Library Skills for Writers

When was the last time you ventured into your local communal library? They aren't just buildings full bookshelves stacked floor to ceiling with books, a periodicals section, and a reference section. There's plenty more worth investigating at the library these days. Libraries are constantly looking for ways to update what they have to offer. Besides the books, these institutions also offer Dvds, Vhs tapes, audio books, audio cassettes, music Cds, music scores, and even jigsaw puzzles. Computers are now ready for use by those who don't have computers or internet aid at home. Many even offer WiFi. Other services include: author readings, homework help, English or Spanish as a second language classes, toddler story time, computer classes, and a calendar full of activities. Have questions? No problem, just contact your library by phone, email of online messaging.

Library Cards

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For anything looking to use their local library, library cards are free. All that is required - depending on the library - is a driver's license, an Id, or a utility bill to show proof of residence. Then fill out the form, and the librarian hands you a library card on the spot. But you don't have to do it in someone any more. Fill out the library card application online, and within days, your card arrives in the mail.

Library cards allow users to check out just about all things - except, of course, items held in the reference section or any special collections. Generally, books can be checked out for about 2 weeks, while Cds, video tapes, audio books and Dvds are checked out for 1 week. While there's still a limit to the whole of items that can be checked out, the limit is much higher than when I was growing up in the 60s and 70s. My local library, for instance, allows up to 75 books to be checked out at one time; not that I could read 75 books in 2 weeks time. But if I wanted to, I could check out that many.

Library cards also allow you to place on holds (online) on items that are offered by the library, withhold time on one of the library computers, and make use of the library's online resources. But even without a card, anything can

• sit in the library and read the books, periodicals or anything held in the reference or special collections sections.
• use the Ask a Librarian tab on the Library's website.
• attend any of the events or classes offered by the Library.
• get homework help.
• make use of the WiFi.

Visitors and non-residents can buy a library card for a minimal fee, regularly less than up front, with smaller annual renovation fees. Lost Library cards are can be replaced for a fee of colse to one dollar. If your library card gets stolen - along with your purse or wallet - card holders are urged to notify the library immediately so the card can be cancelled. Most libraries will hold the owner of the library card responsible for any items checked out on the card by the someone who stole that card. (The cost of replacing books, Dvds, Cds, videos etcetera can get quite expensive).

Card Catalog

Card catalogs have been digital for at least the last 15 to 20 years now. If you still haven't figures out how to use this new digital version, either in the library or online, then naturally ask a librarian to show you the ropes. Or take a tech savvy friend or relative with you. By the way, the card catalog ready online is the same catalog ready inside the library.

The card catalog allows users to crusade for books (and all other library holdings) using the same parameters as the old card catalogs. The card catalog shows how many of each item each library in the library theory has, how many are on the shelves ready for check-out, how many are currently checked-out, and when checked-out items are due to be returned. In increasing to searching the catalog, users can place a hold on books and other items (Cds, Dvds, etc.), submit requests for interlibrary loans, and even purchase items that the library has for sale. Use the mouse to point and click on a definite entry to learn more about that item.

How to Place a Hold

To place a book on hold, first look it up in the card catalog. Click on that item to find out how many copies are ready at you branch or any other branch of the library system. Click on the "hold" icon, tab or button. The librarian will pull the item from the shelf, and hold it for up to a week. For items only ready at other branches within the library system, it will take a day or two for the item to be delivered to your branch, where it will be held under your name. The library notifies the card holder by email when the hold is available, or check the status of the item online.

There is a limit to the whole of books or other items that may be held in reserve, so check with your library to find out the limit. If the item you want is currently checked out, you will be placed on a waiting list for that item. Reference books, special collections, microfilm or microfiche items cannot be placed on hold or sent to someone else branch on interlibrary loans. If you well need to use these items, you will have to go to the branch that owns them.

The Dewey Decimal Classification

The old version of the Dewey Decimal theory was an alpha-numeric system. Over the last century, it has gone straight through complicated versions. The current version of the Dewey Decimal Classification (Ddc) is a totally decimal numbering system. This makes it easier to develop the online card catalogs, re-shelf books, and locate books once on the shelf. However, it does allow for the increasing of letters to the numbering theory so that personel libraries can customize it to their needs. Fiction books are still permitted to use letters to develop and shelf books by author's last name, since most population are accustomed to looking for fiction books by their favorite authors' last name.

Generally speaking, the Ddc numbering consists of a 3 digit whole before the decimal and complicated numbers following the decimal. The first three numbers reflect the normal areas, or genres, where the item is shelved. The decimals break down the numbering theory additional to reflect smaller branch subdivisions. For instance, history will be broken into State, Us, and World history. Us history will be additional broken down into Early American history, the revolutionary period, slavery, black history, the Civil War period, World War I, Ww Ii, and modern history. Each subdivisions within a genre adds more numbers behind the decimal, to additional refine the placement of books on the shelves. The classes, or genres, for shelving books and other items are:

• 000 - Computer Science, Information, normal Works
• 100 - philosophy and Psychology
• 200 - Religion
• 300 - communal Sciences
• 400 - Language
• 500 - Sciences and Mathematics
• 600 - Technology and Applied Science
• 700 - Arts and Recreation
• 800 - Literature
• 900 - History and Geography

Classes and Events

The classes and other events held at a library are regularly posted on a bulletin board in the lobby or inside the library. They are also posted online in the library's calendar of events. The classes and events include programs for children, teens and adults as well as language programs (i.e. English, Spanish), toddler's story time, authors' readings and any anything else that are of local interest or that are favorite among the library's users.

Reference Section

All libraries have a reference section full of books and other bound items intended for use inside the library only. These items are not ready for check-out or for inter-library loan. The items in the reference section are regularly multi-volume sets (encyclopedias) or immense volumes (major dictionaries and atlases), and are regularly too large to loan out and too expensive to replace. The reference section in most any library will include:

• Dictionaries (e.g. The American inheritance college dictionary, The Random House dictionary of the English language, Webster's dictionary of English usage)
• Encyclopedias (e.g. Encyclopedia Americana, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Hispanica, World Book)
• Almanacs
• Atlases
• Bibliographies
• Directories
• Handbooks
• Yearbooks and Statistical Sources (e.g. The Statesman's year-book, Statistical abstract of the United States, Statistical abstract of the world, The World almanac and book of facts)
• Biographical Sources (e.g. Biography index, Command, a historical dictionary of troops leaders, Current biography, Who's who among Hispanic Americans, Who's who in U.S. Writers, editors & poets, The Who's who of Nobel Prize winners)
• Quotation sources (e.g. American inheritance dictionary of American quotations, familiar quotations: a range of passages, phrases, and proverbs traced to their sources in ancient and modern literature, The Oxford dictionary of quotations)
• Science and Technology Sources (e.g. American inheritance science dictionary, Dictionary of science and technology, The history of science and technology: a browser's guide to the great discoveries, inventions, and the population who made them, from the dawn of time to today, Van Nostrand's scientific encyclopedia)

Reading Books Online

Many libraries now have books online now. So you don't have to physically go to the library to read some material. As long as you have a library card, you can "check out" the library's online reading materials for the same whole of time as you would check out a corporeal book. You can even print the pages you need right from our home computer.

Locate your local library on the internet, then navigate straight through their website for ready library services, "Ask a Librarian" resources, branch location and hours, contact information, card catalog, the library's databases, "Friends of the Library" services and events, meeting and study room policies, use of communal computers, normal library policies, special events, events calendar, the "What's New" section, and WiFi availability. If you don't already have a library card, then by all means avail yourself of this awesome - and free - resource. It's worth every tax dollar spent on retention this wonderful custom relevant, modern and usable.

-By Joan Whetzel

Library Skills for Writers

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Unique Jigsaws - What Makes a Jigsaw Puzzle Different?

What makes a jigsaw unique?
Unique means unparalleled, having no equal, the only one.
The elements of a jigsaw that can make it unique are:

1. The image.
2. The cut pattern.
3. The type of material.
4. 2D or 3D
5. Limited edition.

Hand cut jigsaws are assuredly unique. Normally only one jigsaw is cut and assuredly when my father and great uncle cut their jigsaws by hand, they cut the only copy of the image. These jigsaws are unique without question. They fulfill all the definitions of unique. The cutter will pick the cut line as he/she cuts. If asked to cut the same picture again, they would take a distinct path.

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The mass produced pressed jigsaw can not be unique even when it has a extra image or is slight edition numbers. The cut pattern is used on numerous other images and the quantity produced exclude them from the definition of only one.

In the middle are the hand designed jigsaws cut on a laser. Here, a number of jigsaws can be made but the cut lines are unique because they are not used for any other image.

By hand designing the cut lines, the image is enhanced and the jigsaw created is tricky without being repetitive.

Types of cut patterns used in hand cut jigsaws.

• Interlocking - similar to a general standard jigsaw
• non-interlocking - the piece shapes sit next to each other but do not lock into each other. A very old customary way of cutting. This creates a difficult jigsaw as there is no shape recognition complex in putting the jigsaw together.
• Colour line cutting - here the cut lines are placed along colour changes e.g. Cutting around a man in a picture. This makes a difficult jigsaw because the jigsaw can not be put together by looking at the colours or the picture. The puzzles is reliant on the shape of the piece to work out where it goes. A small jigsaw can be very fascinating when cut in this way.

The distinct cutting creates a distinct jigsaw caress for the man putting the jigsaw together. When putting together a standard interlocking jigsaw of 1000 pieces, the jigsaw is very very difficult at the starting because the man has to search straight through hundreds of pieces and may have to try large numbers of distinct pieces before looking the right one. By the end of the jigsaw, the last pieces are very easy to put in because the image can be used and there are only a few pieces to search through.

When doing a colour line cut jigsaw, the puzzle is difficult at the start and even when down to 5 or six pieces, it can still be difficult! This is because the image is no help, the colour of one piece will not show the colour of the next adjacent piece.

The image superior for a jigsaw is extremely important. The image can be unique because it is created from someone's wedding picture or a house picture or because the image is painted by the jigsaw cutter. Otherwise the image can be from a photographer or illustrator and will be used multiple times. The picture needs to have lots of interest throughout the area of the jigsaw with lots of colours and no big areas of one colour. It is best to select neutral images, not particularly male or female. The picture should be beautiful otherwise there is no point in recreating it. When looking at jigsaws in general, there is a laziness when selecting the image. Many clubs churn out the same type of old fashioned pictures that give jigsaws a bad name.

Jigsaws are made of many distinct substances these days. Hand cutters still use wood as this cuts well with a treadle fret saw. Some clubs use Mdf despite claiming they are wooden jigsaws! 3D jigsaws are often made of plastic as the modeling process requires a material that can be deformed in all planes. With the invention of Yag lasers, metal jigsaws can be produced. Acrylic works beautifully for Co2 lasers as the cut edge is very level when cut in this way.

A unique jigsaw should be something the puzzler has not come over before. New ideas, tricks and surprises should be contained within the cutting. The mind set for doing the jigsaw can be unique, a colour edge cut jigsaw requires a turn in how the man goes about doing the jigsaw. looking for the shape rather than the image is unique to the colour edge cut jigsaw.

Some would claim a very difficult jigsaw is the largest jigsaw in the world or one with a totally repetitive pattern e.g. Baked beans. However, a colour edge cut jigsaw is intelligently difficult, a small jigsaw with seemingly few pieces can be exceptionally difficult but fascinating and great fun to complete.

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Tracing Your house History

Let me say right away that tracing your family ancestry is a great hobby but very addictive, so unless you want to get well and truly hooked, don't start.

When I tour nearby the country to family History Fairs, I am amazed at the whole of people who say quite cheerfully, "family history is so easy, I did mine in half an hour on the internet." If they are happy with that, then good luck to them, but for me, if I cannot prove it, it doesn't count.

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Family history is not about just collecting a pile of names and then trying to fit them all together like a genealogical jigsaw puzzle. You must start with what you know to be true and that is your birth certificate. On that will be the names of your parents, so, if you do not already have access to it, it shouldn't be hard to fetch their marriage certificate. From there until 1837, you can tour back fairly safely with hatched, matched and dispatched certificates from the family Records Centre in London. Pre 1837, you have to be able to access parish registers, and this is where the going can get tough. If you are unsure of the area your forbears are from, census returns can be very helpful.

In case you are planning to have a go at compiling your family tree, be aware that you could be in for a few surprises (shocks). Just because granny all the time seemed prim and permissible to you, doesn't make it so.

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9 Fun and curious Christmas Activities for Kids

The truth about Christmas is that it is a time for kids... Not just little ones, but for every person who is young at heart, along with fun-loving adults. But, for some adults, Christmas loses its charm and excitement, but it's always a happy opportunity to watch the faces of little ones light up. It seems that Christmas becomes more lively for children than their birthday because every person is sharing in the celebration in a way that doesn't happen on their birthday. It's a holiday every person they know is seeing send to.

It adds to the joy of the season when children are included in house activities. Planning activities that will allow their participation will not only delight them, but you will have fun just watching them. These activities will help the children in your house generate treasured memories of Christmas time. They need little to no charge and will help to make everyone's Christmas bright. Here are some of my popular activities that younger children will have fun helping with:

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1. Write a letter to Santa

Help your youngster write a letter to Santa to tell him what they want most of all for Christmas. Have them consist of their views on either they have been naughty or nice. This can be a lot of fun for the child and for you.

2. Make their own Christmas cards

Buy a holder of card stock and let them make Christmas cards for their friends and house members. If they are too young to use scissors, cut the sheet of card stock in half and fold each half once. Give the children crayons to draw pictures with and non-permanent markers to write a message in their card.

3. Bake Christmas cookies

Both girls and boys like to get in the kitchen and bang pots and pans. Let your children help measure ingredients. If they are too young to do that, let them pour the ingredients into the bowl and teach them to stir and mix the batter. Once the cookie dough is rolled out, let them cut out the cookies and put them on the cookie sheet.

4. Make gift tags

Gather card stock or building paper, crayons and markers and let them generate gift tags to go on presents to be put under the tree for friends and family.

5. Make a Christmas tree ornament

Gather craft items and encourage them to make one Christmas tree adornment each year and hang it on the tree. Take a photograph of the tree with the adornment on it and let them generate an album to keep the photos in. They will appreciate being able to recognize the revision in their hand-crafted ornaments over the years.

6. Decorate a Christmas stocking

Buy a plain Christmas stocking. Obtain craft items which consist of glue and glitter. Let the children decorate their own Christmas stocking and put their name on it. Hang the stockings on the mantle if you have one or near the Christmas tree where it will be easy for Santa to see.

7. Count the days until Christmas

Have a calendar available for children and have them mark off each day while the month of December and have them count the amount of days left until the big day.

8. Work a Christmas theme jigsaw puzzle

Buy a Christmas theme jigsaw puzzle that is standard to their age and let them have fun putting the pieces together. Once the puzzle is worked, you have the selection of taking it apart and letting them do it over, or you can coat it with a clear glaze sealant and frame the puzzle.

9. Join in singing Christmas carols

Everyone, young and old, loves to Obtain together and sing Christmas carols. Encourage your young children to join in this holiday tradition.

Taking time to plan activities that consist of children will increase the enjoyment of Christmas for every person in your household. Be sure to take fullness of photos of the children lively in these activities to retain the memories.

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Setting A Goal To accomplish Your Dream Body

You are no ifs ands or buts ready to convert the way your body looks, performs and feels and you have realised you need to set a goal.

So you know you want to set a goal. But what do you do now?

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Well a lot of population would propose have a Smart goal what they mean by this is,
1. Specific
2. Measurable
3. Achievable
4. Realistic
5. Time based

There are parts of this I agree with but as a whole I don't no ifs ands or buts like It.

You See Realistic is the main concern I have with it. As I hate the word realistic. To me this word means settle for less and why should you settle for less. Were all dreamers so why not aim to perform our dreams? Even if we don't perform them to there fullest, If we start out with the intention of achieving them were going to be much closer to achieving them than we would if we had set far less ambitious goals.

You see the main part of goal setting in my thought is excitement about your goal. There needs to be feeling/emotion/excitement behind the idea of achieving your goal. If your goal is not something you no ifs ands or buts want to perform are you going to stick to it with a fine toothpick. I don't think so, you?

So settling for 10lbs in 4 weeks is not going to get you jumping up and down with joy/excitement and put you in a mindset for achieving greatness is it.

So going back to the smart goals there is one section I do no ifs ands or buts do like and that is specific.
You see we need to know where were going. Like on a journey across the country you need a specific building, road name, postcode and town so you know where the destination is. We need the same with your goal.

So what's a specific goal?

Well here's mine for the next month as an example.

I want to sacrifice my waist by 2inches and increase my chest by 2inches giving me more of a triangular look with a solid six pack and graphic obliques. I want slightly bigger arms 16" and stronger legs squatting 120kg bum to the floor. Seeing more athletic, feeling more energetic, confidant and as a whole that I have made a weighty move send this month feeling a sense of achievement.

Can you see how this is a lot more specific than so many pounds this month? You can imagine/see a clear image in your head of what it would and what you will look like. It gets you excited, you can't wait to start and you are in a brilliant mindset where no negativity can get in your way.

So you have set your dream goal but its not that simple

You see it is very easy to set these ambitious goals, but two hurdles occur from setting these.
1. Believing You can perform your goal.
2. How are you going to get from A to B

Your goal is set it sounds amazing, but the qoute comes when you don't believe you can perform it. So lets learn how to jump this hurdle. It's all down to you here, This is all down to your mindset. You can talk yourself out of something very no ifs ands or buts cant you I bet you do it all the time. We all do. "I don't need to do that, I'll do it later, I will never perform that'. You see as a species were very good at Seeing ways why not to do something as opposed to Seeing at why we should do it.

So all we need to do is the opposite of what were doing. We need to stop ourselves telling ourselves no, we need to stop telling ourselves it cant be done. We need to fully believe we can perform the dream and we are going to perform the dream. Yes I know what your mental 'yes Harry its very easy to say that but doing it is a separate story. Well no its not actually, This is where estimate 2 comes in.

You see we all love the feeling of accomplishment. When we have achieved something we get even more excitement to perform even more.

So getting from A - B. If we look at the start and the end destination next to each other it can look like a impossible transition. And yes your right to think that, Rome wasn't made in a day and neither will your dreams.

So we need to look at the journey in the middle of and A and B and divide it into manageable pieces that can no ifs ands or buts be achieved.

You want to get to B within 30 days. So we can divide it into 30 smaller manageable pieces.

There is a phrase that I love and that I live by it's a Japanese word and its Kaisen. It means constant and never ending improvement.

By implementing small manageable sections of the desired goal and using Kaisen at the same time. We are always intelligent in the right direction, we are always accomplishing the desired daily goal and we are permanently enhancing towards our dream on a never ending basis.

Can you see how this journey is not so fantastic all of a sudden is seems completely achievable. The daily goals are so small and easy to achieve. Each one is someone else piece of the puzzle in your jigsaw that is your dream goal.

You see momentum is key. You need to permanently on a daily basis make a definite convert so you are intelligent in the right direction. A day by day basis is easy to achieve. A to B is not so divide your goal into manageable pieces.

So lets summarise
· Be a dreamer don't settle for less
· Be specific on what you no ifs ands or buts want to achieve
· Make sure it completely excites you
· Fully believe in yourself and that you can perform your dreams
· Throw away any negative and stop telling your self No
· Divide your dream goal into small manageable pieces
· Live your life based on the Kaisen law and never stop improving

I wish you the best of look on setting, working straight through and achieving your dream goal.

To your success and achieving your Dreams

Setting A Goal To accomplish Your Dream Body