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Horizon Online Catalog  Kirkwood Public Library's Catalog
Search our catalog online. You may place holds, view the items you have checked out with due dates and renew items.
Book Club Kit Bag Book Club Kits To Go!
Take a look at this convenient way to gather information and prepare for your book club. The kits offer at least 8 copies of a selected title, as well as information about the book, including discussion questions. Kits can be checked out for 6 weeks and can be renewed one time if no one is waiting for it. Please see our Book Club Kits webpage for more information and the list of titles.
Playaways

Playaway is the easiest way to listen to a book on the go. Simply plug in your earphones and enjoy. No Cassettes or CDs. No Downloads. Just Play. Search the Playaway Collection in our catalog.

Download audio books - OverDrive Downloadable Audio and eBooks- OverDrive
Search by title, author or subject. Browse fiction or non-fiction.
We offer both Audio Books and E-books.
Checkout for 2 weeks. Up to 5 downloadables at a time.
Place up to 7 holds.
Download to your PC or portable device.
First-time users - click here for free download software.
See the list of currently supported devices for the downloadable books.
Purchase Recommendation
Have a Book, Book on CD, DVD, Music CD, Magazine, Newspaper, or anything else you would like to recommend that the Library purchase?
OCLC FirstSearch FirstSearch is a catalog of containing over 48 million items. When you search it and you find an item that you would like, you may request it using the online InterLibrary Loan (ILL) in FirstSearch or you may call the Information Services/Reference Desk at 821-5770, ext. 1012 for assistance.
A 3rd Way to Get Your Books, Music & More Material not available in the Kirkwood Public Library collection may also be obtained by calling the Information Services/Reference Desk at 314-821-5770, ext. 1012 or emailing your request to our Information Services Staff.
Info-Pass Info-Passes are available at the Information Services/Reference Desk. They allow patrons to checkout materials at no charge from area university, college, special, and high school libraries. Each Info-Pass is valid for one visit. Another Info-Pass must be obtained to renew or to checkout more materials. The patron is personally responsible for returning the materials to the lending library.
Check out KPL's New Service - Tumblebooks. The TumbleBookLibrary is a collection of TumbleBooks(animated, talking picture books with fiction, non-fiction and foreign language titles, (chapter books with sentence highlighting and narration but no animation), Ebooks and Audio Books which may be viewed online or downloaded for 90 days!