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General Information
Multnomah County Library provides its customers with more than 500 computers at its 17 neighborhood locations.
These computers are equipped with privacy screens and allow customers to download data to standard diskettes. You may use your own diskettes or purchase one for 50 cents. Printing costs 10 cents per page.
All library computers offer
- Catalog access - Search the more than two million items in the library's collection
- Database access - Find articles, biographies, quotes, poems and much more
Many library computers offer
- Internet access
- Choose a filtered or unfiltered search
- Use e-mail
- Microsoft Office software
Every library has computers reserved for children.
These computers direct children to the library's Kids section and offer educational, entertaining software titles that teach reading, math and other skills.
The library offers at least one adaptive technology computer at most libraries.
In addition to the services on regular library computers, these computers have ZoomText (screen magnification software), JAWS for Windows (screen -reading software), QuickLaunch (hotkey software that launches ZoomText and JAWS) and headphones.
Wherever possible, regular library computers are equipped with Microsoft StickyKeys, MouseKeys, an enlarged mouse pointer, font size scaling and larger fonts for message boxes.