newsletter of the Peoria Public Library Volume 25, No. 8
AUGUST 2016
Get Help with Microsoft Office From Live Tutors! Brainfuse, one of the many very useful tools available at peoriapubliclibrary.org offers the opportunity for those needing help with Microsoft Word, Powerpoint or Excel to work with a live tutor over the internet from wherever you are. All you need is your library card and PIN and an internet connection. On the library website, look for the Research tab in the top bar, then pull down the menu to either Students or All Databases and find Brainfuse Homework Help Now. Click the link to enter the program and then select Adult Learners from the top menu. You will find a bar to click that offers help with Microsoft Office in two ways. There are tutorials and information or, if it is between 2:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m, you can get help with text messaging and a white board from an expert tutor. Whether you are trying to accomplish a task that is new to you, such as creating a mailing list, or trying an advanced technique in Powerpoint, you can get the help you need immediately. While this can be very helpful for someone who is traveling and has to give a presentation and is having problems, it can also be very useful for someone trying to improve skills to get a new job or be promoted. It is also extremely valuable for students who may be expected to create assignments in technology they have not had the opportunity to use or have fallen out of practice with. While you are at Brainfuse, take a look around at all the other great resources available for Adult Learners as well as students of all ages. Have questions about how to use Brainfuse Homework Help Now? Ask at any library desk or schedule a one-on-one appointment with one of our staff. Call (309)497-2000 for assistance.
New Series of Books Available for Blind and Vision Impaired at Peoria Public Library Locations by Robin Helenthal
DK Braille has a new series of books that are now available at the library for blind and partially-sighted children or sighted children with blind parents. The books combine Unified English Braille, large type and high contrast color photography with embossed images and tactile cutout shapes for children to feel with their fingers. With the combination of text alongside the Braille, it enables sighted parents to share with visually impaired children and for sighted children to share with their visually impaired parents. The Braille dots in each book are crisp and raised and printed in black which will help a sighted parent easily see the exact Braille letters that a child’s fingers are passing over. This will help a parent be more aware of which Braille characters that a child may be having trouble reading. This will also help reinforce the configuration of Braille letters for sighted parents, siblings or friends who may be trying to learn the Braille code. The titles in the series for the pre-school level are Shapes and Counting. The titles geared for elementary-level are Animals, On the Move, and It Can’t Be True. The books are available at all Peoria Public Library locations.
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