Get access to subscription-based resources that Google can’t offer
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.
Need to search multiple resources at once? Use the catalog's Article Search to find full-text results.
Mango Languages
Reach conversational proficiency in more than 70 languages—including American Sign Language and learning English in more than 20 different native languages—good for beginners and tourists. (Also available: Little Pim, a language learning program for ages 0-6.)
MAS Complete
Hundreds of full-text popular magazines and ebooks covering news, politics, science, sports, culture, and more.
MasterFILE Complete
Popular full-text magazines (including Congressional Digest, The Nation, New Scientist, Scientific American, U.S. News & World Report), reference books, and other highly-regarded sources from the world’s leading publishers, covering virtually every general interest subject area, plus an extensive collection of photos, maps, and flags.
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 Apple 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. Additionally, Oak Park purchases copies of many titles that are 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
Middle Search Plus
Full-text articles, news, and current events, using grade levels or Lexile ranges, for middle and high school students.
Morningstar Investment Research Center
Comprehensive financial information on the New York Stock Exchange, American Stock Exchange, and Nasdaq Stock Market, along with investment tools and educational features.
