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The article discusses gaming in libraries and its extension to user groups including children with special needs. The article discusses implementation of the program "Gaming for Children with Special Needs" at the Piscataway, New Jersey Public Library modeled after "Special Needs Gaming Night" held at Peckville, Pennsylvania's Community Valley Library.

The article presents information about how the staff at the Columbus Metropolitan Library in Ohio introduced gaming as a way to attract teenagers to use the library. The library believes that Play Station 2, Wii, Guitar Hero and other games attract and keep the teens in the library and it helps to maintain their interest in using the library as a resource. The article also presents suggestions on getting and maintaining funding for library gaming equipment.

Pet Vet 3D: Animal Hospital Down Under. CD-ROM. Systems: Win 98 & later. Viva Media. 2008. ISBN 1-93408895-1. $29.95. Gr 3-6--The third volume in this series of veterinarian simulation games [...]

The author reports on her experience conducting a school library club at Connecticut's Hamden Hall County Day School called Minecraft club, which is centered around the three dimensional video game called Minecraft. Topics include Minecraft's virtual society-building focus, as well as the game's facilitation of social engagement and learning.

This article provides a review of the educational video game "Study Dog: Adventures in Reading, Vol 1."

Introduces Making History, an educational video game for social studies classes from Muzzy Lane Software Inc. Key features; Remarks from Warren Reed, instructional technology supervisor for Jefferson County Schools in Birmingham, Alabama.; Significance of the software.

Reviews the videocassette 'Pizza Wars: History Repeats Itself.'