One Book NJ

It's here! The One Book New Jersey 2010 website is up and running!

Please go to the website, www.onebooknewjersey.org, to vote for your favorite titles in each of the four categories- adult, young adult,juvenile fiction (chapter book) and picture book (read to me). Click on "Vote Now."

From now through Sunday, November 15, librarians and readers of all ages are encouraged to vote for the titles best suited to be One Book New Jersey selections! You can only vote for one title per category, but you can place a vote in all four categories: Adult, Teen, Middle Grade, and Read to Me. Vote now, and spread the word! Winning selections will be announced on November 16, 2009.

One Book New Jersey 2010 marks the 8th year of the program!

Consumer Reports free through library database

Not that I want to discourage anyone from coming to the library, but did you know you can get the full text of Consumer Reports through the library system's EBSCO database? Go to www.bccls.org and click on Magazines, Newspapers and Reference Sources . At this point you will enter your library card number for access. Then choose EBSCO, then EBSCOhost web, then MasterFILE Premier. At this point enter your search terms and limit the search to Consumer Reports. If your first search term doesn't work, try another. If you don't limit to Consumer Reports you will pull up other articles as well. Click the Full Text box so all your results will have the full text of the articles. Good luck and don't be afraid to experiment and play.

Looking for that perfect quote?

Famous Quotes and Authors claims to be "the most complete and useful web resource about Famous Quotes with the best collection of famous quotations for all occasions! Browse over 25,000 quotes online from over 6,700 famous authors. It's fun to browse and I hope you'll remember at least one of these for the next occasion.

Lab Tests Online

Do you think you spend too much time looking for medical information? Lab Tests Online has answers when you're researching medical tests. To catch your interest the first story is about Michael Jackson's toxicology report. It's followed by other "Topics in the News." But the real info is on the left - one can search by tests, conditions/diseases or screenings or through a search box. Here's a quick, comprehensive and up-to-date medical test reference!