Piscataway
Public Library
Computer Resources
iBistro Online Electronic Catalog
Piscataway Public Library has computers dedicated to iBistro, the Library's Online Electronic Catalog, where customers can search the Library's collection and even place holds on materials not currently available. If Piscataway Library doesn't have the material, customers can also access the catalogs for other libraries in the consortium where Piscataway Library customers have borrowing privileges. The Library's catalog is also accessible via home computers too.
Research Databases
The Library offers computers with access to the Library's research databases. These include: EBSCOhost, which offers full text of thousands of magazine articles; Custom Newspapers Database, which provides access to full text newspapers; Informe, a Spanish language database of magazine articles; Jersey Clicks, a web site that allows you to search multiple full-text resources simultaneously through one user-friendly site; and Novelist, which offers fiction finder, matching a favorite author or book, or finding a description of a plot or genre.
Internet Services
Piscataway Public Library offers Internet access as part of its mission to provide Township residents with access to a wide range or information and ideas. All Library customers who use access the Internet at Piscataway Library are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the Library's Internet Policy.
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Internet Terminals
The Adult/Young Adult Department and the Children's Department have computers with access to the Internet available to the public. The terminals open when the library opens and close 15 minutes before the library closes (See Library Hours). Customers use their library card number to gain access to these computers. Customers can also use their library card to reserve a library computer for use immediately or in the future. All customers are allowed up to two hours of Internet computer access per day, but that usage must be divided into 30-minute sessions. Unlimited printing is available for a nominal fee.
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Wireless Internet Access
Piscataway Public Library is pleased to offer free wireless Internet access to customers with appropriately equipped wireless devices. Following are some links to help customers get started:
CD-ROM Stations
The Adult/Young Adult Department has CD-ROM stations that offer reference sources such as Thomas' Register; Columbia's World of Quotations; the New Jersey Administrative Code and Grolier's Encyclopedia while the Children's Department has CD-ROM stations offering a variety of educational and recreational games.
Word Processing Stations
The Word Processing Rooms have computers that offer Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Corel Word Perfect. The Word Processing Rooms open when the library opens and closes 15 minutes before the library closes. (See Library Hours).
Self Teaching Video Professor
Learn office computer skills for free with the latest in self-teaching computer courses, the Video Professor. Using the "What-You-See-Is- What-You-Do" style of teaching, Video Professor does not involve manuals to read or classes to attend. All courses are available on CD-ROMs on the Word Processing computers at the Westergard Library.
Courses offered are FrontPage, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and Publisher. Each course is available at the beginner, intermediate and advanced level.
This page was last updated on 03/26/08.
