Digital media now available for checkout.  Click here (or "Digital Media" at the top of any page) to access and download eBooks, audio books, music and video.  You must have a valid library card.  Users will need to install free software.  Step by step guide located on the digital media site.  Titles can be enjoyed immediately or transferred to a variety of devices, including iPod, Sony Reader, and many others.  Some audio titles can also be burned to CD to listen on –the-go.  Titles will automatically expire at the end of the lending period.

The Doris Gauthier Collection, Library documents and Historical Society photos are now available for searching and accessing on the Historical Intranet.  At this time it is available only at the Harrisville Branch on all public library networked computers.  We are still developing and "testing" this program and soon will make it available at more of our branches.  To access, CLICK HERE (link will only work from Harrisville public computers at this time).

Alcona County Library now subscribes to the World Book Online Reference Center, the premier online reference source-containing every article from the 22-volume print set plus thousands more. With state-of-the-art multimedia, maps, editor-reviewed Web sites, and more - we are convinced that you will find the World Book Online Reference Center to be a valuable resource!  Click Here to access (you will need to use your Alcona County Library Card number to login).

Did you know that at the the Alcona County Library, you can use our computers to do research on your family history!  Yes, from computers located within the library you have access (no cost to you ) to "HeritageQuest Online".  To begin your search, simply click on this link.