News and Events

 

News - This month’s online resources theme is Christmas. Use Encyclopaedia Britannica Online  to find out more about Christmas and other winter festivals (041209).

 

News - This month's Online Resource Spotlight theme is Express Yourself through Art: Use Oxford Art Online to find inspiration to enter our Express Yourself Art Competition (091109).

 

News - Rhoose Library has now reopened after a major refurbishment (101109).

 

Events - Attend one of the free family history and IT classes being held at Rhoose Library (101109).

 

News - Win an iPod shuffle or £50 worth of books with the online quiz from Oxford University Press. This month’s quiz is based on the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (301109).

 

News - This month's Online Resource Spotlight theme is Life Stories: Find out about inspiring lives using our online biographical resources (011009).

 

News - Find out more about World War Two.  Use our 24 Hour Library to look at historic newspapers (040909).

 

News - This month's Online Resource Spotlight theme  is Back to School: Don't forget to do your homework (010909)!

 

News - New library charges introduced (01809).

 

News - During the summer months our online resources theme will coincide with the children’s reading scheme, Quest Seekers.  Check out a lots of new summer games and activities on Stories from the Web (010809).

 

News - During the summer months our online resources theme will coincide with the children’s reading scheme, Quest Seekers.  Check out a fantastic world of Children's information books on the Gale Virtual Reference Library (010709).

 

News - Taking Liberties: Our June theme is human rights and legal information. Use Cans Online to find out more about social legislation in this country (010709).

 

News - Who’s Who and Who Was Who can now be accessed online from any internet PC by library members(210509).

 

News – This month’s Online Resource Spotlight theme is Adult Learners. If you are learning. If you are learning French, Italian Spanish or German take a look at Oxford Language Dictionaries Online (010509).

 

News - Books on social work can now be accessed online from Library PCs with a number of other academic books from Oxford Scholarship Online (270409).

 

News - Vale library members now have online access to one of the largest and most authoritative popular music reference works, the Encyclopedia of Popular Music via Oxford Music Online (060409).

 

News- This month’s Online Resource Spotlight theme is holidays and recreation. Use Which? Online and KnowUK to help you plan your holidays(010409).

 

News- James Patterson remains the most borrowed author in UK Find out more about the most borrowed authors and titles from UK libraries on the PLR website(010409).

 

News - The Daily Express Archive Online (from 1900) is now available to Vale of Glamorgan Library Members 270309).

 

News- This month’s Online Resource Spotlight has a Welsh theme. View historical Welsh newspapers on 19th Century British Library Newspapers (300309).

 

News – Back to school: Get homework help from Heinemann’s World Book (190209).

 

News - This month’s Online Resource Spotlight ties in with the February Fever theme of Sport. Use KnowUK to find out more information about your favourite sports and sports personalities (280209).

 

News - First Steps: A new online IT training course for beginners is now available in Vale Libraries (300309).

 

News – This month’s Online Resource Spotlight ties in with theme of New Year Resolutions. See how some of the books on the Gale Virtual Reference Library  can help you keep your resolutions to live a healthier life in 2009 (310109).

 

News – This month’s online resource is Oxford Reference Online. The ORO gives you access to over 100 reference books from Oxford University Press. Use them to keep up to date with the latest technological developments (311208).

 

News - Find out about the history of movies with Heinemann World Book Online. This encyclopedia is written specifically for school-age pupils, using clear language and building in detail and complexity so that everyone can understand it (301108).

 

News - UKPressOnline now allows library members to access the Daily Mirror Archive from any internet PC (300908).

 

News - Back to School: Don’t forget your homework!(300908)

 

News - Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness books for children now available via our Homework Help page (121208).

 

News - New Online Resources for Adult Learners via our 24 Hour Library (121208)

 

News - Bag a Book Bag on Sale at Vale Libraries (300908).

 

News – New content in the Justis Legal database. It now includes UK Statues, Statutory Instruments, State Trials and CELEX (300708).

 

News - Grace Williams portrait on display in Barry Library(300308).

 

News -Subscription to KnowUK and NewsUk renewed (300308).

 

News - New online database subscriptions  to help with your History and English Homework (250208).