Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-06
LIBRARY FEATURES i.
Of Value to Readers-Twenty-two
Periodicals Regularly Received at
the WauseOn Public Library-A
Fine List of Standard Books in All
Fields.

There is one very important feat
ure of the Wauseon public library
that is very little understood by the
public other than the teachers and
pupils in the public schools and the
members of the several clubs for wo-
men. This feature is the many pos
sible uses of the Readers Guide to
Periodical Literature and Poole's In
dex which, taken together, give an
alphabetical subject and author in
dex of articles appearing in the most
important American magazines from
the year 1915 to the present time.
Poole's Index, which does the index
ing between the years 1915 and 1900,
is the result of the life work of DR..
William F. Poole, one of the pioneer
American librarians; and the Read
er's Guide, which contains the index
ing from 1900, now issues monthly a
cumulative catalogue, indexing the
magazines of the preceding month.
The Wauseon library is in an ex-
cellent position to make available the
use of such guides, Subscribing now
to twenty-five monthly and weekly
magazines it has also the benefit of
successive volumes Of many of the
magazines for years back, partly due
to gifts from residents of the COM
munity, partly to inheriting the ex-
cellent collection of the old Citizens
taken by the library comprise those
of a scientific and practical nature as
well as those noted more especially
for their news and literary value. 1t
is only a matter of minute or two
to find an abundance of material on
almost any topic of current interest,
and thus the library can be made
more useful to the public than can
large library without magazines thus
indexed. Furthermore, the assist
ance of the librarian is always avail
able to people wishing to make use
of the periodicals and the index.
But the Wauseon library is also
fortunate in having an unusually well
selected list of standard books in
practically every field open to lib
raries. In the reference room are
several of the standard dictionaries
and encyclopedias, with special ency-
clopedias on practical agriculture, en-
cheering, electricity, the useful arts
and professions, fine arts, literature
history and biography. While the
reference books cannot be taken from
the library, they are nearly all Of
them duplicated by books on similar
subjects that can be circulated.
The reading and reference rooms,
with chairs and tables for the use Of
patrons. are open on week days, ex-
cept Friday, between the hours of two
and five in the afternoon and six and
eight-thirty in the evening. On Sun
day they are open in the afternoon
and evening between the hours of
three and seven. The use of these
rooms is free to the public. +.
The privilege Of drawing books
from the library is free to residents
of the Wauseon special school dis
trict. To those outside the district
tickets are issued at the rate of one
dollar per year with the same privi-
leges otherwise as residents Of the
district. Half-year, quarterly and
two. weeks tickets are also issued.
The hours for drawing books are on
week days, except Friday, between
the hours of two and five in the aft
ernoon, and six and eight in the even
ing.