Streaming & Downloadable Media

biblio+ is a streaming service with a highly-curated selection of films and television, from award-winners and nominees to independent discoveries, thoughtful documentaries, and everything in between. With biblio+, library members have unlimited access to an ad-free catalog of video content on many devices.

Enjoy unlimited access to thousands of digital comics, graphic novels, and manga — without worrying about holds, wait lists, or monthly limits. You can also use the Comics Plus mobile app to download comics for offline reading.

Explore, download, and read current magazine issues on your computer, tablet, or smartphone.

A Flipster app for iOS or Android devices is also available. To install the Flipster app on a Kindle Fire tablet, follow these directions.

Movies, TV shows, music, eBooks, and comics for online streaming or download to mobile devices, with no waiting lists. Borrow up to 7 items per calendar month.

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Kanopy includes acclaimed movies and documentaries on-demand from award-winning filmmakers. Browse the collection of over 30,000 documentaries, classic films, world cinema, popular movies and films for children of all ages.

Each month BPL patrons receive 18 tickets. Depending on the length and viewing period of each title, movies in Kanopy will require between 0-5 tickets per viewing. You can see your remaining tickets for the month in the top-right corner of the homepage.

Note: Kanopy Kids doesn't use tickets. You can access an unlimited number of Kanopy Kids titles each month.

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Kids can enjoy thousands of picture books in more than 70+ languages, including sign language, with English translations.

Thousands of digital titles available for download directly to your computer or mobile device.

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Downloadable eBooks and audiobooks for children, including Boston Public Schools summer reading lists.

Downloadable eBooks and audiobooks for teens, including Boston Public Schools summer reading lists.

Over 3000 popular magazines are available, including several in Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and more.

All Magazines are available instantly, and do not count against the number of OverDrive items that can be checked out at one time.

Access 60k+ titles (including O’Reilly books in early release), 30k+ hours of video, case studies, certification prep materials, interactive tutorials, expert playlists, audiobooks, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 other publishers including McGraw Hill, Taylor & Francis, HarperCollins, and Wiley. Topics include cloud computing, data engineering, data science, machine learning, artificial intelligence, programming languages, software architecture, IT/Ops, security, design, business, and more.

Color full-page and article reproductions of thousands of U.S. and international newspapers and magazines including the NYT, Economist, and Boston Globe (backfile covers Oct 25, 2003-Feb 24, 2016; July 26, 2022-present mostly in color which are accessible through calendar). Coverage: usually current 3 months or more.

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