Showing posts with label databases. Show all posts
Showing posts with label databases. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Calling all Book Clubs.........

Are you always looking for ‘good’ discussion books? Do you need a bunch of questions to make your discussion more interesting? Do you want to find similar books to the title you are discussing? Make sure you try the library’s BRAND NEW online resource, NoveList Plus. It has both fiction and nonfiction books-for all ages. Click here to get there. You can also find a link to NovelList Plus in the Databases section of our website To find book discussion guides: Once you are in NoveList Plus, click on Book Discussion Guides in the left column – you can find guides for Adults, Teens and Kids. Each guide contains author info, a book summary (great for those who did not quite finish the book), a list of questions (with answers) and a list of further/suggested reading with short summaries. There are new titles added all the time. It is a great resource & fun to browse around in. We love this database and we hope you will too. Please let us know what you think.

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

The Library has information like that? Wow

Are you having car trouble? Are you a do-it-yourself car repair person? Do you need an easy to use, reliable place to find FREE car repair information? If the answer is Yes, then you need to know about the Stratford Libray's car repair database called: Auto Repair Reference Center. This database contains information on:
  • Approximately 25,000 vehicles from 1954 to the present
  • More than 65,000 technical service bulletins & recalls issued by the original equipment manufacturer
  • Wiring diagrams for easy viewing and printing
  • Labor time guide & estimator
  • Specifications & maintenance schedules
  • Quick tips, a complete guide to vehicle ownership & maintenance
  • Over 100,000 factory drawing and step-by-step photographs

Best of all, you can use this database in the library AND from home