Kids for Crafts

Today I went to Hobbies and Crafts and then picked Kids' Crafts and narrowed the results under subject to Paper Work.  There I found some crafts I may be able to use with the kids during the After School program.  I made a folder for them and put them in it.  I did go to the Help button and saw that I could make more advanced searches- I didn't see the visual search button that was one of the Help choices, so I didn't do that.  I think I will go back to this area for other help with projects.  This turned out to be more help than I expected.

Newstand Squash

Today I searched for winter squash on Proquest and found lots of information. Then I narrowed the search for recipes, and found some and saved one to My  Research.
I also read Suzanne's posts and commented on how organized her posts are.
I also had a hard time getting into my blog, and then all of a sudden it worked.  This is a humbling experience all the way around.  I am going home to cook some squash.

2nd week learning

This is a lesson in how it feels to be the person at the computer who is so frustrated that they just want to give up.  I had trouble getting to the Britannica Public Library Edition and also to my blog.  When I hit "guide" I got a MSL page, but nothing specific about Britannica.
     So, finally I found the nica Public Library Edition, and the guide. It finally showed up, and I do not know why it wouldn't at first.  I typed in Libya, and found articles from the past 10 years.  Then I went down to the NYTimes articles and typed on one of those and then when I got to that article, I typed Libya into their search box and found an article from Sept. 12th.  Then I went to "newer" articles and found one from today.
    Then I went to the Research Tools and looked at a map of Cape Verde and all the features you can see with it.  Then I looked for articles about Cape Verde and its population, which is what I had been wondering about and found some answers.  I looked at This Day in History, which might be useful for some After School projects, or Facebook notes.
   I have been here for over an hour and I think that's all the homework I can do right now.
Signing off,
Bea

Olmecs

Now I am going to try and find articles about Olmecs.  OK, I found a bunch of stuff on Britannica Online Academic Edition, but I thought somewhere I saw that I could use National Geographic Magazines, and I can't find that now. I tried the link that says magazines, but didn't get anywhere with that and really, it is time for lunch.  Another time, perhaps. And I am hoping this course will just show me how to use it.

2nd day: Basil

I have lots of basil. Two rows worth of basil, and I have put many pint containers of pesto in the freezer, and I dried a lot, but I would like to see if it is useful medicinally, so I am looking through Marvel. So far, I've tried One Search, and found a book on URSUS about it, but I want the information now. So I tried refining the search and only came up with recipes.  Then I tried TA: Food Science & Technology Abstracts , and got a page that said

A System Problem has Occurred

To begin a new session, please login again.

and I have no clue where to go from there.

So, I'll try another idea.

I tried One Search for basil, medicial herb, and I refined search to "Items with full text online."

 

Oooh...here is what I want- in a ProQuest article:

An easy way to preserve basil is freezing. Pour a small amount of olive oil into a food processor; add fresh basil leaves and process until the mixture has a pastelike consistency, recommends "Prevention's New Foods for Healing." Then freeze the mixture in ice cube trays and store the frozen cubes in a freezer bag.

And:

o make a stomach-soothing tea, try Basil-Ginger Tea from "Savoring Spices and Herbs" by Julie Sahni: Bring 1 cup bottled water to a boil in a small saucepan. Add cup basil leaves and a quarter-size slice of fresh ginger. Continue to boil for 1 minute; then add 2 heaping tablespoons green tea leaves and 1 tablespoon honey. Turn off the heat, and let the tea brew for 2 minutes. Strain the tea, cool and refrigerate it for at least 2 hours. Serve it with or without ice.

This tea also can provide some relief for colds.

That's from

COUSIN OF MINT, BASIL ALSO HAS MEDICINAL PROPERTIES: [SOONER EDITION]

Pittsburgh Post - Gazette [Pittsburgh, Pa] 09 July 1998: E-5.

 

When I tried another article, the link brought me to:

You searched for: ISSN: 0715-5832 Document Title: Volume: Issue:

No results found.

So, what I am wondering is, why don't I just use Google?  What is the advantage of Marvel?  Is it because I can then have access to magazines I otherwise would have trouble finding?  I'm going to do another blog post about looking for articles about Olmecs, because my son was looking for articles about them, and I ended up ILLing an article from NG from Bangor about them.

 

First Day

I just started the Marvel course, but ran out of time to do anything but set up this blog because a patron came in and I needed to help her find two series of books. I introduced her to Marvel and Novelist.  Now I just need to learn to use the rest of what Marvel has to offer.