The Reference Department is ready to serve your information needs and to assist you with learning how to use an ever increasing number of available print and electronic knowledge resources.
Our Reference professionals will assist you with finding what you need within a vast print reference collection, in our Local History Room, or within several rare or special collections. Services also include Interlibrary Loans as well as genealogy, rare book, and manuscript research.
Getting StartedThe opportunity to expand information access begins with an interview with the reference librarian. This interview is designed to assist the patron in determining what information is needed, the breadth of its scope, and the sequence of its presentation. The reference interview is confidential and is conducted in a manner appropriate for all library patrons. |
Getting ResultsThe reference librarian identifies the quickest means for gathering a patron’s information. All methods of access (books, periodicals, Internet, etc) are included so patrons have an opportunity to expose themselves to a full range of information content. The process is designed to uncover all relevant resources. |
The interlibrary loan service identifies other available materials in libraries throughout the United States that can be brought to our library for the patron. Interlibrary loan service is free to all current card-holding patrons who request materials through the South Carolina State Library system. Patrons also have the ability to request books from our seven-county library consortium, which allows us to obtain materials quickly through a special interlibrary loan service.
Print Reference CollectionOur print reference collection includes a variety of general knowledge, legal, academic, career, and other resources to meet a wide variety of patrons’ common information needs. |
Local History RoomThe Local History Room gives patrons the opportunity to delve in-depth into information about Georgetown County, its people and their progress from the prehistoric era, through early Spanish exploration, to the modern world. |
We are also proud to house several other special collections for public viewing. These include the "The Morgan and Trenholm Collections of Georgetown County Photographs" which will soon be made available to the entire world through our new Digitial Library web service.
| Library of Congress: | Links Page of the Local History & Genealogy Reading Room. |
| RootsWeb: | A free genealogy site supported by Ancestry.com. |
| Genealogy.com: | Fee-based genealogy service with some free helpful information. |
| Olive Tree Genealogy: | Search for American and Canadian ancestors; some free services. |
| NIH_Senior_Health: | Features Health Information from the National Institutes of Health. |
| NCCAM: | National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. |
| NLM: | National Library of Medicine. |
| GCL Health Page: | Listing of several Local, State, and National Health Resources. |
