Potter County Library

BEYOND BOOKS

2012-01-10T13:27:00.001-06:00

We've gone beyond books. Find our ebook and downloadable audio collection at South Dakota Titles To Go. Get your password from the library. http://southdakota.lib.overdrive.com/

Due to the large demand for ebooks since Christmas, our SD ebook library just ordered 256 new titles.

New to ebooks? Want a practice run? At South Dakota Titles To Go the Guttenberg titles on the left hand column, very last thing (brownish box that says “additional ebooks/always available”) are always available.

We've got downloadable audiobooks, too. Listening to books on your MP3 player/Ipod is great when watching kids outside, walking the treadmill, doing yard work, or even cleaning house.

Quote from a happy Hoven downloader. "The download of the ebooks worked great on my new smartphone. I downloaded my first book and have a few on the wait list. Some books are already checked out, but you just put the ones you want on your wait list. I hope they keep adding titles. Thanks for getting this all set up. It's going to be awesome."

IN MEMORIAM

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Lincoln Appomattox CFEL Club, in memory of Marvie Worth, gave UNLIKELY FRIENDSHIPS by Jennifer Holland.
THE MRS. BRADLEY MYSTERIES, series I, a set of 3 DVD’s, has been given in memory of Joyce Hepper Scheller by Laurel Hepper Lemler.

3. Bert Van Essen gave the books THE TIME OF OUR LIVES by Tom Brokaw and SEASON OF GIFTS by Richard Peck in memory of his parents, Bert, Sr., and Doris Van Essen.

4. Friends and family gave a biography of the fascinating accomplishments of GANDHI by Kudlinski and these laugh-out-loud children’s books in memory of John Eggers.

§ OINK? By Palatini

§ GOLDILOCKS by Jim Aylesworth

§ BUBBLE TROUBLE by Mahy

5. Frank Jones gave THE BLACK HILLS by South Dakota native Rod Thompson in memory of Alta Gorman.

6. Elma Mangin gave the book ELIZABETH LEADS THE WAY by Tanya Stone in memory of Marvie Worth.

7. The library has received the latest title in Bodie Thoene’s A.D.Chronicles, TWELFTH PROPHECY. Her family has given the entire series to the library in honor of Jane Hottman.

8. In memory of Vernon Maas, OWEN & MZEE: THE TRUE STORY OF A REMARKABLE FRIENDSHIP by Hatkoff, was given.

9. Lincoln Appomattox CFEL Club, in memory of Marvie Worth, gave UNLIKELY FRIENDSHIPS by Jennifer Holland.

10. Friends and family of Vernon Mass gave these books for grade schoolers and young adults in his memory: THE RED PYRAMID by Riordan and SHAPE SHIFTER by DeGreeff.

FIND IT AT THE LIBRARY

2011-09-20T11:16:00.001-05:00

Interesting questions your library has answered.

A Brookings author is writing a history of SDSU’s pharmacy graduates. He asked us to help him compile information about Burton Tousley who graduated from GHS in 1936 and SDSU in 1941, and was killed in World War II.
Another patron was in a political debate and needed information about FDR’s stand against unions for public workers.
A farmer who doesn’t yet own a computer came in to ask us if we could help him find out the results of the Wheeler Mountain Ranch Bull Sale.
One inquiring mind asked, "What does the "D" in D-Day stand for?

Library LOVERS

2011-06-10T11:42:00.000-05:00

NHS, GIA, and Eastern Star all donated funds to the library's summer reading program. We are so grateful for their help because we do not get a budget for the program and have to rely on the good hearts of the community.

TEEN SCENE

2011-05-18T15:34:00.003-05:00

Thanks to Jessika and Sydney, we have a cozy corner for teens. Come put your feet up and enjoy the

Drew Brees poster and conversation bubbles
comfy couch
piles of pillows
cozy Big Joe bag chair
funky clock and lamp
checkered carpet

GET ON THE WAITING LIST

2010-09-29T20:00:00.002-05:00

OUR MOST REQUESTED BOOKS

V is for Vengeance by Grafton
39 Clues: The Medusa Plot by Korman
Deceit by former Gettysburger John Sletten
Growing up Colt by Colt McCoy
Kill Alex Cross by James Patterson
Open Season by C.J. Box
Quinn by Iris Johansen
Smokin' Seventenn by Evanovich
The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks
The Help by Stockett
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Larsson
Hunger Games by Collins
The Journey of Crazy Horse by Joseph Marshall
Through My Eyes by Tim Tebow
Heaven Is For Real by Todd Bumpo
Come Into The Water by Rapid City flood survivor
Fire and Ice Series by George R. R. Martin
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Stein

WONDERING WHAT TO READ NEXT?

Our favorite Fab website for readers - find your favorite author's list of books and the order in which a series was written? http://www.fantasticfiction.com/
Series listed in order
Another series finder:
Fiction authors, titles, series
What to read next?
Authors with their lists of books
Adult series and sequels
AR BookFinder
Juvenile Series and Sequels
KDL What's Next
Overbooked
YA Series and Sequels
Stop You're Killing Me
Allreaders.com
Readalikes
Fantastic Fiction Lists
Books for Young Adults

TWO THUMBS UP - Burgers love these Bios

2010-09-29T18:19:00.006-05:00

MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS by Kidder
HEAVEN IS FOR REAL by Todd Burpo
WAS GOD ON VACATION by Jack van der Geest
A BOX OF DARKNESS by Sally Brady
IF YOU ASK ME by Betty White
ALMOST A FAMILY by Darnton
I AM POTENTIAL: Eight Lessons on Living, Loving, and Reaching Your Dreams by Patrick Henry Hughes
THE LAST BRIDGE by Elvera Reuer
THE GLASS CASTLE by Jeannette Walls
THE RICHEST MAN IN TOWN by V.J. Smith

Library Wish List

2010-09-29T17:21:00.009-05:00

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We wish we had money to put toward a laptop computer for our after-school homework area.

We wish for donations that would help us buy 10 foot commercial grade floor runners for our high traffic areas. They cost approx. $215 each.

We wished for the money to buy the complete set of A.D. Chronicles by Thoene. Yeah! The Hottman family gave it as a Christmas gift in their mother's name (Jane Hottman).

We wished we had an area rug for our teen-friendly reading area. Yeah! Two teens got their families to donate it.

A relative of the Peter Hoven family wants to buy a copy of the Hoven family genealogy book titled THE SUN RISES WITH THE HOVENS by Jeannette Anderson and Committee.

What's new with our readers...

2010-09-21T13:47:00.007-05:00

Members of the Schneider family donated a copy of the genealogy / family history book, THE SUN RISES ON THE HOVENS by Jeannette Anderson and committee.

Beulah DuFloth White, age 102, just finished a DuFloth family history and sent the library a copy. Her grandfather was one of the Civil War veterans who founded Gettysburg. She also sent genealogy for James Bracy Oliver and his descendants, one of whom was Charles E.M. Oliver who lived in Gettysburg.

The Diane Mott Davidson culinary mysteries have hooked a local cook who is trying the cookie recipes - and sharing with the librarians. So far, all recipes are a hit.

HOLY MATRIMONY! Where to find clues to wedded bliss by Mary Penner

2010-09-18T12:39:00.000-05:00

Even when all of the signs seem to indicate that a certain great-great-aunt was married, it can still be tough trying to determine when, where, with whom and how many times she tied the knot. It's even tougher when marriage records are AWOL from a county courthouse or when you just don't know where to look.

It turns out there are great sources at your library. Ancestry.com, for one, is the database that holds clues to past trips down the aisle. Here are five types of records found at your library through Ancestry.com

-- Census Records

-- Draft Records

-- Death Records

-- Newspapers

-- City Directories

BELLS and WHISTLES

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ADVENTURES IN INFORMATION

NEW!!!! SIRS Researcher has a step-by-step method for writing a great report. Even better, you can access it from any computer with Internet access. Ask a librarian to tell you how.

NEW practice tests on the Learning Express Library for Firefighters, EMT's, and Paramedics and for those seeking a CDL (commercial driver license). Access it from home 24/7. Ask a librarian to tell you how.

World Book Encyclopedia Online now has audio. Just ask and we'll show you how to get into World Book and where to click on the “read aloud” feature (in the toolbox above the article you’ve selected. Then click in the article, and the article will be read to you. Text is highlighted as it is read, making it easy to follow along.)

24/7 Homework Help

2010-09-16T19:00:00.005-05:00

Databases / Reference Sources / South Dakota Newspaper Indexes

MagazinesProQuest Research Library - request a barcode and password from the librarian
InfoTrac databases (Gale) - request a barcode and password from the librarian
Findarticles.com - A free online article-search service, accessing more than 300 reputable magazines and journals.

Ready Reference & Homework Help
SIRS Discoverer (ProQuest) - request a barcode and password from the librarian
SIRS Researcher (ProQuest) - request a barcode and password from the librarian.
Reference Sources - a selection of ready reference tools to use when you can't get into the library.
Education & Libraries - request a barcode and password from the librarian
World Book Advanced - encyclopedia - request barcode and password from librarian
Britannica Encyclopedia Online
Your Dictionary.com - grammars, dictionaries, and language links for a large number of languages, including English and Lakota.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Rhyming Dictionary
Crossword Puzzle Resources
Legal & Government:
Law Check
LexisNexsis - request a barcode and password from the librarian
South Dakota Grant Directory
Government - local, state, federal, and world government links.
SD Legislative Research Council
SD Birth Records
State of South Dakota
South Dakota (State Government)
U.S. House of Representatives
U.S. Senate
The White House
Internal Revenue Service
IRS Forms

Health:
Gale Virtual Reference Library - request a barcode and password from the librarian
Highwire Press
MedlinePLUS
PubMed
Health & Medicine
National Library of Medicine

Genealogy & history:HeritageQuest (ProQuest) - request a barcode and password from your librarian.
RootsWeb
Obituary search on RootsWeb
Index of Potter County, SD, obituaries 1883-present via email attachment
AncestryPlus (available only in the Library)
genealogical sites

News & E-Books
South Dakota NewspapersNewsBank Inc.(Sioux Falls Argus Leader and Aberdeen American News) - request a barcode and password from your local librarian.
NetLibrary (OCLC) - request a barcode and password from your local librarian.
Gale Virtual Reference Library - request a barcode and password from your local librarian.
The Paperboy - online newspapers from around the world.
News & Newspapers - request a barcode and password from your local librarian
Aberdeen American News
Argus Leader
Rapid City Journal
Watertown Public Opinion
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
USA Today
CNN Interactive
KDLT
KELO-LAND Television
KSFY Television

Practice Tests:
Learning Express - You may also click: printable handouts - request a barcode and password from your librarian

Consumer Protection:Consumer Information - product and purchasing information.

Science

Business
America's Job Bank
Thomas RegisterBusiness & Investments - request a barcode and password from your librarian
Price It! -- Antiques and Collectibles

GrantsSouth Dakota Grant Directory
Grants Gov

People Finders and Phone Books
Internet 800 Directory
Switchboard
QwestDex
White Pages

Atlases
MapQuest
National Geographic
National Atlas of the United States of America

Your library. Go anywhere from here.

2010-09-15T18:45:00.001-05:00

Laptop Friendly! We're the wireless hotspot.

LIBRARY SERVICES
Book Club
Audiobooks
Children’s Programs
Genealogy and Obituary Records
Group programs
Handicapped Accessible
IRS Forms
Large Print
Magazines
Movies
Opaque Projector
Practice Tests
Proctor Tests
Reference Databases
Reference Questions
Wireless Internet
Oh, and don't forget,
We lend books.........
For Animal Lovers
For Automotive Repair
For Biography Buffs
For Business Improvement
For History Buffs
For Inspiration
For Life-long Learning
For Medical Information
For Pleasure Reading
For Self-help
If we don't have what you're looking for, just ask. We can probably get it for the price of the postage.
~~~ When You Need To Know ~~
Faster than searching the world wide web...
More inspiring than a Mocha Latte....
Able to answer questions with insight and detail....
These Super Heroes of Knowledge
Can find the answer to any problem.
And they work in your community.

~~~When you need to know, get to know your librarian!~~~

PRAIRIE READS & LOCAL HISTORY

2010-09-15T18:30:00.013-05:00

BENDING THE TWIG a memoir by Kenneth Goetz. The story of a boy growing up on the Dakota Prairie (Potter and Sully Counties) during the Depression and World War II.

WHILE THE COYOTE HOWLS Written in 1933 by Alice McDonald Edmunds (Mrs. Andrew Edmunds) -- about her family and life in Potter County. Full text in 63 pages is available via email attachment. 63 pages. Request by emailing the library at pclibrary@venturecomm.net

BREAKING SOD ON THE PRAIRIES by Clarence Wilbur Taber. Historical fiction account of Taber's homesteading experience in Potter County. The World Book Company as part of their “In Pioneer Life Series” published it in 1924. Taber grew to adulthood in Potter County where he became a banker, married the daughter of one of Gettysburg's founders, and had three children. By 1900, Taber, dissatisfied with banking, moved his family to Minneapolis, but he never forgot South Dakota.While the BREAKING SOD book is invaluable to Potter County history, it is not the book for which Taber is best known. Long before BREAKING SOD was written, he wrote TABER'S MEDICAL DICTIONARY FOR NURSES. It was this book that brought him to the attention of the F.A. Davis Company where his dictionary was published as TABER'S CYCLOPEDIC MEDICAL DICTIONARY. It was an instant success, has become the standard for nurses, and is now in its 20th edition.Taber died in 1968. His portrait still hangs in the boardroom at the F.A. Davis Company in Philadelphia, PA. and the history of the company devotes an entire chapter to his life.
THE WORK OF WOLVES by Kent Meyers. SD fiction set in the Badlands. SD author. A four-star recommendation.

LeBEAU by Dale and Mary Lewis. True story of the once flourishing cattle town of LeBeau, South Dakota and the murder that ended its reign as railroad king. Its location between Gettysburg and Mobridge is now under the waters of Lake Oahe. Consultant for the book was Gettysburg rancher Clint Parker

Excerpt from THE BATTLE OF SHILOH by Samuel M. Howard, who lived through it. p 130 "Again I hear the roar and crash of guns, 'til the whole earth rocks beneath it. .... Again I see brave General Peabody wage the unequal strife of one small brigade against two corps of the enemy and fall dead from his horse just as the enemy swarms around both flanks of the Sixth Division ... The past rises before me when the ominous hour of 10 o'clock overtakes the combatants, when more than 80,000 men, with 300 great guns and 80,000 muskets, wage the deadliest great battle of all time; 'til more than 26,000 soldiers fall upon that fearful field, either killed or wounded, while everywhere the very flesh is quivering on the bones of both the living and the dead ... Again I see and hear the screaming and bursting of shells and the closing in of the dreadful circling walls of brimstone fire -- flash on flash, flash on flash, flash on flash ... Again I hear the heartrending appeals for help by the mangled and dying .... Again I see the whole Peach Orchard where General Albert Sidney Johnston fell, so thickly carpeted with dead that one can walk in any direction stepping on the bodies of the dead all the time, without a foot touching the ground."

LOCAL HISTORY / GENEALOGY / FAMILY HISTORY

> 75 YEARS OF PROGRESS 1883-1958 : HOVEN, SOUTH DAKOTA
> 75th ANNIVERSARY, LEBANON, SOUTH DAKOTA
> 903rd REUNION – video 1997
> A TALE OF THREE FAMILIES by Elizabeth G. Longstreth -- Gillpatrick genealogy
> AGAR, SD, CENTENNIAL PHOTOS & INFORMATION from Edna Falkenhagen Smith Collection, compiled by Georga Sutton
> ALUMNI DIRECTORY : GETTYSBURG HIGH SCHOOL : 2000
> AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM BOERGER
> BREAKING SOD ON THE PRAIRIES by Clarence W. Taber - historical fiction set in Arena Township, Potter County, SD
> BULKLEY COMMUNITY
> Buller Family
> CATHEDRAL OF THE PRAIRIE - video
> CATTLE ON A THOUSAND HILLS – Sutton Ranch history
> CEMETERY RECORDS FOR POTTER COUNTY, SD
> CLARENCE WILBUR TABER, AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
> DAKOTA COWBOY by Ike Blasingame - nonfiction -- life at the time of the Matador Land and > Cattle Company between Gettysburg, SD and Eagle Butte, SD.
> DESCENDANTS OF GEORGE & CAROLINE JELI 1845-1991 by Michael and Dianne Jeli – genealogy
> DESTINATION GETTYSBURG – video
> DIAMOND JUBILEE 1886-1961, BOWDLE, SD
> DuFLOTH Family History by Beulah M. DuFloth White
> ELIDA TOWNSHIP by Rella Frankhauser McIntosh
> GETTYSBURG 1883-2008 SLIDE SHOW created by Dakota Sunset Museum
> GETTYSBURG CENTENNIAL STYLE SHOW – 1983 -- video
> GETTYSBURG: THE LEGACY LIVES ON -- video
> GETTYSBURG SOUTH DAKOTA 75TH ANNIVERSARY 1883-1958 – history
> GRANDPA AND GRANDMA MILLAR’S BIG HOUSE BY STONE LAKE by Millar – genealogy
> History of Sutton Ranch by Matt Sutton
> HOMESTEAD ATLAS, POTTER COUNTY
> HOVEN ALL FAITH CENTENNIAL - video
> HOVEN SOUTH DAKOTA 1883-1983 – history
> HOVEN, SOUTH DAKOTA - 25 YEAR SUPPLEMENT, 1983-2008, QUASQUICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
> IN THE SPIRIT OF McKAYLA by Vonnie Reuer and Rhonda Strouckel – music cassette
> POTTER COUNTY IN THIS WORLD WAR 1917-1918- 1919 - history
> INGA by Harold W. Anderson - Jordeth genealogy
> JORDETH by Inga Jordeth Haanstad -- genealogy
> LEBANON S.D. 1884-1984 – history
> LEBANON, SD - 125th CELEBRATION - home video by Merlyn Schutterle
> LEBANON CEMETERY
> LeBEAU, A SPUTTERING GLAME by Dale and Mary Lewis
> Life Story of Heinrich Buller and His Wife Agnetha Duerksen Buller by William Buller
> LOOK BACK ONCE IN AWHILE by Ed Carlson -- memoirs
> LOWRY, SD 1907 - 1007; A PHOTO ESSAY by Ken Vogele & Lowryites
> MAGNIFICENT CHURCHES ON THE PRAIRIE by Coomber
> NOLD FAMILY, THE by Mary Ragatz Alexander - genealogy
> OBITUARY BOOK, POTTER COUNTY – 1883 to present
> OLIVER FAMILY HISTORY
> PIONEER ON THE PRAIRIE: THE LIFE OF IVAR SANDBERG by Gilbert Ivar Sandberg
> POTTER COUNTY PEOPLE PICTURES and PROGRESS : 1883-1983 – history of Gettysburg
> Prairie Minister's Wife by Arlue Nix Thomas
> Rausch Family http://www.rl-anc.com/index.php http://www.rauschherefords.com/
> RECIPES FOR THE HEART, THE HEARTH, THE HOME by children of Nick and Catherine Rausch – recipes and history
> SUN RISES WITH THE HOVENS by Jeannette L. Anderson and committee -- history of Hoven Family and related families in Potter County, SD.
> SUTTON BOOK - genealogy
> THE FRANSEN FAMILY by Darrell Fransen -- genealogy
> THE LAST BRIDGE and A DISTANT PROMISE – both by Elvera Ziebart Reuer – WWII history
> TOLSTOY DIAMOND JUBILEE HISTORICAL BOOK 1982
> TURKEY RED by Frances Gilchrist Wood - historical fiction> VAN BOCKEL FAMILY - genealogy
> VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR WHO SETTLED IN POTTER COUNTY DAKOTA TERRITORY by Winifred Fawcett and Thelma Hepper. ** Index online at Veterans book index
> WE ARE AMERICANS by Marion Cronin Crowley - genealogy
> WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH FIFTY CENTS by Ernie Nagel -- memoirs 1915-1980
> WHEN THE SOUTH WIND BLEW SOFTLY by Gertrude E. Flyte -- memoirs 1890-1973
> Online Potter County Database

Genealogy Trails History Group welcomes you to its Potter County site

GETTYSBURG/POTTER COUNTY HISTORY BOOKS
For Sale: Gettysburg's 75th Anniversary Book - 1883-1958. -- $5 each
None of the information is duplicated in the 100th Anniversary Book

The 100th Anniversary book is available through the Dakota Sunset Museum.

SD War Memorials
SD Vietnam Memorial Site
Vietnam War / Baltezore: Teddy Baltezore
SD Korean War Site
SD World War II site

When we read....

2010-09-14T23:30:00.000-05:00

"When we read, we decide when, where, how long, and about what. One of the few places on earth that it is still possible to experience an instant sense of freedom and privacy is anywhere you open up a good book and begin to read. When we read silently, we are alone with our own thoughts and one other voice. We can take our time, consider, evaluate, and digest what we read—with no commercial interruptions, no emotional music or special effects manipulation. And in spite of the advances in electronic information exchange, the book is still the most important medium for presenting ideas of substance and value, still the only real home of literature."
— Andrew Clements

ASK THE LIBRARIAN

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Question: Who was the 1st paid female umpire in the U.S.?

Answer: Amanda Clement from South Dakota. The year was 1904.

ASK THE LIBRARIAN

Question: Did someone really discover a petrified man buried near old Forest City in Potter County, SD?

Answer: The story is told in Stanley Vestal's book THE MISSOURI. Briefly, the petrified man was a hoax concocted by bored locals who created a petrified body and buried it near Forest City. So successful was the hoax that the locals took the body to the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, exhibiting it all along the way for a dollar a viewing. The hoax wasn't exposed until after the turn of the century when they repeated the stunt and tried to sell the next body. The buyer and his wife got into such a terrible fight over the purchase that the buyer murdered his wife and then killed himself.

ASK THE LIBRARIAN

Question: Where was Eales Post Office located?

Answer: On the border between Fayette and Appomattox townships.

ASK THE LIBRARIAN

2010-09-14T00:01:00.001-05:00

Q: What caused the demise of old LeBeau?
A: Murder. LeBeau was a thriving community in Walworth County until ....
On December 11, 1909, a bartender, "Bud" Stephens, in DuFran's saloon shot David G. "Dode" Mackenzie twice in the chest. Mackenzie was the son of Murdo Mackenzie, the legendary cattle baron and general manager of the Matador. As Dode staggered out the door of the saloon, the bartender pumped another two bullets into Dode's back. Bud was tried for murder. Murdo Mackenzie hired one of the highest priced lawyers available to prosecute Stephens. Saloonkeeper DuFran could only afford a young, still wet-behind-the-ears, 23 year-old attorney to defend Stephens. The jury was composed of homesteaders who had no use for the Matador. In March, Stephens was acquitted -- self defense. An angry Murdo MacKenzie never shipped another load of cattle out of LeBeau. About two months following the acquittal, a major portion of the town burned down -- arson by persons unknown. With no cattle to ship, the railroad pulled up its tracks. The town has not exactly dried up -- it is now under the waters of the Oahe Reservoir.

ASK THE LIBRARIAN

Q: Is Hugh Glass vs. the Grizzly a true story?
A: Yup. In 1823, Hugh Glass was part of an expedition traveling through the plains near the fork of the Grand River (near what is now the town of Lemmon, SD). He was attacked by a grizzly bear, which slashed him from head to foot.Glass’s travel partners nursed his wounds for a while, and then moved on, leaving a young Jim Bridger to tend to Glass. Believing Glass was a dead man, Bridger took Glass's gun and gear and left him.When Glass came out of his coma, he was alone on a desolate plain, with maggots eating the rot in his back. His leg was broken, so he had to crawl 200 miles to Fort Kiowa (near Chamberlain) and safety. Fever and infection took their toll and frequently rendered him unconscious. The trip took more than two months.Angry, Glass sought revenge. Eventually he caught up with Bridger, but let him live. Glass died in an Indian ambush a few years later.In 1998, Ried Holien of Watertown traveled the same 200-mile journey made by Hugh Glass and wrote about it for South Dakota Magazine.

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2009-10-15T16:29:00.001-05:00

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Facebook Facts

2009-09-17T20:29:00.000-05:00

10 privacy settings every Facebook user should knowNick O’Neill writes: “Every day I receive an email from somebody about how their account was hacked, how a friend tagged them in the photo and they want a way to avoid it, as well as a number of other complications related to their privacy on Facebook. Here is a step-by-step process for protecting your privacy.”...
http://www.allfacebook.com/2009/02/facebook-privacy/

subscribe to the AllFacebook.com feed and keep up to date with everything that is happening on Facebook!

What's Twitter???

2009-09-16T23:43:00.000-05:00

Check out these fantastic how-to videos.
Twitter in Plain English
Twitter Search in Plain English

How to create your own blog

2009-09-15T22:51:00.000-05:00

Creating a blog is easier than I thought.

Creating a blog using Blogger takes just three steps:
Create an account (view screenshot)
Name your blog (view screenshot)
Select your template. (view screenshot)

Once you’ve created your blog here are two important things to know:

To add posts: The maintenance interface that you will use to add posts, edit, or change the set-up of your blog is accessed online at http://www.blogger.com/ Be sure to write down your login and password
To view your blog: Your blog address is http://(xxxx).blogspot.com, (xxxx)=the unique identifier you entered in Step 2. Be sure to also write down your blog address.If you run into problems or would like more information about blogs and using Blogger here is a discovery resource you can use Blogger’s Quick Tutorial.

Fun You Tube Video

2009-09-15T22:45:00.000-05:00

Need an icebreaker or a program exercise. Tooty Tah is great fun.
Watch the video on You Tube.

What are Google Docs?

2009-09-15T22:35:00.000-05:00

Take a look at a free web-based word processing tool called Google Docs . Even this little old lady librarian created a document - works much like Microsoft Word - and even inserted pictures. For more info, read through the Google Docs tour or watch Google Docs in Plain English.

Creating web-based documents means that we can read/share these documents from any computer with Internet. No worrying about program compatibility. Huge benefit.

Internet "crap" detection

2009-09-15T19:55:00.000-05:00

Crap Detection 101
You've used a search engine to try to find the answer to your question. Your results are in the thousands. Now it's up to you to sort the accurate information from the misinfo, spam, scams, and hoaxes. Help is here. Read Howard Rheingold's Crap Detection 101.

RSS in Plain English

2009-09-15T19:25:00.000-05:00

RSS feeds and e-mail alerts are great tools for anyone who is doing ongoing research. For example, both alerts and RSS feeds are offered in ProQuest. To practice, search ProQuest for Gettysburg, South Dakota, and then set up both an alert and an RSS feed. Find the icons just above the search results.

Video: RSS in Plain English
Source: www.youtube.com
A short explanation of RSS and how it helps you save time reading the web. This video comes in an unbranded "presentation quality" version that can be licensed for use in the workplace. http://www.commoncraft.com/store-item/rss_plain_english

Scroll down until you see this sentence"Visit one of these sites for a free, non-commercial version of this video (how to share responsibly):" Click on the red link for YouTube

100+ Alternative Search Engines You Should Know

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100+ Alternative Search Engines You Should Know
This website lists specialty search engines:

E-Book & PDF Search Engines, such as PDF Searcher
Audio and music search engines, such as BeeMp3
Video search engines, such as blinkx