Author: Delphine Lytell

Are you trying to get a sense of what’s up with the movement to no longer stress cursive handwriting in the grade school curriculum? From Reason Foundation comes this insight from Greg Beato. Do you agree with him? See: http://reason.org/news/printer/the-writing-is-on-the-wall

Lost in history is the significance of November 11. In the beginning it was Armistice Day and then changed through the years as our forgetfulness of its origin increased.  Now we honor our veterans on this day. Get the history of Veteran’s Day by visiting the Veterans Administration website http://www1.va.gov/opa/vetsday/ and looking for the history… Continue reading Veterans Day

A program on National Public Radio on September 8, 2010, http://www.hereandnow.org/2010/09/rundown-98-2/, gives us an insight into our thought processes as humans.  When would we change our minds to correspond with irrefutable information or facts that support another position? As easy as it sounds, we human beings do not necessarily do that; rather we like to… Continue reading When facts do not change our minds

Students who need to get some interesting facts for their research papers should consider looking at the Research Tools section of the EB Online database. Three interesting and potentially useful options are  Timelines, World Data Analyst, and Compare Countries. Note: while EB Online has many citations for its various searches, citing the Research Tools will… Continue reading Research Tools on the Encyclopedia Britannica Online

Trying to save the earth? Interested in the environment?“Welcome to the Encyclopedia of Earth, a new electronic reference about the Earth, its natural environments, and their interaction with society. The Encyclopedia is a free, fully searchable collection of articles written by scholars, professionals, educators, and experts who collaborate and review each other’s work. The articles… Continue reading Websites: Educational and Utilitarian

The publication Who represents me in Cook County? is located in the file drawer near the second computer at the Information/Reference. It is published by the League of Women Voters of Cook County and is located in a file folder, at the back of the tabbed folders, entitled Government Officials. The location in the PAC… Continue reading Who Represents Me in Cook County?

The Columbia Granger’s Index to Poetry, familiarly called Granger’s, is an important resource to finding poems in anthologies. Our copy is the 2002 Granger’s (REF PN1022.H39). For the convenience of library patrons, the librarians have checked the list of books (anthologies) in the front of Granger’s and written in the call numbers of those anthologies… Continue reading The Columbia Granger’s Index to Poetry

The monster that Frankenstein created made quite an impact on his community. In light of this aspect of life, What has happened to a favorite American character trait of joining together for a common purpose? Is the “club” or “community organization” falling on hard times? You can read all about the changes that are occurring… Continue reading Bowling Alone by Robert D. Putnam and Better Together by Robert D. Putnam and Lewis M. Feldstein

NationMaster Country Statistics: Looking for some quick information on countries? Use Nation Master on the web. Some of this web site is fee based, but there is a nice part of it that you can use immediately.