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February 20, 2007
African American Pioneers in Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Visit our new virtual display in honor of Black History Month: African American Pioneers in Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Posted by Allison Roberts at 01:09 PM
HorseQuest Races into the Information World
eXtension's HorseQuest DELIVERS the "best of the best" university research-based information on horses via the Internet. eXtension (pronounced "e-extension") is an educational partnership of more than 70 universities that has the national shared strength of the Land Grant University System customized to focus on local area information. eXtension complements and enhances the community-based Cooperative Extension System of the land-grant universities.
HorseQuest, found at www.extension.org/horses, is an interactive website that provides news, events, frequently asked questions, and "Ask the Expert" features as well as in-depth learning modules on equine-related topics. It is the first of twenty-one eXtension 'communities of practice' to be set up online. Doyle Meadows, Extension Horse Specialist at UT, is a member of the eXtension 'community of practice'.
Posted by Shantel Agnew at 10:29 AM
February 19, 2007
New York Times Newspaper Available
The Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL) now provides full-text coverage of The New York Times newspaper, covering January 1995 to the present. Articles between 1980 through 1994 are indexed in TEL. To access the newspaper:
•Go to http://find.galegroup.com/menu/commonmenu.do?userGroupName=tel_a_utl
•Click 'InfoTrac OneFile'.
•Click Publication Search (located in the light-blue horizontal bar).
•Type "New York Times".
•You will then get results for all titles that include "New York Times".
•Click the New York Times (newspaper).
You will then see all of the issues available. The list is updated daily, so you can often get the previous day's edition.
TEL has also added multimedia content to its offerings. To access this feature:
•Go to http://find.galegroup.com/itx/dispBasicSearch.do?prodId=ITOF&userGroupName=tel_p_tnla
•Perform a basic search.
•From the results page click on the tab above the results that reads "Multimedia".
Finally, listen to a number of audio files of news reports relating to that subject.
Posted by Shantel Agnew at 11:26 AM
February 14, 2007
Culture Corner
In correlation with the UT Libraries Spring 2007 Culture Corner:Appalachian Culture: The Cherokee, Pendergrass Library created Appalachian Resources and the Cherokee click on the resources link to print a list of resources available.
Posted by Allison Roberts at 01:00 PM
February 02, 2007
International Climate Change Report
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has released thier Climate Change Report for 2007. Click the link above to get information about the Report and about the Panel.
Click the NPR link to listen to the National Public Radio report. This link also provides a link to a summary of the Climate Change Report.