Watch TV and Movies
Go to RB Digital
Watch your favorite British TV, learn anything and everything, watch a concert, or chill out on your couch with streaming movies!
Features all you care to watch Acorn TV, Great Courses, IndieFlix, and Qello
- Instructional video! Get started!
- Guilderland library card required
- 7-Day Loan
- No overdues, no renewals
- No checkout limit
Go to Hoopla
Hoopla is TV, movies, and so much more – stream immediately to your computer, tablet, or smart phone. You can even get the Hoopla app for Roku and Apple TV.
Features no-wait streaming TV shows, movies, ebooks, audiobooks, and comics.
- Instructional video! Get started!
- Already have Hoopla, but new to GPL? Change your library account!
- Loans – 3 days (video); 7 days (music); 21 days (ebooks and audiobooks)
- No wait list; no overdues, no renewals
- 5 item checkout limit per month
NEW!
Perfect for kids and caregivers! Stream picture book stories paired with non-fiction readers on numerous topics. Access resources, like lesson plans, on various topics. Some topics are available in both English and Spanish.
Download eBooks with
Libby, by Overdrive

Libby is the newest and best way to get downloadable eBooks and audiobooks. Click here to directly access our downloadable collection! You can still use classic Overdrive, too.
While our libraries are closed, you can download eBooks, audiobooks, and comics from HOOPLA! You can even watch TV shows and movies.

Download Magazines with Overdrive
You can use Libby or Overdrive to borrow over 3,200 eMagazine the same way that you borrow your favorite eBooks. Click here to be taken to Overdrive and access the collection now!
Overdrive Magazine Titles
Over 3,200 titles (in multiple languages!) have been added to Overdrive magazines, including:
- Architectural Digest
- Cosmopolitan
- The Economist
- Food Network Magazine
- House Beautiful
- The New Yorker
- Reader’s Digest
- Rolling Stone
- WIRED
…and so many more.
Interested in browsing Consumer Reports? We have an online subscription: Visit our Learning Tools page to find Consumer Reports under “Consumer Information”, or find it under our website menu “Research & Learn”.

Download Magazines with Flipster
Flipster, our popular magazine service, is still here! You won’t find these titles anywhere else. Click here to be taken to Flipster!
See the menu below for a list of titles.
Flipster Titles
In 2021, Guilderland cardholders will have access to more magazines than ever! GPL is providing access to the following magazines in Flipster:
- The Atlantic
- Baking Heaven
- Better Homes and Gardens
- Consumer Reports on Health
- Do It Yourself
- Eating Well
- Fine Cooking
- Fine Gardening
- Fortune
- Harvard Health Letter
- Health
- Internet Genealogy
- Kiplinger’s Retirement Report
- Martha Stewart Living
- People
- Rachael Ray in Season
- Sports Illustrated
- Time
- Travel & Leisure
…plus 3,200 additional titles in Overdrive!
Interested in browsing Consumer Reports? We have an online subscription: Visit our Learning Tools page to find Consumer Reports under “Consumer Information”, or find it under our website menu “Research & Learn”.
How-To Videos
Borrow and Read
Use the e-library and technology
- Learn to download Podcasts
- Download eBooks with the Libby App
- Watch TV and Movies, Read eBooks with Hoopla
- Watch TV and Movies for Free with RB Digital
- Get Acorn TV on your Smart TV
Some skill with RB Digital and smart TV/Roku/Apple TV required – watch previous video to learn more!