Bring the Library Home

Get a Library Card

Kids can get library cards too! Children must bring a legal guardian, with photo ID and proof of local address, by one of the library locations to get an account set up.

You can also request a temporary card online. This card will be good for 90 days; come by a library to get it changed into a permanent library card.

Digital Downloads

Download ebooks, audiobooks, music, comics & magazines. Stream movies and TV shows.

Use the Hoopla, cloudLibrary, Kanopy and Flipster apps to gain access to our extensive digital collection.

Chromebooks & Hotspots

Many of our libraries have Chromebooks and hotspots to check-out and take home for 14 days. Must be 19 or older to checkout. Only one of each per household. Ask about availability at your favorite library location.


Learn New Things and Get Homework Help

Homework Help & Academic Tutoring: 10 a.m. - 11 p.m.

Homework Alabama can be accessed from virtually any computer or mobile device with internet connection while in the state of Alabama.

For K-12, over 60 subjects, over 3,000 Tutors, no appointments needed, online one-to-one tutoring and including drop-off math reviews.

Gale In Context: Elementary

Kid Friendly Interface, Topics covered are Arts, Animals, Geography, Health, Literature, Science & Technology, and more

Britannica School Elementary

Age-appropriate articles, World Atlas, Biographies

Explora Elementary Schools

Engaging interface, Reliable research sources, Access to full-text databases, Topic overviews


Choose Your Next Book

Children's Book Bundles

Do you need books for your kids but don't know what to request? Let us pick out a bundle of 10 books for you that can be checked out from the Curbside Services. Questions about this service? Call (251) 340-8555 or email westyou@mplonline.org.

Novelist K-8 Plus

Created especially for children and the adults who work with them, NoveList K-8 Plus is an online database of reading recommendations which encourages reader success.

Accelerated Reader

Check out our list of recommendations pulled from the top most read books/series by ATOS Book Level. Or look up the AR level of any book on the Accelerated Reader Bookfinder®.