Building a Healthier Community

World Health Day is celebrated annually on April 7 to mark the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organization (WHO) and to draw attention to a specific health topic of concern to people all over the world. This year, World Health Day focuses on “building a fairer, healthier world.” As COVID-19 has highlighted, some …

Spotlight on Learning with Explora

Your library card might be your best school supply yet. With a card you have access to awesome free digital resources to help with school projects, homework assignments, or just learn something new! Explora is an online research database for students, where you can search for articles and news or browse popular topics. It’s helpful …

Library Resources and Services Boost Startups and Small Business

Not everyone thinks of the public library when starting a business. Yet, it’s the radical collaboration among entrepreneurs, the Library, and our strategic partners that continues to foster local economic development. Poudre River Public Libraries have just about everything a 21st century entrepreneur might need: work space, Internet access, reference materials and research databases, and …

New American Antiquarian Society Database is a Hidden Treasure for Research

Updated 5/2019 with Captain Cache’s Curiosities Podcast episode Ahoy there! ‘Tis I, Capt’n Cache, here to tell ye about a new digital resource available at yer Library District. Our mateys over at the Front Range Community College have gone ahead and added a new database from EBSCO to the Answer Cache eResources so it be …

Changes to EBSCO on the horizon

To all ye researchers out there, I’ve got a message for ye. EBSCO Host be introducing a new interface called Explora. It replaces the Searchasaurus, Kid’s Search and Student Research Center interfaces, and streamlines the searchin’ process, mateys. Instead o’ sifting and searching through database after database, now ye’ll be able to search lots of …