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Keeping a weather eye

by myzticrhythmz@evpl on Wednesday, September 10 2008, 6:33pm

If, like me, you're keeping an eye on the coastal hurricane activity these days, you'll be interested in a Web site called Stormpulse . You'll find a huge amount of hurricane information there, from as far back as 1851. Great maps, satellite...

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Filed under: hurricanes, maps, weather
Great resources for gardening in the lower Midwest

by banksoftheohio@evpl on Wednesday, September 10 2008, 4:38pm

My all-time favorite gardening website is that of the Missouri Botanical Garden . I'm a frequent visitor to the Plantfinder and Plants of Merit databases accessible on its Gardening Help page as I look for trees, shrubs, and perennials that are well...

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Filed under: botanical garden, arboretum, gardening
Weird and wonderful wildlife

by googler@evpl on Wednesday, September 10 2008, 10:47am

I'm an avid blog reader (you don't want to know how many unread posts I have in my feed reader, but let's just say I don't anticipate ever running out of reading material), and I love running across stuff about this amazing planet we live...

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Today the Future, Tomorrow the Past

by E-Ville Librarian@evpl on Tuesday, September 9 2008, 2:47pm

In interesting news for newspaper historians, Google has decided that it is no longer happy to simply own everything presently on Earth, but also any memory of what used to be around . Similar to their past scholarly endeavors , the search engine giant...

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Filed under: newspaper, Online resources
What happened to the Rosetta Stone language learning materials?

by Bufkinite@evpl on Monday, September 8 2008, 8:35am

Rosetta Stone has changed its licensing restrictions with version 3 and no longer allows purchase of their CD-ROM products that could be checked out by library patrons. Unfortunately, because of these new restrictions, we've had to withdraw them from...

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Filed under: education, databases, instruction, Rosetta Stone, language learning
In the county or out?

by Guatemama@evpl on Saturday, September 6 2008, 1:39pm

It has long been an issue here at the public libraries to determine which addresses fall within Vanderburgh county and which do not. The school corporation, however, has offered up a solution with their District Address Handbook . Here one can find a...

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Filed under: Vanderburgh County, addresses, school corporation
Quitclaim Deed

by T-ref@evpl on Friday, September 5 2008, 9:24am

The Quitclaim Deed is a legal form that we are asked about quite frequently. Just this morning a customer came in to get a copy of a Quitclaim Deed. The Recorder's Office told her to go to the library to get a copy of the form. I was glad that she...

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Filed under: Vanderburgh County Recorders Office, Quitclaim Deed
Find out, before you go out

by E-Ville Librarian@evpl on Thursday, September 4 2008, 7:56pm

Want to go on a date with that cute guy you met on the internet, but aren't sure if you can trust him? Why not check to see if he has an active warrant for his arrest? The Courier & Press has recently posted a database where you can do just that...

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Filed under: databases, criminal law, warrants, Vanderburgh County
Physics got you down?

by E-Ville Librarian@evpl on Thursday, September 4 2008, 2:54pm

I came across this little bit of interesting hip-hop this morning and had to share. It looks as though some intrepid internet diva has decided to lay out in detail what the CERN -operated Large Hadron Collider is intended to do. The only thing missing...

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Filed under: science, CERN, physics, Large Hadron Collider
Want to see how our voting preferences have changed over the last 160 years?

by SuDocQueen@evpl on Thursday, September 4 2008, 2:36pm

Visit Voting America, United States Politics 1840-2008 . A project from the University of Richmond, Voting America offers interactive maps, with data to the county level, of our Presidential elections. Along with this, the project offers expert video...

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Filed under: politics, elections, voting
Digital photography school

by googler@evpl on Wednesday, September 3 2008, 11:25am

" Digital Photography School " is a remarkable site for free digital photography tips and lessons. It's basically just a blog, but each entry is either a review of a particular resource (whether a book or a piece of equipment) or a lesson...

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Filed under: blogs, photography, instruction