Manchester City Council

Here you'll find information about the famous Central Library, our 22 community libraries and all our other services, including mobile libraries and special projects.

You'll also find a complete library here on the website. Join online, search the catalogue, reserve what you want and renew what you've already borrowed.

There's also free, high quality online reference materials, including Encyclopaedia Britannica, business information and a huge archive of images of Manchester.