Founded in 1919 and FLA's Original Library of the Year My guess is...about 300 years until computers are as good as, say, your local reference library in search.
- Craig Silverstein, director of technology, Google.com
eBooks & Links
Academic Earth
Free Academic Video Courses from Leading Universities.
Ancestry.com
Start your family tree. Who will you discover? This resource is available at computers within your NPR Library.
Alternative News Get the full scoop by visiting a variety of non-corporate and alternative news sites.
Democracy Now: A daily TV/radio news program, hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, airing on over 800 stations, pioneering the largest community media collaboration in the U.S. - http://www.democracynow.org/
CounterSpin is FAIR's (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting) weekly radio show. It's heard on more than 150 noncommercial stations across the United States and Canada and is part of FAIR's efforts to challenge media bias. http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=5
American Memory
American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. It is a digital record of American history and creativity. These materials, from the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions, chronicle historical events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America, serving the public as a resource for education and lifelong learning.
America’s Newspapers
Find current and archived state, regional, and national articles on issues, events, people, government and more from over 500 newspapers and other sources including the St. Petersburg Times (1987-Current), Tampa Tribune (1990-Current), New York Times (1985-Current), and the Washington Post (1977-Current).
Ask a Librarian and other Electronic Resources for Floridians
Get help with your questions by asking a librarian. This site also contains resoruces for students, teachers and librians. Access fulltext magazine and journal articles by following this link. This service is available from home, as well as from the library. If you are using it from home, you will need to type in your library card number. The program is funded under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered by Florida Department of State, Divison of Library and Information Services.
Book Army
This social network site for readers features a recommendation engine and user reviews geared toward finding you a good book to read next. The Club PHCC's Encore Academy, popularly known as "the club," provides educational opportunities to senior citizens, aged 50 and older, and their spouses.
Computer Training
Enjoy these step by step-by-step tutorials that walk you through basic computer skills, the internet, emailing and more. Courtesy of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library.
More Computer Training
Did you know that Microsoft offers free self-paced courses online? You can improve your Office skills, starting now!
Copy and Paste
Learn how to copy and paste using this brief tutorial created by NPR Library's Reference Librarian, Sue.
FACTS.com
News digests on key issues and events going back to 1980. Maps, photos, news art in full color and printable. Available from your home. From home you will need to put in "nprpl" for your ID and "facts" for your password - without the quotation marks.
Free Rice Game
For each word you get right, we donate 20 grains of rice through the United Nations to help end world hunger. WARNING: This game may make you smarter. It may improve your speaking, writing, thinking, grades, job performance
Free Translation
FreeTranslation.com allows users to obtain free translations of both text and web pages.
Heritage Quest Online
A collection of databases for genealogical research. This service is only available in the library.
Human Rights Library
The University of Minnesota Human Rights Library houses one of the largest collections of more than twenty-five thousand core human rights documents, including several hundred human rights treaties and other primary international human rights instruments. The site also provides access to more than four thousands links and a unique search device for multiple human rights sites. Documents are available in six languages - Arabic, English, French, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish.
Learning Languages
Hillsborough Community College has a subject directory of recommended Web sites. One of the categories is Languages, including French, Spanish, German and Italian.
Mango
Mango uses real-life situations and actual conversations to more effectively teach a new language. By listening to and repeating after material designed from native conversations, you'll not only learn the individual words and phrases, you'll know how they're used in practical situations and conversations. You'll learn more than grammar, vocabulary and conjugation, you'll learn how to communicate.
Library Literature
is a collection of databases. It also shows you how to cite a paper.
Marquis Who's Who
Since 1899, Who's Who in America® has chronicled the lives and careers of America's most noteworthy men and women.
Novelist
This online Readers' Advisory service can help you pick out future books to read based on the authors, genres, or subjects you like. You can use this service from home by putting in your complete library card number as your ID number.
Overdrive Downloadable Books
Download best selling audio e-books 24/7 to your PC at home, in the office or from anywhere in the world and transfer books to your MP3 or burn onto a CD for listening on-the-go.
PHCC Links
Pasco Hernando Community College has a nice database of links for various subjects. Features Arts and Humanities, Careers and Jobs, Citing information, Ethics, Financial Aid, Florida, General Research, Health and Medicine, Literature, Mathematics, Nursing, Philosophy, Podcasts, Pro and con debate, Natural Science, Social Science, Speech, Statistics and Law, Technology, United States, and Weather.
Pasco Libraries
Don't forget to love the Pasco library system too. Check them out for additional books, programs and services and some events that we host together.
RSS
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Smart History
Smart History is like an interactive, multi-media art history book, covering artistic movements from ancient cultures through today.
St. Pete Times, Tampa Tribune and More Newspaper Archives
You can search back issues of the St. Petersburg Times, Tampa Tribune, and other national newspapers back to 1987. Many of these papers are available from your home by typing in your library card number.
Subjects
Hillsborough Community College has a subject directory of recommended Web sites for a variety of subjects.
