Digital Material

Your Monarch Library System & Germantown library card gives you access to digital material including books, audiobooks, magazines, movies, music & more! Click here to view information on access to online resources & databases.

The Monarch Catalog allows you to search the items that are held in Germantown Community Library, as well as all 30 libraries in Dodge, Ozaukee, Sheboygan and Washington counties.

Hoopla is a media streaming platform for digital audiobooks, comics, e-books, movies, music, and television shows.  All items can be checked out for free with your Germantown Community Library Card.  Hoopla items are available with no holds or wait time.

Patrons are limited to 3 items per month per library card. Hoopla is different than Overdrive/Libby in that the library pays per item checked out – not a traditional annual fee. The 3 item limit is to ensure that all patrons have access hoopla and that the library is able to pay for the service out of our annual budget. Subscription for Germantown Community Library card holders.  Other areas may be limited.

  • Meet Libby – a fresh and easy way to borrow and read ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines from Overdrive.  Libby is a free app – all you need to access 1000s of titles is your library card!

NEW IN 2023!! Universal Class offer hundred of free online continuing education classes.  They include lessons, exams, assignments, discussion boards and actual assessments of our progress. All courses are self-paced and can be started at anytime.  Most courses also have the option to complete the course through video audit.

Universal Class can be accessed by patrons with their library card in two ways:

  1. Download the free Libby app or access libbyapp.com on a desktop computer – If this is your first-time using Libby app or visiting libbyapp.com, follow the prompts to find your library and enter your library card number. After you are signed in, click the building icon at the bottom of the screen: Scroll down to the EXTRAS section, find Universal Class, and click “GET”. You will then be redirected to Universal Class. Log in here with library card and you will have immediate access to classes! (Please note: Universal Class is not available through OverDrive website).
  2. Click here to access Monarch’s Universal Class Portal

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