The Research Portal is fully stocked!

In case you missed the news, check out these new resources just added in July.

• Ancestry Library Edition
• MyGovernment
• Encyclopedia Britannica (with mobile)
• Amazing Animals
• National Geographic Magazine Archive
• Livemocha
• Gale Directory Library (GDL) titles
  • Business Rankings Annual    
  • Consultants and Consulting Organizations 
  • Encyclopedia of Business Information Sources 
  • Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media

And don't forget we are now without these:

• Grzimek's Animal Life: Gale has discontinued this title.
• Historic Wall Street Journal:   Historic stock prices are available from S & P’s Netadvantage in the Daily Price Record section.
• Morningstar Mutual Funds print edition. The publisher has discontinued the print edition effective Dec 2012. We will keep online access we have currently.

Getting to know Ancestry Library Edition

It's official - We have added Ancestry Library Edition (ALE) for the public as  of July 1, 2012.  It will be available ONLY in the library, from public PCs. We expect this popular genealogy resource to draw new users to the library... so get ready.

First, review this ALE Topic Guide for an overview. It will be good to know what's on there, to help with those patron questions we anticipate.

We've also got the Genealogy Topic Guide -- which brings together a selection of all our various resources. (ALE will appar here too, in July)

Next, get a head start with prerecorded Tutorial sessions on ALE. The Basic session lasts about 60 minutes and includes: Broad content review, Browse and search functions of various collections, Viewing, printing, and saving

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT - especially if you're like me and haven't done any genealogy research before.

Start here at the main tutorial site. Scroll to the end, and click on the session for  "Ancestry Library Edition (ALE) Basics" and then click the Playback button.  It will take a moment to load.  Then just watch and listen!

If you get bitten by the genealogy bug, go ahead and try one of the Advanced sessions, or those for HeritageQuest.

Questions about ALE?  Email Sally.

Encyclopedia Britannica Online

Start using Britannica Online now - don't wait for the "back to school" crowd

It's live for the public as of July 1st - so check out the new Topic Guide now

Click here to view a Britannica Fact Sheet 


NEW:  we now have a streamlined mobile interface. Try it on your smartphone -- with this link: Encyclopedia Britannica
You should be asked for your Library Card and PIN.


Any questions let Sally know!