Quick Links to Reference Tools:

About these Tools:

Online Databases
Online databases are searchable collections of articles or information on various topics, like health, news, biographies, and so on. Most of the online databases are accessible from your home computer when you log in with your Flint Public Library card. Details and descriptions are available at this link...

Internet (Web) Search
Our Librarians have selected and compiled their favorite Search Engines and Reference Web Sties so that you can just click to go there. Follow this link to our "best picks" for Internet searching.

Ask a Librarian
Asking a librarian for advice can save you a lot of searching time! Our librarians are available by telephone and e-mail as well as in the Library. Find out how to contact a librarian at this link...

Library Catalog
This is the place to locate books and materials at the Flint Public Library. Our catalog is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week over the Internet. Renew and reserve books, or check to see when your books are due. Follow this link to our online library catalog.

Booklists & Resources Prepared by Our Librarians
Need books on a particular topic, like Adoption, or Women's History? Our expert librarians prepare lists of resources to help you explore important topics. Here is our current list of booklists prepared by our librarians...

Books & Reading Lists Main Page (BookLetters)
What should you read next? What are the bestsellers and award-winning books? Want to receive an email monthly with great reads? Try the resources on our Books & Reading Lists Page that links to monthly lists prepared by the BookLetters service and also to custom lists prepared by Flint Public Library staff. Linked to FPL's catalog so you can find out easily whether we have a title and place a request ("hold")! To Books & Reading Lists Main Page...