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Your Napier Public Libraries strive to Inspire, Educate and Entertain by providing access to information through various resources within our Libraries, through our mobile services and on-line.We work towards providing "More Than You Expect" and encourage your feedback to assist us to achieve this aim every day.

Summer Reading Programme

Click on the following link to see details: 2009/10 Summer Reading Programme

World Book Online

Available now at Napier Libraries : World Book online - a world leading reference suite for users of all ages. The World Book Online Public Libraries Reference Center is available at both the Taradale and Napier libraries*. For a preview of what this excellent online resource has to offer, and how to use it please go to http://www.worldbookonline.com/training/html/webinars.htm

World Book Online for Kids is the first site developed specifically for primary school aged patrons, with such features as:

• Thousands of easy-to-read articles
• Engaging images and illustrations
• Interactive games and activities
• Interactive maps
• Outline maps and flags
• A biography centre
• Science projects

World Book Online Info Finder is the optimal resource for patrons in elementary and middle school coming to the library for help with their homework and research projects. World Book Online Info Finder includes all the articles from the print versions of the World Book Encyclopaedia, plus thousands of additional articles, learning resources, and research tools. Key features include:

• More than 40,000 encyclopaedia and reference articles
• World Book Biography Center, with more than 10,000 biographies
• Comprehensive multimedia collections including World Book Explores and geography resource guides
• Thousands of links selected by World Book editors and expert contributors
• Extensive dictionary
• Interactive Earth, including the World Book Atlas, Interactive Maps, Outline Maps and Flags, and more
• Science projects and experiments

World Book Online Reference Center is a powerful reference tool that includes encyclopaedia, multimedia, e-book, and primary source databases, fully integrated in a single search.

World Book Online Reference Center offers features designed especially for public library patrons, including Computer and Web tutorials, 'How to' documents on skills for living, and collections of links to government Web sites customized to your location.

The information above was taken from World Book Online at http://www.worldbookonline.com/training/ *At present, this resource can only be accessed on Napier and Taradale library computers

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