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Digital Entertainment & Streaming
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Overdrive: e-books, movies, TV shows and e-audio
Axis360: checkout digital media materials
hoopla: movies, music, audiobooks, e-books, comics and TV shows
freegal: unlimited music
RBdigital: digital magazines, e-audio books
ComicsPlus: unlimited comic books
PressReader: thousands of worldwide newspapers and magazines
Acorn TV: stream British TV and movies with no checkout limits*
Kanopy: stream movies and educational content - up to 8 checkouts per month
Visit our Movies, Music, and TV section for more!
Online Training
Learn a new skill or topic through diferent portals such as Lynda, Gale Courses, Universal Class, and Learning Express Library.
The Great Courses Library Collection is the leading global media brand for lifelong learning and personal enrichment, with hundreds of courses spanning thousands of in-depth video lectures on subjects like Science, Health & Wellness, and much more.
Lynda.com is the ultimate resource to help you professionally, creatively and/or for just pure enjoyment. Try Lynda.com to learn something new or enhance your skills such as creating lesson plans, classroom management, resume writing, and much more.
Gale Courses has free, online, instructor-led courses on a variety of topics such as business, computer applications, college prep and technology.
Online Tutoring
Enjoy the benefits of having live tutors, test prep & more.
Brainfuse offers career assessment services, resume assistance, job coaching and even help for matching college majors with careers.
Online Book Clubs
Enjoy book clubs through Good Reads.
Book Chats
Enjoy Book Chats and discover new reads available to you on our online catalog.
Pronunciator and Transparent Languages
Language learning resources offering over 100 languages and dialects. English as a Second Language (ESL) lessons and U.S. citizenship test preparation are also available.
HPL Virtual Resources on YouTube: Pronunciator how to! 'English' 'Spanish'
The Houston Chronicle Archives
Log in to a searchable archive of the Houston Chronicle from 1901-2015, includes all sections of the daily newspaper!
Living English Lessons
Need to improve your English skills? Join our staff for Living English Lessons.
More online resources are listed on the Education and Parenting pages.