Interested in a quest for knowledge? F.E. Warren’s collection includes approximately 15,000 volumes which offer a comprehensive selection of best sellers, fiction, nonfiction and 50 different periodicals.
The library also has movies, books on CD/tape, and music CDs available for checkout. A new addition to the collection are Playaways, which are books on mp3 players. The magazine selection includes over 50 titles including magazines for children. Several newspaper subscriptions include Cheyenne, Denver, USA Today and Air Force Times.
The library offers a variety of services. The McNaughton book leasing program provides customers with best sellers and other current books.
There are over 50 online databases available including Auto Repair Reference Center, Country Watch, EBSCO, Home Improvement Reference Center, Netlibrary, Newsbank, Peterson’s, Rosetta Stone, and SIRS.
These databases include thousands of articles from newspapers, magazines, professional journals, and technical reports. They offer a treasure trove of up-to-date information on almost any current topic.
They offer hard-to-find information, the latest issues, facts, statistic and points of view from every region of the country.
Netlibrary, Overdrive and Tumblebooks contain hundreds of e-books and audio books that can be downloaded. Tumblebooks feature interactive children’s books for babies thru pre-teen ages. Rosetta Stone allows users to study up to 16 different foreign languages from their home computer for free. Peterson’s Resource Center is an electronic testing base for those studying for SATs, CLEPs, the ASVAB and many more tests.
The library has twelve free Internet computers for patron use and a scanner. The library also has access to several document delivery services and Interlibrary loan. Books and print materials can be gathered from any part of the country.
The library offers a toddler/preschool story and craft hour every Friday morning. A summer reading program is also offered each summer for children and adults. The library also has fax services and copy/print services for a nominal fee.
The library is located at 7205 Randall Ave. Call 773-3416.