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Digital Collections

The St. Catharines Public Library has a continuous growing collection of digital media, including audiobooks, e-books, music, and magazines. Below are the links to the respective collections.

Having trouble with any of the collections?
Check out the FAQ page for answers to some frequently asked questions.

Movies, TV Shows, Music & Audiobooks

Hoopla Digital
Enjoy Movies, TV Shows, Music & Audiobooks for free on your computer or mobile device.
Borrow up to 8 titles each calendar month. Video lends for 48-72 hours, music lends for 7 days, and audiobooks lend for 21 days.
Kanopy
Kanopy offers over 30,000 high-quality films and documentaries from art-house classics to world cinema from producers such as The Great Courses, PBS, the Criterion Channel, and many more, all available to play on your PC, phone, tablet and digital media player.  Family-friendly movies and TV series are available on their Kids site.
 
Cardholders can stream up to 10 films/month. The loan period is 3 days and the title will automatically expire after 72 hours. You will see a “play credit tracker” that will alert you of how many play credits you have remaining at the top right-hand side of the page once you have logged in.
 
You will also have access to 2 Kseries selections each month. A single series includes all of the videos in the series. Kseries videos are in addition to the 10 play credits you receive each month. In total, each month you can watch 10 films and 2 Kseries selections.
 
Kanopy FAQ & Tutorial
Kanopy Kids
Stream a selection of educational and enriching videos on Kanopy Kids with developmentally appropriate, age-based ratings from Common Sense Media, as well as additional parental controls. Kanopy Kids categories include TV Series, Learning Languages, Animated Storybooks, Anime Favourites, Classic Films and Movies for the Whole Family.

eBooks & Audiobooks

cloudLibrary eBooks and Audiobooks
Read or listen to books on your computer, phone or mobile device.
Borrow up to 8 titles at one time and keep them for up to 14 days.

cloudLibrary FAQ
Hoopla Digital
Enjoy Movies, TV Shows, Music & Audiobooks for free on your computer or mobile device.
Borrow up to 8 titles each calendar month. Video lends for 48-72 hours, music lends for 7 days, and audiobooks lend for 21 days.

Digital Magazines

Flipster
Flipster is a next-generation magazine service that allows you to download digital versions of the latest issues of popular magazines to your computer, tablet or mobile device. Available titles include HELLO!, Maclean’s, Newsweek, People, Rolling Stone, US Weekly, Wired and many more!
There is no limit to the number of magazines that can be downloaded. Select weekly titles expire in 2 days, while select monthly titles expire in 7 days. If a magazine has an expiry date, this information will be displayed at the bottom of the magazine cover image in the app. If a date is not displayed, the magazine will not expire. Expired magazines may be downloaded again.

Music Streaming

Hoopla Digital
Enjoy Movies, TV Shows, Music & Audiobooks for free on your computer or mobile device.

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