Library Reference Materials

Welcome to the Tamaqua Area Public Library, the central facility for the library system that serves Tamaqua, PA.  Our collection contains 43, 082 volumes and circulates 30, 386 items per year.  We serve a population of 17, 042 residents. 

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The Tamaqua Public Library has a selection of ready reference materials which may be used at the library.  These materials include English and Foreign language dictionaries, atlases, TAHS Yearbooks, The Physicians Desk Reference, Who's Who Among American High School Students, The Encyclopedia Britannica, The Encyclopedia Americana, The Academic American Encyclopedia, The World Book, The New Book of Knowledge and many other subject specific reference materials and encyclopedias.

For a full list of magazines and newspapers currently available at the library, please CLICK HERE.

The Tamaqua Public Library's computers also allow our users to access the Encarta Encyclopedia, Encarta World Atlas, Encarta Researcher, Encarta Dictionary, Microsoft Streets & Trips and the ACCESS PA PROGRAM.

Please call the library at 570.668.4660 to ask about specific types of reference materials.

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