Digital Library

Your library card gives you instant access to a large collection of digital materials! Some services require apps, while others are available directly through our website. Checkout periods and download restrictions vary, and some require that you create an account. No need to remember due dates, these items return automatically.

Need help? See our tutorials, schedule a Book-A-Librarian appointment, contact us online, or call us at 602-652-3000.

  • Articles available as a database
  • Coverage from Jan 1, 1999 – present
  • Buying a new car or washing machine? Find ratings, reviews, & articles for products
  • Browse magazines or search articles
  • Browse current or past issues of some of the most popular magazines
  • Access People, Ranger Rick, TIME, The Atlantic, Entrepreneur, Forbes, and more!
  • Magazines available in Spanish
  • Discover a collection of ready to download ebooks
  • Checkout up to 6 per week
  • Requires a free Adobe Digital Editions account
  • Listen to songs from diverse music labels, including Sony Music’s catalog
  • Unlimited music streaming
  • 5 songs to keep per week
  • On demand classes for lifelong learning and social connection
  • Focused on adults 55+
  • Courses on art, cooking, health, technology, and more
  • Wide variety of new and popular content across all types.
  • No wait times on these popular materials
  • Limit of 12 checkouts per month
  • Featuring: Craftsy, The Great Courses, and BingePasses
  • Stream classic cinema, indie films, documentaries, and content for kids
  • Limit of 30 tickets per month
  • Ticket requirements vary per video based on runtime.
  • Watch Great Courses, BBC programming, and Anime
  • Browse our largest selection of digital books, audiobooks, and magazines for all ages
  • Popular titles may have waitlists. Or, check out our Always Available collection for our no-wait titles!
  • Checkout up to 10 items at a time and place 8 on hold
  • Great Courses
  • Qello
  • Unlimited, on-demand course access for any skill level
  • Learn the latest software, creative, and business skills
  • Hundreds of topics covered in videos with downloadable supplemental material
  • To download the app on your mobile device, use library ID: maricopacountylibrary
  • Newspapers and magazines from over 120 countries in over 60 languages
  • Access current and past issues
  • Picture books, chapter books, nonfiction books, and graphic novels for kids
  • Watch books come to life, listen along, or read to yourself options
  • Includes videos, puzzles and games

Electronic Resources

  • Print and media reference and research academic database.

Ancestry Library

  • Explore your family history! Includes coverage of the U.S., U.K., Canada, and more.
  • Available for use inside the library only.
  • Research using thousands of biographies with supporting videos, audio, and photos.
  • Find your next book! Includes recommendations reviews and author biographies.
  • Live tutoring, online homework help, writing lab assistance, test prep, study tools, and chess tutoring.
  • Help with every step of the job search process including professional resume review and live interview coaching.
  • Connects veterans and their families to education, employment, housing, and health resources.
  • la información de referencia que es segura, verdadera, y actualizada para niños, estudiantes, y adultos de todas edades.
  • Tiene artículos enciclopédicos, colecciones de recursos primarios, actividades estudiantiles, imágenes, audio, y videos.
  • Up-to-date reference information for kids, students, and adults of all ages.
  • Articles, primary source collections, educator tools, student activities, pictures, audio, and video.
  • Learn about careers, receive personalized recommendations, create resumes, search for jobs and schools, and get career advice.
  • Search the most authoritative automotive repair information available to car owners.
  • Watch step-by-step instruction on a variety of creative crafts, such as baking, cake decorating, quilting, knitting, and more.
  • Helps users create marketing plans, conduct competitive analysis, raise funds, and locate people.
  • Access to more than 20 Million Businesses, 222 Million Consumers, U.S. New Businesses, and U.S. New Homeowners and Movers.
  • Access to lifelong learning opportunities including professional development, technology, and personal enrichment courses.
  • More than 325 six-week long, online programs taught by college instructors.
  • Database searching with resources featuring age-appropriate, curriculum-related content.
  • Cross-search content from select Gale products, including Gale's OneFile periodicals, In Context products, Gale Literature products, and multimedia and primary source information.
  • Access general interest magazines and key serials in a single resource. Best for general research.
  • Analyze important global issues and events through topic overviews, international viewpoints, news, and multimedia content.
  • Genealogical database covering the late 1700s to the present.
  • Explore thousands of topics across subjects including literature, science, history, and social issues using different sources.
  • Detailed how-to instructions and creative ideas for hobby enthusiast.
  • Detailed, user-friendly information covering a variety of home improvement and repair projects.
  • Access a wide selection of state-specific (and multi-state) legal forms and resources across the most popular legal areas.

Warning: users should consult an attorney for serious legal matters.

  • Find up-to-date biographies, overviews, full-text criticisms, audio interviews, and reviews on writers from all eras.
  • Includes independent information about companies, funds, exchange-traded funds, and markets.
  • Get reliable portfolio analysis, learn about investment options, and find the most up-to-date financial news commentary.
  • Full text access to over 1,000 newspaper publications for the years 1819–1978 from the West Coast.
  • Search for marriage announcements, obituaries, news, and more.
  • Search 2,800+ local, state, national and international full-text newspapers for current and archival articles.
  • A readers' advisory service providing access to information on fiction titles focusing on grades K through 8.
  • A readers' advisory service for author read-alikes, book discussion guides, reading lists and more.
  • Access major U.S. and international newspapers online to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, or other fields.
  • Enjoy a range of talks from bestselling authors and thought leaders.
  • Find overviews, news, and opinions on hundreds of today's important social issues.
  • Unlimited access to thousands of filmed concerts and documentaries. Available via Libby.
  • Este centro ofrece a los adultos que están muy ocupados los recursos para mejorar sus habilidades básicas, ganar sus credenciales de GED® o ser ciudadano estadounidense.
  • Self-paced language instruction.
  • Choose from 14 languages.
  • Explore paired fiction and nonfiction eBooks for pre-K through grade 3 kids.
  • Instant and unlimited access to download a wide variety of classroom materials like lesson plans, skills sheets, mini-books, and more for Pre-K through Grade 8.
  • Understand context for hundreds of science topics through overviews, journals, news, interactive experiments, and more.
  • Still need to earn your high school diploma? Maricopa County Library District offers a way for you to accomplish this at no cost to you!
  • Search thousands of college and graduate schools, identify scholarships, take practice tests, create resumes, and explore careers.
  • Unlimited access to world class courses and lectures from leading experts and academics. Available via Libby.
  • Uncover information on hundreds of the most significant people, events, and topics in U.S. history from a variety of sources.
  • Accurate, reliable, unbiased investment research on companies, industries, markets and economies.
  • Get started with educational guides, videos, and a glossary.
  • Uncover information on hundreds of the most significant people, events, and topics in world history from a variety of sources.