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Your Oak Park Public Library card and PIN give you access to the online resources listed here. Have questions? Get answers to FAQs, watch how-to videos, read about your data privacy, and contact us.
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Kanopy
More than 30,000 feature films, documentaries, educational videos, and TV shows, from The Criterion Collection, The Great Courses, Music Box, First Run Features, Breaking Glass, Cohen Film Collection, and more. Available on Apple iOS, Android, Fire Tablet, and in browser on laptop/desktop; stream via Android TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, Fire TV, and Roku. Need help? Explore the help page »
Checkout periods & lending limits
- No holds, no waiting
- Get 50 tickets each month to watch
- See the number of tickets needed for each film next to the play button
- The number of available tickets resets at midnight on the first day of each month
- More about how tickets work »
- Unlimited checkouts of all content on Kanopy Kids
- Lending period: Varies by film, see the access period next to the play button
Special features
- First-time users must create a username and password. Remember this username and password to log in next time.
- Kanopy Kids: A curated collection of content for children—with a focus on ages 2-8 and unlimited viewing.
La Raza [Chicago]
Browse (digital scan of print issue): current (January 2008-present)
Search (full-text articles): current (2007-present)
LearningExpress Library
Online test prep resource that helps improve core academic skills, earn a high school equivalency, prepare for college, join the military, obtain occupational certification, change careers, become a U.S. citizen, and more.
Get step-by-step instructions on how to create an account (first-time users must create an account):
Legal Information Source
Thousands of legal forms organized by topic—including bankruptcy, divorce, name changes, wills and estate planning, and more.
Legal Source
Full-text law journals for attorneys and law students to keep up to date with current legal issues, studies, thoughts, and trends.
LGBTQ+ Source
Scholarly and popular LGBTQ+ publications in full text, plus historically important primary sources—including monographs, magazines, newspapers, and videos.
Library & Information Science Source
Broad spectrum of related topics, such as librarianship, classification, information management, and the history of library studies.
LinkedIn Learning
Online learning platform with video tutorials to learn business, software, technology, and creative skills to achieve personal and professional goals.
- Having trouble logging in? Always use the link provided above to start your LinkedIn Learning session. If you have trouble logging in, try clearing the cache and cookies on your browser. Contact us with questions »
- Get step-by-step instructions on how to set up an account:
- Free app available for iOS () and Android (). After downloading and opening the app on your device, follow the directions below to sign in (view a step-by-step graphic):
- Select the Get started button.
- Enter your Oak Park library card number and PIN.
- Press the Continue button.
LitBase
Hundreds of full-text scholarly journals, literary magazines, author interviews, biographies, and more to support literature research.
Literary Reference Source
Full-text database containing plot summaries and synopses, literary criticism, author biographies, literary journal articles, poems, and short stories.
Little Pim
Language learning program designed to teach kids 0-6 a new language through videos, games, and songs. Choose from 12 languages—Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. Little Pim is accessible through Mango Languages, either on the website or app.
To access Little Pim on the Mango website, find Little Pim under the Explore tab of each available language. On the Mango app, Little Pim is located in each available language at the bottom of the screen (scroll to the right in the bottom menu bar, if needed). Get step-by-step instructions on how to access »
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.
Libby, an app for Media on Demand, is available on iOS, Android, 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
The London Free Press [Canada]
Browse (digital scan of print issue): current (11 most recent issues)
Search (full-text articles): current (2007-present)