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In the event of inclement weather, libraries may not be open regular hours.

If Tulsa Public Schools are cancelled due to inclement weather, the Central Library, Hardesty Regional Library, Martin Regional Library, Rudisill Regional Library and Zarrow Regional Library will open at 10 a.m. unless otherwise noted in the News & Events section on the right side of the screen at http://www.tulsalibrary.org.

When in doubt, please call 596-7977 or your local branch.

Many libraries branches have storytimes for young children ranging in age from newborns to 6 years old. Most storytimes are in the morning, but a few are scheduled for afternoons and evenings.

The Martin Regional Library has an evening storytime for 3 to 5 year olds on Monday evening from 6:30 to 7:00pm. They also have a Spanish Storytime that meets Wednesday evenings from 5:30 to 6:00pm.

For additional information about children’s programming consult the Library’s Event Guide. The event guide is available at all TCCL locations as well as online. In the online event guide, click on Advanced Search and use ‘Storytime’ (one word) in the keyword field.

LearningExpress provides free interactive practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help you succeed on academic and licensing tests and improve your job searching skills with help on resumes, interviewing and networking. You’ll get immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your practice results. There is a free one-time registration requirement for TCCL library card holders which you can do either at the library or from home.

The LearningExpress database also has a collection of eBooks to assist you in studying for both the practice tests and the real thing. To access these test prep materials after you register, go to the main list of practice tests and look for the section labeled eBooks near the middle of the left column.

As always, if you have any questions, please contact the library’s AskUs Hotline or your local library.

Download best-selling audio books 24/7 to your PC, MP3 player or PDA at home, in the office or almost any place other than a library computer, for free! Now, thanks to Overdrive, your library never closes!

For an overview of the downloadable audio program, check out this brief tour. After that, you can go to the digital catalog page to access the program and search the catalog.

As always, if you have any questions, please contact your local library or the library’s AskUs Hotline at 596-7977.

Consumer Reports offers information on product performance ratings and advice on how to determine which model is best for you. You can search and read Consumer Reports articles on our website. From our catalog perform a title search for Consumer Reports Online. Follow the link to a selection of databases. Any of these will lead you to the interface for Consumer Reports but MasterFILE is the easiest to use.

Once you are on the EBSCO Consumer Reports page, you can browse by year and volume, or click Search within this publication to search for a specific topic.

For this search, go to Search within this publication and add your search words, ‘digital cameras’, in the space directly under the JN “Consumer Reports” field. This will search for the keywords within all back issues. You will find that the December 2008 issue ran a cover story specifically on digital cameras. Click on the article title to display options to read, print, e-mail, or save the article.

Questions? Don’t hesitate to call us (596-7977) or send us an e-mail at www.tulsalibrary.org/askus .