Welcome to your new website!

Utility Menu

Located at the top of every page, you can easily find and access useful items like branch locations, contact details, and your account log-in.

Site Menu

The website’s main navigation collects library services into easy to navigate categories.

• Books & More: Find all physical items available to borrow for free, including the new Recommendations, Library of Things, and Centers & Spaces sections.
• Digital Library: Access all your digital resources here. Use the filters on the new Research Tools page where you can choose a prefiltered subject.
• Classes & Events: Discover the Library’s full calendar or learn about signature events, virtual offerings, and featured book clubs.
• Services: Get a library card or select a service.
• For You: Access curated library resources for any age or special interest.
• About: Connect and learn about the library. Read the latest blog post, find a volunteer opportunity, and make a donation to Friends & Foundation of HCLS.

Website Search

Select and search from the catalog, classes and events calendar, or website pages and blogs.

Footer menu

The footer menu is streamlined to include the most useful items, so you can find what you’re looking for quickly. You can also join our newsletter, follow us on social media, or learn about the library

Discover the large selection of physical and digital media available to you. Don’t worry, though, you can use the filters to narrow your results.

Useful Tips:

• Find this page by hovering over Books & More in the site menu.
• This section combines recommendations found on the previous website into one location.
• At the top of the page, you see our collection spotlights, which refresh weekly, monthly, and seasonally. You can receive the same content in our newsletters, sign up here!
• In the middle, you can filter titles using the search or sidebar. Browse recently purchased titles and sort by age, interest, and media type.
• The bottom of the page includes more recommendations, all presented as downloadable PDFs. These are often, but not always, available in print at branches.

Access all the Library’s online resources in one place. From e-books and e-audiobooks to online movies and music, to newspaper archives and research databases.

Useful Tips:

• Find this page by hovering over Digital Library in the site menu.
• The Digital Library replaces the Stream, Download, Learn section on our previous website.
• The Research Tools page includes all unfiltered HCLS online resources. Use the search bar and content filter for quick results.
• Links throughout the site may send you to a filtered Digital Library/ Research Tools page
• If you have questions, you can watch brief instructional videos. Click on the Video Tutorials page under the Digital Library site menu.
• Schedule a one-on one session from our contact us page to get help from expert staff.

Go beyond the book and find all our other free collection items like artwork, DIY tools, and literacy kits. Find specific borrowing terms for each collection, so you know where, when, and how to borrow whatever you need.

Useful Tips:

• Find this page by hovering over Books & More in the site menu.
• The Library of Things replaces the “special collections” section on our previous website.

Find your place to grow in one of the many unique library spaces. Explore your creativity in the Makerspace, conduct research in the Equity Resource Center and Collection, or apply for a passport for your next vacation.

Useful Tips:

• Find this page by hovering over Books & More in the site menu.
• This section is a new way to group existing HCLS services.

Welcome to the Library’s news and information hub! Find events, announcements, reviews, recommendations, and opportunities to work with the library, all in one place. If you have ever said, I didn’t know the library did that, then this is the place for you.

Useful Tips:

• Find this page by hovering over About in the site menu.
• This section brings the Chapter Chats Blog into the main domain along with additional features.
• You can filter the blog entries by using the search or sidebar.
• Links throughout the site may send you to a filtered News & Blog page.

It’s your library! Visit the For You section for information and links specific to your age or interests. Find relevant Centers & Spaces, Recommended books, Classes & Events, and Digital Library tools all in one place.

Useful Tips:

• Find this page by hovering over About in the site menu.
• This section replaces the youth and educators’ section on the previous website.