Brookline Public Library

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For adults

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For children

Check due dates and requests:

My Digital Media Account

Learn how to:

Download e-books to a Kindle
Return a Kindle book early

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Find articles:
General OneFile

A better encyclopedia than Wikipedia:
Gale Virtual Reference Library

Look up a word:
Oxford English Dictionary

Research investments:
Value Line Research Center

Learn a language:
Mango Languages

Listen to music:
Naxos Music Library
Naxos Jazz

Find your ancestors:
HeritageQuest
Proquest Obituaries

Can't find what you're looking for?
Complete list of resources

Museum passes are available to Brookline residents and Town of Brookline employees with a valid library card. Reservations may be made up to eight weeks in advance.

Passes listed in gray must be returned by opening hour the day after use. Passes returned late are subject to a $10 fine and lost passes to a $25 fee. Lost and late passes seriously inconvenience other patrons.

Please remember all passes must be picked up from and returned to the Main Library at 361 Washington Street.

Click here to reserve museum passes

How do I get a library card?

Residents of Massachusetts, employees of the Town of Brookline, students in Brookline public or private schools, and owners of property in Brookline may be issued a Minuteman Library Network card at the Public Library of Brookline or one of its branches. You do not have to go to your hometown library to get a card.

Adults must present a picture ID (MA driver's license or Massachusetts state identification card with current address). If your photo ID does not have your current address, please bring along one of the following that does:

* Utility or tax bill dated within 60 days

* Printed payroll check with current address

* Correspondence on official letterhead from a local organization dated within the past 30 days