Summer reading for teens

Join the young adult summer reading program!  Win prizes!

You can sign up online, June 18th – September 4th.  Prizes will include some young adult books given away in random drawings, and gift certificates to New England Mobile Book Fair.  Teens (entering 6th grade through 12th grade) must read, log and include a short review of 3 books to be eligible to win.

Pension Rights and Benefits

On Wednesday June 17th at 7:00 p.m., the Library’s Retirement Planning Club for Women will present a talk by Ellen A. Bruce, JD:  Understanding Pensions: What Are Your Rights and Benefits?

Ellen Bruce is Director of the Pension Action Center, Gerontology Institute, McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies at UMass Boston.

The talk will be held in Druker Auditorium, and is free and open to the public.  More information about the Retirement Planning Club is available here, or call the Reference Department at (617) 796-1380.

We have a database for your health…

This month’s Database of the Month is ConsumerLab, which provides comprehensive information about vitamin, herbal and other supplements, and nutritional products. The site includes ConsumerLab’s independent product evaluations, lists of quality-approved brands, product recalls, and safety warnings. A science-based encyclopedia of natural products is also provided, including a drug-interaction database. ConsumerLab.com is not affiliated with manufacturers of health and nutrition products, and test samples used in product reviews are purchased independently.

Available in the library only, from our list of Consumer databases and websites.

Are you searching for a job or new career?

The Newton Free Library can help!  Check out the resources in our online Career Center, read our Job Search blog, or use our online databases to explore careers, research businesses, or take practice tests.

We also offer a class in Applying for a Job Online (if you can’t make it to a class, you can view the class handout here.)

And of course we have plenty of resume, cover letter, and job exploration books, magazines, and audiovisual materials.  Ask for help at the Reference Desk.