Databases and Newspapers Online
Databases are available at all Detroit Public Library locations. If accessing databases from home, work or school, please note that some databases may require a Detroit Public Library card number, a Michigan Driver’s License number or State ID number.
Databases marked with 
are only accessible from computers at Detroit Public Library locations.
Databases by Subject
African American
Art and Humanities
Auto Repair
Biography and Genealogy
Business
Careers and Employment
Community Information and Referral
TIP Database [22]
Culinary Arts
DIY (Do-It-Yourself)
eBooks
eBook Collection [26]
en Español
Informe [27]
General
Health and Medicine
Kid's Zone
CultureGrams [42]
eLibrary [29]
eLibrary Elementary [43]
Homework Helper Collection (K-12) [44]
Kids InfoBits [47]
TumbleBook Library [48]
Tutor.com [49]
Legal
Literature
Maps
Digital Sanborn Maps [57]
Newspapers
Philosophy, Psychology and Religion
Science and Technology
Social Sciences and History
Test Preparation
Tutor.com [49]
Databases in Alphabetical Order
A - G
Academic OneFile [28]
African American History Collection [4]
Biography and Genealogy Master Index [10]
Biography in Context [11]
Books & Authors [77]
Business Insights: Essentials [78]
Business and Company ASAP [15]
Business Reference Collection [17]
Computer Database [79]
Contemporary American Religion [62]
CultureGrams [42]
Detroit Free Press [58]
Digital Sanborn Maps [57]
eBook Collection [80]
eLibrary [29]
eLibrary Elementary [43]
Fold3 History & Genealogy Archives [12]
Gale Virtual Reference Library [81]
General BusinessFile ASAP [18]
General OneFile [82]
O - Z
Opposing Viewpoints in Context [92]
Oxford African American Studies Center [5]
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Detroit Free Press (1831-1922) [61]
Religion Reference Collection [64]
SAMS Technical Publishing [25]
Science Reference Collection [70]
SIRS Renaissance [93]
Small Business Resource Center [94]
Social Science and History Reference Collection [75]
Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage [20]
Student Resources in Context [36]
Technology Reference Collection [71]
TIP Database [22]
TumbleBook Library [48]
Tutor.com [49]
WorldCat [37]
TIP
TIP (The Information Place) is a free community information and referral service that helps people find answers to the problems of everyday living. Librarians link individuals to agencies and local nonprofit organizations that offer services such as emergency food, health care, support groups, and parenting education.
Learn more > [95]