Summary: How do musicians find the inspiration to create? Do most songwriters come up with lyrics first, or music? What does it mean to be a composer in today's high-tech world? This program addresses questions young people may have about embarking on a career in music or musical composition. Focusing on current styles like rock, techno, and hip-hop, the video includes interviews with a classically...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Can a used-car salesman introduce the subject of triangles? One does in this program, which begins with the fundamentals, including how to classify triangles both by their sides and by their angles. In addition, two theorems are introduced and proved, and four corollaries are presented. Three problems are worked out as well, using the Side-Side-Side, Side-Angle-Side, and Angle-Side-Angle...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Ramadan, Tariq
Summary: "Whether the issue is violence, terrorism, women's rights or slavery, Muslims are today expected to provide answers and to justify what Islam is-or is not. Whether the issue is violence, terrorism, women's rights or slavery, Muslims are today expected to provide answers and to justify what Islam is-or is not. But little opportunity exists, either in the media or in society as a whole, to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2017
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 297 RAMRingstad, Arnold
Summary: Discusses the parts inside television remote controls and how they work together.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2020
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J621 RINSummary: This in-depth, graphics-driven program introduces students to the world of synthetic and naturally occurring polymers. The video sheds light on a number of monomers and the processes of addition polymerization and condensation polymerization which produce a desired polymer. Properties of thermosetting and thermoplastic polymers are also investigated; likewise, the relationship between the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Sutherland, Stuart
Summary: Join the Smithsonian to explore the latest paleontological discoveries and what they reveal about life on Earth.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 560 INTCall number: DVD 560 INT
Summary: The hardest part about working in the hospitality field may simply be deciding on which of its many popular career paths to pursue! This video will help interested students make an informed choice by describing commercial and noncommercial hospitality establishments and key hospitality departments such as management, food and beverage, gaming and entertainment, customer service, security,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: "An Introduction to Number Theory is a great introduction to the field for anyone who loves numbers, is fascinated by math, and wants to go further into the relationships among these mysterious objects"--Publisher's web site.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 510.1 INTGilmore, Megan
Summary: A healthy guide to detoxing naturally, all year round-- no dieting, juice fasting, or calorie counting required-- to lose weight, improve digestion, sleep better, and feel great, featuring 100 properly combined recipes for every meal of the day. This no-nonsense approach to healthy detoxing by certified holistic health coach and blogger Megan Gilmore presents 100 delicious and properly...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.2 GILSummary: This highly informative program presents professionals in various segments of the exciting and fast-paced fashion industry discussing their roles at design, production, wholesale, and retail levels. Viewers see how merchandise is presented to wholesale buyers in New York showrooms and learn how resident buying offices assist store buyers in deciding what merchandise best suits their clientele....
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Designed for novices, this unintimidating program examines the basic steps involved in producing any piece of software: identifying the goal, crafting algorithms, coding and compiling, testing and debugging syntax and logic errors, and documenting. Since the video does not rely on viewer familiarity with specific computer languages, Introduction to Programming is a good starting point for any...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Snyder, Gail
Summary: "The COVID-19 epidemic changed the world virtually overnight. With a sometimes fatal highly contagious respiratory disease spreading from one human being to another, the pandemic led to massive changes in the way people went to school, shopped for food and conducted their work lives. Before the pandemic struck, remote work accounted for only a small percentage of US workdays, just 5 percent,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: ReferencePoint Press, Inc. 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 658.3 SNYGlazer, Robert
Summary: "As the corporate world continues to embrace virtual offices and working remotely, there is a need for companies to understand how they can intentionally build a remote workforce that thrives. This book serves as a quick guide with actionable steps to take if you are transitioning to a remote workplace or looking to improve your existing setup"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simple Truths 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.3 GLASummary: This course of 15 half-hour lectures presents different procedures for locating sources of ancestors' records in America.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2014
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3 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 929 DISCall number: DVD 929 DIS
Muesse, Mark W. (Mark William)
Summary: "In 24 detailed lectures, using numerous guided exercises, Professor Muesse teaches you the principles and techniques of sitting meditation, the related practice of walking meditation, and the highly beneficial use of meditative awareness in many important activities, including eating and driving. As a major strength of the course, you learn in depth how to use the skills of meditation in...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 613 MUE VOL. 1Call number: CD 613 MUE VOL. 2
Summary: Elements and compounds, accuracy and precision, liters and moles and joules-what does it all mean? After introducing the states, properties, and types of matter, this program proceeds to the periodic table of elements and the qualities of atoms, compounds, and molecules. An investigation of the metric system, SI units, uncertainty in measurement, and dimensional analysis wrap up this engaging...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Artists has been the basis of art criticism since the 16th century. This dramatized program cleverly illustrates how each great master developed techniques by building upon the work of his predecessors. The lively discussion between Master Vasari and his apprentice reveals the innovations of Giotto, Ghiberti, Donatello, Uccello, Masaccio, della Francesca,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Fovell, Robert G.
Summary: Presents 24 lectures (each about 30 minutes long) by Robert G. Fovell, Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles, on meteorology.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 551.6 METBessie, Adam
Summary: "With Peter Glanting's powerful illustrations, author Adam Bessie, an English professor and graphic essayist, uses the unique historical moment of the COVID-19 pandemic as a catalyst to explore the existing inequalities and student struggles that plague the public education system. This graphic memoir chronicles the reverberations from the onset of the pandemic in 2020 when students and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Censored Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BESSIE, ADAM BESAdjonyoh, Zoe
Summary: "Join celebrated cook and writer Zoe Adjonyoh as she remixes traditional Ghanian dishes for the modern kitchen. Naturally health and simple to prepare, Ghanaian food is fun, flexible, and always tasty."--Back cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Voracious/Little, Brown and Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59667 ADJCapon, Brian
Summary: What happens inside a seed after it is planted? How are plants structured? How do plants reproduce? The answers to these and other questions about complex plant processes can be found in the bestselling Botany for Gardeners. This updated edition addresses scientific advances, changes in nomenclature and taxonomy, and more. Botany for Gardeners shares accessible information about how plants...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Musical examples of each instrument and excerpts from Copland, Grieg and Tchaikovsky teach children about the orchestra.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Chesky Records Kids 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JUV CLADrake, Nick
Contents: Cello song -- Hazey Jane I -- Way to blue -- Things behind the sun -- River man -- Poor boy -- Time of no reply -- From the morning -- One of these things first -- Northern sky -- Which will -- Hazey Jane II -- Time has told me -- Pink Moon -- Black eyed dog -- Fruit tree.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hannibal Records 1994