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March 2020 Newsletter
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Unfortunately due to the COVID-19 virus, all public libraries are closed to the public. We are currently available between the hours of 9 AM & 3 PM if you have any questions for us. You can reach us at 814-445-5907 menu option 1. Until we are open to the public again, we have some great electronic resources that are available through our website. Some of them do require your Somerset County Library card, so if you need help with that, feel free to give us a call.
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Electronic Resources for Entertainment & Learning
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With schools and libraries closed, you can still access books, story times and more online through our webpage www.somersetcolibrary.org. Just click on the “Research” tab and select “Online Resources”. We have a long list of resources you can choose from for kids, teens and adults. Some of these resources require your Somerset County Library card number. Don't have a library card? Call the Service Desk at 814-445-5907 to learn how to sign up!
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cloudLibrary eBooks & eAudiobooks through Johnstown District Libraries
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Ben’s Guide to the U.S. Government a service of the Government Publishing Office (GPO), is designed to inform students, parents, and educators about the Federal Government, which issues the publications and information products disseminated by the GPO’s Federal Depository Library Program. It is our hope that Ben’s Guide to the U.S. Government fulfills that role.
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Bookflix Watch videos and read books about Animals and Nature, Earth and Sky, People and Places, ABC’s and 1, 2, 3’s, Family and Community, Music and Rhyme, Adventure, and more. Enjoy read aloud with words highlighting and interactive games. Some films and books are available in Spanish too!
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Kids InfoBits Elementary students in kindergarten through grade five will find age-appropriate content covering a broad range of educational topics such as animals, arts, geography, health, literature, people, social studies, technology, etc.
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Great Websites for kids A great collection of librarian-selected websites for kids, websites by kids, and websites about kids! Includes a section aimed at parents, teachers, caregivers, and other concerned adults.
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Storyline Online has a collection of videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books aloud. Activity guides provide information about book authors and the actors reading each book and suggest activities related to the book.
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TrueFlix The truth. The whole truth. And nothing but the truth about people, places, nature, history, science, and more! TrueFLIX provides eBooks that are enhanced with a related content in a variety of text types and media–including primary sources, fiction, videos, audio clips, images, and related websites.
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Tumblebooks is a collection of fiction, non-fiction and foreign language TumbleBooks, Math Stories, Read-Alongs, National Geographic Videos, TumbleTV, and Tumble Puzzles & Games.
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Resources for Teens & Adults
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Teen Book Club Sign up to get excerpts from books in your email. Discuss what you’re reading with other teens in an online forum. Each week, a different book is featured. Receive small excerpts daily in your email—just enough to see if you want to finish reading it. The Teen Online Book Club also features weekly prizes and options for easily sharing your insights on Facebook.
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POWER Teens provides online resources including full-text research e-resources, collections of photographs and documents, the statewide catalog of materials held in libraries throughout Pennsylvania, and Chat with a Librarian.
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Learning Express Library features nearly 1,000 online tutorials, practice tests, and eBooks to help people of all ages. It offers job search and workplace skills improvement, skill building in reading, writing, math, and basic science, career certification and licensure exam prep, college and grad school entrance test prep, GED® test prep, and more. Click on LearningExpress Library logo and create an account to get started. When asked for your institution, select Somerset County Library and Conemaugh Township Branch.
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Click on the Flipster link on our Somerset County Library website, enter your library card information and password to browse the available magazines. You can also download the Flipster app for iPads, iPhones, Android Phones and Tablets and side-load to Kinder Fire Tablets. Select Somerset County Library and start browsing our collection.
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We hope we will be able to see you all again soon, but in the meantime we hope you will make use of the many electronic resources we have available on our site. Wishing you all good health.
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Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.
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Make sure to like our Facebook page to keep up with all announcements and events.
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