Online & After Hours
Want something to read on your Kindle, tablet or phone? Or something to listen to? With your Monroe County Public Library card, you have access to more than 18,000 eBooks and almost 8,000 eAudiobooks that you can download any time. Download the Libby app for the easiest reading and listening.
Streaming video
Cable bills and streaming services can really add up. With your Monroe County Public Library card, you have access to Kanopy – which has more than 30,000 titles, including new movies, classics, documentaries and foreign films, TV shows and instructional videos – including the Great Courses. And there are no limits on the number of plays for kids’ content!
eMagazines
You can choose from more than 5,000 magazine titles and get them instantly, with no waiting. Back issues are included. You get them just like eBooks and eAudiobooks, via the Libby app or our Overdrive website.
Music
Get unlimited, ad-free streaming music from Freegal – choosing from 18 million songs, including the entire Sony catalog. Download up to three songs a week. You can listen online or with the Freegal app, available for iPhone, Android and Kindle Fire.
Online courses
Your library card gives you access to a wealth of resources that can improve your life – all for free. That includes LinkedIn Learning, an online center for professional, technical, and creative learning, Mango Languages with more than 70 online language courses, including English as a second language, and Fiero Code, where you can learn to make video games and more. Our Kanopy video streaming app includes the Great Courses series, where you can learn about art, history, cooking, healthy living, and more.
Homework help
Need to do some research for a last-minute project – or just keep the kids occupied when the library buildings are closed? Check out our Homework Help section, which has links to databases of magazine, newspaper and reference content, Kanopy Kids, which includes educational videos, Mango Languages (including Pirate!) and more.
Business and Legal Forms
Get free legal document templates, such as a bill of sale, lease agreement, power of attorney, last will and testament and more. On-site prompts help you customize your documents. Law Depot is available online and via the Libby app.
You can get books and DVDs from the Monroe County Public Library Lending Machines on evenings and weekends, even when the Library buildings are closed. In Key Largo, the machine is at the Murray Nelson Government Center, 102050 Overseas Highway, and it’s accessible 24/7. On Stock Island, the Lending Machine is at Bernstein Park, 6751 Fifth Street. It’s open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.
You can also request books, audiobooks and DVDs be held for you at our Pick-up Lockers that are accessible 24/7 – they are at the Key Largo Library, 101485 Overseas Highway (at the Tradewinds Shopping Plaza) and the Marathon Library, 3490 Overseas Highway. The Pick-up Locker at Bernstein Park on Stock Island is open 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.
If you’re a Monroe County resident or property owner or active or retired military in the Keys and you don’t have a library card, you can register online here – you’ll need to visit a physical branch within 90 days to confirm your residency and get permission to check out physical materials.
To confirm your card – or browse our collection of books and DVDs as well as check out Library programs – visit our branches in Key Largo, Islamorada, Marathon, Big Pine Key and Key West. Questions? You can email us at info@keyslibraries.org any time and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can.
Even if you’re not at one of our branches or it’s after-hours, the Monroe County Public Library has a lot to offer. You can get started right away by signing up for a library card online.