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The Economy's Tough--the Library Can Help.

Visit the Career Center at Lawson McGhee Library to find many sources to help plan a career or find a job--even in rough times. There's information on writing a great resume and presenting yourself in an interview, information on specific careers, and resources for those on the job search (including area resources, salary comparisons, even specialty databases for students or those over 50). Check out some of the online resources, or head to Lawson McGhee Library to chat with our great Business Reference librarians. Want more help? There's a free Career Transition Fair in the Jacob Building at Chilhowee Park, March 10, 2009, from noon – 7 p.m. Learn more about the fair here.

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Chris Buice, minister of the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist church, wrote an essay about the shooting that occurred in the church last July. His essay was published in the January 19 issue of Newsweek.

Keep lists, share lists

There's a list feature in the "e-Library"  (catalog/My Account software).

• You must log into the e-Library to use the My Lists feature.

• It will be up to you to keep updating a list of items you've checked out.

You'll find that the list feature is handy for many purposes. You can create a "to read" list, a "have read it" list, and any other lists.

It's not "Mark"

When you click the Mark button for items in a search results list, you're creating a Marked Items bibliography. The Marked Items bibliography is temporary because it lasts only for the length of the current e-Library session. 

My Lists versus Marked Items

• Only one bibliography of marked items can be maintained in an e-Library session, but you can have many My Lists.
• From a list in the My Lists feature, you can go to the details of an item in order to request that item. This is not available in Marked Items.

Other library databases with personal lists:

1. WorldCat

WorldCat includes not only our library catalog, but the catalog of thousands of other member libraries. So, in making your reading lists on WorldCat, you're not limited to just items that Knox County Public Library owns.

You start by going to http://kcp.worldcat.org and registering for your account there. Then you can search for an item, and when you find the one you want, add it to a list. You can make your lists public or private, and you can add your own comments and reviews. You can also subscribe to someone else's public list if you find another user who has tastes similar to your own.

From any item in your list, if we own it, you can click the link that is our library's name and be taken to our website where you can reserve the item. Interlibrary Loan can try to get items for you that we don't own.

Your WorldCat account also allows you to post your stuff on social networking sites, install a WorldCat browser tool, or even a mobile phone application if you're super high-tech.

2. NoveList

You can make multiple lists in the NoveList database, and from any item in NoveList you can link to our catalog to look for the item. Here's more about NoveList.

Please call Melissa Brenneman at 215-8723 if you have any questions about any of this.

Historic Knoxville News #11: On board Airship Knoxville

In 1922, Knoxville Aero Corporation was the proud owner of the first privately-owned aeroplane in the city, christened Airship Knoxville. This article (transcript) tells of one of the corporation's efforts to find a commercial application for their cutting-edge investment--that of running charter flights into the Smokies. You can find additional information on Knoxville's early aviation history in some issues of the FatBoyz Aviation Newsletter.

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