Yearly Archives: 2018

The Digital Resources Committee (DRC) is working on updating the Database and Downloadable websites (erec.einetwork.net and eresources.einetwork.net respectively), and we need your input!

Do you use these sites? Do your customers use these sites? If you don’t use them, why not?

Please complete our short survey, and let us know what you think.

Members of the DRC will be looking at survey responses and will use your input to inform our changes, so please respond and tell us what you think about our Database and Downloadable websites.

Thank you! ~ Hilary Lewis Lackner

I don’t know about you, but I’m a big fan of all things British. So I was very excited to see that Hoopla is now offering many of the most popular British Television shows (and movies) for bingeing! Favorites like Doc Martin, Vera, Poirot, and Miss Marple along with some new and somewhat more obscure titles like Acceptable Risk, Partners in Crime, and Humans.

And now that Hoopla is available on Roku, Apple TV, Fire TV, and Android TV, there is no reason our patrons (and us!) can’t enjoy all of these great British shows!

Tracy – Monroeville Public Library

EducationPlanner.org is a public service of the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) that serves as a one-stop career and college planning website. EducationPlanner provides practical and easy-to-understand advice to help prepare middle and high school students for the important decisions they will face in the future, such as applying to college, paying for college, and career planning. Interactive self-assessments are available to help students discover their strengths and weaknesses, and they can also ask a guidance counselor questions about higher education, financial aid, and careers.

In addition to being a resource for students, EducationPlanner also provides information and tools for parents and guidance counselors to help students prepare for college. Parents will learn how to teach their child about money management, saving for college, finding scholarships, the FAFSA process, and understanding ACT and SAT scores. Counselors can learn how to set up a job shadowing program and host a student aid event.

So the next time you have patrons who have questions about college, be sure to let them know that help is freely available at EducationPlanner.org.

Whatever book I want!  Try the new Appeal Mixer in NoveList Plus, our fiction and non-fiction readers advisory (and more) e-resource.  The Appeal Mixer generates a book-list that suits the reader’s mood by allowing them to select and personalize these key literary elements:

• Character
• Illustration
• Pace
• Story-line
• Tone
• Writing Style

Choose a character that is quirky, a story-line that is unconventional, and a writing style that is lush- it’s up to you!  The Appeal Mixer can create a variety of combinations to help find the perfect read.

NoveList Plus also has Appeal Combos ready if you would rather browse.  Amusing & Likeable, World-building & Atmospheric, and Journalistic & Compelling are examples of the exciting genre and appeal mixing reading lists awaiting lucky readers!

For help, download the free guide and watch a tutorial on “How to Match Readers and Books using Appeal” and check out the glossary of Appeal Terms.

NoveList Plus has many other wonderful features including:

• Author Read-alikes
• Book Reviews
• Reading  and Award Lists
• Lists of Titles in a Series

Since NoveList Plus covers fiction and non-fiction, it is perfect for almost all Library patrons!

Rob Kalchthaler – Bethel Park Public Library