Computer Services -- Highland County District Library

Internet Access Computers: Each of our four Libraries have at least 4 Internet PCs running Windows XP available to the public.   ( We do not have a Wireless Hotspot at all branches at this time. We have installed a trial hotspot in the Greenfield Library.) Users must sign an acceptable use agreement, and users under age 18 must have parental permission as well. We do not permit the use of Chat or Instant Messaging. Use is limited to one hour if there is anyone waiting for a computer. Please, You must bring in your library card to "check out" an Internet PC. We do have audio capacity on almost all of our PCs but only a very limited number of headphones so we recommend that if you have headphones or earbuds, you should bring your own.
    We do not allow information to be saved permanently to our public computers. We encourage users to log off Windows when they are finished with their session to protect their privacy.   If you need to save a file then we would encourage you to bring in your own Flash Memory Drive to store your files and carry with you. [If you take the time to create a file, you should probably save it.]
Most of our computers still have 3.25 floppy drives and a few have writeable CD drives, but we will not train you and cannot support you on the use of CD-R drives.
    We cannot allow you to load software onto our computers.

[Wi-Fi hotspot Directory]
Known Highland County Wireless Hotspots:

Greenfield Library at 1125 Jefferson Street, Greenfield, Ohio now hase Free wireless access on a trial basis during the library's hours of operation. Drop by the library for more information. Terms of Access
Holtfield Station at 1620 S. High St., Hillsboro (Across from Ponderosa) has free wireless access.
Magee's Restaurant 129 W. Main St, Hillsboro (at the center of town) has free wireless access.
McDonalds on 62 N in Hillsboro has wireless access, but not for free.

Word Processing Computers: Three of our four Libraries have a computer devoted to Word Processing, however all of the Internet PCs also have Microsoft Office 2000® with Microsoft Word®. If you need to bring in a document typed in any other program to print, we'd recommend that you "save as" a Microsoft Word® .doc file first.

Reference Computers: Each of our four libraries have at least one computer devoted to research and reference. They can not be used to access the Internet for any other purpose, so they are free more often and do not require the users to have parental permission or a signed agreement. They can be used for homework or any other type of research.
The Libraries of Ohio have subscriptions to many useful databases like the Encyclopædia Britannica Online, Literature On-Line , AccessScience, and MasterFILE Premier from EBSCOhost which are quality research tools with a wealth of information that can be accessed from our library computers or from your home computers by using your library card number. Additionally, our library has subscribed to the Auto Repair Reference Center for information on approximately 25,000 vehicles; eLibrary which provides an easy search of a wide variety of articles and images; HeritageQuest with census and genealogy data; and Morningstar stock and mutual fund information.