[OPLINLIST] Fwd: Biography Reference Bank -- Summer Newsletter

[Laura Solomon]

Biography Reference Bank (one of the statewide databases that OPLIN 
helps to provide) is now doing a regular newsletter, highlighting 
information that may be of interest.  They've asked for feedback, so 
please let me know what you think.  Thanks,

Laura

-- 
*Laura Solomon, MCIW, MLS*
/Library Services Manager/
Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN)
2323 W. 5th Avenue Suite 130
Columbus, Ohio 43204
614.728.5252 (voice)
(614)728-5256 (fax)
solomola at oplin.org
www.oplin.org




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*Inspire younger patrons with inventors*

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*Biography Reference Bank* is full of inspirational, illustrated 
profiles and sketches of inventors, many of whom have summer birthdays.

Celebrate John Logie Baird (born August 13, 1888), who invented the 
television; Samuel Colt (born July 19, 1814) inventor of the revolver; 
or Satoshi Tajiri (born August 28, 1965), who invented Pokemon video 
games for the Japanese games company Nintendo.

*/Tip:/* Select "inventor" from the profession drop-down list on the 
Advanced Search screen to find profiles to interest your patrons.

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*Astronomers to look up to*

For those patrons who prefer the night sky to the summer sun, *Biography 
Reference Bank* has profiles of some astronomers and astrophysicists who 
are shaping the way we see our universe today. You'll find great results 
by choosing astronomers or astrophysicists from the profession field.

*/Tip:/* For modern astronomers, limit your search to people born in the 
20th century---use the date fields on the Advanced Search screen to 
narrow or broaden your search.

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*Planning ahead for the 2010-2011 school year *

Remember that *Biography Reference Bank* contains a number of 
specialized biographical databases, including *Junior Authors & 
Illustrators*. Here you'll find biographies of popular writers for 
high-school students, such as Neal Shusterman, winner of Vermont's Green 
Mountain Book Award for his book Unwind.

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*Have your patrons tried... *

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...browsing the profiles in our /Born On This Date/ or /Featured 
Biography/ sections of the Advanced Search screen?

They might be surprised by what they can learn.

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*Now busy patrons can listen to life stories too! *

Thanks to the Wilson ReadSpeaker text-to-speech converter, your patrons 
can listen to audio files of profiles in the language of their choice! 
Audio files can be listened to in the library or downloaded as MP3 files 
for on-the-go listening.

	

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*Trusted biographies in the palm of your hand *

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We'll soon have more news on WilsonWeb Mobile, due to launch shortly. 
You can see a demonstration of this great on-the-go resource by checking 
our website, www.hwwilson.com <http://www.hwwilson.com>.

	

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