We love to save instead of spend, especially when we can support our local Orange County Library System at the same time. You know the library can save you money on books, DVDS, and even other helpful items through their Library of Things. Maybe you have even used the Local Wanderer passes to see local museums and performances. But did you know that you can download a ton of digital resources for free as well? OCLS offers free versions of lots of helpful streaming services, ebook platforms, language learning programs, and more.
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Downloadable Digital Resources
Your place for free access to e-books, audiobooks, music, e-magazines, and videos. Visit the OCLS guide to Downloadable Digital Resources here.
From there, you can see your digital resource options in the tabs. Here is a quick overview of each one:
Libby
- Libby has magazines, audiobooks, videos, and ebooks to check out from OCLS.
Hoopla
- Audiobooks, books, comics, music, and videos, including TV shows, and The Great Courses which offers engaging lectures from the world’s greatest professors and experts.
- Offers access to the Curiosity Stream BingePass, which includes documentaries, films, series, and TV shows.
Freading
- E-books that are always available, no holds or waitlists.
Freegal Music
- Access the Sony music catalog. Use preset playlists by genre or create your own. Spanish language website available. Limited audiobook collection- fiction, nonfiction.
Kanopy
- More than 26,000 movie, TV, and video titles including documentaries, indie and foreign films, classics, and instructional videos including The Great Courses.
PressReader
- Unlimited access to over 3,000 newspapers from 120 countries in 60 languages (plus 4000 magazines for free). No checkout period; keep downloaded issues and saved articles.
From this guide page, simply choose the digital resource tab you want to download and follow the directions. The page offers videos to help you navigate getting started.
If you have problems or questions, contact OCLS Help Desk.
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