The power of the Library, at your fingertips!
Download the SELCO mobile app to manage your library account on the go! Search titles, place requests, check the status of a hold, and pay your fines all from the convenience of your smartphone!
Find the iPhone app here on the Apple Store
Find the Android app here on the Google Play Store
Log in with your library card’s barcode number (no spaces, no dashes) and your PIN (usually the last 4 digits of a phone number). If that login information doesn’t work, give us a call and we’ll help get it straightened out!
Can’t find what you’re looking for in SELCO? Try searching the statewide database: MNLink
To login, select SELCO as your institution and then use your regular library barcode + PIN, easy as that!
*please note: you will not be able to get something from MNLink if a SELCO library owns a copy of the item, (even if there’s only one copy and it’s currently checked out – sorry, we don’t make the rules!)
eBooks & eAudiobooks
- OverDrive – eBooks and eAudiobooks are available to download to your personal computer or devices.
- Hoopla – offers eBooks and eAudiobooks (as well as movies, TV, music albums, and comics/graphic novels) to check out and download for the duration of the loan period.
- eBooks Minnesota – a collection for readers of all ages featuring content from independent Minnesota publishers and including some of Minnesota’s best literature and nonfiction. Access any book in the collection at any time, regardless of how many other readers are using the book.
- TumbleBooks – some are available for download. When using from outside OPL, you may need to enter your library card number.
Music, Movies, & TV
- Freegal – your library card is your ticket to 5 free music downloads per week, and up to 3 hours of music streaming per day
- Hoopla – also offers music albums, movies, & TV shows to check out and download for the duration of the loan period
Online Tax Information
- Federal Taxes
- For information about federal taxes: IRS Website
- To search for federal tax forms and instructions: IRS Forms
- Minnesota State Taxes
- For Minnesota tax information: MN Department of Revenue website
- To search for a MN tax form: Find a Form, MN
- Iowa State Taxes
- For Iowa tax information: IA Department of Revenue
- To search for an IA tax form: IA Tax Forms
Research/Homework/Test Help
- Archives.gov – simple tips to help preserve your family papers and photographs
- AskMN – an online service for information and research help available to all MN residents and students 24/7
- Consumer Reports – full text from 1991 to present
- DMV Permit Test – access manuals, online practice tests (for car, motorcycle, and CDL), an exam simulator, and FAQs. Spanish-language materials are also available.
- eLibraryMN – search for magazines, newspapers, journal articles, ebooks, and information from reference sources
- Familysearch.org – a site for genealogy research
- MN Digital Newspaper Hub – local and regional newspapers digitized by the Minnesota Historical Society