Watch TV and Movies
NEW!!!
Get the best TV and movies for all ages on your computer, tablet, or smart phone. You can even get the Kanopy app for Roku and Apple TV.
Features no-wait streaming TV shows and movies.
For the 2021-22 Year:
- Loans – 3 days (TV and movies); 30 days (Kanopy Kids); 30 days (Great Courses)
- 10 item checkout limit per month
- No wait list; no overdues, no renewals
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
- 10 item checkout limit per month
Go to Overdrive
Did you know that you can watch movies with Overdrive? Visit the website and start streaming today! Unfortunately at this time, streaming video is not available on the Libby app.
Click here to see what’s checked-in today!
- Choose 7, 14, or 21 day checkout
- No overdues
- No renewals
- 10 item checkout limit per month
- 14 item hold limit per month
Please note that the Overdrive app will be discontinued as of February, 2022. We look forward to seeing how Overdrive will support streaming video in the future!
Go to Libby
Libby is the newest and best way to get downloadable eBooks and audiobooks with a collection curated for you.
- Choose 7, 14, or 21 day checkout
- No overdues
- No renewals
- 10 item checkout limit per month
- 14 item hold limit per month
Please note that the classic Overdrive app is being discontinued starting February 2022:
Make the switch to Libby today!
Reading eBooks on a Kindle:
Click here for instructions from Libby!
- Download the Libby app on your Apple or Android phone. Simply sync the app to your Kindle to wirelessly transfer eBooks! OR
- Visit libbyapp.com on your Kinde fire or web browser. Simply log into your Amazon account to wirelessly transfer eBooks!
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.
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- 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
- 10 item checkout limit per month
Perfect for kids and caregivers! Stream picture book stories paired with non-fiction readers on numerous topics.
Listen To Our Podcast
Launched in January of 2021, “How Did You Find It?” brings the library to your ears with library news, book recommendations, and information you might be missing.
Listen to every episode on Anchor, or wherever you get your podcasts, and check out “How Did You Find It?”s 2021 Year in Review!
You can use Libby to borrow over 3,200 eMagazine the same way that you borrow your favorite eBooks. Click here to be taken to Libby and access the collection now!
Please note that the classic Overdrive app will be discontinued as of February, 2022: Switch to Libby today!
Libby Magazine Title List
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 Magazine Title List
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”.
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