Library Services & Materials Free Library Cards for Kansas Residents Preschool Story Times Rotating Collection from NCKLS Reference Help Internet Access (wireless available for notebook users) Interlibrary Loans Digital Scanner Copy Machine Summer Reading Programs for all ages! Books, videos, audio books, magazines and cake pans!

History

In the beginning, it was the Goessel Book Club that sponsored the City Library, located at that time in a room in the Goessel City Building - current Fire Station.  The Book Club met from the 1940's until 1995.  Dr. A. K. Ratzlaff donated the card catalog and books were donated by Book Club members.  On April 18, 1966, the first purchases were made for the library.  

Club members were scheduled to serve at the library on Saturdays between 2-5 p.m.  If it was not possible for a member to serve, a high school student would be contacted and paid at the cost of 50 cents per hour.

The library became a participating library in the North Central Kansas Libraries rotating book circuit with the first visit of the Book Van on Oct. 28, 1966.

In June 1999, the library was moved into the new Goessel Civic Center.  This move created space for a growing collection, kid's story time, adult reading area and three patron computer stations!

Library Mural created and painted by Fern Bartel with design input by Beth Miller Schultz and Kim Funk.

Friends of the Library

Goessel Public Library is fortunate to have a Friends of the Library group.  This group works to:

• increase community support
• encourage gifts, endowments, bequests and memorials
• enhance the image, materials, services, and facilities of the library by undertaking specific project
• maintain an association of individuals, civic organizations, business and other groups interested in the library
• create public awareness of activities of the Friends of the Library and encourage participation in the organization.
• help staff Tuesday volunteer nights!

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Links

Kansas Library Card
Merriam-Webster OnLine
Bartlett's Quotations
Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases
Geography:  Census Bureau gazetteer, Atlapedia Online, National Geographic

 

Available through the Kansas Library Card

Reference and Research --

World Book Online Reference Center
Includes the 22-volume print edition of the World Book Encyclopedia, as well as information from additional reference resources such as dictionaries, atlases, and more.


SIRS Discoverer on the Web
Designed as a learning program to make research fun for elementary and middle school students and teachers; incorporates the World Almanac for Kids, Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia, a dictionary, and a thesaurus.

 

Reading and Literature --

Literature Resources Center
Includes author biographies, literary criticism, overviews, plots, and critical essays from a wide variety of sources on poetry, children's literature, classical works, contemporary literature, and more.
 

NetLibrary eBooks
More than 12,000 eBooks are available.
· About our eBook collections
· How to create a NetLibrary account

Magazine, Journal, and Newspaper Articles --

InfoTrac Web
Locates journal and newspaper articles in any combination of customized subject databases. QUICKLINKS: Business and Company ASAP, Business and Company Resource Center, Computer Database, Expanded Academic, Gale Virtual Reference Library, Health Reference Center Academ, Health and Wellness Resource Center, Informe, InfoTrac OneFile, Literature Resource Center, National Newspaper Index, Custom Newspapers.

FirstSearch
A worldwide cooperative library service to help you research almost any topic by locating full-text journal articles, library holdings, and bibliographic records.

Nursing Journals
Offers complete information from leading nursing academic journals and related medical publications.

Custom Newspapers
A full-text database of over 160 U.S. newspapers and English-language foreign papers.

Genealogy --

Heritage Quest
A huge collection of research materials for genealogists including the complete U.S. Federal Census 1970-1930 and over 25,000 family and local history books.
 

 

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