Lake Charles · Calcasieu Parish
Free and open to the public.
A small, free law library on the 4th floor of the Magnolia Building downtown, open to the public, with law books, legal forms and free Lexis-Nexis access.
Lake Charles · Calcasieu Parish
Mon to Fri, 9 AM to 6 PM; Sat, 10 AM to 2 PM; closed Sun
Available to anyone who lives, works, owns property or attends school in Calcasieu Parish; others may qualify through the Libraries Southwest reciprocal agreement. Adults 18 and up can also open an online-only account. The library is fine-free except for devices and some special items.
North Lake Charles branch in a new 7,043 square foot building that reopened in October 2025, with reading and study nooks, meeting rooms and programs.
Cameron · Cameron Parish
Mon and Wed, 9 AM to 5 PM; Fri, 8 AM to 4 PM
Free Cameron Parish Library card; digital cards can be set up by phone at 337-598-5950.
The Cameron Parish Library's main branch in the town of Cameron. Hours are limited to three days a week.
Lake Charles · Calcasieu Parish
Mon to Thu, 9 AM to 8 PM; Fri, 9 AM to 6 PM; Sat, 9 AM to 5 PM; Sun, 1 PM to 5 PM
Available to anyone who lives, works, owns property or attends school in Calcasieu Parish; others may qualify through the Libraries Southwest reciprocal agreement. Adults 18 and up can also open an online-only account. The library is fine-free except for devices and some special items.
Headquarters branch of the Calcasieu Parish Public Library, in south Lake Charles, with public computers, study and community rooms, a Teen/YA room and a Create & Make space. Holds for the closed Carnegie Memorial and Genealogy branches are picked up here during their renovation.
DeRidder · Beauregard Parish
Mon to Wed and Fri, 9 AM to 6 PM; Thu, 9 AM to 7:30 PM; Sat, 9 AM to 1 PM; closed Sun
For residents or taxpayers of Beauregard Parish; cardholders from participating Libraries Southwest parishes can get a card by bringing photo ID, proof of address and their home library card.
Main library and headquarters for Beauregard Parish, across from DeRidder City Hall, with meeting rooms, three quiet study rooms, 16 computers, a seed library and a Legal Help Access Point for virtual meetings with an attorney. It has just finished a renovation, so study rooms may be briefly unavailable.
Jennings · Jefferson Davis Parish
Mon, Wed and Thu, 9 AM to 6 PM; Tue, 9 AM to 8 PM; Fri, 9 AM to 3 PM; Sat, 10 AM to 2 PM; closed Sun
Free to anyone who lives, works, owns property or attends school in Jeff Davis Parish; photo ID and proof of address required. Residents of other Libraries Southwest parishes can get a card with their home library card.
Main library for Jeff Davis Parish, in the 1914 former post office, which is on the National Register of Historic Places. It has a small conference room for 10 and a quiet booth with camera and monitor for telehealth or video calls.
Jennings · Jefferson Davis Parish
Mon to Fri, 9 AM to 5 PM; Sat, 9 AM to 1 PM; closed Sun
An independent city library in Jennings, separate from the parish system, with current books and media plus a large genealogy and local history collection: Jennings newspapers on microfilm from 1894, historic photos, yearbooks and Louisiana church and civil records.
Lake Charles · Calcasieu Parish
Fall semester (Aug 22 to Dec 6, 2026): Mon to Thu, 7:30 AM to 10:30 PM; Fri, 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM; Sat, 1 PM to 5 PM; Sun, 1 PM to 10 PM. Closed Oct 9 and 10 and Nov 25 to 29
Visitors may use the library for research or study; McNeese users come first and visitor access can be limited at busy times. Non-McNeese borrowing is through Friends of the Library membership, free for Rowdy Club alumni members.
McNeese State University's library. Visitors may use it for research, and it is a federal and Louisiana state government documents depository, with those collections and public computers on the 4th floor open to anyone during library hours.
Oberlin · Allen Parish
Mon to Fri, 8 AM to 4:45 PM; closed Sat and Sun
Headquarters branch of Allen Parish Libraries in Oberlin. Allen Parish Libraries also runs a bookmobile and van outreach to rural areas and nursing homes.
Lake Charles · Calcasieu Parish
Mon to Thu, 7:30 AM to 5 PM; Fri, 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM; closed Sat and Sun
For SOWELA students and staff; ask at the desk about community use.
SOWELA Technical Community College's library, on the first floor of the Arts & Humanities Building on the Lake Charles campus, with 40 computers and free printing.
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