Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Think Assignments . . .
Think Assignments; Think quick reference
Now available through the State Library of Queensland free online databases are the very helpful Britannica and Newsbank.- Britannica has some new features and is available through www.slq.qld.gov.au and can be accessed by clicking on Indexes and Databases on the homepage. From here click on Queensland wide databases and scroll down to Britannica Online. Select Chinchilla Library from the list and enter your library card number.
Some features of Britannica include beautiful colour photos and illustrations; the world Atlas; a dictionary & thesaurus; links to the best websites; current magazines and news items and articles; biographies; video clips; timelines and reviews on events through the year. What is new is that there are age specific homepages for juniors, students and adults.
- Newsbank is a new database offered by the SLQ. Follow the instructions above, except scroll down to Newsbank. Newsbank offers the world map so you can find the newspapers you want to search without necessarily knowing their names. You can save your searches to a folder and then at leisure search through the articles to find what you are looking for. Individual newspapers also have the last four issues displayed so that if you read that newspaper regularly you can click on the new edition. If you keep up-to-date with several newspapers you can create a custom list. Most prominent newspapers of the nations of the world are available and alot more of Australia's newspapers are available.
Not enough?
Want a book to take home and languish over?
Then ask our library staff to help you find some subject relevant books to go with your research.
Announcing winners of Summer Holiday competitions
Winner of WHACK senior - Krysta Hallum
Winners of WHACK junior - Jamaica Home-Ansey & Brady Drescher
Runners-up of WHACK - Julia Kerr & Abby Drescher
Winner of COOEE senior - Haley Moore
Winners of COOEE junior - Dayna Pukallus & Courtney McClelland
Winner of Nanny McPhee movie pass - Madelyn Gath
Runner-up of Nanny McPhee colouring-in competition - Sarah Poustie
If you have not already done so, please come in to pick up your prize.
Winners of WHACK junior - Jamaica Home-Ansey & Brady Drescher
Runners-up of WHACK - Julia Kerr & Abby Drescher
Winner of COOEE senior - Haley Moore
Winners of COOEE junior - Dayna Pukallus & Courtney McClelland
Winner of Nanny McPhee movie pass - Madelyn Gath
Runner-up of Nanny McPhee colouring-in competition - Sarah Poustie
If you have not already done so, please come in to pick up your prize.
Monday, January 30, 2006
A Valentine's theory of relativity.
"Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour.
Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity"
Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity"
Albert Einstein
This Valentine's Day get some ideas at the library to woo your Valentine.
Perhaps a few lines of poetry . . .
Maybe a well-chosen quote about love and it's effects . . .
Perhaps an e-card sent post-haste from the library . . .
Or just the thing: a hand-made card cracked in a zillion pieces . . . that only your true love can put back together again.
For poetry, e-cards, quotes and more - come see us at the library for some ideas.
Or if you would like to book in for the card-making please call us on 46691990. Open to Adults and Children alike. The card-making will be held from 4 pm during the week leading up to Valentine's Day.
NAME THAT BEAR
This February try and win a jar of chocolates.
First name the framed portraits of the famous bears hung on the wall. Second, put your list in the barrel. The draw will be held on Tuesday the 28th of February. Three lists will be drawn from the barrel.
There are 3 jars. A Papa jar, a Mama jar and a Baby jar. If your name is drawn and you have all the names of the bears you will win Papa jar. If you have only some bears named you will win Mama jar. If you only have a few famous bears on your list you will win Baby jar.
