Resources

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Explore hundreds of authoritative resources 24/7 from any computer anywhere! All you need is your Library Card.

The Library’s Online Catalog reflects all of our materials at all our locations, including virtual items you can check out online. Search for what interests you at any time. Records from all of our materials will display, and then you can place a hold to reserve them and pick them up at any FCPL location.

Digital Forsyth is the result of a collaborative effort to preserve the history of Forsyth County in its photographic treasures. The Library is the repository of slices of history throughout the decades, and through digitization, now those historical photographs can be shared online.

FCPL provides printed, audiovisual, and online resources for your local or family history research. Prepare to be impressed with the available collections and the staff that can guide you through them.

The Library is an ideal place to locate all ranges of government information. As a Federal Depository for United States government documents, we provide access to a wealth of reports and data. State and local government information is also on file and ready for you to access. Visit the North Carolina Room and meet with the experts

The Nonprofit Resource Center offers research materials on a wide variety of topics of interest to the nonprofit sector. This collection is housed at the Government Center and includes a dedicated workstation with subscription access to Foundation Directory Online.

A very special collection of photographs is part of the North Carolina Room. Most feature people, events, buildings, and street scenes of Winston-Salem and surrounding areas, and they date back as far as the late 1800s.