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We have eight networked Pentium PC's for public use.

• Four PC's are first come, first serve and are available to all ages.
  
• Internet only
• Library card required; staff will log in nonresidents
• Four PC's are available to ages 17 and under.
• All Programs are not available on every PC. Inform staff when you sign in if you are looking for a specific program.
• Word processing using Microsoft Word 2000
• Office applications: Excel & PowerPoint
• Math Blaster Programs (Six of them!)
• SimCity 2000 & SimTown
• Magic School Bus (Three of them!)
• Oregon Trail II
• Yukon Trail
• Several Strategy Games, & lots more!

• Laser printer: black/white printing at $0.15 per page
• Homework supplies for library use
• Compass
• Ruler & Yardstick
• Calculator
• Protractor
• Color Pencils
• Highlighters
• Dictionary & Thesaurus
• Books, magazines, and encyclopedias available to take home
• Access to on-line full-text magazines as well as other research databases
• You may request books from any of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries at no cost.

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There are 8 workstations at the Garfield Park Branch Library available for public use. The Homework Center is designed for, and focuses on, use by young adults in the Westside area. Young people have equal, if not greater access to the resources of the branch, computers included. The environment of the building during the after school hours often reflects this. So please remember this when you use the computers.

• You may sign up for and use the Homework Center once a day for a maximum of one hour. Time is rounded to the nearest half hour.
• You may sign up for a time the current day only. Sign ups may only be made in person, not over the phone.
• If you are not here within five minutes of your appointed time, library staff will assign the time to the next person in line.
• You must download attachments or files to disk. There is no "temporary" downloading to the hard drives.
• You may not re-configure the computers in any way or install your own software.
• Please read the complete set of posted rules before you begin your session.

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For more information about the Homework Center and its history, read the A Place of Our Own grant manual. For a information about the Library, read former Branch Manager Dan McMahon's History of the Garfield Park Library, 1914-1997.

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This page was last updated March 2008