Libby by Overdrive
Get e-books, downloadable audio books, magazines, and movies through our OverDrive collection at Download Destination. You’ll need your library card and a computer or mobile device. To get started, visit the Quick Start Guide or download the Libby app available on the Apple app store or Google Play. BADL cardholders can borrow up to six items at a time for a lending period of up to 21 days.
Hoopla
Download movies, television shows, music, comic books, eBooks, and eAudiobooks to your laptop or mobile device using your library card. With no waiting, titles can be streamed immediately, or downloaded to phones or tablets for offline enjoyment later.
BADL cardholders to borrow up to five items at a time for a lending period of up to 21 days.
TumbleBook Library
The Tumblebook Library is an online collection of animated, talking picture books that help teach kids the joy of reading in a format they’ll love.
Comics Plus
New to the Library! With Comics Plus®, you have unlimited access to thousands of digital comics, graphic novels, and manga — including popular and award-winning titles for every age range and interest.
Mango Languages
Choose from over 70 world languages to learn on desktop or mobile!
Other Digital Resources
Ancestry Library Edition (in library only)
Search census & voter lists, birth, marriage & death certificates, military records, immigration and travel, newspapers & periodicals, and the card catalog. Access is available in the library, only.
Consumer Reports: Your handy one-stop source for making informed, money-saving purchases. Search for product reviews and recommendations inside the library or from home with your library card.
Kanopy: Stream feature films, documentaries, TV shows, kids programming, and more with your library card! Kanopy is available via mobile apps, on your desktop, or via SmartTV apps.
Michigan eLibrary
The Michigan eLibrary is a service provided by the State of Michigan. To access MeL resources, log in with your library card, Michigan Driver’s License, or State Identification Card. Use their digital collections to access eBooks, educational resources, and a wealth of other services organized alphabetically or by subject. Some highlights include:
eBook Public Library Collection
Large collection of fiction and nonfiction books featuring titles for both adults and kids. Covers a wide variety of topics from self-help and fitness to cooking and personal finance. You may access the full text of these eBooks from your computer, or download titles to most popular portable devices.
Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center
Project instructions and information for hobbies & crafts organized by subject. Subject areas include arts & crafts; games & electronics; models; needlework; outdoors & nature; and scrapbooking & paper craft.
Stay on top of our career & education goals! Includes a resume builder you can save, edit, and print. Over 700 courses, practice tests, tutorials, eBooks, and flashcards. Practice tests include ACT, SAT, PSAT and TOEFL, as well as trade certification, civil service, math and reading tests, and U.S. citizenship. Create a free account to access tools to help you do well on your college admissions tests and essay.
Includes millions of articles from newspapers, newswires, and news magazines. Offers television and radio transcripts and ongoing daily updates from popular news sources.
These online resources are available to everyone.
Library of over 60,000 free eBooks. Choose among free epub and Kindle eBooks, download them or read them online. You will find the world’s great literature here, with focus on older works for which U.S. copyright has expired. Thousands of volunteers digitized and diligently proofread the eBooks, for enjoyment and education.
LibriVox is a group of worldwide volunteers who read and record public domain texts creating free public domain audiobooks for download from their website and other digital library hosting sites on the internet.
Part of the Internet Archive, this collection has more than 200,000 texts available to Michigan residents for checkout.
an Internet Library containing free audio, video, and text files. Also home of the Wayback Machine.