Library Services « McDonald County Library

Property Tax Question

The McDonald County Library operates almost entirely on your property taxes. The library receives only a tiny fraction (currently 2.53%) of your total bill, almost all of the rest goes to schools. And the library has operated with the same tax levy since it was founded. However, since then the library has opened two new branches, [...] [...]

FREE eBook and Audiobook downloads

Our Library is part of the Missouri consortium, and partnered with OverDrive to make thousands of eBooks and Audiobooks available for loan to cardholders of the McDonald County Library! To find eBooks and Audiobooks available for download, search Missouri Libraries 2 Go. If you’ve never downloaded from this site before, you may find it useful to take [...] [...]

Spotlight on: CD & DVD Scratch Repair

Do you have a CD or DVD that skips or suddenly won’t work anymore, probably due to scratches on the disk? The Pineville library has a professional disk resurfacer that works on Audio CD’s, Movie DVD’s, Blu-ray Movies, and Game disks. This service will remove most scratches (unless they are too deep) and puts a fine polish on [...] [...]

Spotlight on: Chilton’s Auto Repair Library

Automotive Repair Information for Do-It-Yourself (DIY) People No matter if you’re looking to find out something simple, like how to adjust the headlights on your 2006 Toyota Camry… Or something more technical, like how to adjust the fuel flow on a ’57 Chevy Bel Aire with a Carter 4 barrel carburetor… The ChiltonLibrary is the place [...] [...]

Have you looked at your tax bill?

Click to enlarge image… It’s hard to read, but the library’s small (2.53%) portion is that small sliver second from the right. The McDonald County Library has operated with the same tax levy since the beginning… Because of the way taxes are apportioned, the percentage of every dollar changes slightly every year. (Almost every year the library gets an [...] [...]

How to reserve an item and check your account

We’ve just updated the information about how to check your account and/or reserve books online… If you’ve ever wanted to reserve a book OR find out what items are checked out to you, when they are due, fines/overdues, items reserved or waiting to be picked up, etc… Try these new (and hopefully much simplified) instructions! [...]

Spotlight on: Children’s Computers

The libraries in Pineville and Southwest City each have TWO Special Children’s Computers designed especially for kids ages 3 to 9 years old! These computers have lots of fun, kid-friendly and educational software titles loaded, and they are NOT connected to the Internet, so they are safe for your kids to explore to their heart’s content. There [...] [...]

Spotlight on: ‘Wowbrary’ – for New Releases

You can find all the newest Books & Videos just released at our library each week with Wowbrary! Wowbrary is a service that shows you our newest additions via free weekly emails, Facebook posts, and/or new book lists online linked from our library website. Wowbrary serves as an online version of our new-book shelf, but one [...] [...]

Spotlight on: Accessing Your Account Online

No matter if you are snowed in at home, or traveling on the road, your Internet access allows you to easily access the library! See All the Items that are checked out on your account. Renew Items that are due soon. Reserve Items that is currently checked out. When the item is available we will notify you. Add an [...] [...]

Tax Forms and Instructions

Taxes, taxes, taxes… Benjamin Franklin famously said: “The only things certain in life are death and taxes.” But you can get back some of that excess money the IRS borrowed from you last year… The Pineville library has free paper copies of several of the most common tax forms and instructions. And if we don’t [...] [...]