Northbrook Public Library Shared Online Resources Accessible Through Library Card

From the Northbrook Public Library:

March 12, 2020

Here are some amazing resources for learning and entertainment that you can access at home or on the go with your Northbrook library card.

Read (or listen) to books on the go

Love reading and listening to books on your personal device? We offer eBooks and eAudiobooks for all ages with your library card.

Stream something new!

Hoopla lets you stream digital tv, movies, music, eBooks, and comics. With Kanopy, you can stream over 30,000 of the world’s best films, including award-winning documentaries, rare and hard-to-find titles, film festival favorites, indie, classic films, and world cinema. For younger viewers, try Kanopy Kids.

Naxos Music Library is one of the most complete streaming services for classical, world, and jazz music.

Master a new language

Keep you or your kids on their feet and master a new language like French, Spanish, or even Pirate with Mango Languages.

Get crafty

CreativeBug offers over 1000 online art and craft classes with expert step-by-step instructions. Watch at your own pace, download patterns, templates and recipes using your Northbrook library card

Learn a new skill

Lynda.com offers expert software video tutorial classes divided into short segments, from MS Office to Auto CAD and everything in between.

Gale Courses offers a wide range of highly interactive, instructor-led courses that you can take entirely online. Use your Northbrook Library card to enroll in courses that run for six weeks. New sessions begin every month. The 360+ classes include Accounting Fundamentals, Microsoft Office, Health Care Certificates and Intro to Interior Design.

Get live homework help and tutoring for all ages

Brainfuse HelpNow offers students live online homework help, skills building, writing assistance, and more from Brainfuse-certified tutors.

Brainfruse LearnNow offers live tutoring and practice tests for ACT, SAT, AP, Civil Service, NCLEX, TOEFL and more.

Make math & reading fun

TumbleBooks are animated, talking picture books with fiction, non-fiction and world language titles, read-alongs (chapter books with sentence highlighting and narration but no animation), eBooks and eaudiobooks that you can view online or download for 90 days.

Find books, quizzes and lesson plans on all of the math categories taught during the school year with TumbleMath.

Read your favorite magazine

Find digital editions of your favorite magazines on Flipster, RB Digital, and PressReader.

This press release was produced by the Northbrook Public Library. The views expressed here are the author’s own.