The Discovery Resource Center (DRC) is located within the Airman & Family Readiness Center on Beale AFB and offers customers a library of over 900 books, information and resources on many individual and family readiness areas of need. The center is geared toward adult self exploration and self teaching, however, there is always a staff member on hand to offer assistance and guide the customer to the resource they are looking for.
Books are available for checkout for two weeks at a time. If you need to renew them you can simply call us and extend the time.
Discovery Resource Center Operating Hours: Monday — Friday 07:30am to 4:30pm
The Discovery Resource Center has over 1000 books and periodicals covering the following topics:
• Car Buying
• Career Assessment
• Employment
• Finance
• Home Buying
• Personal Development
• Relationships (marriage, family, and parenting)
• Resume and Cover Letter writing
• Stress
• Transition
Materials are available for check out for 14 days at a time.
Other Services Offered
• FAXING FOR FREE - Free faxing is available for our customers. Additionally, do you need a place to receive a fax? You can also use the Airman & Family Readiness Center to receive faxes. Have them sent to (530) 634-2087. Then give us a call and let us know that you are expecting a fax and will will hold onto it until you come to pick it up.
• CARFAX REPORTS - Free CarFax reports can be run for that used car you are looking to buy. Just bring in the VIN and we can run the report for you.
• SCAN DOCUMENTS - Do you need to scan a document to email to someone? We have a scanner available for your use. Ask us for assistance.
Available Computers
Six computers are open for your use for email, job searches, resume writing, financial information, etc. All computers in the DRC are equipped with Windows, Office XP, and Internet connectivity.
Because the computers are not connected to the Beale LAN, most web sites are not blocked or inaccessible. HOWEVER, the computers are Department of Defense systems and are subject to monitoring (IAW AFI 33-219).
Begin Your Job Search Here
We regularly receive job listings for the base, Yuba & Sutter counties, as well as the surrounding counties. Come in and browse our listings, get signed up to receive regular email notifications or check out books on resume writing, interviewing and salary negotiation. You can even use the computers to start or finish your resume.
Featured Books
Down Range: To Iraq and Back
There are some things people don’t get over easily — pain from the past is one of them. Trauma changes people: It changes values, priorities, worldviews, and most of all…it changes how we relate to others. Painful, life-threatening experiences take people beyond the normal day-to-day life, leaving them stuck behind defensive walls that keep them from re-entering the world they have always known as “home”. So how does it happen? How do we lose the loving closeness with those around us? And better yet, how do we re-gain what pain has robbed us of? “Down Range” is not only a book explaining war trauma — it is required reading for anyone seriously interested about how to make healthy transitions from war to peace. Bridget C. Cantrell, Ph.D. and Vietnam veteran, Chuck Dean have joined forces to present this vital information and resource manual for both returning troops and their loved ones. Here you will find answers, explanations, and insights as to why so many combat veterans suffer from flashbacks, depression, fits of rage, nightmares, anxiety, emotional numbing, and other troubling aspects of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Once a Warrior: And Wired For Life
Once a Warrior: And Wired For Life book illustrates how to turn negatives into positives and assists our highly trained military personnel in utilizing their tremendous potential in achieving success and happiness after their released from military service. This book highlights the path along the way to transitioning from warrior to civilian. It is not a book to read just once, but one to study over and over again.
Night Catch
When a soldier's work takes him half-way around the world, he enlists the help of the North Star for a nightly game of catch with his son.
Night Catch is a timeless story that connects families while they are apart and offers comforting hope for their reunion.
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