Readers Corner
Everything a readers needs - library catalogs,
reminders from Library Elf,
digital audio books, eBooks,
best-seller
lists, onlinebook resources, bookclubs, online books for kids,
featured web sites for readers and a
big list of web sites for
book lovers.
Library Catalogs
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MORE Catalog
A consortium of libraries in Western Wisconsin
sharing resources totaling more than a million items. You can search
the online catalog to find materials or find additional information
at any of the MORE member libraries. Your library card is
required to request books or check your account.
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WISCAT
A free online catalog of Wisconsin library
holdings. Use this if you can't find what you are looking for
in the MORE catalog. Print out what you are looking for and
request it at your local MORE library.
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WORLDCAT
A free search tool that helps users identify
materials owned by libraries nationally and internationally.
Use this if you can't find what you are looking for in MORE or
WISCAT.
eBooks and Digital Library Check-Outs
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Digital Download Center
Check-out eBooks, digital audio books, music and videos from the Wisconsin Public Library Consortium.
Browse and search hundreds of great book, music and video titles
that you can download to your personal computer and transfer to your
portable device. A total of 6 items may be checked out, any
combination of audio books, videos, or music.
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eContent
From the Wisconsin Public Library Consortium at
Netlibrary. Provides access
to your library’s eContent collection. eContent is the digital
version of books, journals, and database content. You can access
your library’s eContent 24 hours a days, seven days a week on your
computer.
Create an account at your local library.
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TumbleBooks
eBooks for eKids. Animated story books that
are read to you, interactive puzzles and games, audio books and
Spanish and French language learning books.
Online Book Resources
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Books News
Discover our monthly newsletters featuring a
wide variety of books for all ages with descriptions of books with
reviews and links to our catalog so you can reserve a copy. Also
includes links to award winning and bestselling books.
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Literary Reference Center
A comprehensive database that provides users with a broad spectrum
of information on thousands of authors and their works across
literary disciplines and timeframes. It has been specifically
designed for public libraries, secondary schools, junior/community
colleges, and undergraduate research.
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LitFinder
Provided by BadgerLink. Students and
researchers can access more than 135,000 poems, plays, speeches,
short stories and more at any time from anywhere they have access to
the Internet.
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NoveList
(login with your
River Falls library card at home)
NoveList is a fiction database that provides subject
heading access, reviews, annotations, and much more for over 120,000
fiction titles. It also includes other content of interest to
fiction readers, such as Author Read-alikes, Book Discussion Guides,
BookTalks, and Feature Articles.
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NoveList K-8
(login with your
River Falls library card at home)
NoveList for the younger reader.
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Online Book Clubs
Join and start reading books in your email.
Each day we’ll send you a 5-minute portion of a book. If you’d like
to finish a book, stop by the library and pick up a copy.
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Teaching Books
A time-saving portal to thousands of online
resources you can use to explore children's and young adult books
and their authors with immediate access to useful materials and
exciting programs (short movies, audio book readings, book
discussion guides, and more) that add a multimedia dimension to
reading in the classroom, library, and home.
Book Clubs
- Grades 4 and 5 Book Club
For kids in grades 4 and 5.
Held on a Tuesday once a month in the board room at 4:15pm.
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Lion's Paw Book Club
The UWRF Chalmer Davies Library's
monthly conversation about books. Open to the public.
Meets on first Wednesday of the month from 3 - 4 pm in the library's
second floor breezeway.
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Online Book Clubs
Join and start reading books in your email.
Each day we’ll send you a 5-minute portion of a book. If you’d like
to finish a book, stop by the library and pick up a copy.
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Oprah's Book Club
A list of all the Oprah book club titles, form
latest to oldest, linked to the MORE catalog. Also includes a
link to the Oprah web site.
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River
Falls Reads
An annual city wide book club with programs and
events centered around a different book or topic each year.
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Teen Book Club
Generally held on a Tuesday every four
weeks. Meetings for the Teen Book Club will be at 4:00pm in
the board room in the library.
Featured Web Sites for Readers
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Library Elf
A free service in cooperation with MORE.
Library Elf is an Internet-based tool for keeping track of what's due,
overdue and ready for pickup. Users can keep track of one or more
library accounts in one place and receive reminders before items are
due.
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New York Time's Best Seller Lists
Check out the latest New York Times Best Seller
titles in hard-cover fiction,
non-fiction,
advice and
children's books.
Each title is already linked to the MORE catalog so it's easy for your
to request these popular titles.
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Series Index
The Kent District Library's Our What's Next?: Books
In Series™ database helps you search series fiction. Although the
titles are linked to the Kent District Library catalog, this web site
will help you find books in series. After you find what you are
looking for, request it through
MORE.
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UWRF Library
Community patrons may use materials in the UWRF
library and may, with a free Community Borrower Card check out circulating library materials.
A big list of book and library related web sites
Bibliographies and Booklists
Booksellers and Publishers
Booksellers - Used, Old, Rare, etc.
Booksellers - New, Retail, etc.
Library and Book Resources
Online
Publications
Library Trade Journals
General Book News
