If you're wondering how many Americans claim Irish heritage...where would you look for a number?
In GALILEO there is a link to Census Data at "The U.S. Census Bureau which offers the most comprehensive demographic data for the United States. The site includes information and statistics on the nation's population, housing, business and manufacturing activity, international trade, farming, and state and local governments." In their search box I typed Irish and lo and behold there is a frequently asked questions link to St. Patrick's Day and the Irish!
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
Thursday, March 16, 2006
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Beware the Ides
I used Google to find information on the Ides of March. It quickly offered me InfoPlease (the first site among 7,250,000 others) where I read all about the middle of the month and Julius Caeser and Shakespeare.
I did then search through GALILEO. I looked at Encyclopedia Britannica, Funk & Wagnalls, Searchasaurus, Oxford English Dictionary.
Google gave me the quickest response for this bit of fact finding.
Knowing what to use as the best resource for finding information is the key to information literacy.
I did then search through GALILEO. I looked at Encyclopedia Britannica, Funk & Wagnalls, Searchasaurus, Oxford English Dictionary.
Google gave me the quickest response for this bit of fact finding.
Knowing what to use as the best resource for finding information is the key to information literacy.
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Breakfast in the morning!
Nutritionists tell us that "breakfast is the most important meal of the day"! To help everyone at North Metro get off to a good start.....Chick-Fil-A from Woodstock is selling breakfast chicken biscuits for $2.00 from 8:30 till they run out! They are in the lobby right outside the library in the 100 building!
We have a great view.
We have a great view.
Testing, 1, 2, 3...Testing
Monday, March 13, 2006
How many words?
If a picture is worth a thousand words - how many words is a moving picture worth?
Check out Auto Repair Reference Center - "ARRC now features the audio/visual learning aid AutoIQ. This supplemental resource provides detailed content such as full-motion video and animated technical diagrams. Through this detailed and easy-to-understand interactive content, AutoIQ helps to visually demonstrate the purpose, functionality and service requirements of any vehicle system. This additional content has been added to all existing ARRC subscriptions at no additional cost.
Included information is organized into seven main automotive areas consisting of Fuel Management, Engine Management, Heating & Air Conditioning, Ignition System, Brakes, Suspension & Steering, and Engine Mechanical. Each of these categories is then further divided into detailed subcategories where individual users can obtain the specific interactive information that is of interest to them."
Check out Auto Repair Reference Center - "ARRC now features the audio/visual learning aid AutoIQ. This supplemental resource provides detailed content such as full-motion video and animated technical diagrams. Through this detailed and easy-to-understand interactive content, AutoIQ helps to visually demonstrate the purpose, functionality and service requirements of any vehicle system. This additional content has been added to all existing ARRC subscriptions at no additional cost.
Included information is organized into seven main automotive areas consisting of Fuel Management, Engine Management, Heating & Air Conditioning, Ignition System, Brakes, Suspension & Steering, and Engine Mechanical. Each of these categories is then further divided into detailed subcategories where individual users can obtain the specific interactive information that is of interest to them."
...Databases A-Z
..........Scroll to Auto Repair Reference Center
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
Friday, March 10, 2006
It's done
The Book Fair is packed away. Lots of delightful choices, there were even adult best sellers! The library is richer for having hosted the Scholastic Book Fair.
Thursday, March 09, 2006
7 months
Diaries are important. They document from a single persons perspective what was happening in the world around them. "The Samuel Hugh Hawkins Diary, January - July 1877, donated by Georgia State Senator George Hooks to the Lake Blackshear Regional Library System, chronicles Americus, Georgia entrepreneur, lawyer, and banker Samuel Hawkins' financial, agricultural, civic, and religious activities in Sumter County during the final months of Reconstruction. Diary entries briefly illustrate Hawkins' work at the Bank of Americus and his real estate interests in the county. Having an interest in agriculture and horticulture, Hawkins describes his participation in the Sumter County Agricultural Society and Horticulture Society, attendance at the 1877 Georgia State Agricultural Society meeting in Milledgeville, entrepreneurial interest in the Bell Cultivator, and role in the founding of the Americus Fair Association. While later known for his role as president of the Savannah, Americus and Montgomery Railroad Company, Hawkins mentions railroad issues only in passing. An active member of Bethel Baptist Church (later Americus Baptist Church), Hawkins records his religious observances throughout the journal. On a national level, Hawkins comments on the contested presidential election of 1876 and the resulting presidency of Republican candidate, Rutherford B. Hayes. Locally, he chronicles city and county elections and appointments to the constitutional convention, the efforts of an emigrant agent to lure local African Americans to Louisiana as contract laborers as well as events surrounding the murder of a white woman by an African American man."
In a hundred and twenty nine years will someone read your perspective on life in the 21st century? Keep a diary- seven months can make a difference!
GALILEO
....Databases A-Z
......Jump to S
.........Select Samuel Hugh Hawkins Diary
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
In a hundred and twenty nine years will someone read your perspective on life in the 21st century? Keep a diary- seven months can make a difference!
GALILEO
....Databases A-Z
......Jump to S
.........Select Samuel Hugh Hawkins Diary
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
Too many choices
Google brings up a tsunami of web sites. It can be overwhelming to select just the right internet source.
"SKS WebSelect is an online database of Internet resources providing access to quality Web sites on almost any subject. WebSelect is continually updated to include new sites and dynamically changing data. Summaries provide a concise overview of site content and authority. Keyword, Subject Heading, and Topic Browse searches can be performed. Topics are assigned based on site content and mission. WebSelect is dynamically updated and offers Internet resources from around the globe, including those of leading universities, government agencies and respected organizations. "
GALILEO
..Databases A-Z
...Jump to S
.....Select SKS Web Select
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
"SKS WebSelect is an online database of Internet resources providing access to quality Web sites on almost any subject. WebSelect is continually updated to include new sites and dynamically changing data. Summaries provide a concise overview of site content and authority. Keyword, Subject Heading, and Topic Browse searches can be performed. Topics are assigned based on site content and mission. WebSelect is dynamically updated and offers Internet resources from around the globe, including those of leading universities, government agencies and respected organizations. "
GALILEO
..Databases A-Z
...Jump to S
.....Select SKS Web Select
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Gold Rush season
Gold Rush days in Dahlonega are held the third weekend of October (Oct 21-22, 2006). Lots of lovely Autumn color. Spring is another gorgeous time to head for the hills.
Before you head out for an educational day trip check out the Digital Library of Georgia's "Thar's Gold in Them Thar Hills": Gold and Gold Mining in Georgia, 1830s-1940s consists of selected legal, financial, and promotional documents as well as photographs and picture postcards that represent episodes of renewed interest in gold mining in Lumpkin County during Reconstruction, at the turn of the century, and during the Depression. Culled from three archival collections at the Lumpkin County Library of the Chestatee Regional Library System, the selected textual materials cover the late 1830s through the early 1940s, but focus primarily on the period between Reconstruction and the turn of the twentieth century. By contrast, the photographs and postcards depict mining methods employed from the 1900s through the 1940s along the Chestatee River, at the Findley Mill, and at the Lockhart Mine. Correspondence to Dahlonega attorney Weir Boyd documents the activities of the Rider Mine (1868-1883), the Yahoola and Cane Creek Hydraulic Mining Company (1868-1883), the Consolidated Mines (1879-1882), and the Phoenix Gold Mining company (1891-1892). In-depth descriptions of mining operations and techniques are found within the prospectuses of the Dahlonega Consolidated Gold Mining Company, the Dahlonega Gold Mining and Milling Company, and the Findley Gold Mining Company of Georgia. In addition, Memoranda of deposit from 1838 to 1905 document the Branch Mints in Dahlonega and Charlotte
GALILEO
.....Databases A-Z
.......Jump to T
............. Select Thar's Gold
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
Before you head out for an educational day trip check out the Digital Library of Georgia's "Thar's Gold in Them Thar Hills": Gold and Gold Mining in Georgia, 1830s-1940s consists of selected legal, financial, and promotional documents as well as photographs and picture postcards that represent episodes of renewed interest in gold mining in Lumpkin County during Reconstruction, at the turn of the century, and during the Depression. Culled from three archival collections at the Lumpkin County Library of the Chestatee Regional Library System, the selected textual materials cover the late 1830s through the early 1940s, but focus primarily on the period between Reconstruction and the turn of the twentieth century. By contrast, the photographs and postcards depict mining methods employed from the 1900s through the 1940s along the Chestatee River, at the Findley Mill, and at the Lockhart Mine. Correspondence to Dahlonega attorney Weir Boyd documents the activities of the Rider Mine (1868-1883), the Yahoola and Cane Creek Hydraulic Mining Company (1868-1883), the Consolidated Mines (1879-1882), and the Phoenix Gold Mining company (1891-1892). In-depth descriptions of mining operations and techniques are found within the prospectuses of the Dahlonega Consolidated Gold Mining Company, the Dahlonega Gold Mining and Milling Company, and the Findley Gold Mining Company of Georgia. In addition, Memoranda of deposit from 1838 to 1905 document the Branch Mints in Dahlonega and Charlotte
GALILEO
.....Databases A-Z
.......Jump to T
............. Select Thar's Gold
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
Monday, March 06, 2006
Current events- now!
Someone in the house must have a current event article - right now!
Monday morning and the Social Studies teacher said everyone had to bring in a current event article. The family is trying to get out the door - where does one get a current event article - right now?
"TOPICsearch is a current events database covering social, political, and economic issues, scientific discoveries, and other popular topics. The database contains full text for over 66,000 articles from more than 2,700 diverse sources including international and regional newspapers, periodicals, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information. From the Advanced Search screen, users can select preselected current events and popular topics from drop-down menus."
GALILEO
....Databases A-Z
.......Jump to T
..........Select TOPICsearch
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
Monday morning and the Social Studies teacher said everyone had to bring in a current event article. The family is trying to get out the door - where does one get a current event article - right now?
"TOPICsearch is a current events database covering social, political, and economic issues, scientific discoveries, and other popular topics. The database contains full text for over 66,000 articles from more than 2,700 diverse sources including international and regional newspapers, periodicals, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information. From the Advanced Search screen, users can select preselected current events and popular topics from drop-down menus."
GALILEO
....Databases A-Z
.......Jump to T
..........Select TOPICsearch
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
Friday, March 03, 2006
Book Fair delight
The cases for the Scholastic Book Fair were delivered this morning!
Oh boy!
Monday we set up and start selling books from8:30AM to 6PM, Monday through Thursday.
The money we raise is for the Early Childhood Education program.
The books we earn supplement the Children's collection (used by all but selected for the Early Childhood Education Literature class).
Oh boy!
Monday we set up and start selling books from8:30AM to 6PM, Monday through Thursday.
The money we raise is for the Early Childhood Education program.
The books we earn supplement the Children's collection (used by all but selected for the Early Childhood Education Literature class).
Thursday, March 02, 2006
I do not like them, Sam-I-am
What famous author penned that memorable line? (Answer at the bottom of this blog) His birthday is celebrated today in schools across the country as students read and listen to stories for Read Across America.
In GALILEO , you can find information about this author in:
In GALILEO , you can find information about this author in:
- Book Index with Reviews (492 results)
- Encyclopedia Britannica (19 results)
- Literature Online (6 results) I was surprised he is in Literature Online!
- NoveList (50 results)
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
Answer: Dr. Seuss, aka Theodore Seuss Geisel
Wednesday, March 01, 2006
Good ideas
Linus Pauling "was once asked by a high school student ,
"How can I have great ideas?"
Pauling's answer was, "The important thing is to have many ideas."
from The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation- a biography of Linus Pauling.
http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/ci/1992/Pauling.html
"How can I have great ideas?"
Pauling's answer was, "The important thing is to have many ideas."
from The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation- a biography of Linus Pauling.
http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/ci/1992/Pauling.html
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Spring Quarter Registration
Early registration for Spring Quarter is going on this week for current students.
Current students can register on-line after meeting with their advisor and getting their pin number.
Open registration with orientation and advisement for new students is this Thursday, March 2
Spring Quarter will begin on April 5.
Current students can register on-line after meeting with their advisor and getting their pin number.
Open registration with orientation and advisement for new students is this Thursday, March 2
Spring Quarter will begin on April 5.
Monday, February 27, 2006
Do you remember?
Remembering is a funny thing- pictures help us "see" what life was like.
"Community Art in Atlanta, 1977-1987: Jim Alexander's Photographs of the Neighborhood Arts Center from the Auburn Avenue Research Library consists of fifty-five documentary photographs of the Neighborhood Arts Center (1975-1989) that capture significant African American-centered cultural and community events in and around the Atlanta-based organization, a brainchild of the late mayor Maynard Jackson. This body of images documents a visit to the Center from the legendary Romare Bearden, as well as Atlanta-area outreach projects, arts festivals, and social demonstrations that took place during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Taken by photographer, community activist, and Neighborhood Arts Center staff member Jim Alexander, these photographs demonstrate the Center's service commitment and its promotion of urban community arts."
GALILEO
....Jump to C
......Select Community Art in Atlanta
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
"Community Art in Atlanta, 1977-1987: Jim Alexander's Photographs of the Neighborhood Arts Center from the Auburn Avenue Research Library consists of fifty-five documentary photographs of the Neighborhood Arts Center (1975-1989) that capture significant African American-centered cultural and community events in and around the Atlanta-based organization, a brainchild of the late mayor Maynard Jackson. This body of images documents a visit to the Center from the legendary Romare Bearden, as well as Atlanta-area outreach projects, arts festivals, and social demonstrations that took place during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Taken by photographer, community activist, and Neighborhood Arts Center staff member Jim Alexander, these photographs demonstrate the Center's service commitment and its promotion of urban community arts."
GALILEO
....Jump to C
......Select Community Art in Atlanta
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
Friday, February 24, 2006
No more lines
The NMTC Bookstore has a web site for student and faculty convenience. Lines have been notorious on the first day of class as students try to purchase books before class. Now students can order their textbooks online and receive them at home! No more lines. Students will be able to have their books with them on the first day without standing in line at the bookstore.
Check out the NMTC Bookstore on-line at www.nmetrobookstore.com.
Payment for books purchased on-line will be by credit card only (no scholarship/grant money can be used on-line). The NMTC Bookstore accepts- Master Card, Visa, American Express, Discover.
The Spring 2006 books should be on the Web Site by March 1. (Early registration for Spring quarter is March 2 - so you could register on-line then purchase your books on-line.)
Check out the NMTC Bookstore on-line at www.nmetrobookstore.com.
Payment for books purchased on-line will be by credit card only (no scholarship/grant money can be used on-line). The NMTC Bookstore accepts- Master Card, Visa, American Express, Discover.
The Spring 2006 books should be on the Web Site by March 1. (Early registration for Spring quarter is March 2 - so you could register on-line then purchase your books on-line.)
Thursday, February 23, 2006
A picture is worth 1000 words
The collection is primarily what we would call snapshots of life. There are a few formal portraits. My favorite snapshot is the "woman with her hands on her hips" (page 2, right hand column).
"Robert E. Williams Photographic Collection: African-Americans in the Augusta, Ga. Vicinity (Richmond Co.) consists of 86 Glass plate negatives and positive prints of African-Americans in the Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia area. Robert E. Williams, an African-American photographer, operated a studio, R. Williams and Son, in Augusta, Georgia, from 1888 until around 1908. The photographs depict dwellings and domestic chores, rituals of baptism, harvesting and transporting cotton, vehicles and transportation, and children and family life. 84 of the images are presented online, as two of the negatives are copies. "
GALILEO
....Jump to R
.......Robert E. Williams
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
"Robert E. Williams Photographic Collection: African-Americans in the Augusta, Ga. Vicinity (Richmond Co.) consists of 86 Glass plate negatives and positive prints of African-Americans in the Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia area. Robert E. Williams, an African-American photographer, operated a studio, R. Williams and Son, in Augusta, Georgia, from 1888 until around 1908. The photographs depict dwellings and domestic chores, rituals of baptism, harvesting and transporting cotton, vehicles and transportation, and children and family life. 84 of the images are presented online, as two of the negatives are copies. "
GALILEO
....Jump to R
.......Robert E. Williams
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Civil Rights
And you thought the Civil Rights movement blossomed in the 1960's. Read these letters from the 1860's to see how freed black people were striving to be a part of the political process.
"The Civil Unrest in Camilla, Georgia, 1868 collection, located at the DeSoto Trail Library and comprised of photostatic copies from the Freedman's Bureau records held by the National Archives, consists of letters, affidavits, reports and a newspaper clipping relating to a violent episode in Camilla, Georgia. The incident occurred on September 19, 1868 when freedmen, together with Republicans W.P. Pierce, John Murphy and F.F. Putney attempted to hold a political rally, and were met with opposition from the white townspeople of Camilla. The dates of the documents largely span from September 19 through October of 1868 and include correspondence between Caleb Chase Sibley, assistant commissioner for the Freedmen’s Bureau in the state of Georgia, the Commissioner, Oliver Otis Howard, the Secretary of War John M. Schofield, and George Gordon Meade, military commander of the Third Military District in Georgia, as well as lesser-known Bureau agents’ correspondence, reports and affidavits containing first hand accounts of the incident from freedmen and others. "
GALILEO
...Jump to C
.....Civil Unrest in Camilla
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
"The Civil Unrest in Camilla, Georgia, 1868 collection, located at the DeSoto Trail Library and comprised of photostatic copies from the Freedman's Bureau records held by the National Archives, consists of letters, affidavits, reports and a newspaper clipping relating to a violent episode in Camilla, Georgia. The incident occurred on September 19, 1868 when freedmen, together with Republicans W.P. Pierce, John Murphy and F.F. Putney attempted to hold a political rally, and were met with opposition from the white townspeople of Camilla. The dates of the documents largely span from September 19 through October of 1868 and include correspondence between Caleb Chase Sibley, assistant commissioner for the Freedmen’s Bureau in the state of Georgia, the Commissioner, Oliver Otis Howard, the Secretary of War John M. Schofield, and George Gordon Meade, military commander of the Third Military District in Georgia, as well as lesser-known Bureau agents’ correspondence, reports and affidavits containing first hand accounts of the incident from freedmen and others. "
GALILEO
...Jump to C
.....Civil Unrest in Camilla
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
I'm bored
Some school districts are taking a winter break this week. What do you do with the children when they are home day after day?
Our Early Childhood Education program has a collection of resources for planning activities. One item is: The Complete Resource Book: An Early Childhood Curriculum by Pam Schiller (LB 1140.4 .S35 1998). The book offers "a complete plan for every day of every week of the year, this book can also be an excellent reference book for responding to children's specific interests."
When the child says, "I'm bored, there's nothing to do" - the resources in the LB section may offer you ideas for activities and projects to keep those idle hands busy.
Our Early Childhood Education program has a collection of resources for planning activities. One item is: The Complete Resource Book: An Early Childhood Curriculum by Pam Schiller (LB 1140.4 .S35 1998). The book offers "a complete plan for every day of every week of the year, this book can also be an excellent reference book for responding to children's specific interests."
When the child says, "I'm bored, there's nothing to do" - the resources in the LB section may offer you ideas for activities and projects to keep those idle hands busy.
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