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It's a presidential election year, which means hot topic political issues are being discussed and debated.  Not just by the candidates but also our library users ...

I recently had a patron come in and ask for the children’s magazine Cricket. We do not carry that at our library, but I was ...

This week’s Virtual Lexicon entry is about Common Sense Media (commonsensemedia.org). It is a freely accessible reliable resource that I cannot believe I have lived ...

A simple way to promote eMagazines is along with your actual print display.  Many of the magazines that we have in print are also available ...

As much as I use OverDrive both personally and helping patrons, I find myself still discovering more ways to have a better experience with OverDrive ...

Alexander Hamilton. A Founding Father who is every where these days. Sure, you see him on your $10 bill all of the time. But lately, ...

Many of our database companies offer YouTube Channels and Playlists dedicated to providing video tutorials for their product.  Basic tours, lessons and tips can help ...

Where did the summer go? Your children and teen patrons can soak up the sun guilt-free a little longer, but those of you who serve ...

If you haven’t already explored it (and especially if parents have been asking) you should check out the new hoopla KIDS MODE, a setting that ...

Often if a patron is especially interested in a genre I don’t read (westerns, for example), it can be hard to keep abreast of the ...

Follow the links for this week's Challenge Questions! From June 13 - July 11 we challenge you to a battle of wits! Answer weekly online challenge questions ...

                                           We wish summer reading would make everyone giddy and running toward libraries. Not so for all the teens dragging themselves or being dragged by ...

This year our adult summer reading theme “Exercise your mind.  Read!” is a great theme to promote some of our eResources.  Patrons wanting to get ...

Back in March Leigh Anne wrote about the unfortunate demise of the Auto Repair Reference Center from the Power Library databases.  Good news!  Your patrons ...

Parents have a hard enough job without having to worry about the dreaded summer slide. “Summer slide” is the tendency for students to lose some ...

Because I spend the bulk of my time in Adult Services, I was determined to reacquaint myself with an electronic resource for kids for this ...

Introduce your patrons to Gale LegalForms.   This new resource is replacing LawDepot.  It provides access to hundreds of easy-to-use, authentic, legal documents broken down by subject area.  Patrons ...

Look no further than your Library's e-resource collection for reliable and hopefully unbiased election coverage! Start with Opposing Viewpoints in Context, where articles on "National ...

HSLC will convene a two-day Spring POWER Library Users Conference for Access PA/POWER Library participants in April 2016 that will include training for POWER Library E-resources and Access ...