Women's History Month Links

March is Women's History Month, and GALILEO has some great links to help you celebrate the heroines of the women's rights movement.

You can find the complete list of links here, or check out some of the highlights we've linked to below!

Encyclopedia Britannica Profiles 300 Women Who Changed the World (link)
A great collection of biographies, videos, maps and timelines of women around the world who changed history.

Women of Distinction in Georgia (link)
Biographies of famous Georgian women through history, including author Flannery O'Connor and Haines Institute founder Lucy Craft Laney.

Georgia Women's Movement Oral History Project (link)
Listen to spoken recordings of women discussing their role in the Georgia women's rights movement.  Find interviews through the letter tabs at the top of the webpage.

Get through finals week with these handy web tools!

Finals stress getting you down?  You don't have to go it alone - you can find tons of free software on the web to help you organize, research and spice up your final projects.  Here's a sampling of some of what's out there.

Workflowy: Organize Your Brain
Website: https://workflowy.com/

What is it?: Workflowy is a fantastic tool for the scatterbrained and for list-lovers.  It has a simple interface that lets you organize your to-do list and keep your life on track.




Write or Die
Website: writeordie.com

What is it?: If you need that extra push to keep you writing, Write or Die gives the ultimate threat - if you don't keep writing, it'll start deleting everything you've typed, one word at a time.  A great website for last-minute papers.

Prezi
Website: http://prezi.com/

What is it?: A cleaner, cooler, jazzier way to do powerpoints.  Prezi has an easy to use interface that lets you make beautiful presentations and save them online.  For an example, check out this video the SCTC Libraries made using Prezi:



NoodleTools
Website: SCTC Portal to NoodleTools

What is it?: Citations! Need help pulling together a bibliography?  Type your information into NoodleTools, select what style you want your citation to be in, and NoodleTools will generate a bibliography for you.  Using NoodleTools requires a log-in - get in touch with your library staff for the password!

Crash Course: Biology and History made easy

Cramming for a bio test?  Need a quick refresher on World War I?  The VlogBrothers John and Hank Green are here to help!

Crash Course: Biology and History take the basics of each subject and divide them into quick, digestible 10-minute chunks.  From the skeletal system, to ancient Egypt, to the basic working of plant cells, these videos make bio and history fun and easy to process.

Check it out for yourself!  Below you'll find one of my favorite episodes, 12 straight minutes of Alexander the Great!


    

Technology Tuesday: Looking for Jobs on Twitter

At first glance, Twitter can seem like little more than a way to tell your friends what you had for breakfast.  In reality, though, Twitter can be a powerful searching tool, connecting you to possible employers and giving you a wider range of options than you might find on a traditional job search website.

We've collected a list of websites that will help you sift through Twitter to find the best job postings for you.

Tweet My Jobs
http://www.tweetmyjobs.com/
Search for jobs by position, industry and location.  Tweet My Jobs is one of the best Twitter job filters out there, with connections to large companies like Starbucks and Geico that pay to get their job openings featured.

Tweet My Jobs for Veterans
http://veterans.tweetmyjobs.com/
Receive instant updates from employers in your field specifically looking to hire veterans.

JobTweet.me
http://jobtweet.de/en/
A simple search like "LPN Atlanta" will pull links to job postings that have the keywords you're looking for.

TwitJobSearch
http://www.twitjobsearch.com/
A keyword search will pull up results and map out exactly where the postings are coming from on a Googlemap. 

Educational E-books

Cramming for an Anatomy final?  Or searching for sources for an English paper?  Even if you can't make it to the SCTC Libraries, you have access to hundreds of e-books and articles online through Salem Press.  Covering health, history, literature and science, these books have an easy search interface that can help you find exactly what you're looking for. Check out our full catalog of resources below.


Salem Press - Health

• Cancer
• Genetics and Inherited Conditions
• Infectious Diseases and Conditions
• Magill's Medical Guide (6th edition)
• Psychology and Mental Health

Salem Press - History

• Great Lives from History: Ancient World
• Great Lives from History: Middle Ages
• Great Lives from History: Renaissance
• Great Lives from History: 17th Century
• Great Lives from History: 18th Century
• Great Lives from History: 19th Century
• Great Lives from History: 20th Century
• Great Events from History: Ancient World
• Great Events from History: Middle Ages
• Great Events from History: Renaissance
• Great Events from History: 17th Century
• Great Events from History: 18th Century
• Great Events from History: 19th Century
• Great Events from History: 20th Century
• Modern Scandals
• Encyclopedia of American Immigration
• Historical Encyclopedia of American Business
• Weapons and Warfare
• Great Athletes
• Inventors and Inventions
• Musicians and Composers of the 20th Century
• Milestone Documents in African American History
• Milestone Documents in American History
• Milestone Documents in World History

Salem Press - Literature

• Critical Insights: Death of a Salesman
• Critical Insights: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
• Critical Insights: The Joy Luck Club
• Critical Insights: A Streetcar Named Desire
• Critical Insights: Jane Austen
• Critical Insights: Benjamin Franklin
• Critical Insights: Barbara Kingsolver
• Critical Insights: Toni Morrison

Salem Press - Science

• Encyclopedia of Global Resources
• Encyclopedia of Global Warming
• Forensic Science
• The Solar System

Technology Tuesday: The Library on Youtube

Learn more about what you can do through the Southern Crescent Technical College Libraries with our new Youtube page!  You can take a virtual tour of GALILEO, get a crash course in our library website, or browse some of the links we've liked on Youtube.

Our channel is still a work in progress, so if you have any ideas of videos or tutorials you'd want to see from the library, let us know!

Technology Tuesday: Finding Medical Information Online

Finding Medical information online can be tricky.  You want reliable, trustworthy information - but often enough, the more trustworthy websites like WebMD can get too technical and hard to understand.

We've gathered a group of health-related websites you can rely on, without having to worry about knowing all the scientific lingo.  The next time you're worried about that scratchy throat, or want to learn more about a loved one's condition, these sites are a great starting point for looking up medical information.

The Mayo Clinic
Website: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health-information/
What's it like?:  Recognized by Consumer Reports for excellence, the Mayo Clinic website is easy to navigate and links to information on diseases and conditions, symptoms, drugs and procedures.  This page was designed with the public in mind and is easy to browse and read through.

Medify
Website: https://www.medify.com/
What's it like?: Medify breaks down different medical conditions into easy-to-navigate pages, linking to the most recent research in treatments.  You can narrow down search results by picking articles that relate specifically to your age group, gender and interest.

MedlinePlus
Website: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
What's it like?:  Developed by the National Library of Medicine, MedlinePlus is a great starting point for research.  When you search for conditions, medical terms or treatments, MedlinePlus pulls results from trustworthy sites across the web.  For general information, this is a great place to start.


Where do you turn for medical information on the web?  Share with us in the comments section!

Women's History Month: Suffragettes

EMMELINE PANKHURST - (1858-1928). English Woman-suffrage Advocate. Mrs. Pankhurst Arrested Outside Buckingham Palace, London, While Trying To Present A Petition To King George V, 21 May 1914.. Fine Art. Encyclopædia Britannica Image Quest. Web. 7 Mar 2012.http://quest.eb.com.proxygsu-scre.galileo.usg.edu/images/140_1678023

Yesterday, thousands Georgians headed to their local voting booths to choose a Republican candidate.  Voting is such a simple process that it's hard to imagine the hard-fought - and sometimes violent - battle that went into assuring that 50% of the current population could take part.

Even looking at just one suffragette's history shows a full range of the challenges and brutalities these protesters faced.  Emmeline Pankhurst, from the photo above, was fifty years old the first time she was arrested. Over the course of her career, she would experience more arrests, degrading prison conditions, rocks and mud hurled at her in the streets, sexual assault from the British police, force feeding during hunger strikes, and numerous other abuses.  She - and other members of the Women's Social and Political Union - endured these attacks just to achieve the simple liberty of participating in politics.

To learn more about these courageous women, you can check out:

• Profiles of Suffragettes on Biography.com (link)
• A digital collection of newspaper clippings, banners, and memorabilia from the suffragette movement in the Miller Suffrage Scrapbook (link)
• "Women Who Dare," a video profile of the women - including suffragettes - who helped shape America (link)
• Through GALILEO, you can access Britannica's online visual history of women's suffrage (link)

Black History Month: GALILEO resources

Romare and Nanette at the Neighborhood Arts Center. Neighborhood Arts Center photographs series. Jim Alexander collection. Archives Division, Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.

Ranging from the Civil Rights Digital Library to Community Art in Atlanta, GALILEO has pulled together a great collection of its resources to highlight video clips, timelines, historic photographs, biographies and articles relating to Black History Month.

For the full list, follow the link: GALILEO Resources for Black History Month

Finding gold in GALILEO

Welcome to the second day of classes!  Now that you have your class syllabi in hand, you may be eyeing up a research project or two that you have in your future.  Different instructors want different things, but almost every research paper stresses the same need: sources!  

This is where GALILEO can step in to help you out.  You may have heard of GALILEO as a great resource for scholarly articles, but it's also more than that.  Scratch a little beneath the surface, and you'll find some fascinating video, image, and historical document collections.  Here's just a sampling of some unexpected collections you might find on GALILEO!

C-SPAN Visual Library (Link)
Through GALILEO, you have full access to up-to-date C-SPAN videos on topics ranging from the federal budget, to climate change policy, to U.S. health care.  As an election year, 2012 should be especially eventful for the C-SPAN library - check out Q&A and campaign events with presidential hopefuls!  Browse by subject or date, or search for a specific video.

Arts of the United States (Link)
This database includes more than 4,000 examples of high-quality artworks by American artists, dating back to the 17th century.  These images can be sorted into groups and emailed in bulk.  Ranging from classic American painters like Thomas Eakins to architects like Frank Lloyd Wright, this site is a fantastic resource for anyone interested in art!

The New York Times (Link)
You can browse both new and classic New York Times issues through GALILEO, but we're linking to the more recent articles, because - crosswords!  Current events!  Movie, book, fashion, and music reviews!  There's nothing like having a reliable, interesting news source at your fingertips.

Georgia Stories (Link)
Georgia Stories takes you back in time through Georgia's history with its in-depth collection of videos, biographies and podcasts.  This is a great resource for learning about Georgia's past, and its series of 107 videos ranges from early Native American history to the present day.

December 1: World AIDS Day

Today is World AIDS Day, a day to remember the victims of HIV and to encourage education on this virus.

To learn more, check out the World AIDS Day display at the Griffin Campus Library for a great selection of DVDs and both fiction and non-fiction books.

You can also learn more through some of the fantastic AIDS education resources online.  Here's a list to get you started:

A Timeline of AIDS
This timeline does a great job of showing the development of the AIDS epidemic, year by year.  Starting with 1981, each year has its own blurb and series of relevant links to news and issues of that time.

Southern AIDS Living Quilt
This site focuses on the stories of women in the South living with AIDS.  Watch these video testimonials, or consider contributing one of your own.

NAM AIDS Map
Find resources in your area supporting those with HIV/AIDS.

Kaiser State Health Facts
The Kaiser Foundation’s State Health Facts site allows users to begin their information search either through searching by category or by state.  The ‘state’ search is incredibly helpful for educators looking for grassroots-based initiatives in their local community to provide guest speakers or resources for students living with AIDS.  If searching by the ‘HIV/AIDS’ category, users will be taken to an incredibly comprehensive page of fact sheets, prevention programs and resources, funding sites, and drug assistance programs.

Peer Corps - Teen AIDS
As its title suggests, this site is primarily directed toward educating teens, as well as providing youths with HIV/AIDS with a creative and social outlet.  The site also encourages HIV+ teens to tell their own stories by submitting art, videos, written stories and surveys.

Technology Tuesday: Finals Edition

December is just around the corner - and with it, the finals crunch! This Technology Tuesday features tools to help you cope, whether you're cramming for a test or trying to churn out another paragraph for a research paper.

Noodle Tools
*What: Noodle Tools walks you through the whole research process, from information gathering to writing the paper to citations and bibliographies.  You can use Noodle Tools to help you organize your resources, format your paper, and even set up 'To Do' lists to keep you on track with your assignments.  Check out the online tour for more information!
*How: You can access Noodle Tools through the library website.  To create your account, you will need the school/library password, which you can get by talking to your librarian.

Scholarly vs. Popular Resources
*What:  One of the hardest parts of any research project is figuring out how trustworthy your sources are.  This video is a great starting point for judging any information resources you might think about citing.



Internet Public Library
*What:  Google not giving you the resources you need?  Search through the Internet Public Library (IPL) for free, reliable online resources.  You can search by subject or by resource type.  Still not enough?  You can submit a research question, and a librarian will help you find relevant resources.
*How:  Click here to browse IPL's resources, or here to ask a question.

Write or Die!
*What:  If you need that extra boost to get you writing, Write or Die gives great motivation - if you stop writing for too long, it'll slowly start erasing what you've done so far!  You can adjust the speed and the length of the 'crunch time' before it starts deleting.  This is a life saver for procrastinators.
*How:  Visit Write or Die, set your time and word goal, and start typing directly into the text box.  When you're done, you can download or copy/paste what you've written to Word.

National Book Month: Finding Books Reviews and Literary Criticism

Reposted from GALILEO News and Announcements:

October is National Book Month, an annual celebration of writers and readers. In honor of this celebration, we have been offering tips each week on how to use GALILEO resources to find books and authors along with reviews and criticism.

This month, we have learned how to find book lists, find the next book to read, and find more authors like a favorite.

For our last tip in this series, we will see how to quickly find reviews and literary criticism for books and authors.

In Literary Reference Center, search for an author or book title (or even a theme). Click the Literary Criticism tab to see work analyses and criticism, or click the Reviews tab to see book reviews from a variety of sources.