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 wired Internet accessOur free wireless Hot-Spots
Email and Your Computer
Computer/Network Use Policy
Notebook Computer Policy
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
- Britannica
Online -- The Famous Encyclopedia
- Business
& Company Resource Center
- Capital Connection -- Ohio Legislative Information
- Career
Information Services - Ohio
- Catalog -- Westlake Porter Public Library's Catalog
- EBSCOhost
-- Research Databases
- Health & Medical Databases from EBSCO
- General
Reference Center
- NetWellness --
Health & Medical Information
- Prices
4 Antiques -- What's It Worth?
- Reference USA Online
-- Business and Residential Directories
- 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.