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Category Archives: Databases and Research
Database How-To – Career Transitions
Looking for help switching careers, finding a job/school, or writing your resume and cover letter? Check out this basic guide to get started using the library’s database Career Transitions! Career Transitions “provides guidance and essential activities for job seekers and … Continue reading
Posted in Databases and Research, Job hunting
Tagged career transitions, college, cover letter, databases, jobs, resume, school
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Robbins Instructional Guides are now ONLINE!
Our instructional guides are now available online!!! Click on each individual thumbnail to enlarge. Links: Databases Kanopy Libby Help Hoopla Help Introducing AcornTV! Want to transfer your Overdrive books to your Kindle but don’t have the app? Try this. Or, … Continue reading
Posted in Databases and Research, Technology
Tagged guides, handouts, hoopla, kanopy, kindle, libby, mango, mln mobile, new york times, online access, overdrive, rosetta stone
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NaNoWriMo 2017: Ready, set, write!
Today is November 1, which means it is Day One of National Novel Writing Month! Our prep event with Lynette Benton in late October helped many writers to plan their novels. Whether you attended that event, planned on your own, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Databases and Research, NaNoWriMo, Programs
Tagged NaNoWriMo, NaNoWriMo2017
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National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) 2017
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) provides the “structure, community, and encouragement” for a challenging and fun creative writing venture: during the month of November, participants aim to write a novel (50,000 words). That’s right – write a novel in a … Continue reading
Changes for e-sources
Providing free downloadable media has become a core service of public libraries everywhere, and for the past few years we’ve experimented with offering different kinds of platforms with varying degrees of success. Options have included Overdrive (also known as the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Databases and Research, User experience
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Today in History: June 13, 1927
This morning, an Arlington resident donated a copy of this issue of The Sun: it happened to be today’s date, June 13…1927. But the first thing I noticed wasn’t the paper’s date, but the headline: LINDBERGH LANDS IN NEW YORK. … Continue reading
Posted in Databases and Research
Tagged Charles Lindbergh, New York Sun, news, newspaper, today in history
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How much is your library worth to you?
You may say, “The library is priceless, of course!” And thank you for that – we happen to agree. But for those who like to know the dollar value of the resources they’re using, here is the Library Value Calculator. … Continue reading
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Discover African-American History With Our Databases
Our databases are a great tool for learning about African-American history! You can look at the databases here in the library, from at home, or anywhere you have an internet connection! All you need in order to access them are … Continue reading
Read like a fact-checker
Freedom of speech and freedom of the press are a cornerstone of our democracy; they are enshrined in the First Amendment to the Constitution. Historically, humanity has struggled for access to information, or access to enough, good quality information; now, … Continue reading
Posted in Databases and Research, Technology
Tagged fake news, information literacy, media literacy, real news
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What is fake news?
The issue of “fake news” has been, well, in the news a lot lately. To kick off 2017, one of our January displays at the library is about how to tell real from fake – a skill called information literacy … Continue reading
Posted in Databases and Research, Technology
Tagged fake news, information literacy, media literacy, real news, triangulation
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