Friday, June 8, 2007

Tasks 14,15,16

#14 I watched the Basic 4 minute tutorial by EBSCO host and did some searching around in the web site which has tons of information, I'm sure I shall be back to do some searching when I have more time. I went into Funk and Wagnalls encyclopedia and pulled up a great article on Italy which is on the top of my travel list.

#15 In the Research Tools under Consumer Health I went into an article on Alzheimer's Disease, a neurodegenerative disease that affects more than 4.5 million adults in the U.S. with the aging population that number could approach 20 million by 2050.
Diet and lifestyle changes may help people lower their risk, researchers have found that A type of omega-3 fatty acid called docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) may help slow the growth of two kinds of brain lesions.

#16 Being a movie buff I went into the Plateau Voice (Collbran, Mesa County) date 1916 March o3 Front page and found the article The Movies Tomorrow which were showing at the Collbran Auditorium Sat. night which included Animated Weekly No. 172, also Feast of Flowers,
300,000 Ton Dynamite Blast, Universal Beauty Contest, Summer Festival, Boy Scouts of America, and cartoons by Hy Mayer.

2 comments:

Lie-Berry Police said...

Great job Louise! You're really getting this blogging down.

LiberryLady said...

The amount of information out there just boggles the mind, doesn't it?!