Being afraid, very, very afraid

On January 14, 2006 I discussed triskaidekaphobia (seems appropriate to revisit the topic)

The literal meaning for triskaidekaphobia is 'superstition about the number thirteen', but it is also used by extension to describe 'fear of Friday the 13th'.
....definition is from Urban Legends.

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

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

Clever prose

Looking for poetry in all the wrong places....well, looking in odd and unusual places.

Tried Hoover's Company Capsules & Profiles - interesting - I used poetry as the search term and 15 companies were pulled up. I expected publishers but several folks at Hoover's have an artistic flair for describing the companies.

The opening line describing Bard Limited caught my eye "Perhaps a sonnet would help take one's mind off being catheterized, but that's as close to poetry as Bard Limited will get. " -clever.

Check all the resources available in GALILEO- you can get the password for home use from your Georgia librarian.

A gift from AAAS

Science magazine / American Association Advancement of Science-

In conjuction with the publication of the genome sequence of the rhesus macaque in the 13 April edition of Science, we have created a special online collection. It includes an interactive poster with images, video and text, and a corresponding lesson plan for use in high school classrooms, which delves into evolutionary biology and what can be learned from the genome of the macaque -- one of biology’s most important model organisms. Access to the online extras, as well as to the genome papers themselves, is free to all visitors to www.sciencemag.org. Please share this information with anyone who might find it useful. Go to the special online collection for the macaque genome.

Who will notice when you're gone?

RIP Kurt Vonnegut- a search in Lexis Nexis that was limited to today news and selected news sources turned up 189 links with a dozen or so unique stories.

The most interesting thing is the Lexis Nexis Beta link in the upper left corner.
Go and play - it looks very different.

• Easy Search (which they have trademarked) instead of Quick Search
• Power Search instead of Guided News Search
• More white space so it feels lighter and easier to use

You can access Lexis Nexis through GALILEO. Your Georgia Librarian has the current password for you to use GALILEO at home - just ask.

Blogging is TEN

When I started blogging two years ago, I heard and read how blogs were just trash, no serious information could be found on blogs, blogs were a waste of time and bandwidth…..

Here are two reflections from the Encyclopedia Britannica on blogs as blogging reaches the age of ten The Blogosphere at ten and
The Dark Side of the Citizen-Media Revolution .

What will they say in 6 years about the Social Networking sites that abound?

MySpace is less than 4 years old and variants for social networking have arisen from Facebook to one just launched in January for folks age 25-50 called Ubi Planet.

The phone company told us to reach out and touch somebody- now we have phones clipped to our ears. We’ve become addicted to staying in touch. What technology do you use to keep connected – your cell phone, your Blackberry, your PDA, your wireless laptop with e-mail?

Poetry in theses and dissertations at UGA

You can read the papers that refer to poetry (or any topic you like) at Electronic Theses and Dissertations (University of Georgia).

GALILEO
....Jump to U
......Select University of Georgia Electronic Theses and Dissertations
........Use Precision Search (left side of screen)
........Limit your search to Publicly Available (this will pull up all the pdf files)


You will need the current password to use GALILEO at home. You may get the current password from your Georgia Librarian.

Walt wrote to Ralph

Poets have feelings about their work. Walt Whitman self published the first edition of Leaves of Grass. More than a few critics panned the volume. Yet, Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote praise. This encouraged Walt Whitman to continue.

Annals of American History by Encyclopedia Britannica has this touching Letter to Ralph Waldo Emerson from Walt Whitman.

You may access Annals of American History through GALILEO. You may get the curernt password from your Georgia librarian.

81726

Who would think there are that many books of poetry?

Check Book Index with Reviews in GALILEO.

Sorted by popularity - the #1 book of poetry is Beowulf : a new verse translation by Seamus Haney.

Who would have thought!

Good Friday

Western Christians refer to this day of Lent as Good Friday. The Eastern Orthodox Christians refer to the day as Holy Friday.
It remains The Day of our Saviour's Passion. [from Lyric Poems (1687)]


A durable link from LION in GALILEO

You do need to get the current password, to access GALILEO at home, from your Georgia librarian.

Art

Arts of the United States, a database of over 4000 images of works important to the study of the history of art in the United States, has been added to the GALILEO demo system and is available for your preview.

Arts of the United States, a joint project between the Lamar Dodd Art School, University of Georgia and the University of Georgia and Yale University Libraries, contains over 4,000 images of works important to the study of the history of art in the United States.

The pieces, dating from the 17th century through the 20th, include architecture, decorative arts, painting, sculpture, graphic arts, photography, and stage and costume design as well as Native American art and artifacts.

Although the majority of artists represented in the database are American, significant works created by non-native artists while in the United States are included.

The database is derived from the Carnegie Arts of the United States photographic collection, which had its genesis four decades ago in the Carnegie Study of the Arts of the United States.

The study began in 1956 as a multi-year project directed by Lamar Dodd, chairman of the University of Georgia’s Department of Art, and was funded by grant from the (then) Carnegie Corporation.

The study’s objective was to create a collection of images that would support the teaching of American art.

And the difference is?

Yesterday in my search for "poets" - Literature Online had 9073 hits and Literature Online Reference Edition had 20182 hits - what's the difference?

Literature Online Reference Edition is a fully searchable, ever-growing collection of literature resources, ranging from author biographies, student guides and dictionaries of literary terms to specialist research materials such as current full-text journals and bibliographic citations.

Literature Online, a fully searchable library of more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, 196 full-text literature journals, and other key criticism and reference resources.

Ah-

If I'm looking for the poem then I should use LION.
If I'm looking for information about the poet then I should start with Literature Online Reference Edition.

The links take you directly to LION and Literature Online Reference Edition - going right through GALILEO - you'll still need the current password from your Georgia librarian to access these resources.

The birds are a twitter

The early morning Spring sounds with the birds twittering away create a sense of peacfullness.


Will the new tech-y tool (less than 1 year old) create the same sense of peace?

Read about Twitter in Business Week Online, Twitter: All Trivia, All The Time and in Newsweek, Twitter: Is Brevity The Next Big Thing?

I'm a poet and

my feet show it....
they're Longfellows

Yes, it's an old joke but I couldn't resist when the topic is poets.

I used the term poets and did a Quick Search in GALILEO limiting my search to the Arts and Humanities -

Hits.......... Database
1............... Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition
14903.......Academic Search Premier
1282..........Religion & Philosophy Collection
10995.......MasterFILE Premier
500 ..........Grove Art Online
25............ New Georgia Encyclopedia
1 ..............NoveList
9073 .....LION
42791......Research Library
20182....Literature Online Reference Edition

I expected the numbers in LION and the Literature Online Reference Edition but look at the Religion & Philosophy collection. Interesting assortment of results.

Thoughts on Cleaning

Clean by Susan Hahn, in
Atlantic Monthly (1072-7825); Apr 2007, Vol. 299 Issue 3, p68-68, 1/3p

Poetry is scattered throughout the databases. Search for poetry (full text) in Academic Search Premier, an Ebsco database in GALILEO.

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

Little cat feet

The rains came
yesterday
the fog slipt in
this morning

Reminded me
of Carl Sandburg
and
Fog


You can access thousands of poems in LION (Literature onLine) through GALILEO. Get the current password from your Georgia librarian

April is

Poetry Month.

Encyclopedia Britannica publishes a monthly newsletter- the March newsletter focused on ....yes, poetry. Check out the videos (notice the MLA and APA citations for the videos).

They were planning ahead!

Spring cleaning

The rain cleared a bit of the pollen from the air. That washing reminded me of Spring Cleaning.

Do you have stacks of paperbacks that you've read but don't want to keep? We have a rack for paperback swapping just inside the library door.

If you're interested in a wider audience for trading..... read Something for Nothing.

Title Trader and Paperback Swap.com are mentioned for paperback trades via online posting and the US mail..

Clean out your shelves, new books are being published daily!

Hooray for Hort

The PLANET team from North Metro Technical College participated in the 31st Annual PLANET Student Career Days at Michigan State University over the last few days. The team finished 6th among 55 colleges and universities. Once again ranking as the number one two year school!

The team also won the “cheering competition” at the opening ceremonies and won $1000 from the Ariens Company.

The 24 events are listed with student participation. Note for a two year school that where emphasis is on hands on skills how well they did in events such as Sales, Personnel Management, Business Management and Leadership. Overall we placed students in the top ten 14 times in the 24 events. Also remember there are as many as 85-90 people in many of these events.

Annual and Perennial ID
Heather Housholder-Jones 15th
Vickie Bagby 22nd

Business Management
Joel Corn 4th
Vickie Bagby 40th

Compact Utility Loader
Matthew Early 7th

Construction Cost Estimating
Ray Bishop 30th
Alejandro Simmonds 35th

Exterior Landscape Design

Heather Housholder-Jones 39th

Interior Landscape Design
Theresa Sendrowski 23th

Interior Plant Identification
Rose Sanders 8th
Emily Schmidt 28th

Irrigation Assembly
Matthew Early 2nd
Keith Mercer 2nd

Irrigation Design
Matthew Early 17th

Irrigation Troubleshooting
Matthew Early 4th

Landscape Maintenance Operations
Chris Early 4th
Matthew Early 4th

Leadership
Joel Corn 2nd
Judy-Lynn Hoppe 10th

Maintenance Cost Estimating
Paul French 30th
Stephen Hudson 31st

Paver Installation
Josh Markham 23rd
Alejandro Simmonds 23rd

Personnel Management
Judy-Lynn Hoppe 4th
Heather Housholder-Jones 4th

Pest Management
Vickie Bagby 4th
Hunter Martin 13th

Safety Management
Judy-Lynn Hoppe 34th
Sheri Newell 56th

Sales
Judy-Lynn Hoppe 2nd

Skid Steer Operation
Chris Early 45th

Truck and Trailer Operation
Tyler Brown 3rd
Josh Markham 3rd

Turf and Turf Pest Identification
Vickie Bagby 7th
Hunter Martin 17th

Wood Construction
Jessica Logan
Keith Mercer 23rd

Woody Plant Identification
Jessica Logan 4th
Sheri Newell 13th

Thanks to all the students on representing North Metro Technical College extremely well. They all did a great job.

Team rankings are as follows:
1. Brigham Young University-Idaho
2. BYU-Provo
3. Colorado State University
4. Kansas State University
5. Penn State University
6. North Metro Technical College
7. Cal Poly Pomona
8. Michigan State University
9. Clemson University
10. Columbus State Community College

22. University of Georgia

Next year PLANET will meet and compete at NMTC!

Planning for the Quarter

Do you teach? Sunday School and Scouts count as teaching. We have an online resource in our e-book collection (available to you 24/7) that might help you with group management.

Tools for teaching[computer file] / Barbara Gross Davis.
San Francisco, Calif. : Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1993.xxv, 429 p. ; 23 cm.

You may access our e-books through the card catalog or through NetLibrary or through GALILEO and NetLibrary (you get the current password to use GALILEO at home from your Librarian).

If you need a reminder on how to create a free account in NetLibrary, we have an informational video on-line.

Where are you going?

Today is registration day for NMTC Spring Quarter (which begins next Tuesday). Orientation is offered twice during the day (8:30 AM and 4 PM).

If you aren't sure where you're going in life - come and see what NMTC has to offer.