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Spend an afternoon with the Dashwood sisters of Sense and Sensibility, catching up on local gossip, potential crushes and past illicit love affairs. 2011 marked the bicenntenial of Jane Austen's first published work. Or, enjoy the popular 1851 novel, Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell which chronicles the lives of two sisters rivaling reality TV of today and is the basis for the 2007 BBC miniseries of the same name starring Dame Judi Dench.    FREE DOWNLOAD.

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The Library Café is temporarily closed until June 6th. If you need a quick java fix, please visit the cappuccino and other vending machines on the first floor of the library. 

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The tools on this page are designed to make it more convenient for you to connect to UNO Criss Library resources within your personal virtual spaces. The suite of Web applications found here allow you to add buttons and search engines to your browsers and gadgets/widgets to your iGoogle pages. In the same way you can add a box to show weather in your location, you can also add a widget to search the Criss Library catalog or locate a journal. Save yourself some time and try out one of the tools below.

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Criss Library Toolkit

The Criss Library Toolkit contain tools designed to make it more convenient for you to connect to UNO Criss Library resources within your personal virtual spaces. Save yourself some time and try out one of the tools below.

iSearch Gadget

The gadget/widget allows you to do multiple searches (catalog, journal list, ask a librarian) from your iGoogle page.


Google Toolbar Buttons

Add this time saving button to your browser's Google Toolbar for quick access to the UNO Criss Library Catalog or the Journal List. There is no need to go to the UNO Library Website if you want to search the catalog or find a journal. Click on one of the buttons and the corresponding UNO Library search box opens immediately.

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LibX Plug-in

LibX is an application that will add a UNO Criss Library Catalog and Journal search toolbar to your browser window. The plug-in also adds a feature to your browser that allows you to connect directly to library resources from within sites you regularly visit like Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Google etc by clicking on the UNO Criss Library button UNO Library Button.

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