Showing posts with label television. Show all posts
Showing posts with label television. Show all posts

Thursday, February 19, 2015

Database - Access Broadcast Transcripts

Gail recently showed me a database on our website. Did you know that you can read and print transcripts from 147 different news and new-related radio and TV shows?

Click on the "Databases" link on our website, and select "America's Newspapers." Then scroll down the page. Under the "shortcuts" banner on the left, you should see a link that says "Access Broadcast Transcripts":

After you click on the link, you should see the following page:


Monday, November 10, 2014

November 10 - What should we celebrate?

November 10th is Area Code Day.
For books about the telephone, see 621.38.
For books about urban communities, see 307.76.
For urban studies, see 301.36.


November 10th is also World Orphans Day.
For books about child welfare, see 362.7.


November 10th is also Sesame Street Day.
For books about television programs, see 791.457.
For books about puppet shows, see 791.5.
For books about making puppets, see 745.592.

Thursday, October 23, 2014

October 23 - What should we celebrate?

October 23rd is Diwali.
For books about Diwali, see 294.536.
For books about Hinduism, see 294.5.
For a brief introduction to this holiday, see Diwali - Festival of Lights.

October 23rd is also Mole Day.
For books about atomic theory, see 541.2.
For books about inter-molecular forces, see 539.6.
For books about the mammal called a mole, which has nothing whatsoever to do with this holiday, see 599.33.

October 23rd is also TV Talk Show Host Day (Johnny Carson's Birthday).
For books about television, see 791.45.

October 23rd is also iPod Day.
For books about audio technology, see 006.54.