e-media

Thank you for visiting our virtual branch. Here you will find all you need to load up your digital devices with books, audiobooks, magazines, music, and movies. If you want more information about any of the services below, contact the library.

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OverDrive: Indiana Digital Library (IDL)

Books, audiobooks, magazines

Details

  • Items check out for 7, 14, or 21 days. You can change your default checkout period.
  • Users can have 10 items checked out at one time. Items can be returned early if needed.
  • Users will never receive late fees—the files automatically stop working at the end of their checkout period, and/or the user can simply delete them at or before the end of the checkout period.
  • Items can only be checked out to one person at a time. Therefore some items may be unavailable and users will need to place a hold.
  • You can have 10 items on hold at a time.
  • Need help getting set up or downloading? Check the OverDrive Help

Libby App, your library anywhere you are.

Books, audiobooks, magazines.

Details

  • Items check out for 7, 14, or 21 days. You can change your default checkout period.
  • Users can have 10 items check out at one time. Items can be returned early if needed.
  • Users will never receive late fees—the files automatically stop working at the end of their checkout period, and/or the user can simply delete them at or before the end of the checkout period.
  • Items can only be checked out to one person at a time. Therefore some items may be unavailable and users will need to place a hold.
  • You can have 10 items on hold at a time.
  • Need help getting set up or downloading? Check the OverDrive Help

Freegal

Music, audiobooks, and music videos.  New:  Unlimited music streaming.

Details
  • There is a weekly download limit of 5 songs. You can keep track of your downloads, and every song has a sample clip you can listen to before you download.
  • New for 2024:  Unlimited music streaming
  • Each week’s limit resets at 12:01 Sunday evening.
  • The downloads on this site are all in the MP3 format. This service will work with any MP3 player, including iPod, and can be loaded into iTunes. It also works on both PCs and Macs.
  • You can download a song up to two additional times that you have download in the past two weeks. These two additional downloads do not count against your weekly download limit.
  • Be sure to check out the browsing areas, especially Artists A to Z (bottom of page) and the genre lists (menu bar). Click on see all genres to view dozens of categories.
  • Once you click the download button it immediately counts as one of your weekly downloads. There is no way to cancel or override. Only click download if you want to download the item.
  • Each music videos count as 2 of your weekly downloads.
  • Need help getting set up the Freegal App or downloading it? Check the Freegal FAQ

Hoopla

Movies, television programs, music, comic books, ebooks, and audiobooks

Details
  • Hoopla provides digital movies, television programs, music, comic books, ebooks, and audiobooks.
  • You can only stream Hoopla’s content on a PC or Mac, not download it.
  • You can stream or download Hoopla’s content on iOS or Android devices through the Hoopla Digital App.
  • The Hoopla app is supported by iOS devices that run iOS 6 or newer. This includes iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPad 2 and newer, and iPod Touch 4th generation and newer. The Hoopla app is also available for Android smartphones and tablets. The Hoopla Digital app is compatible with select Android devices; this includes most devices that support Android OS 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and above.
  • There are no holds lists for content. All content is available to everyone at any time.
  • You can check out fifteen (15) items per month on Hoopla. View the number of items you have checked out or have remaining for the month under "My Titles."
  • There are no fines or fees. All content stops working at the end of its checkout period.
  • Checkout limits are as follows:
    Audiobooks: checkout for 21 days
    E-books: checkout for 21 days
    Comic books: checkout for 21 days
    Movies: checkout for 3 days
    Music: checkout for 7 days
    TV shows: checkout for 3 days
  • When you borrow music, you get the entire album shown.
  • If a television program has more than one episode, you borrow each episode separately, not the entire season.
  • Need help getting set up with Hoopla? Check the Hoopla Help site.

Inspire

Full-text magazine and newspaper articles, journal articles, peer review articles, biographies, Indiana History, Testing, and Education Reference Center.

Details
  • INSPIRE is Indiana's Virtual Online Library. INSPIRE is a collection of online academic databases and other information resources that can be accessed by Indiana residents. INSPIRE began in January 1998 as a project of the Indiana State Library, funded by a one-time development grant from the Lilly Endowment Inc. Since that time, INSPIRE has been supported by the Indiana General Assembly through Build Indiana Funds and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), and through a partnership with the Academic Libraries of Indiana (ALI).
  • INSPIRE includes full-text magazine and journal articles, websites, pamphlets, images, almanacs, full-text historic newspapers, multimedia, library catalogs, and much more. In most cases, INSPIRE provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts of all articles that appear in every periodical with the exception of some newspapers. Only letters to the editor, advertisements, and some images are excluded for copyright reasons.
  • INSPIRE is a free resource available to all Indiana residents who have Internet access. Other states may offer similar services to their own residents.

 
Ebooks

World Book Online

eBooks

Details
  • Username: LPLDworld & Password: LPLDworld
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