By Corrine L. As an MLIS graduate student, one of the first questions we were asked in our foundations class was “What Is A Library?” A pretty straightforward answer, right? That’s what most of the class thought until an hour-long debate about whether ancient cave paintings actually constituted a library or not. What I’ve loved …阅读更多
一个厕所k at a current news item through the lens of different Gale electronic resources.
由Michelle Eickmeyer
Here we go – it’s Friday the 13th! Long held to be back luck, Friday the 13th has the dubious distinction of being a problem. But are you superstitious? And is everyone superstitious in the same way?
By B T. The first time I walked into a library, I never wanted to leave. I was a very introverted little kid. I didn’t like leaving my house, or being around people who weren’t my family – true story: I never went to preschool because I refused to get out of the car.But the …阅读更多
By Dana M. It was 11:00 pm. Wednesday of finals week and the last quarter of my senior year. My paper was due the next morning and I didn’t have a word on the page. I stumbled into the library in my pajamas carrying the heavy certainty that this moment of failure eradicated all my …阅读更多
一个厕所k at a current news item through the lens of different titles available on GVRL.
由Michelle Eickmeyer
这个星期，我听到试图解释给别人在墨西哥，谁是关星期一联邦假日，我们在周一的“假日”是不太一样的东西各显神通。是啊。号从外面看，这似乎应该是最可笑的事情，我们美国人还没有做一个。（我会告诉你的东西，作为一个美国人，我不会有太多和你争论这个问题。）在2月的第一个星期一，啮齿动物预测天气。它是由新闻覆盖。普克苏托尼[朋克-Suh–硝-nee] Phil, the most major of the rodent forecasters, rules from a rather comfy perch in Pennsylvania. There are other groundhogs, includingthisone in Wisconsin who bit the mayor (who is fine, so it’s ok to laugh at it). The principle is simple: if the ground hog does not see its shadow, spring will come early. If it does, winter continues for six more weeks. Practically, its a lot more ‘show’ than that. I also find it interesting that you never hear reports of a groundhog forecast in the south or west — is Groundhog Day a northern/eastern observance only? (Any comments on that welcome!)
你曾经轻蔑地嘀咕着一个网站或应用程序，不看或行为，你期望它的方式吗？是否阻挠你，当图标没有意义的你，或者当你找不到导航设备？
我们听你的。这就是为什么我们发起了改进，使得用户体验的巨大差异的整个范围GVRL，InfoTrac，和在上下文中*资源，包括超级搜索平台以及家谱连接,Twayne’s Authors Online和斯克里布纳作家在线。这些增强功能来了4月2日ND。