Check out these great video tutorials from Overdrive on using their service to get ebooks, downloadable audiobooks, and more. Topics include:  read more »

Love to get the latest DVDs? Our list of recently-ordered DVDs is updated 5 nights a week so you can find out what we've just ordered for the library. New on the list: Green Lantern, Just Go With It, The Trip, and more.

If you're an elementary or preschool teacher, or a home school teacher for these levels, you can get a special teacher loan library card to check out things for classroom use. Also, our children's department has book boxes, which contain 30 copies of the same title and sometimes the book on CD, for your classes. We can put children's books on class reserve so all your students will have access to what they need for special assignments or research projects.  read more »

What's the favorite thing you read this summer? Tell us on Facebook.

1,168 adults, 163 teens, and 1,501 kids participated in our summer reading program.

Our LegalForms database is better than ever, with an easier-to-use interface and new features that include: Legal Q&A section that houses a collection of attorney-provided answers written for the layperson; access to a collection of case law summaries for all 50 states; additional resources such as government organizations with contact information, bibliographies and links to related subjects.

In the first three months since our upper-level renovation project was completed we have used 36% less energy and saved $7,545. (That's 36% less energy than the same three months in 2009; 2010 wouldn't be a useful comparison because the building was torn up for construction.)

In the search box at the top of our web site, the default search has been changed from "site" to "library catalog." If you want to search the catalog then just type in your terms and click "search;" if you want to search this web site, or search for articles in the Ohio Web Library, just click on the one you want.

We now have access to World Book Early World of Learning, which features three interactive sections for the younger user (pre-K through 2nd grade): Trek's Travels has narrated stories and games. Welcome to Reading provides reading practice for 4 reading levels. Know It is a visual encyclopedia.

If you're a genealogy buff you're probably familiar with our Ancestry Library Edition and/or you have your own subscription to Ancestry.com. In case you're interested, here are the main differences between the two (PDF).