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January 2002 library NEWS ATE WAYS TO THE WEE The Internet can be a wonderful tool and much can be viewed for free but there are also many valuable sites that are only available on a subscription basis. Over the last few years, we have been subscribing to a growing number of electronic databases that are available to our users in the Library. Each of these is accessible on any Internet station in the Library; look for the “e-Resources” link on our home page. “Newspapers & Magazine Articles” includes: Canadian Business & Current Affairs (CBCA); Canadian NewsDisc; Ebsco; Novelist CBCA has full text and/or indexing for over 700 current Canadian journals, newspapers and other media. Canadian NewsDisc includes full text of 14 major Canadian newspapers. Ebsco has full text and/or indexing for close to 2000 primarily American journals and magazines. Novelist is a guide to fiction. In the new year we will be adding another database called Cf*/.^ which is similar in scope to CBCA but covers some different titles and includes selected articles from The Globe & Mail. “Encyclopedias” includes: Encyclopaedia Britannica; World Book; Access Science; Encyclopedia of British Columbia These are all online versions of the printed publication with some additional material added. Access Science is an enhanced version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. Please give these various databases a try. If you need assistance, ask at the Reference Desk and we will be happy to show you how to use them. WEST VANCOUVER MEMORIAL LIBRARY 1950 Marine Drive, West Vancouver, BC,V7V 1J8 Tel; (604) 925-7400 Library Hours: (604) 925-7401 Fax: (604) 925-59.33 Website, www,westvanlib.org REFERENCE SERVICES The Canadianism Bluenose or Bluenoser typically refers to a native of Nova Scotia, but has been extended to include inhabitants of Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and more rarely, a New Englander. Historically, it was a Nova Scotian residing in that province before the American Revolution and the subsequent arrival of the Loyalists. It was, and still is, a term of derision said to have originated with the Loyalists of Annapolis county who applied it to the pre-loyalist settlers in the struggle for a political voice between these two communities, particularly during the 1785 Nova Scotia provincial elections. The term has also been used to refer to New Brunswickers, but again this is derogatory. Another meaning variant is that Bluenose referred to a ship built in Nova Scotia, and historically, all ships from any of the Maritime Provinces were known to sailors worldwide as Bluenoses. So where did the term bluenose come from? According to a newly acquired reference book, Canadian Food Words, by Bill Casselman, bluenose describes a maritime potato that at one time had a bluish tip, shaped somewhat like a nose. Folklore has it that the potato became a common nickname for Nova Scotians. Another possible derivation for Bluenose was that it designated the blue noses of Atlantic fishermen arriving to port after enduring the bitter cold winds of the sea. On the other hand, blue potatoes are a distinctly Prince Edward Island phenomenon. They are a potato with dark-blue skins and always cooked or baked in their skins for what is said to be “the gustatory pinnacle of potatodom.” It is said that blue- skinned potatoes were cultivated by the Incas, and encountered by the Spanish conquistadors. As well, such blue-skinned potato varieties have been cultivated in Ireland since 1585. From which source originates the blue potato of PEI is uncertain. It is less likely that the term bluenose derived from this potato. A slang meaning for bluenose is “an excessively puritanical person, or prude,” which possibly derives from the aristocratic inhabitants of Boston’s Back Bay, alluding to their apparently “frigid” manner. [SOURCES: Canadian Food Words: A Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles; Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang; Encyclopedia of Word & Phrase Origins ] ADULT SERVICES IN THE GALLERY ... “Mixed Palette”...paintings in oil and acrylic by Jane Armstrong will continue until January 4th. “Light and Shadow” by Linda Bell and “Impressionistic Paintings of Old Countryside and Street Scenes” by Bernard Chew will be on display January 7th to February 1st. Linda Bell lives in West Vancouver and is a member of the West Vancouver Sketch Club. She has won the Club’s Juror’s Choice and Honourable Mention Awards on five different occasions. She finds acrylics to be the most versatile medium and uses it both in mixed media and on canvas. Bernard Chew was a Vancouver Firefighter for many years and before retiring in 1995, he began painting and attending the Jean’ne Brooks School of Fine Art. He works in oil on canvas and prefers the style of the Impressionists. Reception artists in attendance, Friday, January 11th 6:00 - 7:00PM BOOK LAUNCH AND RECEPTION Deborah Low invites you to join her in The Quest for Peace- Love and a 24” Waist. Jazz, Aveda massages, healthy nibbles, door prizes, a book talk and book signing are all part of the evening’s celebration. Date: Sunday, January 13, 2002 Place: The Gallery at the Library Time: 5:30 - 7:30PM Call (604) 925-7402 to register for this special after hours event. YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE; We would love to notify you by e-mail of forthcoming Author Visits or other Literary Events. Please phone us at (604) 925-7402 or e-mail us at adult@westvanlib.org if you would like to be on our special events notification e-mail list.