Looking for articles on health? Government? Current events? Religion? Fine arts? Find these and more in our InfoTrac database. InfoTrac lets you collect articles and citations from a variety ofmagazines, journals and newspapers in one simple search. You can narrow your results to a specific time period, full-text selections providing the entire article online, and even printed publications owned by Missoula Public Library.
Get started at our homepage, www.missoulapubliclibrary.org, and select “InfoTrac Magazine Database” from the dropdown “electronic databases” menu. If you’re in the library, you will instantly see a search screen and a list of our reference collections and additional products.
Reel books
Have you ever watched a movie based on one of your favorite books and hated it? Or loved it? Reel Books Club, for ages 13 and up, is just the spot for you. Our first Reel Books will spotlight Annette Curtis Klause’s “Blood and Chocolate” on Wednesday, Jan. 23, at 6 p.m. Pick up a copy of the book at the Young Adult desk, and get ready for a great discussion while feasting on chocolate treats, including our chocolate fountain!
Library closed Jan. 21
The Missoula Public Library will be closed on Monday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The library’s catalog and eresources will remain available online at www.missoulapubliclibrary.org.
Our regular hours are Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sunday, 1-5 p.m.
We have it: staff reviews
The Missoula Public Library has five health newsletters in the magazine collection: “Harvard Heart Letter,” the “Harvard Women’s Health Watch,” the “Johns Hopkins Medical Letter Health After 50,” the “Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter” and the “University of California, Berkeley Wellness Letter.”
All of the newsletters are eight-page monthly publications that cover a wide variety of timely health topics. High-quality information that is authoritative and scientifically tested is offered in brief articles that are wellresearched and understandable to the layperson. Questions from readers are answered and sources, citations and Web sites are available.
Among the hundreds of recent articles in these newsletters you will find articles on COPD, fibromyalgia, the safety of cholesterol-lowering statins, risks and benefits of hormone therapy, Vitamin D, the use of magnets for pain relief, dementia-related agitation, breast cancer screening, what “one serving” of various foods should look like - hint one-half cup of fresh fruit equals one-half baseball - and macular degeneration. These newsletters are “highly recommended for public libraries” as reviewed in “Magazines for Libraries” and are available for your use at your library.
Reviewed by Gail Hanowell of Missoula Public Library.
Hot happenings
Here’s a sampling of upcoming events at the Missoula Public Library. For more information, call the library at 721-2665 or visit www.missoulapubliclibrary.org. If anyone attending a program needs special assistance, please provide advance notice by calling 721-BOOK (2665).
Frenchtown Branch Opening: Come to the grand opening of our new Frenchtown branch at Frenchtown High School on Tuesday at 7 p.m. Meet library staff, browse the new
collection, and enter to win fun door prizes. Branch hours are Tuesdays, 3:30-7 p.m.; Wednesdays and Thursdays, 5-9 p.m.; and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Contact the branch at 626-2683.
Tax Time Q&A: All are welcome for free tax advice from H&R Block on Thursday from 7-8 p.m. In this session, members of our Latino community can get free guidance in Spanish. No registration is required. Tax Time Q&A will return with more sessions on Feb. 7 and Feb. 19.
After Hours Movie for Teens: New day and time! Teens ages 13-18, enjoy a free screening of the movie based on the hit musical Hairspray at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 6. Wear a wig and win a prize!
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