State Library of Iowa
Every resident of Iowa has free access to a statewide library system run by State Library of Iowa. With a local library card, students, parents, and teachers can use research databases, ebooks and audiobooks, and learning programs at no cost. Here is what is available and how to get it.
Iowa public libraries at a glance
Research databases: State Library of Iowa online resources
State Library of Iowa online resources is Iowa's free statewide research service.
Resources students can use inside State Library of Iowa online resources include:
- Mometrix eLibrary test prep
- SILO / Iowa Locator statewide catalog & interlibrary loan
- State Documents Repository & Iowa Publications Online
Ebooks & audiobooks: Bridges eLibrary (Libby/OverDrive), free with a library card.
Homework help: Mometrix eLibrary
Mometrix eLibrary offers test-prep materials statewide. This is test prep rather than live tutoring.
Accessible reading & talking books
Students and family members who cannot read standard print (because of a visual, physical, or reading disability such as dyslexia) can get free audiobooks and braille through the state talking-book library, part of the national NLS network and its BARD download service. The Iowa Library for the Blind and Print Disabled (Iowa Department for the Blind, Des Moines) is the state's NLS regional library; Iowans unable to read standard print apply.
Find a library & get a card
Use the official locator to find your nearest Iowa public library, hours, and how to get a card. Find a library →
Through SILO, you can borrow materials from libraries across the state by interlibrary loan.