Update coming soon!

I promise this blog will be updated very soon! I have not forgotten about it!

Also up and coming is a new genealogy blog that will focus on new genealogy books the library receives, as well as anything of genealogical or local historical interest...the blog may be viewed here: McComb Library Genealogy

World Book Online! Free!

WORLD BOOK ONLINE – Free access through the PAWLS Library System!

                                                Access at the library or from home!

1.      Go to www.pawls.org

2.      Scroll down to the bottom of page and click this icon

3.      Enter your library card number and click “Go”

4.      You’re in! Now, select where you want to go. There are four choices.

A.     For Kids

This resource is especially for children. It includes thousands of easy to read articles, colorful illustrations, games and activities, online maps, biographies, science project ideas, and much more!

B.      Info Finder

Designed for elementary and middle school students needing homework or research help, this resource includes more than 40,000 articles, more than 10,000 biographies, information on how to do research and how to do citations, a thorough dictionary, interactive maps, and much much more!

C.      Reference Center

For high school and beyond, go to Reference Center. In addition to the articles, there are Current Events, Computer and Web tutorials, important Life Skills information, Government Resources, Research Help (and how to do Citations), and much more!

D.     Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos

Spanish version!  Click here for a description: http://www.worldbookonline.com/training/eeh/index.htm

There is a wealth of information, too much to all be listed here. Plus, it’s constantly being updated so you know you’re always getting the latest information.

Check it out today!

President's Day Closure

The Library will be closed 
Monday, February 17 
In honor of President's Day

So come to your local library and get some books and dvds for the weekend!!

We Are Open! (And new DVDs)

McComb Library is OPEN! 

We have some new DVDs to tell you about. These are now available for checkout (or place on hold)

NEW DVDs for February

Fast and Furious 6
The Conjuring

Pacific Rim

Captain Phillips

Free Birds

You’re Next

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2

Kick Ass 2

Jobs (bio. of Steve Jobs)

Carrie

Bad Grandpa

Last Vegas

Red 2

Lee Daniels’ The Butler
The Family 
Don Jon
Escape Plan
Ender's Game 
Blue Jasmine

McComb Library Closed for Repairs

The McComb Library is closed due to water damage. 
 We will reopen as soon as possible, but as of right now we do not have a definite reopening date. 

All of our branches are open.

February's Munch-a-Lunch @ McComb has been rescheduled and Miss Mattie's Spring Storyhour is starting. McComb's Storyhour will begin when the library reopens.
Please check this blog's Events page and Storyhour page for more details on these programs. 




  

MLK Holiday

The Library will be Closed

Monday, January 20, 2014 

In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr Day

Read his famous "I Have a Dream" speech -  I Have a Dream

New Nonfiction Titles!

These are some of the newest Adult Nonfiction Titles added to our collection:

1.       Lincoln and His Admirals by Craig Symonds

2.       Dust Bowl: The Southern Plains in the 1930s by Donald Worster

3.       Stop Talking, Start Communicating by Geoffrey Tumlin

4.       Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors by Lizzie Collingham

5.       Txtng: The Gr8 Db8 by David Crystal

6.       All Shook Up: How Rock n’ Roll Changed America by Glenn C. Altschuler

7.       A Voice from the South by Anna Julia Cooper

8.       Sun Tzu and the Art of Business by Mark R. McNeilly

9.       Brown vs. Board of Education: A Civil Rights Milestone and its Troubled Legacy by James T. Patterson

10.   The Arab Uprisings: What Everyone Needs to Know by James L. Gelvin

We have more! Come visit us soon!