I Can Discover Hidden Treasures with my Library Card
You never know where your interests will take you! Maybe you’d like to investigate a favorite band or perhaps determine the value of that antique table in your front room. Perhaps you’d like to just browse through colorful articles on nature and world culture or do a deep dive into learning a language. The library can help with specialized online resources, like these:
Rock’s Backpages
Are you a music lover? Rock’s Backpages is a treasure trove of thousands of music journalism articles from hundreds of international publications and recorded interviews, covering many genres & subgenres from 1948-present.
National Geographic
No need to keep a huge pile of back issues! This includes the complete run of full issues of National Geographic magazine from 1888-present, with all of the spectacular photography and in-depth articles. Includes National Geographic Traveler (2010-present), National Geographic History (2019-present) and National Geographic Kids (2009-present), as well as hundreds of complete National Geographic books for kids.
Language Tools
Getting ready to travel abroad? Looking for the challenge of learning a language? Try these fun interactive resources! Mango Languages provides simple, straightforward lessons for over 70 languages (including English), and you can use their website or the Mango app. Kids will enjoy Little Pim for age-appropriate lessons in 12 different languages. Pronunciator provides more complex, in-depth lessons for over 300 languages, including American Sign Language and English, with accent correction tools and special 8-week travel prep. Bluebird is Pronunciator’s special app-based language learning tool for lessons on-the-go.
Prices for Antiques (P4A)
Trying to find the value of that Wedgewood plate in your dining room hutch? Or maybe it’s the painting in your front room by former band leader Xavier Cugat. Prices for Antiques finds the actual sale prices for items sold via auctions, with in-depth details about the items, auction houses and lots.
Find these resources and more at ahml.info under Research > Databases > All Databases.
Also make sure to attend the upcoming program, Hidden Treasure: Library Resources You May Not Know About on December 11.