Enjoy thousands of ebooks, audiobooks, movies & more with the digital collections from Sewickley Public Library and the Allegheny County Library Association. Explore the collections below. For more digital resources, visit the county’s eLibrary website.
EBOOKS & AUDIOBOOKS
OverDrive is our largest digital ebook & audiobook collection. Find adult, teen, and children’s fiction, nonfiction, popular authors, current and backlist titles, including Kindle. Download titles directly to your device or computer. These titles work like the books on our shelves – if available, borrow it now! If not, place a hold to get the item when it becomes available.
On the go? Download the Libby app for an better user-experience (Kindle users can follow these directions or use Libbyapp.com through their browser).
Hoopla offers thousands of free ebooks, audiobooks, videos, and music – available to check out immediately. Simply use your library card to create a hoopla account and begin downloading titles right now! Check out up to 15 titles per month. Access hoopla from a phone, tablet or desktop. Ability to watch/listen offline – so you can take all of your great titles with you!
Other ebook resources:
eBooks on Ebsco – A broad range of nonfiction, with some fiction titles, for children, teens, and adults. Compatible with some eReaders, but not Kindle.
Project Gutenberg – More than 33,000 free books for any eReader, mostly classics and public domain works. (Non-Library Site)
Open Library – An ambitious project from the Internet Archive, with a goal of creating a web page for every book ever published. For now you’ll find the classics. (Non-Library Site)
MOVIES/MUSIC
An award-winning streaming video collection of over 30,000 independent and documentary films ─ titles of unique social and cultural value from The Criterion Collection, The Great Courses, Media Education Foundation, and more.
Offers thousands of free movies & music albums – available to check out immediately. Use your library card to create an account and begin downloading titles right now! Check out up to 15 titles per month.
MAGAZINES & NEWSPAPERS
Check out dozens of lifestyle, hobby, health, & fashion magazines through OverDrive. Download as many as you want – they don’t affect your max checkout count. Works with the Libby app!
Read current and recent issues of popular and in-demand magazines with the hoopla Magazines BingePass.
A hoopla BingePass gives you days of unlimited access to great online content with a single borrow. hoopla BingePass collections are always available, so you never have to wait. Use your library card to create a hoopla account and begin downloading titles right now
Get unbiased product reviews, ratings, buying guides, and more at your fingertips. Library card holders have unlimited access to Consumer Reports online!
Access national & local news for free with your Sewickley Public Library card. Available in-library and remotely.
RESEARCH
Looking to do some research? Get access to dozens of databases through the library’s collection! From homework help and consumer buying guides to language learning and resume templates, find what you’re looking for with these online resources.
Need help getting started? Check out our How-To Guide for eResources.
