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Items You Can Use in the Library

In addition to the materials that you can take home with you, the library has many reference materials that you can use during your visit to the library. We ask that these materials not be checked out so that the greatest number of patrons can make use of them. These reference materials include
  • Specialized reference books
  • Encyclopedias
  • Almanacs
  • College guides
  • Newspapers
  • Atlases and maps
  • Consumer guides
  • Investment materials (stock and mutual fund prices)
  • Genealogy materials
  • Indiana history books, maps, and charts
In addition, many of our services are provided via computer terminal, including
  • Internet access
  • On-line card catalog
  • Word processing
  • Desktop publishing
  • Spreadsheets
  • Inspire database to magazine articles and more
  • Ancestry Library Edition, a genealogy database
  • Novelist, a web-based reader's advisory service
  • Auto Repair Reference Center, a web-based auto repair reference
  • Books in Print, an online database of books published and forthcoming
  • Daily Life Online
  • World Atlas Online
  • Ferguson's Career Guidance Center

For links to our online databases, see Online Databases and Resources.