Framingham Public Library

It's not just the great books . There are wonderful movies and TV series, music , the new Library of Things, and the fantastic programs. Framingham Public Library rocks!

Need more information on varieties of garden plants? Look at the American Horticultural Society A-Z Enecylopedia of Garden Plants in our reference section, call number 635.9 1997 American

Need help with homework? Are you in middle school ? Drop in to our Middle School Homework Center Monday through Thursday 3 to 5 p.m. for free tutoring.

Studying the Cold War? Start with our databases. Look for Gale Virtual Reference Library . Search for "Cold War". You will find entries from great online reference sources, like History in Dispute.

Find piece on" New Zealand, Painting and graphic arts , before 1900" in Grove's The Dictionary of Arts call # Ref 703 Dictionary.. Write down v # and page #s.

Great books , DVDs, music and community programs. FPL Rocks!

Look up Zeitgeist in the Dictionary of the History of Ideas. Book in in Reference section. Call # REF 901 Dictionary v. 4.

Look up "Mudie's Circulating Library " in Charles Dickens A-Z in the Reference area. Call number Y821 Dickens, C. Davis.

What do I read next? Check out their reader services page on the internet. <aclass="entity url"rel="nofollow" href="http://www.framinghamlibrary.org/readroom.htm"target="_blank" data-sig="dzuVYKKuDEaOhcQANdYYwLmiOfg=" onmousedown="fourSq.ui.OutgoingLink.mousedown($(this), event)" data-source="tip-text">http://www.framinghamlibrary.org/readroom.htm</a>. Read more

Want to see some great photos from the Macomber Farm in Framingham around 90 years ago? See our local history pictures in Flickr. Click on link. Read more

Want to read about your favorite saint? Look at The Encyclopedia of Saints in the reference section. Call number Y282.0922 Guiley.

Look up "Mudie's Circulating Library " in Charles Dickens A-Z in the reference area. Call number Ref y821 Dickens, C. Davis

Have a question about etiquette? Look at Emily Post's Etiquette located behind the Reference Desk on the 2nd floor.

Don't know an "extrajudicial confession" from a "plenary confession"? Look it up in Black's Law Dictionary. It's in Reference on the 2nd floor, call number REF 340.03 2004 Black's.

Want to be inspired? Watch TED Talks. See FPL's blog post on Ted Talks. <aclass="entity url"rel="nofollow" href="http://fplreference.blogspot.com/"target="_blank" data-sig="SLgwDAKj3aw1f7ddZraTPRbIn0Q=" onmousedown="fourSq.ui.OutgoingLink.mousedown($(this), event)" data-source="tip-text">http://fplreference.blogspot.com/</a>

Good starting point for learning about Elizabethan England is Daily Life in Elizabethan England (942.055) in Reference Dept. Read more

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Found good stuff about Elizabethan and Renaissance life in Gale Virtual Reference Library . Just search for "Renaissance" in the data base.

Looking for the address of a celebrity or V.I.P.? Look in our V.I.P. Address Book in our reference collection, call number 920 V.I.P. 2008.

They have free and discounted passes to a lot of awesome places.

Researching medieval jousting? Some good keywords for searches are tournaments, chivalry, horse sports , knights and Middle Ages.

There's a scanner near the reference desk and a fax machine between the reference desk and the elevator .

Love the audio books

Pssst! Looking for true crime books ? Browse through the 364 section upstairs.

Looked in on this site to find to help find obit for last year. Read more

Look up information on Board Certified physicians in MA. Click on link. Read more