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BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
The Business, Science and Technology Department provides in-depth information and materials in all related subject areas of business, science, and technology.
The Business Collection features a variety of career planning, job-hunting, and test preparation guides; company information resources and directories; investment tools including books on all aspects of investing and finance, newsletters, records of securities prices, and small business information resources and "start-up" manuals.
The Science and Technology Collection contains health and medical information; materials for evaluating, pricing, purchasing, and repairing consumer products; a complete set of US patents (from 1790) and the resources necessary to conduct a patent search; British patents (1617-1994); industry standards, government specifications, and construction codes; books on computers and computer software; resources for researching science fair projects; cookbooks; and automobile service manuals.
The periodicals collection includes current trade, technical, scientific, professional, business investment, and general interest journals, magazines and newspapers.
At the main escalator entrance to the 4th Floor there is a sculpture constructed of "found" materials by Alison Saar entitled Sleeping Beauty.
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Harold Washington Library Center
