Books are a great source for historical, comprehensive, and detailed information. They can help you develop a fundamental understanding of a topic.
Notice: Most print books are unavailable due to a renovation project. Unavailable books will show a "Check for available services" message in a catalog search; they may be available from another library. Available books with show a location and call number in a catalog search. All E-book collections are available.
Searching these collections directly may give you different search options and results than searching through the Primo library catalog.
Our OverDrive collection has a small number of audiobooks.
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A Primo Library Catalog search will find e-books from our different e-book services, along with books from the library collection. More about Primo.
Did you find a book in the catalog you want to read or borrow?
The Primo Featured Books feature has focused lists of books in: our ESL graded reader collection, Bestsellers collection, New Books display, Hawaiiana resources, and more.
Looking for a book that we don't have? Check to see if the Hawaiʻi State Public Library System has it.