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George Washington, a slave owner, did not give a second thought to staffing the President’s House with human chattel from his Virginia plantation. Working in the Executive Mansion was better than working in the field, or even as an ordinary house slave. But two ran away to freedom. [view poster]

Presented by: Eleanor Alexander, School of History, Technology and Science
When: March 27, 2:00 11 am
Where: Neely Lobby [view map]

Research for all of us!

The Georgia Tech Library is sponsoring a new lecture series featuring research by Georgia Tech faculty presented for the rest of us.

Lecturers will discuss their research in laymen’s terms. The aim of the series is to make research understandable to all of us in the Georgia Tech community.

This semester the series features the following lectures:

February 22 :: 2:00pm
Hybrots: Using Cultured Neurons to Control Robots & Study Learning
[view poster]
Dr. Steve M. Potter, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering

March 29 :: 2:30pm
Sensing in the Aware Home
[view poster]
Dr. Irfan Essa, College of Computing

April 26 :: 2:00pm
Face to Face Discussion with Wearable Computers
Dr. Thad Starner, College of Computing

All lectures are free, and will be held in the Wilby Room of the Georgia Tech Library. Light refreshments will be provided.

For more information, please call 404-894-4530 or email:
prgroup@library.gatech.edu

To view promotional posters, video recordings, PowerPoint presentations, etc. from past Tuesday Talks visit SMARTech.

To view promotional posters, video recordings, PowerPoint presentations, etc. from past Tuesday Talks visit SMARTech.

Research for all of us!

The Georgia Tech Library is sponsoring a new lecture series featuring research by Georgia Tech faculty presented for the rest of us.

Lecturers will discuss their research in laymen’s terms. The aim of the series is to make research understandable to all of us in the Georgia Tech community.

This semester the series features the following lectures:

February 22 :: 2:00pm
Hybrots: Using Cultured Neurons to Control Robots & Study Learning
Dr. Steve M. Potter, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering

March 29 :: 2:30pm
Sensing in the Aware Home
Dr. Irfan Essa, College of Computing

April 26 :: 2:00pm
Face to Face Discussion with Wearable Computers
Dr. Thad Starner, College of Computing

All lectures are free, and will be held in the Wilby Room of the Georgia Tech Library. Light refreshments will be provided.

For more information, please call 404-894-4530 or email:
prgroup@library.gatech.edu

This question has been asked a lot lately, and we’ve found a couple of web sites that describe the differences well.Types of journals — describes popular, trade, scholarly, and refereed journals.
How to tell if it’s a scholarly journal — describes scholarly, trade, new/general interest, popular, and sensational journals.

Once you know how to identify the types of journals, you probably need to find specific journals of that type. One source that can help is Ulrich’s International Dictionary of Periodicals, available at the Information Services Desk on the first floor East. It lists thousands of journals in different subjects. Look at the list of journals in your subject area, pick one you are intersted in, and look at the page and search the name of the journals to see if we have it. You can also browse the current issues of journals on the 2nd floor East to get a feel for what different kinds of journals we own.

The George C. Griffin photograph collection, developed as part of Georgia Tech’s Digital Library Initiative, offers a unique perspective on the people and places from Georgia Tech’s past.