Where can you find classic and award-winning films, documentaries, and university-level courses to stream for free? Kanopy, an on-demand video platform (similar to Netflix), provides free access to its 30,000 films with your valid Cook Memorial Library card. County cards must pay for membership to access this service. You can stream on your smartTV, mobile device, computer...just about anywhere.
Kanopy overview:
Have questions? Go to: Kanopy Help.
Hoopla offers thousands of movies, television shows, music albums and audiobooks from major Hollywood studios, record companies and publishers. Hoopla also offers eBooks and comics!
Content can be streamed on mobile devices or online. Titles can be downloaded for offline watching or listening. County cards must pay for membership to access this service.
The borrowing period for a movie or television episode is 3 days, a music album is 7 days, and an eBook, eAudiobook, or comic is 21 days.
Titles are automatically returned. However, 2 days prior to the date when access to the title expires, customers will see a renewal button which will allow them to renew the item and extend the loan period if they wish. This is essentially borrowing the item again, and will count towards the monthly borrowing allowance.
Titles can be returned early.
Available on the website, the AppStore, Google Play, Amazon, Alexa, Roku, and Chromecast.
