Category: EBRPL Online Resource

How to Go Green Guides!

If you’re concerned about the environment and interested in ‘going green’ or simply want to save some money this is a site you have to check out. Sometimes when people talk about ‘green’ its easy to see as a concept but applying it to everyday situations can be difficult. Fear not! The folks at Planet Green have literally hundreds of  green guides for a variety of situations from how to have a green Thanksgiving , to how to have green laundry (insert joke here).   

Planet Green

Have a browse around the well indexed site and pick up some tips and find the reasons behind them.

Europeana

Europeana is the digital library of Europe, containing over 4 million items and counting. A number of high profile cultural establishments have contributed materials to this online library, from museums such as the Dutch Rijksmuseum, the Louvre and the British Museum, as well as art galleries, national archives and libraries.

Europeana

This collaboration between cultural organizations has led to the creation of a fantastic resource. The library has digitized print, video, audio and images.  Take at look at amazing historical documents, incredible high resolution art reproductions and timeless photographs. There is too much cool stuff to cram into this blog, so go and explore!

Fantastic Fiction

Where does Double Cross fall in the Alex Cross Series by James Patterson? What is the latest book by Charlaine Harris?

Fantastic Fiction

It can be really frustrating trying to find the order of books in a fiction series. Don’t tell anyone, but I’ll let you into a librarian secret. It’s called Fantastic Fiction. This is a site we often turn to when asked such questions. There is information on over 20,000 authors, its easy to browse alphabetically by author or to search by book title.

World Digital Library

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has launched the World Digital Library. This partnership with institutions around the world, available in seven languages, has a mission to provide free access to primary materials to promote cultural understanding. The site will be continually expanding as new contributions are added.

world digital library

Some of the great items available to view include photographs of Lincoln, historic maps, memoirs dating back hundreds of years, and a translation of Aesop’s Fables in German from 1479 to name but a few.  All these items are online in incredible high quality.

Take a look at these incredible unique digitized items!

National Maritime Museum

National Maritime Museum

If you’re a fan of all things maritime, you should check out the British National Maritime Museum online collection. Here you’ll find paintings of ships, battles, and captains courageous. There are also images of ship models, telescopes, maritime clocks, coins, meteorological instruments — and much, much more to excite the Admiral Lord Nelson wanna-be.

If you find an image you like, you can create a free e-card to send to your seafaring friends! Or you can purchase prints online. They make great gifts.

Job Search and Workplace Skills Courses

The library database Learning Express has added some great modules for job seekers. These include tools to help you make career decisions, assistance in creating resumes and cover letters including a variety of templates. The database also has job interview preparation and a tutorial on business communication skills.

Learning Express

Take a look at all the job search and workplace skills courses available through Learning Express, it is a valuable resource in these tough economic times.  You can access the database from inside the library or from home.

Periodic Table of Videos

This site is both weird & wonderful. The University of Nottingham has created a series of videos to compliment the elements in the periodic table.

Periodic Table of Videos

Some of them are informative, some instructional, and some don’t discuss the element at all, but rather the person the element was named after. These videos are pretty cool, take a look!

Free Children’s Books Online

The International Children’s Digital Library (ICDL) is a non-profit online library of children’s books. It has over 3800 books available in 53 different languages! The books come from all over the world providing insight into different cultures and are great fun for children and adults alike.

International Children's Digital Library
International Children's Digital Library

The site is easy to use, kid friendly and the pages of digital books appear as they would in print, complete with the original illustrations.  Have a browse around and you’ll find some great stories!

Thinkfinity Literacy Network

Are you a teacher? Are you concerned about literacy issues? Thinking about volunteering to teach or tutor adult literacy? Thinkfinity is the perfect place for you!

Thinkfinity Literacy Network

This site offers free lesson plans and materials for teachers and tutors. For students, there are games and activities as well as homework help and other resources. If you want to become a literacy volunteer, there are tools here to help you prepare yourself for the valuable work you’ll be doing.

The site is colorful, well-organized and chock full of great information and resources. Students, teachers, parents and potential volunteers really should visit and discover the rich content offered by this outstanding site.