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
reference staff

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:
Reference USA is a searchable database of over 14 million business listings and 100 million households nationwide. This powerful tool allows you to customize your search with dozens of parameters from number of employees in a business to home value in a residence.

Reference Sources

Articles and Databases
Magazine, newspaper, and reference research databases

Reference Links
Web sites we have found to be useful

Income Tax Information
Federal and State

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

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

Librarian with customer in the bookstacks

MPL Subject Guides
Resources Selected by Your Librarians

Find a Good Book
Need something to read? Not sure what you want? Ready for something new? Browse through these resources and we guarantee you'll find something good to read!

Health
Up to date information to keep you healthy.

Jobs and Careers
Resources for job-seekers and career-changers.

Language-Learning Resources
Find tools to increase your fluency, help you start fresh, and build your skills.

Middle & High School Teacher Resources
Information and helpful sites for educators.

News Sources for Everyone
A guide to finding news on the web. Includes web-only news outlets as well as print/web news sources.

Surviving Difficult Times
Resources for those most effected by economic crisis.

Travel
Travel resources for destinations near and far.

Volunteer Resources
Resources for volunteer managers and volunteers.

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.