Hoopla, Overdrive, Rocket Languages and More!
Get ready to download and enjoy audiobooks, music, and video on your computer, or eBooks and audiobooks on your mobile device. All you need is your library card and you can access tons of amazing new and popular eBooks and Audiobooks!
Whether you have a Nook, a Kindle, iPad, or a smart phone; you can get great books for free!
Hoopla Digital
eBooks, eAudios, Movies, Music, TV Shows, Graphic Novels, and more!
Here are some other great features of hoopla:
- Borrowed content is available for immediate streaming on a computer or mobile device
- On the digital app, borrowed content can be temporarily downloaded for offline use (yes, you can watch movies and listen to movies and audiobooks while you are traveling!)
- Music albums can be listened in their entirety or shuffled between other checked out albums
- Hoopla’s eReader, Action View, is interactive, allowing a comic book to be read panel by panel!
- Hoopla has a Kid’s Mode – allowing young people access to content geared towards ages 12 and under.
Libby
The sister-app to OverDrive Media Console
We are excited to launch a new app in addition to our OverDrive Media Console service called Libby, that should make eBook and eAudio use more user friendly than ever before. New features and a cleaner design allows patrons to check out eBooks and eAudios more smoothly and without authorization on devices.
Libby will not be replacing the OverDrive Media Console App at this time. Existing users can continue using the previous version without any worry of it being discontinued.
CLICK HERE for more on Libby!
OverDrive Media Console
eBooks, Audiobooks, Videos and More!
Visit the Southwest Michigan Digital Website or download the app on your mobile device.
RB Digital Magazines
All you need is your library card!
Click HERE to sign up today! RBdigital Magazines, the world’s largest newsstand, offers full-color digital magazines for anytime, anywhere reading on desktops, mobile devices, and apps. Your library’s collection of popular digital magazines includes both new and backlist titles with no holds, no checkout periods, and no limits. Instantly read all current and backlist magazines on desktop and mobile browsers. Download and read magazines on 95% of today’s mobile devices, including iOS (Apple®), Android™, and Kindle Fire™/HD/HDX.
Click HERE for instructions on how to download RBdigital!
MeL eResources
These eResources are for children, teens, and adults.
The Michigan eLibrary (MeL) is a statewide service of the Library of Michigan, an agency of the Michigan Department of Education. The Library of Michigan works with the Midwest Collaborative for Library Services (MCLS) to provide MeL services.
There are a ton of amazing databases that you can access from home. These resources cover a variety of topics that cover auto repair, scholastic educational courses, career exploration, and so much more!
CLICK HERE to find out more about what you can learn in your free time!
Rocket Languages
Learn a new language in your own time!
Rocket Languages currently features the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Sign Language, and Spanish. Rocket Languages even features Eigo to English and Spanish to English.
Popular features on Rocket Languages: Interactive Audio Lessons, Language & Culture Lessons, Reinforcement Activities, Voice Recognition, Easy Learning, Learning Support, and Motivational Tools.
CLICK HERE to learn a new language today!
WOWbrary
FREE weekly notifications on NEW library materials
These weekly newsletters showcase item covers, descriptions, popularity, ratings, and/or reviews for the preponderance of new book, DVDs, music CDs, audiobooks, eBooks, and eAudios. Patrons can click directly through to the card catalog to place a reserve and get further information. Get a sneak peek of the latest library materials! Each email newsletter shows the “Top Choices” items selected for popularity and variety. The issue also directs patrons to additional pages of new items, organized by genre. Patrons with a format preference can choose to see just eBooks/eAudios or just physical copies within the library.
Click HERE to sign up today!
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