New Reference Additions:

Books

Great Events from History: The 18th Century is a revision and expansion of the 1970's publication of this series. Illustrations, maps, and primary source documents were added to increase the value for school projects.

The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings is a descriptive and evaluative list of the discography of more than 1000 blues musicians.

Video:

Putting Customers First, a forty minute Library Network Video, presents customer service strategies for handling phone, chat, and email transactions. Using these tactics Columbus Metropolitan Library and West Palm Beach Library in Florida were able to make their libraries more responsive to the needs of the community.

Interesting Web Sites:

E-How: http://www.ehow.com/
Consult e-How for easy-to-follow instructions to a multitude of common tasks, for example debugging an electronic game, applying varnish to your floors, or packing for a trip.

How Products are Made: http://www.madehow.com/
This web site maintained by Thompson Gale includes detailed descriptions for the manufacture of many common products, from artificial snow to a zipper. Each entry includes the history of the product, raw materials necessary for manufacture, and a diagram of the manufacturing process.

Stumper for December 2006/January 2007:

I am looking for a political cartoon that depicts the Russian Czar Peter the Great as a cat. Can you find it for me?

Answer: The Cat of Kazan - this is a satirical lubuk, or folk picture
Source: http://www.rollins.edu/Foreign_Lang/Russian/Lubok/lubsatir.html

Stumper for February"

What make of car was used in post war Germany to patrol the roads?

Until next month,
Eleanor Sathan
Regional Reference Librarian
esathan@mhl.org