Library Services (not all services are available at all libraries)
Your free library card entitles you to borrow:
- Books – Large Print or regular print
- Foreign language books (Spanish, French, German, Chinese, etc.)
- Access library catalogs or resources from home
- Audiobooks on cassette or disc
- Playaways (self-contained electronic book resource)
- CDs
- DVDs
- ILL (Inter-Library Loan) – borrow books from any participating library (nationally)
- Magazines
- Downloadable Audiobooks
You can use your library card for:
- Free access to all the libraries in the Luzerne County Library System. Borrow at one library and return at another.
- Free access to the Internet
- Free access to databases including Mango for learning a language and Heritage Quest on-line for genealogy research.
- The Sunday Independent – archived online database
Adult Programs
- ESL – English as a Second Language
- Mystery Book Club
- Socrates Café
- Writers’ Critique Group
Via Our Website
Learning Express Library
- Provides sample tests such as citizenship tests, college prep or GED
Tutor.com
- Get live homework help online
Ask Here PA
- Contact a librarian about any topic 24/7
Power Library
- EBSCO Host – Includes full-text access for nearly 1750 general reference publications (as far back as 1975)
Business Source Premiere – more than 2300 business research journals (as far back as 1886)
Tell Me More – Language Learning
- Online language learning solution with the benefit of instructor-led learning
Local History Files – newspaper clippings (as far back as 1972)
Microfilm Readers / Printers
Photocopier available
Wi-Fi Access
- Gates Lab - Additional Internet Access or Space for assisted learning, tutorials, meetings; MS Office programs: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access
Kids Programs
- Storytime Sessions – Story times for kids from birth to age five
- Infant Storytime
- Books & Babies
- Toddler Storytime
- Laptotts
- Preschool Storytime
- Summer Reading Program – summer reading activities
