Libby
Libby is a free app (and website) where you can enjoy ebooks, digital audiobooks, and magazines from your public library. You can stream titles with Wi-Fi or mobile data, or download them for offline use and read anytime, anywhere. All you need to get started is a library card.
How to Access:
You’ll need a Garfield Library card or any library card from a participating BCCLS library.
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Hoopla
Hoopla puts your public library at your fingertips. Anytime. Everywhere! Borrow and enjoy audiobooks, eBooks, comics, movies, TV, magazines, or music everywhere you have a screen-your computer, your phone, your car, even your TV. Hoopla syncs across all your devices so that you can stream titles immediately or whenever you’re in the mood. Hoopla offers more content, in more places, than any other digital library platform, and it’s all FREE thanks to your public library!
How to Access:
You’ll need a Garfield Library card and a free Hoopla account.
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Mango
Learning a new language isn’t easy, but Mango makes it easier with native-speaker audio, intelligent algorithms, and proven methods that adapt to your learning style — helping you build real conversation skills. Get access to 60 foreign language courses and 17 English courses from your library, at home, or on the go using the Mango app for iPhone, Android, Kindle, or Nook.
How to Access:
You’ll need a Garfield Library card and a free Mango Languages account.
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Genealogy & Family Research Resources
Ancestry
Ancestry Library is a searchable database that includes census data from 1790 through 1930, as well as records of births, deaths, marriages, divorces, and military service. It also includes court, land, and probate records; prison records; voter lists; obituaries; passenger lists and other immigration data; digitized yearbooks, photos, and maps… and much more.
How to access: Available only inside the library. Personal devices require a Garfield Library card, while public computers provide access without one.
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Fold3
Fold3 provides convenient access to military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served.
How to access: Available only inside the library. Personal devices require a Garfield Library card, while public computers provide access without one.
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Newspapers
The largest online newspaper archive, established in 2012. Used by millions for genealogy and family history, historical research, crime investigations, journalism, and entertainment. Search for obituaries, marriage announcements, birth announcements, social pages, national and local news articles, sports, advertisements, entertainment, fashion and lifestyle pages, comics, and more. Everything you’d expect in the paper—and maybe something you didn’t!
How to access: Available only inside the library. Personal devices require a Garfield Library card, while public computers provide access without one.