There are many ways to access library resources and services at home, including our wide selection of eBooks, audiobooks, entertainment, research tools, and of course, new virtual programs each month. If you need a temporary library card, you can fill out this form to get one by email to access these resources.
Stream or Download our Digital Collections
eBooks, audiobooks, magazines & comics
- eBooks and eAudiobooks for all ages (or just for kids)
- Newspapers and magazines
- Comics
TV & movies
- Hoopla: digital TV, movies, music, eBooks, and comics
- Kanopy: over 30,000 of the world’s best films, including award-winning documentaries, rare and hard-to-find titles, film festival favorites, indie, classic films, and world cinema.
- Kanopy Kids: unlimited streaming of movies and TV for younger viewers.
Music
- Hoopla: Over 30,000 albums including chart-toppers, Broadway musicals, hard rock/metal, hip-hop/rap, folk, Latin, country, and more.
- Naxos Music Library: Classical, world, and jazz music.
Attend a Virtual Program
- Register to attend our virtual programs happening this month | next month.
Learn Something New
Learn a new skill
- LinkedIn Learning: Access more than 16,000 courses on a wide variety of topics in management, leadership, marketing, social media, and more.
- Mango Languages: Master a new language through courses crafted using conversational methodology. 70 world languages and dialects to choose from.
- CreativeBug: Choose from over 1,000 online art and craft classes with expert step-by-step instructions.
Get help with your resume or job search
- JobNow: Expert feedback from a resume or interview coach, and access to resume templates, interview tips, and more.
Get into research
Get live homework help and tutoring (All Ages)
- Brainfuse HelpNow: Live online homework help, skills building, writing assistance, and more from Brainfuse-certified tutors.
- Brainfuse LearnNow: Live tutoring and practice tests for ACT, SAT, AP, Civil Service, NCLEX, TOEFL, and more.
- Perform online research with any of our homework help eResources.
- See all eResources
Make reading even more fun
- iVox Books that Move: Digital pop-up books that help confident readers practice their skills while emerging readers will be helped along by the engaging narration.
- TumbleBooks: Animated, talking picture books with fiction, nonfiction, and world language titles, read-alongs (chapter books with sentence highlighting and narration but no animation).
- BookFlix: Watch video storybooks on your computer or mobile device. Many titles are also available in Spanish. (For grades Pre-K through 3.)
Let us help
- Need help accessing your account? Email us at circulation@northbrook.info
- Need help accessing library digital resources? Email us at reference@northbrook.info
- Have general questions? Email us at feedback@northbrook.info
- Want to get the latest library news? Sign up to get email from us to match your interests
- Need reading recommendations? Tell us what you like to read and our librarians will email you some.