Ahoy Mateys!
In anticipation of a certain upcoming movie premiere (we love you Captain Jack) and in preparation for International Talk Like a Pirate Day is just around the corner the Mango Languages Team has developed a brand new super special language course – Pirate!
Pirate is bold, brazen, chock full of eccentric insults, and incredibly fun to speak. If that’s not enough reason to learn it, Mango is offering this course for FREE now through June 30th!
Here’s the link to Mango Pirate: http://www.mangolanguages.com/store/pirate-day.html All you have to do is scroll down and click the big orange button that says “start learning Pirate”.
If you enjoy learning a new language, you can choose to learn even more from Mango at our website: www.syossetlibrary.org. The link to Mango is right on our home page.
Have fun insulting ye fellow scallywags!
Arrr!
Sharon Long
Teen Services Librarian

The Syosset Public Library’s Biography Resource Center is a database of biographical information on over 340,000 individuals throughout history, around the world and across all disciplines and subject areas. It is a perfect resource for students wanting summary or detailed biographical information and can be accessed from the Homework Help-Biographies section of the TeenSpace website.
Biographical information is culled from over 135 reference sources and 300 magazines and includes over 26,000 images. Biography Resource Center includes Thumbnail biographies as well as in depth Narrative biographies. In addition, there are magazine articles and links to websites containing further information. A Recent Update window displays a brief summary of recent events that will ultimately be included in the person’s biography.
Searches can be performed based on the person’s name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, year of birth or death and many more criteria. The homepage also contains a “Spotlight On” person, with a link to that person’s biographical material.
So, give Biography Resource Center a try.
Ed Goldberg
Teen Services Librarian

Career Cruising
Looking for the right college?
Search our Career Cruising Database–a one-stop online resource that can help you make important decisions about colleges and careers.
School Selector:
Explore colleges and universities to find schools that match your needs; search criteria include tuition, major, athletics, and campus life
Includes data on two– and four–year colleges, as well as technical and trade schools
Find admission requirements, estimated expenses and freshman profiles
Financial Aid Selector:
Investigate financial aid programs to find scholarships, grants, or fellowship programs for which you qualify
Search for specific financial aid programs
Career Matchmaker:
An interactive survey finds jobs that match your interests
Browse in-depth occupation descriptions, including working conditions, earnings, and education requirements
View multimedia interviews with people in each career, plus “A Day in the Life” walk-throughs
Save your search results in a personal portfolio that you can retrieve from any computer with Internet access.
If you have Internet access, you can use Career Cruising at home!
1. Go to www.nassaulibrary.org/syosset.
2. Click on TeenSpace.
3. Click on “College/Career Information”.
4. Look for the heading “Syosset Public Library Databases”. Click on the Career Cruising link below it.
5. You will be asked to enter your 14 digit barcode number, which is located on the back of your library card (21703000_ _ _ _ _ _).
Ed Goldberg
Teen Services Librarian