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eBook Fever!

We have been feverishly adding new titles to our eBook collection. Almost 1,000 titles for all age groups. They are ready for you to find and check out if you log in with your Canton Library card number before searching. This way you'll have complete access to all these new titles. Try our titles with your eReader! Don't have one? Test drive one of ours at the Help Desk.
Dec 22, 2011

What's Next? Electronic Textbooks

The University of Michigan is in the midst of negotiations with publishers and will begin an e-textbook pilot program for introductory courses in the fall. Great news to the students! For CPL folks, we have increased greatly our eBook collections for all age groups. Log in with your CPL card number before searching to access the entire collection.
Nov 29, 2011

Kindle and More

The Amazon Kindle has just joined Kobo, Nook, Sony, iPad and others to become a device of choice for reading free library eBooks. Come find out how. This petting zoo class offers you a close look and hands-on with these popular devices.

Date: December 2, 2011, 10:00-11:30 AM
Location: Internet Lab
Online registration begins at 9:00 AM on November 18.
Nov 23, 2011

Hot eBook/eAudio Titles

Want to download Janet Evanovich's Explosive Eighteen? Lee Child's The Affair? Jeanne Darst's Fiction Ruined My Family? We have them right now on our eBook website. All you need to do is log in with your CPL card number before you search. Logging in first opens up complete access to our OverDrive Advantage collection where these new hot titles reside.
Nov 03, 2011

Microsoft Word III

Learn to create text boxes, multiple columns, column breaks, and manipulate paragraphs to make a newsletter. Prerequisite: Microsoft Word I or equivalent.
Date: November 19, 2011, from 9:30-11:30 AM in the Internet Lab.
Online registration begins on November 5 at 9:00 AM.
Oct 10, 2011

MS Word II

Add tables, headers and footers as well as symbols to Word documents. Prerequisites: MS Word I or equivalent.
Date: November 12, 2011
Time: 9:30-11:30
Location: I-lab
Online registration begins on October 29 at 9:00 a.m.
Oct 10, 2011

MS Word I

An introduction to word processing. Learn to create text, format, print and save. Prerequisites: Mouse and keyboarding skills.
Date: November 5, 2011
Time: 9:30-11:30
Location: I-lab
Online registration begins on October 22 at 9 a.m.
Oct 10, 2011

Excel I

Want to create a spreadsheet, a family budget or manage a list? Learn how with Excel. Prerequisite: Mouse and keyboarding skills.

Date: November 9, 2011
Time: 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Location: I-lab
Online registration begins at 9 a.m. on October 26.
Oct 10, 2011

Thank You Steve Jobs

Like the rest of the world, we are mourning the loss of Apple founder Steve Jobs. His vision has transformed our lives, from computers, smart phones, to music and movies. President Obama remarked that "Steve was among the greatest of American innovators — brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it." We are forever indebted to the creativity of Steve Jobs.
Oct 06, 2011

Death of the Book and Other Good News

Daniel Okrent, author, editor and University of Michigan alumnus, will give a public lecture on the impact of digital revolution on bookstores, libraries, publishers, and of course, readers. He thinks that "It's the biggest change in the world of words since Gutenberg, and may turn out to be just as beneficial…"
Date: Thursday, October 6, 4:00-5:30 PM
Location: Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library, Ann Arbor
Oct 01, 2011

New Databases Page

Our Databases page has a fresh new look!  We have streamlined our subject categories and added a new "Best Bets" category. Due to changes made by MeL, OCLC FirstSearch and its components are no longer part of our collection. As always if you can't find what you are looking for, do ask a librarian for help.
Sep 27, 2011

Neutrinos Traveling Faster Than Light?

The physics world is abuzz with news that a group of European physicists has clocked a burst of subatomic particles known as neutrinos breaking the speed of light that was calculated by Albert Einstein in 1905, according to the New York Times. Was Albert Einstein wrong to think that the speed of light was the ultimate speed? Does this mean that time-travel will become a possibility?

Neutrino by Frank Close

Sep 23, 2011

How to get library eBooks on the Amazon Kindle

KindleWatch this 4-minute video on How to get library eBooks on the Amazon® Kindle. It walks you through the entire process of browsing, checking out and getting a library eBooks for Kindle. It's fun and easy!
Sep 23, 2011

Kindle eBooks Now Available

Rejoice, Kindle users!
OverDrive, our library eBook Vendor, has just launched the long-awaited Kindle compatibility initiative. This means all Kindle users will be able to check out OverDrive eBooks and read them on either their Kindle device or other devices using the Kindle apps. When you check out a Kindle book, the "Get for Kindle" link will prompt you to login to your Amazon account. Specific help page is available to walk you through the process.

Log in to our OverDrive eBook site with your CPL card number to get started.
Sep 21, 2011

Canton Observer Back Issues are now Online

Through a generous donation from our Friends, all our Canton Observer back issues are now online. You can browse issue by issue from November 1974 to December 2010, or search across multiple issues. What a great convenience! No more messing with the microfilm! Remember those days when interest rate was at 7.5% and the FDIC only insured up to $40,000? Look no further than in the December 1974 issue to find this bit of nostalgia!
Aug 15, 2011