Greetings from MCC Hodel Library

Greetings from the Hodel Library on the Lake Havasu Campus of Mohave Community College!  The weather is beginning to turn warm and lovely, so it’s a perfect time to take your reading outside. 

Come to the Library and check out a Danielle Steel or a Jonathan Kellerman to read on the patio.  If you are getting ready to head north, remember that you can still use the Library’s online databases from wherever you are. 

Through our website, Mohave.edu/library , you have access to fantastic databases such as Heritage Quest, Consumer Health Complete, the Hobbies and Crafts Reference Center and more.  You can also use our databases to look at articles from journals such as Consumer Reports, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, PC World, U.S. News and World Reports, etc. 

The best part – it’s all FREE!  Please give us a call at 928-505-3311 to ask for more information or you can email me at wbirkhead@mohave.edu. 

Thanks,

Wendi Birkhead, Campus Librarian

Hodel Library

Mohave Community College

1977 Acoma Blvd. West

Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403

www.mohave.edu

Enjoy the Library at MCC

Hello everyone and greetings from the Hodel Library at Mohave Community College-Lake Hsavasu City Campus..

I would like to invite anyone who is interested to visit the Library for a one-on-one demonstration of the online databases, so:

• If you are hunting down branches of your family tree, we can show you how to access Ancestry.com or Heritage Quest.
• If you are a quilter or collector, you might enjoy reading articles from the Hobbies and Crafts Reference Center.
• If you have a question about a medical issue, you can get up-to-date information (and sometimes videos) with Consumer Health Complete.
• If you need to use a computer - we have a complete computer lab with printers for your use (an no time limits)

Just ask for Wendi or Mary Jo at 928-453-5809 or 928-453-5809. Or, you can come on by and visit with us in person at Mohave Community College 1977 Acoma Blvd. West (we’re located toward the back of the campus, not far from the 500 Computer Class Building).

Check us out online: www.mohave.edu/library

Remember, the Hodel Library is open to everyone in Lake Havasu City!

Wendi Birkhead, MLS, Campus Librarian
Hodel Library - Lake Havasu City Campus
Mohave Community College
1977 W. Acoma Blvd
Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403
wbirkhead@mohave.edu

Everyone is invited to visit the MCC Library

Hi All! My name is Wendi Birkhead and I am the campus librarian of the Hodel Library on the Lake Havasu Campus of Mohave Community College. I want to invite you to visit us and find out about all the wonderful books, DVDs, audiobooks, and electronic materials we have to offer.

Many people don’t realize that we are open to everyone – students and non-students, alike – and anyone can get a library card for free.

We carry bestsellers, fiction and nonfiction. Through the computers in our library or when you access our website:
www.Mohave.edu/library (listed on this blogs list of favorite websites), you have access to fantastic databases such as Ancestry.com, Heritage Quest, Consumer Health Complete, the Hobbies and Crafts Reference Center and more.

We have plenty of computers for your use and we don't have a time limit on how long you can use them. You also can use our databases to look at articles from journals such as Consumer Reports, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, PC World, U.S. News and World Reports, etc.

Please give us a call at 928-453-5809 to ask for more information. You can also come on by and visit with us in person at Mohave Community College 1977 Acoma Blvd. West. We are located toward the back of the MCC campus, just behind the 500 Building, where the Computer Classes are held.

Let us know how we can help and we look forward to meeting you.

WHAT ARE THE BEST WEBSITES FOR GENEALOGY?

Without exaggerating, there are thousands of genealogy websites out there on the world wide web - some are free and others can be quite expensive - some are great and others are nothing more than a collection of links to other websites, so talk to friends and family - ask for their recommendations...

Some of the websites that our students enjoy working with in both Arizona and Massachusetts are the following... check them out for yourself - and remember that many public libraries and local community colleges have various genealogy software programs on their computers that you are welcome to use... explore and expand your knowledge of family...

One great resource, for beginners (and it’s free) is: www.olivetreegenealogy.com/beginner

Some others that come highly recommended are…

• http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ (FREE)
• www.archives.gov/genealogy (FREE)
• http://www.genealogytoday.com/ (FREE)
• http://www.accessgenealogy.com/ (FREE)

This is #1 website by every review, but expensive:

• http://www.ancestry.com/ A US membership in ancestry.com is $19.95 per month, $16.95 a month for 3 months at once and $155.40 if you pay a year at a time – one of their newest & fastest growing services is DNA testing, utilizing the state of the art laboratory, Sorenson Genomics, for its DNA testing services