LibGuides: Library Digital Offerings: Library Digital Offerings

Audiobooks, eBooks, and more

ConsumerReports.org
ConsumerReports.org is a buying advice tool that will ensure you get the best deal or product. You can use it to find reliable ratings and reviews for thousands of products and help you make the most of your time and money. You can also access money-saving advice and tips, buying guides, videos and more.
Consumer Reports is an independent, non-profit member organization that evaluates consumer products and services.

Craftsy
A new Libby Extra! Craftsy is an online resource for all creative makers, where you can find everything you need – from basic instruction to advanced techniques.
Craftsy en Espanol
Obtén acceso a expertos de clase mundial que facilitan el aprendizaje de nuevas habilidades.
Ground News
Ground News is an innovative platform that empowers readers to compare news coverage, spot media bias and think critically about current events in real time.
Kanopy
Enjoy critically-acclaimed movies, inspiring documentaries, award-winning foreign films and more.
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Monthly, San Antonio Public Library cardholders receive 7 Kanopy film credits and 1 Great Course credit.
Libby App
The Libby app is the easiest way to get started with digital books, audiobooks, and magazines from SAPL!
OverDrive Website
SAPL's OverDrive website. Read in your browser or search and download titles to your device.
SAPL Catalog
Search and borrow OverDrive digital library materials using the library catalog. Items borrowed from OverDrive now appear in your online library account information.

OverDrive Magazines
OverDrive offers access to a selection of popular magazines. Read in browser or on the Libby app.

Database Digital Magazines

ConsumerReports.org
ConsumerReports.org is a buying advice tool that will ensure you get the best deal or product. You can use it to find reliable ratings and reviews for thousands of products and help you make the most of your time and money. You can also access money-saving advice and tips, buying guides, videos and more.
Consumer Reports is an independent, non-profit member organization that evaluates consumer products and services.
Gale General OneFile
Gale's largest general-interest periodical resource. Includes reference, newspaper, and audio content that complements the resource's robust collection of magazines and journals.
MasterFILE Complete
MasterFILE Complete is a research database from EBSCO that contains hundreds of reference e-books as well as complete articles for thousands of reputable magazines and journals, including Consumer Reports, Better Homes & Gardens, People, TIME, Sports Illustrated and U.S. News & World Report.

Digital Resources for Continuing Education

Learn to fix it yourself, gain or sharpen skills, and/or acquire knowledge with your library card.

Craftsy
A new Libby Extra! Craftsy is an online resource for all creative makers, where you can find everything you need – from basic instruction to advanced techniques.
Gale Presents: Udemy
Udemy offers more than 12,000 high-quality, on-demand video courses taught by world-class instructors across 75 categories for upskilling in the areas of business, technology, and design.
ChiltonLibrary
An extensive digital library of repair manuals, available in full-text most with diagrams, and many with how-to videos from one of the leading publishers of automobile maintenance manuals.

Digital Newspapers

Your library card is your pass to access reliable news information sources without charge.

New York Times All Access This link opens in a new window
San Antonio Express-News This link opens in a new window
Value Line Library Research Center This link opens in a new window
Wall Street Journal This link opens in a new window

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OverDrive is the name of the company that provides SAPL with a digital reading platform. With the OverDrive service, SAPL users have access to enjoy ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, and other streaming media. OverDrive offers the following options for enjoying SAPL's digital collection:

OverDrive App

The OverDrive app was discontinued on May 1, 2023.

Libby Mobile App

Available on Android and iOS devices, this is the newer flagship app from OverDrive. Users can search for SAPL in Libby and get started today.

OverDrive Website (SAPL)

Each library has their own unique website with .overdrive.com in the URL. SAPL's OverDrive website (sanantonio.overdrive.com) is best enjoyed on a desktop or laptop computer. It has a different look and feel than Libby.

Libby Browser Experience

Users can enjoy many of the same features of the Libby mobile app in a web browser at libbyapp.com.

Extras by OverDrive

Craftsy is an online resource for all creative makers, where you can find everything you need – from basic instruction to advanced techniques. It’s a community of enthusiastic makers, from quilters and sewers, to cake decorators and painters, wanting to create beautiful things and express their creativity.

Ground News is an innovative platform that empowers readers to compare news coverage, spot media bias and think critically about current events in real time.

Kanopy is OverDrive's streaming home for essential films, documentaries, and kids content. Kanopy is available as an app, via the website, and within Extras in the Libby App.

Ask MySAPL
SAPL's online reference site