Gold Coast Public Library

Page Turners with Amy Compton 

Find your next favorite book by joining us.  Have an entertaining and worthwhile discussion and change reading a book from a private experience into a shared one.  Join us and find that you will read more often, find great books that you wouldn't necessarily have found yourself, and meet new people in the neighborhood. 

State of Wonder by Ann Patchett

Thursday, March 8th @ 2:00 PM

Marina Singh, a researcher at a pharmaceutical company, journeys into the heart of the Amazon delta to find a field team that has been missing for two years.  This dangerous assignment forces her to confront ghosts of her past.

Copies of the book are available at the circulation desk.

Most Requested Books - February

  11th Hour by James Patterson

Home Front by Kristin Hannah

Struggling with a marital estrangement that is further complicated when one of them is deployed, military couple Michael and Joleen Zarkades are forced to confront their problems while protecting the security of their family.

 Sins of the Father by Jeffrey Archer

Only days before Britain declares war on Germany, Harry Clifton, hoping to escape the consequences of long-buried family secrets, and forced to accept that his desire to marry Emma Barrington will never be fulfilled, has joined the Merchant Navy. But his ship is sunk in the Atlantic by a German U-boat, drowning almost the entire crew. An American cruise liner, the SS Kansas Star, rescues a handful of sailors, among them Harry and the third officer, an American named Tom Bradshaw. When Bradshaw dies in the night, Harry seizes on the chance to escape his tangled past and assumes his identity.

On landing in America, however, Bradshaw quickly learns the mistake he has made, when he discovers what is awaiting him in New York. Without any way of proving his true identity, Harry Clifton is now chained to a past that could be far worse than the one he had hoped to escape.

New Fiction - February

Come browse the fiction collection - either online or in person - to find these new titles.  Gold Coast Public Library cardholders can call the Reference Desk at 759-8300 ext.202 to have a librarian hold a book for you; or, if the book is checked out, to place your name on the reserve list.

1.  Kill Shot - Vince Flynn

2.  Catch Me - Lisa Gardner

3.  Private Games - James Patterson

4.  I've Got Your Number - Sophie Kinsella

5.  The Wolf Gift - Anne Rice

6.  Oath of Office - Michael Palmer

7.   Restless in the Grave - Dana  Stabenow

8.   The House I Loved - Tatiana de Rosnay

9.    Lone Wolf - Jodi Picoult

10.  Victims  - Jonathan Kellerman

Credo Reference

Do you need to check a definition, understand a literary reference or a scientific term?  Need a great image you can use for a homework  or project?  Need trustworthy reference information with properly formatted citations? Access Credo Reference 24/7 to get content from hundreds of reference books covering every major subject.

Credo Reference is an online reference collection, and it features full -text content from hundreds of reference books covering a broad range of subjects.  It's a search engine like Google, but instead of searching the entire internet, your results come from the comprehensive library of trusted reference sources without advertisements, clutter, or irrelevant hits. 

General Reference Collection - Slideshare Online Demonstration   

Using  Find a Book

Keyword Searching in Credo Reference

 Advanced Searching in Credo Reference

Introducing Credo Reference Topic Pages 

Health and Wellness Resource Center

What dietary habits are associated with developing adult onset diabetes?  Are antioxidants really effective?  Health and Wellness Resource Center is your first stop for answers to these and other health-related questions.  This online resource offers 24/7 access to thousands of full text medical journals, periodicals, reference works, and multimedia.  Researchers at all levels can find authoritative information on a full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to in-depth coverage of alternative medical practices. 

Features include:

♦ A directory search for accessing contact information for health clinics, dialysis centers, foundations, and more.

♦ Quick links that provide instant access to popular search topics, A-Z browsing of diseases and conditions, and topics in the news.

♦ Hundreds of videos from experts in the field.

Guided Tours:

Basic Search and Homepage Features 

Menu Tabs

Search Results 

Opposing Viewpoints

Opposing Viewpoints is the place to go to learn about today's hottest social issues and make up your mind about which side to take and why.  Topics cover a wide range of issues: immigration, stem cell research, bullying, climate change, hate crimes, texting while driving and much more.  This online resource delivers pro/con views, court case overviews, topic articles, and biographies.  Get both sides of the issue, then define, inform and defend your argument using statistics, maps articles and videos.

Guided Tutorials:

Navigating the Homepage

Searching 

Topic Pages and Documents

History Reference Center

Discover the beauty and excitement of world-changing events with History Reference Center.  History improves judgement , makes us better thinkers, contributes to moral understanding, helps us comprehend societies and provides instructive examples of people who weathered adversity.  History Reference Center is an excellent source for American and world history. 

History Reference Center contains all of the following and much more:

♦ Full text for more than 1,990 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books from leading history publishers.

♦ Full text for more than 150 leading history periodicals including:

       • American Heritage

       • American History

       • Civil War Times

       • World War II

♦ More than 57,000 historical documents

♦ Biographies of historical figures

♦ 80 hours of historical video

History Reference Center Tutorial  

Career Cruising-
Career Cruising, is a web-based, career exploration and research program.  Experience the Career Cruising in-depth profiles of hundreds of different occupations and comprehensive post-secondary school information. With multiple search options and direct links between the career and education databases, users can quickly and easily access the material they are looking for.

View the following videos to learn more:

Using Career Cruising's Assessments 

Exploring Careers in Career Cruising   

Using Career Cruising's Employment Section   

Using Career Cruising to create a Personal Portfolio and Resume  

Exploring Schools in Career Cruising 

Career Cruising also has an in-depth Employment section, made-up of two components:
1.   Job Search Tool an integrated job search engine that searches multiple job boards, company websites, newspaper ads, etc. for current job postings.  It utilizes a job feed from Indeed.com, a popular search engine for jobs.  Users are able to search for job postings directly from the Employment module, and also click a “Search for Jobs” button within any career profile.
2.    Employment Guide this includes content related to ‘job search skills’ (networking, cold calling, job fairs, etc.), ‘resume writing’, ‘letter writing’ (cover letters, thank you letters, follow-up letters), ‘interview skills’ (how to prepare, types of interviews, practice questions, how to address tricky situations, interviewee rights, etc.), ‘negotiating job offers’ and ‘first days on the job’ in the workplace.