Michigan Resources

• Books by Library
• Books by Language

Also of interest is another page, Periodicals in the State of Michigan. Note that neither page represents a complete list of all holdings at Michigan libraries.

For Canton residents and Canton Public Library cardholders in particular, check the following pages:

• Resources of the Canton Public Library;
• Reciprocal Borrowing Privileges for Canton Public Library Cardholders.

Abbreviations and acronyms:

• ILL: Inter-Library Loan
• MeLCat: Statewide library catalog and borrowing service of the Michigan eLibrary
• MichiCard: Statewide library card program operated by the Library of Michigan

Books by Library

Alumni Memorial Library (Orchard Lake): Polish. (Access through WorldCat. ILLs are accepted, except for those that are in the rare book collection.)

Ann Arbor District Library: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, French, German, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Korean, Marathi, Persian, Punjabi, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Vietnamese. (Available through ILL.)

Bay de Noc Community College (Escanaba): Finnish. (Available through ILL.)

Bloomfield Township Public Library: Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Cantonese, Chinese, Croatian, Egyptian, English, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Haitian, Hebrew, Hindi, Hmong, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Kreyol, Lao, Latin, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Somalian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese, Yiddish, Zulu. (children's only for all languages).

Canton Public Library: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, French, German, Gujarati, Hebrew (children's only), Hindi, Italian (children's only), Japanese, Kannada, Korean, Malayalam, Marathi, Panjabi, Persian (children's only), Polish, Portuguese (children's only), Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swahili (children's only), Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Vietnamese. (Available through ILL).

Capital Area District Library (Lansing): Chinese, French, Hindi, Hmong, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Urdu, Vietnamese. (Available through ILL).

Clinton-Macomb Public Library: Albanian, Arabic, Bosnian, Chinese, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese. (Available through ILL.)

Dearborn Public Library: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish (Henry Ford Centennial Library) Arabic (Esper Branch).

Farmington Community Library: Arabic, Armenian, Chinese, Czech, French, German, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Marathi, Persian, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Vietnamese. (Available through ILL.)

Grand Rapids Public Library: French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, and Vietnamese. (Available through ILL.)

Herrick District Library (Holland): Dutch, Spanish, Vietnamese.

Kent District Library (Kent County): Bosnian, Spanish, Vietnamese.

Macomb County Library: Albanian, Arabic, Bosnian, Chinese, Croatian, French, German, Italian, Korean, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese. (Available through ILL.)

Michigan State University (incomplete list of holdings): Czechoslovakian, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Ukrainian.

Monroe County Library System: Arabic (children’s), Chinese (children’s), French, German, Russian (children’s), Spanish.

Novi Public Library: Chinese, French, German, Gujarati, Hindi, Japanese, Kannada, Korean, Spanish, Tamil, Telugu, Vietnamese. (They are not available for interloan.)

Rochester Hills Public Library: Albanian (children's only), Arabic, Chinese, Estonian (children's only), French, German, Greek (children's only), Gujarati, Hawaiian (children's only), Hebrew (children's only), Hindi, Irish (children's only), Italian (children's only), Japanese, Kannada, Khmer (children's only), Korean, Latvian (children's only), Lithuanian (children's only), Mandarin (children's only), Marathi, Panjabi, Polish, Portuguese (children's only), Russian, Spanish, Swahili (children's only), Tamil, Telugu, Urdu (children's only), Vietnamese and Zulu (children's only). (Available through MelCat and MichiCard; adult books can be searched under "Foreign language books" or "International language collection" or International language collection--bilingual." Children's materials can be searched under "Bilingual books.")

Romeo District Library: Spanish (adult and children's).

Southfield Public Library: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese. (Available through MelCat)

Southgate Veterans Memorial Library: Chinese, French, German, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Malaysian, Persian, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Urdu.

Sterling Heights Public Library: Albanian, Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, French, German, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Macedonian, Malayalam, Polish, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, Ukrainian, Urdu, and Vietnamese. (Available through ILL and MichiCard.)

Troy Public Library: Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, French, German, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Marathi, Panjabi, Persian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Tamil, Telugu, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese.

Waterford Township Public Library: Spanish (children’s).

William P. Faust Public Library of Westland: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil, Urdu, Vietnamese. (All available through ILL.)

Ypsilanti District Library (adult titles in all languages listed): Arabic (plus children's), Chinese (plus children's), French (plus children's), German (plus children's), Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Russian (plus children's), Spanish (plus children's).

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Books by Language

Albanian: Bloomfield Township (children's only), Clinton-Macomb, Macomb County, Rochester Hills (children's only), Sterling Heights, Troy

Arabic: Ann Arbor, Bloomfield Township (children's only), Canton, Clinton-Macomb, Dearborn, Farmington, Macomb County, Monroe (children’s only), Rochester Hills, Southfield, Sterling Heights, Troy, Westland, Ypsilanti

Armenian: Farmington

Bengali: Ann Arbor, Bloomfield Township (children's only), Canton, Troy

Bosnian: Clinton-Macomb, Kent, Macomb County

Cantonese: Bloomfield Township (children's only)

Chinese: Ann Arbor, Bloomfield Township (children's only), Canton, Capital Area, Clinton-Macomb, Dearborn, Farmington, Macomb County, Monroe (children’s only), Novi, Rochester Hills, Southfield, Southgate, Sterling Heights, Troy, Westland, Ypsilanti

Croatian: Bloomfield Township (children's only), Macomb County, Sterling Heights

Czechoslovakian: Farmington, Michigan State

Dutch: Herrick (Holland)

Egyptian: Bloomfield Township (children's only)

Estonian: Michigan State, Rochester Hills (children's only)

Finnish: Bay de Noc (Escanaba)

French: Ann Arbor, Bloomfield Township (children's only), Canton, Capital Area, Dearborn, Farmington, Grand Rapids, Macomb County, Monroe, Novi, Rochester Hills, Southfield, Southgate, Sterling Heights, Troy, Westland, Ypsilanti

German: Ann Arbor, Bloomfield Township (children's only), Canton, Clinton-Macomb, Dearborn, Farmington, Grand Rapids, Macomb County, Monroe, Novi, Rochester Hills, Southfield, Southgate, Sterling Heights, Troy, Westland, Ypsilanti

Greek: Bloomfield Township (children's only), Rochester Hills (children's only), Troy

Gujarati: Ann Arbor, Bloomfield Township (children's only), Canton, Farmington, Novi, Rochester Hills, Southgate, Sterling Heights, Troy, Westland

Haitian: Bloomfield Township (children's only)

Hawaiian: Rochester Hills (children's only)

Hebrew: Ann Arbor, Bloomfield Township (children's only), Canton (children's only), Farmington, Rochester Hills (children's only), Southfield, Troy

Hindi: Ann Arbor, Bloomfield Township (children's only), Canton, Capital Area, Farmington, Novi, Rochester Hills, Southfield, Southgate, Sterling Heights, Troy, Westland, Ypsilanti

Hmong: Bloomfield Township (children's only), Capital Area

Irish: Bloomfield Township (children's only), Rochester Hills (children's only)

Italian: Ann Arbor, Bloomfield Township (children's only), Canton (children's only), Clinton-Macomb, Dearborn, Grand Rapids, Macomb County, Rochester Hills (children's only), Southgate, Sterling Heights, Troy, Westland

Japanese: Ann Arbor, Bloomfield Township (children's only), Canton, Capital Area, Clinton-Macomb, Farmington, Grand Rapids, Novi, Rochester Hills, Southfield, Southgate, Sterling Heights, Troy, Ypsilanti

Kannada: Ann Arbor, Canton, Novi, Rochester Hills

Khmer: Bloomfield Township (children's only), Rochester Hills (children's only)

Korean: Ann Arbor, Bloomfield Township (children's only), Canton, Capital Area, Farmington, Macomb County, Novi, Rochester Hills, Southfield, Sterling Heights, Troy, Ypsilanti

Kreyol: Bloomfield Township (children's only)

Lao: Bloomfield Township (children's only)

Latin: Bloomfield Township (children's only)

Latvian: Michigan State, Rochester Hills (children's only)

Lithuanian: Michigan State, Rochester Hills (children's only)

Macedonian: Sterling Heights

Malayasian: Southgate

Malayalam: Canton, Sterling Heights

Mandarin: Rochester Hills (children's only)

Marathi: Ann Arbor, Canton, Farmington, Rochester Hills, Troy

Panjabi: Ann Arbor, Bloomfield Township (children's only), Canton, Rochester Hills, Sterling Heights, Troy

Persian: Ann Arbor, Bloomfield Township (children's only), Canton (children's only), Farmington, Southgate, Troy

Polish: Ann Arbor, Alumni Memorial (Orchard Lake), Bloomfield Township (children's only), Canton, Clinton-Macomb, Dearborn, Farmington, Grand Rapids, Macomb County, Michigan State, Rochester Hills, Southgate, Sterling Heights, Troy, Westland

Portuguese: Ann Arbor, Bloomfield Township (children's only), Canton (children's only), Rochester Hills (children's only)

Romanian: Canton, Macomb County, Sterling Heights, Troy, Westland

Russian: Ann Arbor, Bloomfield Township (children's only), Canton, Capital Area, Clinton-Macomb, Farmington, Grand Rapids, Macomb County, Monroe (children’s only), Rochester Hills, Southfield, Southgate, Sterling Heights, Troy, Westland, Ypsilanti

Serbo-Croatian: Bloomfield Township (children's only), Grand Rapids

Somalian: Bloomfield Township (children's only)

Spanish: Ann Arbor, Bloomfield Township (children's only), Canton, Capital Area, Clinton-Macomb, Dearborn, Farmington, Grand Rapids, Herrick (Holland), Kent, Macomb County, Monroe, Novi, Rochester Hills, Romeo, Southfield, Southgate, Sterling Heights, Troy, Waterford (children's only), Westland, Ypsilanti

Swahili: Bloomfield Township (children's only), Canton (children's only), Rochester Hills (children's only)

Swedish: Bloomfield Township (children's only)

Tagalog: Sterling Heights, Westland

Tamil: Ann Arbor, Bloomfield Township (children's only), Canton, Farmington, Novi, Rochester Hills, Troy, Westland

Telugu: Ann Arbor, Canton, Farmington, Novi, Rochester Hills, Troy

Turkish: Bloomfield Township (children's only), Southgate

Ukrainian: Macomb County, Michigan State, Southfield, Sterling Heights, Troy

Urdu: Ann Arbor, Bloomfield Township (children's only), Canton, Capital Area, Farmington, Rochester Hills (children's only), Southfield, Southgate, Sterling Heights, Troy, Westland

Vietnamese: Ann Arbor, Bloomfield Township (children's only), Canton, Capital Area, Clinton-Macomb, Farmington, Grand Rapids, Herrick (Holland), Kent, Macomb County, Novi, Rochester Hills, Southfield, Sterling Heights, Troy, Westland

Yiddish: Bloomfield Township (children's only)

Zulu: Bloomfield Township (children's only), Rochester Hills (children's only)

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