State Library & Archives of Florida
Every resident of Florida has free access to a statewide library system run by State Library & Archives of Florida. With a local library card, students, parents, and teachers can use research databases, ebooks and audiobooks, and learning programs at no cost. Here is what is available and how to get it.
Florida public libraries at a glance
Research databases: Florida Electronic Library
Florida Electronic Library is Florida's free statewide research service.
Resources students can use inside Florida Electronic Library include:
- Gale Academic & General OneFile
- Gale Business: Insights
- Gale In Context: Elementary & Middle School
- Gale Literature: LitFinder
- Gale eBooks
Homework help: Ask a Librarian
Florida's statewide Ask a Librarian service offers live chat, text, and email help from librarians. This is reference help rather than tutoring.
Accessible reading & talking books
Students and family members who cannot read standard print (because of a visual, physical, or reading disability such as dyslexia) can get free audiobooks and braille through the state talking-book library, part of the national NLS network and its BARD download service. The Florida Bureau of Braille and Talking Book Library (Daytona Beach), an NLS network library, serves residents who can't read standard print.
Find a library & get a card
Use the official locator to find your nearest Florida public library, hours, and how to get a card. Find a library →