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Popular e-books, e-audiobooks, and more

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Access thousands of e-books, e-audiobooks, graphic novels, picture books for kids, and more.

Use your GHPL card to access Digital Downloads, available from our Digital Collections at ghpl.org/ebooks.

30,000 e-audiobooks

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Get instant access to more than 30,000 e-audiobooks with RBdigital, available at from our Digital Collections at ghpl.org/ebooks.

Titles include current bestsellers and a variety of fiction and nonfiction genres.

There are no waitlists or holds.

Borrow up to 20 titles.

Mobile app available.

 

Local history online

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Learn about fascinating local history from the Grandview Heights/Marble Cliff Historical Society.

Explore their website for images, maps, personal stories, and more.

The interactive historical timeline touchscreen located on the second floor of the library during business hours is also available online.

The Society’s new monthly Archives Room Open House will resume when the library reopens. Open Houses are located near Nonfiction on the second level of the library on second Sundays from 3-5 pm.

Learn a new language

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Learn a new language with Mango Languages, available from our Digital Collections and Research resources.

Self-guided slideshows and easy navigation make learning a new language simple and fun. Lessons involve a mix of listening and reading activities, so you can make sense of written and spoken contexts.

Choose from more than 70 world languages.

English courses in more than 20 different languages are also available.

BookPage online

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Miss picking up the latest BookPage at the library?

Get the March 2020 edition online.

BookPage features interviews, book reviews, special features, and reading recommendations highlighting the best new books across popular genres.

Access thousands of movies, TV, e-books, comics, and more

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Access thousands of movies, TV shows, music, e-books, e-audiobooks, and comics with Hoopla.

Use your GHPL card to create login/password to access hundreds of thousands of titles.

With no waiting, titles can be streamed immediately, or downloaded to phones or tablets for offline use later.

Mobile apps are available.

Available from GHPL’s Digital Collections at ghpl.org/ebooks.

Ancestry available remotely through June 2021

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Ancestry Library Edition is available remotely to all Ohio library cardholders through June 2021 at ohioweblibrary.org/db/ancestry!

  • All you need is your GHPL card number or any other Ohio public library card number.
  • Normally, this service is available at GHPL in-library only (including through our WiFi) at ohioweblibrary.org/ancestry, from our Research collections at ghpl.org/research.
  • This special remote access is courtesy of ProQuest and its partner Ancestry.
  • Access to Ancestry Library is provided by Libraries Connect Ohio.

15 million+ songs

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Download mp3s to keep from Freegal.

Access 15 million+ songs from 40,000+ labels with music that originates in over 100 countries, including from Sony Music’s catalog of legendary artists.

There is no software to download, and no digital rights management (DRM) restrictions.

Free mobile apps available. Limit: 5 downloads each week. A Wish List helps you keep track of your favorites.

Available from GHPL’s Digital Collections at ghpl.org/ebooks or directly at ghpl.freegalmusic.com.

Get creative with these video classes

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Nurture your creative side with 1000+ video classes in painting, printmaking, knitting, crafting, jewelry, baking, and more.

Creativebug’s award-winning classes are taught by recognized design experts and artists.

Get started at creativebug.com/lib/ghpl, available from our Research collections at ghpl.org/research.

Online resources for kids

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Tumblebooks is offering libraries their online resources for free through the beginning of August 2020.

Stream animated talking picture books for kids, e-books for teens, e-audiobooks for all ages, math resources, educational videos, and more.

Get instant access – no library card or login required.

E-Books:

E-Audiobooks:

Find more resources for kids from our Digital Collections at ghpl.org/ebooks:

  • SCHOLASTIC GO!
    Strengthen content knowledge, vocabulary, and core proficiency skills with credible, accurate, reliable content on almost every core-curricula subject. Explore nonfiction texts, world newspapers, videos, and more.
  • SCHOLASTIC TEACHABLES
    Printable activities for any subject: math, science, reading comprehension, STEM, writing, and beyond. Download printable lesson plans, reading passages, games and puzzles, clip art, bulletin board ideas, and skills sheets for kids in any grade.
  • BOOKFLIX
    Combines classic stories on video with nonfiction e-books to help young readers discover a whole new reading possibility. For pre-kindergarten through third grade.