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World Book Online

Pat — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:06:37 -0400

The classic encyclopedia now online with current events, monthly features and multimedia.

Ongoing Book Sale

Pat — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:03:41 -0400

Located next to the Sun Room in the adult department. Find great bargains and help support the library!

NoveList K-8 Plus

Pat — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:29:45 -0400

Information about more than 38,000 fiction titles of interest to students in grades K-8. Full text reviews from professional journals and book talks for selected titles are available in this database. A good resource to expand student reading interest by introducing new authors or additional books in a subject area.

SIRS Discoverer

Pat — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:41:23 -0400

Includes full text articles and images from over 1,600 domestic and international newspapers, magazines and government documents. Articles are assigned a reading level of either Easy, Moderate or Challenging- based on age-appropriateness, educational content, interest and reading level. This database is an excellent student resource.

What's My Pin? Do I Need a New Card?

Melissa — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:12:57 -0400

Having trouble checking on your account? Don't panic! You just need to come in and get a new library card and PIN number. If you don't know your PIN number, just call us and we'll be happy to help you!

We are turning a page on the history of libraries in Centre County by joining our catalog with that of the Centre County Library. Each library will remain its own entity, but we are now sharing resources across the county.

Every library card holder in Centre County will need to exchange their old card for a new federation card. This can be done very easily at the circulation desk as you enter the library.

What does this mean for you?

You can place holds on items from public libraries in Bellefonte, Centre Hall, Aaronsburg, Philipsburg, and, of course State College. In the past these items would need to be placed on Interlibrary Loan, which can take some time to process.
Items from the above locations will be delivered to the library you specify.
You can pay your fines at any public library location.
You can return your items to any public library in the county.
Our catalog is now expanded to include all items available here and at the Centre County Library locations.

The Centre County Federation of Public Libraries - Easy Efficient and now EVERYWHERE!

Please let us know what you think of our new services!

Ask for Kids

Nathaniel — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:59:28 -0400

Ask Kids is a search engine designed exclusively for young people ages 6 to 12. It's a free, safe, fun way for kids and their parents to quickly and easily research school topics like science, math, geography, language arts, and history in a search environment that's safer and more age-appropriate than traditional, adult search engines.

Studies prove that visual learning improves children's comprehension, retention, critical thinking, and organization. Additionally, children are better at "mousing" than typing. Ask Kids was built with this in mind, and organizes search results in a graphically vivid three-panel display that includes SmartAnswers and related images, current events, videos and encyclopedia results.

Each web site in the Ask Kids core search index was selected by the Ask.com editorial team as child-appropriate or as a relevant and practical site for referenceQuestions that you ask of library staff that require knowledge of the content of the collection or other resources such as those on the web. Sometimes you are referred to the answer, hence Reference. Reference can also refer to our reference materials that are often encyclopedic books that have many volumes and a concentrated number of facts and/or statistics. These materials usually have an overnight loan period so they are available in the library most of the time. and learning. Ask's proprietary search algorithm then identified communities and collections of web sites linked to the core list, and filtered those to remove adult content.

Bill Nye, The Science Guy

Nathaniel — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:03:50 -0400

An interactive site devoted to science and Bill Nye's television show.

On-Lion for Kids (New York Public Library)

Nathaniel — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:45:20 -0400

A great set of links to literary and Internet links put together by the New York Public Library.

Ology

Nathaniel — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:49:16 -0400

The American Museum of Natural History's site for kids containing fun and educational activities about astronomy, biodiversity, Einstein, genetics, marine biology, paleontology, and much more.

KidsClick!

Nathaniel — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:03:27 -0400

A librarian-created directory of sites for kids.