Library Features: What's New @ The Library

Market Your Business/Find a Job with ReferenceUSA Database

Market Your Business/Find a Job with ReferenceUSA Database

Posted February 26, 2013


And enter to win an ipad, too! Please join us for refreshments and a free 1 1/2 hour workshop on how to find new clients or target employers with the power of the ReferenceUSA Database.

Bill Loges, Marketing Executive of InfoUSA, will show you how easy it is to search for companies by geography or type of business; research competitors and industries; and find management directories.
ReferenceUSA Database is free to all New Jersey residents with a valid New Jersey library card.
•    Date:  March 4, 2013
•    Time:  Pick one of 2 Sessions:  10:00 am or 7:00 pm
•    Place:  East Brunswick Public Library Meeting Room 2
•    Cost:    FREE!!
•    Both sessions include Refreshments.
•    Attendees will be part of a raffle to win an ipad !!


Please reserve your space today by calling 732-390-6782 or emailing dmcauley@ebpl.org.
 


Library Catalog Boasts New Interactivity with Your Amazon.com Searches

Library Catalog Boasts New Interactivity with Your Amazon.com Searches

Posted February 13, 2013


Do you use Amazon.com to locate books? Do you wish you could easily find out if the Library owns a book you have found? Now you can!
The new Library Extension Amazon Catalog Lookup tool displays information about the Library status of books you find in Amazon, right on the Amazon results page. Just click on the link on the Amazon page and you will see if a title is available in the library catalog. Place a reserve and have the title waiting for you when you come in.

The library has joined added a new feature to its repertoire of services.  Now, users searching Amazon.com with the Google Chrome Browser can see their search results availability in the library catalog as they search and easily reserve it in the catalog.

This fearure is available from LibraryExtension.com, is free of charge, very easy to use, and no accounts are needed to participate.  Just install the extension and browse. 

Use of the Google Chrome Browser is required.

For more information please see Amazon EBPL Catalog Lookup from LibraryExtension.com


Family Event: Puppetry Festival

Family Event: Puppetry Festival

Posted February 06, 2013


Liven up your February with puppetry. The Phyllis Noar Puppetry Festival features "The Reluctant Dragon," presented by Lionheart Puppets on Sunday, Feb. 24 at 2 p.m. for families with children aged 4–11 years. All tickets $4 and are on sale at the Circulation desk.