Tuesday, January 17, 2006

Staying home

On those days when you get to stay home and read a good book....how do you find that good book?

"NoveList is a fiction database that provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations, and much more for over 125,000 fiction titles. It also includes other content of interest to fiction readers, such as Author Read-alikes, What We’re Reading, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and Annotated Book Lists. For school media specialists and teachers there are Picture Book Extenders and articles on Teaching with Fiction."

GALILEO
.....Databases A-Z
........Jump to N
...........Novelist

Password for home use of GALILEO is available from your Librarian!

Monday, January 16, 2006

MLK Day

"In honor of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday and upcoming Black History
month, a free newspaper archive of 50,000 newspaper pages about Dr. King has
been released on MartinLutherKingJrArchive.com...The website is a free
service of NewspaperARCHIVE.com and contains original stories about the
Montgomery bus boycott, the 'I Have A Dream' speech, details about King's
assassination on April 4, 1968, along with thousands of other headlines
detailing Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and work."


http://martinlutherkingjrarchive.com/

You might also look in GALILEO- check out LexisNexis Academic (#98 on the NMTC of GALILEO, Databases A-Z, list) for broadcast transcripts.

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.

Saturday, January 14, 2006

Triskaidekaphobia

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'.

You can read more about triskaidekaphobia in the Oxford English Dictionary (in GALILEO ).

Get the password for home use of GALILEO from your librarian!

Thursday, January 12, 2006

Easy searching

There is a resource in GALILEO noted for Middle School and High School students called Student Research Center (by EbscoHost)- #162 in the NMTC list. The magazines that are indexed are not what I would limit to Middle School and High School (Economist, US News & World Report, New Republic, Newsweek to name a few).

This particular database is "prettier" than the straight EbscoHost and feels friendlier. If you're looking for current events and history this might be the database to use. Advanced search offers you several ways to focus your search-including by reading level.

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, January 11, 2006

Winter chills

It's warm, it's cold, it's sunny, it's cloudy...the weather is so peculiar. You're cooped up with all sorts of folks, can't open the windows to clear out the air. Germs, flu bugs, colds.....now you're sick. How do you feel better?

There are several medical resources on GALILEO.

Alt Health Watch (part of EbscoHost) "focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. This database provides full text for articles from more than 180 international and often peer-reviewed journals, reports and proceedings, as well as association and consumer newsletters. In addition, Alt HealthWatch includes hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts...The majority of the full text titles included in the database are available in native (searchable) PDF, or scanned-in-color. "

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.

Tuesday, January 10, 2006

Do you remember?


Did you browse through old family pictures over the holiday? Sharing stories, laughing, crying, remembering what was? Remembering. Pictures help us remember.

Vanishing Georgia (#170 on the NMTC list in GALILEO) "comprises nearly 18,000 photographs. Ranging from daguerreotypes to Kodachrome prints, the images span over 100 years of Georgia history. The broad subject matter of these photographs, shot by both amateurs and professionals, includes, but is not limited to, family and business life, street scenes and architecture, agriculture, school and civic activities, important individuals and events in Georgia history, and landscapes."

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.

Monday, January 09, 2006

It begins!

Today is the first day of the Winter Quarter for NMTC. Students are buying books, looking for classrooms, and checking with friends!

The password for NMTC access to GALILEO has changed - check with the librarian (or your instructor) for the new password.

Over the break we added additional web sites and databases for programs. We have 48 specific links for NMTC programs. At the request of an instructor, I'll add another link today. The NMTC links are identified with our logo to the right of the title.


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.

Friday, January 06, 2006

Geting ready

The quiet after the rush of registration.
Classes begin for Winter Quarter on Monday, January 9th.

Our library hours will change beginning Monday, January 9th:
  • Monday 8 am - 9pm
  • Tuesday through Thursday 8 am - 10 pm
  • Friday 8am - 4 pm
  • NEW we'll be open on Saturday 10 am- 2pm

We are excited about the added Saturday hours!

GALILEO password has changed for NMTC - you can get the new password at the Library.

Thursday, January 05, 2006

New books!

Before Christmas we ordered books for the library! The boxes are arriving.

One new title "Born Losers: A History of Failure" tells the story of American failure. Our greatest fear is being a failure. This book tells the cultural history of American failures.

On the bright side, we purchased "The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness". This sequel to "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" by Stephen R. Covey takes the reader on the next step to success.

Come by the library and check out these new books!

Wednesday, January 04, 2006

Registration tomorrow!

Registration for the Winter Quarter is Thursday, January 5.

General student orientation will be in the Auditorium - Room 100 at 8:30, 1, and 4.
Online course orientation will be in Room 125 at 10:30, 2:30, and 5:30.

Tuesday, January 03, 2006

Happy New Year- 2006!

Yes, it's 2006!

We're open short hours (8-5 Mon-Thurs, 8-4 on Friday) this week.
The quarter begins on January 9th.
We'll resume our normal hours and add Saturday hours.

The password for GALILEO has changed for NMTC.
You can get the new password in the library!

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.

Thursday, December 22, 2005

Last day till 2006

The library closes today at 5. We'll reopen on January 3, 2006.

The librarian will take a break from the blog till January 3, too.

Merry Christmas (and happy Hannukah, Kwanzaa, etc!)

Wednesday, December 21, 2005

A winter present

We have just purchased, the recently well reviewed in Library Journal, Garden Literature Index for our Horticulture program. The database is available through GALILEO.

"Garden Literature Index, (GLI) is the premier resource for access to articles about plants and gardens. Topics include horticulture, garden and landscape design and history, botany, ecology, plant and garden conservation, garden management, and horticultural therapy. 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 and history. Garden Literature Index covers a wide range of serial titles including general gardening titles of national, international, and regional interest, and titles devoted to specialty gardens and plant groups. It includes periodicals of the major learned societies in horticulture, botany, ecology, entomology, and plant pathology, and of many plant societies and trade associations. Publications of commercial horticulture, landscaping, and retailing are represented. Indexed and abstracted are more than 300 core titles, the majority of which are published in English. Coverage for many titles extends back further than a decade. Garden Literature Index is a unique resource that brings together articles about plants and gardens into a single source, and it includes titles that are not available in any other index. "

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


Tuesday, December 20, 2005

And the answer is

Did you use the thesaurus? Some of these are pretty obscure.

1. Colorless Yuletide ..................... White Christmas
2. Castanea Seed Vesicated in a Conflagration ..................Chestnuts Roasting on an open Fire
3. Singular Yearning for the Twin Anterior Incisors ........All I Want forChristmas is my Two Front Teeth
4. Righteous Darkness ...........Oh Holy Night
5. Arrival Time: 24:00 Hours/Weather Conditions: Cloudless...............ItCame Upon a Midnight Clear
6. Loyal Followers Advance...................O Come All Ye Faithful
7. Far Off in a Feedbox..........Away In A Manger
8. Array the Corridors................Deck The Halls
9. Lilliputian Male Percussionist.............Little Drummer Boy
10. Monarchial Triad........We Three Kings 11. Nocturnal Noiselessness..............Silent Night
12. Jehovah Deactivate Blithe Chevaliers..............God Rest Ye MerryGentlemen
13. Red Man en Route to Borough..........Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
14. Frozen Precipitation Commence..............Let It Snow
15. Proceed and Enlighten on the Pinnacle.............Go Tell It On TheMountain
16. Antlered Quadruped Valentino Namesake with the VermilionProboscis.....Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
17. Query, regarding the Identity of Juvenile...............What Child IsThis
18. Delight for this Planet............Joy To The World
19. Give Attention to the Melodious Celestial Beings..........Hark TheHerald Angels Sing
20. The Gross Square Root Festive Twenty-four HourIntervals...............Twelve Days Of Christmas
21. Jocund Elderly Martyr Lacking Five Cent Pieces...........Jolly Old St.Nicholas
22. Expect My Arrival at My Domicile for Yuletide..........I'll Be Home ForChristmas
23. Tintinabulate Hollow, Cup-shaped Metal Instruments..........Jingle Bells
24. Perambulating in a Terrain of Stupefaction from 12/21 to3/19..........Walking In A Winter Wonderland
25. Oh Diminutive Hamlet of Israel South of Jerusalem...........Oh LittleTown Of Bethleham
26. Hallucinating About an Ivory Yuletide in the First PersonNarrative.........Dreaming Of A White Christmas
27. Metallic Element AG Cup-shaped musical Instruments...............SilverBells
28. Oh Yuletide Tall Woody plant.........Oh Christmas Tree
29. I Witnessed Maternal Parent Osculating Bewhiskered Male in a Carmine Ensemble..........I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
30. Female Ancestor Experienced Collision with Rangifer Tarandus....GrandmaGot Run Over By A Reindeer
31. Boreal Ice Crystal Homo Sapien.......Frosty The Snow Man
32. To This Place Advances the Personification of the Spirit of Christmas..........Here Comes Santa Claus

Merry Christmas!

Monday, December 19, 2005

Name that tune!

This is related to the library in that one could use a thesaurus to figure out these Christmas song titles.
Answers tomorrow!

1. Colorless Yuletide .....................
2. Castanea Seed Vesicated in a Conflagration ..........................
3. Singular Yearning for the Twin Anterior Incisors
4. Righteous Darkness
5. Arrival Time: 24:00 Hours/Weather Conditions: Cloudless...............
6. Loyal Followers Advance...................
7. Far Off in a Feedbox..........
8. Array the Corridors................
9. Lilliputian Male Percussionist.............
10. Monarchial Triad........
11. Nocturnal Noiselessness..............
12. Jehovah Deactivate Blithe Chevaliers
13. Red Man en Route to Borough..........
14. Frozen Precipitation Commence
15. Proceed and Enlighten on the Pinnacle
16. Antlered Quadruped Valentino Namesake with the Vermilion Proboscis.....
17. Query, regarding the Identity of Juvenile...............
18. Delight for this Planet............
19. Give Attention to the Melodious Celestial Beings
20. The Gross Square Root Festive Twenty-four Hour Intervals...............
21. Jocund Elderly Martyr Lacking Five Cent Pieces...........
22. Expect My Arrival at My Domicile for Yuletide..........
23. Tintinabulate Hollow, Cup-shaped Metal Instruments..........
24. Perambulating in a Terrain of Stupefaction from 12/21 to 3/19..........
25. Oh Diminutive Hamlet of Israel South of Jerusalem...........
26. Hallucinating About an Ivory Yuletide in the First PersonNarrative.........
27. Metallic Element AG Cup-shaped musical Instruments...............
28. Oh Yuletide Tall Woody plant.........
29. I Witnessed Maternal Parent Osculating Bewhiskered Male in aCarmine Ensemble..........
30. Female Ancestor Experienced Collision with Rangifer Tarandus
31. Boreal Ice Crystal Homo Sapien.......
32. To This Place Advances the Personification of the Spirit ofChristmas..........

Friday, December 16, 2005

Santa came early!

We are delighted to have received a gift from a fellow DTAE school of a print set of Contemporary Authors! The other school is purchasing the online database and needed the shelf space so we are the benificiaries!

Contemporary Authors published by Gale contains "biographical information on more than 120,000 modern novelists, poets, playwrights, nonfiction writers, journalists and scriptwriters in the award-winning Contemporary Authors® series.
Sketches typically include personal information, addresses, career history, writings, work in progress, biographical/critical sources and authors' comments and/or informative essays about their lives and work."


This is a superb addition to our reference collection!

Thursday, December 15, 2005

Winding down

End of quarter is here.
Students are studying for finals.

The Library will be open from 8-5, Dec 19-22.
The Library will be closed from Dec 23-Jan 2.

We'll reopen on Jan 3, 2006!

Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Why do people do that?

Have you ever wondered why groups of people do what they do?

Sociology (according to Websters Dictionary in Encyclopedia Britannica in GALILEO ) is : "the science of society , social institutions, and social relationships; specifically : the systematic study of the development, structure, interaction, and collective behavior of organized groups of human beings."

Sociologists make their living studying human behavior. GALILEO has a subset of EbscoHost, "The Sociological Collection... 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. "

GALILEO
.... Database A-Z
....... Jump to S
.......... Sociological Collection

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.

Tuesday, December 13, 2005

Finding a business

One can always Google to find a business- type in the name of the company or the type of business. One always takes chances that way- similar named companies appear, thousands of sites show up. Who has the time to weed through the massive amount of information?

We've added The Thomas Register to GALILEO.

The Thomas Register is "the most comprehensive resource for industrial information, products, services, CAD drawings, and more." For our technical programs this is one site that helps students connect with companies in the students field of study.

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

Monday, December 12, 2005

Mapping your USA travels

It is getting close to holiday travel time. Some folks go "home", others take a vacation in an exotic locale.

This site is a fun way to way to map your US travels: "Go to http://www.world66.com/myworld66/visitedStates and you can click on the list of states which you have visited. Then the map will color in red the states you have visited. Makes a nice visual of your travels."

The atlas is a delightful way to armchair travel. There doesn't seem to be a specific atlas in GALILEO. The Encyclopedia and the Almanac have maps of countries!

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.