Gone Grolier?

The answer to that question is---You better! See this Product Overview for the latest, because it’s REALLY not your father’s encyclopedia.

Using the *new* Online Passport interface, patrons and staff can access information using not only encyclopedias but also magazines, websites, and media. Grolier Online puts the world at researchers’ fingertips with 117,760 encyclopedia articles, plus the wealth of additional resources available only in the online format.

Take a minute here and a moment there to check out the product and features that interest YOU. Here's a jazzy tutorial in Flash, but if that doesn't load, just try this html tutorial.
If you'd like more info, you can begin receiving GO Updates or GO News, or request a copy of the annual GO Guide> Just email gosupport@scholasticlibrary.com

CHECKBOOK Online--IN the Library

Get all the complete CHECKBOOK Ratings of firms and services in the Washington DC area, plus CHECKBOOK BARGAINS with competitive prices on thousands of big-ticket products at local stores. Also find Quick Tips on topics like "Healthy Travel," and Shopping Guides, such as "Buying a Washing Machine." Online access also includes CHECKBOOK's Guide to Top Doctors, Guide to Hospitals, Guide to Health Plans, and CarDeals publications. There is no search option, so browse through articles by Topic, or click "View All." No special print format either, but some articles are in PDF. The Baaaad News? Online access will only be available IN the library branches, due to licensing restrictions.

I Love The Supremes, Don't You?

The Supreme Court has certainly been in the news, since Justice O'Connor annouced her retirement. Check out the site spotlight to refresh your memory on the various aspects to the high court. For instance: decisions of the Supreme Court may not be appealed to any other body; as Justice Robert H. Jackson once famously remarked, "We are not final because we are infallible, but we are infallible only because we are final."

Consulta

Consulta provides content entirely in Spanish and an interface that lets the user choose between Spanish and English. Its superior content — comprised of more than 100 reference titles, 60 periodicals, 1,600 primary documents, an extensive image gallery, map center, anatomical atlas and bilingual dictionaries and more. The bilingual interface is a big help for non-Spanish speaking staff in assisting customers. Be prepared to show customers about this wealth of information! Take the Guided Tour, review Sample Searches, and Search Tips.

History Resource Center: U.S

Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it. George Santayana

So here's your chance! The History Resource Center: U.S. provides access to more than 1,000 historical (primary) documents, more than 30,000 reference articles, and over 65 full-text journals covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present. Take the guided tour or review the Search Tips now.

You never know who you'll find, in the Biography Resource Center

Now, More Than Ever,
Since January 2005, Thomson Gale has added more than 1,400 new or revised biographies to the Biography Resource Center. Noteworthy, newsworthy, notorious... (go ahead, look up Scott Peterson). Just added: newly elected Pope Benedict XVI

Users can now access more than 850 new entries that have not appeared in any Thomson Gale print source. Among these never-before-published entries are profiles on: Ghazi al-Yawer, Iraq's official interim president; Paul Klebnikov, American journalist; Lloyd Robertson, Canadian TV news anchor; and Simon Baker, Australian actor.

In addition, users now have access to all of the entries contained in five recently published Thomson Gale print volumes, including: Ella Bully-Cummings, Detroit Police Chief; and L. Douglas Wilder, Virginia's first black governor, fashion designer John Galliano, professional tennis player Maria Sharapova and actor Zach Braff.

Biography Resource Center now provides access to nearly 415,000 full-text biographies on nearly 320,000 different people.

Welcome to 1-Minute NoveList!

Staff really should check out 1-Minute NoveList. It's just a few webpages to view, but it will really help you GET how to use the newest version 2.0 of the NoveList database. You can excel at helping users find fiction titles! This short module is NOT a tutorial. It is a step-by-step presentation of one kind of search to provide a quick start to NoveList. Consider This Scenario... I love some of the earlier books by John Grisham like The Brethren or The Client. I've read all of his works and want to find some more books like my favorites.

1-Minute NoveList will show you how to:
* Select the type of search you need (For this example, Find a favorite author).
* Enter the author's name to bring up all the titles by that author (e.g., Grisham).
* Select one of the titles that was a favorite to view its title record.
* Click on Find Similar Books in order to select subject headings about the book (aspects about the book you liked). NoveList will retrieve titles with the subject headings you have selected to help you find your next book.

and while you're at it, check out the new features in NoveList, like tabs, and series sorts.

ProQuest Historical Newspapers

ProQuest Historical Newspapers - Search of the Week:
See how a story can be told through the database. This search sequence models how a student or researcher in tracing the coverage of an historical event might use the database.

Read about the death of Elvis Presley in ProQuest’s Historical Newspapers. [tip! Search them together or switch between the 3 Historical papers from the ProQuest Database menu on the search page.]

"Presley was one of America’s great Rock and Roll pioneers. Through coverage by the NYT, learn how Presley’s career not only changed American music, but American culture as well. See the reaction to Presley’s death among fans in the United States and in Europe. Learn about the role Presley’s career played in the development of American popular culture. What was it about Elvis that inspired adoration among his fans and ire among his critics? Find out in ProQuest’s Historical Newspapers.

1. In either the basic search or advanced search screen, type Elvis Presley And Death Or Mourn*. In the date range box, type in 08/01/1977 to 08/31/1977. This will limit your search to articles with the key words of Elvis Presley and death or mourn* that were published in the NYT during the month of August, 1977.
2. Select to search in Citation and Article text.
3. The results list provides 20 articles. Sort by selecting Most Relevant Articles First.
4. Articles 7 and 8 provide a general overview of Presley’s death and highlight his career. What was the cause of his death? How did Elvis get his start? Read all about the life and career of the first American Rock and Roll star in ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
5. Articles 3 and 5 provide coverage of fans mourning the loss of the “King of Rock and Roll.” Learn first-hand of the devotion thousands of fans had for a great American icon.
6. Read about the tragedy of two young fans that were killed as they gathered to pay their last respects to “The King.”
7. Elvis was more than just an American icon. See how Europeans reacted to the news. Because of ProQuest’s easy interface, the user can access informationregarding the international reaction to Presley’s death immediately.
8. See how Presley’s death led to resurgence in popularity in both his music and movie career. "