New Mexico State Library
Every resident of New Mexico has free access to a statewide library system run by New Mexico State Library. 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.
New Mexico public libraries at a glance
Research databases: El Portal
El Portal is New Mexico's free statewide research service.
Resources students can use inside El Portal include:
- Periodical & reference databases
- Brainfuse HelpNow (homework help)
- Gale products via NMSL
Ebooks & audiobooks: NM Reads via Hoopla, free with a library card.
Homework help: Brainfuse HelpNow
Brainfuse HelpNow, part of El Portal, offers one-to-one online homework help, test prep, and writing assistance, with live tutors 2-11 p.m. daily and self-serve help around the clock.
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 Library for the Blind & Print Disabled (BARD), part of the national NLS network and its BARD download service. The New Mexico Library for the Blind and Print Disabled (Talking Books Library), an NLS network library, serves New Mexicans who can't read standard print; an application is required.
Find a library & get a card
Use the official locator to find your nearest New Mexico public library, hours, and how to get a card. Find a library →