Connect Fast @ Your Library!
When you visit Westlake Porter Public Library, you can bring your own laptop/notebook computer and, if properly equipped and configured, plug into our high-speed network. Cruise the Internet, check your email*, use some of our high-value subscription reference resources, access our catalog -- all over a fast wired or wireless connection, and all at no charge!Things
you should know
about:
Our free wireless Hot-Spots
Email and Your Computer
Print from your notebook!
During
your visit to the library you can print from your PC or Mac notebook
computer to our black and white and color laser printers. You must be
connected to our internal public network either via network cable or
wirelessly in order to print. The cost to print is the same as if you
were seated at a library-owned PC. Simply click on the link below and
follow the instructions to download and temporarily install a small
program. When it is time to print click on "File", "Print", and select
the library printer you wish to use. Click here to temporarily install the printing software.
Online resources you can use while @ Your Library....
Here is a linked list of some valuable resources that you can use with your own notebook computer when you bring it to the library and connect using our high-speed wired or wireless access. Sorry: some of these resources will not work from home or from a dial-up (modem) connection even when inside the library.- AllDataPro -- Automotive Repair Databases
- Ancestry Library Edition -- Genealogy Resources
- Business
& Company Resource Center
- Catalog -- Westlake Porter Public Library's Catalog
- EBSCOhost
-- Research Databases
- Health & Medical Databases from EBSCO
- HeritageQuest
- Literary Reference Center
- NetWellness --
Health & Medical Information
- Reference USA Online
-- Business and Residential Directories
- Standard & Poor's Netadvantage
Note: Username and Password are case-sensitive!
Use all lower-case letters.
Username= porter Password= 5 characters of your library card and lib(*****lib) - ValueLine
-- Investment Reports
- What Tree is
That? -- Helps Identify Trees
- What's That
Snake? -- Helps Identify Snakes
- World Book Online Reference Center
*NOTE: You should have no problem accessing Web-based email systems like HotMail, Netscape Mail, Yahoo!, etc. If you use a POP3 email client it is unlikely you can send email as most providers, in order to prevent spam relays, prohibit email from being sent by computers not directly connected to their networks.