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About Hinckley Library

Hinckley Library serves Northwest College students, staff, and faculty, in addition to outreach students and area residents.

It is a member of the Wyoming Libraries Database (WYLD) consortium. This membership gives the library access to an automated library system and holdings (information resources) with over 90 other member libraries in Wyoming.

These include:

academic libraries
public libraries
school & special libraries
Wyoming State Library.

Through enhanced purchasing power we can offer several subscription-only online databases and resources not otherwise possible.

Hinckley Library houses the following collections on two floors with stairs and elevator access:

Over 68,000 book titles and over 600 online reference books
An excellent collection of over 105 online full-text databases that provide access to thousands of journal, magazine, and newspaper articles as well as reference information
Over 385 periodical titles in magazines, journals, and newspapers (including online newspapers)
State and federal documents (we are a Federal depository library)
Media resources: movie DVDs, music CDs, and audiobook CDs
18,000 pieces of microform--articles, documents & newspapers
Topographical maps for areas of Wyoming, Montana, Colorado and Idaho
Archives for Northwest College
Archival image and document collection: World War II Heart Mountain Relocation Camp

Main floor resources:

instructors' reserves
reference
oversized books
music CDs & scores
audiovisual: movies and audiobooks
juvenile
newspapers
"new" books & resources
topographical maps

Main floor equipment/services:

research help--come see us at front desk
scanner with color printer
FAX machine ($1 per fax)
MAC/PC computer access to online library resources, Internet & student accounts--located throughout library
Wireless access for personal computers (registered NWC students only)
Wireless PC laptops for in-library use
Math calculators for semester checkout (fraction, trig or graphing)

Main floor rooms:

Late Night Study/computer area (See schedule)
open computer lab
study rooms & study areas
Seminar room reservable
Taggart Room reservable -- No food or drink allowed
audiovisual viewing/listening rooms
amphitheater

Second floor resources:

second floor book stacks
periodicals
government documents
print indexes
non-current newspaper storage

Second floor equipment/services:

Peer Tutoring & Writing Services
Archives
photocopier (5 cents per page)
microform & microform reader/printer
electric typewriter

Second floor rooms:

open computer lab
study rooms & study areas