The online version of the Downey City Library Catalog offers all the features found in our in-house catalog and gives people at home the opportunity to browse our wide selection of books, videos, audiobooks, and reference materials. The online Library Catalog also gives the opportunity to place a book on hold, guaranteeing the book's availability for your next library visit.

The Downey City Library offers a large array of online databases. Below is a list of all the available databases:

The Downey City Library participates in the "AskNow" program. AskNow is a project of the Metropolitan Cooperative Library System (MCLS), supported by Federal LSTA funding, administered by the California State Library. To find out more about the project, please visit the website at www.asknow.org. MCLS is an association of 31 independent city and special district public libraries located in the greater Los Angeles area, which have agreed to cooperate in providing library service to the residents of all participating jurisdictions. MCLS provides member libraries a resource-sharing network and a means for enhancing the level and diversity of resources available to library users, while reducing duplication of effort. To find out more about MCLS, please visit the MCLS website www.mcls.org.

Staff:
The AskNow service is staffed by local reference librarians, MCLS reference librarians, and library school graduate students hired by the Metropolitan Cooperative Library System (MCLS). When you click on the AskNow logo, the librarian who answers your question may or may not be a librarian at the Downey City Library. When the MCLS librarian is unable to provide you with the information you need, we will refer either you or your question to the Downey City Library, the MCLS Reference Center, an expert, or another library that can provide the needed information.

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