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January's Featured Resource: Freegal

Freegal allows users to download up to 5 weekly music track downloads from the Sony Music catalog. All selections are DRM-free in mp3 format. Patrons use their library card to download items.

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Streaming Music, Movies & Videos

The following resources link to external content.

Digitalia Film Library

Streaming films available to watch online, mostly foreign language but also has some classic American cinema. Includes feature films as well as documentaries.

Freegal

Freegal allows users to download up to 5 music track downloads a week from the Sony Music catalog, plus unlimited streaming music. All selections are DRM-free in mp3 format. Patrons use their library card to download items.

hoopla

hoopla is a digital media platform that gives access to digital entertainment content from either mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets and/or via any browser. hoopla offers e-books, e-comics, full-length feature movies, episodic television programming, full musical albums and unabridged e-audiobooks.

This service is not available from catalog computers.

Kanopy

Kanopy is a video streaming platform for libraries with one of the largest collections in the world - over 26,000 documentaries and feature films featuring over 1,000 producers including Criterion Collection, Kino Lorber, and the BBC.

To use Kanopy, create an account with your email address on their site. After you verify the account you will be asked to add your library card to it to begin using the service.

medici.tv

medici.tv’s on-demand streaming platform boasts the largest online catalog of over 1,800 videos including concerts, ballets, operas, documentaries, master classes, behind-the-scenes footage and artist interviews.

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