A light shines

The Statue of Liberty is on my mind today. I searched in our catalog, by subject, for statue of liberty. Four titles are in our collection, two are electronic books.

The childrens book The Statue of Liberty by Gina Strazzabosco-Hayn is available through EBSCO. Click on the link in the catalog and you're at the EBSCO page. There's the cover image to the right but to open the book, you do not click on the cover. For me, that's a failing of the database. You need to look to the left and click on the link e-book full text.

I'm not sure children's books in this database are useful for the children. I can see how having Children's literature available 24/7 would be very helpful for our Early Childhood Education students. I need to tell them about this!

Ask your campus librarian for the userid and password to access the EBSCO e-book collection off campus.

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One more look

Advanced Placement Source

is designed to meet the needs of high school students enrolled in various AP courses. It contains more than 5700 full-text journals and over 300,000 photos, maps and flags. Subject areas include mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, computer science, human geography, psychology, economics & statistics; government & politics; environmental science; U.S., European and world history; the arts and music.

I might have skipped over this resource just because it says it's designed to "meet the needs of high school students". Skipping it would have been a mistake!

It's an EBSCO product, the search is fairly straightforward. The opening screen allows me to limit my search in 'image quick view' to B&W, color, map, diagram, illustration, graph, and chart (or all).

I searched for Statue of Liberty, limiting the search to a Quick image in B&W, Color, and illustration. The option to e-mail the article/photo with the appropriate citation (MLA, APA, AMA, Chicago Turabian, Harvard) makes this a very handy resource for accurate citing of image sources.

This is the MLA Works cited for this photo:
"STATUE OF LIBERTY: The Statue of Liberty as seen from the Hudson River in New York on September 11, 2006. (UPI Photo/Laura Cavanaugh)." (2006): Image Collection. EBSCO. Web. 28 Sept. 2011.

Most EBSCO resources have the Cite link in the toolbar on the right. For this database you will need to e-mail yourself the citation. I suggest emailing articles and citations to oneself just to make sure you get all the details. I admit to leaving off some pertinent point when I'm writing the citation. The email version gives me everything I'll need for a complete citation, incuding punctuation.

To access this database, you do need the current password to GALILEO available from your Georgia librarian. Go to Databases A-Z, select A, scroll to Advanced Placement Source


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From Huck Finn to Harry Potter: Banned Book Week

Each year at the end of September, Banned Book Week (BBW) celebrates the freedom to read and emphasizes the importance of free and open-access to information. The books that make the list have been subjected to possible banning within the United States. However, due to librarians, teachers, and book sellers, in most cases these titles have not been banned.

In this day and age even if a book is removed from the shelves in a school library, there is a high chance you would be able to find this material in a bookstore or public library. Perhaps over the years there has been a hype made around Banned Book Week, which overshadows how challenging books decades ago, may have impacted availability of the title. For example, the Online Books Page notes that Ulysses by James Joyce was banned from the United States as obscene for fifteen years until 1933. The book was seized by U.S Postal Authorities during that time. However, perhaps this hype around BBW helps prevent banning and censorship by allowing people to acknowledge that books are still challenged today.

The top ten challenged books in the United States for 2010 were:

1) And Tango Makes Three, by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson
2) The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie
3) Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
4) Crank, by Ellen Hopkins
5) The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins;
6) Lush, by Natasha Friend
7) What My Mother Doesn't Know, by Sonya Sones
8) Nickel and Dimed, by Barbara Ehrenreich
9) Revolutionary Voices, edited by Amy Sonnie
10) Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer

For more information about Banned Book Week and why these and other titles continue to be challenged, please visit the ALA website.
For other general information on banned books visit The Online Books Page at the University of Pennsylvania.


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Archive vs Complete

ABI/INFORM Archive (at ProQuest)

contains a complete run of key business and management journals, providing a unique historical perspective on hundreds of topics, including corporate strategies, management techniques, marketing, product development and industry conditions worldwide, available in cover-to-cover full images, complete with illustrations and advertisements.

I clicked on ABI/INFORM Archive (at ProQuest) by mistake. I was really trying to get to ABI/INFORM Complete (at ProQuest). As long as I had both open, I thought I'd see what the difference is between them. Very intriguing. The Archive has limited runs of publications i.e. 1986-1990 for American Business Law Journal , while Complete has three sections of American Business Law Journal, 1971- present, 1963-1985, 1986-1990.

What's up with that, as the colloquial saying goes. I did a compare and contrast on the Winter 1986, vol. 23(4) issue. The Archive has 20 pdf files which include the cover, the individual advertisements, the table of contents and the articles. Complete just lists the 7 articles.

If you want to 'see' the publication, going to the Archive would be the best bet. Using the Archive might be helpful for advertising, marketing, and visual communication students.

You may access these databases in GALILEO.
..Select Databases A-Z
....Select A
......ABI/Inform Archive is first, ABI/Inform Complete is second

You may get the current GALILEO password from your Georgia librarian.


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What do I say?

Writing a formal business letter makes me nervous. How picky will the recipient be if I put a comma in the wrong place? Will they notice my run on sentence? Should I put their address above the salutation? What do I say in the salutation? How about the closing? Is it Yours, Sincerely, Always, or just my name? That just the technical part, what about the content, the meaning, the tone of my words?

Preparing for an ENGL 1010 class where the assignment is to write a persuasive Business Letter, I ran across "The AMA handbook of business documents [electronic resource] : guidelines and sample documents that make business writing easy" by K.(Kevin)Wilson, K. [HF5726 ONLINE RESOURCE 2011]. It's an electronic book in our EBSCO (formerly NetLibrary) collection.

The AMA Handbook of Business Documents takes the guesswork out of preparing firstclass written pieces of every type. Packed with dozens of sample documents and practical tips, this handy guide is everything you need to create:
Proposals • Memos • E-mails • Press releases • Collection letters • Speeches • Technical, research and lab reports • Sales letters • Policies and procedures • Warning letters • Announcements • And much more
Suited equally to executives, entrepreneurs, managers, and administrative staff—anyone charged with putting a business’s intentions into words—The AMA Handbook of Business Documents is a versatile, powerful, and indispensable toolbox. [more]

Don't be afraid, there is help! You do need a login and password to use this title off campus. That information is available from your campus librarian.


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Try me

Thanks to Lauren Barnes, Woodstock campus librarian, for creating the QR code!

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E-book survey

One of our electronic book vendors has requested that we ask students to participate in a survey of electronic book use. This vendor did a survey in 2008. They'd like to compare the results from then till now. A presentation is planned for a November conference.

If you're a student and would like to tell a vendor what you think about electronic books - here's the link to the e-reader 2011 survey. It will remain open till October 7.


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How do I fix that dish?

Finding a recipe online is so simple. A search with Google pulls up innumerable recipe sites. A plethora of resources! One can even type 'recipe : ingredient' and find more information about using that single ingredient than you can imagine!

But what if, what if you were in a waiting area, perusing a magazine and you read the perfect recipe for a meal you were planning. Do you rip out the page? I hope not. Do you ask the office staff if they would copy the page for you or let you borrow the magazine? This is a viable option (and gracious towards others who use the waiting area). Yet, there's another option!

ProQuest has a search limiter for recipes.
Go to GALILEO
Get the current password from your Georgia librarian.
...Select databases A-Z
....Select P
......Select ProQuest
.........Select Advanced Search (link just above the right side of the search box)
....Change the drop down to Publication
....Type in the magazine title. If you aren't sure if ProQuest has the title you're looking for- go to the Publications link and search for the title. Click on the title and you can search within it! I found Southern Living, Good Housekeeping, Redbook, and Gourmet. There are thousands of other magazines.
....For the next search box, leave it Full text
....Type in the recipe title or ingredients
.....Scroll down to Document type- select recipe
...Search

All the recipes in that magazine with the specific ingredient or title are retrieved.
You can limit your search by year or issue, as well.

Happy hunting and cooking and enjoying.

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Black Forest Cuicine

What do you immediately think of when you hear Black Forest cuisine? I thought of the cake.

Black forest cuisine : the classic blending of European flavors [TX721.S73 2006X ]by Walter Staib is available at the Mountain View campus.

From Publishers Weekly - For the uninitiated, this collection of recipes makes an apt introduction to the cuisine of southwest Germany. Inflected with French, Swiss and Italian traditions, Black Forest cookery goes beyond the sauerkrauts, wursts and späetzles we associate with German food—though there's plenty of that here, too. In his introduction, the chef/owner of Philadelphia's historic City Tavern reveals that there are many similarities between the postwar eating habits of his native Black Forest and the 18th-century American dishes he now serves on a nightly basis ....[more]

Now I know what to borrow for the weekend so I can create my own Oktoberfest at home!

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An app for that

Temperature changes create an opportunity for a seasonal illness. When the symptoms appear and someone suggests you try a certain over the counter drug, can you research that drug while out and about?

Now you can - Micromedex 2.0 has mobile access to the complete database for iPhone/iPad, Blackberry, and Android Devices! Check with your campus librarian for the app directions. Don't let a little sniffle get you down.

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Ooom pa pa

It is the first Monday of Autumn. This past weekend, the mountain town of Helen, Georgia held their Oktoberfest. I missed the event. Could I create the dishes of Oktoberfest at home?

Chattahoochee Tech has a Culinary program based at the Mountain View campus. The Library Guide for Culinary Arts is in the Program and Special Topics area.

The wonderful thing about the Library Guides is their versatility. Each tab for our guides designates one type of resource, Books, Articles, and the Internet. Jeff Fisher, the author of the Culinary Arts Library Guide has created drop down pages for various countries. This creates an 'at a glance' venue which includes books available through CTC and specific databases with information on the country.

Yes, there's a page for Germany noting various cookbooks of German food. I think I can do this!


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Rethinking

The images photographers produce make picture taking seem so effortless.

There is a new title on the Mountain View campus shelf, Rethinking digital photography : making & using traditional & contemporary photo tools by John Neel, that might help the struggling picture taker.

The catalog record abstract offers clues to the content : Demonstrates how to create innovative photographs through the use of digital cameras, current software, and such unconventional methods as homemade lenses made with household items or parts from obsolete cameras.

The weekend is coming up, the fall colors beckon, maybe I'll take pictures that illustrate exactly what I mean when I mention autumn.


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What does it look like?

Still thinking about finding visuals. There is a database in GALILEO just for Images [EBSCO].

The images consist of a wide array of photos and maps, with an emphasis on world news and events. Other areas of coverage include contemporary and historical photos of people, places, and the natural kingdom.

The nice thing about using the EBSCO product is they'll create a citation for you. I don't see the cite link on the page but when I click on the email icon, there is the citation format. I tested it by e-mailing myself. A citation and a permalink arrive with this helpful disclaimer

NOTE: Review the instructions at and make any necessary corrections before using. Pay special attention to personal names, capitalization, and dates. Always consult your library resources for the exact formatting and punctuation guidelines.

This resource makes it easier to find and cite pictures to illustrate a presentation.

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For access to Images [EBSCO] in GALILEO get the current password from your Georgia librarian.

Finding and citing images

Yesterdays thoughts about autumn, fall, color, led to searching for appropriate images. This search led me to our Library Guides where we have a specific guide to help students find just the right visual for their project.

Those who use visuals in their work must give credit where credit is due. How do you cite a picture you've plucked off the Internet? Our guide has a page of examples of MLA and APA citations for pictures from a book or from the web. There are web sites with 'free' pictures that use Creative Commons licensing.

Honor the work of those who labor by giving them credit in an appropriate citation!


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A picture is worth what?

Autumn colors are permeating my thoughts. The wisps of red and yellow are beginning to show up on the trees. Georgia doesn't get the grand swaths of bright color like New England. To give me a boost, I went looking for a book of autumnal photos. I thought a Timber Press book, My Garden in Autumn and Winter [ISBN:9780881924596,
in Ebsco books would give me that visual punch. But there were no pictures.

I began to think oops- no pictures in Ebsco books, that's not good. I did another search specifically for Timber Press and the first book I opened [Bulbs] had pictures. I'm not sure why one title does and one does not. Could there really be no pictures in the Timber Press book, My Garden in Autumn and Winter by E. A. Bowles [ISBN:9780881924596]?

If you have the print edition of this title, would you share if there are pictures?


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Know it all

Researchers, serious people who are hunting for a specific piece of information, attend workshops and seminars on individual resources. They learn how to make one resource stand up and be counted.

How do you get the same sort of control over a search through Google? Trial and error, asking friends, posting queries on lists are ways to learn the ins and outs of Google searches.

Google has an Improve your Search Experience page. There you'll find hints and tips on getting exactly what you want from the world wide web.

Use the Tutorials, the Help Screens, the Ask Us links on every resource. Reinventing the wheel with each search seems counterproductive.


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Beta

Beta tests can be lots of fun. You get to try it before anyone else. You have the thrill of discovery (and sometimes the agony of defeat).

I stumbled upon the ARRC (Auto Repair Reference Center) Beta for Ebsco. Oh my goodness, you will be delighted. I've talked about ARRC several times. It's kind of clunky but full of information. The ARRC Beta - well, apples and oranges couldn't be more alike.

I found it when I was kicked out of Ebsco books. I clicked on the Ebsco link, there is a list of Ebsco products, I scrolled down looking for Books and saw the ARRC Beta.

The difference is not in the information offered but in the 'look'.

With the 'old' ARRC, one made a selection for year, went to another page, selected the make, went to another page, selected the model,went to another page for the detailed vehicle. A final page contained links to the information.

The 'beta' ARRC has almost every search option on one page with drop down boxes for selection. The visual is much more appealing! There are links to the Auto IQ, the Care, and the Troubleshooting tips.

How do you get to the Beta ARRC?
Log into GALILEO you may get the current password from your Georgia librarian
....select Databases A-Z
.....select E
......Select EBSCO Databases
.......Scroll down to the bottom of the list for ARRC Beta

It's a great day to play!

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Fall Leaves

Yesterday, a student asked if I thought Libraries were going to exist in the future. This query came up at the end of a Library Instruction class. An instruction session where I showed the very basics of searching in our catalog and one of the databases available. I laughed and said, yes, because Librarians know where the information is and how to find it.

Here's an example of why Librarians will be around in the future. As I drive to work, I am struck by the leaves that are beginning to change color, autumn is such an emotional transition between the heat of summer and the cold of winter. I want to find a poem that illustrates my feelings.

We'll use LION Literature Online which

is a full-text library of over 330,000 works of British and American poetry, drama and prose. In addition to literary texts, LION includes biographical sketches of major writers, selected author bibliographies, and critical and reference works.

A quick search for 'autumn' found 1546 poems. I looked on the main page for an advanced search or a search limiters page. It didn't jump out at me. I clicked on Text (under Search) and voila - there were the limiters. I want to find a poem about autumn, referring to fall colors, written in the latter half of the twentieth century. How do I limit my search?
I selected the Poetry tab
I clicked on "select from a list" for the First line/ Title Keywords
I noticed each word has a number next to it.
I selected 'autumn' (over 900). LION puts the word in quotes in the search box.
Back to the search page, I limited the publication date to 1950-2011
Searched.
Pulled up 537 titles.
We're getting closer to a reasonable number but still way to many.

Selected 'modify search' which kept the initial search terms. I added 'leaves' to the search box for keywords in the poem. 219 titles

Selected modify search and typed in 'color' for a keyword! That brought the number down to 20!

It is thought provoking to set a limiter on publishing between 1950 and 2011 but poems are pulled up by authors who died in the 1800's. Publishing date is the key here.

Back to modify search, scrolled down and noticed a limiter for additional poet details where I can put in the years the poet lived. I limited it to a poet living between 1920 and 2011 This time there were 19 titles.

I quickly found a poem that touched me - Autumn [from Carnival Evening (1998) , Norton ] by Linda Pastan.

Took about ten minutes to think through the search process, narrowing, refining, limiting, until I was able to put my hands on a manageable number of poems!

Yes, librarians will be around.

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Your CTC campus librarian will give you the current password to GALILEO. CTC Library subscribes to LION just for our students.

Michael Hart RIP

Do you use e-books? Are you familiar with the Gutenberg Project? Today, I read in the Chronicle that Michael S. Hart founder of the Gutenberg Project had passed on earlier in September.

Project Gutenberg was inarguably the birthplace of the e-book. Today we don't think twice about downloading a book to our Kindle, tablet, Web browser, or cellphone. But in 1971, when Mr. Hart officially began Project Gutenberg, or even in the early 1990s, when it began to reach critical mass, e-books were not just unusual—they were unheard-of....[more]

We have downloaded the MARC records for 415 Gutenberg Project titles. You can of course access all 36,000 by going directly to Project Gutenberg.

Thank you, Mr. Hart, for creating this invaluable resource for information sharing.


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VW history

Driving to work I noticed a billboard advertising the new VW Beetle. It does have a sleek look yet it is reminiscent of the original beetle.

Check out "VW Beetle specification guide 1968-1980" by Richard Copping [TL215 .V6 C66 2010 , Appalachian campus] if you'd like to wander down memory lane. The book goes well with the Automobile Repair Reference Center in GALILEO. I did a search in ARRC for 1968 Volkswagon, Beetle. You pick the year, the manufacturer, the model to finally get to the 'manual' with pictures, charts, and even a history of the vehicle. Comparing the book and database is an entertaining way to spend time learning about the VW Beetle!

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Your Georgia librarian has the current password to access GALILEO off campus. Current students of CTC may borrow books from any campus. We will ship books from one campus to another via the courier. If you are not a current CTC student, your public library may borrow books from us for you!

The guides

What does a guide do for you? I laughingly refer to the Library Guides we subscribed to last year as sherpas. Our 67 Library Guides carry the research 'load' specifically for our classes and programs.

Our latest guide is for the Automotive Technology program.

Each Library guide follows a pattern - Intro, Books, Articles, Internet sources, News sources, How do I. The content varies by program or course.

A few Library Guides have multiple drop down pages with supplemental information (i.e. Horticulture, ENGL 2130 American Literature, and CUUL 1120 American Regional Cuisine).

Find a guide that can carry your research load to your ultimate goal, which is a superbly crafted, well researched, and correctly cited paper.

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Zoom Zoom

Cooler weather inspires thoughts of travel, fast cars, new vistas.

[Yes, I like this advertisement]

Before I hit the road less traveled, I need to give my car the once over to ensure that I don't end up stuck on the side of the road. There is a helpful resource in GALILEO, ARRC Automobile Repair Reference Center.

Content includes nearly 857,000 drawings and step-by-step photographs, approximately 99,000 technical service bulletins & recalls issued by the original equipment vehicle manufacturer, over 158,600 enhanced wiring diagrams for easy viewing and printing.

The ability to print out step-by-step directions makes this a most useful tool as I try to make sure my car will go 'zoom zoom'!

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Your Georgia librarian can give you the current password to GALILEO.

Tweeting

Do you tweet? "There is a forum on the Constitution for #ctcConstitutionDay TODAY at 11:45 at the Marietta Campus F 1129!"

Which leads to the opportunity to mention this new title Bloggerati, twitterati [electronic resource] : how blogs and Twitter are transforming popular culture.

from Google: - Bloggerati, Twitterati: How Blogs and Twitter are Transforming Popular Culture explores the ongoing digital revolution and examines the way it is changing and will change the way people live and communicate. Starting from the proposition that the Internet is now the center of popular culture, the book offers descriptions of blogs and Twitter and the online behavior they foster. It looks at the demographics of users and the impact of the Internet on knowledge, thinking, writing, politics, and journalism. A primary focus is on the way blogs and tweets are opening up communication to the people, free from gatekeepers and sanctioned rhetoric. ...[more] .

Our copy is an electronic book available through Ebsco books. They bought NetLibrary. I'm very pleased with the way we can access the e-books, cite, print, save, etc. Stop by your campus library, or send me an e-mail using your CTC e-mail, for the username and login.

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Apps and More apps

The American Library Association Facebook editors posted Continuing the Conversation: Using Google Apps for a More Efficient Library Part 2. "We just wrapped up the second session of the ALA TechSource Workshop Using Google Apps for a More Efficient Library with Suzann Holland"

I am exploring the Google Apps page. Fascinating what Google offers Higher Education for free. The success stories by various academic venues note the cost savings, the ease of use, and the familiarity students already have with Google products. I know a few people who have G-mail. I haven't stepped into that pond yet. Perhaps today is the day!




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Shiver me timbers

Tis the day to roll, swagger, and talk in pirate cliches! Yes, it's International Talk Like A Pirate Day

Some Databases in GALILEO have translators. I checked Proquest and they don't offer 'pirate' as one of their language options! I looked in Ebsco Academic Search and couldn't find the translation link. I would have sworn they had a translation link.

But for fun, Facebook does have an English (Pirate) translator. Go to Account, Settings, Language, English (pirate).

Everybody should have a silly day!



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We the People

Tomorrow is officially Constitution Day. Let me again share our Library guide for The Constitution. Since I mentioned the guide earlier this week, I've added two videos from the National Archives and an article from Encyclopedia Britannica. The library guides are updated frequently.

CTC will be hosting a discussion on the Historical Significance of the Constitution of the United States Of America

In Honor of the Federal Observance of Constitution Week
Be ready for a lively debate

To be held: Monday September 19th, 2011
Where: Marietta Campus – room F1129 – auditorium
Time: 11:45am until 1:30pm
Moderator: Political Science Instructor –
Torriel "Torry" Lewis, MPA
Political Science Instructor

Come and participate in the discussion.

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What scent is that?

Don Auenson, technical services librarian at Marietta, found a bit of humor in a web site purporting to help create that new book smell in an e-book.

When Michael Miller, the campus librarian at the Appalachian campus, shared this new title.


Odd jobs : portraits of unusual occupations Schiff, Nancy Rica. TR681 .W65 S35 2002

Laughter is good for the soul.


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Weekend fun

Today's app is a way to find something good to read for the weekend, World Cat, beta edition. It's not the World Cat we have access to in GALILEO but the public World Cat. For a person on the go, this app is quite handy. Your search will tell you which library holds the book you're looking for and how far away that library is from your location.

Caveat- I'm not able to see what libraries hold a title when I click on the link at my PC. Maybe it will work on your mobile?

There are other World Cat apps that use ISBN and bar codes with the camera on your phone. See what might work best for your information needs!


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and you know to use the World Cat we have access to in GALILEO, you will need the current password for GALILEO. Your Georgia librarian can give you the password. Just ask.

AARGH

You have 4 days till September 19th. Are you ready to Talk Like A Pirate? Do you need some help with the vocabulary?

As a current student you may borrow this book from our Woodstock campus. If you're not a CTC student, check with your public library. They can borrow this title through Inter-Library Loan (ILL).

How to speak pirate : a treasure chest of seafaring slang
Telfer, Geordie. G535 .T45 2008

The Woodstock campus Librarian , Lauren Barnes, shared her favorite Pirate Speak phrases:
His eyes lack the bright spark of intelligence = He’s a proper dabberlack!
Unsound in the head = Barmy in the Crumpet
She talks a lot = She’s forty jawed
State of being bald = Balditude

Shiver me timbers, prepare for the day!


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James is how old?

ALA Face Book posted that James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl was 50 years old on September 13. They've shared wonderful illustrations from various blogging artists.

Best of all they posted the link to Penguins page of delightful activities.

In GALILEO you can get to two resources that have information about Roald Dahl and James and the Giant Peach. NoveList K-8 offers a few curricular articles. There is a link to the public World Cat where you can see which library close to you has the book on the shelf!

GALILEO also provides access to Literature Resource Center (GALE) (remember they have an app). There are three mp3 files which you can download. Be aware, the interview with Roald Dahl's granddaughter is a (mechanical) audio reading of the transcripts of the NPR radio programs. That is a little disconcerting. You can go to Weekend Edition and listen to the original radio show. I wonder why Gale didn't link to the NPR site?

Celebrate the longevity of children's literature by reading James and the Giant Peach!

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What is that rash?

Yes, we have a pattern here. The Ebsco apps, the Gale app, and today Medline Plus. You may access Medline Plus through GALILEO (you need the current password)or through the wild web. Both ways take you to Medline Plus. Scroll to the bottom of the screen for the mobile link.

There's an m at the beginning of the URL. As I noted earlier, I don't have a smart phone so I'm not sure how one puts this on your phone! It would be a handy app to have when you want a quick medical reference.


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Talk Like a Pirate - Sept 19

Truly one of my favorite, silly days! Begin practicing



Backbeard: Pirate for Hire , Written and illustrated by Matthew McElligott


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Over twelve hundred

A little reminiscing is in order now that I'm 'back'.

- The View from the Library has been commenting on what life looks like from the North Metro campus library circulation desk for over 6 years. I started blogging May 4, 2005. The impetus for the name of the blog was the installation of glass doors. They opened up the space and definitely gave us a 'view'.

- There are over 1,280 posts
- The third year has the most posts
- I keep an excel file of post topics, so I don't get too repetitious
- Two other members of the library staff at North Metro have posted at various times

Sometimes I write about what day it is or a book I've read but mostly - electronic resources are the grist for this mill.

Would you tell me about your favorite post - the one that entertained, informed, or amused you?

...and now back to our regularly scheduled program...

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App a day

Yes, an application a day enhances your search life!

Here's one from Literature Resource Center by Gale that will be very helpful for the student taking ENGL 1102.


Search For Access My Library College Edition in the iTunes AppStore or the Android Market.

Just enter your college email address, retrieve the password from your email, and you can search Literature Resource Center (GALE) from your phone or other mobile device.



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I admit, I do not have a smart phone. Would you share how these apps work for you?

An App a day

There are new apps (you know, applications for smart phones) created daily. Ebsco has several apps for its families of databases. Through GALILEO, we can access the app that applies to our academic resources.

Hints for use:
--- The App is setup to search every EBSCOhost Database available through GALILEO and does not limit to Full-Text or Peer-Reviewed Articles.
--- At the bottom of the App choose Settings.
--- Un-check any database that you do not want to search
--- The options to limit to Full-Text or Peer-Reviewed articles are at the very bottom of the list of databases.

You may get the current password to access GALILEO off campus from your campus librarian.

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New titles

The campus librarian at our Appalachian Campus sends his faculty and staff an e-mail when new materials are available at the campus. This is a pro-active way to let users know something new has arrived. Yet, what if you're not on the distribution list for that campus. How can you find out what's new on the shelf at one of CTC's libraries?

In our catalog, there is a link for New Books list (it's in the gray bar, 5th link over). The list is updated each Friday night.

The beginning of the academic year brings a flood of new materials! Keep checking for that something special that will help you succeed in your program.


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Constitution Day, Sept 17

Constitution Day is celebrated on September 17. In 2005, Congress mandated that schools receiving federal funding provide education about the Constitution. This year the Constitution will be taught in schools on September 16th.

There are multiple resources online to help individuals and teachers share information about the United States Constitution. Try the National Archives and Law Library of Congress for authoritative primary documents. We have created a Library Guide for the Constitution.

As with any web search, check the credentials of the author of the site. Make sure you understand what their 'agenda' might be.

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Time

I have been away for awhile. Time does fly when one is having fun (or is very busy). Chattahoochee Technical College moved from the quarter system to the semester system. During the summer, we had a five week minimester but it contained every bit of information taught during the quarter!

I'm back. I hope to share tidbits about resources available in our eight campus libraries!


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The CTC Library: A Crash Course

Welcome to the first week of the new semester system here at Chattahoochee Technical College! You don't have to spend all your free time on campus parking or buying books; you may also browse your campus library during your free time. The libraries contain a vast Internet and print collection along with faxing, copying, printing, and group/quiet study areas.

Our policies and procedures for borrowing materials and accessing online accounts are the same for the eight library locations (one located on each campus). Materials may be checked out for three weeks except at the end of the semester. You may pick up or return materials to any CTC campus. You may also borrow books from our partner libraries at Kennesaw State University, Southern Polytechnic State University, and all other TCSG libraries or through our Interlibrary Loan program. For a quiet and clean environment, please keep all drinks, food, and children out of the libraries.

The library has more than 55,000 physical items plus 110,000 online resources. Our library website is the first step for any of your research needs. Students will find the library catalog, GALILEO, MLA & APA citation guides, Evaluating Websites guide, and more on the site! (Please come into the library or ask your instructors for the new GALILEO password.) Don’t forget to check out our Library Guides – individual webpages dedicated to specific classes, programs, and/or special topics.

The librarians and library assistants are always willing to help students, faculty, and staff. Check the library home page for hours and locations nearest you. The library staff cannot wait to meet you and help you with all your research needs!

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Canton Library-Coming Together

The library at the Canton campus opened this quarter. The Canton campus opened with a few classes during Winter quarter, and the decision was made to wait and open the library when the campus began to offer a full slate of classes this spring. Students have already begun to take advantage of the Canton campus library's computers and study rooms, and have even checked out a few books.

Each day, new things seem to arrive at the library. Last week there was a bit of excitement when the CD-tower came in. Every time you visit the Canton library, there will probably be more books on the shelves than the last time you dropped in.

The hours for the Canton campus library are:
Monday-Thursday-7:30am to 8:30pm
Friday-9am to 1pm
Closed weekends

Remember that if the library is closed you can still access many of our resources online. Contact the library if you need help with this.

-JWF

QR code

Yesterday, I knew nothing about QR (Quick Response) code. Today I'm creating QR code


Unfortunately, I don't have a smart phone to test this code. If you have a smart phone with the QR reader, would you tell me where this code takes you and what it looks like? The "what it looks like" is important!


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Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss

March 2 is a celebration of reading! Random House promotes reading with a celebration of Theodore Geisel's birthday. Check out what the NEA provides for those in the party mood!


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Pretty as a picture

A picture is worth a thousand words. How do you find that expressive work? You can use Google images. You'll pull up all sorts of art work, photographs, drawings, etc. That's all you'll get - the image (and the URL for the web site the image was taken from).

In GALILEO, Oxford Art Online (formerly Grove Art Online) provides access to Grove Art Online, a collection of art encyclopedias and image collections. Users can also choose to view biographies, subject entries, or images when searching or browsing. Content includes more than 23,000 subject entries, 21,000 biographies, 500,000 bibliographic citations, 40,000 image links and 5,000 images contained within Grove Art Online. Thematic time lines and learning resources also provide users with tools for navigating the content.

Oxford Art Online offers an easy search screen. You can look for all sources which will include biographies of artists and articles on the art work. You may also limit your search to the images. The full search lets you know if the result is a subject entry , biography, or an image. There is a helpful box on the left of the search results that lets you show only images or only subject entries or only biographies. You can change the results listing without redoing the search.

There aren't as many images as you'll pull up from Google images but you'll definitely get more substance with your search! Your Georgia librarian has the current password to access GALILEO from home.

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Habla espanol?

Would you like to practice reading Spanish? Try MedicaLatina through GALILEO which provides access to the full text for more than 140 peer-reviewed medical journals in native Spanish. The majority of full-text titles are available in native (searchable) PDF or scanned-in-color. A wide range of topics are covered including neuroscience, cardiology, nephrology, biomedicine, clinical research, pediatrics, human reproduction, clinical pathology, cancer research, and hematology.

You get the password to use GALILEO from your Georgia librarian.


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The law says

Legal Collection is an authoritative source for information on current issues, studies, thoughts, and trends of the legal world. Legal Collection offers full text for more than 250 law journals. This database provides information centered on the discipline of law and legal topics, such as criminal justice, international law, federal law, organized crime, medical, labor & human resource law, ethics, the environment, and much more.

It works like any Ebsco database with Basic Search and Advanced search with limiters. You can search for the publications used in the database by selecting the publications link. RSS and e-mail alerts are standard in Ebsco databases.

You may ask your Georgia librarian for the current password to use GALILEO at home. Select Databases A-Z, L, then Legal Collection.


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Where is the journal?

A student came looking for current journals for the computer sciences. They scanned through the limited collection we have of physical periodicals without finding what they wanted. Our extensive access to journals is through the databases in GALILEO. With that in mind, how do you find a specific journal? On Feb 4th I blogged about finding Sports Illustrated. It's fairly easy to search with the Journals A-Z tab.

Ebsco offers another option for finding a specific periodical in its databases. When you go to a description of an Ebsco database in GALILEO, there may be a link to Journals in this Database: EBSCO Title Lists. Clicking on the link takes you to a file with a list of the Ebsco databases. I admit I thought it would just be a list of that particular databases offerings. Next to each database title there is an icon (with text) noting if it's a pdf file, excel file, or html. You can save the pdf and excel file, which gives you access to the list of periodicals without having to go back into GALILEO.

Rather than scroll through the list looking for the database I was interested in, I used the edit and 'find on this page' option to get to the database I wanted.

As I'm writing the description of how to find a specific periodical in a specific Ebsco database, I'm struck by how easy it is to use Journals A-Z in GALILEO to find the database that has a particular magazine!

Your Georgia librarian can give you the current password to access GALILEO at home.

-kss

a perfect heart

I searched our catalog for Valentines Day books. 15 titles were pulled up. I looked for electronic books that I might use right now. In e-brary there is a poetry book titled Valentines by Ted Kooser. This poem seems so appropriate for today.

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A PERFECT HEART

To make a perfect heart you take a sheet
of red construction paper of the type
that’s rough as a cat’s tongue, fold it once,
and crease it really hard, so it feels
as if your thumb might light up like a match,

then choose your scissors from the box. I like
those safety scissors with the sticky blades
as you snip along. They make you careful,
just as you should be, cutting out a heart

for someone you love. Don’t worry that your curve
won’t make a valentine; it will. Rely
on chewing on your lip and symmetry
to guide your hand along with special art.
And there it is at last: a heart, a heart!

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Kooser, Ted; Hanna, Robert (Illustrator). Valentines.
Lincoln, NE, USA: University of Nebraska Press, 2007. p 16.
http://site.ebrary.com/lib/chattcollege/Doc?id=10217011&ppg=16
Copyright © 2007. University of Nebraska Press. All rights reserved.

Electronic books are available 24/7 and user friendly!

-kss

Dear Diary

Diaries are a delightful peek at the issues, events, and ordinary activities of another human. Just in time for President's Day take a look at Jimmy Carter's Diary. It's not what I call a personal diary. It is the "official log of the president's activities during his administration". There are columns for start time and end time of the event, a column for placed or received a phone call, then a column describing who was involved and what happened.

GALILEO has a link to the Jimmy Carter Library where you can do a site search for the Diary Online. There are many other items of interest at the Jimmy Carter Library through the web site.

Do you keep a diary? Is it personal reflections or a document of events? My Grandpa journaled daily when he and my Grandma traveled. His diary was both personal reflection and the logging of events.

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You don't need the GALILEO password to access the Jimmy Carter Library and the Diary Online

Adding pizazz

Last weekend the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of our 40th President, Ronald Reagan began. You can find a variety of original documents about him through Ancestry.com Library Edition.

A search for Ronald Reagan in Ancestry.com Library Edition pulled up both the 1920 and 1930 census where he is listed with his parents and brother in Illinois. The Stars and Stripes articles aren't considered primary sources but they do pinpoint his marriage to Nancy Davis in 1952.

The TV show Who do you think you are illustrates the excitement one feels when a bit of family history is discovered. You can use Ancestry.com Library Edition on campus to flesh out your family story or add pizazz to your research paper on a person or time period!

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Ancestry.com Library Edition is only available on campus through GALILEO.

1000 words

Ebsco has an Images database. Ebsco Imagesconsists of over 100,000 images from Academic Search Premier, Academic Search Elite, MasterFILE Premier, and Middle Search Plus.

As I play with the search features, I am intrigued how I can limit my search to Black & White or Color photos. Advanced search can alter the results dramatically!

Clicking on the thumbnail size photo brings up a large version of the photo with information. I find the "How do I cite this image" and the "What am I allowed to do with this image" links most helpful.


Go to GALILEO
---Select Databases A-Z
-----Select I
-------Select Images
and look for the picture that best describes an event.

Get the password to use GALILEO at home from your Georgia librarian.

-kss

Superbowl

This is the weekend for football fans to gather. If you're looking for facts to drop into the conversation you can go to the Super Bowl History site. The information is very nicely laid out- date, place, teams, score, drop down box with the recap, MVP, and a picture of a ticket and the ring given!

What if you're looking for a taste of what the atmosphere was like just before and after a game? Reading magazines published near the date of the game will give you a flavor of the times. How do you access that magazine article?

GALILEO has several ways to get articles.

You can do a Journal A-Z search for a specific magazine. I looked for Sports Illustrated. It is available full text back to 1992.

Just to see whaat else might be available, I selected the Search tab.
I did a search for Super Bowl in the regular search screen (last tab on the right).
I limited the search term to subject.
I limited the search to 1969-1992. Sports Illustrated articles were retrieved pre 1992.

The oldest Super Bowl article I found was from a 1975 Saturday Evening Post titled the Pittsburgh Steelers Longest Week.

Presents a narrative of the author's observations and experiences during a week leading to the 1975 Super Bowl championship. Information on how ballplayers react differently to the pressure of Super Week; Highlights of a gathering of players from rival teams; Similarities and differences of football from Vietnam war..

It is a pdf file.

Check out GALILEO for background information on many topics! You may get the current password from your Georgia librarian.

-kss

Google Art Project

Google Art Project is a collaboration between Google and some of the world's leading art museums. The project allows users to view notable works of art from various museums through their computer.

Users can zoom in on a particular work of art or take a 'tour' of a museum. The tour feature utilizes the same technology as the street view on Google maps. This allows for the user to have a real eye level view of the museum and its works. Users could utilize the Art Project as a way to take an art vacation on a budget.



-JWF

The Shadow knows

Punxsutawney Phil prognosticates again and he proclaimed that Spring would be coming soon.

If you are not sure what groundhogs ( also known as woodchucks) do in real life, check out Encyclopædia Britannica through GALILEO. The current password for GALILEO is available from your Georgia librarian.

-kss

New Information on Tunisia and Egypt?

Tunisia and Egypt have been in the news a bit lately. If you are looking for current information on the present situation in those countries try World News Digest from Facts on File. This resource has links to news articles on the political unrest in the two countries.

Another, similar resource is Newsbank. This resource has an entire section of news articles related to the present crisis.

If you need some really great information on the culture of Tunisia and Egypt, you might want to try Global Road Warrior. Here you will find information on cuisine, business culture, and basic etiquette. This is a really useful tool for gaining access to information on these countries.

All of these resources may be accessed through the library's Garden Literature Index for those preparing for Spring planting. Today, I'm thinking of traveling to someplace warm and sunny! Hospitality & Tourism Complete is an Ebsco database that covers scholarly research and industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism. Coverage includes periodicals, company and country reports, and books from domestic and international sources. Subject areas include culinary arts, demographics and statistics, development and investment, food and beverage management, hospitality law, hotel management and administrative practices, leisure and business travel, market trends, technology, and more.

When you click on the link in GALILEO the interface is the standard Ebsco base. After your search comes up then you have the snazzier interface!

As in Garden Literature Index you find a number of articles that are not full text. You may request the article through Inter Library Loan!

Get the password to use GALILEO from your Georgia librarian.

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The Sun shone

We had a lovely warm weekend to close out this unseasonably snowy January. Gardeners are beginning to flip through catalogs in anticipation of the planting season which is about to begin. In GALILEO, the Garden, Landscape & Horticulture Index

provides access to articles about gardens and plants, including topics such as horticulture, botany, garden and landscape design & history, ecology, plant and garden conservation, garden management, and horticultural therapy. A highlight of the database is its focus on environmentally sustainable horticultural and design practices.

This index and abstract product is designed for gardening enthusiasts, professionals, and students of horticulture and of garden and landscape design & history. It covers more than 300 core serial titles that include general gardening titles of national, international, and regional interest, and titles devoted to specialty gardens and plant groups.

You may find Garden, Landscape & Horticulture Index by going to GALILEO, selecting Databases A-Z, selecting G, then selecting Garden, Landscape & Horticulture Index.

Garden, Landscape & Horticulture Index is an Ebsco database. As the title implies, it is predominately an index to articles. More than a few articles appear with the purple Find It button noting which library has the journal. You are able to limit your search to full text which provides you with the entire article right away!

Libraries may borrow articles through Inter Library Loan. It takes two to three weeks to fulfill an ILL request.

Search Garden, Landscape & Horticulture Index and begin dreaming of the bounty the earth will provide with just a little effort on your part.

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You may get the password to use GALILEO from your Georgia librarian.

Speaking of online

There is another online resource noted in GALILEO, FDsys(GPO's Federal Digital System), which provides public access to government information submitted by Congress and federal agencies and preserved as technology changes.

The folks at GALILEO are providing a super portal for information that will help the citizens of Georgia!

Get the password to use GALILEO from your Georgia librarian.


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Online anytime

First Search, through GALILEO, offers a specific E-books index (Electronic Books) which includes records for more than 675,000 eBooks that have been cataloged by OCLC member libraries, including titles available from NetLibrary and other providers. Much of the electronic CTC collection is listed in the index.

Links to full-text content: Users can access Web links to full-text electronic book collections licensed by their libraries from NetLibrary and other providers and free resources that are available in the public domain from education, government, and commercial Web sites.

CTC has over 90,000 electronic books through NetLibrary, E-brary, Ovid, and Credo. Using the E-books index shows our books as well as other electronic books. Some may be available because they are government publications or in Google Books. Some are in licensed databases that we don't have access to. If we don't have access, check the Libraries link to see which library holds this resource. It might be a neighboring post-secondary institution. You may ask to use the resource as a guest in their facility!

This E-books index pulls together many electronic collections. Search and read to your hearts content.

You may get the password to use GALILEO from your Georgia librarian.

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Which version to use?

Discover America from Compton's by Britannica provides access to statistics and summary information for every state.

The facts are the standard capital, bird, flower, population variety. What I found interesting is the main link in GALILEO takes you to the Middle School version. There are no hyper-links within the state information. At the bottom of the page there are tabs for High School and Elementary. In High School I chose the Discover America link to get to the same map visual. Choosing the identical state provided links to articles from within the text.

The elementary version has the same facts but a simpler Introduction to the state (and no hyperlinks).

I wonder why there are links to other information in the high school version but not the middle school version?

To access Comptons in GALILEO, you need to get the current password from your Georgia librarian!

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One, two, three, four

The 1950's Godfather of Fitness went to the fitness center in the sky yesterday. Jack LaLanne inspired millions to get off the couch, exercise and eat right!

I wondered what information I would find about Jack LaLanne in GALILEO. I selected Browse by Subject, Company and Industry Information. A search for Jack LaLanne did pull up references to him. I realized that a search in the document helped me quickly find the mention of his name. Not many articles were about his business in particular. Current fitness practitioners do talk about his influence on them!

When you see a news story, go to GALILEO to see what else there is to know about the topic!




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The show will go on

If you missed an interview, speech or government event, the show will go on
in the C-Span archives. GALILEO collects web sites that will help Georgia residents get the best information, like C-Span archives.

C-Span Video Library includes over 160,000 hours of coverage of C-SPAN programs since 1987. The C-SPAN Archives, which records, indexes, and archives all C-SPAN programming for historical, educational, research, and archival uses, records all three C-SPAN networks seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day. Programs are indexed by subject, speaker names, titles, affiliations, sponsors, committees, categories, formats, policy groups, keywords, and location. The congressional sessions and committee hearings are indexed by person with full-text.

Yes, one can do a Google search for C-Span archives and get the site. For me, it is convenient to do the research in one place like GALILEO, especially when I forget about the specialty sites available on the wild web.

You may get the current password for GALILEO from your Georgia librarian.


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To 'e' or to 'a'

Library Journal (Facebook page) noted:
"Today's is Edgar Allen Poe's 202nd birthday, and the 2011 Edgar Award nominees have been announced. Some great picks here: Tom Franklin's Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter; Tana French's Faithful Place; Paul Doiron's The Poacher's Son; Bruce DeSilva's Rogue Island."

Literary Awards are noted in NoveList . See yesterday's post for hints on finding the awards lists.

If you'd like to know more about Edgar Allan Poe, LION, Literature Online has a wealth of information from biographical to critical reviews to full text of his work!

It's interesting to note that the Library Journal poster spells his middle name with an 'e' while LION spells Edgar's middle name with an 'a'. The Washington Post blogger uses All'e'n. A Google search turned up more All'a'n then All'e'n references.

When you don't find what you expect in a search, check the spelling!


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To access LION Literature Online through GALILEO get the current password from your CTC campus librarian!

And the winner is?

The movie award season started this weekend with the Golden Globes. Were you surprised by any of the winners?

Books have an award season, too. ALA begins the annual literary award season when it hands out several prestigious awards at the mid-winter meeting. Librarians were on the edge of their seats awaiting the news release on January 10th.

If you want to find out more about book award winners, check out NoveList K-8 in GALILEO.

Across the top of NoveList in the blue bar, select More, and then Awards.

There are hundreds of awards listed in alphabetical order including the 3 Georgia Children's Book Awards (Children's Book for ages 9-12, Picture Storybook, and Teen Reader). When you click on the award, NoveList K-8 takes you to the list of titles by year for that specific award. You then may click on an individual title to get the complete NoveList K-8 treatment!

Get the password to use GALILEO from your Georgia librarian.

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Read all about it

Newspapers are an incredible source for the news of the day! Today we are used to "instant" information via the web. We get the story almost as it happens. In the past, the news had a chance to settle down as facts were checked and the article edited. Newspapers tell a more complete story than the history books.

There are several Historic Newspaper resources in GALILEO. Check out this newest offering!

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The Digital Library of Georgia is pleased to announce the availability of a new online resource: The Athens Historic Newspapers Archive
http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/athnewspapers

The Athens Historic Newspapers Archive provides online access to five newspaper titles published in Athens from 1827 to 1922. Consisting of over 57,000 newspaper pages, the archive provides historical images that are both full-text searchable and can be browsed by date. The site will provide users with a view into the history of Athens in its early years as the home to the first state-chartered university in the nation and its eventual growth into the largest city in northeast Georgia.

The archive includes the following Athens newspaper titles: Athenian (1827-1832), Southern Banner (1832-1882), Southern Watchman (1855-1882), Daily/Weekly Banner-Watchman (1882-1889), Daily/Weekly Athens Banner (1889-1922).

The Athens Historic Newspapers Archive is a project of the Digital Library of Georgia as part of the Georgia HomePLACE initiative. The project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. Digitization is also made possible through a grant provided by the Francis Wood Wilson Foundation, Inc.

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You may get the current GALILEO password from your Georgia librarian.

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Money, money, and more money

The holidays are over and the gift buying bills are starting to appear. I went looking for a resource in GALILEO that might have timely articles on credit use. Scrolling through the Databases A-Z list I noticed Banking Information Source (ProQuest).

The description notes: Banking Information Source (ProQuest) combines the currency of the Internet and the perspective of industry journals to provide the ultimate financial services research tool. With over 500 of the most authoritative sources of information, there is simply no better way to keep informed.

I haven't used the new ProQuest interface a lot. This quest for financial information is giving me an opportunity to play.

The cool blue appeals to me visually. The larger search box and the limiter for full text on the front screen simplifies searching.

There is no Scholarly Journal limiter on the front page of Banking Information Source (ProQuest). The Scholarly Journals limiter is on the front page of the main ProQuest database. You can limit to scholarly journals in ProQuest Banking Information Source by going to the Advanced Search screen and using the Source type boxes to limit to Scholarly Journals. They do provide a visual clue of a graduation cap icon before an article that is in a scholarly journal.

ProQuest completes the text as you type and offers a list of topics. I discovered I did need to put a phrase in quotes or it would search for the words individually.

I could sort by date after the search was completed if I neglected to limit the search by date range.

ProQuest provides a search tips link which has a plethora of hints, tips, and very useful tricks for getting the most out of a search!

I was amused to note there is a scholarly journal titled The Journal of Money Laundering Control. Who would have thought such a thing existed! You may get the current GALILEO password from your Georgia librarian.



-kls

Still judging

What started my thought process about judging a book by its cover* was the Book Case blog entry, Best Book Jackets of 2010. It is helpful (and appropriate) that there are links to the Book Page where one can read reviews. The best part of Book Page is the box in the bottom left corner with links to Independent Booksellers, WorldCat (where you can see the closest library that owns the book), and a site that compares online booksellers prices.

If judging a book by its cover is your selection style, book covers are a part of our library catalog. Looking at the cover is a quick and handy way to figure out if you want to go further.

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*from Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. Over 400 reference books are available in Credo Reference through GALILEO.

Judging a book

"Don't judge a book by its cover"*. Yet, we all do it- we make snap judgements based on appearance. The appearance of a persons clothing, their physical shape, their facial expression. Yes, we assess a person immediately based on how they look and act. It has been a survival tool for humanity. How quickly can you decide if someone is friend or foe?

Today is the first day of Winter Quarter. People I've never met are coming into the library for the first time. They are coming to a conclusion about me as quickly as I am about them. I hope we both will be generous with our quick take.

*from Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. Over 400 reference books are available in Credo Reference through GALILEO.

Get the current password to use GALILEO from your Georgia librarian.

-kls

400 years and counting

Happy 400th Birthday to the King James Version of the bible! In honor of its quatercentenary anniversary, Gordon Campbell has written Bible: The story of the King James Version 1611-2011 [BS 186 .C367 2010].

It's a lively biography of the book that many consider the Word of God. The section that has most appeal to me is Appendix 1 :The companies and later revisers which has brief biographies of the scholars who worked so hard to create a work 'to be read in churches'. It is fascinating how Mr. Campbell uses the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography to flesh out the story of the Bible as we understand it. It is people who make history come alive!

-kls

Sign up, now!

Registration for Winter Quarter is going on today.
Winter Quarter begins Thursday, January 6, 2011.

-kls

What happened today?

Using Google to search a date floods one with list after list. The first entry on my search for January 4 is Wikipedia. The Wikipedia list is broken up by events, births, deaths with a calender at the end which allows one to move from date to date.It is very handy for a rather comprehensive list of births and deaths.

If you're looking for a historical perspective on the date try GALILEO and look in the Annals of American History

Annals of American History "includes the full text of primary documents in American history, including historical accounts, speeches, memoirs, poems, editorials, landmark court decisions, and cultural criticism. This resource also has multimedia files, including hundreds of images and video and audio clips of famous speeches."

Put the date in quotes to help the database limit your search to that specific date- otherwise you'll get a conglomeration of January and 4 entries!

The document I found most interesting was the 1815 New England and the Union paper.

Moreover, as the convention's emissaries approached Washington, they were met by the news of General Andrew Jackson's unexpected victory at New Orleans. By the time the emissaries arrived, it was no longer possible to serve the kind of ultimatum contained in the convention's report.

Timing is everything. I wonder what the results would have been with today's instant messaging?

Get the current password to use GALILEO from your Georgia librarian.

-kls