Veterans Day: Books, Military Databases, and Services Available through Your Library, opens in a new tab

Veterans provide an immense service to our country, so on November 11 each year, we celebrate their service and sacrifices. Created in 1919 by President Woodrow Wilson, Veterans Day (originally called Armistice Day) celebrated the anniversary of the end of WWI. In 1954 President Dwight D. Eisenhower changed the name of the holiday and made it a celebration of all living veterans.

How to Find Your Next Great Read, opens in a new tab

You’ve just finished reading a fantastic book and you want to read another like it, to recapture the feeling of total submersion in a gripping plot with interesting characters. But it was the last book in the series. Or you’ve read everything written by that author. Or it’s an author’s debut. Or you want something in your favorite genre, but fresh and new. What do you do?