Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Research and Study From Home with Your Library Card

Do you have a homework assignment or a project and
you cannot get to a branch of the Lincoln Public Library?
Don't worry, just log on to the library’s homepage at www.lincoln.library.on.ca and with your library card number and PIN and you can do your research from the comfort of your home. The Lincoln Public Library has online reference tools that cover every subject you are studying at all grade levels.

Grzimek’s Animal Life is a complete online zoological
compilation for those who want to know more about the
fascinating world of animals. Science and Technology
resources are available through the database Access Science
and Gale’s General Science Collection. If you are learning a
new language then check out the interactive database Mango
Languages. If you are studying Shakespeare
or any contemporary author, the Literature Resource
Centre has articles and biographies
on your favourite writer.

When starting your research it is always a good idea to
check out an encyclopaedia. Encyclopaedia Britannica and
World Book Encyclopaedia in English, French and Spanish will have the basic information you need.

These are just a sampling of the many online reference
tools that are available to you with your library card. What
was once locked in a library building on a reference shelf
is now available through your computer, giving you a reference
library in your home.

Monday, April 02, 2012

Author Reading Tickets on Sale Now!

Tickets are now on sale for our next Author Evening which will be held Monday April 30, 7:00 p.m. at the Lincoln Centre Centre in Beamsville featuring Murray Brewster and Dorothy Turcotte.

Murray Brewster is a Niagara Region native and the author of 'The Savage War: the Untold Battles of Afghanistan. The author, a Canadian Press correspondent, includes first-hand commentary from Canadian troops who participated in the conflict, as well as stories from the Afghan people on whose land the war took place in an effort to give Canadians a fuller view of the war and its aftermath.

Dorothy Turcotte is a native of Hamilton, Ontario. She attended McMaster University, graduating with a degree in English. After working for 5 years at the radio station CKOC as a copywriter, she began to raise a family and started a successful career as a freelance writer. For many years, she wrote articles on infant and child care, then later on articles on travel, history, and other topics. She wrote a weekly column in the St. Catharines Standard for 15 years, and for 22 years has had a weekly column, Over the Coffee Cups, in The Grimsby Independent. Her column, A Small Drop of Ink, now appears in The Grimsby Lincoln News.

Tickets are $7 in advance and $10 at the door. Tickets can be purchased at both the Fleming (Beamsville) and Moses F. Rittenhouse (Vineland) locations.

April Adult Book Group

The Adult Book Group has been cancelled. The the group will meet next May 17 at 1:30 at the Fleming Library in Beamville. The topic will be 'Trevel'.

New members are always welcome!

For more information, contact Jill at 905-563-7014.