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Digital & Streaming Content

Digital & Streaming Content

Welcome to our Digital Library! Download or stream eBooks, eAudiobooks, eMagazines, movies, and music. All of these resources are available 24/7. You just need a Union County Public Library account to access them. Don't have a library account? Click here to begin the registration process


Instantly download or stream movies, music, eBooks, and eAudiobooks.

Overdrive"

Enjoy eBooks and audiobooks anytime anywhere. Available for every major mobile and desktop platform, use the built-in browser or your browser of choice to find, check-out and download digital titles to read or listen.



NC LIVE offers access to a core selection of digital content and services. Content formats include eBooks, audiobooks, films and videos, magazines, newspapers, and journals.



The eReading Room is a dedicated collection of the library’s OverDrive-powered website that displays content geared to kids. Children can browse and borrow books that are age, grade and reading-level appropriate.



Powered by OverDrive and curated by North Carolina State Library, this group of digital books is kid-friendly and age appropriate.



RB Digital offers full color digital magazines as well as eBooks and eAudios for anytime anywhere reading on desktops, mobile devices, and apps.

Books & Reading | Business & Legal | Digital & Streaming Content | Genealogy | General Reference | Kids |
Language Learning | Newspapers & Magazines | Online Courses | Students

If you need help accessing these resources or downloading content,
please call our Training and Technology department at 704-283-8184 ext.5222

eBooks

View a list of recommended eBooks

Submit your indie-published eBook

Audiobooks

View a list of recommended audiobooks

View a list of audio content

View a list of audiobook awards

Contact Information

Nina Chaffin
Library Director
Email: nina.chaffin@unioncountync.gov

Lindsey Shuford
Assistant Library Director
Email: lshuford@unioncountync.gov

Monroe Library
704-283-8184, option 1
ucpladministration@unioncountync.gov
Children's Services
childrens@unioncountync.gov
Edwards Memorial Library
704-283-8184, option 2
marshville@unioncountync.gov
Reference Services
ucplref@unioncountync.gov
Union West Library
704-283-8184, option 3
unionwest@unioncountync.gov
Teen Services
teens@unioncountync.gov
Waxhaw Library
704-283-8184, option 4
waxhaw@unioncountync.gov
Genealogy Services
ucplgenealogy@unioncountync.gov

Library Locations & Hours

Locations and Hours of Operation

Monroe Library
316 E. Windsor St.
Monroe, NC 28112
Phone: 704-283-8184, option 1
Hours:
Monday - Friday: 9:00 to 4:00
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: Closed

 

Dickerson Genealogy & Local History Room
Monroe Library
Phone: 704-283-8184, extension 5236
Hours:
Monday - Friday: 9:00 to 4:00
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: Closed
 

Lois Morgan Edwards Memorial Library
414 Hasty St.
Marshville, NC 28103
Phone: 704-283-8184, option 2
Hours:
Monday - Friday: 9:00 to 4:00
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: Closed

Union West Regional Library
123 Unionville-Indian Trail Rd
Indian Trail, NC 28079
Phone: 704-283-8184, option 3
Hours:
Monday - Friday: 9:00 to 4:00
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: Closed

 

Waxhaw Branch Library
509 S. Providence St.
Waxhaw, NC 28173
Phone: 704-283-8184, option 4
Hours:
Monday - Friday: 9:00 - 4:00 Curbside Only
 

Holidays and Closings

In 2020, the Libraries will be closed on the following days:

New Year’s Day

Wednesday, January 1

Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Monday, January 20

Staff Development Day

Monday, February 17

Easter Holiday

Friday, April 10 - Sunday, April 12

Memorial Day Weekend

Saturday, May 23 - Monday May 25

Independence Day

Friday, July 3

Labor Day Weekend

Saturday, September 5 - Monday, September 7

Veteran’s Day

Wednesday, November 11

Thanksgiving Holiday

Thursday, November 26-Friday, November 27

Christmas Holiday

Thursday, December 24-Sunday, December 27

All libraries close at 5:00 p.m. on Thanksgiving Eve & New Years Eve (Wednesday, November 25 & Thursday, December 31).

Branch Managers

Tim Speasl
Branch Manager, Lois Morgan Edwards Memorial Library
Email: tspeasl@unioncountync.gov

Christie Starnes
Branch Manager, Union West Regional Library
Email: christie.starnes@unioncountync.gov

Elaina Wolfe
Branch Manager, Waxhaw Library
Email: ewolfe@unioncountync.gov