Digital Resources
Access premium resources including databases, online tutors, downloadable eBooks, and streaming movies with your library card.
Access premium resources including databases, online tutors, downloadable eBooks, and streaming movies with your library card.
Downloadable bestsellers, classics, fiction, and nonfiction. Loan period is 7, 14, or 21 days; it's your choice at the time of checkout. You can have up to 6 titles checked out at any time— total includes all formats. You can have up to 10 holds.
You may check out a maximum of one Lucky Day item from Overdrive at a time with a loan period of 14 days.
You can recommend up to 5 titles every 30 days.
Libby an app by OverDrive is available for Android and iOS devices.
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NewsBank gives you the East Bay Times Image, opens a new window edition, the full-page, full-color newspaper online. It includes photos, advertisements, & articles, and can be browsed or searched. The East Bay Times daily image edition is available in NewsBank from 12/18/18 - present.
Contra Costa Times , opens a new windowis available from 6/1/95 - 4/4/16. Obituary articles are included, but obituary notices are not. NewsBank also provides current and archived coverage from local, U.S., and global news sources.
Note: Error when adding your library card. Kanopy is currently investigating an issue when patrons add a library card to their account.
Stream independent, classic, international, and documentary films. You have 8 play credits available per calendar month.
Use your library card and last name (instead of PIN) to sign up for Kanopy.
Kanopy is available on iOS, Android, Apple TV, Roku, and Chromecase. If you need help downloading the app or streaming videos, check out their help page.
Stream a collection of movies and shows for kids. Kanopy Kids is appropriate for children ages 2 and up, with a focus on Kids age 2-8. Parents can also choose to implement parental controls to enable them to stay within the dedicated Kanopy Kids area for age-appropriate content.
This resource features interactive, animated stories, puzzles and games. There are stories by well-known authors, original stories, classic fairy tales, puzzles and games in English, Spanish, French and a mobile version. Some bilingual stories are also available. You can have stories play automatically, or click through at your own pace.
With 9,000+ (English/Spanish) interactive books, educational games, puzzles, and other learning activities, ABCmouse.com’s award-winning online curriculum is an invaluable resource for young learners ages 2 to 8.
How to Checkout a 4-Week License
An ABCmouse license can be checked out for 4-weeks of home use. Follow these steps for getting started:
After Your 4-Week Checkout
When your 4-weeks are up, you will have an opportunity to sign up for another 4-week check out if there are licenses available.
Problems with Your Email Address or Password:
Contact the ABCmouse Customer Support Team: 866-779-1872 (Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm PST) or BLHSupport@ABCmouse.com, opens a new window
You can also use ABCmouse from within the library. It is accessible from the public computers or from your own computer or device when it is connected to the library WiFi. All of your progress will be saved.
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Find age-appropriate articles and facts with easy-to-browse categories organized by popular topics, full-text magazines, and topic overviews.
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Includes online tutorials, practice tests, and eBooks to help students of all ages. Offers job search and workplace skills improvement, skill building in reading, writing, math, and basic science, career certification and licensure exam prep, college and grad school entrance test prep, GED test prep, and more.
Go directly to one of the Centers within LearningExpress Library:
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Enter your last name (instead of PIN)
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Learn relevant, professional skills. Access to 16,000+ online courses in 7 languages. Expert instructors with real-world experience. New courses added each week.
After creating an account, you can watch videos, create playlists, bookmark pages, and obtain Certificates of Completion.
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Includes 30 languages and offers over 50 hours of foundational immersion instruction at every language level. Learning is structured around core lessons to build reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills and focuses on activities to refine grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation.
If you are new to Rosetta Stone, watch this video.
Mobile users need to follow the Mobile Application Log-In Instructions for their first session.
Connect to FREE Online Tutors. Students have 24/7 access to trained tutors for Math and Language Arts fluent in English and Spanish. Live tutors fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese, and Tagalog are available from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., seven days a week. Includes support for adult learners.
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Choose the best titles for your reading list! Find "read-alikes," reviews of both fiction and nonfiction titles, plot summaries, book discussion guides, recommendations, articles, and more. Includes selections for kids, teens, and adults.
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A comprehensive database that provides users with a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes. Content includes plot summaries, essays of literary criticism, author biographies, book reviews, classic and contemporary poems and short stories, and author interviews.
Explore children's books, young adult literature, and their authors. Find high quality, ready-to-use instructional resources by book, author, illustrator, subject, series, award, or booklist. Resources include meet-the-author videos and book readings, book discussion guides, and literature lesson plans.
Access is provided by the California State Library K-12 student readiness initiative.
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Downloadable eBooks with an emphasis on independent publishers. enki eBooks can be checked out for up to 21 days. You can check out 20 enki titles at a time.
Always-available collections: Encyclopedias; Recovered Classics; Short Stories & Essays; Library Journal SELF-e Select: a best-of self-published collection!
Developed for California libraries by Califa and Contra Costa County Library.
enki eBooks are compatible with most eReading devices, PCs and Macs.
Coverage of the US and UK, including census, vital, church, court, and immigration records, as well as record collections from Canada, Europe, Australia, and other areas of the world. This resource is a strong complement to HeritageQuest Online.*
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Access message boards with over 25 million posts on more than 198,000 boards. The comments, advice, feedback, and information posted by fellow genealogists and researchers may prove invaluable to your own research.
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Age-appropriate encyclopedias for elementary, middle, and high school.
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Contains the full-text of high-quality articles, covering a wide-range of subjects for research papers, class projects, and homework. Includes biographies, primary sources, newspapers, reference books, and images.
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Provides students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. Hundreds of topics, each with an overview, point, counterpoint, and critical thinking guide.
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