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Title: MidHudson Library System


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Mid-Hudson Library System
  • Find the Information You Need FAST!

Mid-Hudson Library System
Todays presenter Kirstin Litwin, NOVEL Project
Coordinator
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Mid-Hudson Library System
Mid-Hudson Library System
  • 66 public libraries in Columbia, Dutchess,
    Greene, Putnam Ulster Counties
  • 3,000 square miles
  • Facilitation of Resource Sharing through
  • Circulation System
  • Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC)
  • Request-a-Title
  • Delivery System
  • Inter-library Loan (ILL)
  • Remote Access to databases

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Access
Mid-Hudson Library System
  • To access the resources we show you today
  • Get a library card (if you dont already have
    one!)
  • Visit your local library or your local librarys
    web site http//midhudson.org/alpha.html

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Getting Your Library Card
Its easy! Just come in with your photo ID and
fill out a registration card your card will be
issued on the spot! Kids under 18 must have a
parent with them.
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With your library card you can
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  • Borrow materials at the library
  • Use the librarys public access computers
  • Reserve materials from any MHLS library online
    and have them delivered to the library of your
    choice (within Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Putnam
    or Ulster County)
  • Renew your items online
  • Access newspapers, magazines, reference books and
    encyclopedias online.

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If you know how to use a library, you know how
to learn for life. American Library
Association, 2002
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How Your Public Library Can Help
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  • Open nights and weekends
  • Public Access Computers
  • Assignment Alerts
  • Summer Reading Program
  • Collection Support
  • Readers Advisory
  • Co-sponsor events (ex exhibits of finished
    writing or art work at library curriculum
    related programming movie nights author visits)

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Student Use of the Public Library
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  • Computer Internet Access
  • Access to materials during after school hours
  • Reading for Fun
  • See web site for more research
    http//www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/summer/research.h
    tm
  • Information Literacy

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Parents Use of the Public Library
Mid-Hudson Library System
  • After school hours
  • Trusted resources
  • Assistance in using new technology
  • Resources for ESL parents
  • Homework tips
  • Science Fair Projects
  • Parenting Materials
  • Positive reading environment

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Online Catalog HomeACCESS
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Online Public Access Catalog
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New OPAC
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Online Catalog
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Advanced Search
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Enhanced Features
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  • Check Your Record
  • See what you have checked out
  • Renew online
  • View requests (holds) that you are currently
    waiting for
  • Cancel requests
  • Modify your PIN, telephone and email address
  • Export Lists
  • My Favorite Searches
  • Request-a-Title

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Logging In
  • Go to the home page of your library
  • Click on Public Library Catalog
  • Click on

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Then
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  • Enter your library card barcode and your PIN,
    click SUBMIT

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PIN Personal ID Number
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  • Dont have a PIN?
  • enter your barcode, then click on "Submit the
    above information."
  • You will be prompted to submit a new PIN, then
    retype it for verification.
  • Then type in your barcode and click on "Submit
    the above information."
  • This will save your PIN in your patron record.

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Export Lists
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My Favorite Searches
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  • Store a search online
  • Receive e-mail alerts of new items that interest
    you

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Request-a-Title
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  • You can use your library card to Request-A-Title
    through the Online Public Library Catalog.
  • Locate library materials of interest to you and
    have them delivered to the library of your choice
    within MHLS.

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Requesting a Title
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Requested Items
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The system searches for the first available
copy, regardless of which library owns it and
either puts you in a queue for the item or moves
the item to your chosen pick-up location. You
should receive most items within a few days! You
may return items to any library in the system.
Over 360,000 holds were placed in 2003.
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Delivery
Delivery
Mid-Hudson Library System
  • Approximately 9,000 items go through the MHLS
    delivery each week.
  • Every library gets a minimum of 2 deliveries per
    weeksome get 6!
  • Approximately 3,000 miles a week
  • Average of 50 stops per day.

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HomeACCESS
Mid-Hudson Library System
800 Reference Books
Business Company Information
60 Childrens Magazines
Homework Help based on the NYS Curriculum
Consumer Reports
Trusted Health Information
Full-text of 150 newspapers
Encyclopedia
Primary Documents
Literary Criticism
Current Events
Contemporary Authors
New York Times
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Accessing HomeACCESS
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  • Go to your librarys web site
  • Click on the HomeAccess logo
  • Type in your 14 digit library barcode
  • Select the database youd like to use by clicking
    on the name of the resource

A listing of local library web sites is available
at http//midhudson.org/alpha.html
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ProQuest
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MasterFILE Select
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MasterFILE Select
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  • Includes an image search screen.
  • Folder feature e-mail, save or print
  • Also includes books, pamphlets,
    transcripts,government documents, bibliographies,
    obituaries, book reviews and editorials.

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InfoTrac Custom Newspapers
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InfoTrac Custom Newspapers
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  • Search just the nine New York State Papers
  • Use the National Newspaper Index to search
    America's top 5 newspapers in one search (The New
    York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The
    Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times and
    The Washington Post).

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Business Company Resource Center Database
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The Business Company Resource Center provides
business, company, and industry content in the
following areas
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  • Corporate chronologies and company histories
  • Brands and product information
  • Industry and company rankings
  • Market Share data
  • Industry Overviews
  • HR Law Case Digests
  • Periodical articles, news articles, and press
    releases
  • Detailed information for domestic and
    international companies and associations,
    including information on corporate hierarchical
    structures
  • Company financials and earning estimates
  • Investment reports

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BC Resource Center
Typical company profile
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Email or print items of interest
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Health Wellness Resource Center Alternative
Health Module
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Health Wellness Resource Center Alternative
Health Module
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  • Peer Reviewed
  • Includes the Physicians Desk Reference (PDR) for
    Prescription Drug Information
  • Alternative Health Module
  • Updated daily

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Gale Literary Databases
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Gale Literary Databases
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  • Paid for through the library system
  • Information on more than 120,000 contemporary
    authors
  • Search by author name, nationality or gender or
    by title, theme or critical sources.
  • Use Contemporary Literary Criticism for critical
    analyses of selected literary works.

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Twaynes Authors Series
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Twaynes Authors Series
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  • Features the content of nearly 600 books that
    comprise three print series United States
    Authors, English Authors and World Authors.
  • The database is devoted to literary critical
    interpretation and discussion written for readers
    ranging from high school students to scholars.
  • Search by name, genre, gender, time period and
    nationality.

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Funk Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
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EBSCO Animals
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General Science Collection
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General Science Collection
  • Provides information on all aspects of the
    scientific world
  • General Science Collection offers full text
    information dating back as far as 1992
  • Subject areas covered include observation,
    description, identification, and experimental
    investigation of phenomena
  • Application of science to industrial or
    commercial objectives
  • Includes full text coverage for more than 60 of
    the most popular science publications

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TopicSearch
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TopicSearch
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  • Limiters include current events and topics
    for tips about whats current.
  • You can limit your search by Lexile Reading
    Level.
  • Image Search
  • Folder feature

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Mid-Hudson Library System
http//lifelines.midhudson.org
Lifelines can be accessed without logging in.
Use the URL above to access directly.
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Lifelines K-4
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Lifelines 5-12
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InfoTrac Junior
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InfoTrac Junior
  • Merriam-Websters Collegiate
  • Dictionary, Tenth Edition
  • Merriam-Websters Biographical Dictionary
  • The Columbia Encyclopedia
  • World Almanac and Book of Facts
  • More than 300 maps
  • More than 150 indexed and 140 full-text general
    interest magazines
  • Thousands of newspaper articles from
    Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service and United
    Press International
  • The Readers Companion to American History

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Primary Search
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Searchasaurus
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Spanish Language Resources
Mid-Hudson Library System
  • Informe
  • Full-text articles from the most popular
    Spanish-language and bilingual periodicals.
  • Spanish Interface for EBSCO products
  • MasterFILE SelectPrimary SearchFunk Wagnalls
    New World EncyclopediaEBSCO Animals

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Mid-Hudson Library System
  • Provides consumer health and substance abuse
    prevention materials through the public libraries
    of the area
  • Available in print, video and electronic formats
  • Address issues of concern to young people ages 20
    and under, to their families, to educators and to
    agencies serving youth.
  • Selected books, videos and websites are available
    in Spanish
  • http//midhudson.org/hip/hip_healthsites.htm

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Working TogetherSchools Public Libraries
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  • Efficient Use of Public Monies
  • Improved sense of Community
  • Good Students
  • Learn from each other
  • Avoid duplication of spending
  • Making school easier for families

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Your Public Library
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  • Convenience
  • Access
  • Information support
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