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Library & Literary
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- ALA Booklists & Book Awards
- Young adult book highlights from the American Library Association
- ALA Book and Media Awards and Notable Mentions
- Featured titles for children, teens, and adults from the American Library Association
- Oprah's latest book selection: A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tolle (click here to locate/reserve title in the library catalog)
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The 2008 Pulitzer Prizes: Winners.
The following titles in their respective categories were awarded (click a title to check availability in library system):
- ALA's Notable Books of 2007
- 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to Doris Lessing
- Arts & Letters Daily
- Articles, book news, news links, criticism, and more from the Chronicle of Higher Education
- Best-selling Book Database
- Weekly list of 150 titles provided by USA Today
- Bestsellers Lists
- Book discussions and other free events at Thrall.
- Book Fairs and Other Literary Events
- "Events across the U.S.A. and around the world." From the Library of Congress.
- Booklovers
- Thrall's web guide to discovering new and notable books
- BookPage
- New titles and book reviews
- BookWire
- Publishing news and book reviews from R.R.Bowker
- CNN: Books
- News about authors and their works
- The Current Top 100 EBooks
- from Project Gutenberg (updated daily)
- Forthcoming Bestsellers
(PDF Format; Adobe Reader required)
- Forthcoming Fiction & Nonfiction
- Library catalog
- Search for new books, audio books, videos, more.
- Library Catalog: Current New York Times Bestsellers for Fiction and Nonfiction
- If you find something you'd like to read but it's checked out or on order, click REQUEST ITEM in the catalog to place yourself on the waiting list for that book.
- Most Challenged Books
- From ALA.org
- National Public Radio: Book News
- New Book Releases
- from Amazon.com. See also Barnes & Noble's new book page.
- New E-books on the Web
- as reported by the Online Books Page
- New York Times Book Reviews
(free online registration required)
- Publishers Weekly Daily Newsletter
- Rare Book News
- RAVES - Book recommendations from Thrall readers.
- Today in Literature
- Today's Poem
- from Poetry Daily
- Yahoo News: Literature and Authors
- Word of the Day
- from the Cambridge Dictionaries
- Word of the Day
- from the Oxford English Dictionary
- Word of the Day
- from Merriam-Webster Online
- Word Spy
- New words/phrases from various sources.
Arts & Entertainment
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Art:
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Comics:
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Entertainment News:
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Fashion & Style:
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Games / Puzzles:
- Online Games & Puzzles:
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Video Games
(Gaming News, Game Reviews, Trailers, FAQs,
Hints, Levels, Cheats and Codes for Gamers):
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Movies, Films, DVDs:
- Academy Awards
- Nominations, winners for 2008, and more
- Box Office Mojo
- current upcoming movies, box office statistics, reviews
- ComingSoon.net
- upcoming movies
- Fandango
- Upcoming films previews, reviews, theater showtimes
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Film Festivals - highlights, movies, shorts, news:
- IMDB.com
- Movie, video, and DVD news & information
- Netflix Top DVD Rentals
- New/popular DVDs in the library catalog
- New and Future Movie/DVD Releases
- from Amazon.com
- Rotten Tomatoes
- Movie and DVD reviews from critics and public
- Yahoo Movies
- Previews, reviews, trailers, show times
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Music & Dance:
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Television/Web Broadcasts:
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Other:
- See also our Entertainment guide
Banking, Business, Economy, Finance
Education
Environment
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Government & Law
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Health / Fitness / Nutrition / Safety
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Food and Product Recalls:
- Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
- Recalls and product safety news.
- FCIC: Recalls
- List of recalls for automotive, children's, consumer, food, health, plant, and animal products published by the U.S. Federal Citizen Information Center.
- FDA Food Recalls, Withdrawals and Alerts in the Last 60 Days
- from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
- FoodSafety.gov: News and Safety Alerts
- From the U.S. Government
- FSIS Recalls
- Meat, poultry, and egg product recalls listed by USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service.
- ImportSafety.gov: Recent Recalls of Imported Products
- Provided by U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
- Lead Hazard Product Recalls
- From New York State Department of Health
- Recalls.gov
- U.S. Government website listing recalls for consumer products, motor vehicles, boats, food, medicine, cosmetics, and environmental products.
- SaferCar.gov
- Automotive defects and recalls from the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Office of Defects Investigation (ODI)
- Health News & Advisories:
International & Local News
Quick Information
Special Coverage
Sports
Science and Technology
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Robotics:
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Astronomy & Space Exploration:
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Computers & Information Technologies:
- AnandTech
- Computer microchips, CPUs, hardware analysis, reviews, news
- CNET
- Computer, software, and other technological news and reviews
- Computerworld.com
- Software, hardware, and networking news
- EWeek
- Enterprise technology news and reviews
- ExtremeTech
- For computing enthusiasts and professionals
- InfoWorld
- Information technology news
- InformationWeek
- Technology and Internet news
- The Inquirer
- Computer news, reviews, editorials
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Operating Systems
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- Slashdot.org
- Computer, science, and technology news
- Tom's Hardware Guide
- Computer chips, CPUs, tests, news and reviews
- US-CERT (Computer Emergency Readiness Team)
- Alerts and news of interest to computer users
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Gadgets - Consumer Electronics News & Technology Product Reviews:
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General Science & Technology:
Travel and Tourism
Weather
Web Trends & Search Engines
- Alexa Web Search: Top 500
- Features 500 of the most popular websites worldwide
- del.icio.us
- Social bookmarking websites featuring sites found interesting or voted popular by other people.
- Download.com: Most Popular Software Downloads
- Google Blogs Search
- new entries in the last hour, 12 hours, day, week, month
- Internet Traffic Report
- Librarian's Index to the Internet
What's New This Week
- Popular Blogs
- "The biggest blogs" as reported by Technorati.com
- ResearchBuzz
- "News about search engines, databases, and other information collections"
- ResourceShelf
- New resources on the web
- Search Engine Watch
- Search Engine News
- StumbleUpon.com
- Randomly "popular" websites considered interesting by users on the web
- Top web searches as reported by:
AOL,
Ask.com,
Dogpile,
Lycos,
Google Trends,
Google Zeitgeist,
Yahoo! Buzz Index
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Top websites of 2007
- in PC Magazine, in Time Magazine
- Yahoo! What's New
New websites on the Internet.
Looking for a specific news story?
Ask a librarian for assistance!
Also be sure to check out our local and global news and weather guide.
If you are a member of our library, also try our article databases, which include content from major newspapers, journals, and other publications.
We also have local newspapers dating from the present back to the 1800s at the library.
Come to the Reference Department to learn what else may be available for your research interests.
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