Scenic National Parks on Blu-ray

Scenic National Parks takes you off the beaten path to discover untamed places, unique wildlife, and invigorating activities.

Grand Canyon

Yellowstone

Yosemite

Alaska & Hawaii

New Microfilm Machine!

DID YOU KNOW?

The Beaverton City Library has a new Microfilm Machine which combines the utility of the old Reader/Printers, with the power of a PC. You can now:

· View and print Micro film or Microfiche
· Convert your Microfilm or Microfiche to digital files
· Edit and enhance your files
· Save your files to floppy discs or flash drives
· Email your files

Printed copies are ten cents a page. Expert assistance is available at the second-floor Reference Desk. Who knew such things were possible at our library?
Now you know!

Brat Pack Movies

Remember big hair? Cyndi Lauper songs?
It must be the 80's!

Brat Pack movies are timeless reminders of friends, coming of age, great soundtracks, and of course, teen angst.

The Outsiders

Class
Sixteen Candles
Oxford Blues
The Breakfast Club

St. Elmo's Fire
Pretty in Pink
Blue City
About Last Night...
Wisdom
Betsy's Wedding

Saved Searches

Tired of being hold number 363? Get an email alert when your favorite author has a new book added to the catalog. Set-up and save a search and have the search run automatically (monthly or weekly). Your saved search will alert you to all new entries for your favorite author or subject. Even if the item is still on order, if it is in the catalog you can place a hold.

Save the search in five easy steps:

1) Visit the Washington County Library website: http://www.wccls.org/

2) Perform a KEYWORD search by title, author or subject

3) Select "SAVE SEARCH"

4) Log on and enter the requested information.

5) Select "SAVE SEARCH"

Finished! Now sit back and wait for the emails informing you of your search results.

Happy Reading.

Cole Directory: for Salesmen, Realtors, Contractors, Collections Leads, & Skip Tracing

Want to find neighbors? New movers? New customers?

The Cole Directory, arranged by street and house numbers, enables you to find individuals quickly and accurately. Marketing to prospective clients has never been easier when you use the power of this cross-reference resource.


Reach more prospects - Get details about neighbors that help you determine which are the best prospects.

Build your referrals - Contact neighbors of your best customers with special offers that increase the likelihood they'll call

Look more professional - Address your mailings directly to the people who live there to increase results.

Uncover valuable spending potential down to the census tract. Easy codes take the stress out of prospecting in unfamiliar neighborhoods. Find by address, telephone numbers, or street intersections. Includes businesses, offices, shopping centers.

Genealogy tool, Property history tool

One of the most versitile tools in the reference collection, Beaverton has also lovingly maintained a collection of these reverse directories going back to 1959. Back then, the company responsible for reverse directories in the Portland Beaverton metro area was called Polks. Look at an old Polks Portland city directory and take a step back in time.

Business Research: Marketing 101

Have you ever needed media and you need the exact name, phone number, email or fax number for whom you must contact?

Have you ever wanted the most established, reliable website / trade magazine to research a specific field of business?

• announce a public service message about something your organization is doing
• invite the public to an event
• advertise in the media about a good or service
• communicate a newsworthy incident you just witnessed
• determine a magazine's topic schedules from year to year
• locate a website researching the industry of your concern, not just a website trying to sell you something

Some websites are for amateurs, while others have political aims. How do you get in touch with the right media with so many commercial establishments on the internet? Each business is vying for your attention, and google's priority is to support those businesses who are advertising, not to hook you up with the best trade research or media voice.
The complexity is compounded when you are reaching something unfamiliar or new. Salesmen and tradespeople especially need to know the appropriate time to announce a product or service or how best to reach the right people at the right time.
Don't struggle for hours trying to do this sort of thing with google. This is one example where google just does not work.
Bacons gives the exact contact information including email address, fax and telephone number for every columnist, editor, broadcast manager for every television, cable, & radio station, every newspaper, magazine and newsletter publisher. You can learn that some prefer email, some prefer you to send a fax, some focus more on the topic's politics, others on the topic's technology. Now you can find the food columnnist, the lifestyle and seniors events desk, the person who publishes a business calendar in Bend or Albuquerque...

Standard Rate and Data Service Direct Marketing List Source includes mailing-lists of businesses for example... who use steel, software, sell insurance, or reach medical patients, to lists of people who are... antique car enthusiasts, catholic charity supporters, contractors, dog grooming consumers... you name it.

Special Issues is a database is used to pinpoint the the best, most authoritative places (websites, magazines) to begin for trends and current practices in any technology or trade. Special Issues tracks salary surveys, lists of top businesses, and websites or trade journals that really care about the specific area you are supposed to research for your business. Assistance by a librarian at Beaverton City Library is required.
Business and Company Resource Center gives you polished printouts of industry surveys, market research articles, lists of businesses, and full-text articles from the trade journals which they index. Also included are company reports, histories, and investment data.


Contact Jill Adams, librarian, if you need assistance with business research and you are located in the Beaverton area (503) 350-3613