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1 The Northeast Kansas Library System (NEKLS) helps to provide the Hoopla streaming ebook, movie, music, audiobook, tv show and comics platform to public libraries in our region. Hoopla access requires an account, created with your library card and pin information and a valid address, but once you have an account, you can stream, or download, a wide array of materials suitable for every member of your family! For more information or help with Hoopla, please contact your local library!

You ll need an email address and Library Card account. 2.

2 1. Register for a Hoopla account on the app (by tapping the Sign Up link on the app, as shown below) or go to hoopladigital.com to sign in. You ll need an address and Library Card account. 2. To sign in: Allow location tracking on your phone to get a list of libraries that are near you. If you don t want to do this, you can just do a search for your library and find it that way. 3. Explore Hoopla find new ebooks or audiobooks, TV shows, Movies, music and comics to read! Click the title of any material to borrow (find any titles you ve borrowed under the Borrowed link). Anything you borrow will automatically be returned at the end of the lending period (no late fees!) For more help, visit the help section in the Hoopla app or go to the Help link at the bottom of hoopladigital.com

3 The Northeast Kansas Library System (NEKLS) helps to provide the Flipster online magazine platform to public libraries in our region. For Flipster all you need is a NExpress library card number (found on the back of your library card or by calling/visiting your public library) to access the magazines. Go to catalog.nexpresslibrary.org, log in and click the Flipster link, or download the app and start enjoying magazines today. For more information or help with Flipster, please contact your local library! Cicada Fortune Bird Watcher s Digest Vogue Empire Quilter s World Teen Vogue Countryside & Small Stock Wired Time Journal Writer s Digest Sew News Brides Prevention Sports Illustrated Bon Appetit Outside Scientific American Recipes+ Parents Rolling Stone J-14 HGTV Magazine People Creative Knitting Country Living Real Simple The Atlantic Food Network Magazine Mother Jones Working Mother Yoga Journal Ingredient Magazine Knitting: Baby & Beyond Good Organic Gardening Consumer Reports Buying Guide US Weekly Interweave Crochet Budget Travel Adult Coloring Books: Stress Relieving Animal Designs Volume 1 and 2

1. Download the Flipster app from your app store and

Enter your library card number (not your login name)

4 1. Download the Flipster app from your app store and click on the Get Started button 2. With GPS turned on (the green symbol at the bottom), find the NEXPRESS library and click on Log In 3. Enter your library card number (not your login name) and click Login 4. Browse 40+ magazines, download the ones you d like to read and enjoy!

5 The State Library makes the database aggregator, Explora, possible for all libraries in Kansas. Explora offers several article and general knowledge databases that are all searchable through a single search box (kind of like Google, but with more reliable information provided by these databases). Explora also pulls together topical and event-driven informational packets that students can use to create reports or just dive deeply into current events. You can access Explora in Kansas just by going to the page and clicking on the link for Explora there. No account or login needed!

Simple search that quickly delivers relevant results, including primary source documents, news articles, and Associated Press videos High-quality articles licensed from reputable publishers and

assist struggling readers or those learning English No ads or pop-up windows COPPA compliancy, meaning EBSCO does not ask for or require personal information to use its databases Password-protected

6 Simple search that quickly delivers relevant results, including primary source documents, news articles, and Associated Press videos High-quality articles licensed from reputable publishers and recognized by library professionals Easy-to-browse categories organized by popular topic Topic Overviews that provide users with a starting point for research Text-to-Speech for HTML articles to assist struggling readers or those learning English No ads or pop-up windows COPPA compliancy, meaning EBSCO does not ask for or require personal information to use its databases Password-protected personal folders that allow users to save search results in a secure and organized holding area Citation help, including the ability to export citation information to online bibliography generators such as EasyBib and NoodleTools

info/221/online-databases) or through the apps available for all major mobile platforms.

7 Mango Languages is a service provided by the Kansas State Library that offers language learning lessons for 72 languages. It offers interactive, online learning through either the website (accessible through kslib.info/221/online-databases) or through the apps available for all major mobile platforms. To save your lesson progress, you ll need to use your Kansas State Library ecard to create an account with Mango once you ve done that, though, you can access it from anywhere you have a few moments to spend learning a new language!

and Legal Spanish Includes movies in different languages to help

8 72 Languages Dashboard that tracks progress across all language modules Includes specialty courses like Arab Etiquette, Feng Shui and Legal Spanish Includes movies in different languages to help immerse students in a language

9 The Cloud Library and OneClick Digital libraries are both offered through the State Library. They offer online access to ebooks and eaudiobooks, respectively. Cloud Library This service offers mostly fiction books with nothing required but your Kansas Library ecard. You can access your books from the web or from any of the common mobile platforms. One Click Digital OneClick (soon to be RBDigital) offers both fiction and some popular nonfiction audiobooks. For OneClick, you must create an account with your Kansas Library ecard and a valid address, but once you have that account, you can access your audiobooks from most mobile platforms.

Ebook provider contains mostly fiction from large publishers and big-name authors Requires a Kansas Library ecard to access (get one from your local public library)

10 Ebook provider contains mostly fiction from large publishers and big-name authors Requires a Kansas Library ecard to access (get one from your local public library) Includes common platform apps (Google Play, itunes, Kindle Fire, etc.) - all functions can be accessed through the app

11 The Cloud Library and OneClick Digital libraries are both offered through the State Library. They offer online access to ebooks and eaudiobooks, respectively. Cloud Library This service offers mostly fiction books with nothing required but your Kansas Library ecard. You can access your books from the web or from any of the common mobile platforms. One Click Digital OneClick offers both fiction and some popular nonfiction audiobooks. For OneClick, you must create an account with your Kansas Library ecard and a valid address, but once you have that account, you can access your audiobooks from most mobile platforms.

username/password Includes common platform apps (Google Play, itunes, Kindle Fire,

12 Audiobooks mostly fiction, but some popular non-fiction Requires Kansas Library ecard (get one from your public library) and an account to set up a personal username/password Includes common platform apps (Google Play, itunes, Kindle Fire, etc.) - all functions can be accessed through the app

Hoopla Help Guide. May, 2017

Hoopla Help Guide. May, 2017 Hoopla Help Guide May, 2017 0 Table of Contents Welcome 2 What is Hoopla? 2 Hoopla Offerings to Patrons 2 Accessing Hoopla 3 Setting Up an Account with Hoopla 4 Logging Into Hoopla 7 The Hoopla Home Page