Make Your New Year's Resolutions Stick

From the American Psychological Association, these tips can help with your New You!

Also check out the following resources at your Library:

* Weight Loss
* Stop Smoking
* Fitness 
* Language Learning Classes 

   
Want to learn something new this year?  Ask your Librarian about Universal Class to gain access to over 500 online courses. 

 

Events this Season

Check out the Pittsburgh Holiday Event Calendar for fun activities this Season!

Holiday Cooking

Stop in and grab a few Holiday Cookbooks to help you celebrate with friends and family.  Impress them with a new tasty recipe! 

Can't make it into the Library in time? we have ebooks you can check out from home!



Basic Literacy - Testing and Eduation Reference Center

The Bethel Park Public Library supports the PA Forward initiative by providing Basic Literacy resources for the community.

Use the Testing and Education Reference Center database to find Basic Skills English/Writing Tutorials and GED practice tests!

Ask your Librarian today how to access this resource from home with your Library Card!



Holiday Hoopla

 
Hoopla, one of your Library's many free eresources, offers holiday ebooks, music, eaudio and more to help you get into the Holiday Spirit!

Ask your Librarian for assistance.



eHoliday items!

Your Library's eResources have many items available for your computer or mobile device this holiday season!

Use RBdigital to access Christmas Baking

Log-in to Overdrive for ebooks on crafts and cooking

Watch Blake Shelton's Not-So-Family Christmas on Qello

Any Questions?  Please contact your Librarian.  

2017 National Book Awards

The National Book Award Winners were just announced.

Check out the website and ask your Librarian to help you find the title you are interested in!

Universal Class / Financial Literacy

Universal Class,

free service from your Library offering over 500 classes, provides courses on Finance, Entrepreneurship, and Business!

Register at the Library

and start a free class today!

These classes help support the PA Forward Financial Literacy initiative.  Libraries can help citizens become informed consumers, and guide individuals, small businesses, and other organizations to contribute to the economic vitality of their community through innovation, entrepreneurship and economic development.

Consumer Health Complete Class

Learn how to use Consumer Health Complete - a free Library eResource, that provides convenient access to easily understandable health and medical information.  Users can search and browse within medical encyclopedias, articles and more!

Tuesday, November 14th at 10am

Must Register - Call 412.835.2207 to reserve a seat.

This event supports The PA Forward Health Literacy initiative in helping citizens manage their own and their family's well-being, and empower them to live longer, more productive lives.

Cooking and Baking Classes

Getting ready for the Holidays?

Take a cooking or baking course with Universal Class!

Universal Class is your Library's free educational eresource that offers over 500 online courses!

Register at the Library and access anywhere with an internet connection.

Ask your Librarian how to set-up your account today.

 

* Don't forget about our digital magazine collection full of cooking and food periodicals!

Horror DVDs

Check out a horror film 

for Halloween!

Ask to request item if unavailable. 

Halloween Costumes for Book Lovers

Costumes based on your favorite literary characters!

Original Literary Halloween Costumes

Easy Peasy DIY Costumes

21 Literary Halloween Costumes



Horror Fiction

Get into the spooky spirit and check out some horror fiction this season.

Use library literature eresources such as NoveList, the Literature Resource Center and Biography in Context to find book reviews, author information and more!

Wonder Woman

 Suffrage and Sappho: 75 Years of Wonder Woman!

Thursday, October 19th at 7pm

Wonder Woman first appeared in Sensation Comics in 1942. Since that time she has been recognized as the foremost female superhero, influencing generations of creators and characters. Join us for a presentation of her history, the background story of her creation, and the ongoing story of her influence, both in comics and the world.
Presenter Wayne Wise is a comic book writer, artist, retailer, and scholar living in Pittsburgh. He has a BA in History and an MA in Clinical Psychology. He is a published author and pop culture journalist. He has taught classes on Comics and Pop Culture at Chatham University, and taught seminars on Writing for Comics at Seton Hill and Point Park University. He serves on the Board of the Pittsburgh ToonSeum where he has presented numerous lectures and workshops.
Visit his website at www.wayne-wise.com.

Held in Council Chambers - Please register at the Front Desk or call the Library at 412.835.2207.

Banned Books Week 2017

Our Right to Read

September 24-30, 2017

Exercise your First Amendment and read 
a banned book!

A Smart Author Database!

Sign up for Author Check!

 
This free service enables you to create a list of your favorite authors that are currently available in your library's catalog.
You will receive an email notice as soon as the library orders a new title by one of your authors, with a link into the catalog to place your own hold!

An Evening of Spirited Messages

Dr. Debbie Pakler will return Thursday, October 19th for a Library fundraiser.  Purchase tickets here or at the Library.

In the meantime, check out these books in our collection!

New Fun Fundraiser

GET YOUR TEAMS READY!

Don't miss the Library's 
Battle of the Books Fundraiser this November!

Back to School

Take a FREE course through the Library's Universal Class eResource this Fall!

You MUST first register at the Library, but then you take over 500 free, online classes in the comfort of your own home!

Class subjects include:

Office Skills

Crafts & Hobbies

Alternative Medicine

Psychology Entrepreneurship

Finance

Real Estate

Pet and Animal Care

and much more!

Ask your Librarian today!

National Book Lovers Day

Today is National Book Lovers Day!

Celebrate by checking out a book or ebook!

Not a reader but still want to observe the day?  Take a look at a Library eResource (movies, music, tv, lessons, and more).

Get a Head Start

Take a look at Publishers Weekly's list of anticipated books for Fall 2017! 

The List includes fiction, memoirs, music, politics and more.

Summer Concerts

It's not too late to catch a free summer concert at the South Park Amphitheater!


Ask your Librarian about our free Music eResources: Qello and freegal.

Improvements to eResources

New improvements to OneClickdigital eaudio, Zinio emagazines, and OverDrive! 

OneClickdigital and Zinio are now RBdigital eaudio and RBdigital emagazines!   They have also combined into one RBdigital App for your devices -  more functionality and full of titles!

OverDrive (ebooks, eaudio and more) has created Libby.

A fresh and new way to use your Library!  Learn more here!

Ask your Librarian if you have any questions. 

Independence Day

Celebrate our freedom and the adoption of the Declaration of Independence by reading up on our great nation!

Ask your Librarian about History databases for more information. 

Memorial and Gift Books

Recognize someone special and support your Library.

Pay tribute with a book or item donated to the Bethel Park Public Library in the name of the person you would like to commend. This donation will be a cultured and appreciated remembrance for anyone who has touched your life, able to be enjoyed by others for years to come.



New Catalog

In case you haven't noticed, the county library system has a new online catalog!

 
Please give us your feedback! 

Don't forget, you can always use the Classic Catalog or ask a Librarian for help.