Staff Training PowerPoint

1. T H E S E D ATA B A S E S , W I T H T H E E X C E P T I O N O F
D R I V E R ’ S E D , R E Q U I R E A W A U C O N D A C A R D
REMINDER OF
AVAILABLE DATABASES

2. GALE VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY
(GVRL)
• Search hundreds of eReference Books
• online encyclopedias
• Dictionaries
• reference libraries
• almanacs

3. GENERAL REFERENCE CENTER
• Periodical search: academic journals, books, magazines,
news, images, and videos
• Mostly used for full text article search

4. CHILTON
• Car Repair manual(s) and maintenance online
• Labor estimate calculators
• Bulletins and recalls available per model

5. LEGAL FORMS
• Forms for:
• Divorce
• Bankruptcy
• Wills and Estates
• Landlords
• Real Estate
• Power of Attorney
• Name changes
• And more
• All specific to Illinois

6. ANCESTRY.COM
• CANNOT USE OUTSIDE OF LIBRARY
• Primary documents – census records,
birth/death/marriage certificates, military records, etc.
• Cannot build family tree with library edition
• In-House Pro: Lynn/Donna W

7. HERITAGEQUEST
• Companion to Ancestry.com
• Contains similar information
• In-House Pro: Lynn/Donna W

8. HOOPLA
• Check out ebooks, audiobooks, TV shows, movies,
comics, and music
• App and Desktop use (hoopladigital.com)
• They make their own account
• WE DO NOT CURATE THIS COLLECTION
• Updates every month
• In-House Pro: Emily/Molly

9. REFERENCE USA
• Find nationwide business or residential information
• Create lists by business type, sales volume, residential
area, etc.
• Good for business owners
• In-house Pro: Elizabeth

10. CONSUMER REPORTS
• Database and the print magazine
• Lists, recommendations, and ratings
• Doesn’t review everything
• Recliners

11. NOVELIST
• Reader’s Advisory
• Can search by author/title/genre to find read-alikes

12. MANGO LANGUAGES
• Can make profile or use as a guest
• Guests cannot save progress
• 72 languages
• Spanish
• French
• Russian
• ESL
• Pirate
• Interactive learning

13. ZINIO
• Online magazine collection
• Can “check out” latest issue of magazine
• Must make profile
• Can read on desktop or in the app

14. LYNDA.COM
• Online learning; “Learn a new skill online”
• Must make profile (library card + last four of card)
• Popular Request: Quickbooks
• In-House Pro: Molly, Donna, Brandon, etc.

15. DRIVING-TESTS.ORG (DRIVER’S ED)
• Practice tests for Car, Motorcycle, and CDL
• Contains digital version of car, motorcycle, and CDL
handbook/Rules of the Road
• Available in Spanish

16. QUESTIONS? ASK EMILY!
DESK BY FRIENDS BOOKS / X233 /
EDANIEL@WAUCLIB.ORG