Brainfuse JobNow now available!

We are pleased to announce the launch of Brainfuse JobNow™ – a versatile online service designed to support every step of the job search process. JobNow features live online coaches who, among other things, assist in resume/cover letter preparation, and help patrons prepare for job interviews.

JobNow™ will be available to all library patrons from any home or library computer beginning July 15, 2022. To access JobNow™, please visit the "Employment Resources" page of the library’s website.

Background information

JobNow™ provides live online assistance, powerful tools, and other resources for job-seekers. It features the following services:

Live Interview Coaching: Patrons can brush up on interview techniques or get live online interview practice from trained job coaches. Job coaches and patrons communicate via live chat in our online classroom. In addition to live interview coaching, patrons enjoy 24/7 access to interview tips and career resources.

Resume Lab: Patrons can submit their resumes any time through the JobNow Resume Lab and a job coach will send it back within 24 hours with detailed feedback and suggestions for improvement. Users are also able to download resume templates, or browse resources for producing better resumes.

Career Resources: Patrons enjoy 24/7 access to a carefully-selected library of job resources. In addition, Brainfuse job coaches help users strategically target jobs best suited to their interests and qualifications.

Adult Learning Center: The Adult Learning Center provides foundational, career-enhancing skills to job seekers. In addition, the Adult Learning Center offers test preparation (including the GED and the USCIS citizenship test) and a unique academic skills center featuring live, online tutors.

See a video introduction/overview of JobNow services

About Brainfuse™

Brainfuse is one of the nation’s leading online tutoring providers, serving a diversified client base of libraries, school districts and colleges/universities for over 18 years. With Brainfuse, users receive real-time tutoring from instructors via our proprietary online classroom. We serve hundreds of library systems throughout the country, including the New Mexico State Library, the Suffolk Cooperative Library System, the San Francisco Public Library, the Sacramento Public Library, The Free Library of Philadelphia, and North America’s largest homework help program through the Chicago Public Library. For more information about Brainfuse services, please contact us at info@brainfuse.com.

Brainfuse HelpNow now available!

Online tutoring for all levels of learners from children through adults

We are pleased to announce the launch of Brainfuse HelpNow™ – on demand, anytime, anywhere eLearning for all ages and levels. Students can communicate with live tutors using an interactive whiteboard to chat, write, draw, copy/paste text or images and graph homework problems. Study tools, writing help, collaboration tools, and more are also available.

HelpNow™ will be available to all library patrons from any computer with an internet connection starting July 14, 2022. To access HelpNow™, please visit the library's "Education Resources" page at https://www.catoosapubliclibrary.com/education-resources.

Brainfuse HelpNow™ offers these benefits and more for Catoosa Public Library patrons:

Live Tutoring: HelpNow offers live tutor access for homework help, skills building and test preparation. Because HelpNow is personalized, both the student and the tutor can access quiz questions to do an intensive test prep. All live sessions are saved and can be replayed as well as shared with friends and teachers by email.

Asynchronous Services: The Writing Lab and the 24/7 Center options give users the freedom to receive assistance at any time of the day without connecting with a live tutor. Users can submit papers through the Writing Lab for a detailed feedback. 24/7 Center is for non-writing assignments such as math or science.

Study Tools: LEAP helps patrons build academic skills through targeted lessons, quizzes, and live, online tutoring. LEAP creates a learning plan based on a skills assessment that is taken at the beginning of the course. Flashbulb is a robust, learning resource where you can find flashcards or create your own. Brainfuse students have created sets to use with their friends and teachers have created sets for their students to use.

Collaboration tools: For students who prefer to work independently and form their own online study group, HelpNow offers a set of collaborative tools – MEET and Brainwave. MEET allows students to schedule their own online sessions using the Brainfuse MEET whiteboard which is specifically designed for a group setting. Brainwave is a recordable whiteboard where students can draw, write on the whiteboard and chat then save and email it to others for feedback.

Adult Learning Center

Adult Learning Center is the adult learners’ version of HelpNow™ where patrons can access High School Equivalency prep, US Citizenship test prep, resume assistance, Microsoft Office support, and Career Resources. The Writing Lab, Send Question, and Skills Building are also included in the Adult Learning Center suite.

See a video introduction to HelpNow

About Brainfuse™

Brainfuse is one of the nation’s leading online tutoring providers, serving a diversified client base of libraries, school districts and colleges/universities for over 18 years. With Brainfuse, users receive real-time tutoring from instructors via our proprietary online classroom. We serve hundreds of library systems throughout the country, including the New Mexico State Library, the Suffolk Cooperative Library System, the San Francisco Public Library, the Sacramento Public Library, The Free Library of Philadelphia, and North America’s largest homework help program through the Chicago Public Library. For more information about Brainfuse services, please contact us at info@brainfuse.com.

New Books! - July 2022

Did you know that the library adds new items each month? Here's a list of the newest adult and young adult books the library has added to our collection. Visit our catalog

to see if items that interest you are available for checkout, or you can place them on hold and we will contact you when they are available. You can also place holds by calling the library at 918-266-1684.

Adult Fiction

• Armstrong, Kelley - A Rip Through Time

• Bamford, Emma - Deep Water

• Barnett, Karen - When Stone Wings Fly: A Smoky Mountain Novel

• Brady, Ali - The Beach Trap

• Byrne, James - The Gatekeeper

• Caña, Natalie - A Proposal They Can't Refuse

• Coates, Darcy - From Below

• Daily, Janet - Somebody Like Santa

• Dermansky, Marcy - Hurricane Girl

• Grisham, John - Sparring Partners

• Hicks, Chelsea T. - A Calm & Normal Heart

• Hilderbrand, Elin - The Hotel Nantucket

• Holmes, Linda - Flying Solo

• Jackson, Lisa - The Girl Who Survived

• Johansen, Iris - A Face to Die For

• Jones, KC - Black Tide

• Koep, David - Aurora

• Leary, Ann - The Foundling

• Mallery, Susan - The Boardwalk Bookshop

• Martin, Kat - The Last Mile (Blood Ties #2)

• Marts, Jennie - Cowboy Ever After

• Michalski, Liz - Darling Girl

• Michaels, Fern - Secrets

• Miro, J.M. - Ordinary Monsters

• Moehling, Joshua - And There He Kept Her

• Monaghan, Annabel - Nora Goes Off Script

• Murphy, Nora - The Favor

• Nagendra, Harini - The Bangalore Detectives Club

• Patrick, Phaedra - The Messy Lives of Book People

• Patterson, James - Escape

• Pooley, Clare - Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting

• Reichs, Kathy - Cold, Cold, Bones

• Roberts, Nora - Nightwork

• Sager, Riley - The House Across the Lake

• Snelling, Lauraine - A Time to Bloom (Leah's Garden #2)

• Steel, Danielle - Suspects

• Thomas, Julia Bryan - For Those Who Are Lost

• Thor, Brad - Rising Tiger (Scot Harvath #21)

Adult Nonfiction

• Alderton, David - The Complete Practical Guide to Small Pets & Pet Care

• Banda, Nyanyika - Marvel's Black Panther Official Wakanda Cookbook

• Cooper, Neile - Kicking Glass: A Creative Guide to Stained Glass Craft

• DePreem Hopwood - Downton Shabby: One American's Ultimate DIY Adventure Restoring His Family's English Castle

• Dolin, Eric - Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution

• Emerson, Rick - Unmask Alice: LSD, Stanic Panic, and the Impsoter Behind the World's Most Notorious Diaries

• Gooden, Beverly - Surviving: Why We Stay and How We Leave Abusive Relationships

• Good Feather, Doug - Think Indigenous: Native American Spirituality for a Modern World

• Grossman, Pam - Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, & Power

• Kostroff, Michael - The Stage Actor's Handbook: Traditions, Protocols, and Etiquette for the Working and Aspiring Professional

• Patterson, James - James Patterson by James Patterson

• Raine, Amethyst - Wicca for Beginners

• Smith, Michael - Cabin Fever: The Harrowing Journey of the Cruise Ship Zaandam at the Dawn of the Pandemic

• Stewart, Marcia - Every Landlord's Legal Guide

• Taylor, Nicole - Watermelon and Red Birds: A Cookbook for Juneteenth & Black Celebrations

• Waldman, Jeff - Tools: The Ultimate Guide

• Woods, Stuart - An Extravagant Life: An Autobiography

• Zauner, Michelle - Crying in H-Mart

Young Adult

• Albert, Melissa - Our Crooked Hearts

• Dawson, Juno - What's the T? The Guide to All Things Trans and/or Nonbinary for Teens

• Glasgow, Kathleen - The Agathas

• Markey, Charlotte - Being You: The Body Image Book for Boys

• Oseman, Alice - Heartstopper Vol 1

• Williams, Kate - Never Coming Home

• Yellowhorn, Eldon - Sky Wolf's Call: The Gift of Indigenous Knowledge