West Slope Community Library » Technology http://www.westslopelibrary.org Member of Washington County Cooperative Library Services | Portland, Oregon Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:53:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Library Value Calculator http://www.westslopelibrary.org/library-value-calculator-2/ http://www.westslopelibrary.org/library-value-calculator-2/#comments Sat, 02 Oct 2010 20:05:12 +0000 westslopelibrary http://www.westslopelibrary.org/?p=680

 

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]]> http://www.westslopelibrary.org/library-value-calculator-2/feed/ 0 Check Out a Kill A Watt™ http://www.westslopelibrary.org/check-out-a-kill-a-watt/ http://www.westslopelibrary.org/check-out-a-kill-a-watt/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:44:38 +0000 westslopelibrary http://www.westslopelibrary.org/?p=602 West Slope Community Library is teaming up with Energy Trust of Oregon to offer information and tools that can increase energy awareness and drive energy savings. Check out a Kill A Watt™ monitor on your next visit to the library. These monitors measure how much electricity your electric appliances and devices are consuming when plugged in, such as refrigerators, microwaves, computers, TVs, phone chargers, game consoles, and cable set-top boxes. Kill A Watt monitors can also be used to measure “phantom” energy loads: the amount of energy an electronic device will draw, even when in standby mode. In the average home, 75 percent of the electricity used to power home electronics and appliances is consumed while the products are turned off (source: U.S. Department of Energy).

Included with the Kill A Watt monitors are helpful tips and information on next steps you can take to save energy at home based on what you learn by using the monitor. Let us help you save energy and money by checking out a Kill A Watt monitor at the library today.

]]> http://www.westslopelibrary.org/check-out-a-kill-a-watt/feed/ 0 Featured Resource: World Book Encyclopedia http://www.westslopelibrary.org/featured-resource-world-book-encyclopedia/ http://www.westslopelibrary.org/featured-resource-world-book-encyclopedia/#comments Sat, 14 Aug 2010 22:30:14 +0000 westslopelibrary http://www.westslopelibrary.org/?p=542 World Book EncyclopediaSchool starts soon. To prepare for upcoming research reports and papers, take a look at the World Book Encyclopedia, available online in five different versions through WCCLS.

The different World Books give you access to a plethora of multimedia content, thousands of e-books, and tens of thousands of reference articles. You can even find much of the content in Spanish through Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos.

We also have the 2005 and 2008 print versions of World Book available here in the library if you want to browse through the volumes or check one out.

To access this world of information, all you need is your library card. Read more from WCCLS about World Book Encyclopedia. And if you need any help using the library’s online services, feel free to contact us.

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