Collection and Special Services
For a more detailed description of some of the resources and services we offer at the Uniontown Public Library, please click your mouse on the subjects below. You can close a topic by either clicking on its title or by clicking on a new subject.
Fiction
Our fiction section is an
all-encompassing collection that includes many new best-sellers as
well as classics and favorite genres.
There are sub-collections within the fiction category:
Mystery ~ M
Western ~ W
Science Fiction ~ SF
Short Story Collection ~SC
Each of these sub-collections are shelved separately.
There are also many fiction books located with the paperback collection and the large print collection.
There are sub-collections within the fiction category:
Mystery ~ M
Western ~ W
Science Fiction ~ SF
Short Story Collection ~SC
Each of these sub-collections are shelved separately.
There are also many fiction books located with the paperback collection and the large print collection.
Nonfiction
The nonfiction collection consists of
tens of thousands of books on a multitude of topics.
Magazines
Following is an up-to-date list of the magazines we receive. Please note that this list is subject to change.
Our current selections include - (Note: This list is subject to change)
American Forests
American Girl
Animation
Arts & Antiques
The Atlantic Monthly
Better Homes & Gardens
Birds & Blooms
Body & Soul
Boy's Life
Business Week
Cato Journal
Christian Century
Conde Nast Traveler
Consumer Reports
Ebony
Entrepreneur
Esquire
Every Day with Rachel Ray
Expedition
Family Fun
Forbes
Fortune
Girls’ Life
Good Housekeeping
Gourmet
Hallmark
Harper's
Health
Highlights for Children
Home
Home Education
The Horn Magazine
House Beautiful
Jet
Kids Discover
Kiplinger's
Ladies’ Home Journal
Library Journal
Martha Stewart Living
Matilda Ziegler Magazine
Men’s Journal
Money
Motor Trend
Nation
National Geographic
National Geographic for Kids
National Review
National Wildlife
New Yorker
Newsweek
Nickelodeon
Oprah
Outdoor Life
PC World
Parents
Pennsylvania Angler
Pennsylvania Heritage
The Pennsylvania Magazine
The Pennsylvania Magazine of History & Biography
People Weekly
Peterson’s Hunting
Pittsburgh Magazine
Playmate
Popular Mechanics
Popular Science
Psychology Today
Publishers’ Weekly
Ranger Rick's Nature Magazine
Reader's Digest
Reader's Digest Large Print
The Reference Shelf
Reminisce
Saturday Evening Post
Scientific American
Smart Homeowner
Smithsonian
Sports Illustrated
This Old House
Time
U.S. News & World Report
Vanity Fair
Vital Speeches
Western PA Genealogical Society
Whitetail
Wired
Woman’s Day
Working Mother
Newspapers
DAILY NEWSPAPERS
The Uniontown Herald-StandardThe Greensburg Tribune-Review
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Wall Street Journal
USA Today
WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS
The Pittsburgh CourierReserved Books
Do you want to read a
particular book that is on order or checked out? Ask us to reserve
it for you. We'll call you when it's
ready.
Rentals
When the newest fiction books
ordered for the Uniontown Public Library are ready for circulation,
they are placed on the rental shelves that are to your right as you
face the main circulation desk in the main floor library.
For only 15¢ per day, including Sundays and holidays, you can rent
the very latest novel.
If you ask to be placed on a waiting list for a rental book, you
will be called by a staff member as soon as the previous reader on
the list returns it to the library.
Interlibrary Loans
If the Uniontown Public
Library does not have the book, audio book, VHS, or other
information you are looking for, you can request that we borrow it
from another library. This is
called Interlibrary Loan.Request to borrow materials from other libraries by talking to one of our staff members in person or by contacting the library by telephone or mail. The staff can help you locate the item or items you desire. If you want to search some or all of the libraries in the state that participate in the interlibrary loan program on your own, click on this Access Pennsylvania link. There you can select the library type, and/or specific libraries and perform the normal search functions on their circulation listing.
When you find the material you want, call the Uniontown Public Library and we will arrange the loan. The materials will be reserved at our library for you to check out.
Audio cassettes and video cassettes, as well as books, can be borrowed through the interlibrary loan program.
Most loans need to be returned to the Uniontown Library within one month of their arrival so that they can be sent back to the library of ownership.
Perpetual Book Sale
The Friends of the Library has
sponsored a used book sale in the corner of the library in front of
the circulation desk for many years.The selections include donations made to the library and some materials weeded from the collection.
The prices are quite reasonable and there is usually a very large selection.
Materials are added frequently so please check the Perpetual Book Sale often.
All proceeds from the sale are given to the Uniontown Public Library for the purchase of new books or other resources.
