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Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Improve your bridge skills this winter

Last winter retired chemist and educator Joseph Hendon taught a group of bridge newbies the basics of the game. This winter he plans to build on that foundation with a 4-week course focusing on new and improved methods for bidding and playing using techniques that are highly effective and simple to learn. This is not a class for beginners.

Class size is limited so sign up early!


When: Mondays and Thursdays, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Jan 19 - Feb 12
Where: Library Multi-purpose Room
Cost: $10 (cash or check only; due before the first meeting)
For more information, please contact Library Director Donald Wathen at 826-3712.

Jigsaw puzzle sale January 10

On Saturday, January 10, the Friends of the Library will hold a large public sale of several hundred jigsaw puzzles from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm in the Library's multi-purpose room. There will be a large variety of puzzles to choose from in varying styles, shapes, and scenes, and they will all be reasonably priced.

Proceeds from the sale will be used to purchase library materials, fund children's programs and more.

The Friends group is still accepting donations of new and used clean puzzles in their original boxes during regular library hours. If you have any questions, please call the Library at 826-3712.

Monday, December 22, 2008

Focus on Polaris--Emailed Notices

There is a lot of buzz around one of our new Polaris features--reminder notices by email. This feature is available to all patrons with an email address and has already saved several patrons from having to pay late fees!
This feature works by emailing you 3 days before your books are due to remind you that the books you have out need to be returned or renewed by their due date. This service also works for music and books on CD. We can't send reminders on DVDs and VHS. (Since movies only check out for 3 days, the reminder notices would be received just hours after the items were checked out.) However, patrons with renewed movies or movies checked out for an extended time, like during holiday closings, will get a reminder email 3 days before the due date.
In addition to getting these great reminder notices in your inbox, you can opt to have the library email your overdue notices to you and notify you by email whenever an item is being held for you. This is a great option if you are trying to reduce your carbon footprint because it's paperless.
If either of these services are something you want to do, just talk to one of the library staff members the next time you stop in to see us. Or, send an email with "email notification" as the subject. You can add your email address to your account online, but this will only sign you up for the reminder notices. If you want your overdue and held item notices emailed to you, the staff will have to help you with that.

Thursday, December 18, 2008

DVDs, Books on CD, & Music ordered Dec 16

Below is a list of the DVDs, Books on CD, and Music recently ordered by the library. Unfortunately we are not able at this time to link the titles to our online catalog. We hope to have this feature working in the future. In the meantime, please visit our catalog to search for and place holds on the titles below.

DVDs

Beer for my horses
Blizzard
Christmas caper
Every which way but loose
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Fireproof
Frost/Nixon: The original Watergate interviews
Holiday Inn
Noëlle
Generation kill
Beethoven's big break
Beethoven
Beethoven's 2nd
Beethoven's 3rd
Beethoven's 4th
Big pay: Beethoven 5

Books on CD
Intervention by Cook, Robin
Adam by Dekker, Ted
Boneman's daughters by Dekker, Ted
Of mice and men by Steinbeck, John
The purpose of Christmas by Warren, Richard
Loitering with intent by Woods, Stuart

Music
The art of drowning by AFI (Musical group)
Speak for yourself by Heap, Imogen.
Bittersweet world by Simpson, Ashlee

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

New books we ordered December 16

Below is a list of the books recently ordered by the library. They are grouped by Adult and Children. Unfortunately we are not able at this time to link the titles to our online catalog. We hope to have this feature working in the future. In the meantime, please visit our catalog to search for and place holds on the titles below.

Books for Adults (Fiction and Nonfiction)

The draining lake by Arnaldur, Indrioason
I am not a cop! by Belzer, Richard
The American patriot's almanac by Bennett, William J. (William John)
Tithe : a modern faerie tale by Black, Holly
Valiant : a modern tale of faerie by Black, Holly
Guernica : a novel by Boling, Dave
Below zero by Box, C. J.
Suspicion by Brian, Kate
Fearless by Campbell, Jack
Get positively beautiful : the ultimate guide to looking and feeling gorgeous by Carmindy
Intervention by Cook, Robin
Payback by Curzon, Clare
Never say never by Dawson, Geralyn
My psychic journey by Dufresne, Chris
The tsarina's daughter by Erickson, Carolly
Wishful drinking by Fisher, Carrie
Legend : an Event Group adventure by Golemon, David Lynn
Event by Golemon, David Lynn
Ancients : an Event Group Thriller by Golemon, David Lynn
A bride by Christmas ; Home for Christmas ; The Wise Virgin ; Tumbleweed Christmas by Graham, Heather
Deadly gift by Graham, Heather
I am potential : eight lessons on living, loving, and reaching your dreams by Hughes, Patrick Henry
The 7th victim : a novel by Jacobson, Alan
Sing them home by Kallos, Stephanie
Madness under the Royal Palms : murder, money and mischief behind the gates of Palm Beach by Leamer, Laurence
A quiet adjustment : a novel by Markovits, Benjamin
Shadow kiss by Mead, Richelle
Mr. and Miss Anonymous by Michaels, Fern
Latter rain by Miller, Vanessa
Abundant rain by Miller, Vanessa.
Fishbowl by Mlynowski, Sarah
Cruel summer by Noel, Alyson
Kiss & blog by Noel, Alyson
Wesley the owl : the remarkable love story of an owl and his girl by O'Brien, Stacey
The perfect poison by Quick, Amanda
Choosers of the slain by Ringo, John
A deeper blue by Ringo, John
Kildar by Ringo, John
Rising tides by Roberts, Nora
Breakpoint by Ross, JoAnn
The defector by Silva, Daniel
Some buried Caesar & The golden spiders by Stout, Rex
Fer-de-lance ; & The league of frightened men by Stout, Rex
The toss of a lemon by Viswanathan, Padma
The purpose of Christmas by Warren, Richard
Loitering with intent by Woods, Stuart


Books for Children (Fiction and Nonfiction)

B is for battle cry : a Civil War alphabet by Bauer, Pat
G is for galaxy : an out of this world alphabet by Collison, Catherine
C is for ciao : an Italy alphabet by Cuomo, Mario Matthew
K is for kick : a soccer alphabet by Herzog, Brad
E is for extreme : an extreme sports alphabet by Herzog, Brad
P is for pinata : a Mexico alphabet by Johnston, Tony
A is for airplane : an aviation alphabet by Riehle, Mary Ann McCabe
D is for drinking gourd : an African American alphabet by Sanders, Nancy I.
H is for honor : a military family alphabet by Scillian, Devin
Casey at the bat : a ballad of the Republic sung in the year 1888 by Thayer, Ernest Lawrence
J is for jump shot : a basketball alphabet by Ulmer, Michael
M is for meow : a cat alphabet by Wilbur, Helen L.

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Focus on Polaris--Personal Check Out History

One of the most frequent questions asked at the desk is "Do you have any way of telling me if I've already checked this out?". For years, the answer has been no, but with our new library system, the answer is finally yes!

If you are interested in the library keeping a list of books or movies that you have checked out, there are two ways you can get on board. First, you can tell one of the library staff members that you would like to have your "Reading History" turned on and we can do this for you. We can take a request to have this feature activated in person or by telephone. Second, if you are more of a do-it-yourselfer, you can log into the My Account area in the library catalog and turn it on yourself. After you have logged into your account with the last 6 digits of your library card number and your PIN, scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the "Change Preferences" bar. In the middle of the next page you will see where you can check a box next to the statement "Maintain permanent reading list". Check this, click on "submit" and you are in business.


Once you are signed up, the system will keep a list of everything you check out starting on the day after you sign up. It takes one business day for items that are currently checked out to show on your list. Nothing checked out prior to activating your Reading History will be on this list. If at any time you decide to quit using Reading History, the system will delete your list immediately. If you reactivate the service at some time later, you will not be able to get your previous list back.


You also should be aware that this list is personal information. Only you and authorized library staff have access to this information. However, the U.S. PATRIOT act does allow for a patron's reading history to be subpeonaed in certain circumstances, and in that case, the library could be required to turn over this list to a court of law. (It is highly unlikely that any of our patrons would ever find themselves in a situation where we would have to comply with the U.S. PATRIOT act, but we have to make sure our patrons know it's a possibility.)

Tuesday, December 09, 2008

How to Make the Best of a Turbulent Market

Investing tip of the month from Morningstar Investment Research Center, by Christine Benz, Director of Personal Finance and Editor of Morningstar PracticalFinance

When it comes to risking your money in the stock market, there's theory, and then there's reality.

In theory, it's much better to be a buyer when the market is down, because you're able to buy more while prices are low.

But when stock prices are dropping further and further by the day, as they have been lately, it's easy to look at the declining values of our portfolios and want to chuck that theory out the window. Even if you're not inclined to retreat to cash, you may find yourself thinking twice about writing a check to your mutual funds. You may also be questioning your investment game plan. You wonder: Do I have enough in bonds? How low can stocks go? And is the fact that stocks have outpaced bonds over very long periods of time indicative of how they're apt to behave in the future?

Here are some tips on what to do--and even more important, what not to do--when the market gyrates like it has over the past several months.

1. Tune out the noise.
The best investors know that the prices of the securities they hold move around a lot more than do the values of the actual businesses. Thus, instead of fixating on how the market is responding to their picks, they concentrate on the picks themselves. If nothing has transpired to alter their holdings' fundamental attractiveness, they don't worry when their portfolios are down, and they often take advantage of price weakness to buy more of what they like.

Even if you don't buy individual stocks, you should take the same approach to managing your own portfolio. If you've crafted a portfolio of investments that makes sense for you given your time horizon and risk tolerance, that same general framework should still apply even after the market has dropped.

2. Focus on what you can control.
Rather than focusing on factors that you can't control--namely, the market's direction--it's empowering to stay squarely focused on those issues that you can.

Make sure that you're confident in your individual-investment selections. If your fund manager is experienced and is employing a sensible strategy, you may find that a down market is an ideal time to add to your favorites, not subtract from them. A link to our Fund (and Stock) Recommendations are located right on the Morningstar Investment Research Center homepage.

You'll also want to be sure that your investment-related costs are as low as they can possibly be. Start by pruning any high-cost mutual funds from your portfolio. If your stock funds are charging more than 1.25% in expenses or you're paying more than 0.75% for any of your bond funds, shop around; you're apt to find cheaper alternatives that can play the same role in your portfolio just as well as the costly offerings do. (International and small-cap stock funds may charge more than 1.25% for their services, but there's almost never a good reason to pay more than 1.5% for any type of fund.)

Don't stop with expense ratios. Managers who trade frequently often rack up high transaction costs; although these trading costs aren't reflected in your funds' expense ratios, they nonetheless can drag on your bottom line. The same goes for taxes, which are really just another form of costs that you can manage if you set your mind to it. To that end, avail yourself of all of the tax-sheltered savings options you can, from 401(k)s to IRAs to 529s, and pay close attention to the types of investments you're putting in your taxable accounts.

Finally, consider ratcheting up your savings rate. If you were to set aside an extra $1,000 a year for the next 20 years, and if that money in turn were to earn a 7% annualized return, you'd add an additional $41,000 to your overall nest egg.

3. Check your time horizon.
If you find yourself wincing over the market's every gyration, it could be an indication that your portfolio is too risky given your time horizon. Conventional financial-planning wisdom holds that you should set aside at least six months' worth of living expenses in a CD or money market fund; you might also consider an ultrashort-term bond fund for this role. Stash any assets that you expect to tap within the next five years in a short- or intermediate-term bond fund, where any fluctuations in your principal value are apt to be quite minor.

4. Avoid "sure things."
Although the broad stock market is down this year, there have been a few tiny pockets of strength. Short-term Treasury bonds have been particularly stable, for example. It's certainly tempting to shift at least part of your portfolio into whatever has been holding up well lately, but think twice before doing so.

For one thing, your portfolio may already have some exposure to that market sector. Moreover, the fact that a security type has performed particularly well during a rough patch for the stock market doesn't mean that it will continue to do so. In fact, many bond-market experts think Treasuries are pricey at this juncture; they're finding much better bargains among high-quality government bonds.

5. Swim against the tide.
Finally, if you must make adjustments to your portfolio amid a falling market, be smart about it. Rather than chasing those pockets of the market that have recently been hot, consider devoting a bigger share of your portfolio to sectors that have struggled lately. You might consider putting fresh money to work in one or more of the value funds in your portfolio, thereby taking advantage of your manager's ability to scoop up some bargains while the market is down. You'll have to hold your nose when adding money to these funds--because most value offerings' recent results have been terrible. Nonetheless, our Fund Recommendations list is a good way to hone in on the most worthwhile funds in the small-, mid-, and large-cap value categories. And if individual stocks have a home in your portfolio, check out Morningstar's 5-star-rated stocks, which have risen to the top of the heap because our stock analysts believe that they're attractively valued right now.

Morningstar Investment Research Center is great tool for new and veteran investors. It's chock full of unbiased analyst reports, tools for evaluating your portfolio, and lessons on how to invest. The best part is that it's free to all valid library cardholders! Begin now or learn more.

Thursday, December 04, 2008

DVDs,Books on CD, & Music ordered Dec 3

Below is a list of the DVDs, Books on CD, and Music recently ordered by the library. Click on the titles to see more and request a copy!

DVDs
Movies
Max Payne
Never back down
This Christmas
The X-Files: I want to believe

Regular
The Tudors: The complete second season

Family
Scooby-Doo and the witch's ghost

Books on CD
Fiction
The Christmas sweater by Beck, Glenn
Long lost by Coben, Harlan
Medusa by Cussler, Clive
Still life by Fielding, Joy
True colors by Hannah, Kristin
Deadlock by Johansen, Iris
Brimstone by Parker, Robert
Night and day by Parker, Robert
The renegades by Parker, T. Jefferson
The turnaround by Pelecanos, George
Execution dock by Perry, Anne
Guilty by Robards, Karen
Wicked prey by Sandford, John
One day at a time by Steel, Danielle

Nonfiction
The ascent of money by Ferguson, Niall

Music
Ashley Tisdale: Headstrong
Kasey Chambers: Rattlin' bones
Old Crow Medicine Show: Tennessee pusher
Vanessa Hudgens: Identified
Vanessa Hudgens: V

New books we ordered December 3, 2008

Below is a list of the books recently ordered by the library. They are grouped by Fiction, Non-fiction, Teen Fiction, LargeType, and Children. Click on the title to see more and request a copy!

Fiction
Blood Lite : An Anthology of Humorous Horror Stories
Poe's children : the new horror : an anthology
Delia's gift by Andrews, V. C.
Delia's heart by Andrews, V. C.
Payback with ya life by Clark, Wahida
Medusa by Cussler, Clive
What doesn't kill you by DeBerry, Virginia
Kiss by Dekker, Ted
The northwoods chronicles : a novel in stories by Engstrom, Elizabeth
The man in the picture : a ghost story by Hill, Susan
The pre-nup by Kendrick, Beth
Take two by Kingsbury, Karen
Gone tomorrow by Kluge, P. F.
Too little, too late by Murray, Victoria Christopher
Black powder war by Novik, Naomi
His majesty's dragon by Novik, Naomi
Throne of jade by Novik, Naomi
Brimstone by Parker, Robert
Killer summer by Pearson, Ridley
Gather together in my name by Price-Thompson, Tracy
Black hills by Roberts, Nora
Wicked prey by Sandford, John
Time of my life by Scotch, Allison
Elemental magic by Shinn, Sharon
Ninth witness by Thoene, Bodie
Passing for black by Villarosa, Linda

Nonfiction
Art : Over 2,500 Works from Cave to Contemporary
The Smart Cookies' guide to making more dough : how five young women got smart, formed a money group, and took control of their finances
Time President Obama : The Path to the White House
In the land of invisible women : a female doctor's journey in the Saudi Kingdom by Ahmed, Qanta
Hide & seek : how I laughed at depression, conquered my fears and found happiness : a neurotic's hilarious journey by Aron, Wendy
The road trip pilgrim's guide : witchdoctors, magic tokens, camping in golf courses, and everything else you need to know to go on a pilgrimage by Austin, Dan
The new codependency : help and guidance for today's generation by Beattie, Melody
Cruise confidential : a hit below the waterline by Bruns, Brian David
The big rich : the rise and fall of the greatest Texas oil fortunes by Burrough, Bryan
Mountain in my rearview mirror : a guide to overcoming overwhelming obstacles by Butterworth, Bill
Mrs. Lincoln : a life by Clinton, Catherine
The late great USA : the coming merger with Mexico and Canada by Corsi, Jerome
Touching from a distance : Ian Curtis and Joy Division by Curtis, Deborah
Street gang : the complete history of Sesame Street by Davis, Michael
On my own : the art of being a woman alone by Falk, Florence
The ascent of money : a financial history of the world by Ferguson, Niall
How not to die : surprising lessons on living longer, safer, and healthier from America's favorite medical examiner by Garavaglia, Jan
Horse trading in the age of cars : men in the marketplace by Gelber, Steven
The big necessity : the unmentionable world of human waste and why it matters by George, Rose
Flannery : a life of Flannery O'Connor by Gooch, Brad
What would I believe if I didn't believe anything? : a handbook for spiritual orphans by Groff, Kent
Raising bookworms : getting kids reading for pleasure and empowerment by Hamilton, Emma
The well-dressed ape : a natural history of myself by Holmes, Hannah
Countdown to the Apocalypse : learn to read the signs, the last days have begun by Jeffrey, Grant
The everything family Christmas book : stories, songs, recipes, crafts, traditions and more! by Jeffrey, Yvonne
Ayurvedic healing cuisine : 200 vegetarian recipes for health, balance, and longevity by Johari, Harish
Maimonides : the life and world of one of civilization's greatest minds by Kraemer, Joel
At work by Leibovitz, Annie
The Ayatollah begs to differ : the paradox of modern Iran by Majd, Hooman
My word is my bond : a memoir by Moore, Roger
The Ayurvedic cookbook : a personalized guide to good nutrition and health by Morningstar, Amadea
In spite of myself : a memoir by Plummer, Christopher
Strange and dangerous dreams : the fine line between adventure and madness by Powter, Geoff
Chasing science at sea : racing hurricanes, stalking sharks, and living undersea with ocean experts by Prager, Ellen
Soldering, brazing and welding : a manual of techniques by Pritchard, Derek
Dark banquet : blood and the curious lives of blood-feeding creatures by Schutt, Bill
Stealth jihad : how radical Islam is subverting America without guns or bombs by Spencer, Robert
Planet Google : one company's audacious plan to organize everything we know by Stross, Randall
Loot : the battle over the stolen treasures of the ancient world by Waxman, Sharon

Teen Fiction
P.S. I loathe you by Harrison, Lisi
The realm of possibility by Levithan, David
Parties & potions by Mlynowski, Sarah

LargeType
Black hills by Roberts, Nora

Children
Burning up : on tour with the Jonas Brothers
City hall sandwich by Auerbach, Annie
Stop Thief! by Auerbach, Annie
Two-brained terror by Auerbach, Annie
The Somebodies by Bode, N. E.
Things not seen by Clements, Andrew
Ghouls don't scoop ice cream by Dadey, Debbie
Great Bear Lake by Hunter, Erin
Quake! : disaster in San Francisco, 1906 by Karwoski, Gail
Seaman : the dog who explored the West with Lewis & Clark by Karwoski, Gail
The Kingdom keepers II : Disney at dawn by Pearson, Ridley
The case of the groaning ghost by Preller, James
The case of the kidnapped candy by Preller, James
The case of the Santa Claus mystery by Preller, James
The case of the snowboarding superstar by Preller, James
The case of the spoiled rotten spy by Preller, James
The big bad butcher by Steele, Michael Anthony
Field trip to Niagara Falls by Stilton, Geronimo
The sunbird by Wein, Elizabeth

Monday, December 01, 2008

This just in ... November's new materials

For those of you who like nice and neat organized lists (like librarians do), we have put together lists of the new materials that were added to the library's collection in the month of November.

Click on the links below to see the lists and request items. (Hint: You can see these lists every month in the "Book Lover's Corner" section of the library's online catalog, or in the library in the New Books section.)

Books
General Fiction
Mysteries, Westerns, and Science Fiction
Nonfiction and Biography
Large Print
Children
Teen

Movies, Audio books, and Music
DVDs
Books on CD
Downloadable eAudiobooks (what's this?)
Music on CD

Sunday, November 30, 2008

New Kentucky economic assistance website

Governor Steve Beshear recently announced the creation of a new website, assistance.ky.gov – a one-stop shop where many forms of public assistance are available in one easily accessible site.

This website provides links to information about programs that can help during these tough economic times. At assistance.ky.gov, you will find help on paying bills, obtaining a job and holding onto your home if or when foreclosure is threatened.

Saturday, November 29, 2008

DVDs,Books on CD, & Music ordered Nov 26

Below is a list of the DVDs, Books on CD, and Music recently ordered by the library. Click on the titles to see more and request a copy!

DVDs
Movies
Appaloosa
Blindness
The derby stallion
Elf
The express
The family that preys
Fifteen and pregnant
Hitch
Howards End
Johnson family Christmas dinner
Less than zero
The longshots
My best friend's girl
Nick & Norah's infinite playlist
Nights in Rodanthe
Scary movie 3
Spirit of the marathon

Family
Igor
Jingle all the way
Madagascar
Pink Panther: A pink Christmas

Books on CD
No more sleepless nights by Hauri, Peter
The 8th confession by Patterson, James

Music
Enya: And winter came
Michael W. Smith: A new hallelujah
The very best of Perry Como

New books we ordered November 26, 2008

Below is a list of the books recently ordered by the library. They are grouped by Fiction, Non-fiction, LargeType, and Children. Click on the title to see more and request a copy!

Fiction
Before they are hanged by Abercrombie, Joe
The blade itself by Abercrombie, Joe
Last argument of kings by Abercrombie, Joe
Crusade by Anderson, Taylor
City at the end of time by Bear, Greg
Harmony by Bentley, C. F.
Blood wedding by Brooke, P. J.
Working stiff : a Sofie Metropolis novel by Carrington, Tori
Year of the dog by Chang, Henry
The joys of my life by Clare, Alys
The glass of time : the secret life of Miss Esperanza Gorst : narrated by herself by Cox, Michael
Hollywood is like high school with money by Dean, Zoey
Toll the hounds by Erikson, Steven
Burned by Hagberg, David
The hunted by Haig, Brian
Marsbound by Haldeman, Joe
Merry wives of Maggody by Hess, Joan
Knit two by Jacobs, Kate
When the Duke returns by James, Eloisa
Wicked intentions by Joyce, Lydia
Blindspot : by A Gentleman in Exile and a Lady in Disguise by Kamensky, Jane
Red Knife : a Cork O'Connor mystery by Krueger, William
The collected short stories of Louis L'Amour by L'Amour, Louis
Duainfey by Lee, Sharon
Dexter by design by Lindsay, Jeffry
Hardly knew her : stories by Lippman, Laura
Summer on Blossom Street by Macomber, Debbie
Dragonheart by McCaffrey, Todd
The darker side by McFadyen, Cody
A Stone Creek Christmas by Miller, Linda
Badlands : a novel of suspense by Montanari, Richard
A deadly silver sea by Morris, Bob
The courtship by Morris, Gilbert
When the cat's away by Morris, Gilbert
Juggler of worlds by Niven, Larry
Stranger in the night by Palmer, Catherine
Hey there (you with the gun in your hand) : a Rat Pack mystery by Randisi, Robert
Going under / Quantum Gravity, Book 3 by Robson, Justina
Keeping it real by Robson, Justina
Selling out by Robson, Justina
The memorist by Rose, M. J.
Cheater by Rosenberg, Nancy
New tricks by Rosenfelt, David
Arms of Nemesis : a novel of ancient Rome by Saylor, Steven
Roman blood by Saylor, Steven
A dark matter by Straub, Peter
The parlor house daughter by Sundell, Joanne
The United States of Atlantis by Turtledove, Harry
Lucky Billy by Vernon, John
Get real by Westlake, Donald
By the sword : a Repairman Jack novel by Wilson, F. Paul
Another time, another place by Zane
Love is never painless : three novellas by Zane

Nonfiction
Berlitz German Concise Dictionary : German - English / Englisch - Deutsch
Clint Eastwood : a life in pictures
A great idea at the time : the rise, fall, and curious afterlife of the Great Books by Beam, Alex
Holy war, Inc. : inside the secret world of Osama bin Laden by Bergen, Peter
Unholy business : a true tale of faith, greed, and forgery in the holy land by Burleigh, Nina
The Canterbury tales by Chaucer, Geoffrey
Dreams of Africa in Alabama : the slave ship Clotilda and the story of the last Africans brought to America by Diouf, Sylviane
The long descent : a user's guide to the end of the industrial age by Greer, John
Do the right thing : inside the movement that's bringing common sense back to America by Huckabee, Mike
Ten : all your favorite foods--and ten recipes for each by Lukins, Sheila
Greasy rider : two dudes, one fry-oil-powered car, and a cross-country search for a greener future by Melville, Greg
Jesus : 90 days with one and only by Moore, Beth
GED En Espanol : Gui De Preparacion Completa Para Tomar La Prueba Ged by Ortman, Jill
Spellbound by beauty : Alfred Hitchcock and his leading ladies by Spoto, Donald

LargeType
The 8th confession by Patterson, James

Children
Draw 50 airplanes, aircraft, and spacecraft by Ames, Lee
Draw 50 animal 'toons by Ames, Lee
Draw 50 animals by Ames, Lee
Draw 50 beasties and yugglies and turnover uglies and things that go bump in the night by Ames, Lee
Draw 50 boats, ships, trucks & trains by Ames, Lee
Draw 50 buildings and other structures by Ames, Lee
Draw 50 cars, trucks, and motorcycles by Ames, Lee
Draw 50 dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals by Ames, Lee
Draw 50 dogs by Ames, Lee
Draw 50 famous cartoons by Ames, Lee
Draw 50 magical creatures : the step-by-step way to draw unicorns, elves, cherubs, trolls and many more by Ames, Lee
Draw 50 monsters, creeps, superheroes, demons, dragons, nerds, dirts, ghouls, giants, vampires, zombies, and other curiosa ... by Ames, Lee
Draw 50 sharks, whales, and other sea creatures by Ames, Lee
Amazing peace : a Christmas poem by Angelou, Maya
Zac Efron by Dougherty, Terri
Dolphins by Hardyman, Robyn
South by McDonnell, Patrick
My little girl by McGraw, Tim
It's time to sleep, my love (a lullabye) by Metaxas, Eric
Silverwing by Oppel, Kenneth

Database reductions - Phase 2

The Library has for many years offered access to the Kentucky Virtual Library, a product of the Council on Postsecondary Education. This department has been severely impacted by budget reductions applied to agencies due to decreased state revenues. Budget cuts have affected the Kentucky Virtual Library to the point that several databases have been dropped and will no longer be accessible.


The second phase of cutbacks has taken place and the following databases are no longer available from the library's website or the Kentucky Virtual Library:


  • Biography Reference Bank
  • International Index to Music Periodicals
  • ProQuest Computing
  • FirstSearch databases: ArticleFirst (OCLC) - PapersFirst; World Almanac; GPO Monthly Catalog; ProceedingsFirst; Clase and Periodica; ECO; Electronic Books; WorldCat Dissertations and Theses
These are valuable and timely research tools for students and adult learners alike and we regret that we are no longer able to provide access. If you have been a user of any of these databases and would like suggestions of alternate sources, please call or email the Library and we would be happy to help you. You may also wish to view our interactive guide to the Library's online resources.


Please visit our online Research Center to view all of our online databases and services.