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The Main Library's second floor
houses nonfiction books, magazines, newspapers and reference
services.
Knowledgeable Reference &
Information Services staff uses the largest reference materials
collection in northeastern Minnesota to provide information and
answers to questions both in the Library, over the telephone
and by email. Electronic
resources, CDs, microforms and the Internet supplement the
print collection.
Reference materials may be used
within the Library, but are not available to check out.
The nonfiction collection includes
cookbooks, biographies, repair manuals, travel guides, resume
information, business and investment handbooks, computer and
Internet guides, art, music, poetry, and sports, as well as books
on many other interesting and useful topics.Books on consumer
information, collectibles, careers, civil service and military
tests, and Christmas can be found in separately-shelved collections.
The Library tries to maintain
a collection of nonfiction which serves the community's needs
for informational and recreational reading. For recent titles,
requests for purchase from
the public are welcome. (See How are books bought for the Library?) Older titles
may be requested through the Interlibrary
Loan
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Nonfiction
Best Sellers |
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In
this area, look for:
- Reference Collection
This comprehensive collection consists of both print and online
encyclopedias, almanacs, dictionaries, directories and reference
books covering a wide range of subject matter.
- Duluth & Minnesota Collections
- Foundation
Center Cooperating Collection
The Foundation Center
Cooperating Collection is one of a network of more than 425 collections
associated with the Foundation
Center, an independent national service organization in New
York City. The collection contains print and online resources
providing information on foundation and corporate giving and
proposal writing for nonprofit organizations. While most of the
resources may not be checked out of the Library, information
may be copied or printed for ten cents per page. Users do their
own research, although librarians are available to offer initial
directional assistance.
- Genealogy
Resources
- Government
Documents
- Magazines
The Main Library has
over 450 magazine subscriptions, and has additional older magazine
back issues. In most cases, the current issue is for use only
in the Library but copies from the previous 12 months may be
checked out for two weeks. Most of these back issues can be found
by raising the metal shelf where the current plastic-covered
issue is shelved. No more than 3 issues of a title may be checked
out at one time, and there is a total limit of 20 magazines checked
out at one time.
Magazines for children, teens and parents or teachers may be
found in Youth Services.
The Library has many magazine indexes in both paper and online
form. The electronic indexes often provide full-text articles.
Access to many of the indexes is available to users with Duluth
Public Library or Arrowhead Library cards. In addition, the Library
can almost always obtain a copy of specific articles through
Interlibrary Loan.
- Maps
The Library owns topographic
maps from the U.S. Geological Survey for Minnesota and Wisconsin
in the 1:24,000 scale and maps for the entire United States and
a small section of Canada in the 1:250,000 scale. We also have
charts of the Great Lakes and a wide variety of other local and
regional maps and atlases, both current and historical. In addition,
there is a collection of folded maps covering most parts of the
world. Topographic maps of the 1:24,000 scale, folded maps and
atlases from the nonfiction collection may be checked out.
- Typewriters
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Additional
resources and services:
Duluth History
Information:
Internet
Links for Nonfiction Readers:
New
York Times on the Web - See the weekly best-sellers lists
of both hardcover and paperback books. There are also links to
fiction lists and access to hundreds of book-related articles
and full-text reviews going back to 1980.
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Books
in your
e-mail!
This
week in the online book clubs:
(click on the cover for
more info on each title)
Nonfiction
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Call
(218) 730-4202
Ask a Librarian - email your question.
