We have just added the 27,000th title to the eLibrary which means that it's collection is now as large as those of our medium-sized branches such as Belgrave, Boronia and Ferntree Gully. It is sometimes a bit hard to find what you want to read when presented with such a large number of items to choose from so I thought it would be useful to give you a couple of strategies that may help.
1. If you want to see what has been recently added to the collection you can click on Advanced Search select the period you want to view from the drop down menu next to 'Added to site' and then click the blue 'Search' box.
2. If you are looking for books by a particular author or title you will get more accurate results by putting your search term in quotation marks.
3. If you find that you enjoy books on a certain topic or genre it is sometimes easier to find similar books by searching the eLibrary for books released by a particular publisher. Again you do this by going to Advanced Search and then choosing the publisher from the drop down menu in the 'All publishers' box.
For instance if you are looking for Gay and Lesbian romances the publisher called Dreamspinner Press specialises in this genre.
For history books try a search on the publishers The History Press or Pen and Sword.
Happy eReading, Paul.
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