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Books : More than 14,000 in the library.. adult and juvenile fiction and non-fiction.. reference.. local history. New titles added each month.

Magazines : Something for every interest and age. All magazines, except the current issue, may be checked out for two weeks.

Newspapers : Current issues of the Albany Ledger, New Shopper, St. Joseph News-Press, and Tri-County News. Old issues of The Albany Ledger, The Albany Capital, The Albany Sun, The Darlington Record, King City Chronicle, King City Democrat, McFall Mirror, Stanberry Herald, Stanberry Owl, and the Stanberry Owl-Headlight are available on microfilm. See listing for newspaper dates the Carnegie Public Library has available.

DVDs : Approximately 800 movies are available for free check-out.. drama, classics, children's, and documentary

Books on CD: A full collection of new and interesting books on CD.

 

 

Services

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Interlibrary Loan : If material you need is not available at the Carnegie, we can borrow it from another library for you!

Copy Machine : Available for public use; $.10 per copy

Typewriter : Available for public use. No charge

Fax Services : Incoming and out-going fax services available.

Public-use Computers and Internet Access : Computers available for public use; Internet access including online periodicals and newspapers through EBSCOhost.

 

Online Resources Available

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AVAILABLE ONLY ON LIBRARY COMPUTERS:

Ancestry Library Edition

Discover your family history and start your family tree. Try free and access over 7 billion genealogy records including Census, SSDI & Military records.

For home access to GALE or Newsbank, a pop-up box will ask for your library card number and PIN.  The library card number is at the bottom on the back of your library card and the PIN is set up here at the Library.  Simply call or email and we'll set up your PIN for you.

GALE

Provides access to full-text information on a broad range of topics including general interest, business, health and multi-cultural. This resource also includes access to a special childrens' database that contains content appropriate for their age level. Information in GALE is from current and authoritative journals, magazines, pamphlets, newsletters and reference books on a wide variety of topics.

NewsBank

Provides the full text of news features, special interest stories, editorials, daily columns, letters to the editor, sports reports, death notices, obituaries and more from The Kansas City Star and The St. Louis Post-Dispatch.


For home access to Learning Express, you will need to first visit the library and set up an account, then you will be able to access these from home.


Learning Express

Online, interactive test preparation for ACT, ASVAB, Civil Service, Cosmotology, Civil Service, EMS, Firefighter, GED, GMAT, GRE, Law Enforcement, Paramedic, PSAT, Real Estate, SAT, United States Citizenship and more. New feature of Learning Express includes....Job & Career Accelerator

This job and career resource provides an online resume and letter building tool with hundreds of occupation specific examples; a database of job and internship opportunities; over 1,000 occupational profiles; personalized career guidance testing; ability to save work in a job search portfolio; and integrates with practice tests available in LearningExpress Library.

 


 


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Mission Statement

It is the mission of the Carnegie Public Library to provide equal access to information, ideas, and knowledge through materials, technology, and programs; the Carnegie Public Library is dedicated to providing information, education, culture, and entertainment as well as promoting literacy and life-long learning in our community.