Auburndale Library
| Hours and Location | Contact Us | Staff | Services | Borrowing |
| Card Catalog | Other Libraries | Polk County Library Cooperative | Reference List |
| Electronic Resources | Books by Mail | Children's Programs | PCLC Databases |
100 West Bridgers Avenue, Auburndale, FL 33823
(863) 965-5548
Welcome to the Auburndale Public Library. Our friendly and helpful Staff is here to assist you with any request. Please feel free to Contact Us with any questions you may have. We look forward to helping you enjoy your library experience. We have several Electronic Resources and Services you may choose from for home or library use. Our Card Catalog is available 24 hours a day. (This excludes any technical problems.) Books are available for Borrowing upon request from any of the several Other Libraries through the Polk County Library Cooperative.
The Library's hours are:
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, Friday 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
- Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
| Phone: (863) 965-5548 | ||
| Fax (863) 965-5554 | ||
| Library Director | Kristal Holmes | holmesk@pclc.lib.fl.us |
| Assistant/Children’s Librarian | Yvonne Williams | yvonne@pclc.lib.fl.us |
| Alleycat/OCLC | Vivian Dowdy | dowdyv@pclc.lib.fl.us |
| Alleycat/OCLC | Shirley Bauer | bauers@pclc.lib.fl.us |
| Hold requests | ||
| Computer Services | Wayne McCarty | wmccarty@pclc.lib.fl.us |
| Library Director - | Kristal Holmes |
| Assistant Librarian/Children's Librarian - | Yvonne Williams |
| Assistant Librarian/Children's Librarian - | Linda Key - cataloger |
| Librarian Assistant - | Vivian Dowdy |
| Librarian Assistant - | Margaret Alsworth |
| Children's Librarian - | Mickey Reedy |
| Librarian Assistant - | Linda Adams |
| Librarian Assistant - | Wayne McCarty |
| Librarian Assistant - | Shirley Bauer |
| Library Page - | Katelyn |
| Library Page - | Lindsey |
| Library Page - | Jennifer |
| Auburndale Public Library: (863) 965-5548 | |
OR
visit the Polk County Library Cooperative for online services at:
www.pclc.lib.fl.us/libraries/auburndale/
| * | Computers for public use (max of 3 hrs. a day in 1 hour increments) |
| * | Public wireless Internet access |
| * | Parent/Teacher resources (adult checkout only) |
| * | Blind Service machines may be brought in for repair. |
| * | Any machine in the county may be brought in to trade for a refurbished machine. |
| * | Photocopies: B&W .10, color $1 |
| * | Laminating: $0.75 per foot, 24 in. x 12 in |
| * | Fax: $2 for the first page, $1 for each additional page; $1 a page to receive faxes (cover sheets are free) |
| * | NEW - We now have a small collection of books in Spanish |
| * | Books By Mail (Ask staff for details.) |
| Auburndale Public Library is a member of the Polk County Library Cooperative. Books can be checked out from, returned to, or requested from any public library in the county. | |
| There is no age limit for getting a library card. Even a newborn can get one. Library cards are free as long as you live in Polk County. |
| Borrowing Limits: |
| New patron: 2 items (1 may be a VHS or DVD) |
| Adults: up to 40 items (5 may be VHS or DVD) |
| Children: up to 20 items (no movies) |
| Borrowing Time Limits: |
| Videos: 2 weeks |
| DVDs: 2 nights |
| Books: 2 weeks |
| Audio Cassettes, CD’s, and MP3’s: 2 weeks |
| Reference: unavailable for checkout |
| Older Encyclopedias: 2 weeks |
| Renewals: |
| Books, Videos, AC’s, CD’s and MP3’s: 2 times |
| DVD’s: 1 time |
| Many items may be renewed online at http://www.pclc.lib.fl.us |
| We will hold requested items for up to seven days before returning them to their library or the shelves. |
| Late Fees: |
| 10¢ a day per book, audio cassette, CD, or MP3 |
| 50¢ a day per video cassette/DVD |
| Lost Items: |
| Patron will be charged the actual cost of the item or if returned, a $5 late fee. |
| We are sorry, but if a patron has $10 or more in late fees, he/she will be not be allowed to check out any items until the fees are brought below this amount. |
| Table of Contents | |
| Agriculture | |
| Automobiles | |
| Books | |
| Business, Computers, and Finance | |
| Consumer Information | |
| Directories | |
| Educational Info | |
| Financial Aid and Grants | |
| Florida Information | |
| Food and Recipes | |
| Free Email | |
| Gardening and Crafts | |
| Genealogy | |
| Government | |
| Health | |
| Jobs | |
| Kids | |
| Law | |
| Links | |
| Literature | |
| Local Information | |
| Magazines and Newspapers | |
| Maps, Travel, and Geography | |
| Medical Info | |
| Muliticultural Sites | |
| News | |
| Polk County Information | |
| Reference | |
| Research | |
| Software Updates | |
| Sports and Entertainment | |
| Statistics | |
| Telephone Directories | |
| Travel | |
| United States Facts | |
| Weather | |
| Writing | |
| Agriculture: | |
| USDA– | http://www.usda.gov |
| Automobiles: | |
| Edmund’s Automobile Buyers’ Guide– | http://www.edmunds.com |
| Kelly Blue Book– | http://www.kbb.com |
| Recall Database– | http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/problems/recalls/index.cfm |
| Books: | |
| Amazon.com – Books, Music, & More– | http://www.amazon.com |
| Barnes and Noble | http://barnesandnoble.com |
| Books and Book Collecting– | http://www.trussel.com/f_books.htm |
| Online Songs & Poetry for Children- | http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/storsong.html |
| Business, Computers, and Finance | |
| Car Industry Overview (contains: loan calculators) | http://www.cybersteering.com/cbmain/finance/finwiz.html |
| CBS.Marketwatch- | http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/newsroom.htx |
| Dell Workstations- | http://www.dell.com |
| Investor Guide- | http://www.investorguide.com/ |
| Microsoft Corporation Home Page- | http://www.microsoft.com/ |
| Novell World Wide- | http://www.novell.com |
| Quicken.com Investments- | http://www.quicken.com/investments/?pid=710219089946808 |
| SHAREWARE | http://www.shareware.com/ |
| U.S. Copyright Office- | http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/ |
| Yahoo! Finance- | http://finance.yahoo.com/ |
| Consumer Information: | |
| Autosite- | http://www.autosite.com/ |
| Consumer Information Center- | http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/ |
| Consumer Product Safety Commission- | http://www.cpsc.gov/ |
| Consumer Protection- | http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/consumer.shtm |
| Consumer Reports- | http://www.consumerreports.org/ |
| Consumer World Everything Consumer- | http://www.consumerworld.org/ |
| Home Fair- | http://www.homefair.com/homefair/cmr/salcalc.html |
| Investor Guide- | http://www.investorguide.com/ |
| Consumer Complaint Form- | https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup |
| U.S. Consumer Gateway- | http://www.consumer.gov/ |
| Directories: | |
| Literary Market Place- | http://www.literarymarketplace.com/lmp/us/index_us.asp |
| Nonprofit Resources- | http://www.idealist.org/ |
| Publist- | http://www.publist.com/ |
| Thomas Register of American Manufacturers- | http://www.thomasregister.com/ |
| UPS Homepage- | http://www.ups.com/ |
| Zip Code and Address Information- | http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/ |
| Educational Info.: | |
| 50 States and Capitals- | http://www.50states.com |
| Access America for Students- | http://www.students.gov/index2.html |
| American School Directory – K-12- | http://www.asd.com |
| American Universities- | http://www.clas.ufl.edu/CLAS/american-universities.html |
| B.J. Pinchbeck’s Homework Helper- | http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck |
| Britannica Home-subscription required | http://wwwbritannica.com/ |
| College & University Home Pages- | http://www.mit.edu/people/cdemello/geog.html |
| College & University Rankings- | http://www.library.uiuc.edu/edx/rankings.htm |
| College Board Online- | http://www.collegeboard.com/ |
| Electric Library for Educational Institutes- | http://www.elibrary.com/s/edumark |
| G.R.A.D.E.S Archive- | http://www.classroom.com/ |
| Geography World- | http://members.aol.com/bowermanb/101.html |
| Graphic Maps, A World Atlas- | http://www.graphicmaps.com/aatlas/world.html |
| High School Hub- | http://highschoolhub.org/ |
| Hotlist Kids Did This!- | http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/hotlists/kids.html |
| Multnomah County Library – Homework Center- | http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework/index.html |
| The NASA Homepage- | http://www.nasa.gov/ |
| NASA Space Shuttle Web Archives- | http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/ |
| Peterson’s- | http://www.petersons.com/ |
| SFPLS Teen –Homework Hell Page- | http://sfpl.lib.ca.us/ |
| Financial Aid and Grants: | |
| Financial Aid Information Page- | http://www.finaid.org/ |
| Free Application for Federal Student Aid – FAFSA- | http://www.ed.gov/ |
| FAFSA Apllication | http://www.fafsa.ed.gov |
| Florida Information: | |
| Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles- | http://www.hsmv.state.fl.us/ |
| Florida Government Services | http://www.myflorida.com/ |
| Florida Govt. Information Locator- | http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/fgils/ |
| Florida Kids Page- | http://dhr.dos.state.fl.us/kids/ |
| Florida Tax Forms- | http://sun6.dms.state.fl.us/dor/forms/ |
| Online-Sunshine – The Florida Legislature- | http://www.leg.state.fl.us/ |
| Florida Camping- | http://www.floridacamping.com/ |
| Department of Children and Families | http://myflorida.com/accessflorida |
| State Library Resources- | http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/stlib |
| Food and Recipes: | |
| Food Network- | http://www.foodtv.com |
| Milk – it’s on everybody’s lips- | http://www.whymilk.com/ |
| N.Y. Flying Pizza Pies Home Page- | http://www.flyingpizzas.com/ |
| Onlinechef – Home Page- | http://www.onlinechef.com/ |
| Recipes – Top Secret Recipes on the Web- | http://www.topsecretrecipes.com/recipes.htm |
| Free Email: | |
| Hotmail – the World’s Free Web Based Email- | http://www.hotmail.com/ |
| NET@DDRESS - Free Email For Everybody- | http://www.netaddress.com/ |
| Yahoo! Mail- | http://login.yahoo.com/ |
| Gardening and Crafts: | |
| Garden Web | http://www.gardenweb.com/ |
| Welcome to Niche Gardens- | http://www.nichegardens.com/ |
| Genealogy: | |
| Cyndi’s List of Genealogy Sites- | http://www.cyndislist.com/ |
| Yahoo’s List of Genealogy Sites | http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/History/Genealogy/ |
| Government: | |
| Forms and Publications – IRS- | http://www.irs.gov |
| The Federal Web Locator- | http://www.lib.auburn.edu/madd/docs/fedloc.html |
| Social Security- | http://www.ssa.gov/online/forms.html |
| Thomas – U.S. Congress on the Internet— | http://thomas.loc.gov/ |
| The White House- | http://www.whitehouse.gov |
| Health: | |
| Yahoo! Health- | http://dir.yahoo.com/Health |
| Mayoclinic- | http://www.mayoclinic.com |
| Jobs: | |
| 2000-2001 Occupational Outlook Handbook- | http://www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm |
| America’s Job Bank- | http://www.ajb.dni.us |
| Career Web- | http://www.careerweb.com |
| JOBTRAK- | http://www.jobtrak.com |
| Kids: | |
| ALA Cool Sites for Kids- | http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/amazing.html |
| Cyberkids – Where Creative Kids Click- | http://www.cyberkids.com |
| Florida Kids Page- | http://dhr.dos.state.fl.us/kids |
| IPL Youth Division- | http://www.ipl.org/youth |
| Online Songs and Poetry for Children- | http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dKBrown/storsong.html |
| Project Room- | http://www.edumart.com/teachers/projects |
| San Francisco Zoo Home Page – Welcome- | http://www.sfzoo.org |
| Si for Kids- | http://www.sikids.com |
| Ty – the Official Home of the Beanie Babies- | http://www.ty.com |
| Yahooligans- | http://www.yahooligans.com |
| Law: | |
| Directories and Guides – Search for Attorneys- | http://directory.findlaw.com |
| FindLaw- | http://www.findlaw.com |
| Free Legal Advice and Law- | http://www.freeadvice.com |
| Law.com- | http://www.law.com |
| The Florida Bar Home Page- | http://www.flabar.org |
| Literature: | |
| Amazon.Com – Books, Music, & More- | http://www.amazon.com |
| Barnesandnoble.com- | http://barnesandnoble.com |
| Bartlett, John 1901 – Familiar Quotations- | http://www.bartleby.com/100 |
| Book Browser the Guide for Avid Readers- | http://www.barnesandnoble.com/bookbrowser |
| Books and Book Collecting- | http://www.trussel.com/f_books1.htm |
| Online Songs and Poetry for Children- | http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/storsong.html |
| Project Gutenberg Index- | http://www.promo.net/pg |
| Shakespeare- | http://www-tech.mit.edu/shakespeare |
| The On-line Book Page- | http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu |
| Local Information: | |
| Auburndale Online- | http://www.auburndalefl.com |
| Bartow – | http://bartow.govoffice.com/ |
| Dundee – | http://www.townofdundee.com/ |
| Eagle Lake – | http://eaglelakefl.govoffice2.com/ |
| Fort Meade – | http://www.hometownlocator.com/City/Fort-Meade-Florida.cfm |
| Frostproof – | http://www.frostproofflorida.com/ |
| Haines City – | http://www.ci.haines-city.fl.us/ |
| Lake Alfred – | http://www.ci.lake-alfred.fl.us/ |
| Lake Wales – | http://www.cityoflakewales.com/ |
| Lakeland.net – | http://Lakeland.net |
| Mulberry - | http://www.ridgewoodheightsflorida.com/ |
| Polk City – | http://www.city-data.com/city/Polk-City-Florida.html |
| Polk County Government – | http://polk-county.com/index.php |
| Polk County Schools – | http://www.pcsb.k12.fl.us/ |
| Weather – | http://www.strato.net |
| Winter Haven – | http://www.mywinterhaven.com/ |
| Magazines and Newspapers: | |
| Better Homes and Gardens Online- | http://www.bhg.com |
| Crayon’s News Sources- | http://www.crayon.net/using/links.html |
| Information Today, Inc. – Periodicals- | http://www.infotoday.com/periodicals.htm |
| Io Magazine- | http://www.altx.com/io/toc.html |
| IPL Reading Room Newspapers- | http://www.ipl.org/div/news/ |
| IPL Reading Room Serials- | http://www.ipl.org/div/serials |
| The Ledger- | http://www.theledger.com |
| News Chief- | http://www.polkonline.com |
| The Wilson Quarterly- | http://wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=wq.welcome |
| Welcome to Healthy Pets- | http://www.healthypet.com |
| Yellowstone Journal- | http://www.yellowstonepark.com |
| Maps, Travel, and Geography: | |
| Geography – | |
| 50 States and Capitals- | http://www.50states.com |
| The Thesaurus of Geographic Names- | http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/tgn/index.html |
| The Time Zone Page- | http://greenwich2000.com |
| U.S. Gazetteer- | http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer |
| World Time Zones- | http://www.worldtimeserver.com/ |
| Travel – | |
| Fodors – | http://www.fodors.com/ |
| Lonely Planet – | http://www.lonelyplanet.com/ |
| Travel – | http://www.travel.org/ |
| Maps – | |
| Mapquest- | http://www.mapquest.com |
| Yahoo! Maps &Driving Directions- | http://maps.yahoo.com |
| CIA World Factbooks- | http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html |
| Country Studies- | http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/ |
| Stately Knowledge- | http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/stateknow/ |
| Sun and Moon Table for One Year- | http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneYear.html |
| Medical Info.: | |
| American Medical Association- | http://www.ama-assn.org |
| Dr. Koops Community- | http://www.drkoop.com |
| Healthfinder- | http://www.healthfinder.gov |
| Mayo Clinic Health Oasis | http://www.mayohealth.org |
| MedicineNet | http://medicinet.com |
| Medline Plus- | http://www.medlineplus.gov |
| Multicultural Sites: | |
| Education World – Lesson Planning | http://www.education-world.com |
| Multicultural Calendar | http://multiculturalcalendar.com |
| National MultiCultural Institute | http://www.nmci.org |
| Seattle Times Martin Luther King Jr. | http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/mlk/index.html |
| The Web of Culture (home) | http://www.webofculture.com |
| News: | |
| AJR NewsLink | http://www.newslink.org/ |
| CNN Interactive | http://www.cnn.com |
| Television News Archive | http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/ |
| The Christian Science Monitor | http://www.csmonitor.com |
| The New York Times | http://www.nytimes.com |
| USA Today | http://www.usatoday.com |
| Polk County Information: | |
| Polk County Board of County Commissioners | http://www.polk-county.net |
| Polk County School Board | http://www.pcsb.k12.fl.us |
| Polk County Sheriff’s Office | http://www.polksheriff.org |
| Polkonline – The Website of the News Chief | http://www.polkonline.com |
| Reference: | |
| Biography- | |
| Biographical Dictionary | http://www.s9.com/biography |
| Biography | http://www.biography.com |
| The Nobel Prize Internet Archive | http://nobelprizes.com |
| World Biographical Index | http://www.biblio.tu-bs.de/acwww25u/wbi_en/ |
| Copyright Info- | |
| U.S. Copyright Office Home Page | http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright |
| Dictionaries: | |
| A Web of Online Dictionaries | http://www.yourdictionary.com |
| Acronym Lookup | http://www.ucc.ie/cgi-bin/acronym |
| Computing Dictionary | http://foldoc.org/contents.html |
| Dictionary.com | http://www.dictionary.com |
| PC Webopedia Computing Dictionary | http://webopedia.internet.com |
| Symbols.com | http://www.symbols.com |
| Wwwebster Dictionary | http://www.m-w.com/ |
| Quotations- | |
| Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations | http://www.bartleby.com/100 |
| Thesauri- | |
| Thesaurus.com | http://www.thesaurus.com |
| Research: | |
| Bartlett Familiar Quotations | http://www.bartleby.com/100 |
| Galaxy | http://www.einet.net |
| Graphic Maps: A World Atlas | http://www.graphicmaps.com/aatlas/world.html |
| Information Please Home Page | http://www.infoplease.com |
| Librarian’s Index to the Internet | http://www.lii.org |
| Reference USA | http://reference.infousa.com |
| The Weather Channel – Home Page | http://www.weather.com |
| Thomas Register of American Manufacturers (free registration) | http://www.thomasregister.com |
| Welcome to Almanac.com | http://www.almanac.com |
| Electric Library | http://www.elibrary.com/s/edumark |
| Software Updates: | |
| Microsoft Internet Explorer | http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.asp |
| Sports and Entertainment: | |
| American Racing Zone | http://www.racecar.com |
| ESPN.com | http://espn.go.com |
| GORP – Great Outdoor Recreation Pages | http://www.gorp.com |
| Jayski’s NASCAR Winston Cup Silly Season Site | http://www.jayski.com/ |
| Welcome to Sportsonline USA | http://cbs.sportsline.com/ |
| Yahoo! Sports | http://sports.yahoo.com |
| Statistics: | |
| One Stop Shopping For Federal Statistics | http://www.fedstats.gov |
| County and City Data Book | http://www.census.gov/statab/www/ccdb.html |
| Government Information Sharing Project | http://www.govinfo.kerr.orst.edu/index.html |
| Statistical Resources on the Web | http://govstats.library.oregonstate.edu/ |
| Telephone Directories: | |
| Internet Yellow Pages | http://www.bigbook.com |
| The Internet Directory | http://www.switchboard.com |
| 555-1212.com | http://www.555-1212.com |
| Americom Area Decoder | http://decoder.americom.com |
| AnyWho Find People – Find email – Toll-Free Directory Search | http://www.tollfree.att.net/tf.html |
| AnyWho Find Telephone Number, email, Home Page, URL, FAX, Toll Free Numbers, and Address | http://www.anywho.com |
| Bigfoot – Tools for the Internet | http://www.bigfoot.com |
| Flip’s Search Resources | http://www.flips-search-resources.com |
| Hoover’s Online – The Business Network | http://www.hoover.com |
| USSearch.com | http://www.1800ussearch.com |
| Welcome to Who Where! | http://www.whowhere.lycos.com |
| Yahoo! People Search | http://www.people.yahoo.com |
| Travel: | |
| Mapquest! | http://www.mapquest.com |
| TRAVEL – Internet Travel Network | http://www.itn.net/cgi/get?itn/pl/amex_personal/index |
| United States Facts: | |
| 50 States and Capitals | http://www.50states.com |
| Census-US PoP Clock Projection | http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/popclock |
| The Flage of the United States of America | http://www.usflag.org |
| United States | http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html |
| Weather: | |
| Intellicast Weather Home Page | http://www.intellicast.com |
| The Weather Channel | http://www.weather.com |
| Writing: | |
| Documenting Electronic Resources | http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_docelectric.html |
| Lynch, Guide and Grammar, & Style | http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/ |
| MLA Style | http://www.mla.org |
| Research | http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/mla/index.shtml |
| Writing Center | http://wwwold.ccc.commnet.edu/faculty/~simonds/faculty.html |
Accessing
Electronic Services
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All online services can be accessed through |
| Online Catalog-You can use quick search on the first page of the above address, or click on the tab labeled “Catalog”. |
| Accessing Your Account - |
| Click on “catalog” and then click on “login” in the upper right hand corner. |
| Type in your barcode then ID number, then login. |
| Click on “Account Information”. |
| Click on “Items Out”. |
| If you want to renew, click in the square next to the title, then click “Renew”. |
| Gale Databases - Go to the first page of the above address. |
| Click on “Gale Group Resources” on the left hand side. |
| Type in your barcode and click “Proceed”. |
| Click on the name of the resource that you want to use. |
| Other Online Services - Go to the above address. |
| Click on the tab labeled “Databases”. |
| Click on “If not please log in here now” if not directed to the login |
| Type your barcode number (beginning with 20398) in the username field. |
| Type your ID # in the password field. |
| You must get your ID # from the library staff. |
| Click on the database that you want to access. |
| Click on “here” to be directed to the site if it does not come up. |
| Gale Databases (including): |
| InfoTrac OneFile—Full text news and periodical articles on various topics. (1980-current) |
| General Reference Center Gold—A general interest database using newspapers, reference books, magazines, and trade publications. (1980-current) |
| Health Reference Center Academic—Multi-source database providing full text articles of nursing and allied health journals, and many personal health information sources. (1980-current) |
| General Business File ASAP—Analyze company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics. Access to broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals, and company directory listings. Contains full text and images. (1980-current) |
| Computer Database—Computer related product introductions, news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications, and the application of technology. (1980-current) |
| Expanded Academic ASAP—Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers, many with full text and images. (1980-current) |
| Junior Edition—Designed for junior and middle school students with access to indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers, and reference books on a wide variety of topics. (2002-current) |
| Student Edition—A database designed for high-school students with a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers, and reference books on a variety of topics. |
| Professional Collection—Educational journals picked for their relevance in the modern world for today’s professional. |
| Gale Virtual Reference Library—A database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. |
| Health and Wellness Resource Center—Medical reference materials from health/medical journals, pamphlets, general interest publications, and Gale Reference Titles. |
| What Do I Read Next—Can be searched by genre, subject, author, title, series, etc. Helps users find books they are interested in. |
| Informe—Una colección de revistas hispánicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud, technología, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias. (1994-Nov. 2005) |
| Kid’s Edition—Designed for elementary school students. It contains full-text magazine articles, newspapers, and reference books on a variety of topics. (2002-current) |
| Kid’s Edition-K12—Designed for elementary school students. It contains full-text magazine articles, newspapers, and reference books on a variety of topics. |
| Junior Edition-K12—Designed for junior high and middle school students. It contains full-text magazine articles, newspapers, and reference books on a variety of topics. |
| Student Edition-K12—Designed for high school students. It contains full-text magazine articles, newspapers, and reference books on a variety of topics. |
| Contemporary Authors—Provides complete biographical and bibliographical information and references for U.S. and international authors. |
| Business Index ASAP—Perform in-depth research on management issues, economic indicators and business theories and practices, as well as on the activities of companies and industries worldwide. Instant access to academic and business journals with full text and images |
| Other Online Services |
| *Ancestry.com—A genealogy research tool that provides access to genealogical and historical research. It includes U. S. Census, military, court, land and probate, vital, and church records; directories; petitions for naturalization; passenger lists and more! |
| Auto Repair— Contains complete automotive repair information supplied by Nichols Publishing, publisher of Chilton Information, on most domestic and imported vehicles. It includes data on vehicles from 1954 to present, drawings, photographs, service bulletins & recalls, wiring diagrams, labor and time estimator, and quick tips. |
| Digital Sanborn Maps 1867-1970— Maps of a city or town, including the outline of each building, the size, shape, materials, and function of structures etc. .It gives street names, street and sidewalk widths, property boundaries, and house and block numbers. |
| Ebsco—Online reference system that offers a variety of proprietary full text databases and popular databases. The databases range from general reference collections to specially designed, subject-specific databases for public, academic, medical, corporate and school libraries. |
| eLibrary—Provides full-text and multimedia resources for magazines, newspapers, books, transcripts, and maps, pictures, web links, and audio/video files. |
| Florida Base de Datos Gale Group— Gale databases with the text written in Spanish. |
| Florida Electronic Library— Select Internet resources that offers access to comprehensive, accurate, and reliable information. Available resources include electronic magazines, newspapers, almanacs, encyclopedias, and books, providing information on topics such as current events, education, business, technology, and health issues. The Florida Electronic Library offers information for all age groups, including homework help for students and resources for teachers. |
| Florida Gale Group Resources—contains several educational and business databases that are easily searched to find the information needed. (See page 6 for a complete listing of the Gale Databases owned by the Polk County Library Cooperative.) |
| Gale Group Contemporary Authors—Provides complete biographical and bibliographical information and references on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors. |
| HeritageQuest Online—Research materials for tracing family history and American culture. Search the census, books, PERSI, and Revolutionary War records. |
| NetLibrary Downloadable Audiobooks—Download books to listen to on your computer or MP3 player. |
| Novelist—a fiction database that provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations, and much more for over 135,000 fiction titles. It also includes other content of interest to fiction readers, such as Author Read-alikes, What We're Reading, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and Annotated Book Lists. For school media specialists and teachers there are Picture Book Extenders and articles on Teaching with Fiction. |
| Novelist K through 8—allows you to discover the fiction titles that are popular with young readers as well as titles to use in your classroom. Users can also browse hundreds of theme-oriented book lists for readers at all grade levels through Explore Fiction, and look for award-winning and recommended titles in Best Fiction. Many title records have direct links to Web sites with information about the author or with teacher resource materials. |
| Reference USA—an Internet-based reference service contains detailed information on more than 14 million U.S. businesses and 120 million U.S. households. |
| TubmleBooks—an online collection of TumbleBooks , animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. TumbleBooks are created by taking existing picture books, adding animation, sound, music and narration to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you. |
| Tutor.com Live Homework Help—Students and tutors can review specific homework questions, as well as subject-specific concepts using features such as controlled chat, an interactive white board and shared Web browsing in the Online Classroom. Tutors and students can type math equations using a special math tool, share educational Web sites and much more for a rewarding learning experience. All tutors are certified teachers, college professors, professional tutors or graduate school students from across the country. They love to teach and share their knowledge online. |
| World Book— This contains every article that is in the World Book encyclopedia and more. There are related web site listings and state-of-the-art multimedia. |
| *This database can only be accessed through the Polk County Library Cooperative from within any of the libraries that are a part of the PCLC system |
| All databases except Ancestry.com may be accessed from home. To access these services you must have your barcode# and your ID#. If you do not have these #’s you may get them in person at any Polk County Public Library. |
| Programs run September—April |
| Preschool Story Time (3-5 yrs. Old) |
| Wed. at 11:00 |
| Just for 2’s Story Time |
| Wed. at 9:30 |
| Come and enjoy our wonderful story time program. |
| Programs may include: |
| Stories |
| Puppet shows |
| Music |
| Dancing |
| A small craft |
| Rhymes |
| Finger plays |
| Each program lasts approximately 45 minutes. There is no charge to participate. |
| Call for summer program times. |
