Award winning titles
Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association, World Fantasy Award
If you like the graphic novel Hooky, try these next! These graphic novels have more tweens at magic schools or learning magic from their Kids and family.
New York Times Historical
Read the full-text of every page of the New York Times, cover to cover, in downloadable PDF format. Find articles on national and international affairs, businesses, sports, New York regional news, regular columns, biographical stories, and reports on science, medicine, the arts, and more.
Who lived in my house? Getting started
If you’re interested in your house’s history, you can find past residents of many Portland-area houses in two ways:
Look in old city directories (which are similar to phone books)
Search for the house’s address in digital newspaper archives
To get started, gather some basic facts about your house and your neighborhood. This will help you plan your research.
Las 5 principales actividades de verano para adolescentes
Terminaron las clases y es hora de disfrutar el verano en la Biblioteca del Condado de Multnomah. Ya sea que tengas planes para esta temporada, o no, segúramente encontrarás algo en lo que puedas participar en tu biblioteca.
IMSLP Petrucci Music Library (Website)
IMSLP stands for International Music Score Library Project, a wiki-based source for public domain music scores, recordings, and information about musical works. View and print pdfs of scores and parts. Comprehensive indexes make it possible to search by composers and titles and by performers, eras, type of music and genre, nationality, and instrumentation.
Rose City Reads
Store hours are 11am - 5pm, Tuesday - Saturday. Operated by the Friends of the Library.
Kwanzaa fabric painting
North Portland Library has been participating in community-wide Kwanzaa celebrations for decades, hosting art exhibits, book displays and events. Incorporating the seven guiding principles of Kwanzaa is “Isis,” a piece of art, created in 1992, by local artist Charlotte Lewis and acquired by Multnomah County Library in 2001.
LearningExpress Library
Access practice tests, including the GED, SAT, and citizenship tests. It also includes tools to improve your job skills. Learning Express
Library Literature & Information Science Full Text
This database collects articles and information about the operation of public, professional, and school libraries.
Giờ đọc sách trong và ngoài thư viện
Thư viện tổ chức giờ đọc sách bằng nhiều ngôn ngữ bao gồm Tiếng Việt, Tiếng Trung quốc, Tiếng Nga, Tiếng Tây Ban Nha và Tiếng Anh. Giờ đọc sách là chương trình thư viện thân thiện phù hợp với gia đình, thường dành cho trẻ nhỏ từ mới sinh đến sáu tuổi.
Summer Reading starts June 16, and you’re invited!
Students across Multnomah County will receive a Summer Reading gameboard at their school before summer vacation begins. To participate, players keep track of the time they read, are read to, listen to audiobooks, or complete gameboard activities. Players can earn books, coupons, a Summer Reading T-shirt and other prizes. Summer Reading is free, and youth who finish the game will be entered into the grand prize drawing.
Rainbow Family Storytimes
Interlibrary loan
Can't find what you're looking for at Multnomah County Library? Try interlibrary loan. It may be possible to borrow books, audiobooks, microfilm and copies of articles from another library system.
Native Story Hour
Business Source Premier
Read articles from business journals on economics, finance, accounting, management, and international business.
¿Quiere aprender a usar la computadora? Con los recursos en esta lista podrá familiarizarse con el ratón, mejorar su escritura en teclado, aprender sobre el correo electrónico, ¡y más!
Read with PRIDE: LGBTQIA2S+ voices and authors
Stories help us understand ourselves and empathize with others. Explore these lists featuring authors and characters who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, asexual, Two-spirit and more.
学习英语
在图书馆学习英语。
Hoopla
Hoopla is a collection of streaming videos, comics, and music available instantly, with automatic returns and no late fees. Check out movies and TV shows for three days, music albums for seven days, and digital comics for 21 days.