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Digital Library

Borrow and download or stream books, audiobooks, magazines, newspapers, movies, and music for
FREE with your Fremont Library Card!

If your card is from another library, you must use the apps provided by your home library.

hoopla

Most of the Hoopla catalog is available for instant borrows, making it great for when you want to read the sequel right now! There's also an easy "Kids Mode" that will hide adult titles from view.

The app will show how many borrows you have left. A new set of borrows are issued the 1st of each month; unused borrows do not roll over. Books & Audiobooks check out for 21 days and may be renewed.

To read books or listen to audiobooks offline, you must use the mobile app and download the content.

HOOPLA MOVIES & TV

Stream movies & television shows through an internet browser or the Hoopla app. Movies & TV shows check out for 3 days and can be downloaded for offline use when using the mobile app. There's an easy "Kids Mode" that will hide adult titles from view.

The app will show how many borrows you have left. A new set of borrows are issued the 1st of each month; unused borrows do not roll over. 

Explore Hoopla Bingepasses for different TV series and movie collections - for 1 borrow you can stream unlimited shows for 7 days!

HOOPLA MUSIC

Check out the latest popular music albums like you would a CD. Music checks out for 7 days and can be downloaded for offline use when using the mobile app.

The app will show how many borrows you have left. A new set of borrows are issued the 1st of each month; unused borrows do not roll over. 

libby app

Overdrive (Libby App) is the only e-book provider for libraries that also includes access to Kindle books, although not all of the eBooks are playable on Kindle readers. The ebooks and audiobooks in Fremont's Libby/Overdrive app have all been curated by Fremont Librarians.

Click here for more information about Kindle readers and Libby.

Each cardholder may have 5 checkouts at a time. Items may be renewed two days before the due date if no one else is waiting. You can return titles early to free up your number of available checkouts, and you can place holds on unavailable titles as well as those that you recommend through the Overdrive website.

The maximum loan period on Libby is 14 days. Books without holds are renewable for more time. If you didn't finish a book and there are holds, you can place the book on hold to get it back, and the app will remember where you left off when you borrow it again.

LIBBY MAGAZINES

Choose from over 4,000 popular magazine titles from around the world. Borrows of magazines do not count towards your total of 5 allowed eBook checkouts at a time.

freegal music

Freegal offers access to millions of songs including Sony Music’s catalog of legendary artists, and thousands of music videos. 

Stream full albums, playlists or individual songs ad-free for unlimited hours per day!

Download up to 5 songs per week that you can keep forever. A new set of downloads starts each Monday at midnight. Unused downloads do not roll over.

Kanopy

Stream movies through an internet browser, TV or mobile app. The collection offers more than 30,000 independent and documentary films from The Criterion Collection, The Great Courses, and thousands of independent filmmakers.

You get 30 tickets each month to use to watch content.

Each movie or documentary has a different ticket price and number of hours/days to watch the title.

Once you start playing, the remaining time you have left to watch will be listed for you.

Tickets are reissued on the 1st of the month. Unused tickets do not roll over. 

Kanopy Kids offers quality children's video such as PBS kids. Kids titles do not use tickets, so you can watch as much as you like.

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Online Newspapers

Chicago Tribune Digital Edition      Chicago Tribune Online Edition

DIGITAL EDITION: interactive full-image view of the paper edition

ONLINE EDITION: includes articles & editorials not in the print edition of the paper.

newsbank

Chicago Community Coverage includes local newspapers from Chicago and the surrounding suburbs. The news articles, without photos, are available to search and read, but we also have the full-image version of the following:

Chicago Sun-Times 

Daily Herald 

Lake County News-Sun

pressreaderRead online or download the app to access newspapers from around the country, as well as popular magazines from around the world.        

Accessing the PressReader App
Skip Accessing the PressReader App widget

Download the free PressReader App from your app store. 

  1. Tap on Libraries & Groups
  2. Tap on Select Library or Group
  3. Search by typing Fremont Public Library
  4. Tap on the Fremont Logo
  5. Enter Library Card Number and PIN
  • STEP 1: Tap on "Library or Group"
  • STEP 2: Tap "Select Library or Group"
  • STEP 3: Type Fremont Public Library
  • STEP 4: Enter Library card number & PIN
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