Sounds and more music #13

I found Soundsnap sort of interesting but not too user friendly. The sounds that I downloaded were not the sounds that played as I downloaded and as some others have said, I don't know where they went once downloaded. It was fun to play with the sounds though. I guess they could be used in the library when a patron misbehaves (roaring lion) or if a ridiculous question has been asked (laughing, howling hyenas)! They could also be used in Powerpoint presentations to create some fun and something different (staff meetings, meetings that patrons set up for groups etc). Patrons could be directed to this site with the advice that they will need to take some time to get the effects they want.

Music is one of my favorite things in life so it was fun to check out even more sites. Did you know there is a category of Tex-Mex music? It's listed as a sub-genera of Latin on the Artist Server site. There was also a song Idranksomeboilingwaterbecauseiwantedtowhistle.(I almost couldn't type that because I'm used to writing with breaks between words!) After looking at some of the others I came back to Artist Server because for me it was the easiest to use. I found a band under regular ol country "Blue Coyote Band" and I may listen to them again. The singer had a nice voice and I could understand all the words plus I liked the band's sound. Why did I pick a band with the word coyote in it? Last weeks story time was coyote stories.........

Ok - Here's Bikinin in Fruita

Here's the closest thing to me in a bikini that you're going to get!

Best Buy Here I Come!!

Actually, that is my husband's battle cry not mine BUT.......since I have a gift card now who knows what will happen. My new laptop is in need of a portable home so I may use it towards that or......I'll let you know!! Awaiting the next tasks.

Novelist

Hey, nice to find some other Maggie fans out there!
It's good for you to have us explore Novelist because I tend to go to KDL all the time when I need a series list and that isn't the only place to visit.
This summer I actually printed out the Harry Potter series list and put it in a drawer because I had the question almost daily as to which book was next and I could never remember! Another popular author was Rick Riordan, his newest is "The Last Olympian". I found out in Novelist that the series name is actually "Percy Jackson and the Olympians". I had no idea what the name of the series was until Novelist. The other I looked at was Lemony Snicket series. I may go back and look at Boxcar Children because there are a bunch of them and I had people asking for them in order....Whew!

Author read alikes is another great tool I'll be using and directing patrons to. I found it will need to be a popular author such as Tony Hillerman, Louis L'Amour, Nevada Barr etc. I didn't find Maggie Sefton or Patti Hill in there. There are lots of Tony fans out there who have read all his books and now I can help them find some other authors who they may like. I don't know where I'll send them after they read all of Margaret Coel's books!

Lastly, Reccomended reads. I also will be using this tool. I had never even investigated here and there is lots of information. I searched under adventure and in there I found that there is a section for female adventures where there were several titles I may look into for myself. I have a patron who wants "true" stories, (she likes Anne Rule - but not always) and this is a spot where I can direct her to help find what she might like next.

Thanks for sending us to Novelist for more exploration. This is a wonderful tool for staff and patrons alike

Book Reports

I like this site! I had a hard time picking a favorite from the left side of the page because there is something for everyone depending on what they need at that time. For myself doing lots of storytimes and helping younger patrons, Kidsreads will be a helpful for series books, letting patrons know when a new read is coming, choosing titles from their favorite authors and much more. I liked the faith site too and the book report site .......I wonder how teachers feel about this!!!! I did notice that most of the reports were current reads and not necessarily things that you are assigned in high school or college. We have several bookclubs in Fruita and the spot for them will be helpful if they are ever stuck on what to try next in their club. For those of you writers out there (I know there are a bunch of you), the author website place might be just for you. You can get help making a website of your own. Very cool! I think there is something for everyone here.

Bibliography spot: I really don't have a favorite author, I read all sorts of stuff by all sorts of people but I like Maggie Sefton because she writes mysteries that are set in "Fort Collins", CO, her characters are interesting, and they read really fast. She also puts knitting patterns and sometimes a delicious food recipe so I get a three for one in her books. She was born in VA, now lives in CO and used to be a CPA and real estate agent. The other author I looked was local Patti Hill. She needs to be updated because they only have two of her novels listed (she has 4 or 5 now), and the only reviews are of her first book. Does she have to provide the new information? Just wondering.

Anyway, you are probably tired of reading this so ......bye

Task 10

Here we go with EBSCO....... This database has so much to offer but I will still need to work with it some more. It takes me awhile to use the correct search tools to get what I want but I finally found out which dark chocolate is the best, least expensive, least calories etc. from consumer reports. I used the date parameters of Sept. 2007 to Sept. 2009 and found four articles. When I limited it to 2008 to 2009 I think I only had two. I used the section where you could select photos of the item and was given several. I think that the folder option for storing your choices is very helpful if you are doing research and you will need to go back to what you saved. This way you don't have to print everything and not need it later on. By the way, the best chocolate according to C.R. is Cacao Reserve by Hersheys Extra Dark. It costs .68 per oz, has 157 calories per oz. Dove is in the good category and is a bit less expensive. On the same page as the chocolate you could read about Dysen vacuumes. That way you can sweep up any evidence of chocolate eating!

Bibliography Resource Center - Here I learned if you are an American cyclist no one is looking for you in this bibliography database! Lance Armstrong wasn't here and that suprised me. Neither was Maggie Sefton (she writes knitting mysteries) or Keith Urban. When I put in Jan Karon (author) however, she was there with two items, 62 magazine and new articles but no website. John Elway had 6 items, lots of mag and newspaper and 2 websites. Nicole Kidman has 2 items, several mag and newspapers and a couple of websites. I thought that this site was easy to use and gave good search options to find what you were looking for.

Website building

It's been so long since I've gotten to work on this I almost forgot how to blog!! Both Google and Weebly make website building pretty simple. I have started on Weebly but haven't gotten too much on there yet. I need to get some picture etc. on there to make it more interesting and personalized. For now, I just stuck with the Biking theme (not bikini!) but I may on my own time, make this my jewlery site. I will keep adding to this blog portion as I get things done. Now onto Google's site. More to follow.......
Oh, http://bikinginfruita.weebly.com