Many library online resources can be accessed on mobile devices through third-party apps and responsive websites. Below is a selection of them.
Catalog
- Catalog layer featuring easy searching, availability information, holds, and check-outs. SFPL Catalog Mobile Apps
Android | iOS
eBooks & eAudiobooks
- Libby by OverDrive: Fiction and nonfiction eBooks in English, Chinese, Russian and Spanish, and eAudiobooks.
Adobe Digital Editions (for Kobo and Nook ereaders) | Kindle Fire | Android | iOS - Boundless: eBooks and eAudiobooks featuring children's picture-story books, cookbooks, travel and craft books.
iOS | Android - enki: eBooks from small, medium-sized and independent publishers. Fiction and nonfiction titles for children and adults.
Adobe Digital Editions - hoopla: Newly released eAudiobooks.
Android | iOS - Chinese eBooks and News (UDN): eBooks and eNews
UDN (United Daily News) offers eBooks and news published in traditional Chinese characters.
Android/iOS - Internet Archive: Open Library | SFPL Historical Works
Historical San Francisco books, government documents, and works in the public domain from around the world.
eMagazines
Flipster Digital Magazines: Stream or download popular digital magazines.
eLearning
- Linkedin Learning: Online learning platform that helps anyone learn business, software, technology, and creative skills.
Android | iOS - Mango: 64 different languages and 18 different ESL courses to choose from.
Android | iOS | Kindle - Rosetta Stone: Immersive language-learning platform, offering 30 languages to further ESL learning and language-learning.
Rosetta Stone Help (PDF) - Treehouse: Videos, projects and quizzes on design of websites and mobile apps, coding languages, and basic computing
Movies, TV, & Music
- hoopla Digital: Access newly released movie, TV and music.
Android | iOS - Kanopy: Stream features, documentaries, and independent films.
Android | iOS - Alexander Street: eMusic | eVideo
Research Databases
- EBSCO Mobile: Premium online information resources, databases and discovery technologies.
Android | iOS - Data Axle Reference Solutions: Instant, real-time access to in-depth information on millions of U.S Businesses and Consumers.
Android | iOS