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Gale Courses
Gale Courses offers a wide range of highly interactive, instructor led courses that you can take entirely online. As a library card holder in good standing, you are entitled to these courses at no cost. Courses run for six weeks and new sessions begin every month.
Download ebooks & audiobooks to your computer or mobile device. The books return automatically and there are no overdue fines!
Hoopla for Ebooks & Audiobooks
Borrow eBooks, audiobooks, music, movies, and TV shows. Titles can be streamed immediately or downloaded to phones or tablets for offline enjoyment.
Mango Languages
Interactive, online language-learning courses in over 70 languages and 17 ESL courses.
Ancestry.com
Do you want to research your family's history? You can now access ancestry.com with your RHPL library card from home. Remote access has been extended through December 31, 2020.
For a limited time, Audible is offering several free titles and stories for kids of all ages!
Consumer Reports
Search and browse through information about cars, appliances, electronics, home & gardening supplies, products for babies & kids, shopping, health, money, and more
CreativeBug
Creativebug.com has more than 1,000 award-winning arts & crafts video classes taught by design experts and artists.
Internet Archive
Get online access to books from libraries and research centers from around the world.
Local History Collection
Access our digital archives from the comfort of home. View historical photographs of people, places, and events, as well as recorded oral history interviews digitized and available online. Michiganmemories.org is another RHPL resources that loops back to oaklandcountyhistory.org, but may be easier to search.
Stream over 26,000 films (independent, international, classic or documentary films) from hundreds of popular producers such as The Criterion Collection, The Great Courses, and PBS,.
Qello Concerts
Qello Concerts is the world’s largest collection of full-length concerts and music documentaries streamed on-demand.
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Online Resources for Teens
RHPL's online resources for teens allows you to search articles, find sources, use reference materials and more.
Online Resources for Kids Age 0-14
RHPL has a variety of online learning resources for youth. Access RHPL's resources and view additional online resources selected and approved by our Youth librarians.