Access to New Databases – Granted!! PCPL has received permission to share access to the following databases for our community during this time.

About AtoZ Food America:

AtoZ Food America is a database unlike any other on the market today. From regional cookbooks to an exploration of ethnic culinary influences, from fun collections of historic cookbooks and television commercials to “how to” food preparation videos, AtoZ Food America has something sure to educate and entertain everyone.

Benefits Include:

• Supplement your cookbooks section while saving money on cookbooks
• Provide patrons with cookbooks on a wider range of cuisine
• Allow patrons to create their own accounts to save and share their favorite recipes
• Give local cookbook clubs a resource they can use to easily share recipes without worrying about book checkouts
• Teach patrons how to properly prepare food with “how to” videos
• Provide patrons with an educational resource on America’s culinary heritage

Features Include:

• Cookbooks for all 50 states
• Cookbooks for six US regions
• Cookbooks for each of 33 major US ethnic groups
• 700+ Ingredient Articles
• 100+ Historic cookbooks dating back to the late 1700s
• 3,200+ original TV food commercials dating back to the 1940s
• Food preparation Instruction Videos
• What Did They Eat? Articles
• Bartenders’ Guide to Traditional Cocktails

Here is the login information:

www.apldatabaseaccess.com

Username:      apl
Password:        hartford
Access good through August 31, 2020

About Global Road Warrior:

Global Road Warrior is the most comprehensive country cultural database on the market today. Featuring in-depth information on 175 countries, Global Road Warrior will give your patrons a level of insight into each country that cannot be found anywhere else. Categories include:

• Culture & Society
• Food & Recipes
• Language Video Dictionary
• Royalty-free Maps
• Royalty-free Images
• National Symbols
• Business Culture
• Music
• Education

Global Road Warrior is an excellent resource for student projects and a great companion for international travelers.

Here is the login information:

www.apldatabaseaccess.com

Username:      apl
Password:        hartford
Access good through August 31, 2020

About AtoZ World Travel:

AtoZ World Travel consists of 202 city travel guides, featuring in-depth information on attractions, neighborhoods, excursions, dining tips, language, insider tips, transportation, and much more!

AtoZ World Travel will allow you to:

• Supplement your travel books section
• Provide coverage on more destination cities for your patrons
• Provide a great resource for students working on country related projects

AtoZ World Travel functions as a “web-based” app on your smartphone or tablet, meaning you can access this resource on any device at Wi-Fi hotspots around the world.

Here is the login information:

www.apldatabaseaccess.com

Username:      apl
Password:        hartford
Access good through August 31, 2020

About AtoZ World Food:

AtoZ World Food is a food culture and traditional recipes database for 174 countries. AtoZ World Food dramatically increases the scope of what libraries can offer their patrons, while reducing costs at the same time.

Benefits:

• Supplement your cookbooks section while saving money on cookbooks
• Provide patrons with cookbooks on a wider range of cuisine
• Allow patrons to create their own accounts to save and share their favorite recipes
• Give local cookbook clubs a resource they can use to easily share recipes without worrying about book checkouts
• Provide patrons with an educational resource for country and food related projects

Features:

• 174 Countries
• 1,700+ Food Culture Articles
• 7,000+ Recipes
• 500+ Ingredient Articles
• 6 Food Glossaries
• 14,000+ Color Photos

Here is the login information:

www.apldatabaseaccess.com

Username:      apl
Password:        hartford
Access good through August 31, 2020

About AtoZ Maps Online:

With AtoZ Maps Online, you have approximately 145,000 maps at your fingertips. This combination of proprietary maps and maps from other reputable sources gives you a “one-stop shop” for content that can be downloaded and used without any copyright restrictions. Notable categories include:

• World Maps
• Continent Maps
• Country Maps
• State Maps
• Antique Maps
• Historical Maps
• Outline Maps
• U.S. Topographic Maps
• Geography Quiz Game
• Geography Lesson Plans

AtoZ Maps Online is a great resource for local students, teachers, genealogy researchers, hikers, hobbyists, and more.

Here is the login information:

www.apldatabaseaccess.com

Username:      apl
Password:        hartford
Access good through August 31, 2020

About AtoZ World Culture:

AtoZ World Culture is the most comprehensive country cultural database on the market today. Featuring in-depth information on 175 countries, AtoZ World Culture will give your patrons a level of insight into each country that cannot be found anywhere else. Categories include:

• Culture & Society
• Food & Recipes
• Language Video Dictionary
• Royalty-free Maps
• Royalty-free Images
• National Symbols
• Business Culture
• Music
• Education

AtoZ World Culture is an excellent resource for student projects and a great companion for international travelers.

Here is the login information:

www.apldatabaseaccess.com

Username:      apl
Password:        hartford
Access good through August 31, 2020

About AtoZ the USA:

AtoZ the USA is the most comprehensive database for U.S. information on the market today. With the option to explore the country as a whole, or research a specific state or one of five US territories, AtoZ the USA will give your patrons in-depth access to a broad range of topics, including:

• Official State Animals & Plants
• Historical Timelines
• Modern & Antique Downloadable Maps
• National Symbols
• State Symbols
• Food & Recipes
• Demographics
• Culture & Society
• Geography Learning Resources
• Government & PoliticsAtoZ the USA is a great resource for school projects and patrons traveling the country.

Here is the login information:

www.apldatabaseaccess.com

Username:      apl
Password:        hartford
Access good through August 31, 2020

About Lingo LITE:

Lingo LITE uses images, text, and native speaker video to help you learn vocabulary up to four times faster than any other method. Lingo LITE uses Associative Multimedia Learning to help your brain associate an image with the correct word in a language without first translating it from your native language, for a faster and easier learning experience.

Users can change the interface language at the click of a button.

**Please Note: Significant portions of Lingo LITE are contained in AtoZ World Travel, Global Road Warrior, and AtoZ World Culture.

Here is the login information:

www.apldatabaseaccess.com

Username:      apl
Password:        hartford
Access good through August 31, 2020

KYVL is a great resource for all ages and great for our current students who are utilizing Non-Traditional Instruction.  We have been working to get the login info to you easier and quickly.  After working with our Online Catalog company, the login information for KYVL now displays when patrons log in to My Account in our online catalog from our webpage www.pcplibrary.org.

Below is a screen shot of what the screen will look like when you login to “My Account”.

As you know, the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has reached the United States.  In order to help maintain the health and safety of our patrons, staff, and community, the Pendleton County Public Library will close effective Tuesday, March 17th until further notice. It is our hope that by limiting close contact we will do our part to help slow the spread of COVID-19.

All scheduled programs are cancelled during this time as well as the usage of our meeting room space.  All bookmobile and outreach services are cancelled. Our drop boxes will not be available for returns. We never charge late fees and ask that all items be kept until we are able to reopen.

This is an unusual situation and we will continue to stay up to date on all information coming from the CDC, State of KY, and our local experts.  We understand the inconvenience associated with this decision and we apologize.  Remember that we have a wealth of materials available online that may be accessed on our website https://pcplibrary.org, such as America’s News and Genealogy Bank, Heritage Quest Online, Universal Class, and Kentucky Libraries Unbound.

Additional information regarding COVID-19, as well as updated testing information, can be found at kycovid19.ky.gov and at www.trdhd.com

We will post updates on Facebook, our marquee, and https://pcplibrary.org.

Everyone is concerned about the COVID-19 virus. We, at PCPL, are no exception. As a precaution, we will be adding additional cleaning steps to our routine. Our cleaning crew will be on site an additional day each week to clean the public bathrooms and wipe down door handles with disinfectant wipes. The staff will also be wiping down counters and exit door handles throughout the day with disinfectant wipes. Also, all keyboards and mice are wiped down every evening. Below are the information sheets released by Three Rivers Health Department and St. Elizabeth Physicians. Additional information regarding COVID-19, as well as updated testing information, can be found at kycovid19.ky.gov and at www.trdhd.com

This year’s theme is “Imagine Your Story”.  Reading is the focus of our program, and reading incentives are used to encourage kids, teens, and adults to keep reading during the summer months.  Our programs are free and geared towards all age groups.  Through programming, we offer experiences that our community might not otherwise be exposed to.  We appreciate so much, the support and participation we receive from everyone in our community.  Our Summer Reading Kick Off will be on Saturday, June 6 at 1 pm.  We have lots of activities planned for the whole family!!

See you there!

We do not care what party affiliation you belong to.  We just want you to be informed.

It’s election season, and NewsBank has created a 2020 U.S. Presidential Race Suggested Topic to help you gain insight into the candidates and issues. Access our NewsBank resource, just click here: http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/user/librarycard/PendletonCountyPublicLibrary?destination=research%2Fpublic%2F2020-u.s.-presidential-race

We have been hard at work this new year moving items and reorganizing our shelves so you can easily find what you are looking for. (And so have you!) Now our Everlasting Book Sale is over flowing!! We have records, books, cds, dvds, and much more! Stop in today before it is all gone.

PCPL has forms that can be completed and submitted on our website.  Unfortunately, these forms were not working and we did not know it.  Once the issue was discovered our IT group began working to fix the problem.  Thankfully, they were able to discover the issue and the forms are all now working as expected.  We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you.  If you sent us a request and did not receive a response, we apologize.  We were able to pull the requests sent in the past year and we will be responding to them as they are completed.  If you would like to resend your request just to make sure it was received, please feel free to do so.

Again, we apologize for the inconvenience.