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Location Closure The Light Street Branch is closed Tuesday, July 1 due to a facilities maintenance issue.

Announcement The Pennsylvania Avenue Branch is operating on a reduced schedule with limited services 10 am–4 pm until further notice, due to a facilities maintenance issue.

Location Closure The Brooklyn, Forest Park, Govans, Hamilton, Herring Run, Northwood, Reisterstown Road, and Washington Village branches are closed for facility improvements. Learn more here.

Holiday Closing All Pratt Library locations will be closed Friday, July 4 in observance of Independence Day.

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Young Children

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An Inside Job
An Inside Job

An Inside Job

Daniel Silva
Vera, Or Faith
Vera, Or Faith

Vera, Or Faith

Gary Shteyngart
Murder Takes A Vacation
Murder Takes A Vacation

Murder Takes A Vacation

Laura Lippman
The Dance and The Fire
The Dance and The Fire

The Dance and The Fire

Daniel Saldana Paris
My Other Heart
My Other Heart

My Other Heart

Emma Nanami Strenner
The Unraveling of Julia
The Unraveling of Julia

The Unraveling of Julia

Lisa Scottoline
Black Genius
Black Genius

Black Genius

Tre Johnson
Misbehaving at The Crossroads
Misbehaving at The Crossroads

Misbehaving at The Crossroads

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
Claire Mccardell
Claire Mccardell

Claire Mccardell

Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson
Jfk
Jfk

Jfk

J Randy Taraborrelli
Dinner With King Tut
Dinner With King Tut

Dinner With King Tut

Sam Kean
The Idaho Four
The Idaho Four

The Idaho Four

James Patterson
The Wedding Banquet
The Wedding Banquet

The Wedding Banquet

The Quiet Ones
The Quiet Ones

The Quiet Ones

Liza
Liza

Liza

We Want the Funk!.
We Want the Funk!.

We Want the Funk!.

Better Man
Better Man

Better Man

The Mother of All Lies
The Mother of All Lies

The Mother of All Lies

Marina Interlibrary Loan
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Marina Interlibrary Loan


Search and submit requests public libraries across Maryland for books, articles, and other materials, including audio/visual formats, musical scores, and microfilm.

Library of Things
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Library of Things


Check out learning kits, games, technology, musical instruments, and more with the Library of Things collection, available to Pratt cardholders. Place a hold and pick up your items at any Pratt location.

Digital Maryland Collections
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Digital Maryland Collections


Digital Maryland provides free online access to digital versions of rare and unique materials, including historical maps, photographs, reports, books, manuscripts, artwork, and other media.

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Maryland residents can apply for a Pratt Library Card that allows access to all of Enoch Pratt Free Library’s resources including eBooks, streaming media, and databases. It’s easier than ever to get a Pratt Library card! Anyone who lives or owns property in Maryland is eligible for a free library card.

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OverDrive & Libby


Download popular eBooks, audiobooks, and more for all ages, including digital magazines formerly included in RBdidgital.

Kanopy
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Kanopy


Your Pratt Library card gives you access to a large, curated catalog of educational, entertaining, and enriching films for adults, teens, and kids.

Hoopla
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Hoopla


Use your Pratt Library card to borrow free eBooks, audiobooks, and digital comic books with hoopla.

Comics Plus
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Comics Plus


Use your Pratt Library card to borrow thousands of digital comics, graphic novels and manga through your web browser or the Comics Plus app.

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Current Newspapers

Baltimore Banner
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Baltimore Banner


Stay up to date with local news, politics, business, entertainment, and more with nonprofit online newspaper The Baltimore Banner.

Baltimore Sun
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Baltimore Sun


Reporting in Baltimore since 1837, The Baltimore Sun reports daily local, national, and international news.

New York Times
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New York Times


One of the longest-running newspapers in the United States, The New York Times reports broadly on domestic and international news.

Wall Street Journal
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Wall Street Journal


The Wall Street Journal, founded in 1889, provides extensive coverage of news, especially business and finance.

Lawyer in the Library podcast from 2019
free TO BMORE PODCAST Newest Episode — July 2025

From the Archives: Lawyer in the Library

Free legal help is available at your Pratt Library with the Lawyer in the Library service. In this 2019 Free to Bmore episode, Maryland Legal Aid's Todd Cagwin discusses the expanding program and how it has touched many lives, including his own.

Government Documents

Browse a collection of documents from all State agencies covering subjects of interest to consumers and researchers alike.

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