Collections

Card Catalog

Our Card Catalog is available online!

Follow the link below to browse our collections.

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Physical Collections

Etowah Carnegie Library’s collections of books and media include over 17,000 items. Our collections are curated to provide a wide range of literary, cultural, educational, and informational materials for people of all ages.

Our physical collections include:

Adult Fiction, including special collections for Christian, Western, Classic, and Science Fiction books
Adult Non-Fiction, including Local History collections
Large Print Fiction
Young Adult Fiction
Children's Fiction and Non-Fiction collections
Take-home STEAM kits for children
Newspapers and Magazines
DVDs for all ages
Audiobooks on CD
Puzzle Exchange

Tennessee Electronic Library

The Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL) is a virtual library that provides free resources to Tennessee residents. TEL offers access to over 400,000 electronic resources, including magazines, scholarly journals, podcasts, videos, e-books, test preparation materials, and federal census records.

Visit the TEL website here.

R.E.A.D.S. and Libby

Etowah Carnegie Library provides free access to Tennessee R.E.A.D.S., which stands for "Regional eBook and Audiobook Download System".

R.E.A.D.S. is a digital collection of over 30,000 downloadable e-books, audiobooks, and video streams. There are titles available for adults, kids, and teens. If you have a library card with us, you can sign up for free on the R.E.A.D.S. website. You can also access the R.E.A.D.S. collection through Libby, which is a mobile application for android and iPhone.