Adult Readers
The Port Jervis Free Library offers many services to its adult patrons. We have a large, current new book section both fiction and non-fiction. Our DVD collection has a broad range of popular movies, classics, and documentaries. Our audiobook collection provides a growing variety of titles and our music CDs cover popular and classical selections. For the vision impaired we offer large print books. A diverse assortment of magazines and newspapers is available for borrowing. Through our interlibrary-loan service, we have access to all the holdings of the Ramapo-Catskill Library System and as well as academic and special libraries.
What to Read Next...
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Good Reading Magazine- Everything about books
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BookPage - Discover your next great book
- Whichbook - Suggests books which most closely match your needs
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OverBooked.com - Providing timely information about fiction (all genres) and readable nonfiction for ravenous and omnivorous readers
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YourNextRead - Discover and share your next book
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Oprah's Book Club Selections - Each selection comes with the tools to help you get the most out of your reading
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Bookwire - Contains more than 7,000 categorized links to book sites around the world
- LibraryThing - Connects you to people who read what you do
- New York Times Best Sellers - Current bestseller lists, and searchable archives. Covers fiction and non-
fiction, hardcovers and paperbacks, and children's books
New York Heritage Website
New
York Heritage is a research portal for students, educators, historians,
genealogists, and anyone else who is interested in learning more about
the people, places and institutions of New York State. The site provides
free access to more than 160 distinct digital collections, totaling
hundreds of thousands of items. The collections in New York Heritage
represent a broad range of historical, scholarly, and cultural materials
held in libraries, museums, and archives throughout the state.
Collection items include photographs, letters, diaries, directories,
maps, newspapers, books, and more.
The New York Heritage Digital Collections site has launched its new look this month. Users can now dive into the collections in a variety of tempting ways. This redesign has new ways to show off the amazing materials on New York Heritage, including a rotating slideshow to highlight collections from around the state, featured collections on the front page, and a blog with bimonthly articles.
Collections
are listed under Browse with a retro Kodachrome-slide feel, encouraging
users to scroll through and skim the sample images. Visit the
Contributors page to see all of the institutions participating in New
York Heritage, and click on any organization's name to find out more
about their collections.
The New York Heritage Digital Collections site has launched its new look this month. Users can now dive into the collections in a variety of tempting ways. This redesign has new ways to show off the amazing materials on New York Heritage, including a rotating slideshow to highlight collections from around the state, featured collections on the front page, and a blog with bimonthly articles.
2011 Best State Websites From Family Tree Magazine
Trace your ancestors from sea to shining sea with these 75 great state websites
Some of the most useful records for genealogists are kept at the state level. State departments of health oversee birth, marriage and death records, and state archives and historical societies have taken the lead in preserving newspapers, county records, state censuses and more. Many of these repositories have digitized all or part of their holdings, so you don’t have to send a request to a distant office or travel across the country to access Great-grandma’s birth certificate.
Some of the most useful records for genealogists are kept at the state level. State departments of health oversee birth, marriage and death records, and state archives and historical societies have taken the lead in preserving newspapers, county records, state censuses and more. Many of these repositories have digitized all or part of their holdings, so you don’t have to send a request to a distant office or travel across the country to access Great-grandma’s birth certificate.
In selecting this year's best state websites for genealogy, we were on the lookout for databases where you can look for a relative's name. Many of the 75 sites (at least one per state) have indexes, and in many cases, you can even view images of original records. We salute the efforts of these state archives, historical societies and genealogical societies--and even a few ambitions individuals--for making genealogical and historical information available online.
Click here to access the links for each of the states websites.
Job Searching Tools
Jobs Express
A New Website Designed to Help New Yorkers Who are Seeking Employment
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo this week announced the launch of "Jobs Express," a new website designed to help New Yorkers who are seeking employment. The Jobs Express website makes it easier to learn about what jobs are available in the state and to know where to find them. The site takes over 42,000 job openings and sorts them by region to help job seekers evaluate what industries are growing in their area and find out what opportunities are available in specific companies. Complete with other helpful features – like video tutorials on resume writing, interview techniques, and transitioning to a new career – use Jobs Express to enhance your job search today. Click here to visit the Jobs Express website.
Introducing JobNow™ by Brainfuse™
The Latest Addition to Our Online Databases
The Port Jervis Free Library is pleased to announce that they will now offer online access to free expert job coaching through the JobNow program from Brainfuse, Inc. Patrons of all ages can access the JobNow database from public computers in their local library or from home, and connect one-on-one to a trained job coach for assistance in their job search process. The JobNow service offers personality assessments for patrons just beginning their job search as well as resume and cover letter templates and examples, live interview practice, online resources, local job search websites, and more.
The JobNow™ service also comes with an extensive collection of resources, including:
- resume/cover letter templates
- interview tips
- general sample interview questions
- industry-specific sample interview questions
- a diverse array of online resources and links, and
- test preparation (including the GED and the USCIS citizenship test)
- a unique academic skills center featuring live, online tutors.