The Nobel Prize
Every year since 1901 the Nobel Prize has been awarded for achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and for peace. The Nobel Prize is an international award administered by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden. In 1968, Sveriges Riksbank established The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, founder of the Nobel Prize. Each prize consists of a medal, personal diploma, and a cash award
The Nobel Prize in 2008"
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/lists/2008.html
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2008
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2008/
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2008/
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2008/
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2008/
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/2008/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize
Go to Encyclopedia online at http://library.spu.ac.th Search for the history of automobiles or computer.Summarize the information you get.
A computer is a machine that manipulates data according to a set of instructions.
History of computer
The first use of the word "computer" was recorded in 1613, referring to a person who carried out calculations, or computations, and the word continued to be used in that sense until the middle of the 20th century. From the end of the 19th century onwards though, the word began to take on its more familiar meaning, describing a machine that carries out computations.
An automobile, motor car or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor. Most definitions of the term specify that automobiles are designed to run primarily on roads, to have seating for one to eight people, to typically have four wheels, and to be constructed principally for the transport of people rather than goods.[1] However, the term automobile is far from precise, because there are many types of vehicles that do similar tasks
History of Automobile
Ferdinand Verbiest, a member of a Jesuit mission in China, built the first steam-powered vehicle around 1672 which was of small scale and designed as a toy for the Chinese Emperor, that was unable to carry a driver or a passenger, but quite possibly, was the first working steam-powered vehicle ('auto-mobile').
What is the difference between general book and reference book?
A reference work is a compendium of information, usually of a specific type, compiled in a book for ease of reference. That is, the information is intended to be quickly found when needed. Reference works are usually referred to for particular pieces of information, rather than read cover to cover.
Examples:
Almanac - a tabulation of information in specific fields, often by date
Atlas - a set of maps, often of geographical locations
Book by category - books listed in their category
Citation index - lists which publications cite other publications
Concordance - a list of every word in a book, and where it is used in that book
Dictionary or Lexicon (the latter generally provides more grammatical analysis) - an alphabetical listing of words and their definitions
Directory - a list of references, used for ease of locating their subject
Encyclopedia - a comprehensive compendium
Gazetteer - a geographical dictionary
Grammar - a book in which aspects of the grammar of a language can be looked up
Handbook - a manual which summarizes a subject
Mathematical tables - a tabulation of mathematical results
Pharmacopoeia - is a book containing pharmaceutical drug specifications.
Periodical index - a list of topics for a periodical publication, organized by date
Scientific tables - a tabulation of scientific results
Telephone directory - a book with residence and business listings
Thesaurus - a list of words with similar, related, or opposite meanings
Book is a set or collection of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of paper, parchment, or other material, usually fastened together to hinge at one side. A single sheet within a book is called a leaf, and each side of a leaf is called a page. A book produced in electronic format is known as an e-book.
Books may also refer to a literature work, or a main division of such a work. In library and information science, a book is called a monograph, to distinguish it from serial periodicals such as magazines, journals or newspapers. The body of all written works including books is literature.
When do you need to search information from the reference collection?
when you would like more information used to find the meaning of words and find a summary subject
What type of reference collection that you like to use most?And why?
A dictionary because a collection of words in a specific language often listed , other information or a book of words in one language with their equivalents in another, also known as a lexicon it contains data that have been selected for the purpose of fulfilling structures link and establish relationships between the data so that they can meet the needs of users and fulfil the functions of the dictionary.
