West Lothian Council delivers

Internet, computers and online information

 

All libraries in West Lothian have access to computers. You can use them to:

• access the internet
• do word processing, spreadsheets, databases, presentations, cvs etc 
• print your work
• save your work onto a memory stick (available to buy in the library)

Anyone who lives, works or takes an interest in West Lothian can join free.

Users are expected to become library members and those under 16 require permission from a parent or guardian.

WiFi hotspots can be found at Bathgate, Carmondean, Linlithgow and Whitburn libraries, so bring along your wireless enabled laptop or PDA and enjoy FREE, fast, broadband access to the Internet. 

Ask Scotland is an online reference service which brings together librarians from all over Scotland to provide expertise to answer your reference queries. Click on the Ask Scotland (new window) link to ask your question and you will receive a reply by email within 48 hours.

We subscribe to a variety of online databases, some of which you can access from home, so click on the logos below to bring the facts alive, search newspapers or discover Scottish life in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Credo brings the facts to life with interactive maps, audio and video clips and images and facts from hundreds of reference books.

Encylopaedia Britannica - facts, figures, news and events.

 

Britannica Junior - homework help for primary age children

 

Britannica Student - the edition for older children

 

 

Driving Theory Test Pro - practice for the theory test online (only available in the library).

 

 

  News UK offers access to dozens of national and local newspapers online.

Statistical Accounts of Scotland - essential sources of study of Scottish life from the 18th and 18th centuries.

 

 

Service Standards

We will .....

provide basic guidance on use of the computers

ensure a range of simple computer instruction manuals is available for use in the library

accept bookings for computer sessions up to one week in advance

make appointments for those who require help in the basics, or in setting up an e-mail account

Policies

The "Acceptable Use of Computers" and the shorter version "Conditions of Use", are available below and are freely available from staff.