Special Collections

• Audubon Collection:  Ornithology and wildlife books (A 333 - A 799), with American Bird Association "Winging It" newsletters (1995 - current).
  Location: Main Library Nonfiction Area

• Current Urban Documents: Local government full text documents on microfiche from 300 cities and counties, with print index. Volumes 30, 32 available on CD-ROM.
  Location: Serials Section, Cabinet A

• EMF Reference Library: (Electric and Magnetic Field Reference Library): Florida Power & Light Company. A Collection of previously published articles, scientific studies, and reports from various sources. Contains 842 articles in 20 binders. 
  Location: Research Center.

• Federal Tax Products: Current and retrospective summaries of IRS tax publications and products. 
  Location: Research Center.

• FEMA Flood Protection Library: Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) and documents provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. 
  Location: Research Center, Reference Vertical File.

• Florida Administrative Laws: Florida Administrative Weekly, Florida Administrative Code (CD-ROM and print), Florida Legislature Bill Slips, Florida Session Law Reporter, Laws of Florida (current and archival) and the Florida Statutes. 
  Location: Research Center, Legal.

• Florida Collection (#975's) : Florida history books and documents
  Location: Main Library Serials Section

• Foreign Language Collection: A collection of books written in Spanish (SP), French (FR), German (GER), Haitian (HAI) and Italian (ITAL).
  Location: Main Library Nonfiction Area.

• Library and Information Science Collection: Books (P 001- P 980) and professional journals to assist information studies researchers and students.
  Location: Main Library Serials Professional Room.

• Local Documents Collection: Special and annual reports, studies and documents from Palm Beach County Government agencies.
  Location: Research Center, Legal Collection.

• Palm Beach County Codes: In addition to the Palm Beach County Code, the Main Library maintains County Ordinances 78-1 to current, PBC Administrative Code, Unified Land Development Code, Comprehensive Plan, the NEC Code, the SBCCI Standard Hurricane and Florida Building Code.
  Location: Research Center, Legal Collection.

• Palm Beach County Genealogical Society Library:  Special collection operated by PBCGS staff.
  Location:  Main Library Basement Area.

• Palm Beach County Subdivision Plat Maps:  Index and Plat Books 70-103. 
  Location:  Research Center, Government Documents.  PZ&B Plat Index

• Public Review Files: Government notices and documents displayed at the request of agencies.
  Location: Research Center, Government Documents.

• U.S. Administrative Laws: Congressional Record, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulation, U.S. Code and Administrative News, U.S. Code Annotated. 
  Location: Research Center, Legal Collection.

• U.S. and Florida Government Document Serials:  Select U.S., Florida and Palm Beach County government serials.
  Location:  Main Library Research Center, Legal Collection.

• U.S. Census: Census of Population and Housing,1980  the U.S. Economic Census, Florida Census Files, and other Census Bureau demographic information. 
  Location: Research Center, Government Documents (1990; 2000)
  Serials Section, Cabinet C  (Palm Beach County 1910, 1920)

• Weather & Climatological Data: Monthly NOAA summary reports for the West Palm Beach, FL, (PBI) reporting station. (1970 - current).  
  Location: Gov. Docs.

ICMA Reports Master Index

The following International City-County Management Association (ICMA) Service Reports are part of the Palm Beach County Library System's Government Research Service collection. For more information about these documents, contact us at grs@pbclibrary.org

     Updated: September 8, 2011