Books, Audiobooks, & Magazines
Libby
Libby's digital collection gives you access to eBooks, audiobooks, and magazines, extending content beyond the library's physical walls and making it available anytime, anywhere. Use the Libby App on your tablet, phone, or any app capable device today! NC Kids Digital also uses Overdrive. Search for this in the "Add a Library " feature.
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Libby/Overdrive, Instructions
Hoopla
A digital streaming service that provides patrons with an enormous selection of digital movies and television shows, music, ebooks, e-audiobooks, and comics. Available through the app on a multitude of devices, including: iTunes, Google Play, Amazon, Chromecast, Apple TV, Android TV, FireTV, Roku.
Hoopla Instructions
Newspapers
Community History Archive – In library use only
See copies of digitized local newspapers in this fully searchable resource. The Times News 1954-1957; 1978-1981; 2021; the Alamance News 2021 and more coming soon!
Historic NC Digital Newspapers
3.5 million pages of digitized content from over 1,000 historical NC county newspapers, including the daily Burlington Times-News.
Children's Books, Audiobooks, & More
NC Kids Digital Library
For kids’ pre – K through 4th grade, NC Kids Digital Library. Over 3,700 eBooks, audiobooks, videos, and Read–Alongs are now available to younger readers via 85 regional, county, and municipal libraries in North Carolina through OverDrive’s digital reading platform. These materials are instantly available for every child, at home and everywhere.
NC Kids Level Up
For kids’ 4th – 8th grade, NC Kids Digital Library. These materials are instantly available for every child, at home and everywhere.
ABC Mouse
ABCmouse.com helps kids learn to read through phonics, and teaches lessons in math, social studies, art, music, and much more. For kids age 2 to 6 year olds at preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten levels.
Just for Kids Streaming Collection
The Just for Kids Streaming Collection gives children—and their parents—a thoroughly kid-safe, advertisement-free media platform they can freely explore and enjoy.
Magazines, Streaming Movies, Music, & Television
Hoopla
A digital streaming service providing patrons an enormous selection of digital movies and television shows, music, eBooks, e-audiobooks, and comics. Available through the app on a multitude of devices, including: iTunes, Google Play, Amazon, Chromecast, Apple TV, Android TV, FireTV, Roku. Hoopla Instructions
Films On Demand
Films On Demand is a database that provides access to over 20,000 educational films and documentaries. The site provides materials for nearly every course and discipline.
Sites with Public Domain Titles
- Google Books – Download full copies of out-of-copyright books from a variety of public domain titles(100’s of 1000’s of titles)
- Internet Archive – A non-profit digital library offering free universal access to books, movies & music (over 2.5 million titles)
- ManyBooks.net (29,000 titles)
- Online Books Page (over 1 million titles)
- Project Gutenberg – For online texts, Project Gutenberg is still on the cutting edge with over 10,000 classics, including international titles. (over 60,000 titles)
- Open Library - One web page for every book ever published (a collection of over 20 million records and growing)