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• Barcode scanning capability, so library users can scan the barcode of a book at a bookstore or friend’s home and retrieve availability information on the book at the patron’s library of choice;
• Social recommendation engine powered via Goodreads, enabling iPhone or iPod Touch users to search library holding for friend-recommended reads;
• New York Times best seller list cross-referencing, enabling users to immediately cross-check the best seller list with library holdings and place holds remotely;
• Enhanced account interaction, including the ability for library users to view fines and fees on their Apple mobile device.

The BookMyne application can be downloaded from the Apple App Store for free. For non-iPhone users, all SirsiDynix library technology is supported on Android, Blackberry and other smartphone browsers for mobile-friendly access.

Learn something new every day, then test your knowledge with a cool quiz!

Watch a different animated movie every day, then test your new knowledge with an interactive quiz.

Featured Movie topics tie in to current events, historical milestones and figures, holidays, and more! This app is perfect for informal, exploratory learning at home or on the go. Got a BrainPOP username through your school? Site subscribers can log in directly from the app to access all of BrainPOP’s award-winning content at no additional cost.

Cloud On is one of the best ways to use your mobile device to create, edit and share Microsoft Office documents. This app allows you to create new Word, Excel, and Powerpoint documents as well as edit existing ones from various cloud storage accounts such as Dropbox, Box, Google Drive and Skydrive accounts. Users also have the ability to mail files from within the app to others. 

There is also a full featured PDF and file viewer built on to handle all types of image files as well. If you are looking for a free office app that works with standard Office formats and syncs with many popular online storage accounts, you need to look no further that CloudOn.

App is available for both iOS and Android devices.

Dragon Dictation is an easy-to-use voice recognition application powered by that allows you to easily speak and instantly see your text or email messages.

With Dragon Dictation you can also dictate status updates directly to your Social Networking applications (Facebook and Twitter) or send notes and reminders to yourself….all using your voice.  So when you’re on-the-go, stop typing and start speaking – from short text messages to longer email messages, and anything in between.

Control your personal universe with no boundaries – all with the power of your voice! With Nuance Dragon Go! all you have to do is say what you want and Dragon Go! will deliver your results within seconds.

So smart, Dragon Go! knows what you want simply by how you say it! And it will deliver you directly to the best mobile sites offering what you want– such as Fandango for movie showtimes and trailers, Accuweather.com for local weather updates, Pandora® internet radio, Yelp for local reviews, recommendations and more!

Dragon Go’s dynamic Dragon CarouselTM not only delivers you to the best site featuring what you want, it also delivers complementary results that enable you to slide the carousel from side-to-side to compare information across the most relevant sites for your Dragon Go! request.

For example:
You say….
“Cowboys & Aliens showtimes” – Dragon Go! delivers you directly to Fandango featuring movie trailers, showtimes and ticket purchasing for your local theaters. The Dragon CarouselTM also enables you to see what people are saying about the movie on Twitter and flick over to Wikipedia to learn more about the graphic novel the movie is based on

The convenience and rich functionality of the EBSCO app enables users to:

• Choose which databases to search
• Limit results to full text or peer reviewed
• Sort by relevance or date
• Retrieve full text results in HTML and/or PDF formats
• Save results for offline access at a later date
• Email results to self or others
• Retrieve their most recent 25 search results
• Browse a “cover flow” display of search results

To download the EBSCOhost app, access EBSCOhost as you typically would via your library/institution website or corporate intranet. Click the link at the bottom of any EBSCOhost page to email yourself the download instructions, access key and a link to the app store.

Currently only available for the IPhone, Android app coming soon.

Evernote is an easy-to-use, free app that helps you remember everything across all of the devices you use. Stay organized, save your ideas and improve productivity. Evernote lets you take notes, capture photos, create to-do lists, record voice reminders--and makes these notes completely searchable, whether you are at home, at work, or on the go.