New in Reference

June 2008

Featured Book:
Manga: The Complete Guide
by Jason Thompson
New York : Ballantine Books/Del Rey, c2007.
Subject: Comic books, strips, etc. -- Japan-History and Criticism. Comic books, strips, etc. - -United States - History and criticism.
REF 741.5952 THOMP. Copy available for Check Out.

Featured Web site:
Simple 3D Drawing Digital Classroom Resources.
"Developed by Barbara Kaskosz of the University of Rhode Island and Doug Ensley of Shippensburg University, this resource... will prove quite valuable for educators and anyone with an interest in computer graphics or geometry. Through this resource, visitors will learn how to draw and rotate 3D objects via a series of short tutorials. Along the way, users will learn about the mathematics behind manipulating cubes, the geometry involved with the manipulation of cubes, and they will also get a chance to work on their own structures. Overall, it's a fine resource and it offers insights for students in several different disciplines [KMG] - The Scout Report -- May 30, 2008.

May 2008

Featured Book:
Disasters, Accidents and Crises in American History: A Reference Guide to the Nation's Most Catastrophic Events
by Ballard C. Campbell
New York : Facts On File, c2008.
Subject: Disasters--United States--History.
REF 363.341 CAMPB.

Featured Web site:
Free Online Courses - Small Business Administration
Online tutorials for small business. Self-paced, 30 minute courses, requiring brief online registration. Topics include planning, management, finance and accounting, marketing and advertising, government contracting, risk management and cyber security, e-commerce, international trade, federal tax training, and retirement. Some material also available in Spanish. From the U.S. Small Business Administration.
---from Librarian's Index to the Internet, May 8, 2008.

April 2008

Featured Book:
Career Information Center
Farmington Hills, MI : Macmillan Reference USA, c2007.
Subject: Vocational Guidance -- United States;
v. 1. Agribusiness, environment, and natural resources;
v. 2. Communications and the arts;
v. 3. Computers, business, and office;
v. 4. Construction;
v. 5. Consumer, homemaking, and personal services;
v. 6. Engineering, science, technology, and social science;
v. 7. Health;
v. 8. Hospitality and recreation;
v. 9. Manufacturing;
v. 10. Marketing and distribution;
v. 11. Public and community services;
v. 12. Transportation;
v. 13. Employment trends and master index.
REF 331.702 CAREE.

Featured Web site:
The Digital TV Transition
"On February 17, 2009, all full-power broadcast television stations in the United States will stop broadcasting on analog airwaves and begin broadcasting only in digital. Digital broadcasting will allow stations to offer improved picture and sound quality and additional channels. Find out more about whether or not you will be impacted by the digital TV (DTV) transition" --From the Federal Communication Commission.
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March 2008

Featured Book:
Medieval Weapons, an Illustrated History
by Kelly DeVries
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO.
Subject: The Early Middle Ages, 376-750;
The Carolingian Era, 750-1050;
The Crusades, 1050-1300;
The Late Middle Ages, 1300-1550.
REF 629.4 DEVRI.

Featured Web site:
Women's History Month
From the History Channel. Videos, Firsts in women's achievements,
Women's Hall of Fame, and more!

February 2008

Featured Book:
Encyclopedia of Health and Aging
Editor, Kyriakos S. Markides
Los Angeles : Sage Publications, c. 2007.
Subject: Aging -- Encyclopedia.
Older people -- Health and hygiene.
REF 613.0438 ENCYC.

Featured Web site:
Medicare.gov
Learn about Medicare from the official government web site.

January 2008

Featured Book:
Your Income Tax 2008
By J.K. Lasser
New York. Simon and Schuster.
Subject: Income Tax--Law and Legislation.
REF 336.2 Lasse.
Copy available for Check Out.

Featured Web site:
travelwisconsin.org
Find places to go and things to do throughout Wisconsin.

December 2007

Featured Book:
Places Rated Almanac
By David Savageau and Geoffrey Loftus
New York : Macmillan. c2008.
Subject: Quality of Life--Statistics
Metropolitan Areas--Statistics
REF 307.764 Place.
Copy available for Check Out.

Featured Web site:
www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6515837.html?nid=2671
Best Audiobooks of 2007.

November 2007

Featured Book:
Chase's Calendar of Events
Chicago, IL : Contemporary Books. c. 2008.
50th Anniversary Edition.
REF 394.26 CHASE. Copy available for Check Out.

Featured Web site:
New Australian TV Comedy: The Librarians  The Librarians, a dark new comedy on Australian TV that delves behind the hard cover of a suburban library, debuts October 31.   Frances O’Brien, devout Catholic and panic disorder sufferer, runs a tight ship as head librarian at the Middleton Interactive Learning Centre.   Her life unravels when she is forced to employ her ex-best friend, Christine Grimwood—now facing criminal drug charges—as the children’s librarian.   As pointed out by director Wayne Hope, the variety of people at a public library makes it ripe for comedy material.   The Australian Library and Information Association has launched a blog http://www.alia.org.au/thelibrariansblog/ to serve as a professional forum about the show.  Check out the trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6_dcjR2npU and interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxgKFCPUsHE.   The shows will be downloadable from ABC Television http://www.abc.net.au/tv/ after they are broadcast.  (in American Libraries Direct, 10/24/07) - Youth Services Update - Issue 295, October 25, 2007. From the Monday Memo, November 5, 2007.

October 2007

Featured Book:
Places Rated Almanac
New York : Macmillan.
"Your Guide to Finding the Best Places
to Live in North America"---from the publisher.
REF 307.764 PLACE. Copy available for Check Out.

Featured Web site:
travelwisconsin.org
Find places to go and things to do throughout Wisconsin.

September 2007

Featured Book:
Hollander Interchange Manual
Minneapolis, MN. : ADP Parts Service.
[v. 1] Identification and body parts
[v. 2] Mechanical parts : Engine; Chassis
"The Hollander Interchange Manual has provided the most accurate and up-to-date information on interchangeable parts since 1934 and remains the premiere reference book for automotive recyclers" --Provided by publisher.
REF 629.22 HOLLA. See separate volumes for radio, engine, wheels, and VIN numbers.

Featured Web site:
Beloit College - Mindset List
"Each August since 1998, as faculty prepare for the academic year, Beloit College in Wisconsin has released the Mindset List. A creation of Beloit’s Keefer Professor of the Humanities Tom McBride and Public Affairs Director Ron Nief, it looks at the cultural touchstones that have shaped the lives of today’s first-year college students. The list is used by educators and clergy and by the military and business in their efforts to connect with the new generation"--Monday Memo, 9/4/2007.

August 2007

Featured Book:
Encyclopedia of the Underground Railroad
by J. Blaine Hudson.
Jefferson, NC : McFarland & Co., c2006.
308 p. : ill., maps.
"Fugitive slaves were reported in the American colonies as early as the 1640s, and escapes escalated with the growth of slavery over the next two hundred years. By the onset of the Civil War in 1861, the Underground Railroad included members, defined stops, set escape routes and a code language"--Provided by publisher.
REF 973.711503 HUDSO.

Featured Web site:
NASA - Perseids Meteor Shower
The Perseids are a marvelous meteor shower associated with the comet Swift-Tuttle. The shower is best seen between August 8 and 14, with a peak on August 12. During the peak, rates of a hundred or more meteors per hour can be registered. The famous Perseid meteor shower has been observed for about 2000 years, with the first known information on these meteors coming from the far east.
- Monday Memo, August 6, 2007.

July 2007

Featured Maps:
Janesville Transit System Map
Janesville Trail Map
Historic Downtown Janesville Walking Tour Map

See Reference Services staff for these guides.
Supplies are limited.

Featured Web site:
Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln
The Abraham Lincoln Association published The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln in 1953. There were eight volumes, and they included Lincoln's correspondence, speeches, and other writings. The University of Michigan's Digital Library Peoduction Service digitized all eight volumes and placed them online here for all to benefit.
-The Scout Report, June 29, 2007.

June 2007

Featured Book:
Application for Convenience and Necessity and Utility Permit Application, Part 2: Paddock-Rockdale 345 kV Access Project.
Waukesha, WI : American Transmission Company
May 2007. PSCW docket no. 137-CE-149.
Contains Janesville and Rock County maps and aerial photographgs.
Summary - Application of American Transmission Company to construct a new 345 kV transmission line from the existing Rockdate substation, Dane County, to the existing Paddock substation, in Rock County.
JR 333.7932 APPLI.

Featured Web site:
Best Careers, Degree Not Required.
This chart lists over 700 such jobs, along with median salary, expected job growth, and links to more info about the careers. - Neat New Stuff I Found This Week,
Copyright, Marylaine Block, 1999-2007.

May 2007

Featured Book:
Take an Idea and Make It Go! Regal-Beloit Corporation, 1955-2005
Written and edited by Michael J. Goc..
Friendship, WI : New Past Press, Inc., c2005.
95 p. : ill. (some col.)
Subjects: 1) Regal-Beloit Corporation - History.
338.76214 GOC.

Featured Web site:
Star Wars 30th Anniversary Celebration
May 25, 2007 is the 30-year anniversary of the premiere of the original Star Wars motion picture.

April 2007

Featured Book:
All Classes Air Racing Results, Vol. IV, 1931-1933, 1931 American Legion Air Races, July 4-5, Janesville City Airport, Janesville, Wisconsin
Compiled by Gary Williams.
Phoenix, AZ : C & G Publications, c2005.
150 p. : ill.
Subjects: 1) Airplane racing.
Janesville Room 797.54 ALL.

Featured Web site:
Internal Revenue Service
Official website for the IRS. Forms, instructions, e-filing, etc.

March 2007

Featured Book:
The EBay Price Guide: What Sells for What (in every category!)
Julia L. Wilkinson.
San Francisco : No Starch Press, c2006.
569 p. : ill. ; 26 cm + 1 CD-ROM.
Subjects: 1) eBay; 2) Internet Auctions.
Ref 381.177 Wilki Copy available for Checkout.

Featured Web site:
Artist's Book Collection
The Kohler Art Library at University of Wisconsin-Madison presents this illustrated database that indexes roughly 760 titles from its collection of over 800 artists' books. The database can be searched by book title, creator's name, publisher, date, or subjects. Other search terms relate to types of book structures, bindings, medium/technique, and contributors. Each record in the database has either a short description of the book's contents or a complete transcription of the colophon, the short paragraph traditionally placed at the end of a book, that tells about its production. In addition, for slightly more than half the books, several images are included.

February 2007

Featured Book:
Russell D. Feingold: United States Senator
Compiled by Hedberg Library Reference Librarians.
August 2006. Consists chiefly of selected newspaper clippings
and miscellaneous materials, starting in 1991.
Materials indexed in Local History Database online.
Janesville Room 328.33 FEING.

Featured Web site:
Selected Bibliography of Local History Materials Available at HPL.
Titles listed are indexed in HPL's online Local History Database.
Available in the Janesville Room area of the Reference Department
Copies of some items may be checked out.

January 2007

Featured Book:
Ku Klux Klan: Janesville, Wisconsin
Compiled by Hedberg Library Reference Librarians from
Janesville Room Pamphlet Files in October 2006.
Consists chiefly of selected newspaper clippings from
The Janesville Gazette, starting in 1992. Janesville Room 322.420973 KU.

Featured Web site:
Janesville Populaton Statistics, 1835 - 2006.
Provided by the Janesville Community Development Department.
Statistics are based on State of Wisconsin WDOA Population Estimates
as of January 1st each year.

December 2006

Featured Book:
Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Detroit : Thomson Gale/Macmillan, c2006.
2nd ed. ; 10 vol. ; 29 cm.
Published in 1967, the eight-volume first edition has
become the most authoritative reference work on the subject.
This second edition includes more than 450 new articles
on new topics and 300 new articles on topics included in
the earlier edition.
Reference 103 ENCYC 2006.

Featured Web site:
Packers.com
The official site of the Green Bay Packers features team
statistics, history, press releases, and more. Links to the Packer Pro Shop
Hall of Fame, and storied Lambeau Field are included.

November 2006

Featured Book:
ESPN College Football Encyclopedia
New York : ESPN, c2005.
1629 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. SUBJECTS: 1) Football--United States ; 2) College sports
3) National Collegiate Athletic Association -- Records.
Reference 796.33264 ESPN.
Copy Available for Check Out.

Featured Web site:
ESPN
Formerly an acronym for the Entertainment and
Sports Programming Network, ESPN is available in over 90 million homes in the
United States and over 147 countries and territories via ESPN International.
It launched on September 7, 1979.

October 2006

Featured Item:
County Maps of Wisconsin
Madison, Wis. : Dept. of Transportation c. 2006.
1 atlas (72 p.) : maps ; 28 cm. SUBJECTS: 1) Roads--Wisconsin ; 2) Wisconsin
Reference Desk 917.775 WISCO 2006.
Enlarged individual Wisconsin county maps also available in the Map Case.

Featured Web site:
County Maps of Wisconsin 2006
View and print highly detailed county maps online.
Produced at a 1:100,000 scale, the maps contain major local roads,
interstate corridors, U.S., state, and county routes, recreation areas,
hospitals, schools, airports, railroads, town roads, forest boundaries,
Indian reservations, urban boundaries, and township boundaries.
The maps are black and white as Adobe PDF files, and are printable on 8.5" x 11"
(or larger) size paper. They are available as single county productions only and
are not designed to act as a foldable roadmap. Choose from an alphabetical county list.

September 2006

Featured Book:
ESPN College Football Encyclopedia
New York : ESPN c. 2005.
1629 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. SUBJECTS: 1) Football--United States
2) College Sports--United States--Records
3) National Collegiate Athletic Association--Records
OTHER AUTHOR: ESPN Television Network
Reference 796.33264 ESPN.
Copy Available for Checkout.

Featured Web site:
Rock River Thresheree
Explore this web site to learn about the early days
of agriculture in Rock County and the 50th Anniversary
Reunion, September 1-4, 2006.

August 2006

Featured Book:
Jennifer's Justice: a Memoir
by Dierdre Luchisinger-Golberg.
Bloomington, IN : AuthorHouse, c. 2006.
SUBJECTS: 1) Judge, Jennifer
2) Mereness, William
3) Murder -- Wisconsin -- Janesville
Janesville Room Collection 364.1523 LUCHS.
Copy Available for Checkout.

Featured Web site:
Television News Archive
from Vanderbilt University The Television News Archive collection at Vanderbilt University is the world's most extensive and complete archive of television news. The collection holds more than 30,000 individual network evening news broadcasts from the major U.S. national broadcast networks: ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN, and more than 9,000 hours of special news-related programming including ABC's Nightline since 1989 (Channel Weekly). Free registration for online access to their database index and abstracts. Tapes of broadcasts available for a fee.

July 2006

Featured Book:
PDR for Herbal Medicines, 3rd Edition
Montvale, NJ : Thomson PDR., c. 2004.
CONTENTS Alphabetical index -- Therapeutic category index -- Indications index -- Homeopathic indications index -- Asian indications index -- Side effects index -- Drug/herb interactions guide -- Safety guide -- Manufacturers index -- Herb identification guide -- Herbal monographs -- Nutritional supplement monographs.
Reference Collection REF 615.321 PDR.
Copy Available for Checkout.

Featured Web site:
Wisconsin Hometown Stories: Janesville
This Wisconsin Public Television production from May 2006 follows the development of Janesville from its early days as a growing community on the Rock River to the present.

June 2006

Featured Book:
The AARP Guide to Pills: Essential Information on More Than 1,200 Prescription and Nonprescription Medicines, Including Generics
/ Editor in Chief, Maryanne Hochadel. New York : Sterling Pub., c. 2006.
SUBJECTS: Drugs.
Reference Collection REF 615.1 AARP
Copy Available for Checkout.

Featured Web site:
Amazon.com Top Sellers
Updated hourly, see a list of Amazon's Top Selling Books.
Lists also available for music, dvd's, and video.

New in Reference

May 2006

Featured Book:
Movies Made for Television, 1964-2004
Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, c. 2005.
SUBJECTS: Made-for-TV Movies.
5 vols. Reference Collection REF 791.4575 MERIL

Featured Web site:
MissProuncer.com
A prounciation guide for everything Wisconsin.

January 2006

Featured Book:
Working Americans, 1880-2005. Vol. 6. Women at Work.
Millerton, NY : Grey House, c. 2005.
SUBJECTS: Occupations - United states - History.
Reference Collection REF 331.0973 DERKS 1880-2005

Featured Web site:
Getting Ready for Medicare Part D
What can you do to prepare? What is Medicare Part D? Beginning January 1, 2006, the Medicare program will expand to include outpatient prescription deug coverage. This new benefit will be know as Medicare "Part D". Medicare Part D will provide coverage for a variety of prescription drugs that have never been covered by the Medicare program before. Includes Rock County benefits contacts. Compiled by Rock County Council on Aging.

New in Reference

December 2005

Featured Book:
Patent, Copyright & Trademark, an Intellectural Property Desk Reference.
Berkeley, CA : Nolo, c. 2004.
SUBJECTS: Intellectual property - United States.
Reference Collection REF 346.73048 ELIAS.
Copy Available For Checkout.

Featured Web sites:
Prescription Drug Coverage - From medicare.gov.
Medicare Part D information. Includes important dates
to begin coverage as of January 1, 2006.
Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage - From aarp.org.
See also their guide, "What You Need to Know: The New Medicare
Prescription Drug Coverage"

New in Reference

November 2005

Featured Book:
Hollywood Music Industry Directory.
Hollywood, CA : Hollywood Creative Directory, c. 2005.
SUBJECTS: Music trade -- United States.
Reference Collection REF 780.23 HOLLY

Featured Web site:
Legal Topics A-Z
Use this list to link to websites, state statutes, and other sources of information and some legal forms online. Sponsored by The Wisconsin State Law Library in Madison, Wisconsin, and available to the general public. For contact information, go to their homepage at wsll.state.wi.us.

October 2005

Featured Book:
The Encyclopedia of the Heart and Heart Disease
New York, NY : Facts on File, c. 2005.
382 p. : ill.
SERIES: Facts on File Library of Health and Living
SUBJECTS: Heart Diseases.
Reference Collection REF 612.17 RANDA

Featured Web site:
Replace Your Vital Documents
A collection of links for help in replacing documents lost or damaged as a result of Hurricane Katrina, such as bank records, driver's licenses and vehicle registration, immigratoin documents, passports, medical records, savings bonds, damaged currency, Social Security cards, tax returns, and birth, marriage, and death certificates. From FirstGov.gov, the U.S. government's official website. Librarian's Index to the Internet.

September 2005

Featured Book:
Footville, the First 150 Years: a History of Footville, Wisconsin
Footville, Wis. : Luther Valley Historical Society, c. 2004.
156 p. : ill.
NOTES: "A Luther Valley Historical Society Project"
SUBJECTS: Footville (Wis.) -- History.
Janesville Room REF 977.587 FOOTV

Featured Web site:
Hurricane Katrina Information from FEMA
President George W. Bush declared major disasters for impacted areas in Louisiana, Mississipps, Florida, and Alabama. Includes information about donating to the relief effort and locating missing family or friends.

August 2005

Featured Book:
History of Invention
New York, NY : Facts on File, c. 2004.
8 vol. : ill., (some color) ; 29 cm.
Series: Facts on File Science Library
Includes index.
[v.1]Air and space travel -- [v.2] Communication and computers
[v.3] Food and clothing -- [v.4] Medicine -
[v.5] Power and energy - [v.6] Road and rail transportation -
[v.7] Ships and submarines - [v.8] Weapons technology
Reference Collection 609 HISTO

Featured Web site:
Hidden Landmarks
Devoted to historic pop culture landmarks, search by state or geographic region of the U.S. Select one or more categories such as music, celebrities, mystery/tragedy, sports, American history, Route 66, Movies, arts & literature. If you’re standin’ on a corner in Winslow, Arizona, what’s the “fine sight” you’ll see? This corner, immortalized in the Eagles song is listed on the website, along with directions how to get there, on historic Route 66.
Check it out!

July 2005

Featured Book:
Wisconsin History Highlights: Delving Into the Past by Jon Kasparek,
Bobbie Malone, Erica Schock.
Madison : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, c. 2004.
276 p. : ill., maps ; NOTES 1) Includes index.
SUBJECTS: 1) Wisconsin -- History
Reference Collection 977.5 KASPA.
Copy Available for Checkout.

Featured Web site:
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory
This resource provides historical and architectural information on approximately 120,000 properties in Wisconsin. The AHI contains data on buildings, structures and objects that illustrate Wisconsin's unique history. The AHI documents a wide range of historic properties such as the round barns, log houses, metal truss bridges, small town commercial buildings, and Queen Anne houses that create Wisconsin's distinct cultural landscape. It is a permanent record maintained by the Wisconsin Historical Society.

June 2005

Featured Book:
Woodall's Campground Directory North American Edition
Highland Park, Ill. : Woodall Pub. Co., c. 2005
SUBJECTS: 1) Camp sites, facilities, etc.
Reference Collection 796.54 WOODA Copy Available for Checkout

Featured Web site:
tvtome.com
TV Tome has over 2,500 complete guides covering almost all the current shows and many of your favorite classics. An additional 3,500+ guides are partially complete or under development. Use the search box to find your favorite or browse through the list of all shows. Along with the episode guides, over 250,000 people associated with TV are featured and includes lists of credits and some biographies, etc.

May 2005

Featured Book:
Total Baseball: the Ultimate Baseball Encyclopedia by John Thorn, et. al
Wilmington, DE : Sports Media Pub., c. 2004
2676 p. ; SERIES 1) Sport Classic Books
SUBJECTS: 1) Major League Baseball.
2) Baseball -- United States -- History.
Reference Collection 796.357 TOTAL

Featured Web site:
Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions, Financial Literacy Resource Center
The Financial Literacy Resource Center is a resource guide for educators of youth to link their interest in promoting financial literacy to programs, materials and information. This is for teachers, administrators, parents, and public/private organizations and individuals who share the financial literacy mission. This website also provides some information, educational games, and websites for students who are seeking to learn more about topics of personal finance, e.g., money management, credit, investing, insurance, etc.

April 2005

Featured Book:
The History of Television, 1942 to 2000 by Albert Abramson
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., Publishers, c. 2003
CONTENTS: Television and World War II (1942-1945) -- Postwar era (1946-1949)
-- Second NTSC and color (1950-1953) -- Ampex revolution (1954-1956)
-- Europe turns down NTSC (1957-1960) --From helicals to high Band (1961-1964)
-- Solid-state cameras (1965-1967) -- Television's finest hour: Apollo II (1968-1971)
-- Rise of electronic journalism (1972-1976) -- Television enters the studios (1977-1979)
-- Introduction of the camcorder (1980-1984) -- Death of RCA, or the G.E. massacre (1985-1989)
-- Grand alliance (1990-1994) -- "E-Cinema" and the 1080p24 format (1995-2000).
SUBJECTS: 1) Television -- History.
Reference Collection 621.388 ABRAM

Featured Web site:
Bataan Rescue
Companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) program about the Bataan Death March during World War II. The site includes a timeline, gallery, map, and
survivor interviews. Also includes a teacher's guide.
--Librarian's Index to the Internet.
Note: "The Janesville 99" book at Hedberg Public Library
features local veterans who were part of this event.

March 2005

Featured Book:
Great Moments in Wisconsin Sports by Todd Mishler
Black Earth, WI : Trails Books, c. 2004
SUBJECTS: 1) Sports -- Wisconsin -- History.
Reference Collection 796.09775 MISHL Copy Available for Checkout

Featured Web site:
AnnualCreditReport.com
Available starting March 1, 2005 in Wisconsin.
A centralized service for consumers to request annual credit reports, it was created by the three nationwide consumer credit reporting companies, Equifax, Experian and TransUnion. AnnualCreditReport.com processes requests for free credit file disclosures (commonly called credit reports). Under the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACT Act) consumers can request and obtain a free credit report once every 12 months from each of the three nationwide consumer credit reporting companies. AnnualCreditReport.com provides consumers with the secure means to do so.

February 2005

Featured Book:
Janesville City Directory
(Rock County, WI) Kansas City, Mo. : Wright Directory Co.
SUBJECTS: 1) Beloit, Wisconsin - Directories
2) Janesville, Wisconsin - Directories
3) Rock County, Wisconsin - Directories
HPL has earlier editions
Reference Collection REF 977.5 JANES 2005

Featured Web site:
Household Products Database
This database links over 4,000 consumer brands to health
effects from Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) provided by the manufacturers
and allows scientists and consumers to research products based on chemical ingredients.

January 2005

Featured Book:
Wisconsin Nursing Home Directory
Madison, Wis. : Bureau of Health Information, Division of Health
Care Financing, Dept. of Health and Family Services
Distributed to Wis. Regional Depositories only
Nursing homes - - Wisconsin
Reference Collection REF 362.16 WISCO 2003

Featured Web site:
Freecycle Network
An email group where people can give away free items. Click US CENTRAL, then scroll down to Janesville and click Go To.
Featured in The Janesville Gazette, December 26, 2004, p. 1B

December 2004

Featured Book:
World Atlas of the Past / John Haywood
New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
4 v. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 28 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
SUBJECTS 1) World history 2) Historical geography.
Reference Collection REF 911.09 HAYWO

Featured Web site:
Food Safety Seasonal Advice - Holidays

November 2004

Featured Book:
Red Book: American State, County & Town Sources
Ancestry, c. 2004
3rd ed., 781 p.
Rev ed. of Ancestry's Red Book Rev. ed. c1992
Subject: United States--Genealogy
Reference 929.1072 RED Copy Available for checkout

Featured Web site:
2004 Presidential Election - from Librarians' Index to the Internet

October 2004

Featured Book:
Midwest Art Fairs Fall 2004/2005 preview.
Pepin, WI : New North Pub., c2004.
112 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Vol. 15, no. 2.
Notes: Includes Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and Illinois shops, studios, performers, artists, art resources, fairs, festivals, events. Includes directories of services and suppliers. Includes index.
Subjects: 1) Art festivals -- Middle West
2) Craft festivals -- Middle West
3) Artists -- Services for -- Middle West
4) Artisans -- Services for -- Middle West
5) Handicraft -- Middle West -- Equipment and supplies
6) Artists' materials -- Middle West
Reference 745.5 MIDWE

Featured Web sites:
Find area craft fairs in Wisconsin and the Midwest using these sites:
Midwest Art Fairs - Regional Arts Directory

Wisconsin Art & Craft Fairs 2004 (Wisconsin Arts Board)

September 2004

Featured Book:
Bowker's Guide to Characters in Fiction
Providence, NJ: R.R. Bowker, 2003
Vol. 1. Adult fiction
Vol. 2. Children's fiction
SUBJECTS:
1) Fiction
2) Children — Books and reading
Reference 011.62 BOWKE
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Featured Web site:
LitPlans.com
Lesson plans, teacher's guides and study guides for middle and high school English teachers.

August 2004

Featured Book:
Biographical Dictionary of Professional Wrestling
by Harris M. Lentz, III.
2nd ed.
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2003.
395p. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 393-395).
SUBJECTS 1) Wrestlers 2) Wrestling
Reference Collection
796.812092 LENTZ
Copy Available for Checkout
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Featured Web site:
Travelwisconsin.com
Search by region or city to find places to go and things to see and do in Wisconsin.

July 2004

Featured Book:
The New Harvard Guide to Women's Health
by Karen J. Carlson, Stephanie A. Eisenstat, Terra Ziporyn.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2004.
588 p.: ill. (some col.); 29 cm.
SERIES 1) Harvard University Press reference library
Includes index
SUBJECTS 1) Women -- Health and hygiene.
2) Women -- Diseases.
3) Medicine, Popular.
Reference Collection 616.0082 CARLS
Copy Available for Checkout

Featured Web site:
Fourth of July - Librarian's Index to the Internet
A compilation of Web sites related to Independence Day in the United States.

June 2004

Featured Book:
Wisconsin Trout Fishing Regulations and Guide, 2004-2005
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Depository Documents
Reference Department
"Fishing regulations-Wisconsin
Inquire at Reference Desk
Also available online at:
Wisconsin Trout Fishing Regulations and Guide, 2004-2005

Featured Web site:
FirstGov for Seniors
This site provides online access to government information and services of interest to seniors in the areas of consumer protection; education, jobs, and volunteerism; federal and state agencies; health; laws and regulations; retirement and money; taxes; and travel and leisure. Searchable and browsable. From the Office of Citizen Services and Communications, U.S. General Services Administration.

May 2004

Featured Book:
The Renaissance : an Encyclopedia for Students
Paul F. Grendler
New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 2003.
4 v. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An encyclopedia of the Renaissance with articles on various aspects of social, cultural, and political history such as literature, government, warfare, and technology, plus maps, charts, definitions, and chronology.
CONTENTS Vol. 1. Africa ; Americas ; Asia and the Indian Ocean -- Vol. 2. City of Florence ; France ; Habsburg lands ; Holy Roman Empire ; Italy, 1500 -- Vol. 3. London ; The Netherlands ; The Ottoman Empire ; The Papal States in Italy -- Vol. 4. Rome ; Russia ; The Scandinavian kingdoms ; Spain ; Universities ; Venetian territories in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Reference Collection 940.21 RENAI
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Featured Web site:
Cinco de Mayo
http://www.nacnet.org/assunta/spa5may.htm
Bilingual (English and Spanish) account of the events that occurred during the Battle of Puebla, Mexico, on May 5, 1862, and a brief account of why this day is important to Mexican-Americans. A bibliography of relevant materials is included at the end of the article. From a community college class project. Librarian’s Index to the Internet.

April 2004

Featured Book:
Digital Buying Guide / the editors of Consumer Reports.
Yonkers, N.Y. : Consumer Reports,
v. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
SUBJECTS 1) Digital electronics -- Purchasing.
2) Household electronics -- Purchasing.
Reference Collection 621.389 DIGIT 2004
Copy Available for Checkout

Featured Web site:
Seasons
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/astronomy/topics/Seasons.html
Clear and detailed technical discussions of seasons, solstices, and equinoxes. Includes the exact dates when spring, summer, fall, and winter arrive. Debunks misconceptions about seasons and the superstition "that it is possible to stand an egg upright on its end [only] on the date of the equinoxes (and/or solstices)."
Maintained by scientist Eric Weisstein. - Librarians Index to the Internet

March 2004

Featured Book:
Make Mine a Mystery: a Reader’s Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction
by Gary Warren Neirbuhr
605 p. ; 26 cm.
Westport, Conn. : Libraries Unlimited, c2003.
SUBJECTS 1) Detective and mystery stories
Reference Collection 823.0872 NIEBU

Featured Web site:
Jesus: Real to Reel
http://post.queensu.ca/~rsa/realreel.htm
This site provides a "bibliography and Web resources for religion/theology and film." It "has been set up to collect into one place resources for studying the historical Jesus through modern cinematic presentations of Jesus' life and teachings." It features journal article citations and links to online articles and Web sites on the portrayal of Jesus in film. Includes related citations to the Bible and film and religion/theology and film. From two theology professors. Subjects: Jesus Christ, Religion in motion pictures Created by: je - Librarian's Index to the Internet

February 2004

Featured Book:
Vince Lombardi Speech : February 25, 1969. Sound recording
Janesville, WI : Videogenics, 2003.
1 sound cassette (67 min.)
Vince Lombardi spoke at the former Marshall Junior High as
part of the Janesville, Wisconsin Town Hall series on
February 25, 1969.
Janesville Room
CAS 796.332 LOMBA LOCKED CABINET
Also available for check out as cassette or compact disc

Featured Web site:
Bartleby.com
http://www.bartleby.com/reference/
Provides students, researchers and the curious with unlimited access to books and information on the web, free of charge. Includes Columbia Gazetteer, 2003 World Factbook, Gray’s Anatomy, Strunk’s Elements of Style, New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, and much more.

January 2004

Featured Book:
A Guide book of United States Coins.
Racine, Wis., Western Pub. Co. [etc.]
1) Yeoman, Richard S., ed.
SUBJECTS 1) Coins, American -- Catalogs.
ADD TITLE Red book of United States Coins
REF 737.4 GUIDE
Copy also available for check out

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