Thursday, February 24, 2011

Reading Magazines Online

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Using the Library's MasterFILE Premier database, library card owners can access the full-text (entire article) of nearly 1,700 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more.
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Included in this generous collection is Consumer Reports, Computerworld, Harvard Health Letter, Prevention, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, and the New Yorker.
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To access the MasterFile Premier database, following these steps:

1. go to www.bethelparklibrary.org

2. click on the Article & Database Search link at the top of the webpage


3. scroll down the list of databases, and click on the MasterFILE Premier link


4. enter your library card number
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If you have any questions, please call the Library at 412-835-2207.

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

February is Black History Month

Celebrate Black History Month!
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Check out one of these titles:


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Soldier : the life of Colin Powell by Karen DeYoung







The last hero : a life of Henry Aaron by Howard Bryant



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The bridge : the life and rise of Barack Obama by David Remnick.






Tell all the children our story : memories and mementos of being young and Black in America by Tonya Bolden


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Rosa Parks by Douglas Brinkley




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Brown v. Board of Education : a civil rights milestone and its troubled legacy by James T. Patterson






One shot Harris : the photographs of Charles 'Teenie' Harris by Stanley Crouch ; with a biographical essay by Deborah Willis






Stretch your wings : famous black quotations for teens / selected and edited by Janet Cheatham Bell and Lucille Usher Freeman



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On the line by Serena Williams with Daniel Paisner





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Check out the following websites for more information:

Black History Month - Biography.com
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African American History Month
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African American Odyssey
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