Decatur Public Library

504 Cherry Street
Decatur, Al 35601

Currently Closed

The infamous Gilberts / Angela Tomaski.
Women of a promiscuous nature / Donna Everhart.
Marion / Leah Rowan.
The Tougaloo Nine : the Jackson Library sit-in at the crossroads of civil war and civil rights / M. J. O'Brien.
The westerners : mythmaking and belonging on the American frontier / Megan Kate Nelson.
Praying in the pine straw : the camp-meeting experience in Alabama / Robert C. Morgan.
The creek, the crone, and the crow / Leah Weiss.
The jellyfish problem / Tessa Yang.
Heather / Caitlin Mullen.
Grace of the Empire State / Gemma Tizzard.
The enchanted greenhouse / Sarah Beth Durst.
No friend to this house / Natalie Haynes.
American rambler : walking the trail of Johnny Appleseed / Isaac Fitzgerald.
Down with the Shipmans / Meg Mitchell Moore.
Espresso yourself / Lara McKenzie.

Unicorn Day / words by Diana Murray ; pictures by Luke Flowers
Soccer smarts for kids : 60 skills, strategies & secrets / Andrew Latham
Where's Waldo? : the fantastic journey : deluxe edition / Martin Handford
Hello baby! / Mem Fox ; illustrated by Steve Jenkins
[Heart] 2 [heart] / Lois Ehlert
1, 2, 3 with the 10 little rubber ducks / Eric Carle
Cristiano Ronaldo vs. Lionel Messi : soccer legends face off / by Karen Bischer
Front desk / Kelly Yang
Beyond Platform 13 / Eva Ibbotson, Sibaeal Pounder
Everyone poops / by Taro Gomi ; translated by Amanda Mayer Stinchecum
Fortnite annual 2026 / written by Matt Yeo ; illustrated by Matt Burgess
Angelina and Alice / story by Katharine Holabird ; illustrations by Helen Craig
Coding lab : explore computer science with art & activities / Emma Carlson Berne
Swordbird / Nancy Yi Fan ; illustrations by Mark Zug
Super Rabbit Boy vs. the Gigabot! / Thomas Flintham

I am Spock / by Leonard Nimoy
Gene Roddenberry : the last conversation / Yvonne Fern ; foreword by Arthur C. Clarke
Making it so : a memoir / Patrick Stewart
Born with teeth : a memoir / Kate Mulgrew
Leonard : my fifty-year friendship with a remarkable man / William Shatner with David Fisher
The meaning of Star trek / Thomas Richards
The computers of Star Trek / Lois H. Gresh, Robert Weinberg
Star trek : the starfleet survival guide / David Mack
The physics of Star Trek / Lawrence M. Krauss
Trek navigator : the ultimate guide to the entire Trek saga / Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross
The autobiography of James T. Kirk : the story of Starfleet's greatest captain / by James T. Kirk
To reign in hell : the exile of Khan Noonien Singh / Greg Cox
Vulcan's heart / Josepha Sherman, Susan Schwartz
Kirk : the star to every wandering / David R. George III
Star trek Academy. Collision course / William Shatner ; with Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens

USING THE LIBRARY

DPL’s self-check kiosk against brick wall near library’s 6th Avenue entrance.

COMPUTERS & PRINTING

14 Public computer work stations against the wall in main area of Decatur Public Library.

LIBRARY RULES

extreme closeup of Library brick wall with superimposed text “Library Rules”

Add DPL to your phone’s home screen for quick access to our website!

Follow the steps below to put an icon for DPL on your phone’s home screen that will take you right to our webpage!

Android:

  1. open Google Chrome and go to the www.myDPL.org.
  2. Then drop down the menu by tapping the screen’s three-dot icon at the top right-hand corner.
  3. Select Add to Home screen.

iPhone or iPad:

  1. Launch Safari on your ‌iPhone‌ or ‌iPad‌.
  2. Go to www.myDPL.org
  3. Tap the Share icon (the square with an arrow pointing out of it) at the bottom of the screen.
  4. Scroll down to the list of actions and tap Add to Home Screen. (If you don’t see the action, scroll to the bottom and tap Edit Actions, then tap Add next to the Add to Home Screen action. After that, you’ll be able to select it from the Share Sheet.)

 

TOP DIGITAL RESOURCES

NewsBank® inc. Reliable Information on Any Topic! America’s News, The Decatur Daily.  Access Decatur Daily (Search 2006-Current), newspapers, journals, magazines & more from across the US.  Includes 70 Alabama News Sources! (DPL card required for remote access)
HomeworkAlabama.org: K-12 homework help; academic tutoring; self-study resources; test prep tool; writing lab & drop-off reviews. FREE, live tutors are available online from 10am – 11pm, daily.  Powered by Tutor.com, provided by Alabama Public Library Service & Institute of Museum and Library Services. (NO DPL card required.)
AVL Alabama Virtual Library: Connecting you to a world of knowledge.  The Alabama Virtual Library provides all students, teachers, and citizens of the State of Alabama with online access to essential library information resources.  It is a group of online databases that have magazine, journal, and newspaper articles for research. (NO DPL card required.)
EBSCO Learning Express® Learning Express Library ® features: online tutorials; practice tests; quizzes; and eBooks to help you with: basic skills in reading, writing, math & science; job search help; build workplayce skills; and test prep for college & grad school admissions, U.S. Citizenship & GED®. (DPL Card required).
NewspaperArchive: Explore, Discover, Share.  Provides digital access to full-view historical newspapers from DPL’s microfilm collection; Includes The Decatur Daily from 1912-1977 and other historic publications from Lawrence, Limestone and Morgan counties. (DPL card required.)

DPL Curbside

DPL Curbside is available whenever the library is open!
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Support The Library

The library is YOUR community resource and you can support it best by using its services. 

Visit our Friends’ page to learn about book donation and the Friends’ Used Book Sale Room.  Click on “Join the Friends” below to join or renew your membership. 

Thank you!

doors propped open to the reveal the interior of Book Sale room with the sign stating Friends Used Book Sale Room over entrance