Adult Services

Connect with the community, find the information you need, or discover your next great read.

Never stop learning

Build reading skills

Reading Skills for Today's Adults offers leveled, short stories paired with easy-to-follow audio recordings. They're perfect for adults who want to improve their reading skills.

Reading Skills for Today's Adults 

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Ready to jump-start your career by earning your GED or a professional certification? We have study guides to help you prepare.

GED testing in Charlotte County is available through Charlotte Technical College.

GED Study Guides  Professional Exams 

Learning English (ESL)

Working on your English skills? Practice your skills with others in our English Conversation Practice group! You can also start learning online with USA Learns or enroll in a citizenship class through the Immigrant Learning Center.

English Practice Group  ESL Books 

I need help with...

Use our library computers to work on your resume, find local employers, and apply for jobs online.

Local employers 

Books about job searching 

We can help you find up-to-date legal forms, living will documents, and property records.

During tax season, we'll have tax forms available for free.

Find a webinar or schedule a counseling appointment with SHINE, our community partner.

SHINE Medicare Counseling 

Our tech-savvy staff can help you get started using our technology or your own device. For more in-depth help, make an appointment or try our Advice for Your Device program.

Advice for Your Device 

If you're unable to drive to the library, we can deliver to your door.

Apply now 

We don't provide notary services, but we can help you find someone who does.

Local notaries 

Need a different kind of assistance? Our reference librarians will help you find the information you need.

Research help 

Beyond the basics

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Requesting materials

Can't find the book in our catalog? We can probably get it for you.

Learn how 
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Volunteer

Volunteers can help shelve books, prepare program supplies, and more.

Read more 
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Makerspaces

Come create with us! Our equipment is free to use.

Read more 

Staff Picks: Winter 2023

What to Read Next

Staff Picks: Winter 2023

Cover image for The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare
Cover image for The Takedown
Cover image for Assistant to the Villain
Cover image for Wreck the Halls
Cover image for My Murder
Cover image for Talulah's Back in Town
Cover image for Witches Get Stuff Done
Cover image for Famous in a Small Town
Cover image for The Mystery Guest
Cover image for Faking Christmas
Cover image for The Heavens May Fall
Cover image for A Hundred Crickets Singing
Cover image for Voice of the Ancient
Cover image for The Best Friend
Cover image for The Last Politician
Cover image for Deal Breaker
Cover image for The Life We Bury
Cover image for The Emotional Lives of Teenagers
Cover image for The Running Grave
Cover image for The Vaster Wilds
Cover image for Linked
Cover image for Wellness
Cover image for Mother-Daughter Murder Night
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Cover image for A Most Remarkable Creature: The Hidden Life of the World's Smartest Birds of Prey
Cover image for Florida Scrub-Jay: Field Notes on a Vanishing Bird
Cover image for Remarkably Bright Creatures
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Cover image for To Be or Not to Be: A Chooseable-Path Adventure
Cover image for Things We Never Got Over
Cover image for The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: From the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us
Cover image for Why We Love Baseball
Cover image for To Infinity and Beyond
Cover image for The Longest Minute: The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906
Cover image for Sisters Under the Rising Sun
Cover image for A Traitor In Whitehall
Cover image for The Paris Deception
Cover image for The Girl from Guernica
Cover image for Tom Lake
Cover image for The Only One Left
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Cover image for Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
Cover image for The Woman in Me
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Join in

Find your people at the library! Browse the groups below to read together, connect with a community group, and more. See a full schedule of upcoming events on our calendar.

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Lead a program

Do you have expertise you'd like to share with our community? Many of our programs and groups are organized by patrons like you. Contact the supervisor at your local library branch to inquire.