Teen Tech Club Topics

Join our newly forming Teen Tech Club! This multi-week session includes an hour lesson and playtime on an online tool that you can use. The Club meets on Wednesday afternoons from July 11 to August 8, at 4 PM to 5 PM. Sign-up today as class sizes are limited to 8 students. You do not have to attend every session. Sign up and attend those you would like to attend. For ages 13-17 and at Blue Bell Library.

Teen Tech Club Topics

• July 11 - Topic: eResources at WVPL
• July 18 - Topic: Online Comic Creation
• July 25 - Topic: Image Editing
• August 1 - Topic: Edit a podcast
• August 8 - Topic: Video Editing

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GEEK OUT AT YOUR LIBRARY - eBooks

Grab your eReader, your library card, and get to WVPL.org by computer or eReader. Click “Overdrive Ebooks” and experience a new way of reading a library book. In Overdrive you can check out books for 1, 2, or 3 weeks and make a “wishlist” to return to when you are looking for some books.

Overdrive works with the majority of eBook readers and we have a large selection. HINT: Before you browse, sign in with your library barcode number and then take a look around. Those orange “A” Advantage books are extra books, just for you. When time runs out on the book, that’s it. You’ll have to check it out again, or place a hold. Feel free to place a hold on your next favorite title. Overdrive will email you when the book is ready to “check out.”

Overdrive also features eAudio books which work with many popular devices.

GEEK OUT AT YOU LIBRARY – Test Prep

Test season is just around the corner. If you’re a junior or a senior, this resources is a must in your test taking strategies.

On our site, you’ll find an unassuming little lightbulb. That lightbulb is another addition to your test prep tool box. Learning Express Library, as the little light bulb is actually known, features a great College Preperation section with AP, ACT, and SAT practice exams. The best part of these is that you take the test and it is instant about how you did. When AP students were introduced to this last year, many were excited to have a resource to use before the test. This is probably one of our best kept secret eResources available to you.

Not taking a college prep test? There are certainly courses to help you brush up on your reading, writing, math, and science skills. You can also take some time to look at career help or GED preparation. There are eBooks available to help you study as well. Take some time to look around Learning Express Library.

GEEK OUT AT YOUR LIBRARY – Must See Homework Help

It’s the middle of the night. You have a paper due tomorrow. You need one more resource to round everything out. You need one more factoid. The library is close. In fact, a lot of stuff that could help you right now is closed. What are you going to do?

Visit WVPL.ORG and check out one of FOUR resources that are open while the library is closed. Think of this as the virtual, 24 hour library because these resources, don’t care if we’re open or closed. They are open for business 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

eReference Books: You need one more book. Take a look at our E-Ref books available on our home page. These are virtual books, based on actual books (this should count as a book resource, but it is in eBook format). Everything is searchable, save-able, and citable with nifty citation tools (always make sure it  matches what your teacher wants). We have a variety of topics available from art to history to medicine to science. Even if you don’t have a project due, or you  just got your project, this eBook collection is a must.

Philadelphia Inquirer: A full text, searchable database of the popular Philadelphia Inquirer. You can search from 1829 to 1922 in the historical archive or you can search the full text from 1981 to present. Don’t have an assignment? Take a look for your birthday and see what happened on your day of birth.

Ambler Gazette: Search our local paper’s historical archive (1894-1945) or search present issues in this database. We admit it is a little clunky to look for and you really need a good idea of what date you are looking for, but it is fun to look around at what happened in Ambler years and years and years ago.

EBSCOHost: A searchable full-text magazine database. Simply that.

GEEK OUT AT YOUR LIBRARY – Learn a Language

Learning a language? Want to learn a language? MANGO is the resource for you.

Mango Languages is similar to another popular language computer program, but this one is online and has mobile apps. Yes, apps that you can download to your favorite devices like the iPod or iPad. All you need to do is create a username and password, log-in and start learning. Mango is a simple-to-use interface with lessons from basic to more advanced. You can also use a feature to “talk” to the computer and it’ll rate how you did.

If you need extra language help, there is a translator available on Mango as well. Type in text, tell it which way you want to translate, and you’re done! Easy (although it may not be perfect).

Mango does work both ways: Learn from English to a language or from a language to English. There are over 32 different languages to learn and many features to try.

Hey, they have Pirate.