Tomes & Talismans is a 1986 educational television series produced by Mississippi Public Broadcasting, consisting of thirteen 20-minute episodes presented as a dramatic serial story. Each episode defines, illustrates, and reviews specific library research concepts.
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Lesson: Overview of a library As humanity prepares its final evacuation to the White Crystal Solar System, librarian...
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Lesson: Categories of books; Fiction, Nonfiction, and Biography A century after humanity’s evacuation, the Users stu...
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Lesson: Sections of a book; Cover, Title page, Copyright page, Table of Contents, Foreword, Preface, Index, Glossary,...
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Lesson: Finding a certain book through the card catalog based on Title, Subject, or Author of the book Outside the U...
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Lesson: Grouping books based on the Dewey Decimal system Colonel Holon encounters the Universal Being, who gives him...
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Lesson: Finding information through the Encyclopedia As Colonel Holon evades a pursuing Wiper patrol he encounters h...
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Lesson: Learning the meaning of a word though the Dictionary and Thesaurus The User children continue to use the lib...
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Lesson: Looking up a specific subject through Reference books Using more-specialized references to further decipher ...
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Lesson: Finding locations through Maps and Almanacs The User children and Ms. Bookhart continue to guide Colonel Hol...
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Lesson: Speed reading by skimming and scanning a book After escaping a patrol, a reunited Abakas and Colonel Holon m...
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Lesson: Finding recent information through Periodicals; Magazines and Newspapers When the User children, Colonel Hol...
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Lesson: Audiovisual information: Films and Videotapes The User children, Colonel Holon, and Ms. Bookhart prepare two...
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Lesson: Finalizing everything researched When the projections successfully scare the Wipers away and the User base i...