Library Services
Online Card Catalog
The library offers patrons the opportunity to search the collection of four libraries: the Belgrade Community Library, the Bozeman Public Library, the Manhattan Community Library, the Three Forks Public Library, and the West Yellowstone Public Library by computer either in the library or at a remote location using our web site. Materials from the Bozeman, Three Forks, and West Yellowstone Public Libraries can be placed on hold at the Belgrade Community Library and the materials will be delivered to the Belgrade Community Library weekly.
Reference Materials and Services
General references are available for use in the library. References include general and specialized encyclopedias, atlases, almanacs, and directories in print and electronic formats. The staff will answer reference questions by phone as time permits.
Periodicals
The following newspapers are available in print form at the library:
Belgrade News
Billings Gazette
Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Montana Standard
USA Today
Wall Street Journal
The following magazines are available in print form at the library and back issues are available for 4-week checkout.
Adult
| Air & Space | Archeology Magazine | Better Homes & Garden |
| Big Sky Small Acres | Consumer Reports | Cooking Light |
| Country Woman | Dwell | Entertainment Weekly |
| Family Fun | Family Handyman | Field and Stream |
| Forbes | Good Housekeeping | Horse |
| Ladies’ Home Journal | Martha Stewart Living | Men’s Health |
| Money | Montana Magazine | Montana: Magazine of Western History |
| Montana Outdoors | Montana Sporting Journal | National Geographic |
| New Yorker | O, The Oprah Magazine | OG (Organic Gardening) |
| Parenting – Early Years | Parenting – School Years | Parents |
| PC World | People | Pioneer Museum Quarterly |
| Prevention | Real Simple | Self |
| Smart Money | Smithsonian | Sports Illustrated |
| Taste Of Home | The Week | This Old House |
| Time | Traditional Home | WebMed |
| Zone 4 |
Children
| American Girl | Boy’s Life | Discovery Girls |
| Girl’s Life | Kid’s Discovery | Mad Magazine |
| National Geographic Kids | Ranger Rick | Seventeen |
| Sports Illustrated Kids | Teen Voices | Wild Animal Babies |
| Young Rider | Your Big BackYard |
Internet and Computing
The Belgrade Community Library has public access computers that include internet access as well as word processing programs.
Most of the public stations have 45 minute use limits and there is one station that has a 20 minute limit for faster turnover. Use of these computers is first come first serve. A waiting list is maintained, but it is not possible to reserve a computer for a specific time.
The library also provides free wireless internet access during open hours.