The Weekly Newspaper of Torrance Herald Publications - Torrance, El Segundo, Manhattan Beach, Hawthorne, Lawndale, & Inglewood Community Newspapers Since 1911 - (310) 322-1830 - Vol. 7, No. 21 - May 25, 2017 Inside This Issue Community Briefs...............3 Certified & Licensed Professionals.......................2 Classifieds............................6 Crossword/Sudoku.............6 Legals....................................7 Police Reports.....................2 Real Estate...........................8 Sports....................................3 TerriAnn in Torrance..........4 Weekend Forecast WWII Vets Share Memories from Behind the Front Lines To coincide with Armed Forces Day festivities, the Torrance Historical Society & Museum last Sunday welcomed 96-year-olds Muriel and Mel Engelman, who shared their first-hand accounts of their experiences during World War II. Muriel served as an Army nurse behind the front lines at the Battle of the Bulge, while Mel served as a Marine in the Pacific Theatre. The photo of the couple shows Muriel holding a copy of her book Mission Accomplished: Stop the Clock, which she signed for attendees. Photo Provided by Torrance Historical Society. • Free Digital Delivery Herald Publications is now offering to send you a link to your favorite community newspaper every Thursday morning! The emails will also include a list of upcoming local events. Just email us at: web@heraldpublications.com and tell us which local community newspaper you’d like. Simple as that and free!!! Friday AM Clouds/ PM Sun 66˚/56˚ Saturday Sunny 63˚/55˚ Sunday Sunny 67˚/58˚ Library to Enhance Catalog Content Through Specialized Database By Cristian Vasquez A recommendation by the community services director was approved by the Torrance City Council on Tuesday for the sole purchase order with EBSCO Information Services for four specialized databases, including EBSCO Host, Novelist, Learning Express and Auto Repair Reference Center. The purchase order in the amount of $54,027 will enhance the Torrance Library System from July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018. “EBSCO is a sole-source provider of a lot of periodical archives that are available online for students and adult researchers, such as Time and Newsweek,” said Principal Librarian Dana Vinke. “They are the sole proprietor of these electronic archives of these journals so we get a lot of usage every year from people that are doing research on different topics.” Through the approved purchase order, the Torrance Library System will have access to EBSCO as its general and magazine electronic database. Novelist will work as its readers’ advisory tool. The Library researched and evaluated three other database companies, but concluded that none had the ability to provide the resource it needs. There are currently a number of carefully selected databases that the library provides for patrons. “Where at all possible, they have been licensed for use within the Library, as well as from an individual’s home and place of business,” states the staff report signed by Community Services Director John Jones. “Their full-text magazine database contains over 1,000 magazines with a total of over 3,000 actual magazines indexed.” EBSCO databases are accessible from within the library and at home or work for patrons. Through the Auto Repair Reference Center, users are provided information from Chilton’s auto repair manuals that date back to 1954, while the Novelist database provides more than simple reading suggestions. Through Learning Express patrons have access to test preparation material, plus sample tests from a wide range of educational and vocational exams. “The Novelist component that adds a lot of enhancements to the library catalog, so what my analogy is, if you go into Amazon and you just saw text, that is what it would See City Council, page 7
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