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Hickory Public Library's Reference Staff is
here to help you with the following:
Career Enhancement Center
This collection contains over 1500 items for
job hunting, small business start-up and management, personal finance
information such as Value Line and Morningstar, personal self-help materials
such as computer tutorials or Anthony Robbins' tapes, test study guides, and
college guides.
Community Resources File
This computeritzed database on local clubs,
organizations, and other non-profit agencies is available online from the
Library's web site. Ask the staff for a form to get your non-profit group
or civic organization included in this wonderful resource.
Computer Classes
Library staff members teach a variety of
computer classes, from introduction to the Internet to Advanced Searching.
Computerized Library Catalog
The library's catalog contains materials
located in both library facilities, and can be access from the library's web
page. The catalog also includes book reviews and other information on the
materials owned by the library, and allows the library customer to view their
record, renew materials, and place requests from their home or office.
Reference staff will be available to help you learn to use this updated and more
efficient tool.
Document File
The document file houses municipal,
county, state, and federal government documents.
Interlibrary
Loan
If Hickory does not have the book or
article you need, please ask about Interlibrary Loan. This free service allows
you to borrow materials from other libraries for approximately one month. This
service does take approximately 2 weeks to get the material into the library.
Internet Access
The Hickory Public Library is
"wired" to the Internet, and has full access to the World Wide Web.
Professional librarians can run Web searches for you, or help you hop on the
"Information Highway" so you can surf for information independently.
You must have a library card to obtain access to the Internet. If
you do not have a library card, you may obtain a guest card from the Reference
desk. The library's Internet Policy may be viewed by clicking here.
JAWS and Kurzweil Readers
These two programs allow customers with
visual impairments to use computers and print resources.
NCLive
A massive collection of magazine articles,
images, reference works, and complete books available in the library and
remotely for library cardholders, NCLive is provided by the State of North
Carolina and may be accessed from the library's web page. For a list of
resources, click
here.
NewsBank Newsfile Collection and
Business Newsbank
Newsbank Newsfile Collection provides
full-text coverage of social, economic, environmental, government, sports,
people, the arts, health and science issues, and events from a variety of U.S.
regional and national newspapers, wire services and broadcasts. Business
Newsbank provides full-text coverage of companies, industries, executives and
products, including current information on hard-to-research small companies from
a variety of U.S. local, regional and national newspapers, newswire, and
business journals. Newsbank products are available in the library and
remotely for library card holders.
Newspapers
The library has all the newspapers from the
Greater Hickory Metro in addition to important papers from around the state and
the nation, including a Spanish language newspaper. Including duplicates,
the system currently subscribes to 31 newspapers. The Hickory Daily
Record is available, either on microfilm or in regular copies, from 1915
until the present, and the Charlotte Observer is available from 1983 to
the present.
Online Services
These high-quality commercial databases are
available for use from the library's computers, and sometimes available remotely
as well:
- College Source Online - Learn
about colleges as well as financial aid, etc. Available only inside
the libraries.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica -
Available in the libraries only.
- HeritageQuest - Searchable census
records and other family history information. Available in the
libraries or from the library's web page.
- NCLive - A massive
collection of magazine articles, images, reference works, and complete books
available in the library and remotely for library cardholders, NCLive is
provided by the State of North Carolina and may be accessed from the
library's web page. For a list of resources, click
here.
- NCKnows - 24 hours per day, 7 days
per week real-time reference service using chat technology. There is
no charge for this service. Available from the library's web page.
- NewsBank - Newsbank
Newsfile Collection provides full-text coverage of social, economic,
environmental, government, sports, people, the arts, health and science
issues, and events from a variety of U.S. regional and national newspapers,
wire services and broadcasts. Business Newsbank provides full-text
coverage of companies, industries, executives and products, including
current information on hard-to-research small companies from a variety of
U.S. local, regional and national newspapers, newswire, and business
journals. Newsbank products are available in the library and remotely
for library card holders.
- Reference USA - Massive
collection of business information, available in the libraries or from the
library's web page with a valid library card.
Pathfinders
Reference staff maintains pathfinders and
bibliographies on a wide variety of topics. Reference staff members are
also happy to prepare bibliographies on special topics for customers.
Print
Resources Available
Telephone Reference
Sometimes you're just too busy to come to
the library. Call our Reference Staff at 304-0500 x231. We'll be glad to assist
you with your information needs - and we can fax the answers directly to your
office.
Tours and workshops
Hickory Public's reference staff will be
happy to conduct a tour or teach a mini-workshop on library use for your middle
school or higher group. Please call 304-0500 x228 to book a time for your tour
or workshop.
Vertical Files
Brochures, clippings, and such get lost
easily when placed on the shelves. Here at Hickory Public Library, we keep these
materials in a filing cabinet in the Reference Room. An
index of these materials is available here.
Word Processing
Computers with laser printers are available
in the Reference area. All computers contain Microsoft Office Suite for
word processing, spreadsheets, database management, and document publishing.
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