Materials

What do we offer?

Books: Bestsellers, fiction, non-fiction, children’s fiction, children's non-fiction, young adult books, reference books, large print books, books on local history, literacy materials, and world language books.

Audio Books: Books on CD. These are the perfect companion while you are driving your car, or relaxing at home. We also offer Playaways, which are preloaded digital audio books and books on MP3 discs.

Movies: The latest releases on DVD and older or hard to find DVDs.

Magazines: We carry the same popular magazines you will find in your local supermarket or bookstore.

Newspapers: Dells Events, Wisconsin State Journal, Wall Street Journal, Baraboo New Republic, Portage Daily Register, Adams-Friendship Times Reporter, Cap Times, Isthmus, Catholic Herald (Diocese of Madison), The New York Time Book Review, Advantage Advertiser.

Technology Center:  Currently we have 11 Internet-ready computers for patron use.  All of these same computers feature programs such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft FrontPage, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Access.  Please note computer use is limited to 60 minutes per day with additional time available upon request if spaces are available.  Free WiFi is available for use with your personal devices.

Microfilm Reader/ Microfilm:  We carry microfilm from our local Wisconsin Dells newspaper (and the name has changed over the years: Wisconsin Mirror, Kilbourn City Guard, Mirror Gazette, Kilbourn Weekly Events, Dells Events). We carry microfilm from February 14,1856 through December 2018. If you are traveling to our library to do historical research on our Microfilm reader, it is worth your time to call the library and verify that the microfilm from the time frame you are interested in is in the library.

Our online catalog can be used to search our collection and also ncludes materials from within our South Central Library System that can be ordered and delivered to your library. If you can't locate items in our online catalog, check with library staff and we will check outside our library system to see if we can order it for you.