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Newspapers

Historical researchers are fortunate because the Kalamazoo Gazette, the major newspaper serving our area, is the longest continuously published newspaper in…

Regional Resources

Other Resources

There are many excellent resources outside KPL’s collection. Those in the immediate area include: Kalamazoo Valley Genealogical Society LDS Family…

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Best of 2022

Check out the Best of 2022 books, movies, and music as chosen by KPL staff!

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Volunteer

If you love books and book people, the Friends is a wonderful place to volunteer. Opportunities exist for those with…

Buildings

Kalamazoo Building

At the turn of the twentieth century skyscrapers were still a relatively recent development. The desire to build taller had…

KPL TV: Timely Topics

Great Grown-Up Spelling Bee

Each year, Kalamazoo Public Library hosts the Great Grown-up Spelling Bee to benefit Ready to Read, our early childhood literacy…

KPL TV: Music & Concerts

Brothers Kalamazov @ KPL

The Brothers Kalamazov brought their eclectic range of original and traditional songs to the Kalamazoo Public Library on March 24,…

KPL TV: Music & Concerts

Red Tail Ring Returns to KPL

Earthwork Music artists Red Tail Ring (Laurel Premo and Michael Beauchamp) returned to Kalamazoo Public Library on Wednesday, April 18,…

KPL TV: Kalamazoo History

The KPL Story (1998)

The KPL Story

A 1998 mini-documentary about the library’s renovation project, featuring architect David Milling, artist Michael Hayden, and others. Includes two television…

Towns

Miller’s Station

A town called Miller was once slated to replace the village of Oshtemo as a center of commerce in western…

Databases

AutoMate

Powered by the automotive experts at MOTOR, AutoMate provides the most accurate, authoritative and up-to-date service and repair information for…

Alt HealthWatch

Alt HealthWatch is a full-text alternative health research database focused on complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and…

Legal Source

Providing indexing and full-text coverage of the most respected scholarly law journals, Legal Source is the authoritative database for current…

Biography Resource Center

Containing many of the top-ranked biographical reference collections and magazines, this database offers a comprehensive collection of full-text biographies and…

Rocket Languages

Rocket Languages is an award-winning, interactive online language learning system. Users can learn conversational language at their own pace. Languages…

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