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Start a new hobby in the new year!

by GenCrazy@evpl on Tuesday, December 30 2008, 9:36am

Need a hobby? Try genealogy. Said to be second only to gardening, genealogy is the fastest growing hobby in North America. I have been doing genealogy since I was 15 years old. I now consider it more an addiction than a hobby, but it is not a bad addiction...

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Filed under: genealogy, vital records, history
Introducing Encore: A better way to search the catalog!

by professor.knowsitall@evpl on Tuesday, December 23 2008, 10:54am

Last October, we discontinued AquaBrowser . Today I am happy to unveil its successor: ENCORE ! The catalog widget at the top of our webpages now searches Encore. In a nutshell, Encore works very similarly to Google. In the search box, simply type in words...

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Filed under: Web 2.0, fyi, cataloging, evpl.org, tutorials, encore
Magazines now included in Google Book Search

by googler@evpl on Friday, December 19 2008, 2:46pm

Google hasn't published a list of titles, for some reason, but they've started adding lots of page images from a variety of magazines, some going back to the 1800s. Start at books.google.com , and click on the small "Advanced Book Search"...

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Filed under: google, databases, magazines
Indiana Department of Workforce Development website

by T-ref@evpl on Thursday, December 11 2008, 2:54pm

The Indiana Department of Workforce Development's website has many useful links: for information about unemployment benefits go to uplink unemployment claim filing system , for contacting the WorkOne office in Evansville go to WorkOneworks.com , for...

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Filed under: Indiana Department of Workforce Development, workOne
The Christmas tree dilemma: real or fake?

by googler@evpl on Monday, December 8 2008, 3:47pm

An environmental blog, Sustainablog, recently weighed in on the real-or-fake Christmas tree question , and their answer might surprise you. They believe it's more environmentally friendly to use a live tree every year, as long as you recyle it after...

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Filed under: christmas, environment
Indiana Veterans of World War I

by seeker@evpl on Monday, December 8 2008, 12:53pm

Do you have a family member who served during World War I, the "war to end all wars""? The original federal military records were lost in a fire in St Louis, so a 5-year project is researching the Indiana Veterans of World War I . Among...

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Filed under: databases, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, veterans, World War I
If you're shopping for toys this month

by googler@evpl on Saturday, December 6 2008, 3:10pm

Do you feel a bit overwhelmed when trying to choose gifts for the kids on your list? HealthyToys.org includes test results for more than 1,500 toys and children’s products. This site is a first step in providing parents, grandparents, and others...

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Filed under: shopping
Indiana Business magazine online version

by T-ref@evpl on Friday, December 5 2008, 12:20pm

Indiana Business magazine offers a new online version that will allow you to read, save and forward articles, ads and photographs by e-mail. We also subscribe to the print and electronic versions.

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Filed under: indiana business magazine
Government Fuel Economy Website Updated to 2009 Model Year

by Bufkinite@evpl on Friday, December 5 2008, 10:03am

The US Department of Energy (DOE) and US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have developed a fuel economy web site to try and get the word out about the benefits of using more fuel-efficient vehicles. The web site contains an electronic version of...

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Filed under: internet, car, auto, fuel economy, useful web sites
Your free annual credit report

by googler@evpl on Monday, December 1 2008, 11:37am

We often talk to people at the library who are confused about how to get their free annual credit reports . The source of the confusion is almost certainly the ubiquitous commercials for a site called freecreditreport.com. That site is owned by one of...

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Filed under: government, credit, consumer
"Big Brown Books" Now Available on Your Home Computer

by Bufkinite@evpl on Monday, December 1 2008, 10:42am

How many of you were given an assignment in a high school or college literature course to find "critical reviews" of some obscure author, and despaired of finding anything meaningful before you found - or were directed to by a librarian - the...

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Filed under: databases, research, collections, Gale, criticism, literature
Having trouble figuring out Microsoft Word 2007?

by HoodooVoodoo@evpl on Wednesday, November 26 2008, 3:10pm

As some of you may have been noticing, the Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library is in the middle of their own "big switch" when it comes to the public computers. We are in the process of switching out the old Gateway Profile 5 computers to...

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Filed under: training, technology, evpl, computers, tutorials, Microsoft Word
Plunkett Research Online Just Got Better

by Bufkinite@evpl on Wednesday, November 26 2008, 3:10pm

One of EVPL's many databases , Plunkett Research Online , is a great tool for researching current trends in 32 distinct industry sectors, including everything from Alternative Energy to Wireless Technology. For each industry sector examined, you'll...

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Filed under: databases, Careers, computers
New York Times Historical Database

by T-ref@evpl on Saturday, November 22 2008, 5:41pm

The New York Times Historical (1851-2004) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. It is available through our databases pages and can be accessed outside of the library with an EVPL library card. I received...

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Filed under: Jesse Walker, Browning Genealogy Databse, New York Times
OverDrive @ EVPL now Mac compatible!

by professor.knowsitall@evpl on Friday, November 21 2008, 11:31am

OverDrive @ EVPL is a collection of downloadable materials (including audiobooks, eBooks, movies, & music) available free of charge to all EVPL cardholders. Since launch, patrons with Windows PCs have been downloading countless items from this digital...

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Filed under: technology, Web 2.0, fyi, collections, overdrive, downloads, evpl.org, ebooks, computers, zune, mp3 players, mac, ipod

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Start a new hobby in the new year!

Introducing Encore: A better way to search the catalog!

Magazines now included in Google Book Search

Indiana Department of Workforce Development website

The Christmas tree dilemma: real or fake?

Indiana Veterans of World War I

If you're shopping for toys this month

Indiana Business magazine online version

Government Fuel Economy Website Updated to 2009 Model Year

Your free annual credit report

"Big Brown Books" Now Available on Your Home Computer

Having trouble figuring out Microsoft Word 2007?

Plunkett Research Online Just Got Better

New York Times Historical Database

OverDrive @ EVPL now Mac compatible!