City of Monterey | Library

Reference Service

Monterey Public Library offers reference, reader's advisory, and referral service to guide you to resources for all your information needs. Reference librarians are here to assist you every hour that the library is open - in person, on the telephone, and by e-mail.

In addition to answering your questions, reference staff can search for and deliver obituaries, help you find materials available from other libraries, assist you in using our databases, provide library tours and instruction sessions, and make reading recommendations.

If we are unable find an answer, we will refer you to somewhere that can. Get in touch with us for help finding the information you need, or get started on your own search with our helpful guides below.

Ways to Get Help

In-Person:	625 Pacific Street Monterey CA 93940
By Phone:	831.646.3933
By E-mail:	refdesk@ci.monterey.ca.us
Online:

Featured Reference Source:
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Reference Sources

Find Articles and More
Magazine, newspaper, and reference research databases

Reference Links
Web sites we have found to be useful

Magazine and Newspaper List
What we have on paper or microfilm here in the library

Find a Good Book
Let us help pick your new favorite!

EBooks
How to download digital books to your home computer

California History Room
Our local history collection

Historical Newspapers timeline
Identify which local papers were published and when

Civic Information Center
Local government

Interlibrary Loan Service
Need something we don't have?

Search Other Libraries
Find books at other libraries

Search Engines and Directories
Find information on the Internet

Income Tax Information
Federal and State

Librarian with customer in the bookstacks

Featured Reference Guide:
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Help Wanted

The links on these pages are to sites selected as particularly useful by the staff of the Monterey Public Library. However, the City of Monterey and the Monterey Public Library are not responsible for the content of sites which are maintained by other organizations. The content of those sites does not reflect the opinions, standards, policy or endorsement of the City of Monterey, its officials or its staff.