Thursday, December 29, 2005

New Links on our web for the week of December 29, 2005 Books and Reading Search the HPL Online catalog for Fiction books on cassette tape older than 2002 Search the HPL Online catalog for Fiction books on cassette tape for all years Search the HPL Online catalog for Books on CD Search the HPL Online catalog for Music CDs Search the HPL Online catalog for DVDs Search the HPL Online catalog for VHS items LibriVox "provides totally free audiobooks from the public domain." Computers and Internet Would you like to see if a book that you are looking at on Amazon's or Barnes and Noble's pages is in the Lakeland Library Cooperative with just a click of your mouse? Well you can! Below is a Bookmarklet that you can drag to your tool bar. (Left click and hold the mouse button down, then drag it up to the toolbar, release the mouse button). Once it is installed, just click on it when you are looking at a book on another site. A new window will pop up if a Lakeland Library owns the book. You can then put it on hold. Look it up at LLC Another cool tool is this toolbar from OCLC. You can get a Yahoo tool bar or a Google toolbar for either IE or Firefox. Use them to see if a book you are looking at is available in your local library. More information is on the page. Health Familydoctor.org: Physical Activity "A collection of fact sheets on exercise and fitness, with an emphasis on safety (for weight training, running, snowboarding, and other sports) and specific injuries and illnesses (such as ankle sprains and shoulder pain). Includes links to pages on fitness for children, teenagers, and older adults. From the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)." (LII) Physical Activity For Everyone "This site provides basic information for adults and children about physical activity and fitness. Topics include the value of physical activity and how to start a fitness program. Explains common terms and offers statistics on physical activity in the United States and resources for health professionals. From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)." (LII) Ready To Start a Fitness Program? Take These 5 Steps "This starting point for planning an exercise program contains resources for assessing your fitness level, designing a fitness program, getting exercise equipment, starting the program, and monitoring progress. Includes links to articles about weight training, stretching, aquatic exercise, aerobic exercise, and other fitness topics. From the MayoClinic.com, the website of the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research." (LII) Leisure History of the Super Bowl "These articles discuss each game that has been played in this National Football League (NFL) annual event, which began in 1967, and which pits the winner of the American Football Conference (AFC) against the National Football Conference (NFC) winner. Also includes a list of games, with teams and scores. From the website for Sporting News magazine." (LII) Winter Olympics History "Historical information about all Olympic Winter Games back to the first games in Chamonix, France, in 1924. Includes medal totals, and list of gold, silver, and bronze medal-winners in each event. Also includes links to information about the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin, Italy. From CBS SportsLine.com." (LII) Librarian Links EBSCOhost Database: Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts "This database offers free abstracts (but not full text) of books, magazine articles, and reports, and other resources on "subjects such as librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more." From EBSCO Publishing." (LII) 10:44:31 AM

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