Cleveland Public Library, a Federal depository library, was selected by the Government Printing Office (GPO) to participate in the NTIS/GPO Depository Access to Reports, Technical and Scientific (DARTS) pilot project. The NTIS (National Technical Information Service) provides access to bibliographic records for more than 240,000 publications from 1964-2000 from the NTIS data storage and retrieval system. Through "DARTS" depository libraries are able to download at no charge the full-text electronic documents for which links are available.

Approximately 80% of federal court appellate decisions are unpublished. By unpublished we mean that the decisions do not appear in West’s Federal Reporter, a West Publishing Company serial publication of precedential appellate opinions.

In a general sense a ruling’s publication status is determined by its precedential weight. Published opinions further case law by introducing a new legal principle or interpretation, whereas an unpublished opinion involves matters where the law is clearly defined.

iGoogle is described here: "Google offers the ability to create a personalized iGoogle page that gives you at-a-glance access to key information from Google and across the web." 

"Widgets" are used to add information and functionality to your search page and are extremely customizable. If you have a Google account, check out the Cleveland Public Library/CLEVNET Online Catalog widget and search our catalog for the latest book, CD, or DVD you found while surfing the Internet!

One of the highlights of the reference collection at Cleveland Public Library is the chess and checkers material amassed by John G. White who was President of the Board of Trustees in the early part of the 20^th century. He donated his impressive collection to the library at the time of his death along with an endowment to continue adding to it.

Chess and checkers researchers from around the world use this material - either visiting the library in person or using email and digital scans - to document, analyze and write about the history of these complex and challenging games.   Recently, three members of the Ken Whyld Association spent a day at the library looking at and photographing primary source material from the great chess player Emanuel Lasker.

The Main Library complex and all of the branches offer free access to the internet through your wireless-enabled laptop. This is in addition to the free use of computers in all of our locations.

Kids: are you freaking out trying to find a topic?
Panicking about research?
Lost trying to design your display?

Parents:are you frustrated and don’t know how to help your child with his or her project?

Sanborn Historic Maps are large-scale street plans produced by the Sanborn Fire Insurance Company from 1867 to 1970. The Sanborn Map Collection is an invaluable resource for researchers looking for in-depth information about neighborhoods through the years. This collection has been a boon to city planners who reference these works when planning large scale new developments.

Since 1999, the Cleveland Public Library has partnered with "A Cultural Exchange," a literacy based non-profit multicultural arts organization for children, to offer the Read, Baby, Read! Book Club. During the 2007-2008 school year the Club will be offered at 21 selected public, charter and parochial schools. Second-grade students at each school have an opportunity to participate in the Club.