Collections 

Books and other materials: Search the Anders Web Library REFERENCE COLLECTION Material in the reference collection can not be borrowed.  Encyclopaedia Reference books for various fields and disciplines Dictionaries Bibliographies Continually updated folders, e.g. various standards Maps Statistics Reference materials included in the net are listed in Libraries.fi BOOKS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE The children’s and young people’s department have a wide variety of books for various age-groups. The collection consists of fairy tales, story and picture books etc. Comics, role-plays, audiobooks, videos and CD-ROMs are also available for borrowing. The department organises exhibitions, fairy tale hours and other events, as well as training in library use for school children. FICTION Kokkola City Library has books in many languages, most of which are located in the Main Library. The Anders Web Library allows you to search for materials in various languages. In Finland, the Multicultural Library purchases books published in less widely spoken languages.  NFFF - New Fiction and Facts from Finland NON-FICTION COLLECTIONS The Library has a wide variety of books concerning many different fields and disciplines available for customers. Most of the non-fiction is composed of books, but information on most questions can also be found through various electronic databases, such as the Periodical Index Aleksi, the Finnish National Bibliography Fennica, as well as encyclopaedia, catalogues and indexes for different fields and disciplines. Some of the above mentioned databases are available through the Internet at the libraries. Non-fiction (both books and other materials) is organised by decimal classification according to the item's content. Some of the materials are located in the reference collection. These cannot be borrowed, and, therefore, they are always on hand for reference use. Historical and other materials concerning the City of Kokkola and Central Ostrobothnia are located in the Chydenica-collection. The material in the Chydenica-collection can not be borrowed. MUSIC DEPARTMENTS' COLLECTIONS borrowable recordings musical scores and notes music oriented periodicals the opportunity to listen to music on their premises musical reference books staff will perform information retrievals from various databases BORROWING VIDEOS Videos can be borrowed only for private showings. All the videos are in VHS-format. Video borrowing adheres to library’s user rules with the following exceptions: the loan-period is seven days. the overdue fee: see charges when a borrowed video-tape damages a customer’s video cassette player/recorder, the Library is not liable for compensation LIBRARY'S CD-ROMS The Loan-period for a CD-ROM is seven days The overdue fee: see charges For copyright reasons, not all of the library’s CD-ROMs are borrowable. NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS Kokkola city libraries lend single copies. However, the most recent issue is for reference use only.