Sheet Music on the web

IN Harmony: Sheet Music from Indiana
http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/inharmony/welcome.do

People in Indiana know a fair bit about four-part harmony. For that matter, they know about all types of harmony, and this digital collection pays homage to their musical traditions. The IN Harmony Sheet Music collection was created as part of a partnership between the Indiana State Library, the University Lilly Library, the Indiana Historical Society, and the Indiana State Museum. The sheet music here includes music from 1800 to 1989, and visitors can browse these materials by name, title, year, instrumentation, genre, or subject. Browsing by subject is quite enjoyable, and some of the more curious topics include "Aging", "American Bison", "Sausages", and "Vice-Presidents". In addition, visitors can use the graphical interface on the homepage to pick out potential musical gems by their cover art. [KMG]

From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2009. http://scout.wisc.edu/

Homework Kansas

HomeworkKansas is an after school tutoring service that connects Kansas students one-on-one with live tutors.

It is targeted at students in Kindergarten through 12th grades, college introductory students, adult GED students, and other adult learners.

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Students can connect to tutors from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m., seven days a week. HomeworkKansas is also available in Spanish everyday from 1:00 p.m. to 11 p.m.. Help is available in the following subjects:

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If you are unable to access HomeworkKansas through the link above, you might need a Kansas Library Card which is available at local public and school libraries. For more information about HomeworkKansas please contact the State Library of Kansas between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m Monday - Friday. You can send emails to egivens@kslib.info or call (785) 296-8152.

New to the service are college entrance practice tests like ACT and SAT, graduate school exams like GRE and LSAT, Advance Placement, ASVAB and TOEFL, and GED prep tests. HomeworkKansas will also offer assistance with job searches, sample resumes and cover letters, financial literacy and assistance with proofreading papers.

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...just cries out to be a library place.

Write well, because it matters...

So much of what I write about or link to here involves reading. This one is about writing, and writing well, and why.

http://www.dumblittleman.com/2009/09/why-good-writing-matters-and-how-you.html

October e-Book of the month

Burn This Book:
PEN Writers Speak Out on the Power of the Word
Edited by Toni Morrison
HarperCollins Publishers, 2009
Product ID: 277345

In recognition of Banned Books Week, OCLC NetLibrary and HarperCollins Publishers are pleased to announce that Burn This Book will be available as the October eBook of the Month.

Published in conjunction with the PEN American Center, Burn This Book explores the meaning of censorship, and the power of literature to inform the way we see the world, and ourselves. Contributors including Toni Morrison, Salman Rushdie, Orhan Pamuk, David Grossman, Nadine Gordimer and other literary heavyweights, discuss the importance of writing from various views, both political and social. They illustrate the need for freedom of speech and human rights, and they emphasize the target writers become in a tyranny.

Dracula the Un-Dead

Bloody book trailer of the day: Dracula the Un-Dead by Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt (Dutto). Stoker is the great-grandnephew of Bram Stoker; the book is based on plot threads and characters from Stoker's notes compiled while he researched and wrote Dracula.

from Shelf Awareness. The book is on order here at the L.W. Nixon Library.

LexisNexis providing free Lexis One

From the listserv:

"I just found out about a new source that Lexis-Nexis has just recently placed online.
Lexis One, Lexis-Nexis has a stripped-down free site, available for the public, this case law is available all States (including Kansas), Federal jurisdictions for the last ten years, as well as all United States Supreme Court cases. The address is: : http://law.lexisnexis.com/webcenters/lexisone/



"I did a basic search and it came up with some really good case law for Kansas as recent as 2009. While it is scaled down, it could still benefit our patrons.



Hope this helps you all!



Melany Wilks

Pioneer Memorial Library

Colby KS 67701"

Thanks, Melany!