Library from Home
The Orange County Library System has tons of free online resources for you to use while you’re social distancing. Here is a list of resources you can take advantage of remotely:
Reading
The library offers access to a number of digital lending platforms that offer e-books, digital magazines and audiobooks. If you find yourself stressed, this may be a good time to practice some self-care—a light-hearted memoir by your favorite comedian or a compelling suspense thriller may be exactly what you need at this time.
In addition to our online lending platforms, we also offer free home delivery. At this time, the library plans to operate the service as normal. Through our home delivery program, you can request books, CD Books, CDs and DVDS (as well as new release entertainment DVDs). Visit our catalog to make your requests.
TV & Movie Streaming
If you discover that you’ve exhausted your Netflix queue or that you want to find movies you can’t see anywhere else, we also have a comprehensive collection of TV series and films available through several lending platforms.
Kanopy is offering a collection of credit-free movies and documentaries for 30 days thanks to its partners.
Music
Music is a healthy tool to quiet the mind and raise your spirits. If you have children at home, an impromptu dance party can be a great way for them to burn off extra energy.
CDs (available through our home delivery service)
Learning Resources for Students
Experts recommend trying your best to stick to routines when caring for children during crises. This means that even though schools are closed that it’s helpful to encourage regular wake-up times and to provide structured activities throughout the day. While our digital lending services all offer something for kids, we also have free subscriptions to numerous online learning resources.
(Introduces young children (ages 6 months to 6 years) to learning a foreign language. Using short videos and flash cards, this award-winning program immerses children into a new language)
(An award-winning, online curriculum for children preschool through kindergarten. The curriculum lays the foundation for a lifetime of learning success, providing strength in core subject areas: math, science and social studies, language and literacy, art, and music. The curriculum is theme based and fully interactive with sound cues)
(Students can connect with a qualified tutor for expert help in Math, Science, Social Studies, English, English as a Second Language, Computer Literacy, Test Preparation (such as GED, SAT and ACT) and Writing Assistance)
(Science online has experiments, essays, definitions, diagrams and more)
(Offers Quick links to live online tutoring, school subject research guides, research paper writing tips, test preparation and other schoolwork assistance)
(TumbleBook Library is an online collection of e-Books that have animation, sound, music, and narration added to picture books in order to produce an electronic picture book which you can read or have read to you).
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