Digital Resources

Kanopy has a strong collection of independent, international, documentary, and early films from providers like Criterion, PBS, and Kino Lorber.

Highlights films and TV series for kids that inspire and inform.

Explore biographies, lesson plans, research resources and recorded presentations on this collaborative website dedicated to the contributions of African Americans to Kansas City history.

Access the most recent issues and the Book of Lists.

The Kansas City Call is a Black weekly newspaper founded in 1919 to provide leadership for the Black community. It quickly became one of the most successful Black newspapers in the U.S. covering civil rights issues and fighting segregation, discrimination, and other important issues of the African American community. T...

Nearly full coverage including current issues, historical issues from 1880, and the Kansas City Times.

Non-circulating local history and genealogy resources of the Kansas City Public Library.

Manage your Library account anywhere, anytime. Search our catalog, reserve books, CDs, or DVDs, check your current borrowing and due dates, and more. Enjoy these convenient features: The app offers a digital version of your Library card! Bring up the barcode on your phone screen, then s...

In 1940, over a period of eight months, more than 58,000 images of Kansas City structures were photographed and assembled as the 1940 Tax Assessment Photograph Collection. View buildings, homes, stores, shops, banks, schools, and parks which, all together, convey a sense of what life was like in Kansas City at that...

Promoting flood awareness, reducing flood losses, and providing information on obtaining flood insurance.

Prepare for entrance exams, certification and other standardized tests by taking practice tests and tutorials.

Downloadable legal forms from both Missouri and Kansas.

Legal help for entrepreneurs and business owners.

Cinematic survey of the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.

Libby is the mobile app for the OverDrive service. Using Libby, you can browse, checkout, download, and stream tens of thousands of digital books and audiobooks from the OverDrive collection curated by the Library.

Scholarly articles about libraries and information science.

Online learning for business, technology, and creative skills.

Maps and travel accounts of 19th century Europe.

Read articles from popular magazines, newspapers, reference books, and biographies.

Authoritative citations on various medical subjects.