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E-books and Magazines

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    BiblioBoard Library

    In BiblioBoard Library, you will discover local content from self-published North Carolina authors as well as the NC LIVE Home Grown e-book Collection.
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    EBSCOhost ebook Collection

    EBSCOhost eBook collection is a diverse collection of e-books on topics ranging from business & economics and computer science to home & garden and study aids. The Library also has a large e-book library for customers interested in non-profit resources.
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Charlotte Mecklenburg Library has business resources available in digital formats to support you and your business.  This is the third in a series of three blogs about the Library’s digital business resources.
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Charlotte Mecklenburg Library has business resources available in digital formats to support you and your business.  This is the third in a series of three blogs about the Library’s digital business resources.

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Audiobooks

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The Charlotte Mecklenburg Library offers a list of digital resources accessible for free during COVID-19 pandemic and Library closure.
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    hoopla

    hoopla allows customers to instantly borrow e-books, comics, audiobooks, music, movies and television — with no holds, and no waiting! And there is no need to worry about late fees; hoopla features an automated service that returns your item once your time is up. Content can be streamed to computers, tablets or smartphones, and can be downloaded to mobile devices to allow for offline viewing any time.
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    Libby by OverDrive

    OverDrive/Libby is a collection of e-books, digital audiobooks, and digital magazines offered by the library. E-books, audiobooks, and magazines can be downloaded to your computer, tablet, (including Kindle), or mobile device for offline reading or listening.
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Movies

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    Kanopy

    Kanopy is an award-winning video streaming service providing access to more than 30,000 independent and documentary films ─ titles of unique social and cultural value from The Criterion Collection, The Great Courses, Media Education Foundation, and thousands of independent filmmakers.
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    Access Video Collection

    Access Video Collection (by Films on Demand) offers thousands of high quality streaming videos on business & economics, health & medicine, humanities & social sciences, and science & mathematics, as well as travel and fitness programming, home and how-to videos, indie films, and popular music performances. Includes Oscar, Emmy and Peabody award winning documentaries, interviews, instructional and vocational training videos, historical speeches and newsreels.
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Music

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    freegal music+

    freegal music+ is a free downloadable music service from your Library. freegal offers download or streaming access to more than 10 million songs, including Sony Music's catalog of legendary artists. Charlotte Mecklenburg Library customers get 5 free downloads and 5 hours of streaming each day. Once downloaded, the songs are yours to keep! Mobile and tablet customers, download the freegal app for iOS and Android.
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    hoopla

    hoopla allows customers to instantly borrow e-books, comics, audiobooks, music, movies and television — with no holds, and no waiting! And there is no need to worry about late fees; hoopla features an automated service that returns your item once your time is up. Content can be streamed to computers, tablets or smartphones, and can be downloaded to mobile devices to allow for offline viewing any time.
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Children's Resources

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Download books, comics, music, movies and TV shows from the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library for your next family vacation.
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    NC Kids Digital Library

    NC Kids Digital Library offers e-books, audiobooks, streaming videos, and Read-Alongs for youth ages pre-K through 4th grade.
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    Tumblebook Library

    TumbleBook Library is a collection of animated, talking picture books. TumbleBook Library can be read by you or read to you! Our collection includes storybooks, books in French and Spanish for language learning, read-along books, non-fiction books, puzzles and games, math stories and graphic novels.
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