Attending workshops opens my eyes to the benefits that are obvious to others. I need to be shown.
Encyclopedia Britannica has videos (which you already knew if you've scrolled down the left hand column of Research Tools). The Academic version (which NMTC has) will be getting longer videos April 16.
If you have access to the Student edition through your Public Library or school (ask that librarian for the GALILEO Password) - you'll see different videos both short and long explaining a variety of subjects.
The math videos are helpful at illustrating concepts that are hard to grasp when someone just tells you.
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Express links
GALILEO offers users a way to create express links to databases. You know that express takes you to the head of the line, gets you in quick, is speedy! You can create an express link for yourself by clicking on the icon at the end of the Database information. The icon looks like a push pin.
Try this link to get right into Encyclopedia Britannica.
You'll need to enter the GALILEO password off campus (you get that from your Georgia Librarian).
I went to a workshop on EB today. I'm excited about the resources available to you in EB - Ebsco and ProQuest articles, web sites, and videos (yes, videos). Worksheets to save your research.
....Go exploring
.........You'll be amazed
and create your own Express links.
Try this link to get right into Encyclopedia Britannica.
You'll need to enter the GALILEO password off campus (you get that from your Georgia Librarian).
I went to a workshop on EB today. I'm excited about the resources available to you in EB - Ebsco and ProQuest articles, web sites, and videos (yes, videos). Worksheets to save your research.
....Go exploring
.........You'll be amazed
and create your own Express links.
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Pictures are worth 1000 words
The 12 How do I find... videos are helping people remember how to access the information in GALILEO. Videos will be added regularly.
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
What is the point?
Many Americans see little point to the web
A little under one-third of U.S. households have no Internet access and do not plan to get it, with most of the holdouts seeing little use for it in their lives, according to a survey released on Friday......
Do you have internet access at home? What do you use it for?
A little under one-third of U.S. households have no Internet access and do not plan to get it, with most of the holdouts seeing little use for it in their lives, according to a survey released on Friday......
Do you have internet access at home? What do you use it for?
Monday, March 26, 2007
More awards
tis the season to be receiving acclaim.
Georgia Mining Association has announced that Patrick Benham, Terrence Carter, Nikki Masters, and Celeste Patrick are recipients of The Georgia Mining Foundation’s 2007 Technical College Scholarship Program.
Georgia Mining Association has announced that Patrick Benham, Terrence Carter, Nikki Masters, and Celeste Patrick are recipients of The Georgia Mining Foundation’s 2007 Technical College Scholarship Program.
Spring flowers
Looking at the gorgeous display of daffodils, tulips, phlox, dogwood trees, cherry trees....the list goes on.
Would you like to know when to plant and how to get the amazing colors - perhaps year round?
We have an Ebsco database - Garden Literature Index that isn't just an index. It has full text articles about gardening. The articles are taken from professional horticulture magazines and periodicals.
There is a YouTube video with directions for finding articles in Garden Literature Index.
GALILEO
....Databases A-Z
......Jump to G
.........Garden Literature Index
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
Would you like to know when to plant and how to get the amazing colors - perhaps year round?
We have an Ebsco database - Garden Literature Index that isn't just an index. It has full text articles about gardening. The articles are taken from professional horticulture magazines and periodicals.
There is a YouTube video with directions for finding articles in Garden Literature Index.
GALILEO
....Databases A-Z
......Jump to G
.........Garden Literature Index
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
Saturday, March 24, 2007
Awards given
It's Spring and time for awards and honors.
Hooray for Scott Anderson one of the EMT instructors at NMTC. Captain Anderson was named Instructor of the Year by the Department of Human Resources northwest Georgia region.
Hooray for Scott Anderson one of the EMT instructors at NMTC. Captain Anderson was named Instructor of the Year by the Department of Human Resources northwest Georgia region.
Friday, March 23, 2007
Pigs in Heaven
Spring break is a wonderful time to select a fiction work and just read for fun. Try Barbara Kingsolver's book Pigs in Heaven (PS 3561 .I496 P54 2003).
Novelist (an Ebsco database available through GALILEO) notes four reviews, they provide a link to the authors web page and they have the first chapter of the book!
GALILEO
....Databases A-Z
.......Jump to N
..........Select Novelist
..........Search by title
We do a have a little fiction in our collection - though we are heavy on program materials - of course, that's why we exist - to support the programs. Stroll through our PS's - you'll be surprised at what you'll find.
Novelist (an Ebsco database available through GALILEO) notes four reviews, they provide a link to the authors web page and they have the first chapter of the book!
GALILEO
....Databases A-Z
.......Jump to N
..........Select Novelist
..........Search by title
We do a have a little fiction in our collection - though we are heavy on program materials - of course, that's why we exist - to support the programs. Stroll through our PS's - you'll be surprised at what you'll find.
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Spring arrives!
In LION ( Literature Online found in GALILEO) are poems to daffodils - this one struck my fancy Daffodils Hokku [from Homespun of Oatmeal Gray (1970), Random House] by Paul Goodman.
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Spring break hours
The Library remains open during the NMTC Spring break.
We will have shorter hours on Wednesday, March 21 and Thursday March 22 (8-5).
We will be "closed" on Friday March 24 (though we'll be in here working on library stuff)!
Our "normal" hours resume on Monday, March 26. We share the library with Georgia Highlands. Their Spring break will be over.
We will have shorter hours on Wednesday, March 21 and Thursday March 22 (8-5).
We will be "closed" on Friday March 24 (though we'll be in here working on library stuff)!
Our "normal" hours resume on Monday, March 26. We share the library with Georgia Highlands. Their Spring break will be over.
Editing tricks and tips
The NMTC Library Policies and Procedures wiki has been fine tuned. We've cleaned up the Front Page and added a Table of Contents page!
Monday, March 19, 2007
A first for DTAE
Read all about it -
Get up and Go Attitude
Congratulations to our Marketing instructor, Patrick Blessinger.
Get up and Go Attitude
Congratulations to our Marketing instructor, Patrick Blessinger.
Exams
Last two days of the Winter quarter - exams are being given and taken - Spring break for NMTC starts on Wednesday.
Spring Quarter begins on April 4.
We do offer a paperback trade if you're looking for a "new-to-you" beach book.
Spring Quarter begins on April 4.
We do offer a paperback trade if you're looking for a "new-to-you" beach book.
Friday, March 16, 2007
Pandora
Pandora: Yearbook of the University of Georgia from the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library is now available in the GALILEO demo system.
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Wouldn't you like to know how the all male school selected Pandora (In Greek mythology, Pandora was the first woman on earth. Zeus ordered Hephaestus, the god of craftsmanship, to create her and he did, using water and earth. The gods endowed her with many talents; Aphrodite gave her beauty, Apollo music, Hermes persuasion, and so forth. Hence her name: Pandora, "all-gifted" ) as the name of their yearbook?
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Since 1886, the Pandora has been the yearbook of the University of Georgia. Starting as a publication of the fraternities, the Pandora combined facts, photography, cartooning and humor (of varying quality) to provide an annual record of University activities. Its serious and satirical articles both provide interesting historical details about student life on campus and in Athens.
This initial offering provides scans of the first few years published, 1886-1899, volumes 1-12. Volumes were not published for 1889 and 1891.
Later volumes will be added over time.
The Pandora site is a partnership between the Digital Library of Georgia and the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
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Wouldn't you like to know how the all male school selected Pandora (In Greek mythology, Pandora was the first woman on earth. Zeus ordered Hephaestus, the god of craftsmanship, to create her and he did, using water and earth. The gods endowed her with many talents; Aphrodite gave her beauty, Apollo music, Hermes persuasion, and so forth. Hence her name: Pandora, "all-gifted" ) as the name of their yearbook?
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Since 1886, the Pandora has been the yearbook of the University of Georgia. Starting as a publication of the fraternities, the Pandora combined facts, photography, cartooning and humor (of varying quality) to provide an annual record of University activities. Its serious and satirical articles both provide interesting historical details about student life on campus and in Athens.
This initial offering provides scans of the first few years published, 1886-1899, volumes 1-12. Volumes were not published for 1889 and 1891.
Later volumes will be added over time.
The Pandora site is a partnership between the Digital Library of Georgia and the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Thursday, March 15, 2007
A tip of the hat
Savannah will be having their annual St. Patrick's Day parade this weekend. The core city hasn't changed much in its lifetime.
You can compare pictures from today (Google search images) with historic photos by George N. Barnard.
Barnard's Photographic Views of the Sherman Campaign, 1866 contains images of the 61 albumen prints found in early American photographer and member of the Matthew Brady studio, George N. Barnard's 1866 Photographic Views of Sherman's Campaign. Barnard was the official photographer for the United States Army, Chief Engineer's Office, Division of the Mississippi and accompanied Sherman's Army during the "March to the Sea" in November and December, 1864. Early in 1865 Barnard photographed Savannah, Georgia, and Columbia and Charleston, South Carolina. In 1866 he returned to the South to continue documenting the war and its effects. Subjects of the photographs include Sherman and his generals, Nashville, Chattanooga Valley, Atlanta, and Savannah. The images were digitized from an 1866 Wynkoop & Hallenbeck edition owned by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia.
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
You can compare pictures from today (Google search images) with historic photos by George N. Barnard.
Barnard's Photographic Views of the Sherman Campaign, 1866 contains images of the 61 albumen prints found in early American photographer and member of the Matthew Brady studio, George N. Barnard's 1866 Photographic Views of Sherman's Campaign. Barnard was the official photographer for the United States Army, Chief Engineer's Office, Division of the Mississippi and accompanied Sherman's Army during the "March to the Sea" in November and December, 1864. Early in 1865 Barnard photographed Savannah, Georgia, and Columbia and Charleston, South Carolina. In 1866 he returned to the South to continue documenting the war and its effects. Subjects of the photographs include Sherman and his generals, Nashville, Chattanooga Valley, Atlanta, and Savannah. The images were digitized from an 1866 Wynkoop & Hallenbeck edition owned by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia.
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
Kind words
The NMTC librarian has been noticed by the "big dogs" in the library world- thank you.
netLibrary Tutorial on YouTube
Kudos to the North Metro Technical College Library in Acworth, Georgia which has posted a 2:32 video on creating a free account for netLibrary. That's the one that caught the attention of people at OCLC this morning, but NMTC Library has eight DIY videos posted to YouTube. They are all about two and a half minutes long and follow the same pattern..."How do I find....?" and cover tools to create citations to how to find print materials.
This isn't the only innovative thing the library is doing...they have a wiki for policies and procedures, and a blog since May 2005......
netLibrary Tutorial on YouTube
Kudos to the North Metro Technical College Library in Acworth, Georgia which has posted a 2:32 video on creating a free account for netLibrary. That's the one that caught the attention of people at OCLC this morning, but NMTC Library has eight DIY videos posted to YouTube. They are all about two and a half minutes long and follow the same pattern..."How do I find....?" and cover tools to create citations to how to find print materials.
This isn't the only innovative thing the library is doing...they have a wiki for policies and procedures, and a blog since May 2005......
Monday, March 12, 2007
Numbers tell the story
Eugenia Price wrote Historical Fiction (The Savannah Quartet) that brought two real families who lived in Savannah and Bartow County in the 19th century to life. These reports fill out the stories with facts and figures detailing that time in Savannah.
Annual Reports of the Mayor of Savannah, Georgia, 1855-1917
....(Majority of the reports are from 1881-1917)
"The annual reports of the Mayor of the city of Savannah Georgia for the years 1855-1917 include information on city activities and finances, commercial statistics, health, death, and illness statistics, and information on trade, public schools, weather, charitable institutions and city ordinances.
The documents also include reports of the City Attorney, the Police Department (including crime statistics), the City Engineer, the Fire Department (including statistics on fires and property losses), and the Board of Trade, among others."
The annual reports are from the collections of the University of Georgia Libraries and were microfilmed in 1995 as part of the SOLINET/ASERL Cooperative Microfilming Project (NEH PS-20317). The images presented here were scanned from microfilm. This site currently contains only the holdings available on microfilm, but additional dates may be added in the future.
Database provider: GALILEO and The Digital Library of Georgia
Annual Reports of the Mayor of Savannah, Georgia, 1855-1917
....(Majority of the reports are from 1881-1917)
"The annual reports of the Mayor of the city of Savannah Georgia for the years 1855-1917 include information on city activities and finances, commercial statistics, health, death, and illness statistics, and information on trade, public schools, weather, charitable institutions and city ordinances.
The documents also include reports of the City Attorney, the Police Department (including crime statistics), the City Engineer, the Fire Department (including statistics on fires and property losses), and the Board of Trade, among others."
The annual reports are from the collections of the University of Georgia Libraries and were microfilmed in 1995 as part of the SOLINET/ASERL Cooperative Microfilming Project (NEH PS-20317). The images presented here were scanned from microfilm. This site currently contains only the holdings available on microfilm, but additional dates may be added in the future.
Database provider: GALILEO and The Digital Library of Georgia
Friday, March 09, 2007
Spring forward
Your computer may not be ready to Spring Forward on Sunday morning. There are patches that can be downloaded to "fix" the program.
Get ready!
Get ready!
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