Career Center

The North Richland Hills Public Library has gathered materials on careers and placed them in one convenient location in the career resources room.  Some titles are: Affirmative Action Register, Federal Jobs Digest, Opportunity Nocs, Fort Worth Star Telegram Sunday Career section and the Dallas Morning News Sunday Career section. Create your resume using the WinWay Resume software or pick up our brochure of Employment Sources on the Internet.

The Library currently subscribes to Consumer Digest, Consumer Reports and Consumer Research Magazine.  An extensive collection of automobile guides can assist you with that new vehicle purchase.

Current Year:  The Library maintains a collection of the most commonly used forms for the public to pick up from January through April 15th.

Past Years:  Reproducible tax forms are available at the library from 1990.  You may also access them at the IRS website:
http://www.irs.gov

This service is provided at no charge for items not in the North Richland Hills Public Library collection.  Books, books on tape, books on cd, magazine and journal articles, items on microfilm, and genealogical information may be available at other libraries.  Please contact the Reference desk at 817-427-6814 for more information.

The library currently has ten Internet workstations available for public use at no charge. Log on by entering your library card number. If you do not have a card, there are temporary cards available at the Reference Desk. Due to high demand for this service, use is limited to one hour per day.  There is a minimal charge if you want to print documents you find on the Internet. Diskettes are available at the Circulation Desk for $1.

If you have your own laptop you can connect directly to the Internet through ports provided at the back of the library. You will need a network interface card installed and your own 10Base-T cable.

The Library currently owns 1932 large print books in fiction and non-fiction categories. We also carry the Reader's Digest in large print.

Software currently available: Access 2003, Excel 2003, Power Point 2003, Word 2003, Winway Resume, Mavis Beacon Typing Tutor
Floppy disks are available for $1.00.  There is also a charge of .10 cents per page for printing.

The Reference staff is always available to provide assistance on what to read next, depending on your interests. We also have an extensive collection of guides to the various genres, including information on what's next in that series you've been reading! Just ask!

Books on tape and books on CD are available to listen to on that long daily commute or during your vacation drive.  You could even learn another language.

Reference staff professionals will assist you in finding the answers to your questions, or guiding you to the resource you need to look it up yourself.  We are happy to help!

A stand alone Image Deck scanner is available to the public at no charge. Scan your image in and print it out on our color laserjet printer. Images may also be sent via email.

Please call us at 817-427-6814 for those fast answers that just can't wait.  (Extensive research will have to take place in the library.)

Through arrangement with your instructor or professor, tests can be taken in the library and returned via mail. Call 817-427-6814 for more information.

One self-correcting typewriter is provided for public use on a walk-in basis

You will need a notebook/laptop computer or other wireless device with 802.11b or 802.11g wireless networking. You will need to check with the Reference desk for the name of the network.