Library Buzzz

Do you like to make sure you read all the books in a series (better yet, in the right order)?  There is a great online tool posted by the Kent (Michigan) District Library.  It is called the What’s Next database  http://www2.kdl.org/libcat/WhatsNextNEW.asp.  By entering a title, author, or series you can see all the books in a series in the order they were written.   While the Sac State Library may not have all the books in your favorite series, the Sacramento Public Library might.

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Even when the CSUS Library building is closed, you can still use the Ask-A-Librarian 24-hour chat reference service.  It is linked at the right of the Library Home Page  http://library.csus.edu/.  Just click on chat!

Starting next week (June 24) there is a new exhibit on Abraham Lincoln opening at the California Museum at 10th and O Street downtown.  Sacramento is the first stop after the exhibit leaves the Library of Congress and will be the only stop in California.  It will only be in Sacramento until August 22, so don’t put off your visit.  Fun fact:  the contents of Lincoln’s pockets on the night he was assassinated will be on display!

Thinking of learning Spanish or brushing up on your Mandarin?  Here’s your chance! Sacramento Public Library has a new database of language tutorials accessible from its web page database list: http://www.saclibrarycatalog.org/screens/databases.html  Accessible to anyone with a Sacramento Public Library card, it is called Mango and is really easy to use.