Need help with that Science Fair project?

Check out Facts On File’s Science Online

Intended for students in the 6th through the 12th grade, Science Online offers a comprehensive, overview of a wide range of scientific disciplines through extensive essays, diagrams, illustrations, images, and much more. Check out the Experiments section for great ideas for science fair projects. Science Online is available in the library and from your web browser with your WCCLS library card number.

Strategies for Navigating the Health Care System

Featured Health Resource:
Strategies for Navigating the Health Care System

In August 2006, the National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE, www.nefe.org) and Georgetown University’s Health Policy Institute (hpi.georgetown.edu & healthinsuranceinfo.net) collaborated on three guides to assist consumers in finding and keeping health insurance coverage. These three guides are now available online for free:

• Understanding Private Health Insurance
• Medicare and Medicaid: A Health Care Safety Net for People with Serious Disabilities and Chronic Conditions
• Options for Avoiding and Managing Medical Debt

PLUS: Evaluating Health Insurance Choices Worksheet (A 2-page worksheet to help compare cover options under private insurance.)

Thanks to the folks at ResourceShelf for the links to these great resources.

Essential and Fun Internet Sites for Film

Find movie reviews and film information online and in print at the Library. It can be hard to keep up, what with hot new cable series, old films remastered and enhanced, as well as the current crop of Hollywood blockbusters. We’ve gathered some tools to get you watching what you want to see. On the Web, check out:

• IMDB.com - the Internet Movie Database is arguably the biggest, most comprehensive site on current and past movies and television. Has more information on the people in movies, new and old, and is very searchable. Great for those “wasn’t he in….?” questions.
• RottenTomatoes.com - Best known for aggregating reviews from newspapers across the country, this site is much more commercial than it used to be. However, if you pick your film, and click the Reviews tab, you’ll see different opinions from a lot of sources as well as plot summaries, trivia and a lot more.
• At the MoviesTV.com - The online home for the Siskel/Ebert/Ropert reviews program, they now feature The Balcony Archive, with reviews of over 5,000 movies with commentary and video clips. The review franchise started back in 1975, but not all were saved. The list starts in about 1985.

Search the WCCLS Catalog for films using these tools:

• Search for Movies on DVD
• Search for Movies on VHS
• Search for TV Series

Or, try these print reference guides while in the Library:

• CMCL’s list of new DVDS, updated monthly (binder located on DVD shelves)
• VideoHound’s Golden Movie Retriever
• 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die

… the last two both available under call number 791.43

Or, call us at the Adult Services Desk for assistance during library hours (503) 644-0043 ext. 114. Happy Viewing!