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Small business owner?

RefUSA helps small business owners do their own market research. You can use this reference database to create customer lists, check the strength of competitors, or connect with fellow business owners.

St. Louis Public Library subscribes to RefUSA, one of the many high-quality web-based reference products not openly offered on the Internet.

Access to this premium web-based content from your home or business is one of the privileges of holding a St. Louis Public Library KnowBetter card.

Overview of Ask a Librarian

The Ask a Librarian service allows you to get answers to your questions in convenient ways.

Live chat with a librarian for quick answers to quick questions.
e-mail webref@slpl.org with your question (preferred method for Genealogy and in-depth research questions)
Telephone a librarian

Live chat is available:

Monday, 10am-8:30pm
Tuesday-Friday from 10am-5:30pm
Saturday, 9am-4:30pm

See the Library's Reference Policy for details on how the Library responds to different types of reference questions.

Book Club in a Bag

Book Club in a Bag lets anyone start a book discussion group. With over 100 titles available, selection is easy no matter what your group reads--fiction or nonfiction, mysteries or true crime, classics or movie tie-ins.

Each Book Club in a Bag has fifteen copies of the same book so every person in your group can take a book, read it, and be ready for the discussion.

Possible discussion questions, short author biographies and recommended websites are included to help get the discussion rolling.

Book Club in A Bag -- everything you need for your book discussion group. Reserve one today.