Grand Forks AFB  Morale, Welfare and Recreation

Get to know the Air Force Library Program. It has something for airmen and families in all locations and military stages.

Installation libraries play an important role in Air Force professional life. They offer technical publications to support job requirements and opportunities for career development. You can earn college degrees and certifications. You can also update promotion packages, prepare for transition or retirement and more. Many resources are available online through the Air Force Portal.

Installation libraries also offer community programs such as story hours and summer reading programs for children. There are author and book talks, and holiday and Air Force heritage events. Most libraries also offer access to computers, internet and basic office equipment such as copiers and fax machines. Programs and services vary by location. Contact your local installation library for more information.

All Department of Defense service members and their families can also use the Morale, Welfare and Recreation Digital Library. It provides an incredible array of resources for children and adults. Look for free tutoring, finance and language classes. You’ll find career transition assistance, car care advice, legal forms and more. Here is a sample of programs:

• Academic OneFile has millions of articles from scholarly journals and other authoritative sources. It has extensive coverage in key subject areas. They include biology, chemistry, criminal justice, economics, environmental science, history, marketing, political science and psychology.
   
• Ancestry® Library unlocks family stories through billions of U.S. and international records.
   
• BookFlix pairs classic video storybooks with related nonfiction titles. That reinforces early reading skills and builds real-world knowledge.
   
• Business Plan Builder helps aspiring entrepreneurs and those who want to grow small businesses or nonprofits. Its step-by-step process and recognized tools help users complete business plans and other key documents.
   
• Career Transitions helps users map their military experience to civilian jobs, write a resume and cover letter, practice interviewing, find job announcements and more.
   
• Chilton Automotive Maintenance Library provides information for tackling vehicle maintenance and repairs with confidence. It covers thousands of year, make and model combinations. That includes the most popular vehicles of the past 30 years.
   
• EBSCO LearningExpress provides eLearning tutorials, practice tests, eBooks, flashcards and articles. They help users build skills in a wide array of core subjects for success in the classroom, on the job and in life. This includes test preparation.
   
• Explora Primary has a database of fun, colorful resources. Children in kindergarten through fifth grade can study animals, music, health and history. They can learn about people and places, science, math and sports.
   
• Legal Forms offers a wide selection of state and state-specific legal forms. Users can draft specialized documents in many legal subject areas. They include premarital agreements, bankruptcy, divorce, landlord/tenant and much more. There is also a comprehensive attorney state directory and dictionary of legal definitions.
   
• Mango Languages is a digital language-learning program for learners of all levels. It has courses in more than 70 different foreign languages. There are 21 English language courses and 44 specialty courses. Mango’s language-learning methodology simulates the way people learn a foreign language through everyday conversation.
   
• Morningstar Investment Research Center has information on stocks and mutual funds. Visit the Investment Classroom to hone investing skills and explore dozens of articles and videos about the stock market.
   
• National Geographic Virtual Library has every article of National Geographic magazine from 1888 through 1994. Search vivid photographs and historic articles.
   
• Stingray Qello Concerts streams the world’s largest collection of full-length concerts and music documentaries on-demand to just about any digital device. From the 1920s to today's hottest artists, Qello Concerts spans more than 30 genres, from classical to rock, reggae to country. Enjoy more than 1,700 live moments in music history.
   
• Tutor.com for military children gives kids free access to online tutoring and homework help. Expert tutors provide support with more than 16 subjects. Tutors can help with tonight’s homework or catch children up on missed concepts and lessons.
   
• Universal Class offers more than 500 lifelong learning courses in more than 30 subject areas. Many offer continuing education units. Professional instructors design and lead them to build deeper understanding and mastery. There are videos, assignments, quizzes, tests and options for social media interaction. Students can take multiple classes and learn at their own pace.
   
• U.S. Major Dailies provides full-text, same-day access to five major U.S. newspapers: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post. Content updates by 8 a.m., Eastern time each day.
   
• Weiss Financial Ratings offers access to financial literacy tools on retirement planning, home and mortgage, insurance strategies, and saving for your child’s education.

The Air Force Library Program has 91 libraries that serve more than 26.5 million customers. They circulate 5.5 million items annually and house more than 5.6 million print, audio, video and online resources. See what it can do for you and your family today.

Active Duty, retired, civilians, family members, and contractors are able to obtain access to the Grand Forks AFB library. The Grand Forks Air Force Base Library is an extensive resource center providing access to over 50,000 fiction, non-fiction and audio books, CD's, DVD’s, newspapers & magazines. Electronic resources include  information on military, education, medicine, literature, art, business, sciences, careers, and a host of additional fields. World Catalog is the worlds largest library network just waiting for you to browse. Internet access, story time for preschool children, book discussions and a summer reading program are just some of the features of the Grand Forks AFB Library.

In addition to print books and magazines, there are audiobooks on CD and Playaway, DVD entertainment movies and subjects including an excellent offering of exercise videos. The Library also offers language learning services through Transparent Language for personal study. The Transparent Language system is also available online through the base Library. It includes are over 90 languages, a web-based flash card system, personal progress tracking, pronunciation analysis, language, cultural resources and more! This program is open to Air Force Active Duty, Air National Guard, Reservists, Retirees, and respective family members as well as our Air Force civilians and contractors Local programming includes a Book Discussion Group, weekly Story Time for preschool children, Story Hour programming for K-3rd grade, summer reading program, family story events, after school activities, special events for teens and a Summer Reading Program for all ages. The Grand Forks Air Force Base Library also offers quarterly and holiday Deployed Spouse Events and All Ages Family Events.

Academic and mission web research tools are purchased for ACC base libraries can be accessed from library computers as well as through the AF Portal and MyAirForceLife.com. Online databases allow access to thousands of magazines, books, and newspapers, include: Overdrive, Net Library, Safari ebooks, OneClickDigital Library, Transparent Language, Country Watch, EBSCO, Gale Group, Lexis-Nexis, News Bank, and Zinio. Online practice tests are also available on the Petersons.com website: CLEP, DSST, ASVAB, Military Flight Aptitude, AFOQT, GRE, GMAT, LSAT, GED, PSAT, SAT, ACT, Nursing, and Teaching (PRAXIS. The Library Education Section offers CLEP and DANTES study guides, language CDs and video/booklet kits.

The library also supports the following; Air University, Professional Military Reading Program, professional military educational curriculums and college classes offered on base. Instructional and recreational programming for adults is also available.