Our Ever-changing Website Home Page

If you haven't noticed, we have an ever-changing Website home page. One reason is to keep you as current as possible with what's going on. Another reason is so you don't get bored with the same old stuff all the time. And if you will take a few minutes to look at it, you'll see all kinds of goodies on the home page.
For instance, across the top is a streaming banner. Right now it tells about the Technology Lunch Bunch meeting on January 22nd in which participants can learn more about the Library Edition of Ancestry.com. This informational meeting is a free service provided by the library for those of you with a genealogy bent.
On the right side of the home page you'll find our "library helps," such as the PINES online catalog, the Galileo database, the library calendar, and "Ask A Librarian," where all your hard library questions are answered.
In the center of the page, there is a notice that this month is Puzzle Month at MCCLS and we have a few things planned for community participation. Also in that area is the Bookworm Blog, the weather and time, and information aobut how you can order a Georgia Center for the Book license plate.
But today I want to tell you about a cople of new items that have been placed on the left side of the home page. The first is a site for legal forms. If you're selling a house, making a will, or signing a lease, you need to check out the Gale LegalForms. Our library patrons now have access to a database of blank and completed legal forms that are professionally created, state-specific and continually updated. Powered by the U.S. Legal Forms electronic database, Gale LegalForms makes downloadable, printable forms available for library patrons, customized to comply with each state's laws. The number of forms available varies by library, but typically will include 1,000 to 3,000 specific documents addressing subjects such as bankruptcy, divorce, power of attorney, real estate, taxation, and landlord/tenant law.
The second new item is also by Gale. The Testing and Education Reference Center site is primed for students. Whether it's preparing admission materials or getting a heads-up on preparatory tests, TERC is an online tool designed to help students - from high school to graduate school to specialty school - prepare to make their further education decisions easier. The site is loaded with information on colleges, technical schools and executive programs, practice entrance, certification and professional license exams that show students what to expect and how to prepare to get to - and excel at - the next level.
Both of these sites may be entered away from the library by using a password. That password is your local library card number. However, if you're using a computer at the main library or the Doerun Branch, it is unnecessary to use your password.
And while you're on the home page, be sure to check out the UGA-Colquitt County Archway Project, as well as America's News Magazine and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (the last two accessed only in the
library).
We are a wonderful library maintained by public funds. Your card is your key to library services and materials. The Moultrie-Colquitt County Library System (MCCLS) offers a wide range of materials, programs and services, and we make finding what you need easy and convenient! Here at MCCLS, we're "thinking outside of the book." You may be surprised by how much MCCLS has to offer you and your family! And our ever-changing Website home page is one way of letting you know.