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Shiver me timbers!  Did you know that the Mango Languages database offers a course in Pirate?!  Learn lingo, dialect, and more! Of course there are lessons ...

Did you know that there are hyperlinks in ebooks which can take you directly to content outside of the book? For instance I checked out ...

Late last year I decided it was time to join the eReader/Tablet crowd.  I decided on a Tablet because I liked the idea of being ...

When it comes to eBooks, have you ever:

• Been frustrated when trying to explain why there are missing titles in a series?
• Experienced a ...
  
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Did you know that you can customize the user interface of Ebsco databases, such as MasterFile Premier and LISTA, to match your library?  Users who access the ...

The cost of repairing your vehicle continues to increase – as does the price of purchasing auto repair manuals for the library collection.  These physical ...

I thought of writing this post after a patron sent an email to me asking if the library would consider training library patrons on the ...

(Reposted from the 11th Stack Blog, with permission from the author.)  Having trouble choosing the right eBook format? Click on the teeny pictures for a ...

Susan from CLAV offered an overview of TumbleBooks in her November 11th blog post, Tumble Into Reading.  As she noted, stories, informational texts, puzzles and ...

Database search results can be overwhelming.  Especially when users are searching a broad topic.  A search for solar power in EBSCO's GreenFILE database returned a list of 6,275 results ...

In MasterFILE Premier it is always useful to search under "Publications" to find an issue, or an article in a particular publication. Another way to ...

Whenever a resource comes along to support kids and reading, it's worth taking a look at. If it happens to be an e-resource, available 24/7 ...

Did you know that you can create a “search alert” in MasterFILE Premiere?   A search alert allows you to be notified any time an article ...

Are your patrons frustrated by the long waiting lists for popular ebook and eaudios? Do patrons checkout many titles at a time but perhaps only ...

Several people have recently asked if it is possible to return Kindle ebooks early.  The answer is YES!  Here's how to do it:

1. Go ...
   
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Do you ever feel like you don't take full advantage of the databases we offer county-wide? (Do you sometimes even think you don't really know ...