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Library Catalog and Online Databases
(New databases available,
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Hearst Free Library offers access to a variety of research databases
and indexes. These databases are made available in part from
funds allocated by the Montana State Legislature. Please let
your library and your legislators know how important access to
this material is to you. Some of the databases below are subscription
databases that may require a password or a user ID. If you are
prompted for that information, please call the Hearst Free Library
at 563-6932.
Heritagequest
Online's source document holdings have soared to over
140 million census names, over 24,000 family and local histories,
and 1.9 million genealogical and local history periodical citations,
making it one of America's largest storehouses of online genealogical
information. HeritageQuest
Online (HQO) offers high-use data, unique books and records,
and an informative comprehensive periodical index for genealogy
enthusiasts at every level.
InfoTrac
Databases (magazines & journals)
These databases offer article citations and full text articles
from magazines and journals, including popular interest magazines,
academic & professional journals and children's publications.
This service will require a password if used from outside the
library. If you are prompted for that information, please call
the Hearst Free Library at 563-6932.
Auto
Repair Reference Center (when accessing at home)
Auto
Repair Reference Center (when accessing in the library)
This automotive database includes 150 auto repair manuals on
all auto repair procedures for about 21,000 vehicles; more than
56,000 Technical Service Bulletins; wiring diagrams; and labor
time estimates.This automotive database includes 150 easy-to-read,
illustrated auto repair manuals on all auto repair procedures
for about 21,000 vehicles; more than 56,000 Technical Service
Bulletins; wiring diagrams; and labor time estimates. Text and
many images will be available in PDF and GIF format. Every major
manufacturer for domestic and imported vehicles is represented
including auto repair manuals for most vintage makes starting
as far back as 1954. New repair procedures/updates will be added
continuously, and Technical Service Bulletins will be added on
a monthly or quarterly basis.
The database is part of an
ongoing project made possible by the Hearst Free Library, which
pays the annual subscription fees through a statewide license
made available by the Montana State Library. The statewide license
is only possible with the support of the Montana State Library,
The MSL Networking Task Force, The Montana Library Network, Governor
Brian Schweitzer, and our state legislators. You must have a
valid library card from Hearst Free Library to use this database.
The database also requires a user ID and password. Call the Hearst
Free Library at (406) 563-6932 to get login information.
Small
Engine Repair Reference Center (when accessing at home)
Small
Engine Repair Reference Center (when accessing in the library)
Small Engine Repair Reference Center is the definitive
online tool for small engine repair assistance, including: ATVs,
commercial mowers, farm tractors, generators, motorcycles, marine
(boats), outdoor power equipment, PWC (personal watercraft/jet
ski), snowblowers, snowmobiles, tillers and other small engines.
This comprehensive resource contains 407 reference books in full
text with original photos and illustrations that guide the user
through every job. The database often contains more than 25 years
of an engine model, and offers assistance in providing routine
maintenance, such as tune-ups and brake service, as well as extensive
repairs involving engine and transmission disassembly. Also,
the database allows users to select a type of product, specific
brand, specific model/engine type, and specific area of that
model/engine type. Additionally, model numbers will also be searchable.
Environment Complete (when accessing
at home)
Environment
Complete (when accessing in the library)
Environment Complete offers deep coverage in applicable
areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy
sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science,
geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology,
environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning,
and more. Environment Complete contains more than 1,772,000 records
from more than 1,660 domestic and international titles going
back to the 1940s (including 1,094 active core titles) as well
as more than 100 monographs. The database also contains full
text for more than 600 journals, including many of the most used
journals in the discipline, such as Environment (back to 1975),
Ecologist, Conservation Biology, etc. Additionally, Environment
Complete provides full text for more than 100 monographs, such
as Encyclopedia of World Environmental History (3 volumes), Advances
in Water Treatment & Environmental Management, etc.
CINAHL
Nursing Full Text (when accessing at home)
CINAHL
Nursing Full Text (when accessing in the library)
CINAHL® with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive
source of full text for nursing & allied health journals,
providing full text for more than 580 journals indexed in CINAHL.
Of those, 280 are not found with full text in any version of
Academic Search, Health Source®, or Nursing & Allied
Health Collection. This authoritative file contains full
text for many of the most used journals in the CINAHL index -
with no embargo. With full-text coverage dating back to 1981,
CINAHL with Full Text is the definitive research tool for all
areas of nursing and allied health literature.
Montana
Periodical Index
This index provides article citations to periodicals published
in and about Montana. |
History
"In
a commanding position on Main Street, with lines of impressive,
classical beauty stands the Hearst Free Public Library, a gift
to the people of Anaconda from Mrs. Phoebe Hearst. The
first impression one receives is of massive substantiality, an
effect which is heightened by the strikingly Grecian purity of
outline and the almost severe use of ornamentation which by itself
would give an impression of stiffness were it not for the graceful
strength imparted to the design by the great spreading arches
of the windows. The building is one of the best type of
library structure, and has not its equal in Montana; it will
compare favorably with any public building in the West."
Thus begins the news item reporting the opening of the Hearst
Free Library in the Anaconda Standard of June 12, 1898.
Although by 1895 she had sold her interest in the copper mining
company here, Mrs. Hearst never lost her affection for the community. When
she came here in 1895 and asked the city fathers what she could
do for the town, they hesitated. She finally said, "I
have an idea, I have in mind a library." They replied,
"That is what we need, and what we want." Asked
by the gracious lady why they hadn't told her sooner, they replied
it cost too much money and they did not want to impose on her.
The Hearst Free Library is as a beautiful example of a classic
library built at the turn of the 20th century. No expense was
spared. The doors were open to the public on June 1, 1898, and
remain open and ready to serve the reading community of Anaconda--more
than a century later. |