Like Christmas!

New shelving arrived this afternoon. We'll be busy shifting books! Oh boy. Come see what we've done. It looks like a new library!!!!

Getting to know you

Orientation, advisement, registration.
First experience in higher education.

Getting to know us can be intimidating.
Just ask questions.
If we don't know the answer, we'll find out for you!

First orientation at 8:30 is over- students have scattered to their advisors.
Soon they'll be registering on-line.

Next orientation is at 1PM.
The last orientation is at 4PM.

Test drive a book, Sept 1-30

netLibrary offers a Book of the Month for a test drive of netLibrary. NMTC users may access netLibrary through our OPAC (catalog) and through GALILEO.

September eBook of the Month:
The History Highway: A 21st-Century Guide to Internet Resources, Fourth Edition

"Just in time for back to school. The September eBook of the m onth will help save hours upon hours of research time. Extensively revised and expanded, The History Highway, Fourth Edition (M.E. Sharpe, 2006) is widely recognized as the one essential tool for students, teachers and researchers seeking a reliable guide to history sites on the web. Now, with live links to all of the websites covered in the eBook, access to this information is just a mouse click away.
Since its inception in 1996, The History Highway has become a valuable resource for anyone conducting web-based research. Offering the broadest, most current coverage of historical information available online, this best-selling reference covers U.S. and World history and provides detailed, easy-to-use, and up-to-date information on more than 3,000 web sites.
Designed to increase awareness of online resources and highlight the value of your eBook collection, the September eBook of the Month is provided through the generous support of M.E. Sharpe. Don’t miss this opportunity to showcase your NetLibrary collection by sharing this indispensable road map to history resources on the web."

The History Highway will be provided with free, unlimited access September 1-30.

©2006, NetLibrary, a division of OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. 4888 Pearl East Circle, Ste. 103, Boulder, Colorado 80301. All rights reserved.

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.

Early Registration

Hard to believe but we are doing early registration for the Fall Quarter. Last week was advisement for current students. This week is registration. New students will be able to attend orientation, advisement, and then register on Thursday (Aug 31).

Fall quarter begins Tuesday,October 3.

Making a plan

Successful businesses have a plan. They plan for success. Entrepreneur Magazine's Business Plans Made Easy [HD 30.28 .H474 2005] by Entrepreneur Press and David H. Bangs, Jr will help you "create a high impact business plan that can mean the difference between success and failure."

Our business classes prepare the small business owner for a profit making enterprise. Part of that profit making comes from having a plan.

Rarely do we start out on a vacation without a destination in mind or at least a time frame for our wanderings. Starting a business is more than making a business card and posting flyers.

Check out our business collection for materials that will help you plan your business into life!

Woof Woof

Pluto was downsized from a planet last week.
GALILEO has current articles about the change.
Encyclopedia Britannica Online has edited their article (available through GALILEO).
Wikipedia has locked their article on Pluto because of vandalism but it does have the updated information.

Online resources can get you accurate and timely information. Check your sources.

Spelling counts

The gentleman who settled Georgia - was it James Ogelthorpe or James Oglethorpe?

Both spellings will bring up information about the first Governor of Georgia in Google . Search using "Governor Ogelthorpe" and then "Governor Oglethorpe". Interesting results.

The correct spelling is in the New Georgia Encyclopedia.

Testing study guides

To enroll in a college, entrance tests must be taken. There are study guides to help you prepare for any entrance exam. Print study guides for the Compass test and the GED are on Reserve at North Metro - they can only be used in the library.

Go to our catalog on-line - use Advanced Search - enter study guides AND test. This pulls up 81 records. The first 18 items are available through netLibrary!

Get ready!

Private publicity

In the future everyone will be famous for 15 minutes." ... Andy Warhol

Today on NPR there was conversation about the Human Resources departments checking social networking spaces like MySpace and Friendster or doing a Google search on an applicant.

What you post on the internet is available to everyone (your parents, your boss, a future employer, a significant other). They can read whatever you post. Be aware that what you think is "funny" or "cute" may not come across that way to a prospective employer - they may see your post as immature and irresponsible. Very few employers choose to hire someone that has shown themselves to be immature or irresponsibile.

Make your fifteen minutes of fame something to be proud of - not something to explain away as a youthful indiscretion.

If you'd like to read the conversation- check LexisNexis for the transcript for the August 23 Morning Edition on NPR. You can get to LexisNexis through GALILEO.

2 versions

There are two versions of Business Source Premier in GALILEO- regular and enhanced. Both have the same content but the look of the search page is different:

Regular- looks like an Ebsco search page - predominantly green, opens on the Basic search page, advanced search has the fields across the screen

Enhanced - looks different - predominatly blue- opens on the Advanced search page with more options visible, the search boxes are vertical in relation to each other rather than horizontal

Content is the same- the delivery package looks different!
Explore which package appeals to 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.

Wiki what?

From Wikipedia - A wiki (IPA: [ˈwɪ.kiː] or [ˈwiː.kiː] [1]) is a type of website that allows users to easily add, remove, or otherwise edit and change some available content, sometimes without the need for registration. This ease of interaction and operation makes a wiki an effective tool for collaborative authoring. The term wiki can also refer to the collaborative software itself (wiki engine) that facilitates the operation of such a website (see wiki software), or to certain specific wiki sites, including the computer science site (and original wiki), WikiWikiWeb, and the online encyclopedias such as Wikipedia. The first wiki, WikiWikiWeb, is named after the "Wiki Wiki" line of Chance RT-52 buses in Honolulu International Airport, Hawaii. It was created in 1994 and installed on the web in 1995 by Ward Cunningham, who also created the Portland Pattern Repository. "Wiki-wiki" means "hurry quick" in Hawaiian. It also refers to a type of fish native to the islands.

Most educators (and Wikipedia itself) do not suggest you use Wikipedia for your primary documentation. It is a good jumping off point- as is any encyclopedia (Encyclopedia Britannica is available through GALILEO) - to get introductory information. Once you have that beginning information- go to other sources for confirmation and expansion!

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.

Early Bird....

....catches the worm

This is the week for Fall Quarter advisement- early registration for Fall Quarter starts next week.

Meet with your program advisor this week to figure out the best way to complete your program efficiently and effectively.

Register on-line next week for the classes you need to finish your program.

NMTC offers an education that works!

Something new

In Book Index With Reviews and in NoveList (through GALILEO via NMTC) there is a link to the public WorldCat .

GALILEO
...Databases A-Z
.....Jump to B for Book Index with Reviews
.....Jump to N for NoveList
........search for the title or author or topic you're interested in.
..........Select the book
............Look to the left of the screen and see the links - to Ebsco Host Author search, EbscoHost Title search and to WorldCat!

Each library that subscribes to BIR and NoveList can have the databases customized. NMTC has chosen to have the World Cat link added. We want our patrons to only have to look once. By using World Cat rather than our catalog- if we don't own the book, the patron will find out who has the item without making a second search.

This is so handy. Get your library card out and be ready to borrow!

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.

Letting folks know!

Do you have a group of people with whom you like to share information? At the Ebsco workshop on Tuesday, we were taught how to set up Journal alerts for other people! Setting up an alert for oneself was common knowledge- setting up an alert for others was new information!

The alert process works the same but there is a box where you can add other addresses. This is great for a cooking group where you'd like to share recipes or a study group where you'd all like to have the same articles!

New faces

Georgia Highlands is hosting their fall orientations today at NMTC. This orientation is for students who will be taking classes at the Acworth campus of Georgia Highlands.
.....One orientation for students
........One orientation for parents

New beginnings. Everyone looks excited and nervous.

First Chapter

Novelist has added a feature that book browsers will enjoy....the first chapter of a book!

GALILEO
...Databases A-Z
......Jump to N
........Novelist
...Search Our Database (second tab)
......Select the way you'd like to search- Find an Author, Find a title, etc
.........Type in your author, title, etc
............Select the book
..................In a box with other links will be a link titled First Chapter

(So far in my searching in Novelist I only found two titles that had The First Chapter - the Firm by John Grisham and The Long Firm by Jake Arnott. Today was the roll out for this addition to Novelist, perhaps more books will have The First Chapter as time goes by.)


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.

Flowers, bushes, and trees!

It feels like NMTC has a good collection of materials for our Environmental Horticulture program. (Check our card catalog)

This weekend while getting an orientation to the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center, our collection shrunk in comparison to the Cherokee Garden Library: Center for the Study of Southern Garden History. Their collection has "over 6500 volumes, the library contains 350 years of the literature of horticulture, landscape design, botany, and garden history."

The Kenan Research Center is open to the public at no charge,Tuesday through Saturday from 10-5.

Atlanta History Center
...Kenan Research Center (left side of the screen down about 4 buttons)
.... accessing the collection (left side of the screen third button)
...Related items (right side of the screen)
...Terminus Our Online Catalog

Plugs in the floor

While rearranging the library, we discovered four electric outlets in the floor! We've put a round table over the outlets. Patrons are now able to plug in their laptop. We have wireless access, too!

Surf the web, check your e-mail, do your research from the comfort of the library.

Finding a needle in a haystack

Looking for just the right book can be difficult. "The OCLC Online Computer Library Center, a nonprofit group, announced this week that it was making available to the public WorldCat’s search engine of library holdings. WorldCat, which is maintained by the library center, is a database of materials from 10,000 libraries worldwide. Previously, only library patrons could gain access to WorldCat’s search tool. Now available through WorldCat.org, the search tool also helps people locate the library nearest them that has the book, article, or video or audio recording they are looking for. "People are starting their searches on the Web rather than in the library, and that’s where we want to be," said Bob Murphy, a spokesman for the library center.—Andrea L. Foster" http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/1480/library-searches-made-easy

Reminding the faculty

This afternoon the librarian will be reminding the faculty of the resources available through the Library at NMTC.


Books- over 5000 at NMTC
...Inter Library Loan
...KSU, SPSU, Georgia Highlands
...All DTAE libraries

Periodicals

Study Carrels
Small Group Study Room

7 computers soon to be 10
Printer
Fax
Copier

Online resources
...NetLibrary – new screen
...GALILEO
...Auto Repair Reference Center
...Garden Literature Index
...Encyclopedia Britannica

New search box for periodicals
http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/demo >
Find Books & Journals >
Journals A-Z & Citation Linker

Web sites added to GALILEO for the programs

Del.icio.us
Blog – View from the Library
http://northmetrotechlibraryatacworth.blogspot.com/