Research Resources
NoveList - the fiction reader’s advisory database
28 October 2008
NoveList is a database that is designed to help you connect with great books. It allows you to enter a favourite title, or an author, series, or subject, and find an extensive listing of suggested titles that you might also enjoy. If you have a favourite genre, use NoveList to browse lists of books in that category to find authors and titles you might have missed. You can create a personal My NoveList account to save your searches and lists, and to create alerts that will notify you by email when new books by favourite authors or categories are added to the database.
Don’t forget to use the Logan library catalogue to check availability of a title of interest!
Besides helping to locate books to read, NoveList also allows you to learn more about books and authors through Feature Articles, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks and Reviews. It contains materials for all ages including picture books, children’s chapter books, young adult titles and books for adult readers.
Tracing your family history?
6 October 2008
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Trace your family history using Logan Libraries’ latest free web site - Ancestry Library Edition. This is a special version of the well known Ancestry.com subscription web site made available free on computers in Logan libraries.
It’s simple to use – just type in your ancestor’s name and any other details you know, You can search censuses for England, Wales, Scotland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands from 1841 to 1901, England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes for births, deaths and marriages, plus UK and Ireland parish and probate records from the 1500s to the 1800s and even earlier. There are also a few military, immigration/emigration, court and probate records. |
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What is Ancestry.com? What else can I find? What can I do with my results? Where else can I go to find out about my family history? |
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Good Reading Online
12 September 2008
If you love books and reading then this is the perfect resource for you!
Good Reading Online replicates the familiar print edition but includes added benefits such as external links to more information and interesting websites. It contains a wide variety of Australian and international information on everything about books including fiction, biography, history, health, gardening, cooking and children’s book reviews, author profiles and stories, book shops, short stories, trivia and more. You can read, browse and search the current month’s issue as well as past issues from as far back as July 2004.
Bookflix
4 September 2008
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Bookflix is a fantastic online literacy resource especially for young children and low-to-mid primary school age students as it introduces them to a world of knowledge and exploration. It builds a love of reading and learning by pairing classic fiction storybooks featuring music, narration and animation, with non fiction eBooks which teaches and reinforces their reading skills [eg: Curious George rides a bike is paired with the non-fiction book Monkeys and other Mammals]. It includes many fun but educational activities and puzzles such as word matching, sequencing and deciding if something is fact or fiction, as well as information about the Author and links to further explore the Internet. Bookflix can be used in the library or at home. |
British Newspapers 1600-1900
3 July 2008
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The most comprehensive digital historic newspaper archive, British Newspapers 1600-1900 searches the 17-18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers and the 19th Century British Library Newspapers to provide 3 million pages of historic papers, newsbooks and ephemera from the British Isles. The database is fully text searchable and allows users to view entire pages or individual articles, with save, bookmark, e-mail and print options. |