Welcome to the Grace A. Dow Memorial Library Catalog!
Library Holiday Hours: Monday, December 30 and Tuesday, December 31 - Close at 5 PM | Wednesday, January 1 - Closed | Thursday, January 2 - Close at 5 PM
Library Hours
Monday to Thursday: 9am to 7:30pm | Friday and Saturday: 10am to 5pm
Curbside Pickup available Fridays from 4 to 4:45pm by appointment only.
Digital resources are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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What's Hot
| 2024 December: Polar Exploration/ Winter Wonderland Adult — |
| 2024 December: Polar Exploration/ Winter Wonderland Kids — |
| 2024 December: Polar Exploration/ Winter Wonderland Teens — |
| 2024 November: Under the Sea Adult — |
| 2024 November: Under the Sea Kids — |
| 2024 November: Under the Sea Teens — |
| Alden B. Dow Home & Studio Collection — |
| Awards - Caldecott Award Winners — |
| Awards - Michigan Notable Books / Read Michigan — |
| Awards - Newbery Award Winners — |
| Battle of the Books 2025 — |
| Beginning Graphic Novels — |
| Best Books of the 21st Century - New York Times List — |
| Best Fiction of 2023 — |
| Best Nonfiction of 2023 — |
| Black History Month — |
| Board Games — |
| Book Club in a Bag - Adult — |
| Book Club in a Bag - Teen — |
| Book Club in a Bag - Tween — |
| Book Club: Oprah's Book Club — |
| Book Club: Read with Jenna — |
| Book Club: Reese Witherspoon's Addicting Book Club Picks — |
| Book Express — |
| Books Like Us - Middle Grades — |
| Decodable Books and Books with Dyslexia Friendly Fonts — |
| Diverse Titles for Young Readers — |
| Fiction: Action & Adventure — |
| Fiction: Biographical Fiction — |
| Fiction: Cozy Mysteries — |
| Fiction: Fantasy — |
| Fiction: Gentle Reads for Adults — |
| Fiction: Historical Fiction — |
| Fiction: Horror & Gothic Fiction — |
| Fiction: Humor — |
| Fiction: If You Like ... Colleen Hoover — |
| Fiction: If You Like ... Fourth Wing — |
| Fiction: If you like ... Freida McFadden — |
| Fiction: If You Like ... Kristin Hannah — |
| Fiction: If you like ... Only Murders in the Building — |
| Fiction: If you like...Agatha All Along — |
| Fiction: LGBTQIA+ Reads — |
| Fiction: Michigan Authors — |
| Fiction: Moody Books for Fall — |
| Fiction: Murder Mysteries — |
| Fiction: Sea Stories — |
| Fiction: Spine Tingling Tales — |
| Fiction: Staff Picks — |
| Fiction: Tearjerkers — |
| Fiction: Vampires & Werewolves — |
| Historical Fiction: Based on a True Story — |
| J Bio- Who is...? — |
| J Bio- Who was...? — |
| J Fic- 2nd-3rd Grade Beginning Chapter Books — |
| J Fic- 4th Grade Suggestions — |
| J Fic- 5th Grade Suggestions — |
| Kits - Spark A Memory — |
| LGBTQIA+ Juvenile — |
| LGBTQIA+ Picture Books — |
| LGBTQIA+ Teen — |
| Library of Michigan Workforce Development Collection — |
| Library of Things Events — |
| Library of Things Plus — |
| Library of Things Recreation — |
| Middle School Battle of the Books 2024 — |
| Picture Books - Classics — |
| Picture Books - Counting — |
| Picture Books - Rhyming — |
| Puzzles — |
| Seasonal - Christmas Mysteries — |
| Seasonal - Holiday DVDs — |
| Seasonal - If you like ... Hallmark Christmas movies — |
| Seasonal - Large Print Christmas — |
| Subject Guide: Cookbooks — |
| Subject Guide: Hunting & Fishing — |
| Subject Guide: LGBTQIA+ Adult — |
| Subject Guide: Mental Illness — |
| Subject Guide: Michigan Travel & Recreation — |
| Subject Guide: Parenting — |
| Subject Guide: Parties — |
| Subject Guide: Poetry — |
| Subject Guide: Spiritual Life — |
| Subject Guide: Trees & Shrubs — |
| Subject Guide: Vegan Diet — |
| Subject Guide: Wellness — |
| Talking Books — |
| Wizard of Oz — |
| YA - Books Like Us - Teen — |
| YA Awards - Alex Award (Adult Books for Teen Readers) — |
| YA Awards - Printz Award winners — |
| YA Fairy Tale Retelling — |
| YA Fantasy — |
| YA Fiction with a Christian Theme — |
| YA Horror — |
| YA Humor — |
| YA If you like ... The Hunger Games — |
| YA LGBT Fiction — |
| YA Mystery — |
| YA Realistic Fiction Grades 6-8 — |
| YA Realistic Fiction Grades 9-12 — |
| YA Romance — |
| YA Science Fiction — |
| YA Sports Stories — |
| YA Supernatural Paranormal — |
Electronic Resources
Sorry, access to electronic resources is suspended until issues are resolved. Please see My Account for details.
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Ancestry.com Library Edition Login Needed In-Library Use Only (In-Library use only) Explore family history research resources. |
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American Ancestors — New England Historic Genealogical Society Login Needed In-Library Use Only Access to more than 200 million records for New England, New York, and beyond. |
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Consumer Reports Login Needed In-Library Use Only Research current product information. |
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CreativeBug Login Needed In-Library Use Only Experience the joy of making with over 1,000 award-winning video classes taught by top designers and artists. |
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CultureGrams Login Needed In-Library Use Only Cultural information for countries and territories. Includes maps, statistics and recipes. |
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Hoopla Login Needed In-Library Use Only Borrow always available Audiobooks, Comics, eBooks, Music and Video. |
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Kanopy Login Needed In-Library Use Only Access streaming videos. |
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Libby Login Needed In-Library Use Only Access the library’s digital collection of eBooks, downloadable audiobooks, and magazines through OverDrive or Libby. |
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LinkedIn Learning Login Needed In-Library Use Only Watch video tutorials to improve your software, technology, creative, and business skills. |
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Midland Daily News Collection Login Needed In-Library Use Only Search and view the Midland Daily Newspaper. See text of the articles beginning in 2002 and view the full paper from 2018. |
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Michigan eLibrary Login Needed In-Library Use Only Access a variety of research databases. |
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Newspapers.com — Michigan Collection Login Needed In-Library Use Only Newspaper archives for Michigan |
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TumbleBooks Login Needed In-Library Use Only TumbleBookLibrary is an online collection of animated, talking picture books which teach young children the joys of reading. |
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TumbleMath Login Needed In-Library Use Only Math picture books, lesson plans, and quizzes. |
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Value Line Login Needed In-Library Use Only Research for investors. Analyzes performance of stocks, mutual funds, options, and other securities. |