July 18, 2008
http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=178
Being a native Memphian, I know how just hot it can get here. All my life, I have heard of the “dog days of summer.” But to be honest, I had no idea what the phrase actually meant. This link answered my question, and, perhaps, it will answer it for others, as well.
July 15, 2008
www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/newdeal/
For those interested in the New Deal programs of the 1930s, the Library of Congress has created this guide to selected library resources on the topic. Links are available to a number of digitized materials, including photographs, posters, sheet music, and much more. Users can browse the collection by LOC division, New Deal program name, or WPA program name.
July 15, 2008
Totlol is like YouTube for tots. It’s a great place to find video content for children under 13, without any fear of the child stumbling across something they shouldn’t see. With free registration, users can take part in community moderation, but anyone can watch videos.
July 14, 2008
Pricewatch gives real-time price comparisons on thousands of consumer products. Although mostly computer and electronics-oriented, there are some items for the home that are listed as well.
July 11, 2008
https://www.nicb.org/cps/rde/xchg/nicb/hs.xsl/vincheck.html
The National Insurance Crime Bureau offers as a service to the public this database of vehicles reported as stolen but not recovered or of ones that have been reported as total loss vehicles by cooperating NICB members. To do a search of the database requires a vehicles’ vin number.
July 10, 2008
“On March 7, 2008, more than 130 people met at Memphis Botanic Garden at the request of Mayor A C Wharton to accept his challenge to consider the choices in our community’s future and to develop its first sustainability agenda. It was an ambitious – if not audacious – goal, not only because of the complexity of the issues, but because the schedule to achieve it was only four months. And yet, that’s exactly what seven committees of the Sustainable Shelby did”– From Memphis/Shelby County Division of Planning and Development web site. This is the final report that contains the agenda created by the participants involved with this project.
In addition the Sustainable Shelby Citizen Survey Participation used in conjunction with the final report is also available.
July 9, 2008
At times customers or church groups have contacted our library for suggestions on how to arrange or catalog small libraries or home collections. Kay Due passed along this list of products, suggested by librarians around Tennessee:
July 9, 2008
http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/gamble/
Between 1908 and 1932, sociologist and Chinese scholar Sidney D. Gamble visited China four times. Duke University Libraries has made over 5000 of his photographs available as one of their digital collections.
July 9, 2008
You can get the full scientific classification of an animal, plant, or other organism, from Kingdom through species here. You can search by common name or by scientific name.
For taxonomic information that is easily found and displayed, this site, created by a partnership of U. S., Canadian, and Mexican agencies, including the the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the USDA, the USGS, the National Biological Information Infrastructure, and others, is excellent.
July 3, 2008
http://www.fbi.gov/fbihistory.htm
This Week In FBI History
The FBI celebrates its 100th anniversary on July 26, 2008, and you can find information about the Agency’s past by checking out its feature “This Week in FBI History” here.
http://www.fbi.gov/libref/historic/history/anniversarymaterials.htm
FBI 100th Anniversary Materials
“These materials are for your use in publicizing FBI history as we approach the Bureau’s 100th anniversary on July 26, 2008. No permissions are needed; please just credit the FBI. We’ll be adding more materials in the days to come.”–From the Website.
July 3, 2008
Thanks to Caroline Barnett, Cordova Branch Manager, for passing this along:
“Every two years, WMF announces the World Monuments Watch list of 100 Most Endangered Sites to call international attention to cultural heritage sites around the world threatened by neglect, vandalism, armed conflict, climate change, or natural disaster.”–From the Website. Photographs and information about each monument are included.
July 3, 2008
Thanks to Caroline Barnett, Cordova Branch Manager, for passing this along.
Presented by the Ole Miss Department of English, extensive and detailed information on the many writers “in, from, or associated with the state of Mississippi” is found here.
July 3, 2008
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/01jul_4thofjuly.htm?friend
According to NASA, the planets will be aligned this 4th of July for an amazing sky show after the fireworks. I hope everyone has a happy and safe 4th. Special thanks to Mary Seratt for passing the site along to the Children and Teen Services Staff List.
July 3, 2008
The U. S. Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy office offers information on alternative fuels such as natural gas, hydrogen, methane, and others that are currently, or have been, available commercially for vehicles, as well as information on other emerging alternative fuels, such as biogas, biobutanol and others.
There is other information including information on alternative fueling stations, which includes a station locator, a route mapper, a view of alternative fueling stations in the U. S., total station counts, and a customer database query, which allows you to search a database for specific fuels in specific states or throughout the U. S.
July 3, 2008
http://www.customguide.com/quick_references.htm
CustomGuide offers these free reference software sheets. Microsoft, Mac, and Adobe products are all included. CustomGuide says on their page that the sheets can be distributed, forwarded, or posted on your website, so there is no question of copyright infringement with how you want to use them. They seem to be very good and should be very helpful.
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