Winneconne Public Library

31 S. Second Street | Winneconne, WI 54986-5002 {map & driving directions to our library}
Phone: 920-582-7091

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Read to a Dog!

Children in grades 1st through 4th grade may call the library to set up a time to read with Gretta!

Call the library for details or to set up an appointment.

Book Discussion Group

Book club meetings have changed from the last Monday to the last Thursday of each month.

• Thursday, February 25 6 - 7pm
  read and discuss Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
• Thursday, March 25 6 - 7pm
  read and discuss The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

Copies of the books will be available for checkout to book club participants the month before each discussion.

Tax Forms

Get your tax forms from these websites:

• Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
• Wisconsin Department of Revenue

Story Times

The Spring Story Time session begins Tuesday, January 26 and will end on the last Tuesday of April, April 27th.

Story times are held on Tuesday mornings at 10 am.

Children will actively engage in stories, fingerplays, nursery rhymes and songs to assist in developing early literacy skills.

Movies at the Library

Watch movies at the library every third Thursday of the month at 3:30pm:

• February 18
  Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Snacks are provided by the Friends of the Library. Bring your own covered drink and a pillow to sit on.

Family Game Days

Play board games and puzzles on the days that school isn't in session:

• Friday, January 22 1 - 3pm
• Monday, February 15 1 - 3pm

Games include:

• checkers
• chess
• Scrabble
• Candy Land
• Chutes and Ladders
• Harry Potter Scene It
• Battleship, and
• Trouble

We have games and puzzles, too, but feel free to bring your own!

Children in kindergarten or younger must be accompanied by an adult. Snacks will be provided.

Free Computer Courses at the Library

Advanced computer classes will be held on a weekly basis. Call the library at 582-7091 to sign up for each class.

• January 28
  learn basic skills to work with your photos
• February 4
  learn Facebook, a social networking tool that will help you keep in touch with family and friends
• February 11
  learn Publisher, a desktop publishing program on which you can create posters, greeting cards, and many other publication projects
• February 18
  learn the basics of Microsoft Excel, a spreadsheet program that will help you organize and track your finances

You're welcome to bring your own laptop computer if you have one.

Monday Morning Moms

Monday Morning Moms meets every Monday morning at 10am.

It's an interactive playgroup for babies ages 0 through 3 years.

There's a short story time with fingerplays, then playtime for babies while parents discuss matters of importance to them.

Winter Hours Though Memorial Day

Labor Day through Memorial Day the library opens at 10am.

Winter hours are:

• Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday 10am - 6pm
• Thursday 10am - 7pm
• Saturday, 10am - 1pm

Closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.

Online Tool for Genealogy Research Available at Winneconne Public Library

HeritageQuest Online is designed for people who are either just beginning their family research, or who after years of work are still uncovering their past.

With over 25,000 books (every word searchable), the entire U.S. Federal Census (1790-1930) and other expanding collections, HeritageQuest Online gives you the chance to tap in to one of the largest collections of genealogy material in the country. Every page of each book can be easily downloaded or copied.

Access it now from our library's Research Tools page by using your Winneconne Public Library library card and PIN.

Six New Databases Available

Six new databases have been added to our library's Research Tools page:

• Auto Repair Reference Center: fix cars & trucks from 1954-2007, both foreign & domestic; includes wiring diagrams
• Small Engine Repair Reference Center: fix tractors, snowblowers, snowmobiles, ATVs, motorcycles, outboard motors, personal watercraft, lawn mowers, chainsaws, tillers & more
• Business Source Complete: full text of business publications covering accounting, banking, insurance, taxes & more
• Consumer Health Complete: full-text articles from mainstream medicine to complementary & holistic medicine on topics like aging, cancer, diabetes, fitness, nutrition, and children's health
• Points of View Complete: provides help with school assignments, with essays that present multiple sides of a current issue
• Biography Collection Complete: comprehensive collection of full-text biographies about people in history, science, music, literature, government, politics, sports, entertainment & more

Featured Web Site: Winneconne Cemetery

Use the Winneconne Cemetery web site to locate cemetery sections & search out information on who is buried in each cemetery plot.

Looking for obituaries of people who lived in the Winneconne area? Use the Winneconne Historical Society's Winneconne Cemetery Index By Name to find the link to a person's obituary or death notice.

Use the site's Cemetery Viewer and locator map to identify the cemetery plot, section by section.

Audio Books Delivered Direct to Your PC

If you listen to audio books, we have the perfect thing for you — our library is now providing access to the OverDrive Digital Audio Book collection!

You can download audiobooks to your PC and listen to them on your computer, transfer them to a digital audio player, PDA, or other portable device, or burn them to a CD.

It's easy! Just click on this link for digital audio books, choose one of the great titles available, download and listen. Search for your favorite book titles or browse through topics of interest. Choose from over 500 fiction and non-fiction titles, anytime day or night.

If you’re already a fan of books on tape and books on CD, this is a new way to enjoy your favorites at home, in your car and on the go!

Need help? Check the Digital Book Center FAQ for tips on downloading, listening, transferring and more!

Downloading the free and easy to use OverDrive Media Console software allows you to listen to audio books in high-quality Windows Media Audio format on any Windows computer. If your PC already has Windows Media Player installed, the Console works hand-in-hand with WMP to give you added functionality to transfer your audio books to supported portable devices.

Access to Overdrive Digital Audio Books is made possible by funding from the Winnefox Library System and the Wisconsin Public Library Consortium.

Answers you can trust, now available any time night or day!

Have a question? Need an answer? Our AskAway service is available whenever you need it — 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

With AskAway, you get a quick, accurate answer from a librarian — anytime, day or night. Using our chat service you'll be connected to an experienced librarian who can help find the information you need. The librarian you work with may be as close as your own library or thousands of miles away, but wherever they are they’ll have the knowledge and tools to help you.

When you use a Web search engine to find material on your research topic, you may think that you’ve found more than enough information to write your paper. In reality, you’re missing one of the most reliable resources available.

Your Library gives you access to many valuable databases, electronic journals, and electronic books NOT available on the Web. Why, you may even consider doing extra credit!

Get Smart!
Use Winneconne Public Library's Research Tools