Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Things 10 & 11: LFPL's Research Tools

Things 10 & 11
10b) Obituary for Betty Jean McMicheal published: March 18, 2008
Number of sons:4
How I found it: I used Newspaper link and Courier-Journal to get to Pro Quest's Database. I did an advanced search and gave a date range but it can be done on a basic search by typing Betty Jean McMichael.

10c)Telos Full Text Available? Database: not available ,
British Journal for the History of Philosophy
Full Text Available? yes with 12 month delay Database: Ebsco- Academic Search Premier
Clinical Medicine
and Research Full Text Available? yes Database: Ebsco Academic Search Premier

How I found them: I used the Journal/Magazine/Newspaper Search link under Research Tools

11a))Vanguard Target Retirement 2020
Manager: Duane F. Kelly
Stewardship Grade: B
Morningstar Rating: 4 stars

How I found it: I looked in the Morningstar Database for this retirement- I only found 2020 not 2025

11b)Yep. How I found it: Under Consumer Info >InfoTrac OneFile>Advanced Search with the parameters of LCD TV between dates 1/1/2008 to 12/31/2009 I found quite a few articles "Top High Definition LCD Tvs under $2000) on a color PDF no less!

11c)Your main competition is Starbucks (go figure?)How I found it: I highlighted the blank space in the blog :)

What research tool do you find most useful, either for library or personal use? What research tool should we be telling more people about? If LFPL could only keep one research tool to carry out its mission, which one would you choose and why?

Bonus:I was happy to find that the library could help advise me on my wrinkle cream needs as well as nurse my obsession with the OED. Additionally, it is of note that the official foods of the U.S. are not apple pie, french fries, ice cream, tacos and pizza) according to the Culture Grams database. According to them, official US recipes are:
  • Fast Family Lasagna
  • Southern Fried Chicken
  • Mashed Potatoes with Roasted Garlic
  • Blueberry Muffins
  • Chocolate Chip Cookies

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