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Top 5 Library Resources for Back to School

Obviously, your regular library card or the WCCLS School Library Card (formerly called the Youth Access Card) are your most important library resource, but what else can you do with them?

Libby/Overdrive/Sora - Whether you use the Libby app or integrate your WCCLS card with your Sora account, WCCLS will get you access to tons of ebooks and eaudiobooks through Overdrive.
Brainfuse - Chat with a tutor live every day from 1 to 10 PM. Get writing help from a professional by submitting your writing. Many other useful tools on this site.
Learning Express - Many test prep tutorials and skills builders for multiple ages.
Gale Databases - Good research databases for various age groups. Find the right one for you!
LinkedIn Learning - Video tutorials on a whole host of topics. Great for software and creative skills.

Online Junkyard Wars
Wednesday, September 29 | 4 PM | Zoom | Ages 11-18

Can you create 'art' out of the junk we give you? Pick up our mystery take and make the week of September 20-24 (while supplies last) to find out, Register in person when you get the bag or email sabrinah@wccls.org for the Zoom link.

Zoom details will be sent out the day of the event.

New Hours at Our Libraries this Fall

Both Cedar Mill and Bethany Libraries have expanded library hours. Following state and local guidelines, masks are still required inside the buildings. Learn about our current services here and visit us soon!

Monday - Thursday: 10am - 8pm
Friday - Saturday: 10am - 5pm
Sunday: 12pm - 5pm

4,000 Hours Read = Teens Helping HomePlate

Local teens met our reading goal of 4,000 hours this summer (5,581 to be precise). Because of this, staff and teen council members delivered $1,000 and many books to HomePlate Youth Services recently. They provide teens with temporary shelter and various services while they search for a more permanent place to stay when they are unhoused.

Teen and tween summer readers earned prize books for reading and two lucky winners nabbed a Baby Yoda Reads poster as well. Congratulations Kately P. and Desmond S. and to all who participated in summer reading this year.

Hot Teen Read: Firekeeper's Daughter

Firekeeper's Daughter by Angelline Boulley is the tale of Daunis, who is part Ojibwe and often feels out of place in her Michigan hometown and the nearby Ojibwe reservation. But when tragedy strikes, Daunis must use her smarts and traditional Ojibwe knowledge to solve a very personal mystery that is also quite dangerous.

This book is great for teens that love a good mystery or want to get steeped in a culture different from what we see in most teen books. This one is being made into a Netflix series soon, so read it before it starts streaming.

New & Notable

Enjoy some of our updated booklists, new arrivals or special collections at the library on our New and Notable page.

Resources You Can Share with Your Students

Brainfuse tutorial - Youtube video describing how to access our online tutoring resource.

WCCLS School Library Card - See below.

The WCCLS School Library Card used to be called the Youth Access Card. It still works the same.

Visit us on social media for fun photos and videos, the latest staff picks and news about resources, programs and events!

Manage your library account, access the catalog and more at library.cedarmill.org.

Cedar Mill and Bethany Community Libraries Association is one of the largest nonprofit association libraries in the United States with a collection of over 250,000 items and more than 2.5 million loans annually.

Our Mission: Provide our community an open door to the joy of reading, lifelong learning and personal enrichment, with emphasis on the literacy development of children.

Cedar Mill Library
1080 NW Saltzman Road
Portland, OR 97229 | (503) 644-0043

Bethany Library
15325 NW Central Drive, Suite J-8
Portland, OR 97229 | (503) 617-7323

Bethany Library Annex
4888 NW Bethany Blvd, Suite K-2
Portland, OR 97229

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