We recently expanded our online literary resources when EBSCO upgraded Literary Reference Center to Literary Reference Center Plus. This new database offers additional reference works, literary journals, new contemporary literature titles, full-text literary study guides, audio content, and videos. This...
Central Library’s Lobby Display starting next week will be featuring circulating materials about car racing and automobiles. With the Indianapolis 500 being this weekend, and NASCAR racing in full swing, it seems a good time to pull those items off the shelf. If you like fiction, we have plenty...
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Need up-to-the-minute information on child labor? Want to have an idea about current world opinion regarding the US military's use of torture? Are you concerned about nuclear weapons in failed states falling into the hands of international terrorist organizations? Are you confused by the proliferation...
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History buffs now have two new resources at their disposal 24 hours a day through the databases page at the EVPL web site. The History Resource Center: World and History Resource Center: U.S. are easy to navigate, rich resources. History Resource Center: U.S. was named a "Best Reference" by...
A new database called Global Road Warrior brings you comprehensive information on 175 countries around the world. And when I say "comprehensive" that is exactly what I mean. There is information in over 100 specific areas for each country listed. There is basic information like geography (including...
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01-21-2009
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SO... you have a great idea for making Evansville a better place to live but no clue of how to get a grassroots effort started... The Foundation Center now offers free training webinars for nonprofit organizations through its website, http://foundationcenter.org . Click on a topic that interests you...
Digital records from EVPL's Browning Genealogy Database can now be seen in the State Library's VINE database ( http://vine.in.gov ). Vital Information Exchange, (VINE), is a collaborative state wide database that searches databases on Indiana local history and vital records from Indiana libraries...
Twenty new electronic books have been added to the EVPL catalog that are available through the Credo Reference database. Some of the titles include: Concise Encyclopedia of Sociolinguistics / edited by Rajend Mesthrie ; consulting editor, R.E. Asher Encyclopedia of Urban Legends / Jan Harold Brunvand...
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08-19-2008
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Filed under: politics, databases, Credo Reference, sociolinguistics, mexico, public opinion, martial arts, propaganda, gun ownership, Online resources, polling