All of these resources require a library card.
Need a library card? Go to the library's catalog, click on My Account at the top, then click Get a library card.
If your library card is expired or you want to update your account information, please send an email message to brandt@menashalibrary.org
Looking for ebooks, audiobooks, music, videos, and more? Scroll down to Wisconsin's Digital Library or Hoopla below.
Looking for resources for children? Scroll down to FOR KIDS.
Ancestry.com (available from home, limited time only)
Other genealogy resources
Expanded Newspaper Archive (limited time only)
AtoZ Databases - a business database
Auto Repair Source
Up-to-date service and repair information for thousands of domestic and international vehicles from the automotive experts at MOTOR.
Business Source Ultimate (for a limited time only)
Classes (see also: CreativeBug)
Gale Courses more information
Money Matters
Computer Classes/Technology
CreativeBug (craft ideas, classes, patterns, and more)
Digital Public Library of America
Employment Help Center
Homework Help
Academic Search Ultimate (scholarly articles on subjects including the sciences, sociology, law, the arts, and more)
EBSCO eBooks Academic Collection (books for students covering a large selection of academic subjects)
Tutor.com (online tutors available any day between noon and midnight)
Hoopla
Music, movies, ebooks, audiobooks, tv shows & comics (always available, no waiting).
more information
Kanopy
Movies! Classic, indie, documentaries, and feature films.
Learn a Language
Build listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in a foreign language. Over 100 languages included!
Learning Express eBooks
Career and test prep eBooks
Magazines
Popular Magazines
Book Page
Menasha History Collection
New York Times
Read the daily news.
Newspapers
Check out the expanded Newspaper Archive
Find Post Crescent articles in U.S. Newstream
Novelist
Find your next great read.
Podcasts
Listen to past library programs, discussions with community members, and librarians talking about major library programs.
Recollection Wisconsin more information
Research
Find information by subject.
Tutor.com
Use your device to get free help from a live tutor any day between noon and midnight. Any grade level. Any subject. The tutors will also help you fill out job and college applications and give practice tests. Some speak Spanish
This service is paid for with a grant from Faith Technologies, Inc.
U.S. Library of Congress
Wisconsin Digital Archives
Documents from 2001 to current published by the Executive and Judicial branches of Wisconsin State Government, state government task forces, initiatives, boards, commissions, councils and special study groups.
Wisconsin's Digital Library (aka Overdrive)
Ebooks & audiobooks for all ages.
more information (videos, the LIBBY app, & more)
always-available ebooks
always-available audiobooks
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FOR KIDS
ABDO Resources (through June 2020)
ABDO Elementary -- books for children preK through 6th Grade
ABDO Zoom -- online research for beginners
ABDO Secondary -- Digital bookshelf for grades 5-12.
Facebook story times @MenashaLibrary
Facebook story times en Español @BibliotecaPublicadeMenasha
Recommended Reads
Tumble Book Library Tumble Books in Spanish
Ebooks read aloud for children, games, etc.
Paid for with a grant from Faith Technologies.
TumbleMath
Check out these animated, narrated math stories and test your learning with the included quizzes.
Access offered free through August 31, 2020 by Tumblebooks
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Online Resources by Subject
Podcasts Listen to past library programs, interviews with local artisans, book suggestions, and more.
Technology resources available at the library:
- Chromebooks to use at the library
- Computers with Internet access/office software
- Use them up to two hours/day. More time is available upon request, if no one else is waiting
- Prints: black & white (10¢/sheet), color (25¢/sheet)
- Document scanning (free, use your own thumb drive or purchase one at the Reference Desk for $5)
- Faxing
- The cost is $2.00 to send a fax of any number of pages
- Receive a fax at 920.967.5159 (10¢/sheet)
- Headphones to use at the library
- iPads: ask for these at the Children's Desk to explore apps for children inside the library
- Kindles: ask at the Reference Desk--check one out to take home, read bestselling ebooks, watch videos
- Laptops and Chromebooks--check these out at the Reference Desk for use inside the library
- Launchpads: ask at a service desk--check them out to take home for learning and fun
- Line logger or Kill A Watt: check one out to monitor your home use of electricity
- Media Corner (edit video & audio files, convert photographs & slides to digital files, and more)
- Microfilm reader (print screens or save them to a flash drive)
- Photocopier
- Black & white (10¢/sheet) and color (25¢/sheet)
- Enlarge, reduce an image
- Print from home or your own laptop
- Document scanning (free, use your own thumb drive--available for $5 at the Reference Desk courtesy of the Friends of the Menasha Library)
- Projector
- Rokus: ask at the Reference Desk--check one out to take home
- Wireless Internet access is required (see WiFi Hotspots below)
- Choose from hundreds of films & TV series - For a complete list of titles click here.
- Listen to music
- WiFi Hotspots to take on vacation, use at home, or use in a presentation to connect to the Internet (supported by Faith Technlogies, Inc.) more information
- WiFi is available throughout the library to use with your own device
- Android phone chargers for use at the library
- iPhone chargers for use at the library
Need help getting started? Arrange a time for one-on-one instruction with a librarian:
stop at the Reference Desk
or call us 920.967.3690
or send us an email message
