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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

It's Not Easy Being Green (but do it anyway!)

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The environment has been a hot topic in the last few years, and the Library Commission has recently added more books on this subject. For ex...

Monday, March 23, 2009

From the Top: Toponyms.

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I was looking for a slang dictionary for a patron the other day and was browsing one of my favorite areas -- the 422s and 423s (if you immed...

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Meebo on the Mississippi

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A few minutes ago, we were asked this interesting question on Meebo: Why did the Mississippi River shrink from 1883 to now? I was immediatel...

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Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Parenthetically Paraguay

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Yesterday afternoon I was flipping through my favorite reference book, The New York Public Library Desk Reference , and ran across this line...

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Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Some Things Never Change

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The latest reference work I’ve been doing has me flipping through an interesting source. The History of the Mass Media in the United States ...

Friday, March 13, 2009

When I Grow Up, I Want to Be A...

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When someone calls the MLC reference desk and wants information from the U.S. Census, I could not be happier. The Census is one of my favori...

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Kiss Me! I'm A Hooligan!

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With St. Patrick's Day arriving soon (it's next Tuesday, in case you haven't been keeping track), I thought I would explore a li...

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