Stream & Download: Ebooks & Audiobooks

Read, listen & watch from anywhere

Borrow ebooks, digital audiobooks, movies, TV shows, magazines, newspapers, and music—with apps or in your browser—on all of your devices with your Oak Park library card and PIN. Have questions? Get answers to FAQswatch how-to videosread about your data privacy, and contact us »

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Media on Demand (web) or Libby (app)

Media on Demand is the library’s largest and most popular collection of ebooks and audiobooks, offering more than 70,000 fiction and nonfiction titles, as well as the latest issues of more than 4,000 magazines—including The New Yorker, Chicago Magazine, and Bon Appétit. Need help? Explore how-to articles and watch an instructional video.

Libby, an app for Media on Demand, is available on iOSAndroid, Amazon Fire tablets, and Microsoft Windows 10+. Need help? Explore Libby Help »

Checkout periods & lending limits

  • Check out 20 items and place 20 holds at a time
  • Lending period: 7-21 days
  • Media on Demand/Libby users benefit from access to thousands of shared titles through the library’s consortium. In addition, Oak Park purchases copies of many titles available only to Oak Park cardholders. Therefore, wait times are often shorter than initially indicated.

Special features

  • Oak Park librarians create customized digital bookshelves
  • Titles can be renewed
  • Special reading rooms for kids and teens

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Hoopla

More than one million ebooks, digital audiobooks, comics, movies, TV shows, and albums. Available on iOSAndroidKindle Fire HD/HDX, and in browser on laptop/desktop; stream on Apple TV, Fire TV, Android TV, and Roku devices. Need help? Explore FAQs »

Hoopla now requires all users to add their Oak Park library PIN. Get instructions on how to add your PIN in the: iOS app (pdf), Android app (pdf), or browser on your device (pdf). Forgot your PIN? How to reset your PIN »

Checkout periods & lending limits

  • No holds, no waiting
  • Borrow 15 items a month
    • Number of available checkouts resets at midnight on the first of each month
  • Lending periods:
    • Ebooks, audiobooks, and comics: 21 days
    • Magazines & The Great Courses Library Collection: 7 days with BingePass
    • Movies and TV shows: 3 days
    • Music: 7 days
    • BingePass: unlimited streaming for seven days with a single borrow. Details »

Special features

  • First-time users must enter their email address and create a password. Remember this email and password to log in next time.
  • Download content on mobile devices for offline use.
  • Kids Mode is a multi-format, digital media experience designed especially for ages 0-12.

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TumbleBookLibrary

Collection of animated, talking picture books that teach young children the joys of reading in a format they’ll love, for primary school students. Available on iOSAndroid, and in browser on laptop/desktop. Need help? Explore the user guide »

Checkout periods & lending limits

  • No holds, no waiting, no limits
  • Borrow as many titles as you want

Special features

  • New book in each genre featured daily
  • A collection of read-along books

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National Geographic Kids

Go on amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space. NatGeo Kids offers a complete run of the magazine from 2009 to the present, as well as books, videos, and images. High-quality informational texts are available for primary, upper elementary, and middle school students.

Available in browser on laptop/desktop.

Checkout periods & lending limits

  • No holds, no waiting, no limits
  • Borrow as many titles as you want

Special features

  • Point-and-click access to pictures, books, and magazines
  • Easy access to subject indexing and related terms
  • Authoritative nonfiction digital content in support of Common Core State Standards