The Reference Department serves as a vital source of information to the community of the Wyoming Valley. Librarians are available to assist patrons in the use of materials and electronic databases. We will answer your questions in person, by telephone or via E-mail.
COMPUTERS AND INTERNET ACCESS
New WiFi Service at our library
You can now bring your laptop to the library and connect to the World Wide Web.
The
Hoyt has fourteen (14) computers for public use, all of which are internet accessible. All
of the computers have Microsoft Office installed, which contains programs with
the following components: word processing, spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentation
program, and a variety of other useful programs.
INTERLIBRARY LOANS ( ILL )
Should the Hoyt Library not have the book that you are looking for, it is possible to receive the book through interlibrary loan. Interlibrary loan allows patrons to receive books unavailable in their home library through county, state or nationwide libraries.
How does one request an ILL? Visit the Reference Librarian and ask for an ILL card. Fill in the requested information regarding the item you would like (author and title is usually sufficient) and the library will call as soon as the item is received.
POWER Library
Pennsylvania
Online World
of Electronic Resources
The POWER library
allows patrons to access thousands of full text periodical articles,
newspapers, a major encyclopedia, plus photographs, pictures, charts, maps,
reference materials for young people and more. There are materials of
interest in most subject areas for all age groups from young children to adults.
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This resource
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Genealogy Resource
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Have you heard about
Sync yet? All
this summer, the
Sync group
Hoyt's Periodical Collection
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LUZERNE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES
LOCAL LINKS
| Luzerne County Online |
Courtdale Borough |
| Municipality of Kingston | Forty Fort Borough |
| Luzerne County Convention and Visitor's Bureau | Edwardsville Police Department |
| Luzerne County Historical Society | Luzerne |
| Greater Wilkes Barre Chamber of Commerce | Pringle |
| Town Histories | Swoyersville |
INTERNET RESOURCES
| ALMANACS | BUSINESS |
| Information Please | Hoover's |
| Old Farmer's Almanac | Morningstar |
| 50 States | Business Search Engine |
| Planet Earth | Stock Market / Investing |
| ------- | Consumer Price Index |
MISCELLANEOUS |
GENEALOGY |
| Convert Anything To Anything | Ellis Island Records |
| Worldwide Postage Rates | Family Search |
| U.S. Zip Codes | Researching Your Roots |
| Area Codes | Ancestry |
| White/Yellow Pages | Genealogy |
| U.S. Census | Genealogical Research Society of Northeastern PA |
| U.S. Federal Statistics | ------- |
| Vital
Records Information This page contains information about where to obtain vital records (such as birth, death & marriage certificates and divorce decrees) from each state, territory and county of the United States. |
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DICTIONARIES/ THESAURUS: |
ENCYCLOPEDIAS: |
| American Heritage | Encarta Online |
| World English Dictionary | Internet Public Library: Encyclopedias |
| Symbols | Columbia Encyclopedia |
| Medical Dictionary | Medical Encyclopedia |
| Science Dictionary | Legal Encyclopedia |
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| INTERNET SEARCH ENGINES | |
| BASIC
SEARCH: (searches one search engine) |
META-SEARCH: (search multiple search engines simultaneously) |
| Yahoo | Dogpile |
| Mamma | |
| Northern Light | Metacrawler |
| Lycos | Savvy Search |
| Infoseek | Librarian's Index to the Internet |
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MAPS & DIRECTIONS/WORLD FLAGS |
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| Mapquest | U. S. State Maps |
| Yahoo Maps and Directions | U. S. State Maps - Landforms |
| World Maps | Flags of the World |
| Mapblast | World Flags and Maps |
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NEWSPAPERS |
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| LOCAL | NATIONAL |
| Citizen's Voice | New York Times |
| Times Leader | USA Today |
| Philadelphia Inquirer | Wall Street Journal |
| Scranton Times Tribune | Washington Post |
| National & World-Wide Newspapers | |
