can you do?
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
My Friends are Your Friends
The NMTC Library MySpace has links to online resources for students.
Some of our friends have the most fascinating friends. Check out Brooklyn College Library's set of museum friends! They are celebrating International Museum Day.
Some of our friends have the most fascinating friends. Check out Brooklyn College Library's set of museum friends! They are celebrating International Museum Day.
Monday, May 14, 2007
How to learn
Learning just doesn't "happen".
Learning takes effort to concentrate on the subject and think about the topic. We're getting toward the middle of the quarter.
If you think you need help with study skills- check our collection!
Typing in study skills as a search phrase in the NMTC Library catalog pulled up 99 titles. Many titles are available through NetLibrary.
There is an instructional video to remind you how to create a free NetLibrary account.
Learning takes effort to concentrate on the subject and think about the topic. We're getting toward the middle of the quarter.
If you think you need help with study skills- check our collection!
Typing in study skills as a search phrase in the NMTC Library catalog pulled up 99 titles. Many titles are available through NetLibrary.
There is an instructional video to remind you how to create a free NetLibrary account.
Friday, May 11, 2007
Citas Latinoamericanas en Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades
This is an OCLC First Search Database available through GALILEO.
CLASE and PERIÓDICA is an index 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.
CLASE and PERIÓDICA is an index 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.
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Numbers and more numbers
How many people are there is the USA?
What do they do?
The Federal Government collects all sorts of statistics. Some results are published at Census.Gov .
There is a link to the Census site through GALILEO. You will need the current GALILEO password to use this access point
What do they do?
The Federal Government collects all sorts of statistics. Some results are published at Census.Gov .
There is a link to the Census site through GALILEO. You will need the current GALILEO password to use this access point
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
How do we get the money?
The Vienna (Austria) library has found an interesting way to raise money. What other ways might garner cash without having to open up the proverbial lemonade stand?
A Quick Search in GALILEO brought up tons of articles- Lexis Nexis focused on School fundraisers (and how unhappy parents are to do them). Academic Search Premier pulled up political fund raisers. While MasterFile found articles describing various fundraising events!
The Quick Search did pull up the same articles in the databases but it also pulled up enough variety to give you the flavor of what information is out there!
To use GALILEO at home ask your Georgia librarian for the password.
A Quick Search in GALILEO brought up tons of articles- Lexis Nexis focused on School fundraisers (and how unhappy parents are to do them). Academic Search Premier pulled up political fund raisers. While MasterFile found articles describing various fundraising events!
The Quick Search did pull up the same articles in the databases but it also pulled up enough variety to give you the flavor of what information is out there!
To use GALILEO at home ask your Georgia librarian for the password.
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
What can you find?
OCLC has added article-level citation records to WorldCat.org search results from four FirstSearch base package databases: GPO, ArticleFirst, Medline and ERIC.
Now a broad base of Web users performing searches at WorldCat.org can discover article citations as well as relevant WorldCat records for books, audio and video recordings, and other content formats.
More than 30 million article citation records from the four databases were indexed in late March. WorldCat control or "accession" numbers were assigned to the records in order to allow citations to appear in search results.
These records were not added to the WorldCat database.
What users can do
Article records link to fulfillment options appropriate to a user based on their IP address. IP information determines what nearby WorldCat libraries offer access to the article and which options are displayed to the user via the record.
Now a broad base of Web users performing searches at WorldCat.org can discover article citations as well as relevant WorldCat records for books, audio and video recordings, and other content formats.
More than 30 million article citation records from the four databases were indexed in late March. WorldCat control or "accession" numbers were assigned to the records in order to allow citations to appear in search results.
These records were not added to the WorldCat database.
What users can do
Article records link to fulfillment options appropriate to a user based on their IP address. IP information determines what nearby WorldCat libraries offer access to the article and which options are displayed to the user via the record.
Options may include:
Links to full text in subscription-based online databases;
Links to library-maintained resolvers for access to available articles; or
Links to an article delivery service.
As with checkout and other local-system functionality also reachable via WorldCat.org, article fulfillment links may require a user to authenticate access with a library account.
Full-featured FirstSearch access to articles still available GPO, ArticleFirst, Medline and ERIC continue to be available for full-featured searching by individual database in the OCLC FirstSearch service.
In FirstSearch, researchers may search these databases individually or combine them with up to two additional databases for cross-database searching.
The FirstSearch interface also supports flexible options such as searching indexes specific to each database.
To use GPO, ArticleFirst, and Medline you will need the GALILEO password which is available from your Georgia librarian.
High Tech Trash
Could we be referring to a person whose unfortunate personal life choice is splashed across the tabloids and then re-enacted in Second Life?
Nope.
Elizabeth Grossman wrote a rather startling treatise on how dirty the clean tech stuff really is. The environment is in danger from the plastics and chemicals used to create our paperless, instant communication world. She concludes her book with a chapter on how to recycle those fancy gadgets.
Check it out - High Tech Trash : Digital Devices, Hidden Toxics and Human Health (TD 799.85 .G76 2006) by Elizabeth Grossman
Nope.
Elizabeth Grossman wrote a rather startling treatise on how dirty the clean tech stuff really is. The environment is in danger from the plastics and chemicals used to create our paperless, instant communication world. She concludes her book with a chapter on how to recycle those fancy gadgets.
Check it out - High Tech Trash : Digital Devices, Hidden Toxics and Human Health (TD 799.85 .G76 2006) by Elizabeth Grossman
Monday, May 07, 2007
Who's hiring?
Would you like a summer job or an internship?
Check out your favorite business by reading ABI/INFORM Complete.
This database provides full text for over 1,461 U.S. and international journals covering all aspect of business and management.
In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for 759 journals. ABI/INFORM Complete is a complete database comprised of ABI/INFORM Global, Dateline, and Trade & Industry sub-sets.
You can access this database a home through GALILEO. Your Georgia Librarian can give you the current password.
Check out your favorite business by reading ABI/INFORM Complete.
This database provides full text for over 1,461 U.S. and international journals covering all aspect of business and management.
In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for 759 journals. ABI/INFORM Complete is a complete database comprised of ABI/INFORM Global, Dateline, and Trade & Industry sub-sets.
You can access this database a home through GALILEO. Your Georgia Librarian can give you the current password.
Advisement?
Advisement starts May 14- sign up this week for a time that suits you to meet with your faculty advisor next week.
Registration for current students for Summer Quarter begins May 21.
Registration for current students for Summer Quarter begins May 21.
Friday, May 04, 2007
Like the look
The Student databases through Ebsco just look and feel friendlier...try out:
Student Research Center (SRC) which is EBSCO's interface designed for students in grades 6 through 12.
Through the Student Research Center (SRC), users can pre-determine which content sources (e.g., Magazines, Newspapers, Biographies, Country Reports, Film & Video) will be included with their search. They can also search their databases by topic heading, make use of an online dictionary and encyclopedia, explore the top searches of the day, and limit their search according to appropriate Lexile reading levels.
Student Research Center (SRC) which is EBSCO's interface designed for students in grades 6 through 12.
Through the Student Research Center (SRC), users can pre-determine which content sources (e.g., Magazines, Newspapers, Biographies, Country Reports, Film & Video) will be included with their search. They can also search their databases by topic heading, make use of an online dictionary and encyclopedia, explore the top searches of the day, and limit their search according to appropriate Lexile reading levels.
Databases included in an SRC search are as follows:
American Heritage Dictionary
Columbia Encyclopedia
Columbia Granger's Poetry Database: School Edition
Health Source – Consumer Edition
Image Collection
MAS Ultra – School Edition
Middle Search Plus
Newspaper Source
The link to Title Lists gives you the alphabetical list of publications used to fill out the database.
To access this database at home, you go through GALILEO. Your Georgia librarian can give you the current password for GALILEO.
Thursday, May 03, 2007
Where is the magazine?
Looking for the right magazine can be so frustrating. Magazines are thin and slippery. Stacked together they all look alike. So where is that magazine?
In Georgia there is an online resource The Georgia Libraries Journal List (GOLD) that is a title listing of periodical publications (96,405 bibliographic records / 507,606 holdings records) owned by libraries throughout the state of Georgia.
Information in this database is provided by participating libraries and "GOLD: The Georgia Online Database" produced by OCLC.
Libraries will copy articles and send them to other libraries for patrons. This is part of the Inter Library Loan system. Ask your librarian for help finding the information you need.
To access GALILEO at home you need the current password which is available from your Georgia librarian.
In Georgia there is an online resource The Georgia Libraries Journal List (GOLD) that is a title listing of periodical publications (96,405 bibliographic records / 507,606 holdings records) owned by libraries throughout the state of Georgia.
Information in this database is provided by participating libraries and "GOLD: The Georgia Online Database" produced by OCLC.
Libraries will copy articles and send them to other libraries for patrons. This is part of the Inter Library Loan system. Ask your librarian for help finding the information you need.
To access GALILEO at home you need the current password which is available from your Georgia librarian.
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Fun for the Young
And the young at heart......
Britannica Learning Zone is an all new, interactive PreK-2 learning environment that is now included as part of Britannica Online School Edition. This resource teaches concepts such as geography, time, shapes, numbers, and reinforces relevant vocabulary through developmentally-appropriate activities including an interactive atlas, learning games, engaging audio and video, and effective vocabulary builders. Additional information can be found on the PDF fact sheet .
You need to get the current password to use GALILEO from your Georgia PUBLIC Librarian. This resource is NOT available through the NMTC GALILEO page.
Britannica Learning Zone is an all new, interactive PreK-2 learning environment that is now included as part of Britannica Online School Edition. This resource teaches concepts such as geography, time, shapes, numbers, and reinforces relevant vocabulary through developmentally-appropriate activities including an interactive atlas, learning games, engaging audio and video, and effective vocabulary builders. Additional information can be found on the PDF fact sheet .
You need to get the current password to use GALILEO from your Georgia PUBLIC Librarian. This resource is NOT available through the NMTC GALILEO page.
Why do we do that?
Have you wondered why people do the things they do? We are curious about each others habits. The professional sociologist studies human behavior and comes up with theories (the rest of us just gossip).
Check out the Sociological Collection (through GALILEO) for the theories.
Sociological Collection is an Ebsco database with more than 475 full-text titles. It provides information on all areas of sociology, including social behavior, human tendencies, interaction, relationships, community development, culture and social structure.
Your Georgia librarian can provide you with the current password to use GALILEO at home.
Check out the Sociological Collection (through GALILEO) for the theories.
Sociological Collection is an Ebsco database with more than 475 full-text titles. It provides information on all areas of sociology, including social behavior, human tendencies, interaction, relationships, community development, culture and social structure.
Your Georgia librarian can provide you with the current password to use GALILEO at home.
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Spring flowers
Horticulture has flowers for sale - If you haven’t planted your spring flowers…the horticulture program has some impatiens and zinnias for sale in the greenhouse (500 building near the interstate). They both are mixed colors and are $9.00 per flat. There are 18 plants per flat. We also have some begonias that aren’t quite as far along and will be ready in about two weeks.
If you want to know more about impatiens and zinnias, go to Ebsco's Garden Literature Index in GALILEO.
You get the current password for home use of GALILEO from your Georgia Librarian.
Monday, April 30, 2007
Here's something to celebrate on May 5th
Celebrate May 5th by going to a Comic Book store and getting a free comic book.
Yes, there are other celebrations taking place on May 5th- Cinco de Mayo and the Kentucky Derby!
You can pick up something to read between those other celebrations. Visit the Comic Book store nearest you.
Yes, there are other celebrations taking place on May 5th- Cinco de Mayo and the Kentucky Derby!
You can pick up something to read between those other celebrations. Visit the Comic Book store nearest you.
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Sunrise, Sunset
When will the sun rise? You can figure it out by going to the Sunrise/Sunset calculator at the NOAA Surface Radiation Research Branch
The Q&A column on pg D2 of the AJC had this information!
The Q&A column on pg D2 of the AJC had this information!
Friday, April 27, 2007
They wrote a letter and won
The Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, in partnership with Target Stores and in cooperation with affiliate state centers for the book, invites readers in grades 4 through 12 to enter Letters About Literature, a national reading-writing contest.
The Library of Congress has announced the State winners for the Letters about Literature!
Georgia:
Level I grade 4-6: Katja Martin, Atlanta, wrote to Robert Frost, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Level II grade 7-8: Sang Ho Chun, Ringgold, wrote to Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
Level III grade 9-12: Linda Fong, Alpharetta, wrote to Kate Chopin, The Awakening
The Library of Congress has announced the State winners for the Letters about Literature!
Georgia:
Level I grade 4-6: Katja Martin, Atlanta, wrote to Robert Frost, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Level II grade 7-8: Sang Ho Chun, Ringgold, wrote to Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
Level III grade 9-12: Linda Fong, Alpharetta, wrote to Kate Chopin, The Awakening
Off to judge
The 2007 Georgia Student Media Festival happens today (Friday April 27.
This is a delightful opportunity to see how creative the students in Georgia really are!
This is a delightful opportunity to see how creative the students in Georgia really are!
Thursday, April 26, 2007
POTUS Poetry
Who would have though that Presidents would be poets?
Check out Presidents as Poets: Poetry Written by United States Presidents.
Check out Presidents as Poets: Poetry Written by United States Presidents.
Come and See
There will be an Open House tonight from 5:30 to 7:30 pm in the 400 building. Usually there is food.
Always there are tables of information about the programs at NMTC.
Stop by the library table and say "hello"!
It is a great opportunity to see what we have to offer the students!
Always there are tables of information about the programs at NMTC.
Stop by the library table and say "hello"!
It is a great opportunity to see what we have to offer the students!
When Google overwhelms
Sometimes using Google is like trying to drink from a fire hydrant. Too much information comes pouring out. There are portals that help narrow the search to sites that have been vetted by a person for a specific audience. Kids Click and SKS Web Select are two portals on GALILEO that limit web sites to those that are "real".
Going through Kids Click to Literature and then selecting poetry- there are 18 links to poetry sites - the reading level is noted.
To use GALILEO at home you'll need to get the current password from your Georgia librarian.
Going through Kids Click to Literature and then selecting poetry- there are 18 links to poetry sites - the reading level is noted.
To use GALILEO at home you'll need to get the current password from your Georgia librarian.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
2 for 1
Just in time for vacations- or for those who make their living driving...
Trippish combines the features of MapQuest with the Weather Channel!
I read this on the Librarian in Black blog. Check out her other comments.
Trippish combines the features of MapQuest with the Weather Channel!
I read this on the Librarian in Black blog. Check out her other comments.
Not too light
You think a children's resource might be too easy, too light for your research?
Try Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia. It's an Ebsco product. The search screen is colorful. You are offered choices for limiting your search.
There is a Teachers link which takes you to a search page that has a very similar look to the standard Ebsco search pages - but it's a bit friendlier.
Instead of a publications tab there is a Title Lists link (took me a few minutes to figure out that was where to go to find the publications used in the database).
Funk and Wagnalls turns into Searchasaurus and it does search Academic Search Premier - and it looks "easier".
You'll need the password to access GALILEO at home. Your Georgia librarian can give you the current password.
Try Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia. It's an Ebsco product. The search screen is colorful. You are offered choices for limiting your search.
There is a Teachers link which takes you to a search page that has a very similar look to the standard Ebsco search pages - but it's a bit friendlier.
Instead of a publications tab there is a Title Lists link (took me a few minutes to figure out that was where to go to find the publications used in the database).
Funk and Wagnalls turns into Searchasaurus and it does search Academic Search Premier - and it looks "easier".
You'll need the password to access GALILEO at home. Your Georgia librarian can give you the current password.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Monday, April 23, 2007
Happy Birthday, Will!
Today is William Shakespeare's birthday- well, it would be if he were 443 years old.
A Quick Search for Shakespeare in GALILEO, limited to Arts & Humanities brought up these resources:
Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition
Grove Art Online
NoveList
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Research Library
LION (the poems)
Literature Online Reference Edition (the criticisms)
MasterFILE Premier
Religion & Philosophy Collection
Academic Search Premier
What are they saying about William Shakespeare after all these years?
Friday, April 20, 2007
Where was that poem?
You saw a poem in a magazine. Now you can't remember which magazine.
Use either ProQuest or Academic Search Premier (Ebsco) .
Use either ProQuest or Academic Search Premier (Ebsco) .
- Do an Advanced Search
- Limit your search to Document Type poem
You need the current password for GALILEO to access these resources. You get the current password from your Georgia librarian.
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Day 5
Today is Day 5 of the quarter for the Tuesday/Thursday classes. I'm meeting each SCT 100 (Intro to Computers) class and sharing information about GALILEO .
Shared that you can limit your search by document type (poetry!) in Academic Search Premier!
Shared that you can limit your search by document type (poetry!) in Academic Search Premier!
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Library Limericks
Said a certain young student from North Metro:
"When in doubt, to the 'Net I will go!"
He forsook all the books, finally crying
"Gadzooks! I can't find what I need to know!"
A happy young lady named Mary
wanted all of the books she could carry.
"Books and info I'll get,and some time on the 'Net...
And it's all for free at the Library!"
Thanks to Jody Newman of LM_NET for collecting these Library Limericks!
"When in doubt, to the 'Net I will go!"
He forsook all the books, finally crying
"Gadzooks! I can't find what I need to know!"
A happy young lady named Mary
wanted all of the books she could carry.
"Books and info I'll get,and some time on the 'Net...
And it's all for free at the Library!"
Thanks to Jody Newman of LM_NET for collecting these Library Limericks!
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
And the winner is.....
From Lexis Nexis Copyright 2007 Associated Press Worldstream April 17, 2007
Emory University professor wins Pulitzer for poetry
DATELINE: ATLANTA
Emory University associate professor of English Natasha Trethewey has been awarded the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for poetry."Native Guard" draws on her personal experience and Southern heritage. In the book's title work, she imagines the life of a former slave in her hometown of Gulfport, Mississippi, during the Civil War, in a former Union prison housing Confederate prisoners. .....
Get the password to use GALILEO at home from your Georgia librarian.
Emory University professor wins Pulitzer for poetry
DATELINE: ATLANTA
Emory University associate professor of English Natasha Trethewey has been awarded the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for poetry."Native Guard" draws on her personal experience and Southern heritage. In the book's title work, she imagines the life of a former slave in her hometown of Gulfport, Mississippi, during the Civil War, in a former Union prison housing Confederate prisoners. .....
Get the password to use GALILEO at home from your Georgia librarian.
Monday, April 16, 2007
I scream
You scream
We all scream
for ice cream....
Poetry at its most basic- the schoolyard chant.
Ben and Jerry's has a treat on April 17. Go for it!
We all scream
for ice cream....
Poetry at its most basic- the schoolyard chant.
Ben and Jerry's has a treat on April 17. Go for it!
Short and sweet
Friday, April 13, 2007
Being afraid, very, very afraid
On January 14, 2006 I discussed triskaidekaphobia (seems appropriate to revisit the topic)
The literal meaning for triskaidekaphobia is 'superstition about the number thirteen', but it is also used by extension to describe 'fear of Friday the 13th'.
....definition is from Urban Legends.
You may read more about triskaidekaphobia in the Oxford English Dictionary (in GALILEO ).
Get the password for home use of GALILEO from your librarian!
The literal meaning for triskaidekaphobia is 'superstition about the number thirteen', but it is also used by extension to describe 'fear of Friday the 13th'.
....definition is from Urban Legends.
You may read more about triskaidekaphobia in the Oxford English Dictionary (in GALILEO ).
Get the password for home use of GALILEO from your librarian!
Clever prose
Looking for poetry in all the wrong places....well, looking in odd and unusual places.
Tried Hoover's Company Capsules & Profiles - interesting - I used poetry as the search term and 15 companies were pulled up. I expected publishers but several folks at Hoover's have an artistic flair for describing the companies.
The opening line describing Bard Limited caught my eye "Perhaps a sonnet would help take one's mind off being catheterized, but that's as close to poetry as Bard Limited will get. " -clever.
Check all the resources available in GALILEO- you can get the password for home use from your Georgia librarian.
Tried Hoover's Company Capsules & Profiles - interesting - I used poetry as the search term and 15 companies were pulled up. I expected publishers but several folks at Hoover's have an artistic flair for describing the companies.
The opening line describing Bard Limited caught my eye "Perhaps a sonnet would help take one's mind off being catheterized, but that's as close to poetry as Bard Limited will get. " -clever.
Check all the resources available in GALILEO- you can get the password for home use from your Georgia librarian.
A gift from AAAS
Science magazine / American Association Advancement of Science-
In conjuction with the publication of the genome sequence of the rhesus macaque in the 13 April edition of Science, we have created a special online collection. It includes an interactive poster with images, video and text, and a corresponding lesson plan for use in high school classrooms, which delves into evolutionary biology and what can be learned from the genome of the macaque -- one of biology’s most important model organisms. Access to the online extras, as well as to the genome papers themselves, is free to all visitors to www.sciencemag.org. Please share this information with anyone who might find it useful. Go to the special online collection for the macaque genome.
In conjuction with the publication of the genome sequence of the rhesus macaque in the 13 April edition of Science, we have created a special online collection. It includes an interactive poster with images, video and text, and a corresponding lesson plan for use in high school classrooms, which delves into evolutionary biology and what can be learned from the genome of the macaque -- one of biology’s most important model organisms. Access to the online extras, as well as to the genome papers themselves, is free to all visitors to www.sciencemag.org. Please share this information with anyone who might find it useful. Go to the special online collection for the macaque genome.
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Who will notice when you're gone?
RIP Kurt Vonnegut- a search in Lexis Nexis that was limited to today news and selected news sources turned up 189 links with a dozen or so unique stories.
The most interesting thing is the Lexis Nexis Beta link in the upper left corner.
Go and play - it looks very different.
The most interesting thing is the Lexis Nexis Beta link in the upper left corner.
Go and play - it looks very different.
- Easy Search (which they have trademarked) instead of Quick Search
- Power Search instead of Guided News Search
- More white space so it feels lighter and easier to use
You can access Lexis Nexis through GALILEO. Your Georgia Librarian has the current password for you to use GALILEO at home - just ask.
Blogging is TEN
When I started blogging two years ago, I heard and read how blogs were just trash, no serious information could be found on blogs, blogs were a waste of time and bandwidth…..
Here are two reflections from the Encyclopedia Britannica on blogs as blogging reaches the age of ten The Blogosphere at ten and
The Dark Side of the Citizen-Media Revolution .
What will they say in 6 years about the Social Networking sites that abound?
MySpace is less than 4 years old and variants for social networking have arisen from Facebook to one just launched in January for folks age 25-50 called Ubi Planet.
The phone company told us to reach out and touch somebody- now we have phones clipped to our ears. We’ve become addicted to staying in touch. What technology do you use to keep connected – your cell phone, your Blackberry, your PDA, your wireless laptop with e-mail?
Here are two reflections from the Encyclopedia Britannica on blogs as blogging reaches the age of ten The Blogosphere at ten and
The Dark Side of the Citizen-Media Revolution .
What will they say in 6 years about the Social Networking sites that abound?
MySpace is less than 4 years old and variants for social networking have arisen from Facebook to one just launched in January for folks age 25-50 called Ubi Planet.
The phone company told us to reach out and touch somebody- now we have phones clipped to our ears. We’ve become addicted to staying in touch. What technology do you use to keep connected – your cell phone, your Blackberry, your PDA, your wireless laptop with e-mail?
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Poetry in theses and dissertations at UGA
You can read the papers that refer to poetry (or any topic you like) at Electronic Theses and Dissertations (University of Georgia).
GALILEO
....Jump to U
......Select University of Georgia Electronic Theses and Dissertations
........Use Precision Search (left side of screen)
........Limit your search to Publicly Available (this will pull up all the pdf files)
You will need the current password to use GALILEO at home. You may get the current password from your Georgia Librarian.
GALILEO
....Jump to U
......Select University of Georgia Electronic Theses and Dissertations
........Use Precision Search (left side of screen)
........Limit your search to Publicly Available (this will pull up all the pdf files)
You will need the current password to use GALILEO at home. You may get the current password from your Georgia Librarian.
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Walt wrote to Ralph
Poets have feelings about their work. Walt Whitman self published the first edition of Leaves of Grass. More than a few critics panned the volume. Yet, Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote praise. This encouraged Walt Whitman to continue.
Annals of American History by Encyclopedia Britannica has this touching Letter to Ralph Waldo Emerson from Walt Whitman.
You may access Annals of American History through GALILEO. You may get the curernt password from your Georgia librarian.
Annals of American History by Encyclopedia Britannica has this touching Letter to Ralph Waldo Emerson from Walt Whitman.
You may access Annals of American History through GALILEO. You may get the curernt password from your Georgia librarian.
Monday, April 09, 2007
81726
Who would think there are that many books of poetry?
Check Book Index with Reviews in GALILEO.
Sorted by popularity - the #1 book of poetry is Beowulf : a new verse translation by Seamus Haney.
Who would have thought!
Check Book Index with Reviews in GALILEO.
Sorted by popularity - the #1 book of poetry is Beowulf : a new verse translation by Seamus Haney.
Who would have thought!
Friday, April 06, 2007
Good Friday
Western Christians refer to this day of Lent as Good Friday. The Eastern Orthodox Christians refer to the day as Holy Friday.
It remains The Day of our Saviour's Passion. [from Lyric Poems (1687)]
A durable link from LION in GALILEO
You do need to get the current password, to access GALILEO at home, from your Georgia librarian.
It remains The Day of our Saviour's Passion. [from Lyric Poems (1687)]
A durable link from LION in GALILEO
You do need to get the current password, to access GALILEO at home, from your Georgia librarian.
Thursday, April 05, 2007
Art
Arts of the United States, a database of over 4000 images of works important to the study of the history of art in the United States, has been added to the GALILEO demo system and is available for your preview.
Arts of the United States, a joint project between the Lamar Dodd Art School, University of Georgia and the University of Georgia and Yale University Libraries, contains over 4,000 images of works important to the study of the history of art in the United States.
The pieces, dating from the 17th century through the 20th, include architecture, decorative arts, painting, sculpture, graphic arts, photography, and stage and costume design as well as Native American art and artifacts.
Although the majority of artists represented in the database are American, significant works created by non-native artists while in the United States are included.
The database is derived from the Carnegie Arts of the United States photographic collection, which had its genesis four decades ago in the Carnegie Study of the Arts of the United States.
The study began in 1956 as a multi-year project directed by Lamar Dodd, chairman of the University of Georgia’s Department of Art, and was funded by grant from the (then) Carnegie Corporation.
The study’s objective was to create a collection of images that would support the teaching of American art.
Arts of the United States, a joint project between the Lamar Dodd Art School, University of Georgia and the University of Georgia and Yale University Libraries, contains over 4,000 images of works important to the study of the history of art in the United States.
The pieces, dating from the 17th century through the 20th, include architecture, decorative arts, painting, sculpture, graphic arts, photography, and stage and costume design as well as Native American art and artifacts.
Although the majority of artists represented in the database are American, significant works created by non-native artists while in the United States are included.
The database is derived from the Carnegie Arts of the United States photographic collection, which had its genesis four decades ago in the Carnegie Study of the Arts of the United States.
The study began in 1956 as a multi-year project directed by Lamar Dodd, chairman of the University of Georgia’s Department of Art, and was funded by grant from the (then) Carnegie Corporation.
The study’s objective was to create a collection of images that would support the teaching of American art.
And the difference is?
Yesterday in my search for "poets" - Literature Online had 9073 hits and Literature Online Reference Edition had 20182 hits - what's the difference?
Literature Online Reference Edition is a fully searchable, ever-growing collection of literature resources, ranging from author biographies, student guides and dictionaries of literary terms to specialist research materials such as current full-text journals and bibliographic citations.
Literature Online, a fully searchable library of more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, 196 full-text literature journals, and other key criticism and reference resources.
Ah-
If I'm looking for the poem then I should use LION.
If I'm looking for information about the poet then I should start with Literature Online Reference Edition.
The links take you directly to LION and Literature Online Reference Edition - going right through GALILEO - you'll still need the current password from your Georgia librarian to access these resources.
Literature Online Reference Edition is a fully searchable, ever-growing collection of literature resources, ranging from author biographies, student guides and dictionaries of literary terms to specialist research materials such as current full-text journals and bibliographic citations.
Literature Online, a fully searchable library of more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, 196 full-text literature journals, and other key criticism and reference resources.
Ah-
If I'm looking for the poem then I should use LION.
If I'm looking for information about the poet then I should start with Literature Online Reference Edition.
The links take you directly to LION and Literature Online Reference Edition - going right through GALILEO - you'll still need the current password from your Georgia librarian to access these resources.
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
The birds are a twitter
The early morning Spring sounds with the birds twittering away create a sense of peacfullness.
Will the new tech-y tool (less than 1 year old) create the same sense of peace?
Read about Twitter in Business Week Online, Twitter: All Trivia, All The Time and in Newsweek, Twitter: Is Brevity The Next Big Thing?
Will the new tech-y tool (less than 1 year old) create the same sense of peace?
Read about Twitter in Business Week Online, Twitter: All Trivia, All The Time and in Newsweek, Twitter: Is Brevity The Next Big Thing?
I'm a poet and
my feet show it....
they're Longfellows
Yes, it's an old joke but I couldn't resist when the topic is poets.
I used the term poets and did a Quick Search in GALILEO limiting my search to the Arts and Humanities -
Hits.......... Database
1............... Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition
14903.......Academic Search Premier
1282..........Religion & Philosophy Collection
10995.......MasterFILE Premier
500 ..........Grove Art Online
25............ New Georgia Encyclopedia
1 ..............NoveList
9073 .....LION
42791......Research Library
20182....Literature Online Reference Edition
I expected the numbers in LION and the Literature Online Reference Edition but look at the Religion & Philosophy collection. Interesting assortment of results.
they're Longfellows
Yes, it's an old joke but I couldn't resist when the topic is poets.
I used the term poets and did a Quick Search in GALILEO limiting my search to the Arts and Humanities -
Hits.......... Database
1............... Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition
14903.......Academic Search Premier
1282..........Religion & Philosophy Collection
10995.......MasterFILE Premier
500 ..........Grove Art Online
25............ New Georgia Encyclopedia
1 ..............NoveList
9073 .....LION
42791......Research Library
20182....Literature Online Reference Edition
I expected the numbers in LION and the Literature Online Reference Edition but look at the Religion & Philosophy collection. Interesting assortment of results.
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
Thoughts on Cleaning
Clean by Susan Hahn, in
Atlantic Monthly (1072-7825); Apr 2007, Vol. 299 Issue 3, p68-68, 1/3p
Poetry is scattered throughout the databases. Search for poetry (full text) in Academic Search Premier, an Ebsco database in GALILEO.
You get the current password to use GALILEO at home from your Georgia librarian.
Atlantic Monthly (1072-7825); Apr 2007, Vol. 299 Issue 3, p68-68, 1/3p
Poetry is scattered throughout the databases. Search for poetry (full text) in Academic Search Premier, an Ebsco database in GALILEO.
You get the current password to use GALILEO at home from your Georgia librarian.
Little cat feet
Monday, April 02, 2007
Spring cleaning
The rain cleared a bit of the pollen from the air. That washing reminded me of Spring Cleaning.
Do you have stacks of paperbacks that you've read but don't want to keep? We have a rack for paperback swapping just inside the library door.
If you're interested in a wider audience for trading..... read Something for Nothing.
Title Trader and Paperback Swap.com are mentioned for paperback trades via online posting and the US mail..
Clean out your shelves, new books are being published daily!
Do you have stacks of paperbacks that you've read but don't want to keep? We have a rack for paperback swapping just inside the library door.
If you're interested in a wider audience for trading..... read Something for Nothing.
Title Trader and Paperback Swap.com are mentioned for paperback trades via online posting and the US mail..
Clean out your shelves, new books are being published daily!
Hooray for Hort
The PLANET team from North Metro Technical College participated in the 31st Annual PLANET Student Career Days at Michigan State University over the last few days. The team finished 6th among 55 colleges and universities. Once again ranking as the number one two year school!
The team also won the “cheering competition” at the opening ceremonies and won $1000 from the Ariens Company.
The 24 events are listed with student participation. Note for a two year school that where emphasis is on hands on skills how well they did in events such as Sales, Personnel Management, Business Management and Leadership. Overall we placed students in the top ten 14 times in the 24 events. Also remember there are as many as 85-90 people in many of these events.
Annual and Perennial ID
Heather Housholder-Jones 15th
Vickie Bagby 22nd
Business Management
Joel Corn 4th
Vickie Bagby 40th
Compact Utility Loader
Matthew Early 7th
Construction Cost Estimating
Ray Bishop 30th
Alejandro Simmonds 35th
Exterior Landscape Design
Annual and Perennial ID
Heather Housholder-Jones 15th
Vickie Bagby 22nd
Business Management
Joel Corn 4th
Vickie Bagby 40th
Compact Utility Loader
Matthew Early 7th
Construction Cost Estimating
Ray Bishop 30th
Alejandro Simmonds 35th
Exterior Landscape Design
Heather Housholder-Jones 39th
Interior Landscape Design
Theresa Sendrowski 23th
Interior Plant Identification
Rose Sanders 8th
Emily Schmidt 28th
Irrigation Assembly
Matthew Early 2nd
Keith Mercer 2nd
Irrigation Design
Matthew Early 17th
Irrigation Troubleshooting
Matthew Early 4th
Landscape Maintenance Operations
Chris Early 4th
Matthew Early 4th
Leadership
Joel Corn 2nd
Judy-Lynn Hoppe 10th
Maintenance Cost Estimating
Paul French 30th
Stephen Hudson 31st
Paver Installation
Josh Markham 23rd
Alejandro Simmonds 23rd
Personnel Management
Judy-Lynn Hoppe 4th
Heather Housholder-Jones 4th
Pest Management
Vickie Bagby 4th
Hunter Martin 13th
Safety Management
Judy-Lynn Hoppe 34th
Sheri Newell 56th
Sales
Judy-Lynn Hoppe 2nd
Skid Steer Operation
Chris Early 45th
Truck and Trailer Operation
Tyler Brown 3rd
Josh Markham 3rd
Turf and Turf Pest Identification
Vickie Bagby 7th
Hunter Martin 17th
Wood Construction
Jessica Logan
Keith Mercer 23rd
Woody Plant Identification
Jessica Logan 4th
Sheri Newell 13th
Thanks to all the students on representing North Metro Technical College extremely well. They all did a great job.
Interior Landscape Design
Theresa Sendrowski 23th
Interior Plant Identification
Rose Sanders 8th
Emily Schmidt 28th
Irrigation Assembly
Matthew Early 2nd
Keith Mercer 2nd
Irrigation Design
Matthew Early 17th
Irrigation Troubleshooting
Matthew Early 4th
Landscape Maintenance Operations
Chris Early 4th
Matthew Early 4th
Leadership
Joel Corn 2nd
Judy-Lynn Hoppe 10th
Maintenance Cost Estimating
Paul French 30th
Stephen Hudson 31st
Paver Installation
Josh Markham 23rd
Alejandro Simmonds 23rd
Personnel Management
Judy-Lynn Hoppe 4th
Heather Housholder-Jones 4th
Pest Management
Vickie Bagby 4th
Hunter Martin 13th
Safety Management
Judy-Lynn Hoppe 34th
Sheri Newell 56th
Sales
Judy-Lynn Hoppe 2nd
Skid Steer Operation
Chris Early 45th
Truck and Trailer Operation
Tyler Brown 3rd
Josh Markham 3rd
Turf and Turf Pest Identification
Vickie Bagby 7th
Hunter Martin 17th
Wood Construction
Jessica Logan
Keith Mercer 23rd
Woody Plant Identification
Jessica Logan 4th
Sheri Newell 13th
Thanks to all the students on representing North Metro Technical College extremely well. They all did a great job.
Team rankings are as follows:
1. Brigham Young University-Idaho
2. BYU-Provo
3. Colorado State University
4. Kansas State University
5. Penn State University
6. North Metro Technical College
7. Cal Poly Pomona
8. Michigan State University
9. Clemson University
10. Columbus State Community College
22. University of Georgia
Next year PLANET will meet and compete at NMTC!
Friday, March 30, 2007
Planning for the Quarter
Do you teach? Sunday School and Scouts count as teaching. We have an online resource in our e-book collection (available to you 24/7) that might help you with group management.
Tools for teaching[computer file] / Barbara Gross Davis.
San Francisco, Calif. : Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1993.xxv, 429 p. ; 23 cm.
You may access our e-books through the card catalog or through NetLibrary or through GALILEO and NetLibrary (you get the current password to use GALILEO at home from your Librarian).
If you need a reminder on how to create a free account in NetLibrary, we have an informational video on-line.
Tools for teaching[computer file] / Barbara Gross Davis.
San Francisco, Calif. : Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1993.xxv, 429 p. ; 23 cm.
You may access our e-books through the card catalog or through NetLibrary or through GALILEO and NetLibrary (you get the current password to use GALILEO at home from your Librarian).
If you need a reminder on how to create a free account in NetLibrary, we have an informational video on-line.
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Where are you going?
Today is registration day for NMTC Spring Quarter (which begins next Tuesday). Orientation is offered twice during the day (8:30 AM and 4 PM).
If you aren't sure where you're going in life - come and see what NMTC has to offer.
If you aren't sure where you're going in life - come and see what NMTC has to offer.
Just show me
Attending workshops opens my eyes to the benefits that are obvious to others. I need to be shown.
Encyclopedia Britannica has videos (which you already knew if you've scrolled down the left hand column of Research Tools). The Academic version (which NMTC has) will be getting longer videos April 16.
If you have access to the Student edition through your Public Library or school (ask that librarian for the GALILEO Password) - you'll see different videos both short and long explaining a variety of subjects.
The math videos are helpful at illustrating concepts that are hard to grasp when someone just tells you.
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.
Encyclopedia Britannica has videos (which you already knew if you've scrolled down the left hand column of Research Tools). The Academic version (which NMTC has) will be getting longer videos April 16.
If you have access to the Student edition through your Public Library or school (ask that librarian for the GALILEO Password) - you'll see different videos both short and long explaining a variety of subjects.
The math videos are helpful at illustrating concepts that are hard to grasp when someone just tells you.
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, March 28, 2007
Express links
GALILEO offers users a way to create express links to databases. You know that express takes you to the head of the line, gets you in quick, is speedy! You can create an express link for yourself by clicking on the icon at the end of the Database information. The icon looks like a push pin.
Try this link to get right into Encyclopedia Britannica.
You'll need to enter the GALILEO password off campus (you get that from your Georgia Librarian).
I went to a workshop on EB today. I'm excited about the resources available to you in EB - Ebsco and ProQuest articles, web sites, and videos (yes, videos). Worksheets to save your research.
....Go exploring
.........You'll be amazed
and create your own Express links.
Try this link to get right into Encyclopedia Britannica.
You'll need to enter the GALILEO password off campus (you get that from your Georgia Librarian).
I went to a workshop on EB today. I'm excited about the resources available to you in EB - Ebsco and ProQuest articles, web sites, and videos (yes, videos). Worksheets to save your research.
....Go exploring
.........You'll be amazed
and create your own Express links.
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Pictures are worth 1000 words
The 12 How do I find... videos are helping people remember how to access the information in GALILEO. Videos will be added regularly.
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 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.
What is the point?
Many Americans see little point to the web
A little under one-third of U.S. households have no Internet access and do not plan to get it, with most of the holdouts seeing little use for it in their lives, according to a survey released on Friday......
Do you have internet access at home? What do you use it for?
A little under one-third of U.S. households have no Internet access and do not plan to get it, with most of the holdouts seeing little use for it in their lives, according to a survey released on Friday......
Do you have internet access at home? What do you use it for?
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