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Stream & Download Resources
Biblioteca TumbleBook
Use at Home? Yes
Formats Available: Audiobooks and eBooks
Description: Ciber-libros para ciber-niños
Boundless by Baker & Taylor (formerly, Axis360)
Use at Home? Yes
Formats Available: Audiobooks, eBooks, Graphic Novels
Description: check out audiobooks or ebooks for 14 days to use on your smartphone, tablet or computer (not compatible with Kindles)
Having trouble finding us when setting up Boundless? Make sure you’re typing the period in St. Charles.
Comics Plus powered by Library Pass
Use at Home? Yes
Formats Available: Graphic Novels
Description: Enjoy unlimited access to thousands of digital comics, graphic novels, and manga — 24 hours a day, 7 days a week; on your computer, tablet, or phone. No holds. No wait lists. No limits.
Flipster
Use at Home? Yes
Formats Available: Magazines
Description: Check out magazines to read on your computer or mobile device. Includes popular titles such as Time, Consumer Reports and People.
Several popular magazine titles previously available in Flipster are now available through Overdrive.
Freegal
Use at Home? Yes
Formats Available: Music (plus some Audiobooks and Music Videos)
Description: Free unlimited streaming of music from the entire Sony Music catalog plus thousands of independent artists; also download up to five DRM-free tracks per week.
Hoopla Digital
Use at Home? Yes
Formats Available: Audiobooks, eBooks, Graphic Novels, Magazines, Music, Video
Description: Stream or download up to five titles per month in a variety of forms. Videos check out for three days, Binge Passes and Music for seven days, eBooks and Audiobooks for 21 days.
The Library has a daily allotment of checkouts from Hoopla. If you receive a message that the daily limit has been reached, all available checkouts have been used for the day. The next day’s allotment resets at midnight.
If you receive an error message from Hoopla about your account settings, please visit the Hoopla settings menu and re-enter your library card number and PIN. If you do not know your PIN, please contact the reference department at 630-584-0076 x1.
Inkie Through Biblioboard
Use at Home? Yes
Formats Available: eBooks (plus some Audiobooks, Graphic Novels, Music, and Video)
Description: Always available collection of primarily eBooks, provided for free to everyone in Illinois thanks to the generosity of the Reaching Across Illinois Libraries Systems (RAILS). Also includes local collections from other Illinois libraries and PressBooks tool to convert your manuscript into eBook format.
Kanopy
Use at Home? Yes
Formats Available: Video
Description: Ten play credits per month to view movies (checkout for three days) or series (checkout for seven days); a mix of award-winning feature films, documentaries and educational content, including Criterion Collection titles and The Great Courses.
Overdrive/Libby/eMediaLibrary
Use at Home? Yes
Formats Available: Audiobooks, eBooks, Graphic Novels, Magazines
Description: Check out up to 10 eBooks or Audiobooks for up to three weeks. Check out an unlimited number of magazines for three weeks. Only Kindle-friendly Library eBook vendor. Compatible Devices.
Browse the Libby App from your Laptop/Desktop
Pressreader
Use at Home? Yes
Formats Available: Magazines and Newspapers
Description: Free full text, full color online subscriptions to popular newspapers and magazines from around the world! Access by clicking on the Sign In button, then Libraries & Groups. Search for the St. Charles Public Library. Select OpenAthens and enter your library card number and PIN.
Tumble Book Library
Use at Home? Yes
Description: A collection of animated, talking picture books and puzzles created from existing picture books, Large Print chapter books and classic children’s books. There are also books in Spanish and French.
Free (and legal) Stream and Download Websites
Ebooks
- The Banned Book Club – from the Digital Public Library of America
- OpenLibrary
- Project Gutenberg