Antioch Public Library resources - Remote Registration

Guest post by Antioch Public Library Assistant Director/Adult Services Librarian Amy Blue. 
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Have you always wanted to access Antioch Public Library’s (APL) resources, but couldn’t because you didn’t have a library card? Even though the library is currently closed, you can now sign up online for a temporary library card. This library card will be your ticket to access our extensive online research tools and downloadable content that can be accessed 24/7.
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Learning Resources 

• Brainfuse provides free, live online tutoring from the hours of 2 p.m. to 11 p.m. daily.  The tutors are certified teachers who cover a range of subjects and grades from kindergarten through high school.
• Gale Courses - offers a wide range of highly interactive, instructor led courses that you can take entirely online.   
• Roseta Stone - offers interactive, in-depth learning of over 100 languages.

Research Resources

• Gale Virtual Reference Library provides access to hundreds of full-text specialty encyclopedias on a range of topics relating to social sciences, humanities and more.
• Master File - Full text magazine articles, periodicals and reference books covering a wide-range of subject areas. Also includes an extensive image collection containing photos, maps and flags.

Movies and Music  

• Freegal makes available 5 free songs per week to download and keep from their extensive catalog of music.
• Hoopla offers access tv shows, movies and comics; Items are never checked out, but monthly downloads are limited.
• Kanopy has over 30,000 films, including award-winning documentaries, film festival favorites, indie and classic films. Limited to 5 checkouts per month. 

E-books and E-audiobooks

• Hoopla offers access to e-books, e-audiobooks. Items are never checked out, but monthly downloads are limited.
• Libby provides access to  e-book and e-audiobooks. The range of titles here is different than those offered by Hoopla.

To see the full range of what the library offers, go to their All Research A to Z page.