Libraries

FRCC provides two full-service libraries for its students. Both of these libraries represent collaborations with the local public libraries, offering expanded collections, services, information access, and staffing.

The College Hill Library is located at the west end of the Westminster Campus. This library is a joint-use facility with the Westminster Public Library.

The Harmony Library is a separate building on the west side of the Larimer Campus and is operated in partnership with the Poudre River Public Library District.

The library on the Boulder County Campus is a virtual library that utilizes electronic resources.

At the College Hill and Harmony Libraries, staff members provide expert assistance and a variety of materials, including books, magazines, professional journals, newspapers, indexes and other printed sources. The libraries also provide online access to electronic books and information resources, as well as periodicals and newspapers on microfilm and microfiche.

The College Hill and Harmony Libraries participate in the Colorado Library Card program, entitling students to check out materials from other participating Colorado libraries, including the University of Colorado and Colorado State University. All FRCC libraries provide inter-library loan service to obtain books, articles and media from other libraries.

These libraries utilize online catalog systems. Through links from these systems, users may also search the catalogs of other libraries.

On the Boulder County Campus, students have access to a wide variety of local and remote library catalogs and are encouraged to utilize the inter-library loan process to obtain these materials.

All FRCC libraries have strong bibliographic instruction programs to assist students in successfully using the information resources. Electronic classrooms on all campuses allow for demonstration and practice of searching databases.