October. 21, 1999

FACTS.COM now available to all library patrons

 The san juan island library announces the availability of a new Internet on-line database, FACTS.com. FACTS.com offers patrons a searchable, on-line version of such respected information sources as Facts on File World News Digest, Reuters news service, and the World Almanac. Library patrons may use this resource from within the Library itself, and also remotely through the Library's web site at http://www.sjlib.org. "The Internet becomes really useful as an information resource when you're able to access such well-developed, information-rich sites as FACTS.com, rather than relying on standard Internet search engines and directories. Unfortunately for individual users, using these types of sites can sometimes be cost prohibitive. But, through specially priced public sector licensing, we're able to offer some wonderful resources to the community that none of us might otherwise get to use," says Wade Guidry, the Library's technologist. For a summary of all of the Library's on-line resources, visit http://www.sjlib.org/databasenews.html.