Spotlight feature « McDonald County Library

Spotlight on: CD & DVD Scratch Repair

Do you have a CD or DVD that skips or suddenly won’t work anymore, probably due to scratches on the disk? The Pineville library has a professional disk resurfacer that works on Audio CD’s, Movie DVD’s, Blu-ray Movies, and Game disks. This service will remove most scratches (unless they are too deep) and puts a fine polish on [...] [...]

Spotlight on: Chilton’s Auto Repair Library

Automotive Repair Information for Do-It-Yourself (DIY) People No matter if you’re looking to find out something simple, like how to adjust the headlights on your 2006 Toyota Camry… Or something more technical, like how to adjust the fuel flow on a ’57 Chevy Bel Aire with a Carter 4 barrel carburetor… The ChiltonLibrary is the place [...] [...]

Spotlight on: Children’s Computers

The libraries in Pineville and Southwest City each have TWO Special Children’s Computers designed especially for kids ages 3 to 9 years old! These computers have lots of fun, kid-friendly and educational software titles loaded, and they are NOT connected to the Internet, so they are safe for your kids to explore to their heart’s content. There [...] [...]

Spotlight on: ‘Wowbrary’ – for New Releases

You can find all the newest Books & Videos just released at our library each week with Wowbrary! Wowbrary is a service that shows you our newest additions via free weekly emails, Facebook posts, and/or new book lists online linked from our library website. Wowbrary serves as an online version of our new-book shelf, but one [...] [...]

Spotlight On: GALE PowerSearch

Gale PowerSearch is a search platform unlike any other, providing our libraries with a sophisticated yet simple solution for managing a wealth of periodical, reference, multimedia and primary source information. Gale PowerSearch helps researchers save time through a streamlined common user interface that can be customized to match your skill [...] [...]

Spotlight On: COLOR Laser Prints & Copies

The Pineville and Noel Libraries have excellent photo-quality COLOR Laser printers available for public use. And the Pineville Library has a very FAST COLOR COPIER that also produces excellent quality photo-copies and enlargements. These color printers & copiers are great for when you need a last-minute custom Christmas card, or family newsletter, or large copies of a [...] [...]

Spotlight On: Inter-Library Loan

If you need a particular book, or a book about an unusual subject, and we don’t have what you need here in McDonald county, we can borrow a book from another library for you! The service is called Inter-Library Loan (or just I.L.L. for short), and for a very small postage fee – usually around [...] [...]

Spotlight on: Audio Books

Did you know that the Library has audio books in both cassette and cd formats? If you want to enjoy a book while you are driving or working, then audio is the way to go! Why sit in traffic and listen to bad morning radio shows, when you could be enjoying your favorite [...] [...]