Playaway Views!!
May 17, 2013 by Amanda Gilmore
Just in time for summertime car trips – new Playaway Views for kids are available for checkout at Boyd County Public Library. Playaway Views are self-contained, durable video players for kids. They come preloaded with content and are easy for kids to operate. Titles include Sesame Street, PBS’ Super Why!, Arthur, Caillou, and more. “They’re amazing, and so sturdy,” said Jamie Bayne, BCPL information services supervisor and the mother of a toddler. “My son is almost 2, and he can … Continue reading
Register for Summer Reading 2013
May 1, 2013 by Amanda Gilmore
Boyd County Public Library is ready to get down and dirty with kids this summer. “Dig Into Reading” is the free eight-week summer reading program at Boyd County Public Library, which kicks off Saturday, June 1. Starting the week of June 4, there are fun and educational programs each week for toddlers through tweens at the Ashland, Catlettsburg and Kyova branches. The teen program is called “Beneath the Surface,” with weekly programs at both Main and Kyova. All the fun … Continue reading
Touch someone’s heart
January 4, 2013 by Amanda Gilmore
One of the coolest things we do at The Library every year is connect people in our community – and beyond – through the making and receiving of Valentines. We call it Hands that Touch a Heart, and this is the ninth year we’ve been doing it at BCPL. It’s a simple idea: kids, teens, parents – anybody – who visits the library between early January and early February takes a few minutes to make a homemade Valentine. Then, we … Continue reading
Learning Express Library
Remote Access In-house Access Guided Tour: Take a Guided Tour of Learning Express Library Printable Instructions: Click Here Whatever your goal, Learning Express Library’s resources will help you succeed. Each of the Learning Centers offers the practice tests, exercises, skill-building courses, and information you need to achieve the results you want—at school, at work, or in life. Learning Express Library’s resources are organized by topic into different Learning Centers, so whatever your reason for visiting Learning Express Library, everything you need can be found … Continue reading
U.S. History in Context
April 11, 2012 by Jamie
Remote Access In-house Access U.S. History in Context delivers comprehensive, contextual, media-rich search results from the most extensive online collection of historical information available today. Providing a complete overview of U.S. history that covers the most-studied events, issues and current information, it combines documents from Primary Source Microfilm’s™ digital archives; articles from classic Macmillan Reference USA™ and Charles Scribner’s Sons® references; as well as other Gale proprietary content such as country and era overview information, and full-text periodicals and journals. … Continue reading
World History in Context
Remote Access In-house Access World History in Context is a comprehensive online collection that uses an intuitive, Web-like interface to provide multicultural, global and research-based dynamic content that supports today’s history research requirements. Unlike other sources that only offer periodical or bibliographic information, World History in Context offers students and researchers unparalleled access to a broad collection of scholarly analysis and award-winning full-text periodicals, reference works and primary documents, including: More than 2,000 reference articles from acclaimed history titles from … Continue reading
