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30 Onderdonk Avenue  Manhasset, NY 11030     Phone: (516) 627-2300    Fax: (516) 627-4339
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COLLECTIONS

Books
Quality fiction and nonfiction titles for adults, young adults, and children. Patrons may reserve books that are in circulation. Materials from other libraries are accessible through an inter-loan service.

Books on Tape, Compact Disc and Playaway
Unabridged fiction, non-fiction and biography.

Long Island Talking Book Library
A free service from the Library of Congress. Books and magazines on cassettes and in Braille for those who are visually or physically handicapped.


Career and Job Information
Books and materials relevant to vocations, occupations, and professions.

College Catalogs
Up-to-date undergraduate catalogs for New York State Colleges and Universities as well as United States Army, Air Force, Navy and Merchant Marine and Coast Guard Academies.

Consumer Information
Aid for the consumer in the purchase of household items and automobiles.

Financial Shelf
An extensive business collection includes materials on investments, stocks and bonds, mutual funds, and public corporations.

Frances Hodgson Burnett Archival Collection
Books and memorabilia honoring the Manhasset author.

Large Print Books
Large type editions for readers with limited vision.

Long Island And New York Collections
Books, texts, and records relating to local and state history.

Magazines
General and specialized titles for reading pleasure and research as well as computerized searching of numerous titles.

Manhasset Authors
Fiction and nonfiction works by Manhasset authors.

Newspapers
Current newspapers of local and national interest, with back issues of selected titles available on microfilm/fiche; computerized searching of selected titles.

Long Island Pamphlet File
Current pamphlets, reprints, clippings about Long Island.
Also,local, regional, national and international maps.

Ruth Cowell Local History Collection
A chronicle of the community through taped interviews, documents, and photographs.

Sound Recordings
Compact discs, and foreign language instructional tapes..

Video cassettes and DVD
Feature films,classics, documentaries, children's films, and instructional video casettes and DVD's.

 

SERVICES

Career Counseling
Professional career counselor available for résumé writing
assistance and job counseling.

Copy Equipment
Photocopiers, microfilm/fiche reader-printer.

Database Retrieval Service
Computerized database searches augment the library's resources, including on-line access to numerous full-text articles.

Exhibit Space
Artistic, educational and cultural exhibits are displayed in the Community Room, exhibit cases, and gallery.

Internet Access
Internet access in our Computer Room and wireless access for laptops.

Meeting Room Facilities
The Community Room is available for meetings to civic and community organizations serving Manhasset.

Notary Public
Papers may be notarized on premises.

On-Line Public Access Catalog (OPAC)
Search the Library's holdings, as well as most of Nassau County Libraries, by author, title, subject, keywords.

Outreach Programs
Weekly visits to Adventures in Learning, the after-school homework program; administration of the Summer Reading Club at EOC; book delivery to a senior housing center and the homebound.

Programs For Adults
A wide variety of educational and cultural programs are presented regularly. A quarterly newsletter, monthly calendar, and program flyers list book discussions, films, lectures, concerts, community services.

Public Computer /Public Typewriter
Available for in-library use.

Reference Service
A professional staff of librarians offers skilled guidance and assistance to the patron in search of information. Telephone reference service is available.

Talking Books
Free recorded books and magazines and special audio players as well as materials in Braille available  from the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped for patrons with visual or learning disabilities.
 


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