EXPLORING THE DEEP FRONTIER
 Marine
Biologist
Dr. Sylvia Earle - sometimes known as "Her Deepness" or "The Sturgeon
General"- to visit San Antonio for the Library Foundation’s "Discover the
Library/Explore the World" Lecture Series
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Exploring the Deep Frontier
Sunday, April 20, 2003
7:00 p.m.
Charline McCombs Empire Theater |
"I was swept off my feet by a wave when I was three and
have been in love with the sea ever since." Sylvia Earle
In observance of the San Antonio Public Library’s 100th
birthday celebration the San Antonio Public Library Foundation (SAPLF),
Bank of America and the Alameda National Center for Latino Arts and
Culture are pleased to bring Deep Sea Explorer and National Geographic
Explorer-in-Residence, Dr. Sylvia Earle, to San Antonio for a free public
lecture. Titled, "Exploring the Deep Frontier" the lecture
will take place at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday April 20, at the Charline
McCombs Empire Theater. An assortment of Dr. Earle’s books will be
available for purchase (provided by Barnes & Noble with 20% of book sales
benefiting the SAPLF) at the lecture and she will be available to sign
books before the lecture.
Recognized by the Library of Congress as a "Living Legend," Dr. Earle
has been an explorer-in-residence at the National Geographic Society since
1998. Named Time magazine's first "hero for the planet" in 1998,
Earle has pioneered research on marine ecosystems and has led more than 50
expeditions totaling more than 6,000 hours underwater. She also led the
first team of women aquanauts during the Tektite Project in 1970 and holds
a depth record for solo diving (1,000 meters). Dr. Earle is presently
Chairman of Deep Ocean Exploration & Research and the Explorer in
Residence at the National Geographic Society. In addition, she serves as
the Honorary President of the Explorers Club, the Center for Marine
Conservation Ambassador for the Oceans, and as a Spokesperson for Sea Web.
She is the leader for the Sustainable Seas Expedition, a five-year study
of the National Marine Sanctuaries sponsored by National Geographic. She
is an adjunct scientist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI),
a Director of Kerr-McGee Inc., and serves on various boards, foundations
and committees relating to marine research, policy and conservation.
While in San Antonio Dr. Earle will participate in a special School
Outreach Program, provided by Region 20 Education Service Center,
designed to bring the "discovery experience" to the students of San
Antonio and South Texas via interactive distance learning and other new
technologies. Audiences of all ages will be transported to faraway places
of adventure, accessible through the Explorers’ own experiences, and also
through the marvelous books in the San Antonio Public Library…a virtual
gateway to the farthest frontiers! Her books include "Sea Change" and
"Exploring the Deep Frontier", and children’s books "Hello Fish," "Sea
Critters" and "DIVE!," winner of 5 awards for excellence.
Following Sunday’s lecture, the Texas Cavaliers are honored to welcome
Dr. Earle as Grand Marshal of the annual Fiesta River Parade,
Monday, April 21st. Admission to the lecture is free with a
Library card. If you don’t have a Library card, applications will be
available at the event.
   
Dive! : My Adventures in the Deep Frontier by Sylvia Earle, 1999
627.72 EARLE
Hello, Fish: Visiting the Coral Reef by Sylvia Earle, 1999
597 EARLE
Sea Critters by Sylvia Earle, 2000
591.77 EARLE
The Worlds Below, 1988
VIDEO
574.52636 WORLDS
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DATABASE UPDATES
 Below
is a list of updates to San Antonio Public Library’s databases. Included
are both title changes and new databases licensed to us by the TexShare
program (a program of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission in
partnership with the Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund Board). SAPL’s
hundreds of
databases are available to you at any branch location, and most are
available from your home computer. Please check them out and see how
convenient and informative they are.
 Denotes
a TexShare Database.
Clinical
Pharmacology, EBSCO (replaces USP DI Vol. II, Advice for the
Patient)
Provides information about drugs including storage, dosage, drug
interaction, etc. The content is updated quarterly, and is currently
available back to 1995. You will find detailed information on:
Prescription drugs
Over-the-counter-medications
New and investigational drugs
Herbal and nutritional supplements
Drug comparisons
Patient education
MagillonAuthors
This database offers over 3,000 records and 450 images covering
long and short fiction writers, poets, dramatists, philosophers, etc.
MagillonLiterature
This database includes Masterplots, Masterplots II, Cyclopedia of
World Authors, Cyclopedia of Literary Characters, Magill's Literary Annual
1990-2001, Magill's Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature and
Magill Book Reviews.
Mergents Online™ (replaces FISOnline)
Along with the new name, Mergents Online™ provides detailed
information on U.S. and International companies, annual reports with color
images, and additional features that allow you to do the following:
Research 15 years of detailed financial statements
Customize viewing and output to retrieve precisely the information
you need
Export company reports and financials into software applications
such as Microsoft® Word, Microsoft® Excel or Adobe® Acrobat® Reader®
Compare multiple companies' reports
View more than 115,000 images of company annual reports
netLibrary
If you are looking for an ebook that is already checked out,
netLibrary has a new service that will notify you via email when the
ebook is returned. For more information, go to
http://www.netlibrary.com/help/notification.asp.
Regional
Business News, EBSCO (replaces Business News Wire)
Provides access to full text articles from regional business periodicals
such as Colorado Springs Business Journal (CO), Daily Journal of Commerce
(Portland, OR), Daily Record (Baltimore, MD), St. Louis Daily Record (MO),
Vancouver Business Journal (WA)
Salud
para todos
Salud para todos provides full text Spanish-language
information for a wide variety of medical and health-related topics. This
product is designed to make useful health information more readily
accessible for Spanish-speaking consumers and patients.
Salud para todos proporciona la información con texto completo (en
español) para los asuntos múltiples relacionados con la medicina y la
salud. Este producto se diseña para hacer la información útil de la salud
más fácilmente accesible para los consumidores y los pacientes que hablan
españoles.
Stat!Ref
STAT!Ref is an electronic medical library that allows users
to quickly cross-search over 35 current medical resources such as Current
Medical Diagnosis & Treatment, Mosby’s Drug Consult®, Griffith 5 Minute
Clinical Consult, Guide to Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests, Merck Manual
and others.
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WILDFLOWER BOOKLIST
 A
Field Guide to Wildflowers, Trees & Shrubs of Texas. Delena Tull and
George Oxford Miller, 1999.
582.13 TULL
Landscaping with Wildflowers: An Environmental Approach to
Gardening. Jim Wilson, 1992.
635.9676 WILSON
Legends & Lore of Texas Wildflowers. Elizabeth Silverthorne, 1996.
582.13097
SILVERTHORNE
McMillen’s Texas Gardening: Wildflowers. McMillen Publishing, 1998.
635.9676 MCMILLEN’S
National Audubon Society First Field Guide Wildflowers. Susan Hood, 1998.
582.13 HOOD
Texas Trees & Wildflowers. James Kavanagh, 2000.
582.13 KAVANAGH
Texas Wildflowers: A Children’s Field Guide to the State’s Most Common
Flowers. Beverly Magley, 1993.
JUVENILE 582.13 MAGLEY
Wildflower Gardens: 60 Spectacular Plants and How to Grow Them in Your
Garden. C. Colsten Burrell, ed.
635.9676 BURRELL
Wild-flowers: A Romantic History with a Guide to Cultivation. Fran Hill,
1994.
635.9676 HILL
Wildflowers & Native Plants. Peter Loewer, 1995.
635.9676 LOEWER
Wildflowers Across Texas. Laurence Parent, 2002.
582.13 PARENT |
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FEATURED ARTICLE |
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Web Evaluation
Have you ever used the Internet to look up legal
information? Crawled the web for financial scoops? Used a search
engine such as Google to research health topics such as allergies
or migraines? If you use the web as an information source, then
you should know the importance of web evaluation.
Unlike print resources at the library, there is
no editor to enforce quality standards on the web. When you are
doing research on the Internet, you must think critically about
the legitimacy of the web resource. Some good questions to ask
include:
· Who is the author?
If you have found an article on the web about arthritis treatment,
does it give any indication of who wrote it? What are the
credentials or authority of that person and does it indicate what
company or institution they are affiliated with?
· What is the date?
If you are searching for financial information, it helps to have
an article that is recent. A financial website with articles that
date from even two years ago are too old to be of current use.
· What does the website
look like? This should not be the only factor in
determining the quality of online resources, but when combined
with the other points here it can help. Are the links easy to
find? Does the article have a list of resources that it used in
the creation of the article? Are there typos? Misspellings?
· Does the web article
have an objective? There are many health related
websites that do provide impartial health information and current
articles. However, there are also health articles on the web
sponsored by a drug company, or a doctor selling his own special
treatment package, making the site one-sided. Make sure you can
tell the difference between the two. It should be clear where to
go on the website to find out about the company or organization
providing you with the information (usually in an ‘About Us’
section).
For more information:
Evaluating Web Pages:
Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask.
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FILM FESTIVAL
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Explore the Far East
at the Library.
Celebrating its Centennial year and the
diversity of our community, the San Antonio Public Library presents an
Asian Film Festival featuring the works of directors from four Asian
countries: China, Japan, India and Vietnam (Vietnam to be featured at a
later date.) Showings will be at 1:30 p.m.
in the Central Library Auditorium.
Films to be shown:
- Sunday, April 6 - China
To Live (Huozhe) directed by Zhang Yimou, starring Li Gong, 1994
- Sunday, April 13 - Japan
Tokyo Story (Tokyo monogatari) directed by Ozu Yasujiro, starring
Ryu Chishu and Hara Setsuko, 1953
- Sunday, April 27 - India
The Stranger (Agantuk) directed by Satyajit Ray, 1991
Please call (210) 207-2500 for more information.
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LIBRARY EVENTS |
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ADULT EVENTS
Vignettes on Fiber: The Diversity of Fiber
Art. A slide lecture presented by Jenny Dev of The Fiber
Artists of San Antonio, with tools and examples of artwork that show the
different techniques and materials found in fiber art.
· Saturday, April 5, 2-3 p.m. Central
Library.
· Saturday, April 12, 2-3 p.m. Great
Northwest Library.
Mobile Eye
Screening Unit. Saturday, April 5, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Forest Hills Library.
Basic Feng Shui.
Slide show with Alison Shockner. Wednesday, April 9, 7:00 p.m. Oakwell
Library.
Celebrating
Seniors! Introduction to Bridge with Diane Olson. Thursday,
April 10, 1:00 p.m. Westfall Library.
TEEN EVENTS
Poetry Writing
Workshop/Open Mike Night. Lil Lowry-Manning conducts a poetry
workshop for teens. Monday, April 14, 7:00 p.m. McCreless Library.
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Holiday Closings
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