Come into any Hennepin County Library and use a wealth of materials, including books, CDs, DVDs, magazines and more. Your free library card lets you borrow most of these items and use most of our electronic resources from home or office.

Find out how we choose and manage these materials
• Collection Development and Management Policy

Can’t find what you’re looking for?
• We will try to locate the title and borrow it for you through Interlibrary Loan
Or
• You can suggest that we purchase the title for our collection

Donations
Would you like to donate books or other materials at the library?
• Donations Policy
• Donations Fact Sheet (PDF)
• Information for New Authors (PDF)

Bestseller Express
Eager to read that new book, but don’t want to wait your turn?
Rent it through Bestseller Express -- $3 for 10 days!

Electronic Resources
Online electronic resources are available for use in the library and at home (with your registered library card), including
• Databases (full-text magazine and newspaper articles)
• eBooks

Language Collections
Looking for material in a foreign language?
• Language Collections

• Library Board Lending Policy
• Library Board Fee & Fine Policy and Schedule
• Lending Rules
• Notices
• Fines