Each year, the Louisiana State Library Data-base Committee reviews their electronic databases to determine what to keep based on the amount of usage as well as the cost of providing the services to public libraries across the state. Due to budget issues some items are renewed, others are not.
On the list of renewed items on EBSCO are: Learning Express—Testing Module; Learning Express—popular software tutorials through Dec. 31 (will be reevaluated at that time); Tumblebooks; Pronunciator; HomeworkLouisiana; Gale Virtual Reference Library; Literati; Scribner; Twaynes; Britannica eBooks; EBSCO eBooks; EBSCO audio-eBooks.
The cancelled list is short: Newsbank—effective December 31; and Learning Express—Computer Basics.
Several new EBSCO Databases have been added: Hobbies and Crafts Reference Center; Legal Information Reference Center; Small Business Reference Center.
Go to the Bossier Parish Library website, www.bossierlibrary.org and click on State Library Databases under the Research & Homework menu where you will find these resources and so much more.
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Make a note:
Aulds 742-2337
Tues., Nov. 17 at 11a.m.—Book Club
Tues., Nov. 17 at 5:30p.m., Shreveport Ballet—The Nutcracker
Thursdays at 3:30p.m.—Read 2 Me
Benton 965-2751
Mon., Nov. 23 at 3p.m. for ages 13—17— Teen Movie Day—Registration required
Tues., Nov. 3, 10, 17, 24 at 6p.m. for all ages—Wizarding World Movie Series —Registration
required
Fri., Nov. 6, 13, 20 from10—11a.m. for ages 3—5—Preschool Story Time—Registration form
only
Bossier Central 746-1693
Wednesdays at 11a.m. for ages 3—5 —Family Story Time in the History Center
Thursdays at 6p.m. for ages 6—9—A.R. Read Aloud in the Kid Zone
Saturdays at 11a.m. for ages 0—5—Story Time in the Kid Zone
East 80 949-2665
Wednesdays at 10:30a.m., for ages 0—5—Lapsit Story Time
Thursdays at 4p.m. for ages 0—12—Read Aloud & Crafts
Haughton 949-0196
Mon., Nov. 2, 16, 30 at 10a.m. for all ages—Bingo
Tues., Nov. 3, 10, 17 at 10a.m. ages 0—4—Toddler Story Time
Fri., Nov. 20 at 10a.m. for all ages—Nutrition class
Plain Dealing 326-4233
Mondays at 10a.m. for ages 0—5—Story Hour
Tooke Memorial 987-3915
Wednesdays from 11—11:30a.m., for ages 0—5—Story Time/ Craft
New Books
Fiction
“Refuge of the Heart” by Ruth Logan Herne
“Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat True Story of a Man, His Wife, and Her Alligator” by Homer Hickman
“Winter Stroll: A Novel” by Elin Hilderbrand
“Cleopatra’s Shadows: A Novel” by Emily Holleman
“Not On Fire, But Burning: A Novel” by Greg Hrbek
“Shadow Play” by Iris Johansen
“30 April 1945” by Alexander Kluge
“Strong Light of Day: A Caitlin Strong Novel” by Jon Land
“Rules for Werewolves” by Kirk Lynn
“The Mulberry Bush: A Novel” by Charles McCarry
Nonfiction
“Everyday Grace” by Jessica Thompson
“Believing God” by Beth Moore
“When God Doesn’t Fix It” by Laura Story
“A Parent’s Death” by Margaret Nutting Ralph
“Undivided” by Patricia Raybon
“The Boy Born Dead” by David Ring
“One Thousand Wells” by Jena Lee Nardella
“Walking with Abel: Journeys with the Nomads of the African Savannah” by Anna Badkhen
“The Presidents and UFOs” by Larry Holcombe
“Nonsense: The Power of Not Knowing” by Jamie Holmes
Vickie Hardin is Associate Director of Public Relations for Bossier Parish Library. She can be reached at vhardin@bossierlibrary.org
