Collections


Welcome to an overview of our collections. Please remember, librarians are available to help you. If you do not see an item you need in the catalog or on the shelves, a librarian can place it on hold for you or even request that the book be ordered. We can work together for solutions!

Fiction
The Library has books from the newest best sellers to the classics. Fiction is shelved by the author's last name. Most titles check out for four weeks, but books that are less than a year old are usually found in the "New Books" area and check out for two weeks.

Non-Fiction
Non-Fiction is shelved by subject, using the Dewey Decimal System. Non-Fiction covers many topics - medicine to car repair, how to play a guitar to information on the great painters, computers to the Bible to legal forms and concepts. If you can't find what you need, be sure to ask a librarian.

Special Collections

Audio Visual - Audiobooks
Listen to your favorite books on cassette, CD's, or our new Playaway MP3 formats.

Audio Visual - DVD & VHS
Our collection includes not only new and popular releases, but children's discs and tapes, informative and interesting documentaries, and how-to information. You must be 18 or older to check out movies. DVDs and VHS tapes check out for one week, with a limit of five at any one time.

Audio Visual - Audiocassettes & Discs
The library has a growing collection of music CD's from Christmas to jazz, country, rock legends, opera, and kid songs. There's a little bit of something for everyone. Audiocassettes and discs check out for two weeks with a limit of five.

Audio Visual - Music
You can listen to a recorded book on cassette or disc or check out our growing music collection. Audiocassettes and discs check out for two weeks with a limit of five.

Coming Soon
This is a list of soon to be and newly released titles by bestselling authors highlighted by our staff and available for placing on reserve. Put a book on hold for yourself.

Foreign Language
The Hampton Memorial Library in Easley and the Central Clemson Regional Branch have a growing collection of popular foreign language material for both children and adults. The collection is mostly Spanish and French with some items in other languages.

Genealogy & Local History
The Mary Oates Gregorie Historical Room at the Hampton Memorial Library in Easley houses our non-circulating collection of local family histories, newspapers, photographs and other genealogy and history resources. Contact the Reference Librarian for more information about this collection.

Large Print & Braille
Books with Large Type, including best sellers, fiction and non-fiction, can be found at every location. Our Braille Collection for children and adults and our Aladdin Print Enlarger, donated by the Easley Lions Club, can be found at the Hampton Library in Easley.

Periodicals
Our magazines and journals include such varied titles as Air and Space, Hemmings Motor News, Country Gardens, as well as popular news and home magazines. Back issues may be checked out for a week. We also subscribe to local, regional and national newspapers which do not circulate.

Reference
Each location has a reference collection with specialized encyclopedias, dictionaries, information on collectibles, health and consumer resources, and much much more. Reference items cannot be checked out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 













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Updated August 30, 2010