How to Get the Most of Your Library By Using hoopla and other eMedia Offerings

Posted on August 8, 2024

by April S

Digital media, or eMedia, provides Toledo Lucas County Public Library cardholders access to many amazing eBooks, audiobooks, magazines, comics, music, movies, and television shows. While the high number of materials available through the Library is exciting for avid readers and digital media consumers, there are limits due to the high demand for popular materials and budgetary considerations.

Have you ever found it difficult to manage the extensive list of items you want to read, watch, or listen to? Have you also discovered time and time again that you just ran out of time with the titles you’ve checked out or placed on hold? But do you still want to save them somehow? Luckily, there are options available to save titles for later, alternatives to placing a hold, and multiple eMedia options available through the Toledo Lucas County Public Library.

Saving titles in hoopla

To save a title in hoopla, simply save it to your favorites.

Step 1: Log into hoopla with your library credentials

Step 2: Browse or search for a title of interest

Step 3: Select the heart icon to save it

To find your favorites, open “My hoopla” and select favorites (the heart icon in the hoopla app).

hoopla Bonus Borrows

Bonus Borrow titles are available for the last seven days of the month and can be checked out without using any of your ten monthly Instant Borrows. The titles included in Bonus Borrows change each month, so don’t forget to mark your calendar.

BingePass

hoopla BingePass lets you, well, binge. Entire collections of streaming content are at your fingertips with just one borrow. The best part is that you’ll have access to the BingePass for seven days. And if you’re a Hallmark Channel fan, you can watch back-to-back feel-good movies and popular television series like Heartland, Cedar Cove, When Calls the Heart, Meet the Peetes, and many more.

Explore eMedia

Did you know about all the eMedia services available from your local Library? Below are additional services that provide access to a ton of great digital media content.

Freegal Music is a popular library service that provides customers unlimited streaming access to over 18 million songs along with five weekly downloads you can keep. To save items to download or listen to later in Freegal, add them to your wishlist, favorites, or playlist.

Kanopy is a video streaming service that provides instant access to movies, television shows, and documentaries. There’s also “Kanopy Kids” which has a ton of great content for children like PBS Kids shows, read-along storybooks and so much more. To save titles for later in Kanopy, simply add them to your watchlist.

Bookflix – if you’re a fan of Scholastic, you’ll love Bookflix! Enjoy animated picture books as well as accompanying nonfiction eBooks.

Tumblebooks has a variety of digital content – story books, read-alongs, eBooks, graphic novels, language learning, and educational videos. It’s a great resource for parents and caregivers. And it provides instant access to entertaining and educational materials for children of all ages.

Magazines – if you enjoy reading magazines, you’ll find a variety of titles instantly through Libby, Flipster and PressReader.

You’ll be amazed at the variety of popular titles instantly available through your Toledo Lucas County Public Library!

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