Access is provided by specialized databases, CD-ROM's, microforms, and Internet websites that have been selected and annotated by BST reference librarians. Works by Gordon Halloran, Bibiana Suarez, Mel Chin, Fan Warren, Rupert Garcia, Roland Ginzel, and folk artist William Dawson are also located on this floor. At the end of the north corridor just off the elevators, is the Copy Center, a fee-based copy service which is a joint project of the Xerox Corporation and the Chicago Public Library. Take the escalator up to the fifth floor. The Computer Connection, also located on the fifth floor of the Harold Washington Library Center, provides free public use of computers with access to the Internet and various software applications.
Laser printers are also available, free of charge.
There is a two hour time limit when other are waiting. A Kurzweil Personal Reader and an Arkenstone Open Book, which convert written symbols to sound for people who are visually or reading impaired, are located in the Computer Connection. DECtalk Express, a speech synthesizer, is also available. As you approach the elevators, turn toward your right. At the end of the hallway, you will see the Talking Book Center.