Library News

March is Women's History Month. Learn more about women's history by visiting Library of Congress: Women's History Month webpage or National Women's History Project AND check out one of the books below to read up on more great women!

Behold, Our Works Were Good: A Handbook of Arkansas Women's History edited by Elizabeth Jacoway. 1988.
Mountainburg Public Library - 323.34 BEH

Patriot Hearts: A Novel of the Founding Mothers by Barbara Hambly. 2007
Alma Public Library - F HAMBLY

Female Firsts in their Fields by Virginia Aronson. 1999.
Van Buren Public Library - J 810.9 ARONSON

Having Our Say: the Delany Sisters' First 100 Years by Sarah and E. Elizabeth Delany. 1993.
Alma, Mulberry and Van Buren Public Libraries - 920 DEL

Breaking the Chains: The Crusade of Dorothea Lynde Dix by Penny Colman. 1991.
Van Buren Public Library - J 92 DIX

Amazing Women of the Civil War by Webb Garrison. 1999.
Cedarville Public Library - 973.7 GAR

Every Day is a Good Day: Reflections of Contemporary Indigenous Women compiled by Wilma Mankiller. 2004.
Van Buren Public Library - 305.48 MAN

Restless Spirit: The Life and Work of Dorothea Lange by Elizabeth Partridge. 1998.
Van Buren Public Library - 92 LANGE

The Van Buren Public Library now has access to the online database, Auto Repair Reference Center. You can access this database inside the Van Buren library only. From our home page, select "Online Resources", then look under "Online Databases", it is located under "Ebsco".

Auto Repair Reference Center contains information on most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles, with repair information for most vintage makes starting as far back as 1945. New repair procedures and updates will also be added continuously. All of the content in Auto Repair Reference Center has been created by ASE certified technicians.

The database contains:

- Approximately 28,350 vehicles covered from 1945 to present
- over 191,000 drawings and step-by-step photographs
- approximately 72,000 technical service bulletins and recalls issued by the original equipment vehicle manufacturer
-over 114,000 enhanced wiring diagrams for easy viewing and printing
-specifications and maintenance schedules -labor time guide and estimator -Quick Tips, a complete guide to vehicle ownership and maintenance

Come into the library today and check out this great new resource!