Central Phone Numbers
Bookmobile: 720-865-1114
(leave message); TTY 720-865-1472
Burnham Hoyt Room: fiction, new books, video, audio
720-865-1312; TTY 720-865-1471
Children's Library: 720-865-1306
Circulation: overdues, holds 720-865-1325; TTY 720-865-1478;
automated renewals, library card information and locations, hours and phone numbers 720-865-1133
Collection Development: 720-865-1518
Docent Services: includes Library tours and computer course offerings 720-865-1330
DPL Jobline: 720-865-2075
El Centro: 720-865-1610
Friends Foundation: 720-865-2050
General Information: 720-865-1111
Government Publications: 720-865-1711; TTY 720-865-1780
Interlibrary Loan: 720-865-1718; TTY 720-865-1782
more information
Library Lab: 720-865-1706 more
information
Magazine Center: 720-865-1610; TTY 720-865-1681
Marketing Department: 720-865-2045
Meeting Room Information and Scheduling: 720-865-2078
Public Relations Office for Media Inquiries: 720-865-2044
Reference: 720-865-1363; TTY 720-865-1480
Volunteer Office: 720-865-2043
Western History and Genealogy: 720-865-1821; TTY
720-865-1825
Western Photo Orders: 720-865-1818
Central Directory of Services and Collections
Please ask a librarian or docent if you have trouble finding anything!
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| ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES |
7th floor |
| ADOPTION TRACING |
5th floor Western History/Genealogy |
| AIRLINE SCHEDULES |
1st floor Reference |
| ALMANACS |
1st floor Reference (current year)
|
| ANNUAL REPORTS |
1st floor Reference (Colorado only) |
| ART AUCTION GUIDES |
1st floor Reference |
| ART GALLERIES |
5th floor: Western Art
7th floor: Vida Ellison Gallery |
| ATLASES |
Current: 1st floor Reference
4th floor Government Publications
Western Historical: 5th floor Western History (1790-1920) |
| ATM MACHINE |
SE corner of 13th & Broadway (ING Building)
Denver Police Station, 13th and Cherokee (24 hours)
Norwest Bank 1740 Broadway (24 hours) |
| AUDIO BOOKS |
1st floor Hoyt—includes fiction and non-fiction
cassette tapes and CDs
Check
catalog |
| AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT |
CD players and VCRs/DVD players are not available
at DPL |
| AUTO PRICE GUIDES |
1st floor Reference
Also online |
| AUTO REPAIR MANUALS |
1st floor Reference
Also
online |
| BIERSTADT PAINTING |
"Estes Park, Colorado" by Albert Bierstadt [1877] is an important painting in the Denver Public Library Western Art Collection. It is currently on loan to the Denver Art Museum and may be viewed there from 2009 - 2010. |
| BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION |
1st floor Reference
Also
online |
| BIOGRAPHIES |
New: 1st floor Hoyt
Older: 2nd or 3rd floor Non-fiction Collection
Also
online |
| BIRTH RECORDS |
5th floor Western History/Genealogy |
| BOOK CLUBS |
1st floor Hoyt
See DPL Book Clubs |
| BOOKS ON TAPE or CD |
1st floor Hoyt - includes fiction and non-fiction
cassette tapes and CDs
Check
catalog |
| BUILDING CODES |
1st floor Reference (Denver, Electrical and Fire,
Uniform, Plumbing) |
| BUILDING PERMITS |
Recent: Zoning Licenses - Webb Office Building
Older: 5th floor Western History (1860-1955) |
| BULLETIN BOARDS FOR PUBLIC NOTICES |
Not available |
| BUS SCHEDULES RTD |
Civic Center Station, 1550 Broadway 303-299-6000 |
| BUSINESS DIRECTORIES |
Current: 1st floor Reference
Historical: 5th floor Western History
Also
online |
| CAREERS |
1st floor Reference
Also
online |
| CARL or CATALOG ACCESS FROM HOME OR BUSINESS |
Connect through the Web. Click on Library
Catalog. |
| CENSUS STATISTICS |
Current: 4th floor Government Publications
Older Unsealed Reports with Names: 5th Floor Western History/Genealogy
Also online |
| CHANGE |
Cash: Return Desk
Change Machines: 1st floor |
| CHECK OUT MACHINES, SELF-SERVE |
1st floor - Circulation Desk and Hoyt |
| CITY COUNCIL TAPES |
5th floor Western History |
| CITY DIRECTORIES |
For directories listing information about individuals
and home addresses: 5th floor Western History.
For “criss-cross” or “reverse” directory
for Metro Denver in which one can look up an address and obtain
a person’s name and phone number, 1st floor Reference |
| CIVIL SERVICE TESTS |
1st floor Reference
Also
online |
| CLIFFS NOTES |
1st floor Reference
Also online |
| COLE’S DIRECTORY |
1st floor Reference
T his is a “reverse” or “criss-cross”
directory. |
| COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT OFFICE |
2nd floor, Southeast corner |
| COLLEGE CATALOGS |
1st floor Reference
2nd floor Nonfiction-circulating Colorado college catalogs
|
| COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY |
4th floor Government Publications |
| COMMUNITY SERVICE APPLICANTS |
7th floor Volunteer
Office 720-865-2043 |
| COMPACT DISCS (MUSIC) |
1st floor Hoyt (Popular, Classical, etc.)
Browse our collection |
| COMPUTERS PCs |
Available on all floors.
Printers available for 10 cents per page: 1st floor for 1st
and 2nd floor computers, Magazine Center for 3rd floor computers,
4th floor for Government Publications, 5th floor for Western
History.
Word Processing - 4th floor Library Lab
- Limited hours
Services for persons with
disabilities: several types of equipment available in the
1st floor Reference Area or 5th floor Western History
Read Internet/Computer
Policy |
| CONSERVATION (HISTORY) |
5th floor Western History |
| CONSUMER REPORTS |
3rd floor Magazine Center
Also online |
| CONTACTS INFLUENTIAL DIRECTORY
(Colorado front-range businesses) |
Current: 1st floor Reference
Older: 5th floor Western History |
| COPIERS |
B/W copiers available on floors 1-5
Color copier available in 3rd floor Magazine Center |
| COPY CARDS |
1st floor Reference Desk |
| COPYRIGHT |
Laws and forms: 1st floor Reference
Also online |
| COST OF LIVING INDEXES (CONSUMER PRICE
INDEX) |
4th floor Government Publications |
| CRISS-CROSS DIRECTORY |
1st floor Reference |
| DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION |
1st floor Reference
4th floor Government Publications |
| DENVER CITY COUNCIL TAPES |
5th floor Western History |
| DENVER TOURIST INFO |
1668 Larimer: 303-892-1505 |
| DENVER UNIVERSITY REFERRAL CARDS |
1st floor Reference |
| DEWEY DECIMAL GUIDE |
DPL Online Dewey
Decimal Guide |
| DIAPER CHANGING AREAS |
All public bathrooms |
| DICTIONARIES |
1st floor Reference and Non-fiction Collection |
| DISABILITIES-LIBRARY EQUIPMENT |
1st floor Reference |
| DIVORCE BOOKS |
1st floor Reference
Colorado Law: 4th floor Government Publications
Videos: 1st floor Hoyt
Colorado Divorce Forms: 1st floor Reference or online |
| DONATIONS |
1st floor Return Desk: Receipts for tax purposes
For information call 720-865-1195 |
| DRIVERS LICENSE RENEWAL |
Athmar Park Shopping Center at 1865 W. Mississippi
Ave |
| ENCYCLOPEDIAS |
New: 1st floor Reference
Older circulating copies: 2nd floor-030’s
Also online |
| ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE |
3rd floor El Centro and ESL Section |
| FAX MACHINES |
King Soopers (Speer at 13th)
Kinko’s (555 17th and 1509 Blake)
Signal Graphics (848 Broadway) |
| FEATURED TITLES (NEW BESTSELLERS) |
1st floor Hoyt and Schlessman Hall
Browse online |
| FEDERAL REGISTER |
4th floor Government Publications |
| FICTION |
1st floor Hoyt: Hardback and paperback |
| FIRST AID KIT |
Ask for a Security Officer |
| FOREIGN LANGUAGES |
1st floor Reference and 3rd floor El Centro and
3rd floor Non-fiction Collection |
| FOREIGN TRADE STATISTICS |
4th floor Government Publications |
| FOUNDATION CENTER |
1st floor Reference |
| GED (GRADUATE EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA) |
1st floor Reference
Test scores and transcripts:
State Library 201 E. Colfax
303-865-6613
Video study guides: 1st floor Hoyt
Also
online |
| GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS |
4th floor
Also online |
| GRANTS (FROM NON-PROFIT FOUNDATIONS) |
1st floor Reference - Foundation Center |
| GRANTS FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT |
4th floor Government Publications |
| HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOKS |
5th floor Western History. Denver High
Schools 1960-present. Not all years included. |
| HOLDS PICKUP |
1st floor Checkout desk |
| HOMEBOUND SERVICES |
Call 720-865-2043 for Denver residents only. |
| LARGE PRINT BOOKS |
Fiction and Non-fiction: 1st floor
Hoyt |
| LAW |
U.S./CO/Denver: 4th floor Government Publications
Also online
Colorado Municipalities, States & Nations: CO Supreme
Court Law Library (14th and Broadway) 303-861-1111x172
Case Law: Supreme Court Law Library.
Layman’s legal books (wills, divorce, etc): 1st floor
Reference and 2nd floor Non-fiction Collection
States/International Law & Law Digests: Colorado Supreme
Court Law Library
Forms: 1st floor Reference
Also
online
|
| LAWYERS |
1st floor Reference |
| LEGAL FORMS |
1st floor Reference
Also
online |
| LIBRARY LAB |
4th floor Southwest side
For middle and high school students
Also available for word processing for adults
Call for hours or read online |
| LITERACY PROGRAMS |
See 1st floor Information Desk for specifics
DPL has materials but does not sponsor programs |
| LITERARY CRITICISM |
1st floor Reference, 3rd floor Circulating
Collection and Magazine Center
Also
online |
| LOCKERS |
Children may use the lockers at the entrance
to the 1st floor Children’s Library.
5th floor Western History has lockers available to Western
History customers.
No public lockers |
| LOST AND FOUND |
Contact Security at east or west entrances |
| MAGAZINES |
3rd floor Magazine Center: Non-circulating
magazines covering all subjects
1st floor Hoyt: Popular circulating magazines
1st floor Hoyt for teens
1st floor Children’s Library for children
Also
online
|
| MAILBOX |
See Post Office |
| MAPS |
Detailed atlases: 1st floor Reference
Defense: 4th floor Government Publications
Topographical: 4th floor Government Publications.
Travel: 3rd floor Travel section
U.S. Geological Survey: 4th floor Government Publications.
Western (historical): 5th floor Western History
Also online
Maps of the Central
Library |
| MASTERPLOTS |
1st floor Reference (summarized stories and plots
of fictional works in literature) |
| MEETING ROOM INFORMATION |
Call 720-865-2078 or see Meeting
Rooms online |
| MICROFORM AREA |
Machines located in 1st floor Reference, 3rd floor
Magazines, 4th floor Government Publications, and 5th floor Western
History |
| MOODY’S STOCK MANUALS |
1st floor Reference |
| MURAL |
Edward Ruscha mural consists of 70 paintings between
the 2nd and 3rd floors. It is a Western motif depicting the settling
of the West. |
| MUSIC, SCORES &
PARTS, SHEET MUSIC |
Song indexes: 1st floor Reference
Also
online
Song books: 1st floor Reference
Sheet music (individual songs): 1st Floor Reference |
| MYSTERIES |
1st floor Hoyt |
| NEW ADULT READERS |
3rd floor |
| NEW BESTSELLERS (FEATURED TITLES) |
1st floor Hoyt and Schlessman Hall
Browse online |
| NEW BOOKS (FICTION AND NON-FICTION) |
1st floor Hoyt and Schlessman Hall display cases |
| NEWSPAPERS |
3rd floor Magazine Center (Denver, CO, national,
international): Current issues of local papers
Also
online
5th floor Western History: Older issues, indexes and microforms
of Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News. Historical issues of
other Colorado newspapers.
|
| NOTARY SERVICES |
10-5 weekdays: Michelle Vasquez, 720-865-2072 |
| OBITUARIES |
5th floor Western History/Genealogy:
Death notices for CO from 1939-2000
Also
online |
| OVERSIZE BOOKS |
2nd floor West side: 0-900s |
| PAPERBACKS |
1st floor Hoyt |
| PATENTS |
4th floor Government Publications on CD-rom
Also online |
| PHOTOCOPY CARDS |
1st floor Reference
75 cent service charge
$5 and $10 cards |
| PHOTOGRAPHS, WESTERN |
5th floor Western History: Photographs Photodigitization
Also online
|
| PHYSICIAN’S DESK REFERENCE |
1st floor Reference |
| PICTURE FILES |
3rd floor, East end in filing cabinets
Also
online |
| PLAYS |
1st floor Reference
Also
online |
| POETRY INDEXES |
1st floor Reference
Also
online |
| POST OFFICE |
Post Office: Corner of 14th & Elati
Inside mailbox: Security Life Building 13th and Broadway
(M-F business hours)
Outside mailbox: 16th and Broadway |
| PURCHASE RECOMMENDATIONS |
Ask for Customer Purchase Recommendation form
at any reference desk.
Online
Purchase Request Form |
| RARE BOOK COLLECTIONS |
5th floor Western History: Includes
Juvenile Historical Collection, Douglas Collection of Fine Printing,
Eugene Field Collection, George Elbert Burr Collection, Conservation
(Environment) Collection & Ross Barrett Aeronautical Collection
Read about it online |
| READER’S ADVISORY GUIDES FOR BOOKS
AND MEDIA |
1st floor Hoyt
Also
online |
| READERS GUIDE UP TO 1994 |
3rd floor Magazine Center (through 1994)
Also
online |
| ROSS BARRETT AERONAUTICAL HISTORY COLLECTION |
5th floor Western History |
| SAM’S PHOTOFACTS |
1st floor Reference: electronic repairs,
wiring specs for TVs, VCRs DVDs, etc |
| SANBORN MAPS |
5th floor Western History
Also
online |
| SCHOLARSHIPS |
1st floor Reference
4th floor Government Publications: Federal Grants
Also online |
| SCIENCE FICTION |
1st floor Hoyt |
| SECURITY |
1st floor, East and West ends of Schlessman Hall |
| SENIOR CITIZEN SERVICES INFORMATION |
1st floor Reference |
| SHEET MUSIC |
See Music |
| SMALL CLAIMS COURT VIDEO |
1st floor Hoyt |
| SONGS |
See Music |
| STANDARDS |
ANSI: 1st floor Reference
ASTM: 1st floor Reference |
| STOCK PRICES |
3rd floor Magazine Center.
Can also find newsletters including Value Line and Morningstar
there.
Also
online |
| STUDY GUIDES/TESTBOOKS |
1st floor Reference (GED, SAT, ACT, GMAT,
MCAT, LSAT)
Also
online |
| STUDY ROOMS |
2nd and 3rd floors, North side, West end.
Rooms are unlocked.
4th floor Northwest end. Get key from Government Publications
desk. |
| SUPREME COURT BUILDING |
Across the street at 14th and Broadway |
| TAX FORMS |
4th floor Government Publications
(Federal, CO & other states): Reproducible only: 10 cents
per page
Read more
|
| TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES |
1st floor Reference: Current worldwide
5th floor Western History: Older Denver & CO
Also online |
| TELEPHONES |
1st floor, East end
2nd, 3rd, 4th, & 5th floors near elevators |
| TENTH MOUNTAIN DIVISION MATERIAL |
5th floor Western History
Also
online |
| TESTS, EDUCATIONAL & PROFESSIONAL |
1st floor Reference
2nd and 3rd floor Non-fiction Collection
Also
online |
| TIGER FILES (CENSUS DATABASE) |
Online |
| THOMAS REGISTER OF AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS |
1st floor Reference
Also online |
| TOURS |
Daily walk-in General Architectural Tours
begin at the 1st floor Information Desk.
Other DPL tour possibilities:
Departmental tour (schedule with the dept.)
General Architectural tour (call 720-865-1351 for reservations)
Children’s Library tours (schedule with Children’s
Library)
School tours (schedule with Hoyt for middle and high school)
Tours by architects or DPL administrators (call 720-865-1351) |
| TRADEMARKS AND TRADE NAMES |
4th floor Government Publications
Also online |
| TYPEWRITERS |
4th floor Library Lab |
| VALUE LINE |
3rd floor Magazine Center
Other financial newsletters also available
Other investment material online |
| VIDEOS, DVDS, CDS |
1st floor Hoyt: Popular and non-fiction
5th floor Western History: historical/oral histories
In-house viewing not available |
| VISITOR’S BUREAU |
Tabor Center at 1668 Larimer St.
Call 303-892-1112 |
| VITAL STATISTICS |
5th floor Western History: Birth, death, marriage,
divorce, baptismal
4th floor Government Publications and 5th floor Western History:
Census information |
| YOUNG ADULT |
1st floor Hoyt: Fiction, magazines,
non-fiction paperbacks
Non-fiction hardbacks shelved with the adult materials
Also see eVolver, the Library's web site for teens
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