Is your lawn mower giving you fits?  Does your motorcycle need repair?  Is your outboard in need of an overhaul?  Looking for maintenance advice on your Jet Ski or Sea-Doo?  The Clearwater Library has the resource for you.

Small Engine Repair Resource Center contains repair manuals provided by Clymer, so whether you are looking for routine maintenance, such as tune-ups and brake service, or more extensive repairs involving engine and transmission disassembly, you’ll find reliable information to perform the job.  The manuals cover motorcycles, ATVs, marine motors, and personal watercraft engines as well as lawn mowers, tractors, generators and more.  So next time you are looking for answers, try this resource!

Small Engine Repair Resource Center is accessible from the comfort of your home or at the library with a few keystrokes and your library card.

Access by following these simple steps:

1-   Access Small Engine Repair Resource Center from the library’s database page:
      <http://www.myclearwater.com/cpl/databases.asp>

2- Scroll down to Small Engine Repair Resource Center, or choose it from the drop down menu.  

To access outside the library, your library card and password is required.  Login today to find the information you need from a trusted source! 

This is just one of the many resources brought to you by the Clearwater Public Library.  For questions on this, or other resources available, contact the Reference Department at (727) 562-4970, extension 5032.

Are you writing a paper about a social issue? Do you have to give a speech or participate in a debate? Or do you just want to better understand both sides of an issue from terrorism to endangered species, or stem cell research to outsourcing to gun control and more?

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center can help students or anyone interested in researching and analyzing a broad variety topics relevant to today’s society using up-to-date articles, graphs, images, and documents.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center is accessible from the comfort of your home or at the library with a few keystrokes and your library card.

Access by following these simple steps:

• Go to the library’s database page
• Scroll down to Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center, or choose it from the drop down menu.

To access outside the library, your library card and password is required. Login today to find the information you need from a trusted source!

This is just one of the many resources brought to you by the Clearwater Public Library. For questions on this, or other resources available, contact the Reference Department at (727) 562-4970, extension 5032.

Even Start - GED Classes
Even Start provides free GED and family literacy classes in Clearwater and St. Petersburg. To be eligible students must be 16 years of age or older, not be enrolled in a Pinellas County School, have one child under the age of eight, and meet income and academic requirements.
Location: Community Services/Adult Education Folder

Family Health Portrait
This web site allows you to create a personalized family health history report. Information you provide creates a drawing of your family tree and a chart of your family health history. Both the chart and the drawing can be printed and shared with your family members or your healthcare professional.
Location: Health/Medicine

The National Archives: Veterans and Their Families
A compilation of resources for locating U.S. military veteran information. This site provides brochures, FAQs, and other information about military service records and official military personnel files, enlistment, duty stations, awards and medals, and separation. It also includes material about obtaining medical records. From the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
Location: Genealogy

National Domestic Violence Hotline
NDVH is a nonprofit organization that provides crisis intervention, information and referral to victims of domestic violence, friends and families. The Hotline answers a variety of calls and is a resource for domestic violence advocates, government officials, law enforcement agencies and the general public for every state. Website includes fact sheets, statistics about domestic violence in the U.S., and links to related sites.
Location: Community Resources

Student State Facts
A kid- friendly site provided by the US Census. This site provides quick State facts presented in a colorful, fun website.
Location: Reference/Census Folder

Occasionally I'll be posting about sites of interest and those that have been recently added to the growing list of Internet websites on the Reference Page. If you have time, please take a look.

What's New--

Clearwater GIS Community Analysis - The City of Clearwater’s Interactive GIS, or Geographic Information System, is a mapping software application that allows residents to find statistics on crime, traffic accidents, building permits, and more by address location. Location: Community Resources

Fortune 500 (Lists from 1955-2006) - A database of every year of FORTUNE's list of America's largest corporations. Provides Fortune 500 lists from 1955-2006, complete with company information. Location: Business/Business Research Note: List for 2007 is also under Business/Business Research Folder

Business Dictionary - BusinessDictionary.com features over 20,000 definitions and over 115,000 links between related terms. It provides a search tool at the top of every page, a browse by letter feature, and subject-specific dictionaries. This site also provides a 'Term of the Day'. Location: Business

Using English - ESL Resources - This site provides resources for students and teachers of English as a second language. It includes lesson plans, teacher handouts, ESL tests, printable worksheets, a dictionary of English idioms, and more. Location: Spanish/ESL Folder

Happy Searching!
Lisa

We continually add sites of interest to our growing list of Internet resources available from the on the CPLS Reference Page. 
Somethings New:

• Emergency Contact Information  This service allows you to provide emergency contact information to law enforcement in the event of an emergency. This information may save crucial time if ever it becomes necessary to contact family members. This service is only available to individuals holding a current Florida Driver License or Florida Identification Card. Location: Consumer Education (Thank you Laura for providing this link.)
• Business Plans and Profile Index  This site provides small businesses sample business plans, profiles, and books about specific businesses with additional sources noted for each entry. Searchable by subject. Also includes a bibliography and links to related sites. Created by the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Location: Business/Business Plan Folder
• Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers  Chronicling America provides access to America's historic newspapers by searching and reading newspaper pages from 1900-1910. Locate information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP). Location: Newspapers

Something Relevant:
Recreation.gov - Discover parks, forests, lakes, museums, and other recreation sites managed by Federal Agencies.  Search by region or activity for campsites, tours, and other activities such as fishing, biking, hiking, horseback riding, etc.  Reservations can be made online.  Location:  Travel