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Streaming fees are rising fast, with commercial streaming services all increasing prices last fall. But your SFPL library card gives you free access to a treasure trove of movies, shows, documentaries, and more on Kanopy and Hoopla—no waiting, no cost.
Enjoy award-winners like Parasite and Perfect Days, classics like Sunset Boulevard, binge-worthy series from Shakespeare to Hallmark, engaging documentaries (Zappa, Endurance), international and indie gems (Triangle of Sadness), lifelong learning (The Great Courses), and kids’ favorites (Mo Willems, Daniel Tiger). A librarian favorite: the German comedy Der Tatortreiniger (Crime Scene Cleaner) on Hoopla.
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ABCmouse is a learning platform for children ages 2–8+, with more than 8,500 activities that teach reading, math, science, health, social studies, art and music. ABCmouse makes learning fun and exciting, teaching children through books, games, songs, puzzles, videos and more.
- In-Library Access
- Remote Access (Bring Learning Home)
A collection of journals covering the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and more. Among its full-text coverage, it includes full-text of the New York Times back to 1985. Updated daily.
A multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 7,100 full-text periodicals, including more than 6,100 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 11,200 journals and a total of more than 11,700 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.
U.S. news content from local, regional, and national sources that include printed and online newspapers, blogs, journals, newswires, broadcast transcripts and videos. Particularly robust in California resources (over 300 different titles, including Sacramento Bee, San Jose Mercury News, and Oakland Tribune).
Search essential historical records for African Americans — including federal census, marriage and cohabitation records, military draft and service records, registers of enslaved and freed persons of color, Freedman's Bank and more.
Essays, images and liner notes covering jazz, spirituals, civil rights songs, slave songs, minstrels, R&B, gospel, and more.
Access to the latest news and developments from a variety of titles including The International Herald Tribune, Africa News Service, BBC Monitoring: Africa and more.