Tutorials & guides
Learn how to do research, find helpful tips on databases, and much more with these tutorials and guides created by librarians. For tutorials and guides on Kansas City history, genealogy and more, please see Local History.
Recent tutorials & guides
This article highlights various resources which can help you learn a language.
List of resources regarding the current economic crisis.
The AARP Tax-Aid program provides free tax preparation and assistance services to low-and middle-income taxpayers, with special attention to those ages 60 and older. The VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) provides assistance to those with a low income ($38K and less).
The Kansas City Public Library can point you to a variety of resources that can help with tax preparation assistance.
These websites provides tips, tools, articles, resources and more on living green in Kansas City.
All of the Library’s online article and research databases can be found on the Databases page, found under Research Resources on the main menu of the library's website.
There are many options for locating the addresses and phone numbers for people and businesses.
The library catalog identifies the books, movies, music, magazines, and newspapers you can find at the library.
There are many different ways to find magazine and newspaper articles at the library. Besides providing many indexes to articles from magazines and newspapers, our databases often provide the full-text of the article and our Central Library has vast holdings of articles in print and on microfilm.
The Kansas City Public Library has many resources to help with your research. Where you begin depends a lot on what you already know and how much you want to find on your topic. Here are some suggestions to get started.
