Reference and information

Our libraries offer access to a wealth of information to help you with your research for work, study, leisure and family life. You can use the books, newspapers or magazines yourself, log on to the available computers, or ask our staff for help.

Local and family history resources can be found in our larger libraries as well as some of the smaller ones while the principal collections of business and legislative materials are held at the County Central Library.

Reference and information collections vary in size across Kent. If your library cannot answer your query they will refer you to someone who can.

Alternatively the information can come to you!

Log on at home or work, anywhere in the world, with your Kent library ticket and use a wide range of quality online resources for free.

Ask a Kent Librarian is the service to call to get your questions answered remotely. Just choose your preferred means of communication: phone, SMS text, email, chat, fax, webform or even good old mail.