WHAT'S COOL IN THE WORLD OF LIBRARIES?
The Sayreville Public Library has many cool tools that you can use to research family history, complete a home improvement project, finish a homework assignment, find a new career, or just pick a new book to read.
Each month, we will highlight a different database on this page, so be sure to check back monthly and take advantage of our free resources.
September 2010
TUTOR.COM!
It's Web-based Learning That's Easy, Fast, and Effective!
Access now!
Access Instructions: On September 1st, you will be able to click the icon above to start using Tutor.com.
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 Any community member with a library card can access the new online services from the library or right from home. The K-12 Student Center from Tutor.com includes live, one-to-one tutoring and 24/7 access to worksheets, videos and tutorials in just about any subject.
 The live, online tutoring is available every day from 3PM-1AM. Need help beyond these times? No problem. The center includes 24/7 access to thousands of resources including study guides, worksheets, videos and more in math, science, social studies, English, and more.
 Tutor.com has a network of over 2,000 certified tutors as well as career specialists who are ready to help with just about any question you may have.
Students can get help with homework, test preparation, skills and concepts they are learning in class and standardized test preparation and college entrance exams. Subjects include math, science, social studies and English.
Access Tips: Patrons can connect to the Tutor.com Learning Suite from any Internet-enabled PC or MAC. the Tutor.com Learning Suite is available via the Internet via Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, etc. with the use of Microsoft Silverlight. Silverlight is a free, cross-platform browser plugin available directly from the Tutor.com co-brand page, if it has not already been downloaded on the student’s computer. Patrons using Tutor.com in the library must use a Windows computer. Patrons accessing at home will need to type in their library barcode number. |
August 2010
Coin Career Library Access from the library or from home
Career Library™ offers a comprehensive information resource for career and college research. Five user-friendly components help users match their interests to occupations, education prospects, and more. Created for individual researchers and career/education technology professionals, Career Library is a valuable addition to libraries and career centers.
Please note that you will need a SITEID and LOGIN to use this tool, whether using it from within the library or at home. Please call a librarian at 732-727-0212 ex. 12 or email alainad@lmxac.org to acquire the login information.
Coin Career Library features include:
- Over 2,500 occupations, Cool Jobs, and post-secondary career paths
- Nearly 4,000 2-yr and 4-yr Colleges & Universities
- Résumé Builder
- Surveys and Assessments based on the 16 federal career clusters (also in Spanish)
- ASVAB, COPS/CAPS, Holland Alignment
- Multiple Search Entry Points for Career and College searching
- Comprehensive Financial Aid Center
- Occupation Video Library (also in Spanish)
- State-specific data on resources, job searches, scholarships, and more
- Regularly updated test preparation for GED, ACT/SAT, and Proficiency
July 2010
Proquest Historical Newspapers This tool offers online access to historical newspapers that you can click through cover to cover, or search by topic, date, or article type (article, photo, comic, birth/death/marriage notice, display ad, film review, etc.). They present firsthand accounts and opinions that bring history to life. Offers full-text and full-image articles for newspapers dating back to the 18th century. Every issue of each title includes the complete paper–cover-to-cover–with full-page and article images in downloadable PDF.
This ongoing project already includes The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post Christian Science Monitor, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Atlanta Constitution, The Boston Globe, and The Hartford Courant.
Access Now!
from the library from home
Type in your library card number if you are using this from home.
Searching Proquest Historical Newspapers: A Guided Tour
5 Fascinating Things to Do with Historical Newspapers
Free Online Subscription to the Retroview Newsletter!
Retroview from ProQuest is an entertaining and oh-so-slightly educational quarterly e-newsletter that lets you explore history as captured in the pages of historical newspapers. Read more here.
June 2010
The Sayreville Library will now be offering pre-loaded digital audiobooks called Playaways to patrons. An all-in-one product, Playaway is a lightweight, compact, easy-to-use player that comes with one audiobook already downloaded.
Playaways are:
- Simple
A Playaway is easy to use. Patrons just need to plug their earphones/earbuds into the universal jack, ensure there is a AAA battery inside the device, and press the Playaway button.
- Pre-loaded
Every Playaway comes already loaded with a title.
- Digital Technology
Like books on CD and cassette, the Playaway digital audiobook delivers sound that is crisp and flawless. Plus, using a simple keypad, listeners have the ability to adjust voice speed. Bookmarking is automatic.
- Portable
Playaways redefine portable. It is just six ounces of palm-sized, durable plastic. Compact and light, patrons can fit a whole book in their pocket or carry it around their neck. And they can listen anywhere, including on earphones or on car or home speakers.
Visit the Lobby display today to check out a Playaway!
May 2010
Byki!
Want to learn a new language without spending hundreds of dollars on expensive software or CDs? Try our new, FREE language learning tool! Byki is a powerful language-learning system that uses flashcards to teach you a set of words or phrases. It
is the fastest possible way to lock foreign words and phrases into your long-term memory. Find out more by clicking here!
Getting Started: Click the above link. You will be brought to the Research portion of this site. Byki is the first tool listed. Click on Access Now. You will be prompted to type in your library barcode number. Once you do this, you will need to create an account with Byki so that it may track your progress over time and customize your language learning experience. You may choose any login ID and password that you would like.
You are then ready to go!
April 2010
ListenNJ
Browse hundreds of downloadable audiobooks! Check out and download best-selling and classic titles to your PC or Mac, then transfer to a portable device such as an iPod or other MP3 player, or burn many titles to CD to enjoy anytime, anywhere.
Getting Started
Visit www.listennj.com. First, you will need to go through a brief, one-time setup of an account by clicking on AUDIOBOOK ACCOUNT in the center, top portion of the page. From the pull-down menu under LIBRARY, select Libraries of Middlesex Automation Consortium. Then, type in your library barcode that begins with "29359" in the field labeled LIBRARY CARD NUMBER. Lastly, you have to type in your PIN number that you were assigned when you registered for your library card. If you do not know your PIN number, call 732-727-0212 ex. 3. Please note that the previous steps followed are also the same steps you will follow to sign in each time to access ListenNJ.
Once you are logged in, you will be brought to your welcome screen. Using ListenNJ is much like shopping online where you add items to your cart, check out, and begin using the items you have checked out.
Before browsing for titles, you should download the OVERDRIVE MEDIA CONSOLE located in the right-hand menu under SOFTWARE DOWNLOADS. This is a one-time download that will enable ListenNJ and your computer/mobile device to work together. Choose the version of the player that will work with your device, click on download now, save the file, and double-click on the file to open it. Follow the brief series of steps to finalize the download. Once you have completed these steps, you can begin browsing for titles!
Tips & Policies
Please note that you are permitted to borrow 5 titles at a time. You will be given a due date choice of 7 days or 10 days. On the due date you have chosen, the items checked out to you will automatically be removed from your account. This means...no late fees! Please understand that once you have checked out a title, you will not be able to "return" it when you choose to. The due date you chose initially is the date the item will be "returned" back to the system automatically.
Occasionally, when a title is very popular, you may have to join a wait list by entering your email address. Once a copy becomes free, you will be notified by ListenNJ so that you may login and download the audiobook.
Audiobooks downloaded can play on multiple media devices. Each audiobook title indicates to you which devices can play that particular title. Devices that are grayed out cannot play the particular audiobook you have selected, while devices that are highlighted can.
For further assistance, please feel free to contact a librarian at 732-727-0212 ex. 12.
March 2010
Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center Access from the library or from home
Type in your library card number if you are using this from home.
Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center contains information on thousands of jobs and industries and provides invaluable advice on applying for a job, acing an interview, behaving professionally in the work environment, and more—with more than 90 sample résumés and cover letters included. You can also search and browse tens of thousands of entries on scholarships, internships, and more—as well as hundreds of new videos, on jobs, industries, and skills.
Features include:
· Job Profiles
· Industry Overviews
· Skills Articles
· Sample Résumés and Cover Letters
· School Search
· Videos
· Career Advice
· Special Features
· and more.
To view this tour, you will need Flash.
Click here to download it for free.
January & February 2010
ListenNJ
Browse hundreds of downloadable audiobooks! Check out and download best-selling and classic titles to your PC or Mac, then transfer to a portable device such as an iPod or other MP3 player, or burn many titles to CD to enjoy anytime, anywhere.
Getting Started
Visit www.listennj.com. First, you will need to go through a brief, one-time setup of an account by clicking on AUDIOBOOK ACCOUNT in the center, top portion of the page. From the pull-down menu under LIBRARY, select Libraries of Middlesex Automation Consortium. Then, type in your library barcode that begins with "29359" in the field labeled LIBRARY CARD NUMBER. Lastly, you have to type in your PIN number that you were assigned when you registered for your library card. If you do not know your PIN number, call 732-727-0212 ex. 3. Please note that the previous steps followed are also the same steps you will follow to sign in each time to access ListenNJ.
Once you are logged in, you will be brought to your welcome screen. Using ListenNJ is much like shopping online where you add items to your cart, check out, and begin using the items you have checked out.
Before browsing for titles, you should download the OVERDRIVE MEDIA CONSOLE located in the right-hand menu under SOFTWARE DOWNLOADS. This is a one-time download that will enable ListenNJ and your computer/mobile device to work together. Choose the version of the player that will work with your device, click on download now, save the file, and double-click on the file to open it. Follow the brief series of steps to finalize the download. Once you have completed these steps, you can begin browsing for titles!
Tips & Policies
Please note that you are permitted to borrow 5 titles at a time. You will be given a due date choice of 7 days or 10 days. On the due date you have chosen, the items checked out to you will automatically be removed from your account. This means...no late fees! Please understand that once you have checked out a title, you will not be able to "return" it when you choose to. The due date you chose initially is the date the item will be "returned" back to the system automatically.
Occasionally, when a title is very popular, you may have to join a wait list by entering your email address. Once a copy becomes free, you will be notified by ListenNJ so that you may login and download the audiobook.
Audiobooks downloaded can play on multiple media devices. Each audiobook title indicates to you which devices can play that particular title. Devices that are grayed out cannot play the particular audiobook you have selected, while devices that are highlighted can.
For further assistance, please feel free to contact a librarian at 732-727-0212 ex. 12.
December 2009-This database is no longer available due to budget cuts. Sorry for any inconvenience!
Heritagequest Online
In the spirit of the holiday season, this database was chosen to be featured because of its tie to families and their history. As you gather with your loved ones for the season, why not discuss your family trees and your family history? Heritagequest Online is where your online quest for genealogoical information starts!
To begin, click here to enter JERSEYCLICKS, the portal you will need to go through to get to Heritagequest Online. If you are using this from home, you will need to type in your library barcode that begins with “29359.” Choose CUSTOM SEARCH. Scroll down and on the left side of the page you will see PROQUEST HERITAGEQUEST under the subject heading Genealogy. Heritagequest will open in a new screen. Begin exploring!
October & November 2009
LearningExpress Library Access from the library or from home
If you are visiting LearningExpress Library for the first time, click the "Register" button in the "New Users" box on the main page. On the New User Registration page, enter your library card barcode as your username and a password of your choice. Click the “Register” button. Choose your area of interest from the “Learning Center” area to the left of the screen and get ready to start practicing!
Whatever your goal, LearningExpress Library's resources will help you succeed. Each of our Learning Centers offers the practice tests, exercises, skill-building courses, and information you need to achieve the results you want-at school, at work, or in life. Looking to land a job? You'll find an entire Learning Center dedicated to helping you get the one that's right for you.
September 2009
Consumer Reports Access from the library or from home
Type in your library card number if you are using this from home.
ConsumerReports.org is one of the most trusted resources for information and advice on consumer products. The award-winning website’s articles, blogs, forums, and videos enable consumers to make better purchasing decisions on all the products they are shopping for from dishwashers to digital cameras to infant car seats, save money on home improvement plans, shore up personal finances, improve their health, and more. The site also features the ability to Shop Online for everything from electronics to appliances, new and used car pricing, and the New Car Selector Tool.
Summer 2009
Novelist Plus from Ebscohost Access from the library Access from home
Once you log in, scroll down and click on Novelist Plus to get started!
NoveList® Plus is here to help libraries and their patrons find that next great read. With well over 200,000 fiction and readable nonfiction titles included, plus feature content including lists of award-winning books, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, Recommended Reads and more, NoveList Plus is a complete readers' resource. Whether you like romance, adventure, or business books, Novelist Plus can make some great recommendations!
May 2009
Health Source from Ebscohost Access from the library Access from home
This database is the richest collection of consumer health information available to libraries worldwide, providing information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Health Source: Consumer Edition provides access to nearly 80 full text, consumer health magazines.
April 2009
GreenFILE Access from the library or from home
GreenFILE is a freely accessible research database focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment. Comprised of more than 600 scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports, GreenFILE offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the ecology. The total number of records is approximately 295,000, and full text is provided for more than 4,600 records from open access titles. Also included in GreenFILE is a 6,800-term Thesaurus.
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