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New Databases available at
Hobbies and Crafts Reference:
contains
full
text for more than 960 magazines & books, as well as more than 720
videos & more than 140 hobby profiles
Database
offers
detailed "how-to" instructions and creative ideas. Subject areas
include arts & crafts;
collecting; games & electronics; model building; home &
leisure;
needlework; outdoors & nature; and scrapbooking & papercraft.
Literary Reference Center:
contains
full text for more
than 34,000 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, nearly 100,000
articles/essays of literary criticism, more than 179,000 author
biographies
(including more than
22,000 in-depth bios), 450 literary journals, more than 670,000 book
reviews,
more than 73,000 classic and contemporary poems, more than 18,000
classic and
contemporary short stories, more than 6,000 author interviews, more
than 8,200
classic texts & much more.
Points of View Reference Center:
provides
more than 270 topics, each with an overview (objective
background/description),
point (argument), counterpoint (opposing argument), and Critical
Thinking
Guide. Topics covered include: affirmative action, cloning, DNA
profiling,
HIV/AIDS status disclosure, immigration, Iraq, Israel & the
Palestinians,
Katrina and FEMA response, nuclear proliferation, separation of church
and state,
standardized testing, stem cell research, tax cuts, voting machines,
& many
more.
"Bottles and Cans for Books!"
simple fundraiser to benefit
Bonney Memorial library. How it works:
1. Stop by library & pick up a free "Clynk" bag (with library
identifing sticker) to fill with empty returnable bottles & cans.
2. Fill the bag with empty ME returnable bottles & cans.
3. Drop off the full bag at any "Clynk" collection station (at most
Hannaford stores )
4. Bottles will be sorted & counted (don't have to wait) &
proceeds will be credited to Bonney Memorial Library account.
Help both the environment
& the library by recycling! Thank you!
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