TCCL Featured Services

If you aren’t sure which library is nearest to you, we have a tool you can use to find it. In the green About Us tab of the library’s home page, click on the Branch Locator icon near the top of the page. Type in your address and select a mile radius (the default is 5), and the map will show which library’s are nearby.

The list includes the mileage to each location in parentheses next to the library’s name. Each listing also has the library’s contact information, as well as a marker on a map of the county.

If you have the Tulsa Library app on your smartphone, you can also use its ‘Locate a Library’ function to find nearby branches.

The ancient Greeks thought earthquakes occurred when the god Atlas shifted the weight of the world from one shoulder to the other. Today we take a more scientific approach to explaining them.

To find more information about earthquakes, including options for a student’s science experiment, start by accessing the Science in Context database. To search for the subject of earthquakes, click on the Topics link and browse by the topic Science Fair Projects and Experiments. From this page you can see an overview of information including Featured Content, Experiments, articles from magazines, additional references and more. There is an option to “search within page” allowing you to type in the word Earthquakes and search for projects on that subject.

You can also access the Experiments section on the main database screen near the search bar. Click on the Experiments link which changes the search to “Search experiments”. You could then enter the word “Earthquakes” and pull up the main page on earthquakes. There are images, videos, web site links, statistics and other great resources.

The Science in Context database can be found in the alphabetical Databases section of the Research page, and can be accessed from home or at the library.

If you aren’t registered to vote, or just want more information on elections in Tulsa, you can find some great information on the Tulsa County Election Board page of the library’s Tulsa Organizations and Services database (or TOS). The TOS Election Board page includes the agency’s address, phone numbers and hours, links to the voter registration form and election schedule, and other information on the voting process.

The TOS database contains thousands of records on local clubs, professional organizations, support groups, government agencies, charities, speakers and more. You can access the database through the library’s Research page.

One option we have for you is a collection of online computer skills tutorials through the Learning Express database. These are self-paced tutorials with beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels of the most common software products you’ll need to know to improve your marketability for a new job, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Outlook, WordPerfect, Windows XP and Vista, and Mac OSX Leopard desktop.

To access this database from the library’s homepage, click on Research, then Databases. Click on L and select Learning Express. If you don’t have a Learning Express account, you can also click on the account set-up link. Once you’re signed in, just click on “Popular Software Tutorials” on the left-hand menu and get started learning.

As another option, last week’s Featured Service, Universal Class, also has a large number of online classes on various computer topics in its course catalog.

In addition to these databases, we also hold tutorial computer classes at some of our library locations. To see what is offered during the current month, check out our online event guide.

The Universal Class database offers a wide variety of online classes that you can apply to your career, your home life, or your leisure time. Crafts, entrepreneurship, accounting, real estate, pet care, mathematics, cooking and writing are just a few of the many subjects that are offered. Classes are generally divided up into several lessons, and include outside links to helpful websites, instructor feedback, and assignments and exams to put your new found knowledge to the test. The classes are self paced, and those offered through the library’s database are free of charge.

At the completion of each class you’ll receive a certificate of CEU, or continuing education units. Universal Class courses are intended primarily for personal enrichment, and are not necessarily intended to qualify as official college credit.