Nebraska Library Commission

For a number of years EBSCO promised a better biography database that would include the data from their Biography Reference Source and H.W. Wilson’s Biography Reference Bank databases. They now offer Biography Reference Ultimate that includes more information than the other two databases combined, and it will replace the two biography databases in the lineup later this month.

Those libraries with their own EBSCO accounts may see it available before it goes live on the NebraskAccess web site and will have until July 31 to make the switch.

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MOOOOve over, it’s ! 🐮 Summer is the perfect time to start a teen/YA bookclub to help keep kids reading and engaged until school starts, because reading for pleasure and not just grades is what makes a lifelong reader. Check out “Going Bovine” by Libba Bray, recommended for kids in grades 9-12, is a YA novel that explores the meaning of life, even if it turns out it’s going to be a short one. It’s available as a Book Club Kit from the Nebraska Library Commission, with 16 copies for your reading group to borrow. You can also find “Going Bovine” as both an audiobook and eBook through : Kids & Teens. Read more about it on the ➡️hhttps://buff.ly/sMJNhik

An unforgettable, nearly indefinable fantasy . . . wholly unique, ambitious, tender, thought-provoking, and often fall-off-the-chair funny.” — Booklist, Starred Review

“Dog on Fire" by Terese Svoboda is available on cartridge and for download on !

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“Dog on Fire" by Terese Svoboda is available on cartridge and for download on ! Imbued with melancholy cheer, Dog on Fire unfolds around a family's turmoil, past loves, and a mysterious death. Read more about the book on the .social blog➡️bit.ly/DogonFireonBARD

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