Welcome to Peoria Public Library’s E-Library

Enjoy audiobooks, ebooks, movies and music – all from the comfort of home. With nearly a million titles across our various services, our digital library is nearly as robust as our physical library.

All you need is your Peoria Public Library card (the number on the back) and your personal identification number (PIN). Download the free apps on your device to begin.

Alliance Digital Media

Put your local library in your pocket with ADML.

Alliance Digital Media Library is an ebook- and audiobook-borrowing app of literary offerings available.

Alliance Digital Media Library

• Trusted by millions of library patrons across North America and around the world.
• You can place up to 5 holds at a time
• No limit on checkouts, but 5 titles at a time

Hoopla

A groundbreaking digital media service.

Movies, music, audiobooks, ebooks, comics and TV shows to enjoy on your computer, tablet, or phone!

Hoopla

With no waiting, titles can be streamed immediately, or downloaded to phones or tablets for offline enjoyment later. hoopla has hundreds of thousands of titles to choose from. Anytime. Anywhere.

Axis 360

Access bestselling eBooks and eAudiobooks.

The collection includes thousands of titles for adults, teens, and children.

Axis 360

• Titles are automatically returned at the end of the loan period, and there are no late fees.
• You can place up to 5 holds at a time
• No limit on checkouts, but 5 titles at a time

Browse over 40,000 items!

Enjoy digital books, images, videos and more from libraries, artists, authors and others from your community and around the world.

Biblioboard

Browse over 40,000 items and read books, comic books, and audiobooks right from your browser! Enjoy digital books, images, videos and more from libraries, artists, authors and others from your community and around the world.

Flipster

Access more than 50 popular magazines using Flipster!

Download digital versions of popular titles on your phone, PC, tablet, or other mobile devices.

Flipster

Download digital versions from a selection of popular titles on your phone, PC, tablet, or other mobile devices. Magazines download in an easy-to-read digital format that looks just like the print edition. Users can browse magazines by category as well as perform searches for specific periodicals.

Kanopy

Kanopy showcases more than 30,000 of the world’s best films.

Kanopy also provides access to films that are often difficult to access elsewhere.

Kanopy

Kanopy showcases more than 30,000 of the world’s best films, including award-winning documentaries, rare and hard-to-find titles, film festival favorites, indie and classic films, world cinema, and thousands of independent filmmakers. Kanopy provides access to films that are often difficult to access elsewhere.

Join the millions of people around the world getting access to great music!

A completely free and legal way to access a collection of almost 7 million songs.

Freegal

The Freegal® Mobile Application is a completely free and legal way to access a collection of almost 7 million songs via the Peoria Public Library. The Freegal offering includes many of today’s top artists, a fantastic retrospective collection, and music from around the world.

TumbleBook Library

TumbleBook Library is a curated database of children’s e-books.

TumbleBook Library is designed specifically for kids in grades three to six.

TumbleBook Library

TumbleBook Library includes unique animated talking picture books, read-along chapter books, national geographic videos, non-fiction books, playlists, and features Graphic Novels as well as Math Stories!  A great resource for tech-savvy kids, and teaches them the joy of reading in a format they’ll love.

Audiobook Cloud is an online audio book library collection.

A subscription to AudioBookCloud gives unlimited streaming access to the entire collection.No downloads. No software. No holds. No waiting periods. Unlimited access to all the books, all the time.

Audiobook Cloud

Audiobook Cloud is an online audio book library collection. A subscription to AudioBookCloud gives unlimited streaming access to the entire collection.No downloads. No software. No holds. No waiting periods. Unlimited access to all the books, all the time. Just click and listen.

TeenBookCloud is an online database of eBooks and educator resources.

TeenBookCloud - is an online collection of ebooks, enhanced novels, graphic novels, videos and audio books, which offers students and adults of all reading levels access to an amazing range of content.

TeenBook Cloud

TeenBook Cloud – is an online collection of ebooks, enhanced novels, graphic novels, videos and audio books, which offers students and adults of all reading levels access to an amazing range of content.

More FREE Digital Resources

Open Culture
Offers high-quality cultural and educational media for the worldwide lifelong learning community.

Library of Congress
The world’s largest library, offers virtual sights and sounds from America’s past.

Storyline Online
A free resource where actors do online storytimes. Supplemental curriculum developed by elementary educators is also included.

University of Illinois Extension
Online webinars, with topics covering gardening, nutrition and family health and safety. Register here.

Junior Achievement
Offers free online resources to teachers, parents and students, including self-guided lessons and printable activities for K-12.

Internet Archive/Open Library
The Internet Archive and Open Library initiative offers more than 2 million free, downloadable books and texts. There is also a collection of 2.3 million modern eBooks that may be borrowed by anyone with a free archive.org account. Find books for all ages.

DocsTeach
A collection of primary sources — letters, photographs, speeches, posters, maps, videos, and other document types — spanning the course of American history from the National Archives. Free resource for teachers, students or history buffs.

Project Gutenberg
Explore more than 60,000 free ebooks that you can download or read online. This collection includes some of the world’s great literature with a focus on older works for which the U.S. copyright has expired.