A place to begin.

Library Card Catalog helps readers find libraries and library services across the United States.

What is included today

The directory includes all 17,615 service records in the FY2024 Institute of Museum and Library Services Public Libraries Survey outlet file, across all 50 states, D.C., and five U.S. territories. Central libraries, branches, bookmobile services, and books-by-mail services are listed separately. Some records represent a mobile fleet rather than one vehicle.

This is a historical survey baseline, not a live census. Seventy-six records were reported temporarily closed in that survey year; those listings retain a notice. A listing does not confirm that a library is currently open.

The wider library world

Academic, school, government, tribal, special, independent, and digital libraries are part of the planned scope. Coverage of these categories is not yet complete. Some tribal or specialized libraries may already appear through the public-library survey.

Before you visit

Contact the library for current hours, accessibility, card eligibility, and services. Website-search links open an external search; they are not verified official-site links. Bookmobile and mail-service addresses may be administrative bases.

Data: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.